Ye Chong was caught between a rock and a hard place. The warp point provided by the former pirate captain was the only way out. However, if they really entered the Calamitous Asteroid Belt, how many of their fleet would be left?
They would probably suffer heavy casualties.
However, he was a decisive man. Entering the Calamitous Asteroid Belt might not guarantee their survival, but not entering the Calamitous Asteroid Belt would guarantee their survival. Of the two, it was obvious which one to choose.
Enter the Calamitous Asteroid Belt!
When the news was announced to the fleet, it caused an uproar. Soon, Haskel received requests from a few starships to leave. Ye Chong waved his hand without hesitation.
With these starships leading the way, many others followed suit. What did entering the Calamitous Asteroid Belt mean? It was a place of death, a place filled with dangers that humans could not handle. Entering the Calamitous Asteroid Belt was no different from suicide. Besides, the red-tailed beasts' movements were still a matter of speculation. Sir Jay was a capable man, but he could be wrong sometimes. He did not have any solid evidence to back up his speculation.
Their assessment of the situation was exactly the opposite of Ye Chong's. To them, entering the Calamitous Asteroid Belt meant certain death. It was hard to predict how the red-tailed beasts would act. How to make a choice was also clear at a glance.
Ye Chong did not stop these people. If they left, the fleet's strength would be greatly reduced. However, to him, this was a good thing. These indecisive people were a very dangerous threat. If the fleet was in danger, they would be like a bomb that could go off at any time, pushing the fleet into the abyss.
Instead of that, it was better to let them leave.
Ye Chong would not stop those who wanted to leave. However, there were also some people on the starships who did not want to leave. Ye Chong allowed them to stay. Those who wanted to follow Ye Chong were mostly the mech pilots and technicians under him. They had all been trained or trained by Ye Chong, and were more loyal to Ye Chong than the average person. Especially the mech pilots who had grown up under Ye Chong, none of them left.
They, who fought on the frontlines, finally understood how insignificant they were against the red-tailed beasts without Sir Jay. It was because of Sir Jay that they had grown from ordinary mech pilots to strong enough to fight against the red-tailed beasts. Leaving Lord Jay would mean certain death. Besides, Sir Jay was traveling with them. If there was any danger, Sir Jay would face it together with them.
Since that was the case, what were they afraid of?
The size of the battleships shrank rapidly. Now, there were only 500 battleships and about 150,000 soldiers left in the fleet that once shook Gray Valley. However, Ye Chong did not expect that the fleet, which had shrunk to half its size, would grow stronger instead. Not only had their combat power been completely maintained, but the ratio of technical personnel had also increased significantly. In terms of resources, besides the energy cells allocated to those starships that chose to leave, the rest were still in Ye Chong's hands.
It could be said that the entire situation was still under his control.
Ye Chong immediately reorganized the fleet. This made the fleet more compact and logical. Originally, the fleet looked very bloated to him. At that time, he had very little combat power. Once there was a battle, the area he needed to defend would increase greatly.
But now, the situation was much better.
Since the decision had been made, it was time to carry it out! Ye Chong ordered the fleet to fly towards the Calamitous Asteroid Belt without hesitation.
It would take another fifteen days to reach the Calamitous Asteroid Belt.
Ye Chong did not plan to do nothing in these fifteen days. The mech pilots continued to train as usual, but the maintenance technicians were exhausted.
All the starships received orders to reinforce their hulls. In these fifteen days, all the starships had to be reinforced. Ye Chong had been in and out of the Calamitous Asteroid Belt a few times. With Mu and Shang's help, and some luck, he had always been able to escape from danger. This also gave him a deeper understanding of the Calamitous Asteroid Belt than the average person.
The biggest danger in the Calamitous Asteroid Belt was the asteroid whirlpools. These whirlpools of rocks of various sizes could crush anything into pieces. However, if that guy was right, and they only needed to fly for three days to reach the warp jump point, then it was unlikely that they would encounter the asteroid whirlpools.
From Ye Chong's experience, asteroid whirlpools usually appeared in the deeper parts of the Calamitous Asteroid Belt, and were rarely seen in the periphery. Therefore, they had to be more careful of the floating rocks in the Calamitous Asteroid Belt.
Most of the starships in the fleet were civilian ships. Compared to warships, they were much weaker in terms of defense. Hence, it was urgent to reinforce these starships. By reinforcing the weaker parts, they would be able to improve their defense to a certain extent.
500 starships had to be reinforced in 15 days. When the order was first given, almost everyone thought that it was an impossible task. While there were plenty of maintainers in the fleet, it was still too little time to finish reinforcing 500 starships in 15 days.
Once the reinforcement plan was announced, other than the mech pilots, all the other crew members were mobilized for their usual training.
Yang Ming's eyes were bloodshot like a spider web, but he gritted his teeth and held on. He wasn't the only one. Everyone around him hadn't slept for several days.
The movements of his hands were somewhat sluggish. After working for days and nights, he had already reached the extreme of exhaustion. His lips were chapped, his eyes were sunken, and his mind was numb. He kept repeating the same thing over and over again.
I want to sleep! He believed that once he closed his eyes, he would fall asleep.
But he could not sleep. Time was of the essence. If he could do more now, perhaps one more person would survive.
Yang Ming and his family had chosen Sir Jay without hesitation in the midst of the conflict, and they had all chosen to stay. Both he and his family believed that only Sir Jay could lead them to the final victory.
Yang Ming's foundation was already quite outstanding. Through this period of hard work and continuous practice, he finally became a qualified maintenance technician. The advancement of his profession allowed him to gain more respect, but it also meant that he had to take on more responsibilities.
Even now, Yang Ming believed that Sir Jay was right. He had an almost blind admiration for Sir Jay, who was not much older than him. It was not just him. In the fleet, Sir Jay was the idol of almost all the young people. From the people who chose to leave, it was obvious that most of them were middle-aged and elderly.
The powerful and wise Sir Jay had brought them back from the brink of despair, and led them to victory. If not for Sir Jay, they would have died at the hands of the red-tailed beasts. What reason did they have not to follow him?
Once the mission was announced, Yang Ming buried himself in work. He did not complain about the lack of time like the others. He understood the danger they were facing. He believed that his comrades understood too, and they were just complaining.
"Xiao Yang, take a break." A familiar hoarse voice came from behind, with a hint of concern. It was Father Bach!
Father Bach looked at the bookish young man with pity. In his eyes, Yang Ming was a role model for the young people in the fleet. Young, smart and eager to learn, seemingly weak but extremely resilient. Coupled with Yang Ming's handsome appearance, many young women in the fleet had their hearts set on him.
Yang Ming was pleasantly surprised. "Father Bach." The fleet had just gone through an unprecedented crisis. Everyone was still unsettled, and Yang Ming was also a little nervous. Father Bach was highly respected among the technicians in the fleet. With him in charge of maintenance, the fleet was basically safe. Yang Ming had great respect for his father, who was tough, just and fair, and had excellent skills.
Father Bach patted Yang Ming's shoulder with his thick and rough hand. He praised, "Good job. Leave this to me. "
Nodding, Yang Ming wanted to say something, but his throat was already dry, and he could not speak. He quickly ran to a corner to drink some water.
Father Bach focused on his work.
Yang Ming's gaze fell on Father Bach's broad shoulders. His heart relaxed, and he sat in the corner to rest. Almost as soon as he closed his eyes, tiredness swallowed him, and he fell asleep.
A young woman who passed by saw Yang Ming curled up in the corner. Her heart ached, and she quickly ran over to get a blanket for him, and carefully covered him. After a while, she quietly placed a bag of food and water beside his head.
Five hundred starships was a huge number, and it would be a huge project to fortify all the starships.
This was a great battle, a race against time.
If it was not completed before they entered the Calamitous Asteroid Belt, those civilian starships that had not been reinforced would not be able to withstand the impact of the flying rocks in the asteroid belt. Once a starship exploded, the already chaotic rocks in the area would become even more violent. This was a disaster for them.
However, time did not allow them to linger around the Calamitous Asteroid Belt. The red-tailed beasts were hot on their heels. If they were caught up by them, it would be very troublesome for them. If the red-tailed beasts followed them into the Calamitous Asteroid Belt, they would be dead for sure.
The chaotic asteroid belt was full of floating rocks, which was good for the red-tailed beasts. However, it was also a dangerous place for mechs. The result was obvious. (To be continued. For further information, please visit WWW. CMFU. com. More chapters. Support the author. Support legal reading!)
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