Chapter 403 The Whitebeard Pirates
"Mr. Tang, I believe you also understand that 'Qi Mingxing Pharmaceutical' is a large group company. I am just a small regional supervisor with branch managers, presidents, and directors. For matters as big as cooperation, please forgive me for being powerless. I must inform my superiors of this matter and only after discussion by the board of directors can we make a conclusion."
"It's okay, anyway, the repair work of the pirate warship cannot be completed in a short time." Tang Fang replied with a smile: "Oh, by the way, in this matter, I hope that the senior management of your company can listen to the suggestions of Councillor Terry. I think... he should have heard of the four words "Morning Star Casting"."
"Okay, I'll write it down." Sheridan couldn't help but wipe his sweat. The more the young man on the opposite side smiled, the more he felt that he had seen through his thoughts and thoughts.
"How is the repair progress of the communication equipment?" Sheridan turned his head and looked at Ruskin, using this to cover up his embarrassment.
"This... I'll ask who the people in the repair team." Ruskin slid the LCD screen of the mobile videometer and was about to connect the maintenance personnel on the ground. Suddenly, the door of the lounge opened and a black man ran in excitedly: "Stephen... Stephen and the transport team are back."
Byron stood up with a "scarlet" and did not even explain to Tang Fang. He quickly walked out of the lounge and walked towards the central control room. Without saying a word, Ruskin stood up and stepped forward to chase him.
Sheridan looked at the black man and then at the four Tang Fang, showing dilemma.
"Let's go and have a look together." Tang Fang said understandingly.
"Please." Sheridan looked at him gratefully, led the way in front of him, went out and turned to the right, and returned to the control center.
At this time, the large screen was frozen in space 600km away from "Christier". The originally dark and quiet space was flashing with light. One warship after another appeared in the field of vision of several people.
"Can Stephen's flagship be connected?" Byron asked an operator.
"If you communicate with microwaves, there should be no problem." The operator agreed and stroked his finger across the touch panel to send a communication request using the encrypted channel.
But just when the other party verified the correctness of the key and was about to establish a channel, it was in the void about 300km away from the place where the fleet appeared. The warp speed response increased greatly, and the early warning computer connected to the detector counted a reading, 187!
This indicates that in addition to Stephen Susho's fleet, another fleet entered "Christier."
"Is it possible..." Roskin and Sheridan looked at each other in disgrace.
At the same time, the light and shadow of the large screen No. 2 flashed, a beard curled, slightly brown-red, and the big face looked like the King of the Hill, and the white man appeared in front of everyone: "Captain, are you okay? Where is Charleman? Where is that guy Charleman?"
"We're fine, you..."
Byron was about to ask him how he was going, but suddenly, there was a mess on the opposite side. Stephen's face shook a few times on the big screen, then turned his head and said furiously: "Bitch, I'm actually following you. The leader... it's the traitors and the 'Whitebeard' pirate group."
"Is it white beard? I didn't expect these guys to get involved with Albert." Byron frowned.
"This is a trap, a trap! ma. egg, I was fooled by them." Stephen shouted timidly.
It was only half a minute before the fleet returned to "Christier". He didn't know what had happened just now. Looking at the wreckage of the space-based defense facilities floating outside the porthole, as well as the pirate warships floating not far away, and the "Headless Knight" was also there. Stephen mistakenly thought that Charleman's fleet was waiting for the rabbit. The "Whitebeest" Pirates' previous retreat was just a fictitious shot, in order to let his fleet and transport team return to "Christier", so as to cooperate with the inside and outside, and eliminate them in one fell swoop.
I have to say that Stephen Su looks a little stupid, but in fact he is quite keen. In just a few seconds, he can see through the tricks of Charman's group.
"The commander, tell Gallup United to hold back the 'Whitebeard' people, and give me the rest of the ship..."
"Stephen, open your eyes and take a look. The battleship above 'Christier' has lost its combat capability." Byron quickly interrupted him and gave orders. This guy has some brains. His disadvantage is that he is impatient and frivolous in doing things. Just like now, he will start the idea of attacking before he can figure out the situation.
"Huh?" Stephen Su looked puzzled: "Captain, it's not that Charleman has defeated 'Christier' and wants to frame us with you, right?"
Byron was so angry that his teeth itched: "Baby, where did you see that I was coerced?"
Stephen Su did not reply immediately, turned around and left for a while, then walked to the front of the camera, perhaps because he learned the actual situation from the intelligence personnel, and said with a embarrassed look: "I'm sorry, Commander, I was wrong."
"Hmph." Byron snorted coldly: "Charman's fleet has been defeated. Now you only need to concentrate on dealing with the 'Whitebeard' group."
"Don't worry." Stephen patted his chest: "As long as no one pulls his back, I must pull all the hairs of that old guy Boyle this time."
After saying that, he flashed and was about to leave the camera, but suddenly turned his head: "Captain, I'm very curious, how did you defeat Charman."
Byron gritted his teeth and said, "It's important to do things."
"Yes, yes, the matter is important." Stephen smiled and ordered the communications team to disconnect from both sides and concentrate on dealing with the "Whitebeard" pirates behind him and the "Christier" security fleet that turned against him in the face of the war.
Later, Tang Fang was full of doubts and asked Ruskin about the incident.
It turned out that more than a month ago, after receiving a notice from the headquarters of "Qi Mingxing Pharmaceutical", staff of the "Babylon" branch bought a batch of biological samples that may have research value in the free market and sent them to "Christier" for research.
At first, Byron and others didn't care. They felt that the safety factor of the route from "Babylon" to "Diral" was very high, and there was no danger. But they didn't expect that when the transport fleet arrived less than 0.1 light-year from the edge of the Dilar star system, a medium-sized pirate group of 120 warships suddenly broke out and stopped the fleet to rob.
Not only does a mere medium-sized pirate group dare to run to the heart of the Star Alliance to stir up trouble, but they also dare to intercept the transport fleet of "Qi Mingxing Pharmaceutical" less than 0.1 light-years away from the edge of "Diral"?
You should know that the transport fleet of "Qi Mingxing Pharmaceutical" is not some wild freight fleets. The company has signed security contracts with some security companies and mercenary organizations. This time, the fleet that transported biological samples is not only the scientific research ships and special cargo ships of "Qi Mingxing" own, but also an escort fleet composed of 70 warships.
The existence of the Pirates did not hide from the Pioneer Reconnaissance Team of the Transportation Fleet. While stopping the follow-up fleet, they sent letters of assistance to the corporate garrison of "Dilal".
The social situation in the Tianchao Star Zone is not as good as sovereign states like Monya and Charles, because there are many pirate groups. The safety factors of each channel are different and the forces of the strongholds are eyeing it, resulting in frequent robbery. Only some of the main routes officially opened by the Star Alliance were able to be peaceful because of the existence of patrol fleets. Of course, "Ping" is relatively speaking. After all, the distance between two adjacent star systems is often several light years. More than ten light years, even super forces like the Star Alliance cannot ensure the absolute safety of the entire channel.
Moreover, this so-called official route is generally a star-shaped expansion structure. Only node star systems like "Babylon" have official routes with well-connected official routes. Edge star systems like "Jakartabul" and "Diral" have low safety factors on the one hand. Secondly, there is only one official route. They are used to connect to the adjacent star systems closest to them.
For example, "Jakartapur", its official route is connected to "Qatar". The distance between "Jakartapur" and "Babylon" is more than 20 light years. It is at the warp speed of the morning star. If you walk straight, it should take about one month. But if you travel along the official channel, it will take at least two and a half months.
Such a long journey may be acceptable to ordinary people, but for some commercial organizations and groups, they cannot afford it.
Therefore, major enterprises and organizations of Star Alliance urgently need to develop a countermeasure. They can choose their favorite paths and be robbed without any fear of being robbed. Hiring large and medium-sized mercenaries and security groups is a good choice, but... the cost? The zero-price consumption of hundreds of warships alone is not a small amount. Unless the situation is forced, no company is willing to hire them, which also creates a social phenomenon in which companies are eager to have private troops.
First, fear of detours and losing the opportunity; second, fear of spending high rent; third, fear of robbery; fourth, warp navigation technology is incomplete, and ships cannot stop jumping in the middle. Under these four major factors, a pioneering path exploration mechanism has been created.
Generally speaking, as a pioneer reconnaissance unit, a reconnaissance ship with the ability to scan the warp speed probe, will perform segmented warp speed transitions according to the preset routes of the fleet and collect abnormal signals along the way. If an unofficial warp speed probe is found or is intercepted, the reconnaissance ship will issue an alarm to the main fleet that also performs segmented warp speed transitions behind.
As long as the warp probe is not deployed, the fleet's movements cannot be detected. Once the warp probe is deployed, it will be discovered by the Pioneer Reconnaissance Ship. In this way, the possibility of the fleet being intercepted will naturally be greatly reduced, unless there is a pirate's eyeliner in the upper management of the fleet, or encounters an unlucky situation where the Pioneer Reconnaissance Ship's detection unit fails, and the pirate group's blind cat hitting a dead mouse.
Luskin was very glad that fortunately, the transport fleet did not encounter the above adverse situation.
70vs120! You will definitely not be able to beat it, but if the transport fleet is sincerely dragged, the pirate side will never succeed in a short period of time. 0.1 light-year, only about two or three hours of voyage. If the mercenary fleet of "Diral" is sent over, 150vs120! You can definitely scare away the pirate group.
But... what Ruskin Eddie wants is not to shock the other party, but to kill a warning! The Dilal star system has been rented by "Qimingxing Pharmaceutical". In the next few decades, it will gradually build a comprehensive large pharmaceutical company integrating pharmaceutical research and development, medical equipment manufacturing, and artificial organ production.
The goal of "Qingxing" is to grow into a top pharmaceutical manufacturer in the Star Alliance. How can it compromise with the Pirates? If the pirates succeed this time, they will not be ridiculed by their competitors to death. Therefore, it is necessary to keep the momentum in a position to scare the monkey.
In order to capture all the pirates in one go, Roskin not only dispatched the security fleet of "Qingxing Pharmaceutical" in the Dilal Star System, but also borrowed the pirate fleet composed of 240 warships under Byron.
According to Byron's idea, he wanted to leave half of the warships to guard "Diral" to avoid encountering the possible "tug-of-tug-out" of "glorious tigers from the mountain". However, Ruskin was shameless and forced to fight hard, and finally agreed to the action plan for the entire ship to attack.
After all, the battlefield between the Pirates and the transport fleet is too close to the "Diral", only 0.1 light-year. Moreover, the data analysis sent back by the reconnaissance network spreading around the "Diral" airspace. There are only those 120 warships, and there should be no other ambush forces. In this environment, as long as the joint fleet arrives, it can be destroyed and sent the pirates who seek death to the death to him to hell. Conservative estimates, if the bandit suppression battle goes smoothly, it can end within 1 hour, and the round-trip voyage will only last 5 or 6 hours.
In such a short time, no matter how fast the warship is, it is impossible to capture the integrated air-ground defense network built on "Christier" before the return of the joint fleet. You should know that the maximum surveillance distance of the peripheral reconnaissance network of "Diral" is 0.1 light-year. If someone really has bad intentions and is preparing to sneak attack the industrial park after the joint fleet leaves, then he will wait for the joint fleet to be shot and seize the way out.
However, what Ruskin didn't expect was that the other party did not need to ambush the extra troops, nor did it need subsequent reinforcements. The security force of "Qi Mingxing Pharmaceutical" consisting of 88 warships was simply a group of traitors and real pirates.
After arriving at the target location, the Byron faction fleet of the Apollo Pirates led by Stephen Sue suddenly launched a formation, and the "Qingxing" security forces in the rear suddenly launched an attack, forming a pincer attack with the original pirates.
Even if Stephen Su had a large number of troops, he could not escape the defeat in the face of this sudden change and the unfavorable formation. Fortunately, the frigates of the transport fleet only arrived in time after receiving a letter of help. With the strength of both sides, they could barely stop the defeat and get entangled with the opponent.
As the saying goes, "Blessings come unparalleled, but misfortunes never come alone. When Stephen Sue was dragged by the "Whitebeest" pirates, "Christier" ushered in its Good Friday.
The security fleet of "Qimingxing Pharmaceutical" can be instigated by others, and the border defense units can also be bribed. Unlike star systems such as "Jakartabul" and "Qatar", "Qimingxing Pharmaceutical" does not have enough military power and financial resources to set up a wide-area warp intercept network on the "Diral" border line.
"Dilal" only has a local warp intercept line, which is arranged in the void outside the "Laxis" star. It is used to cooperate with a large number of warp probes in the star system to monitor and block possible enemy fleets, and win reaction time for "Christiel"'s security fleet and space-based defense platform.
Under this defensive structure, once the detection checkpoints in a certain area are bribed by the enemy, the result can be imagined. Therefore, after the transport fleet and the Byron faction fleet led by Stephen Sue were dragged down, "Laxis" suddenly appeared in the shadow of "Christier" facing away from "Christier", an expeditionary fleet composed of 400 warships broke out, launching a fierce attack on the defense system over the industrial park.
This fleet is nothing else, and naturally it is part of the main fleet of the Apollo Pirates led by Albert's confidant general Charman Green.
Based on the above-mentioned combat process analysis, the series of plans planned by Albert went through four processes: luring the enemy into depth - luring the tiger away from the mountain - counter-espionage plan - surrounding the point to attack and support. However, the appearance of the Morning Star broke this perfect nearly impeccable combat strategy, causing the fleet led by Charman to return in a disastrous defeat.
According to Stephen Sue's description, when Charleman conquered the space-based defense line, the "Whitebeest" Pirates and the rebellious security fleet showed that the enemy was weak, deliberately pretending to be defeated, and retreated into the deep space.
Considering that "Christier" was being attacked by Charleman, Stephen did not dare to neglect and hurried back to the rescue with the transport fleet. After more than two hours of voyage back to the park, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the "Whitebeard" Pirates and the Security Fleet also followed.
It can be seen from this that Charman's plan is not just a surround and aid. His plan is to attack front and back to wipe out all the living forces of the Byron faction.
"This Albert is really the number one figure." Tang Fang looked up at the battlefield model drawn by the holographic projection equipment of the combat command platform. There were more than 260 warships on the Stephen Su side, and more than 180 warships on the "Whitebeest" or the security fleet. Which combat power is higher and which one is lower can be distinguished at a glance.
In this case, whether he sends troops to support it will not have much impact. The "Whitebeest" people are not fools. Without Charleman's fleet attack, how could they be Stephen? Sue's opponents? "Escape" is their only choice.
"If I had known this, I would have let the high-level templar warriors imagine some pirate warships. At that time... it's a pity... it's a pity..."
Zhou Ai and Aros grinned when he put it aside. This kid was so bad, and his mind was full of thoughts about how he was so stupid.
On the other side, on the flagship "Hydra", the 60-year-old Pirates, the pirate leader Boyle, staring at the large screen of No. 2 with a look of astonishment, and punched the captain's seat with a "bang" punch.
"Where is that bastard Charman who agreed to attack the front and back? Where are others? Where are they?" Boyle's eyes widened, and his goatee was swaying under his jaw. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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Chapter completed!