142: The young soldiers were eager to make a name for themselves.

Received 'Explosive Update Flowers' * 1 from Rosetta · Linlie, 'Explosive Update Flowers' * 1 from Leng Duan, and 'God-Tier Certification' * 1 from Huashi.

The debt has reached 27.5 again.

One day later.

The data decompression from that carrier was finished, and as expected, there was nothing.

After handing over the work, Kelaifu hurried back to Aquila.

The procurement price given by the Imperial Military Department was finally 5 million (of course, the actual declared amount was 50 million) per unit for the balanced anderson, 80 million for the mistral, 120 million for the vesta a021, and 300 million for the bullfrog.

(One energy currency is defined as the energy consumed by a standard engine running for one minute; the monthly income of a middle-level worker in a key Imperial star system is mostly 3000-9000 energy currency.)

Although these amounts of hundreds of millions look terrifyingly high, for the Empire, it just meant purchasing a few more frigates.

Unexpectedly, after the first batch of prototypes was delivered, what the Imperial Naval Aviation liked most was not the vesta a021 or the mistral, but the balanced anderson and the bullfrog—

Compared to the violent engine of the mistral, they preferred the maneuverability of the anderson:

And the bullfrog, a bomber with a large payload capacity, strong versatility, and amphibious combat capabilities, perfectly met the needs of the Imperial Naval Aviation's transformation attempts.

— "This thing is absolutely amazing! What kind of dogshit were we using before!"

This was the original quote from an aviator who participated in the test flight.

On the other hand, the several frontline units of the Guardian Angel Legion had started to gradually undergo Cloning, and the Void Shield and Void Bubble Engine had also finished reverse engineering, beginning to be equipped on some Warships.

The first to complete the full-scale refit was the First Mobile Fleet, which happened to be stationed at the headquarters. A large number of near-end-of-life and overdue Warships were replaced with new ships built by the Pathfinder base.

Among them, it is worth mentioning that the FG300, after strengthening its firepower (adding a set of vertical launch units), transformed into the AK of the starship world. Together with the Jinghai class, due to their wide applicability and decent firepower, they were rated as the "most popular Warships in the Legion".

As for why the First Mobile Fleet was given priority for the refit? This started with the memory extraction from those four alien leaders.

There was some very bad news inside—the wandering fleets of those aliens, under the leadership of some special individuals, had turned from fighting on their own to preliminary unification. Xi Hai knew that the reconquest of the remaining areas of the Tianjin Seat had to be put on the agenda.

The first target was the eight industrial star systems of the Tianjin Seat, because information showed that the aliens entrenched in the Tianjin Seat V89 were shifting from roving operations to long-term residence, and those eight fallen industrial star systems were one of the important reasons.

And the First Mobile Fleet, currently staying at the headquarters, became the best choice to execute this task—

"Knock, knock, knock!" The office door was knocked. After Xi Hai signaled, an officer wearing a brand-new uniform walked in and stood directly in front of him.

"Report, Supreme Director! The First fleet has completed the full refit!"

That's right, it was the Commander of the First fleet, the first person Xi Hai came into contact with after arriving at the Tianjin Seat V89—Colonel Oran.

Xi Hai looked at him and asked:

"To what stage has the refit work of the First Mobile Fleet been completed?"

Oran immediately reported it as if he knew it by heart—

"Report! The refit of the First Mobile Fleet is basically complete!"

"Currently, 150 eternal storm ships, 150 new constantine the great ships, and 50 southern cross marshal ships (modified version, carrier capacity 100 groups/ship) have been equipped; 500 Chimera-class, 1000 CASp2.0-class; in addition, a total of 5000 lancer, AC721, FG300, Jinghai, and kalilein class ships!"

"The Marine Corps has completely updated its equipment and has been equipped with a large number of norma m470 and refrigerator mecha."

"Both fleet members and the Marine Corps have completed Cloning, and we are ready to strike at any moment!"

"Good," Xi Hai nodded, then turned to speak in a serious tone:

"The memory extraction from those few alien leaders has ended,"

"We can now confirm that under the promotion of the Traitor, the aliens here are gradually moving towards unification."

"Their behavior in the Tianjin Seat V89 is no longer limited to simple looting and destruction—they are shifting towards settling down, and they are trying to repair and restart the industrial equipment in the fallen industrial star systems,"

"And they seem to have achieved initial results."

Speaking of which, he paused, opened a document,

"Except for the fleet we destroyed, the other foolish aliens are still using the Gravity Conduit between massive celestial bodies to navigate,"

"So they most likely don't know what happened yet."

"Now, there is an important mission for your First Mobile Fleet,"

"Before that group of aliens reacts, knock out the most important industrial bases in their hands—"

"Take back those 8 industrial star systems!"

Oran immediately stood at attention and shouted excitedly—

"YES!!!!"

The excitement in his eyes could not be faked.

After the refit, the soldiers of the fleet were incomparably excited and inspired—for them, the desperate days were gone forever, and a bright future was right before their eyes.

Plus, having heard excerpts from "struggle of humanity", they really wanted to... kill some aliens in the name of humanity!

Especially since these aliens were entrenched in their own homes!

Young soldiers craved to establish merits! The opportunity to display their ambitions was right before them!

Looking at the excited and inspired Oran before him, Xi Hai waved his hand with satisfaction,

"What about the Warship operation training? Are they all proficient?"

Oran nodded repeatedly—

"Report! All proficient!"

"Good! Then set off!"

"Yes!"

Watching Oran rush out eagerly, Xi Hai smiled helplessly—what was the rush? He hadn't even boarded the ship yet!

(What about that alien whose memory was extracted?)

(Memory extraction relies on using fear to activate memories deep in the consciousness of a living being. After all the memories in their brains were squeezed dry, those four aliens were completely lost in false hallucinations.)

(They will forever remain in a world formed by the shadows buried deep in their hearts, experienced during their lifetimes, repeating the most painful and fearful memories of their lives, never able to wake up again.)

(Furthermore, since these few aliens no longer had any value, the person in charge of memory extraction stated that, in view of humanitarianism, he would use a very formal process to perform euthanasia on these aliens—)

(First, it must go through a six-month public tender period for the euthanasia plan.)