Him and their stars.

Mr. Bernard Wood really wasn't lying.The first chief executive of the Star District of New China, Mr. Qi Bingwen, who has always been known as a cosmic writer, is indeed investigating the security situation of the Shanhai Airway.

As we all know, New China is actually a rather vast star field, but today, more than two hundred years after it was discovered, there is still only one channel that can connect to the distant star field next door.

Departing from Baiyujing, the capital of New Shenzhou, it will take at least one and a half months to reach Xinshengjing, the capital of the far coast star area, at the average speed of ordinary passenger and cargo merchant ships. moon.And if you want to stop and go all the way to the earth, I'm afraid it will take less than half a year.

Such traffic conditions are indeed blocked.

In addition, the colonization conditions of the star area itself are not considered to be superior.It is unknown so far, but there are still more than [-] young and middle-aged star systems that can maintain stable waterways and build semi-permanent space facilities, but there is only one Baiyujing that is a natural and livable planet that is truly suitable for carbon-based mammals.

Of course, there are some terrestrial planets that can be colonized after transformation, but most of them are of the type with extreme climate and dangerous environment, and the cost of colonization is extremely high.Just like the "Baichuan Star" that is under construction, the average temperature on the surface is below zero even at noon. With the current technological conditions, although it is not enough to freeze people to death, the living conditions are of course far from cozy.To allow ordinary people to have a relatively stable living environment, and even to meet the most basic food needs, of course, a certain degree of environmental modification is required.

However, we also know that the early pioneers of New China, in order to ensure the "purity" here, have always held a considerable degree of rejection of foreign capital.The development work of the entire star area can't be said to be progressing by leaps and bounds, it can only be said to be slow.

But for a long time, this long and narrow channel was the only lifeline of the entire star region.Therefore, the ancestors of the Bai family named it "Mountain and Sea Waterway", which is quite elegant.

Because there is only one waterway, New China develops slowly while being self-contained.Also because there is only one channel, there will always be pirates here.

It stands to reason that the New Shenzhou star area actually belongs to the defense area of ​​the Far Coast Defense Fleet.It's just that, although this fleet can be regarded as strong and strong, its main defense focus is Earl I Star Gorge and Lucknar Corridor. It has to deal with the Kaitai cat people and Bakewi bird people behind Star Gorge, as well as the empire behind them. .Under such circumstances, allocating a small fast fleet to conduct patrols along the mountain and sea waterways every six months is worthy of the Chairman.

Such a military presence is of course not enough, so the new Shenzhou Garrison Fleet was established under such circumstances.

Of course, according to the system of the community, the major star regions actually have their own security forces. In addition to the land warfare department, they can also have a local fleet to suppress bandits.The New Shenzhou Star Area Fleet has two light carriers, six light cruisers, and twenty destroyers, as well as more than fifty assault ships of various sizes and armed merchant ships that can go to the battlefield to fill in the line.

Although the fleet is a bit older, it is well maintained. Whether it is scale, combat readiness, or combat experience, it can be regarded as a T0-level fleet in the star sector.

Mr. Qi felt that these warships were enough.In fact, it is already very stretched to support these fleets with the manpower and material resources of New China.If it weren't for the fact that Lao Bai's family has always been full of martial virtues, they always thought that if the defense on the far shore fell, they would have to lead troops to support them. He even thought about laying off some of them to save some maintenance costs to fully develop the place.

However, the young "partner" told the old man that development must be based on safety.

Mr. Qi was noncommittal about this, but he was still very interested in the new weapon that Yu Lian was talking about.If the so-called "light-winged ship" is really as powerful as Yu Lian said, he would not object to equip the New China Fleet with some equipment, so he also approved the request for the light-winged ship to go to New China for battleship testing.

Then, when I heard that the lightwing ship that was going to test was passing through the mountain-sea channel, I excitedly ran to the entrance of the star area, and waited for the galaxy named "Shanhai Pass".

After all, it is a teenager who kills a man, and only a teenager, who is not a potential military fan?To put it bluntly, which man has not rushed towards the black ribbon?
What man doesn't wait for another 20 with longer legs, Oupie, bigger and more able to hide and seek?
At that time, it can be taken for granted that Black Ribbon is Mrs. Niu.

"Tell Bernard that if the Huitong Group is willing to cooperate within the framework we have set, the new maintenance platform built by Shanhaiguan can indeed be handed over to them. Then, you can also reveal to them that the Mingxia Island in the Baiyu Jingnan Sea, You can grant them at a low price." Mr. Qi said to his deputy secretary-general, Mr. Bai Yanxing, who is mainly responsible for the defense and security of the star area.

Bai Yanxing nodded and recorded it, and reminded again: "The land is indeed beautiful and suitable for commercial development, but it is not high enough to make the Huitong Brothers Group make concessions."

Mr. Qi Bingwen nodded, and said triumphantly: "So, I published a prose poem last month, which described my three-day and two-night vacation on Mingxia Island and my feelings."

Bai Yanxing was dumbfounded.

Liersen, the deputy secretary-general in charge of financial management, quickly added: "This week, the Government Affairs Office has received several inquiries from Mingxia Island. The highest one is the Duchess of Aiyaka from the empire, who went directly to the 45 billion golden dragons, the price is higher than that of the Canaan Merchant Group."

Secretary Bai continued to be dumbfounded.

"Old Bai, what is a universe-level writer!" Mr. Qi was even more proud, raising his head in a tactical backwardness.

Bai Yanxing said that he is not the same as his old cousin who is socially obsessive, he has always been a calm and down-to-earth person.But at this time, he couldn't help giving his Star District Chief a convincing thumbs up.

Mr. Qi said: "The new test ship should arrive today, right?"

Secretary Bai nodded: "If nothing else happens, we should have arrived at Shanhaiguan before 15:[-] in the afternoon."

"That kid from Ziya is here to come and see? I heard that although the light wing structure was designed by that fat guy Eisen, he made the control system that balances with the ship." Mr. Qi said again: "The investigation of the Tianshu galaxy is indeed very important, but there is no need to rush this time."

"Jiuzhang reported that some new data was found in the stars of Tianshu. At present, Professor Zinov and everyone are still calculating, and it is really impossible to go away for a while."

"That's a pity." Mr. Qi thought for a while, and then said: "Speaking of which, the condition of Tianshu Star is quite close to the extreme battlefield environment. The light-winged ship is also undergoing tests, wouldn't it be more appropriate to go there?"

Secretary Bai nodded quickly: "The official is indeed going to raise this opinion, it depends on whether the Red Star Institute and RN Shipyard are willing."

Finally, by the time the experimental lightwing ship called New Shenzhou 2 arrived at Shanhaiguan, it was almost 18 o'clock in the evening.

It's not surprising to be three hours late. After all, space travel, anything can happen.

It is not surprising that a professional maintenance ship hired by RN Shipyard and Red Star arrived together with the light wing ship.This configuration is the standard mode for long-distance jump navigation of new ships.

However, it was a bit unexpected that a patrol fleet belonging to the Far Coast Defense Fleet arrived with the light wing boat.

"The Far Coast Fleet patrols the mountain and sea routes only once every six months. The next time should be next year, right?"

This fleet is based on a heavy cruiser as the flagship, with three light cruisers, five destroyers and ten assault ships.The heavy cruiser among them is a new ship that just got off the berth this year, and it hasn't even had a tester.

Although Mr. Qi is a military fan, he knows nothing about military affairs, but Secretary Bai knows that the heavy cruiser is a new type of "Xiaguang class". The cruiser was restored as it was.

Of course, because of craftsmanship, equipment, and quality control management, it would be great if these copycat Clear Sky classes could restore [-]% of the combat power of the original version.Even so, this is still the most powerful heavy cruiser ever built by Earthlings.

Secretary Bai understood that there were twenty "Xiaguang-class" cruisers under construction just as he had heard, but the major fleets had already taken over their share.Originally, I wanted to persuade Mr. Qi to get one or two ships for the Star Area Guard Fleet, but judging by the current situation, the order may have to wait until the next year.

It's just that the Xiaguang cruiser has a few not-so-serious scratches on its body. This is not something that will be encountered during the sailing test, and it is battle damage no matter how you look at it.

Fortunately, Shanhaiguan also has a military supply platform that will be directly managed by the Far Coast Military Region. It should have maintenance facilities, so this damage will not cause any problems.

So, after the fleet entered the port, a brigadier general of the offshore fleet who led the team reported to Mr. Qi that these injuries were all encountered when they were chasing a group of pirates.

"pirate?"

"Yes, it is the Green Horn Pirates who came from the Far Shore Nebula. They have been active in the generation of Lucknar Corridor all the year round, and they are quite famous."

Then, without knowing why, this group of pirates ventured to infiltrate from the direction of the Far Shore Nebula and entered the Lumina galaxy.

In the past years, there were often desperate and poor pirates who fled from the far shore nebula to the Lumina galaxy to play the autumn wind.New Seville, which is in the same galaxy, is okay. After all, the militias of the sea city-state are still very tough, but the Lumina people on another planet are miserable, and settlements are often looted or even massacred.

However, since the revival of the Red Maple Factory, Lumina Star has been in a different situation.With the ever-expanding Red Maple Factory, Hongfeng City has become a city with a permanent population of over five million.As for the rest of the Lumina settlements, they are also undergoing a little bit of urbanization and municipalization, and of course law and order have also been normalized.

Even in the relatively remote village of Lumina, after the red maple factory rebuilt the arsenal, the young and middle-aged men in the village also have special firearms.

...and the AK for individual ion cannons.

... and the 107 of the indigenous railgun.

In short, the Green Flag Pirates, who were also on the first page of the bounty list, were beaten up by Lumina's militia and factory guards, leaving two pirate ships and more than [-] pirate heads behind. run away

However, during the battle, the Red Maple Factory reported to the Far Coast Fleet Command that they discovered the existence of psykers in the pirate group.

If it was just an ordinary pirate group that was beaten and maimed, the far shore side might have just chased it symbolically, but if this pirate group had psychics, it would be another matter.What's more, according to the information sent to the military regions by the Earth Nation, this pirate group is a member of the Snake Organization.

...Well, this information was actually provided by Tianyu.Anyway, the Galactic Empire, which has been completely enraged, now has one request, to mobilize all allies and quasi-allies, and even the superficial "friends" who stabbed each other secretly, to kill the snake and all its peripheral organizations.

If the alliance still has some unexplainable py relationship with the snake, the people on earth will not be under any pressure.Ever since, the Far Coast Defense Fleet mobilized the Xiaguang-class cruiser that was still being tested and some cutting-edge high-speed warships to form a squadron, ready to pursue it to the end.

It must be admitted that these pirate ships are indeed thugs, and they did not surrender when they encountered a regular fleet, and they would fight back while running.Moreover, perhaps because there are psykers among the pirates, several counterattacks caused considerable damage to the fleet of the community, and the most dangerous one even knocked out a light cruiser. , seriously injured the captain.

These pirates even wanted to launch a counter-charge against the powerless cruiser. Fortunately, the first officer, Captain Deng Zhengqing, who took over the command, repelled the enemy's attack and persisted until the friendly ship. come to help.

However, after such an episode, the Community fleet did not dare to be too reckless when chasing it, and always kept a relatively safe distance.

The two sides just chased and fought all the way until they reached the mountain and sea waterway.

Then, the warring parties encountered the light-winged ship Xin Shenzhou 2 and her attendants, which were sailing normally.The pirates probably wanted to kidnap the two unlucky passing "civilian ships" as hostages, so they rushed over aggressively, but they never expected that the small "cruise ship" not only did not escape, but actually rushed towards them .

In full view of both sides, the "cruise ship" suddenly spread out its light wings like a war angel, accelerated violently and rushed in front of the pirate ship.Before the other party could react, she threw four proton torpedoes, and then suddenly accelerated out of range.

Two pirate ships were torn to pieces by proton torpedoes on the spot, and the other two were seriously injured and lost power on the spot.

When the fleet from the far shore arrived, it only had the function of cleaning the battlefield.They later found the body of the psyker from among the corpses floating in the universe-the Lumina militia had already photographed this guy during the battle.

The hapless Wayeng psyker was thrown through the gap in the torpedoed and mortally wounded pirate ship.Even a psyker couldn't bear the pain of sudden loss of pressure and temperature, and was killed on the spot.Before dying, three of Waying's four eyes burst out of their sockets, and more than half of the remaining one bulged out. His frozen vision was full of blatant shock and pain.

This is equivalent to a felon who escaped. When he was chased to the sky and had nowhere to go, he was about to take a hostage, but the hostage suddenly pulled out a shotgun and smeared his face.There would be such a shock, of course, is understandable.