Ocean Lords: Start as a Fisherman

Chapter 146 Appointment of Task Force
After a while,

After receiving the pager, Cao Ge hurried to Su Wang.

"Boss, I have already arranged what you instructed me to do.
Why are you calling me here so urgently? Do you have any other tasks to arrange?"

Su Wang nodded and said solemnly.

"Things have changed. The previous arrangements are no longer suitable. This crisis is more troublesome than I expected."

Seeing the boss who has always been invincible, he now looks solemn.

Cao Ge quickly put away the relaxed expression on his face and asked nervously.

"Boss, what's the problem?"

Su Wang informed him of the intelligence he had previously obtained.

However, regarding the number of strange ships, the author did not tell the estimated number of enemies, but only told the approximate number seen.

When Cao Ge heard that there were 20,000 to 30,000 strange ships, his face turned pale.

When he first heard about the polluters, he thought there would be only a few hundred or a few thousand ships at most, but now the number has increased by about ten times than expected.

"The terminal has finally developed to its current state, how could it have encountered such a thing..."

"Boss...what should we do? Should we give up this place?"

Cao Ge asked with a slightly frustrated tone.

In his opinion, even the Fool's Wharf would find it difficult to resist tens of thousands of strange enemy ships.

As someone who has seen the wharf transformed from nothing to a bustling place with over 10,000 residents,
Cao Ge was also very reluctant to give up this pier controlled by the fishermen.

Su Wang shook his head when he heard that.

"It's too early to give up now. I might need to go out for a day or two soon."

"During this period, I need you to lead part of the fleet to clean up these strange ships."

Cao Ge looked embarrassed when he heard this.

"Boss, it's not Lao Cao who's afraid of death.

But didn’t you say there were tens of thousands of these strange ships? My fleet wouldn’t be of much use.”

Su Wang immediately laughed and scolded.

"Don't worry, I won't ask you to die."

"The polluters' army is still gathering in the sea more than a thousand miles away.

The strange ship exploration team closest to Fool's Wharf is currently over 5 nautical miles away, and these strange ship teams are probably only a few in number."

"During the two days I was away,
I need you to lead the team to clear out these strange ship exploration teams ahead of time and delay the discovery of Fool's Wharf."

Cao Ge breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that he didn't have to lead the team to face tens of thousands of strange ships.

Su Wang asked at this time.

“How many fishermen are there at the dock now?”

Cao Ge answered without hesitation: "A few more have arrived in the past two days. Now there are 62 of them, 58 of whom are willing to develop in the combat field."

Hearing this, Su Wang nodded and made arrangements.

"How about this? Go gather 50 fishermen to the harbor now, and I'll arrange a cleanup team later."

"You will be the overall commander of this cleanup operation, coordinating and contacting these fishermen to carry out the operation."

After receiving the order, Cao Ge nodded immediately and left to gather the fishermen.

After Cao Ge left, Su Wang immediately found Tia and asked her to gather a family fleet of 500 ships and prepare some resources.

Originally, Su Wang planned to wait until the resources were delivered to Hongzhe Wharf and then carry out a major fleet replacement at one time.

However, with the current crisis of polluters, Tia can only temporarily use family resources to replace some equipment in advance.

While the fleet was being assembled, Su Wang and Tia came to the dock equipment manufacturing plant together.

It didn't take long before we saw the servants of the Horned Eel family pushing carts of resource storage boxes over.

Su Wang planned to have the Eel Family fleet replace 500 fire control radars and 500 speed-increasing turbines in advance, giving priority to improving range and maneuverability.

With these two pieces of equipment,
Dealing with a small number of polluter ships is enough to achieve a huge combat advantage and avoid combat damage.

After obtaining the resources, Su Wang immediately began to manufacture equipment.

Both facilities are bronze-level,
This replacement operation almost consumed all the bronze fish materials accumulated by the Horned Eel Family.

Su Wang also paid out of his own pocket,
50 fire control radars and turbines, as well as 100 submachine guns were also manufactured, ready for the fishermen participating in the mission to replace them in advance.

This mission of cleaning up the polluters is enough to bring a large amount of dock merit, which can be regarded as an advance payment for these fishermen.

After more than an hour, all the equipment was manufactured.

Su Wang immediately led Tia back to the port.

At this moment, most of the patrolling warships have returned to anchor outside the port.

There are a total of 500 ships in the Horned Eel Family Fleet and 200 ships in the Mutual Helper Fleet.

The core of the horned eel family's equipment was taken out and delivered to Tia to be passed to the family fleet for replacement.

Su Wang also found Cao Ge and 50 fishermen who had been waiting at the port.

When you come before these people,

Cao Ge was quite calm, but the other 50 fishermen of all kinds seemed a little nervous and looked at Su Wang with apprehensive eyes.

Among these 50 fishermen, there are 38 men and 12 women.

Su Wang took out the prepared equipment core from the fish hold and spoke slowly.

"I've summoned you all here to give you an important mission, which is also a test."

“The terminal is currently facing the risk of being discovered by polluters.

I need you to each lead a team to clean out the small group of polluters and prevent them from detecting the existence of Fool's Wharf." After he finished speaking, Su Wang glanced at the reactions of the people in front of him.

Among them, more than a dozen people looked excited, more than twenty people were still a little nervous, and the remaining dozen people looked nervous and scared.

Few of these fishermen have ever had experience dealing with polluters, so it is normal for them to have different reactions.

The reason for letting these fishermen participate in this mission is, firstly, to train the troops, and secondly to keep a backup plan.

Unlike local dock boatmen, these fishermen have the ability to shuttle between anchors after joining the dock.

This ability is undoubtedly a life-saving skill!

During this mission, if you encounter unexpected dangers,
At the very least, these fishermen can return to the dock with their boatmen and equipment, reducing the extent of their losses.

Although this situation may not occur, there is nothing wrong in leaving a conservative backup plan.

After observing everyone's reactions, Su Wang continued.

"This time you will each lead a small cleanup team.
Each team includes 10 ordinary medium-sized warships and 2 cooperative ships."

"You will be divided into squadrons of 10, looking after each other and responsible for an area of ​​water.

One of them will be the squadron leader, and I will send a Navigator equipped with bombers as a means of reconnaissance."

"My request is that if we see a fleet of polluters with fewer than 50 vessels, we should immediately clear it out. If we see a fleet of more than 50 to 200 vessels, we should mobilize and assemble to clear it out."

"If there are more than 200 enemy ships, report it to Captain Cao Ge. He will lead the aid fleet to clear them out."

When these fishermen heard that they could lead a fleet, excitement flashed across their faces.

However, what they heard next made their excitement rise to several levels.

"This mission will have dock merit rewards. For every strange ship your fleet sinks, you will receive 10 merit points."

"This time, I will provide you with four bronze special ship facilities and one rare fish material in advance, allowing you to improve the strength of your vehicles."

"The required merits will be deducted after the mission is completed."

Since there was basically no fighting at the dock,
Therefore, these fishermen who arrived can only accept some fishing tasks to exchange for merits on a daily basis, and the amount of merits obtained from these tasks is pitifully small.

They have been coveting the rare items on the dock merit exchange list for a long time.

So when I heard that this mission could quickly earn me merits and even exchange them for rare items in advance,

Even the dozen or so fishermen who were a little afraid of the task became excited.

Many fishermen even spoke out excitedly.

"Don't worry, Boss Wangxin. We will never let any polluters near the dock!"

"That's right! Boss Wangxin, I will definitely bring you all the ships from these fleets!"

"Haha! Thanks, Boss Wangxin! Now I can upgrade my vehicle. I've been eyeing those rare fish for ages!"

Su Wang also smiled when he saw this.

After this period of reproduction in the fish breeding lake, the rare fish species have met the extraction conditions.

Upgrading their vehicles in advance can also increase their self-protection capabilities and motivate them at the same time.

After receiving several bronze special equipment and rare fish materials from Su Wang,

The fishermen were so excited that they couldn't express it in words, and their words of praise came to his ears one after another.

During this period, the distribution of equipment in Tia was almost completed.

Su Wang then began to arrange the team composition.

Tia also cooperated very well with Su Wang's arrangement to split the family fleet.

Basically, every fisherman will be equipped with a slightly experienced captain to assist in leading the team.

As for Cao Ge, Su Wang arranged a fleet of one hundred mutual aid ships and three pilot ships for him to lead.

Ensure that this team, serving as an emergency aid fleet, has the strongest vision, maneuverability and combat effectiveness.

Then, with 500 nautical miles from Fool's Wharf as the boundary, 50 teams were assigned their respective areas of responsibility.

After the arrangements were completed, each team set out to sea that night for the areas they were responsible for.

Looking at the fleets of small ships leaving the port, Su Wang breathed a sigh of relief.

These 50 mopping-up teams set out, equipped with bombers to conduct reconnaissance and interception.

Any polluters found will surely be eliminated.

In this way, Fool's Wharf should not be discovered by the polluters for a short period of time.

But this is only a short-term measure, and there is still not much time left for Fool's Wharf.

Su Wang understood that it was time for him to take action.

After sending off all the mission teams, the Wangxin immediately left the port and headed towards the Hongzhe Wharf.

As Fool's Wharf continues to expand its fleet, Su Wang can no longer wait for Lord Karame to slowly raise the ransom.

He planned to go there in person, collect some supplies, and increase the number of fleets at the dock.

The sooner we gather the conditions for a guerrilla naval war, the less danger there will be at Fool's Wharf.

If we wait until the main force of polluters moves further in, the room for guerrilla warfare will gradually shrink.

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