Chapter 263: Long Time No See, Data-kun

*Jones* Hangar

Regarding the small frictions on the bridge, Li Boyong indicated that he had no intention of managing the small frictions of the command level.

He was currently sitting in the cockpit of the Gaia, adjusting the mobile suit, with the golden-haired kitten Stella snuggled obediently in his arms.

As a qualified old gentleman, he was solemnly helping Stella adjust the mobile suit while feeling the wonderful touch of the beautiful girl in his arms.

Everyone only knew that he was an elite pilot, but who could understand the efforts made behind this?

It was really...

Too damn happy!!!

Li Boyong reluctantly stroked Stella's golden hair once, then returned the control seat to Stella.

"It's about like this; Stella, get used to it yourself."

"Mm! Neo."

*Sigh*, he was truly a good boss who cared for his subordinates, specifically running over to adjust the mobile suit for his subordinate.

"Neo, help me adjust the mobile suit too."

Sting, who was on the side, saw Li Boyong exit the Gaia's cockpit and asked for help: "The flight settings in the atmosphere have never been quite right."

Li Boyong didn't even look back as he lectured: "You are already a mature pilot; you should know how to maintain your mobile suit yourself."

Sting: "............"

Casually dismissing Sting, Li Boyong joked with the maintenance squad leader, enlivening the atmosphere, and then slipped into his own mobile suit.

While checking the situation of the mobile suit daily, he opened his system and saw the long-lost Data-kun.

The various attributes and skills were the same as before, except that after the Atlantic Federation's propaganda, he had an extra title.

Hero Who Saved the World (Fake): Increases the host's prestige among subordinates to a certain extent, and enhances control over subordinates.

Then there were the accumulated points...

*Sigh*, he hadn't done many missions since returning to the CE century; this egg-painful mission trigger mechanism.

The currently accumulated reward points could actually be exchanged for a Spirit Command.

"Courage": The effect is to spend 25 Spirit Points to greatly enhance the pilot's resistance to G-force for ten seconds.

Simply put, for a period of time, the pilot can ignore the physical limitations of G-force and perform various maneuvers that exert the mobile suit's maximum performance.

It could be said that the effect was very powerful, and it could achieve unexpected results when fighting strong enemies, making the illusion of "I can counter-kill" a reality.

But the Spirit Points spent when using it were really a bit too much; his pitiful points weren't even enough to use the Evasion Command for every battle.

So after hesitating for a period of time, Li Boyong decided to reserve the points for now.

After all, he now had so many excellent troops, so he didn't necessarily have to charge to the front every time. And if he reunited with Natarle, everyone would understand!

*Beep beep*...

While killing time, the Windam suddenly received information from the bridge.

"Colonel, received an emergency order from military headquarters."

The blonde adjutant, who looked a bit like the perverted man Gates from *Celestial Being*, appeared on the screen. Every time he saw the adjutant who looked like Gates reporting to him solemnly, Li Boyong felt a bit uncomfortable.

"What's the matter?"

"Our underwater unit unexpectedly encountered a ZAFT submarine carrier unit while patrolling. Because the other party was equipped with many new types of underwater combat mobile suits, our side was defeated and is currently being pursued. Because the distance is close, military headquarters hopes that our unit can go to support," the adjutant said.

"Hey, hey, since when did it become our Phantom Pain's job to wipe the asses of the regular military?" Li Boyong complained. Having gotten used to enjoying privileges, he inevitably subconsciously picked up some bad habits.

"This is because that base is very likely on the course of that ZAFT submarine carrier unit, which is why the higher-ups want us to move out," the adjutant replied expressionlessly.

"That base..."

Li Boyong pondered for a moment and then ordered: "I see. Order the whole army to turn; the target is to support our underwater unit. All mobile suits are to be equipped with anti-submarine armament."

The so-called "that base" was a military base that the Alliance military was secretly building for the future attack on Carpentaria Base.

The current war situation on the ground was that as the ZAFT military began to actively implement the right to self-defense.

The forces deployed by the ZAFT military at Gibraltar Base and the units air-dropped by the Alliance were successively taking control of the Mediterranean coastal areas.

And Carpentaria Base was actively opening up the passage from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, attempting to join forces with the Gibraltar forces at the Suez Canal.

At the same time, with the farce of the Alliance military forcibly starting the war, the Eurasian Federation, which had been gradually suppressed by the Atlantic Federation after the last great war, also launched a people's resistance movement against the Atlantic Federation.

Intelligence showed that ZAFT was also actively contacting the forces of the Eurasian Federation. Once the ground combat power of the ZAFT military successfully joined forces, it was very likely that they would use the name of helping the Eurasian Federation people's resistance movement to reach into Europe.

If that happened, the Earth military would fall into a very unfavorable situation.

And once this secret base was completed, it could become a springboard for attacking Carpentaria Base, forming a powerful suppression and preventing the ZAFT military's intentions to a certain extent.

But now, if the patrolling Alliance underwater unit was broken or suffered heavy losses, the control of that sea area would completely fall into the hands of ZAFT, and the risk of the base being exposed in advance would become very high.

Military headquarters was anxious and issued a support request to Li Boyong's Phantom Pain unit.

And the strategic mission assigned to Li Boyong's fleet when setting sail this time was originally to cut off the connection between the ZAFT military's Pacific and Indian Oceans. After receiving the order from military headquarters, going to support became a matter of course.

As the captains of the fleet received Li Boyong's order, this elite fleet with a complex composition turned toward the engagement location, and the hangars of each ship also began to urgently swap out various anti-submarine weapons.

"Hurry, hurry, swap the flight packs on the Windams for anti-submarine missiles..."

Soon, the hangar of the *Jones* where Li Boyong was located also began to bustle, and maintenance personnel began to sweat profusely while changing equipment.

While Li Boyong was preparing for the sortie in his own mobile suit, he listened to the adjutant's subsequent intelligence about the friendly forces.

"Colonel, according to the latest intelligence, that ZAFT submarine carrier unit has been successfully lured to the near shore; it looks like they want to eat our underwater unit in one go."

"What a greedy commander..." Li Boyong's heart moved, "But it looks like the commander of our underwater unit has some bold ideas that need our cooperation."

"Indeed, the intention of that friendly force to cooperate is already very obvious," the adjutant nodded, agreeing with Li Boyong's judgment, "ZAFT probably didn't expect that after an accidental encounter, we would happen to have reinforcements that could be quickly mobilized, which is why they dared to pursue so boldly."

"Very good. Tell the captain to have the destroyers act separately, cast a net in the combat area, and catch the enemy's underwater mother ship as much as possible. The aircraft carriers are to maintain a safe distance under the protection of the cruisers. The MS team and I will support the friendly forces and conduct anti-submarine warfare."

Li Boyong finally made some changes to the operation, intending to cooperate with the friendly forces' bold ideas.

Subsequently, his intentions were conveyed to the bridge through the adjutant, and the staff on the bridge immediately formulated an operational plan according to his command intentions. ===== CHAPTER 264 =====