Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

After dinner, Lorraine held a short meeting in the restaurant.

"Ms. Lin, how is your recovery going?"

"I've almost fully recovered, and in another two days I'll be able to get rid of the wheelchair completely."

Lorraine nodded, then looked at Ouyang Nian.

"Tonight, under the cover of darkness, take your sister and Bai Zhi to the archives. I've already had Roy prepare a place there where we can sleep."

Upon hearing Lorraine's words, Ouyang Nian replied with a hint of accusation:

"Ha, you've finally decided to tell me?"

Lorraine froze for a moment, then explained.

"Isn't this to prevent accidents?"

Before he could finish speaking, Lorraine could tell that Ouyang Nian was about to explode.

"I promise, just this once, I swear to God."

"Hmph, I know."

Ouyang Nian angrily pushed Lin Shu out of the restaurant.

"Phew~"

"Commander, you've brought this on yourself."

Platinum stood aside and teased.

"Platinum, don't make fun of me. Who knew she would overhear that call?"

Lorraine shook her head with a wry smile, then regained her serious expression.

"I'll probably depart the day after tomorrow. I'll then lower the two landing craft from the ship, and you'll return to the dock with them. Cleveland's subroutine has already been installed on their servers."

"I'll leave the reconnaissance drones on the ship to you, and you'll be in charge of the subsequent cleanup operation."

"I don't need to capture anyone alive. I only have one request: that there be no innocent casualties during the operation."

Platinum nodded vigorously.

"I guarantee that when you return, apart from those who deserve to die, no one will be injured or killed."

Lorraine patted Platinum on the shoulder.

"Let's go. Your current task is to escort Ouyang Nian and the others safely to their hiding place."

Bai Jin turned and left the restaurant to put on his gear in the preparation room, ready to escort Ouyang Nian and the others away.

Once everyone had left the flagship, Lorraine then activated the flagship and drove it away from the dock.

After leaving the dock, Lorraine began to open cans, preparing to use them as bait to attract fish.

[Commander, the flagship has reached the designated location.]

This is the northernmost point of the controlled area. Lorraine threw all the opened cans into the water.

The can fell into the water and sank slowly, attracting a swarm of fish that scrambled to get food from the opening.

"Next, we'll go to the estuary and calculate suitable bait placement locations."

Upon receiving Lorraine's instructions, Cleveland steered the flagship slowly toward the north.

Upon reaching the upstream of the ambush site, Lorraine repeated his previous actions.

The canned food fell into the water and was carried by the current towards the estuary. The fish in the river were also attracted and all gathered near the estuary.

Soon after, the can slowly sank to the seabed, the remaining bits of meat inside still attracting schools of fish to linger there.

"Na)))"

After confirming the success of his plan by looking at the information displayed on the screen, Lorraine drove his flagship away.

It was late at night when they returned to the dock. Shortly after Lorraine docked, Platinum returned to the flagship.

"Commander, is the operation going smoothly?"

"Everything went smoothly, now I'm even more confident."

The two then said goodnight to each other and returned to their respective cabins to rest.

On the second day, Lorraine instructed Guo Zhiwei to arrange for workers to complete the inspection and maintenance of the two ships on the slipway within two days; at the same time, he instructed Han Xiao to lead people to cultivate the land in preparation for planting a batch of new food crops.

Subsequently, Lorraine instructed Liu Yufeng to spread rumors and muddy the waters of the camp, while Bai Jin led the Pivot Team to hide in the shadows and provide them with technical support.

Once the order was given, the entire shipyard began to spin wildly, like a tightly wound gear. In just one morning, some people were suffering terribly and were on the verge of fainting.

This high-pressure situation continued until the end of the workday. Under the surveillance of the pivot team and special operations agents, several more unstable individuals were discovered.

At 8 p.m., Bai Jin and the Ouyang sisters met up. All the anti-submarine warfare weapons and equipment had been loaded, and the two landing craft had been hidden near the shipyard.

At 9 p.m., the second batch of sonar buoys was scheduled to shut down in an hour and a half, but no suspicious targets below the sea surface were detected.

At 10 p.m., Lorraine opened the intelligence system to confirm whether the Overlord was still alive.

[Countdown to the return of the overlord: 3 hours and 25 minutes.]

At 10:25 p.m., the flagship received a signal transmitted back by the sonar buoy.

A suspicious target, 17.2 meters in length, was detected moving slowly at location xxx.xx, -xx.xx.

"Cleveland, weigh anchor, set sail for the southernmost point of the defensive zone."

The noise generated by the metal colliding during the rapid retraction of the anchor chain has attracted the attention of some people.

Power was supplied, the motor started, and the propeller slowly rotated, propelling the flagship away from the dock.

On its way to the target location, Cleveland activated the active scanning mode of the northernmost sonar buoy.

When the flagship arrived at the target location and deployed the two ray-shaped underwater vehicles, numbered Reconnaissance-1 and Reconnaissance-2, carrying bait, the northernmost sonar buoy detected the suspicious target.

A suspicious target, possibly resembling the Overlord, has been spotted 29 nautical miles southeast of the flagship.

[Recommendation: Immediately deploy the Ray-type underwater vehicle (designated Reconnaissance-3), then proceed to the rear of the target area to conduct anti-submarine warfare.]

Lorraine considered the proposal for a moment and then rejected it, before issuing an order.

"The flagship will proceed due west. When it is closest to the ambush site, it will deploy Reconnaissance-3 missiles and turn southeast. We will strike the target from the flank."

[Received, flagship is turning due west.]

The flagship traced a perfect arc on the sea surface, heading towards the turning point at a speed of 30 knots.

[Recon-3 has been deployed; Recon-1 has arrived at its designated location and begun baiting; Recon-2 has finished baiting, and the fish are beginning to gather.]

While reporting the situation, Cleveland steered the flagship to a different direction on the sea.

After completing the turn, the flagship returned to the deployment area at a speed of 30 knots.

[Suspicious target confirmed. Currently en route to the Recon-1 bait drop site at 8 knots, expected arrival in two minutes.]

Lorraine opened the previously recorded data and confirmed the maximum speed of this type of shark.

"It seems the injury is quite serious, otherwise he should be heading here at 10 knots or faster right now."

The flagship will bring it within effective range of the Hedgehog rounds in 3 minutes.

"Determine firing parameters, fire while moving, and immediately begin turning after the Hedgehog rounds have been deployed."

【receive. 】

Then a three-minute countdown and the real-time positions of both devices popped up on the screen in the control panel.

Time ticked by, and Lorraine stared intently at the screen.

[We are expected to arrive at the firing position in two minutes.]

Lorraine placed his hand on the firing safety, and at the same time, the foredeck hatch opened, revealing the main gun and hedgehog launchers hidden beneath it.