Chapter 403： "White Beard" Pirates

"Mr. Tang, you must also understand that Venus Pharmaceuticals is a large group company. I am just a small regional director with branch managers, presidents, and directors. It's a big thing like cooperation. Please forgive me for nothing I can do. I must report this matter to my superiors. After discussion by the board of directors, a conclusion can be made."

"It's okay, anyway, the repair work on the Pirate battleship can't be completed in a short time." Tang Fang replied with a smile: "Oh, yes, on this matter, I hope your company's senior management can listen to the special Senator Li’s suggestion, I think... he should have heard about the words "Morning Star Casting"."

"Okay, I wrote it down." Sheridan couldn't help wiping off his sweat. The more the young man on the other side smiled, the more he panicked, and he felt that all his thoughts and concerns were seen through him. .

"How's the repair progress of the communication equipment?" Sheridan turned to look at Ruskin to hide his embarrassment.

"This... I'll ask the people in the maintenance team." Ruskin slid the LCD screen of the mobile video camera, waiting to be connected to the maintenance personnel on the ground. Suddenly, the door of the lounge opened, and a black man rushed in: " Stephen... Stephen is back with the transport team."

Byron stood up with a "jerk", before he could explain to Tang Fang, he hurried out of the lounge and walked to the central control room. Ruskin didn't say a word, got up and pursued.

Sheridan looked at the black man, and then at the four Tang Fang, embarrassed.

"Let's go, let's go and have a look together." Tang Fang said understandingly.

"Please." Sheridan gave him a grateful look, led the way, went out, turned to the right, and returned to the control center.

At this time, the large-screen picture freezes in the space 600km away from "Christier", and the originally dark and quiet space of the universe is now flashing. Ship after ship appeared in the field of vision of several people.

"Can you connect to Stephen's flagship?" Byron asked an operator.

"If you use microwave communication, there should be no problem." The operator agreed, and his finger swept across the touch panel. Send communication requests on encrypted channels.

But just when the other party has verified the correctness of the key and is ready to establish a channel. In the void about 300km away from the place where the fleet appeared, the warp speed response greatly increased. The early warning computer connected to the detector calculated a reading, 187!

This indicates that in addition to the fleet led by Stephen Sue, another fleet will enter "Christier."

"Is it possible..." Ruskin and Sheridan looked at each other and turned pale.

At the same time, the light and shadow of the large screen No. 2 flashed, and a beard curled up, slightly brownish red. With a big face like the King of the Hill, the white man appeared in front of everyone: "Head, are you all right? Where is Charman, where is Charman?"

"We're all right, you..."

Byron just wanted to ask him what's going on. Suddenly, there was a jerky jump on the opposite side. Stephen's face shook a few times on the big screen. Then he turned his head and said angrily: "Bad son, I came with you. Leader. . It's... the traitors and the'Whitebeard' Pirate Group."

"Whitebeard? 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 yelled sternly.

It took only half a minute for the fleet to return to "Christier". He didn't know what happened just now. He looked at the wreckage of space-based defense facilities floating outside the porthole, and the pirate warship floating not far away, plus the "headless" The "Knight" was also there, and Stephen mistakenly thought that Charlman's fleet was waiting. As for the people of the "White Beard" Pirate Group, their previous defeat was just a vain shot, in order to let his fleet and transport team return to "Christier", thus reconciling inside and outside. Eliminate them in one fell swoop, and never cause trouble.

have to say. Stephen Sue looks a little stupid, but he is actually quite discerning. Only a few seconds of work can see through the tricks of Charman's group.

"Herald, tell Gallup United to drag the people of the'White Beard', and the rest of the ships, give me..."

"Stephen, open your eyes and take a good look. The battleship above'Christier' has lost combat capability." Byron quickly interrupted him to give orders. This guy has some brains. The disadvantage is that he is quick-tempered. Just like now, without waiting to figure out the situation, the idea of ​​offensive is initiated.

"Huh?" Stephen Sue was puzzled: "Team leader, it's not that Charman has already captured'Christier'. Want you to frame us?"

Byron's teeth were itchy with hatred: "Babbit, which eye do you see me being coerced?"

Stephen Su did not reply immediately, turned and left for a while, and then walked to the front of the camera. Xu learned the actual situation from the intelligence personnel and said with a scornful expression: "I'm sorry, I was wrong."

"Humph." Byron snorted coldly, "Charlman's fleet has been defeated. Right now you only need to concentrate on dealing with the gang of ‘White Beard’."

"You can rest assured." Stephen patted his chest: "As long as no one pulls his hind legs, I must pull out Boyle's chin hair this time."

After speaking, he flashed to leave the scope of the camera, and suddenly turned his head: "Head, I'm very curious, how you defeated Charman."

Byron gritted his teeth: "Business matters."

"Yes, yes, business matters." Stephen chuckled and ordered the communications team to disconnect the two parties and concentrate on dealing with the "white beard" pirates behind him and the "Christier" garrison fleet that was on the verge of rebellion.

After Tang Fang was full of doubts, he asked Ruskin what happened.

It turned out that more than a month ago, the headquarters of Venus Pharmaceuticals informed that the 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 work. .

At first, he, Byron and others did not care. They felt that the safety factor of the route from "Babylon" to "Dillard" was very high, and there was no danger that there would be any danger. But how could I think of the distance between the transport fleet and the Dillard star system? When the edge was less than 0.1 light-years away, a group of medium-sized pirates composed of 120 warships suddenly broke out and stopped the fleet to carry out robbery.

A small group of medium-sized pirates dare to run to the hinterland of the Star Alliance to stir the wind and rain, not to mention, dare to intercept the "Venus Pharmaceutical" transport fleet less than 0.1 light-years from the edge of "Diral"?

We must know that the transportation fleet of Venus Pharmaceuticals is not some wild road cargo fleet. The company has signed security contracts with some security companies and mercenary organizations. In addition to the "Venus"’s own scientific research ships and special cargo ships, the fleet carrying biological samples this time has a fleet of 70 warships. Escort the fleet.

The existence of the Pirate Group did not hide the vanguard detection team of the transport fleet. While suspending the follow-up fleet, they sent a letter of assistance to the corporate garrison of "Dilal".

The social situation in the Tianchao area is not comparable to a sovereign country like Monya and Charles. Because there are many pirate groups, the safety factors of each channel are different, and stronghold forces are eyeing on them, leading to frequent robberies. Only some of the main routes opened by the Star Alliance are peaceful because of the existence of patrol fleets. Of course, "Taiping" is also relative. After all, the distance between two adjacent star systems can be several light-years, tens of light-years away, and even superpowers such as the Star Covenant cannot ensure the absolute safety of the entire channel.

Moreover, this so-called official route is generally a star-shaped topological structure. Only node star systems like "Babylon" have official routes extending in all directions, and marginal star systems like "Jakartapur" and "Diral". First, the safety factor of official routes is not high. Secondly, there is only one official route, which is used to connect the nearest neighboring star system.

For example, "Jakartapur". Its official route is connected to "Qatar". The distance between "Jakartapur" and "Babylon" is more than 20 light-years. At the speed level of the Morning Star, if you travel straight, it will take about January. But if you travel along the official waterway, 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, it is unbearable anyway.

therefore. The major companies and organizations of the Star Alliance urgently need to work out a countermeasure, and they can choose the path they like. There is no fear of being robbed. Hiring large and medium mercenaries and security groups is a good choice, but... what about the cost? The zero cost of hundreds of warships alone is not a small amount. Unless the situation forces them, no company is willing to hire them. This also creates a social phenomenon where companies are eager to own private forces.

One is afraid of detouring and losing the opportunity; two is afraid of expensive rent; three is afraid of being robbed; fourth, the warp speed navigation technology is not perfect, and the ship cannot stop the jump halfway. Under these four major elements, a pioneering path-finding mechanism was born.

Generally speaking, a scout ship with the ability to scan warp speed probes, as a pioneer detection unit, will follow the pre-set route of the fleet to make a segmented warp jump and collect abnormal signals along the way. If unofficial warp speeds are found Probe, or encounter an interception, the reconnaissance ship will send an alarm to the main fleet that is also making a segmented warp jump.

As long as the warp probe is not deployed, it is impossible to detect the movement of the fleet. Once the warp probe is deployed, it will be discovered by the vanguard reconnaissance ship. In this way, the possibility of the fleet being intercepted will naturally be greatly reduced, unless there is the eyeliner of the pirate group in the upper level of the fleet, or the detection unit of the vanguard reconnaissance ship fails, and the pirate group is hit by the pirate group. Unlucky situations such as dead mice.

Ruskin was very fortunate. Fortunately, the transport fleet did not encounter the above-mentioned disadvantages.

70vs120! It is definitely impossible to fight, but if the transport fleet is sincere to tow, the pirates will never succeed in a short time. 0.1 light-year, about two or three hours of voyage, if the "Dilal" mercenary fleet is sent over, 150vs120! Can definitely startle the Pirate Group.

But... Ruskin Eddie didn't want to start the opponent, but to kill him! The Delar Star System has been leased by "Venus Pharmaceuticals", and in the next few decades, it will gradually build a comprehensive large-scale pharmaceutical company integrating medical research and development, medical device manufacturing, and artificial organ production.

"Venus Star"'s goal is to grow into a top pharmaceutical manufacturer in the Star Alliance, how can it compromise with the Pirate Organization? If the pirates succeeded this time, they would not be laughed at by competitors. Therefore, it is necessary to hold back the momentum and curse it.

In order to catch this group of pirates all at once, Ruskin not only dispatched the "Venus Pharmaceutical" security fleet in the Dillard Star System, but also borrowed the pirate fleet composed of 240 warships under Byron.

Originally, according to Byron's idea, half of the warships were to be left to guard the "Dillard", so as not to encounter the possibility of "tune the tiger away from the mountain", but. Ruskin was cheeky, and finally he agreed to the action plan for the entire ship's attack.

After all, the battlefield between the Pirates and the transport fleet is too close to the "Dillard". Only 0.1 light-years, besides. Based on the analysis of the data returned by the reconnaissance network spreading in the airspace around "Dilal", the pirates have only those 120 warships, and there should be no other ambush forces. In this environment, as long as the combined fleet arrives, it can destroy the dead and send the pirate group that seeks its own way to hell. It is conservatively estimated that if the fight against bandits goes well, it can be over within 1 hour. Coupled with the round-trip flight, it only takes about 5 or 6 hours.

In such a short period of time, no matter how fast the warship is, it will not be able to conquer the air-ground integrated defensive network built by "Christier" before the return of the combined fleet. It is important to know that the maximum surveillance distance of the "Dillard" peripheral reconnaissance network is 0.1 light-years. If someone is really unruly and prepares to attack the industrial park after the joint fleet leaves, then he will wait for it to be copied by the joint fleet. Way.

However, what Ruskin did not expect was that the opponent did not need to ambush excess troops, nor did he need subsequent reinforcements. The security force of "Venus Pharmaceutical" consisting of 88 warships is basically a group of traitors, real pirate lackeys.

After arriving at the target location, the Byron faction fleet of the Apollo Pirates led by Stephen Sue did not wait for the formation. The rear "Venus Star" security forces suddenly launched an attack, forming a pincer attack with the original pirates.

Even if Stephen Sue has more troops, it is difficult to escape defeat in the face of this sudden change and unfavorable formation. Fortunately, the frigate of the transport fleet arrived in time after receiving the letter of request for help, and with the strength of both parties, it was able to stop the rout and become entangled with the opponent.

As the so-called good fortune comes, misfortune never comes singly. When Stephen Sue was dragged by the "White Beard" Pirates, "Christier" ushered in its Good Friday.

The security fleet of "Venus Pharmaceutical" can be instigated. The border unit can also be bought. Unlike star systems such as "Jakartapur" and "Qatar", "Venus Pharmaceutical" does not have enough military and financial resources to set up a wide-area warp interception network on the "Dilal" border.

"Dillard" has only a section of local warp interception line. It is arranged in the void outside the star "Laxsis", and cooperates with a large number of warp probes in the star system to monitor and block possible enemy fleets, and win responses for the "Christier" security fleet and space-based defense platforms time.

Under this defense structure, once the detection checkpoint responsible for a certain area is bought by the enemy, the result can be imagined. Ever since, after the transport fleet and the Byron faction fleet of the Apollo Pirates led by Stephen Sue were dragged, "Laxsis" suddenly killed a fleet of 400 warships in the shadow of the side facing "Christier". The formed expeditionary fleet launched a fierce attack on the defense system above the industrial park.

This fleet is no one else, it is naturally part of the main fleet of the Apollo Pirates led by Albert's confidant Charman Green.

Based on the analysis of the battle process mentioned above, the series of tactics planned by Albert has gone through the four processes of luring the enemy into depth-adjusting the tiger away from the mountain-countermeasures-encircling the spot and fighting for aid. How can I know that the emergence of the Morningstar has broken this perfect to almost invulnerable The combat strategy resulted in the defeat of the fleet led by Charman.

According to Stephen Sue’s description, when Charman fell into the space-based defense line, the "White Beard" Pirates and the rebellious security fleet showed weakness to the enemy, deliberately disguised the appearance of defeat, and retreated into deep space.

Considering that "Christier" was under Charlman's onslaught, Stephen did not dare to neglect, and the transport fleet hurried back to help. After that, after a two-hour voyage back to the park, before I could take a breath, the "White Beard" Pirate Group and the security fleet also followed.

It can be seen from this that Charman's plan is not a simple attack on the spot, his plan is to flick back and forth to wipe out all the vital forces of the Byron faction.

"This Albert is really number one." Tang Fang looked up and glanced at the battlefield model drawn by the holographic projection equipment of the combat command platform. There were more than 260 warships in the Soviet side. "Beard" and more than 180 ships on the side of the security fleet can be distinguished at a glance.

Under this circumstance, it would not have much impact whether he sent troops or not. Those "Whitebeards" were not fools, and they were not attacked by Charman’s fleet. How could they be Steven Sue’s opponents and "flee." Is their only choice.

"Knowing this a long time ago, let the high-level Templar phantom some pirate battleships, then...it's a pity...it's a pity..."

Zhou Ai and Aros listened to the side and grinned, this kid was also horrified, and they were all thinking about yin people.

On the other side, on the flagship Hydra of the "White Beard" Pirate Group, Boyle Ben, the head of the Pirate Group who is over 60 years old, stared at the large screen No. 2 in amazement. "Boom" hit the handrail of the captain's seat.

"The **** Charman, what about the front and back flanking? What about the other person? Where did the other person go?" Poyle glared, and the goatee under his jaw was pouted. (To be continued)