The Flame Dragon Pirate Gang's regiment commander did not know that the order he had issued to the fleet had already been altered by Yang Bo.
Yang Bo had long since infiltrated the Flame Dragon Pirate Gang base's network.
Naturally, he had also infiltrated the two battleships transporting the mysterious cargo.
These two battleships had not contacted the base, so Yang Bo had been unable to do anything to them.
But once the two battleships contacted the base, Yang Bo would be able to use that communication route to take control of them.
The Flame Dragon Pirate Gang's First Deputy Regiment Commander widened his eyes after receiving the regiment commander's order.
Because the regiment commander's order was to abandon ship!
In other words, abandon the battleships!
Yang Bo also discovered that Zhang Han was loudly threatening them over the public communication channel. "You damned pirates, you have two minutes to surrender. If you don't surrender within two minutes, I'll blow your heads off."
The Federation fleet's officers had learned to be clever as well.
Zhang Han knew that if he tried to beat the pirates to death from the start, they might put up resistance and cause losses to his fleet.
As for what would happen if those pirates surrendered...
That was not something Zhang Han needed to consider. It would naturally be handed over to his superiors, the Federation Judicial Department, or the Military Tribunal.
As long as he kept his promise, that was enough.
Yang Bo had not planted a Mental Seed in Zhang Han, so he did not know what Zhang Han was thinking.
Zhang Han had originally thought these pirates would resist to the bitter end. After all, the Federation Third Fleet had previously sent more than a dozen pirate groups fleeing in panic and killed