While Jiang Fei was waiting for Aiken to finish his work, Lockster had been urging Jiang Fei to send out his troops more than once. After all, he had been under a lot of pressure to help Jiang Fei get to where he was now. However, it had been a few months, and Jiang Fei had not even moved an inch. This had caused quite a bit of criticism within the Trade Federation.
In fact, the reason why the Trade Federation was urging them was because they had no other choice. Recently, the activities of the "players" had become more and more rampant. They were no longer limited to the Domini system. They had even extended their tentacles to the surrounding galaxies.
At this time, the "players" were not strong enough to fight against a regular army. So, how were they going to complete quests and earn money to buy battleships?
The answer was simple. Plunder merchant ships!
It was not a big deal for the "players" to plunder merchant ships, but it was a blow to the Trade Federation. What was the most important thing to the Trade Federation? It was trade! The root of trade was the smooth flow of trade routes. If the trade routes were different, the merchants would be robbed as soon as they left. Then, how would they make money?
After suffering a certain amount of losses, the Trade Federation began to put pressure on Lockster and Jiang Fei to send out troops to eliminate the bandits and keep the trade routes open.
However, Jiang Fei kept delaying them. In the end, the Trade Federation had no choice but to force Jiang Fei to send out troops by deducting Jiang Fei's military expenses.
"Sigh! It seems that there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world! " Jiang Fei sighed. In fact, he also felt that he had been living too leisurely these past few days. The Trade Federation had sent a lot of resources to build his battleships, but he did not do any work for them. It was a little unreasonable.
"Husband, what should we do?" Bella asked.
"Have Aurelia send a message to Lockster. Tell him that we will send out troops in a week," Jiang Fei said after thinking for a moment.
"Okay!" Bella nodded and went to find Aurelia.
Ever since he came to Skoda, Jiang Fei had become the head of logistics. As for the fleet exercises and whatnot, he left them all to Aurelia. Aurelia was also in charge of contacting Lockster and whatnot.
Whether it was the girls around Jiang Fei or Lockster, none of them had any objections to Aurelia's actual command of the fleet. Although Jiang Fei was the commander of the fleet, everyone knew that the Frost Queen was the one with the most experience in commanding a fleet.
As soon as the order was given, Lockseed welcomed it with open arms. He could not wait for Jiang Fei to send out his troops immediately.
After Jiang Fei gave the order to mobilize the troops, he immediately began to make arrangements. After all, war was all about logistics. Warships traveled in the vast space, and just the fuel consumption alone was very high. Therefore, it was necessary to prepare in advance.
After a week of preparation, Jiang Fei's fleet finally left Planet Skoda. The huge fleet shuttled through the stars. Their destination was the Razi System, which was next to the Domini System.
Two days later, the fleet approached the periphery of the Razi Galaxy.
"Lady Aurelia, we have arrived at the destination coordinates," the scout ship in front reported.
"Alright, coordinate with the unmanned reconnaissance ship to guard the surroundings!" Aurelia ordered.
"Sir, when can we go on a killing spree?" Those young captains were obviously a little impatient. Not all of them had the ability. Some of them didn't even understand the cruelty of war, so they were a little impatient.
"Don't worry, we'll wait here. When the time comes, someone will contact us!" Aurelia said.
Although Jiang Fei and the others' purpose for coming this time was to suppress the bandits, the most important thing was to escort the Trade Federation's fleet. After all, these trade routes were their lifeblood. Even if there were "players" robbing them, they would not give them up.
After waiting quietly for two days, a merchant fleet from the Trade Federation arrived in the Razi Galaxy.
"Sister, we received a communication from a merchant fleet," Lacus said to Aurelia.
"Connect it!" Aurelia ordered.
"Got it!" Lacus immediately connected the merchant group's communication device.
"I am the executive director of the Cohen's Chamber of Commerce. My name is Marrus. I am very grateful to Lieutenant General Jiang Fei and Lady Aurelia for personally escorting us!" The merchant fleet's leader was very humble. After all, they were relying on Jiang Fei's fleet to provide them with protection.
"You're welcome. We will send four Grizzly Bear Heavy Cruisers and several auxiliary ships to escort you through the Razi Galaxy," Aurelia said.
"Lady, your fleet is so powerful. Isn't it a little …" Marrus was obviously very disappointed.
"Don't worry, these Grizzly Bears are improved versions. They are very powerful. Ordinary bandits are nothing to be afraid of!" Aurelia promised. In fact, she wanted to use this merchant fleet as bait to lure the "players" into the trap.
"But …" Marrus wanted to say something more, but seeing Aurelia's firm attitude, he had no choice but to turn to Jiang Fei and plead, "Lieutenant General, the goods we are transporting this time are very precious. There is no room for mistakes. I hope you can understand our difficulties …"
"Hmm … Alright!" Jiang Fei pretended to ponder for a moment, then said to Marrus, "Then I will send five more cobalt alloy corvettes."
"This …" Marrus was so angry that his nose almost became crooked. At first, he heard Jiang Fei's tone and thought that the Lieutenant General was going to send five more Grizzly Bear auxiliary ships. In the end, he did not expect to be given five more cobalt alloy corvettes.
Cobalt alloy corvettes were the lightest, smallest, and cheapest spaceships among the Trade Federation's warships. The cost of five cobalt alloy corvettes was not even as expensive as one of the Grizzly Bear's main cannons. So, Jiang Fei's additional reinforcements were simply a joke!
Marrus looked at Jiang Fei and then at Aurelia. He knew that no matter what he said, he would not be able to get more escort fleets, so in the end, he could only give up.
At this time, Jiang Fei and Aurelia had the same idea. If the escort fleet was too strong, what if it scared the "players" away? Their purpose was to ambush the "players" fleet. As for whether these merchant fleets could survive, it really did not mean much to Jiang Fei.
Although there were many crew members on those merchant ships, and one of the civil ships was even full of passengers, Jiang Fei had already integrated with the Darkened Soul. He was no longer as indecisive as before. Although he could not treat human life as worthless, when it was time to sacrifice and take risks, he would not miss a good opportunity because of so-called kindness.
As the saying goes, the merciful do not command an army. Jiang Fei had been commanding battles for a long time, so he naturally understood this very well.
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