Following Yan Jing's instructions.

Preparations for the first phase of the expedition fleet are in full swing.

The suggestions of Lin Qin and Fu Shudao, two Taoist priests, have achieved great results.

Ever since I learned that the evil spirits would launch an unprecedented attack, and the expedition fleet was willing to take the initiative to assist the settlement in relocating.

All settlements in the area around Lighthouse Island that could receive the news chose to join the expedition fleet without exception.

Especially after learning that the preparation time has been compressed and the atmosphere on the expedition fleet has become increasingly urgent, many settlements that originally wanted to wait and see can no longer remain calm and bystanders.

The smoke of war has begun to spread.

In the fateful battle, there is no neutral camp.

All of this is truly reflected in the number of personnel recruited by the expeditionary fleet.

There were no more than 3,000 people on the first day. On the second day, the number of migrating settlements, survivor groups and even some warships relying on their own strength increased sharply, directly breaking through the 5,000 barrier.

The first two are okay. They can basically be transformed into fleet people in a short time if they obey the arrangements. However, the situation of wandering warships is a bit special. They are more like a combination of mercenaries and merchant ships.

In the past, I would sell goods and receive tasks by traveling between major settlements and flying dragon boats.

Although they have strong combat power, their style is quite unorganized. They did not accept the reorganization of the expedition fleet, and only expressed their willingness to participate in the Great Expedition in exchange for being stationed in the airport after the war.

Yan Jing did not refuse and agreed quite readily.

To put it bluntly, Yan Jing doesn't care where these people come from or whether they have other ideas. He only has one criterion. As long as he is willing to assist the expedition fleet in fighting evil spirits, he can negotiate any conditions.

Of course, if these people intend to fool him and fail to do their job, then he will have his own way to solve it after the war.

No matter what, there is no doubt that the strength of the expedition fleet will be enhanced by the increase in the number of people, and the resulting siphon effect will become stronger.

The next two days.

The entire expedition fleet has entered a virtuous cycle.

A large amount of manpower was added to enable all tasks to be implemented extremely quickly.

However, this large-scale gathering of humans has unsurprisingly attracted the attention of evil spirits. The preparations at the airport are still unknown, but the changes in the environment around Lighthouse Island are becoming increasingly clear.

Starting from the third day, the wind and rain in the area where the lighthouse island is located became more and more violent.

The sky in the world of China was already dark without the sun, and now it was even harder to see light. Searchlights had to be turned on even during the day.

That's all.

Protected by a lighthouse, the dim light does not affect the progress of the work.

The real trouble is the monster that lurks in the airspace around Lighthouse Island at some unknown time.

Starting from the night of the third day.

Various types of monsters launched suicidal attacks on the expedition fleet.

"At eleven o'clock, three strange birds with elephant trunks were spotted approaching quickly. The Blade is preparing to take off!"

This is already the fifth warning issued by the Yufeng watch tower in the morning period of the fourth day.

After receiving the news, the Blade team, which had been on standby for a long time, rushed out of the inner city, braved the rain, passed through the workers on the deck and the armored warriors patrolling back and forth, and headed straight for the Blade which had been overhauled not far away.

Only three minutes later.

The Blade soared into the sky amidst the hum of its engines and sped out.

At this time, everyone on the deck was still busy with their work, and there was no confusion at all. It's not that everyone has a big heart, but the attacks in the past ten hours have been so frequent that they have become numb.

When they first encountered the attack, it did cause quite a bit of chaos. The senior officials of the expedition fleet even suspected that evil spirits were preparing to strike first and block them on the lighthouse island.

As a result, after several combat airships took off, they discovered that there were only two or three kittens, which were not enough to pose a threat at all.

This behavior is more like an evil spirit testing the expedition fleet.

I want to know the progress of their preparations and monitor the actions of the expedition fleet.

"Hey, let me tell you, joining the fleet is the most correct decision. Look around you. The soldiers are equipped with combat airships ready to take off at any time. If our previous settlement encountered an attack of this scale,

It’s been washed away a long time ago!”

On the left side of the Yufeng, the new boatmen who were queuing up looked at the fierce battle in the sky and sighed with emotion.

In front of them, the staff of Xingkong Dragon Boat were still carrying out the final registration work in an orderly manner.

"This fleet is great. When I came here, I heard that today is the deadline and the expedition will be launched soon. We may have to go to the battlefield."

Someone nearby shrank his neck, looked back at the fleet members who were evacuating from the lighthouse island, and said,

"Look, they are moving everything on the island to the dragon boat. They must be doing this because they plan to leave the lighthouse island."

"Ha! If you are afraid, it is still too late to go down now. Isn't it just a battlefield? If you stay, you will still have to face those monsters. You might as well fight with the big army, as long as you can fight for a future for our descendants.

, my life is worth it!"

In the face of danger, if some people shrink back, others will naturally rise up.

People who are struggling to survive in the last days, the most indispensable thing is blood!

Discussions continued here, and on the other side of the Xuntian, Yan Jing was listening to the reports from Fu Shudao and others.

Although there are still many settlements on the way, the situation around Lighthouse Island is enough to prove the urgency of the situation.

The expedition fleet cannot wait any longer.

The evil spirit can send a large number of monsters to harass, and even the environment changes. It can be seen that the situation near the airport has deteriorated.

The success or failure of the Great Expedition is at stake, and this is no time to slow down for the sake of one or two thousand men.

"As of now, the total population of the expedition fleet is close to 30,000, and the combat troops are close to 5,000. Among them, the number of front-line elite troops equipped with power armor is 831, nearly 100 combat airships of various types, and the number of air combat troops is 1

There are 1,256 people, and the remaining personnel will be responsible for the deck defense tasks of the dragon boat and undertake part of the landing operations tasks."

Although a large number of combatants have been recruited, the combatants who can really go to the front line and face the evil spirits are basically the elites on the seven flying dragon boats, and the rest are selected from the best from each settlement.

On the contrary, the air combat troops do not have so many requirements. As long as they can go to the battlefield, they will be incorporated into the combat troops.

"That's almost it. The specific combat plan is up to you to decide. All I can do is open the gap for you. Leave the most dangerous tasks to me!"

Yan Jing listened to Fu Shudao's report, nodded from time to time, and finally spoke.

Leave professional matters to professionals.

Yan Jing never thought of interfering with the specific combat plans of each unit of the expedition fleet.

After all, he only knows a few guard captains so far, so rashly stepping in to engage in micro-management is purely disruptive.

What he has to do is very simple, that is to point out the direction for the expedition fleet, and then try his best to open up the airport defense line, find the evil spirit hiding in the airport, and crush it to ashes!
Chapter completed!