Seeing that Adams had really turned off the power furnace, Aurelia completely believed that her teacher had really surrendered.
"Order the fleet to return, and at the same time, send a tugboat over and prepare for surrender procedures," Aurelia ordered Lacus.
"Okay, sister!" Lacus nodded and began to send a message to the fleet.
Soon, the Fifth Fleet began to return after receiving the order. They had fought quite happily in this battle. They had destroyed two fleets and captured the main force of the joint fleet. What a great achievement this was! Moreover, no one from the Fifth Fleet had died!
The Fifth Fleet's losses were really minimal. Apart from some drones that were destroyed, there were no casualties on their warships. This was simply a miracle in the history of interstellar warfare!
When the Fifth Fleet returned to Turandot, the Dawn continued to stay in place to watch over Adams' fleet. Soon, a large number of tugboats arrived at the original battlefield.
"Engineers, board the ship, lock the power furnace, and begin the surrender procedure!" Aurelia ordered.
There was a strict set of procedures in the entire universe regarding the surrender of a fleet. For a surrendered warship, it was impossible to directly follow them back to the port. If they self-destructed, then they would suffer a great loss.
Therefore, the first step of the surrender procedure was for the engineers to board the ship and then lock the power furnace. After all this was done, the people and ships had to be separated, and all the surrendered personnel had to be transferred to the transport ships of the Fifth Fleet to be held in custody.
As for those warships, they would not be towed directly to the military port. Instead, they would all be towed to the temporary port and could only be used again after a thorough inspection.
Seeing that the captives had entered the transport ships one after another, and the tugboats began to pull the surrendered warships to the temporary port, Aurelia ordered the Dawn to return.
"Ah Fei, come here," Aurelia said through the internal broadcast on the way back.
"Okay!" Jiang Fei quickly arrived at the bridge.
"What's wrong? What's the matter?" Jiang Fei asked.
"Wait a minute, I want you to meet Teacher with me," Aurelia said. Although Jiang Fei had given her full responsibility for the fleet, her teacher was the Grand Marshal of the Aldera Empire. If Jiang Fei, the true commander of the Fifth Fleet, did not show up at the formal meeting and surrender, it would be a little too humiliating.
Moreover, Aurelia was not willing to accept her teacher's surrender herself, so she would feel better if Jiang Fei accepted the surrender.
A few hours later, at the Turandot Spaceport, Jiang Fei finally met the Grand Marshal of the Aldera Empire, Aurelia's mentor, Adams.
"Welcome, Marshal Adams." Jiang Fei took the initiative to greet him. For the sake of Aurelia, he gave Adams enough face.
"Thank you for your courtesy, but I'm just a defeated general …" Adams sighed. He wasn't wearing his military uniform at this time. Instead, he was wearing the uniform of a grand marshal. For his own plan, Adams had given up everything, including his own honor.
"Teacher …" Aurelia didn't know what to say after seeing Adams. After all, Adams used to be the God of War in her mind, but now he had surrendered.
"Old General, you've worked hard. I'll have Aurelia arrange for you to rest in the best sanatorium. Please don't worry, you won't receive any unfair treatment here," Jiang Fei said with a smile.
"My life and death can't be taken lightly. The reason why I surrender is mainly that I hope you can guarantee the safety of my subordinates," Adams said to Jiang Fei solemnly. Adams said solemnly. On the one hand, he really wanted to protect his subordinates. On the other hand, he wanted to give himself a reasonable excuse to surrender. Otherwise, if an iron-willed general like him suddenly surrendered, it would be difficult for others not to suspect him.
"You can rest assured that as long as they are willing to cooperate and do not make hostile moves, I will not hurt them." Jiang Fei nodded. As long as these captives were honest, it was nothing to feed thousands of people. In the Age of Space, food had long been a problem.
"That's good …" Adams nodded. Although he wanted to break into Jiang Fei's group and get information about the super warship, he knew that this matter couldn't be rushed. So, he still showed a disheartened attitude. On the one hand, he wanted to dispel Jiang Fei's vigilance, and on the other hand, he wanted to win Aurelia's sympathy.
"Okay, Aurelia, take your teacher to rest first," Jiang Fei said with a wave of his hand.
"Teacher, you must be tired. Please come with me." Aurelia was ready to personally take Adams to Turandot's sanatorium.
"Hmm … Let's go …" Adams sighed. He was in low spirits.
Just as Adams followed Aurelia out of the airport, he couldn't help but look back at the super warship docked in the berth — the Dawn. How he wished that his empire could also have such a powerful warship!
"Husband, that old guy left?" Bella walked out from behind the secret door.
"Yes, this old man is not simple!" Jiang Fei nodded. Although there was no evidence, he felt from the bottom of his heart that this old man was not so simple. His surrender might not be as simple as he said.
"I will watch him!" Bella said after thinking about it.
"Let me go. My ability is more convenient to monitor others." At this time, Nina, who had been silent all this time, said. She had mastered the power of the Space Core and was very good at hiding her body and breath. She could even hide in the subspace to observe the target. So, the task of surveillance was completed by her.
"Okay, Nina, it's been hard on you." Jiang Fei also nodded. With Bella's hot temper, Jiang Fei really did not trust her to monitor others. Nina, who had a calm personality, was more suitable for this kind of work.
…
After instructing Nina to monitor Adams, Jiang Fei arranged for Bella and the other girls to interrogate the captives of the Alderaan Empire. He hoped to find clues about Adams from the captives' mouths.
Because of his relationship with Aurelia, although Jiang Fei was suspicious of Adams's sudden surrender, it was not good for him to make a decision that he would rather kill the wrong person than let him off. Therefore, he could only investigate in secret. If he had evidence that Adams had faked his surrender, Aurelia would have nothing to say.
After a few hours, Aurelia returned to Jiang Fei's side. "Ah Fei, I have arranged for Teacher."
"Well, that's good. I still have something to deal with here. Now, I will leave the fleet to you. As for the high-end combat power, if there are any problems, you can discuss it with Nina and Ariel." Jiang Fei explained to Aurelia. He planned to rest for a while, then take Bella and Hua Mulan to carry out the high-level fusion of the remaining energy cores.
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