Interstellar: Start as a cleaner.

Chapter 1100 Public Opinion
Although everyone knew that the probability of a fleet being hit while passing through a fire network was extremely small, only two warships in the fleet were hit last time.

However, through the radar, we can see that there are dense laser beams passing in front of the warship.

Radar can capture these energy fluctuations, so it can show the fire network formed by lasers in front of the fleet.

Of course it is invisible to the naked eye!
The reason why the pirate task force was in despair was that the fleet had just passed through one fire network and was about to pass through another.

That is to say, before the turn is completed, there is no telling how many fire networks are waiting ahead.

No one dares to say that he will not be hit once or twice.

What’s more crucial is that the performance of pirate warships is at least 20 percent lower than that of the warships of the alliance’s main fleet.

In addition, all the warships of the pirate task force release energy attacks on the one hand and energy shields on the other, which will keep the energy system of the entire warship in an overloaded state.

This will further reduce the energy supply to the main engine.

"Follow my orders and leave the fleet!" the leader of the Violent Bear Pirates gave the order.

"Yes!!" These pirate groups began to leave the special fleet one after another!

Because it's the only way.

Moreover, this method is not 100% successful because it is extremely difficult for a warship to turn.

No one knows how many rounds of attacks will be experienced before the turn is completed.

From time to time, clusters of energy collision lights appeared on the warships of the Ninth Fleet. These were the laser weapons released by the pirate warships.

These laser weapons have no way to penetrate the energy shields of the Ninth Fleet's warships!

Eight minutes later, the Pirate Task Force entered the continuous fire network of the Ninth Fleet again.

This time another D-class battleship was hit.

The laser cannons of the Alliance's main fleet are much more powerful than those of the pirates.

It was only at this time that Wang Muxue learned from the radar data that three warships of the pirate fleet had been hit.

Because the distance in the starry sky is so great, the feedback data from the hit will also be delayed.

Wang Muxue can now only provide fire coverage to the approximate location.

Because all the warships of the Pirate Task Force exposed their largest sides to the Ninth Fleet.

When Wang Muxue was carrying out fire coverage, he also made precise calculations to ensure that these laser cannons could cover the largest area of ​​space and increase the hit rate.

For example, if the pirate warship is nine hundred meters long, then Wang Muxue must ensure that the distance between the trajectories of the laser cannon does not exceed nine hundred meters!

In fact, in the vast starry sky, Wang Muxue did not expect to have a high hit rate!

Wang Muxue was just putting pressure on the pirate fleet by doing this.

Ultimately, we still have to rely on the speed of the main battleships to chase the pirates.

At this time, Wang Muxue received another message from Yang Bo.

The pirate task force has given up chasing the Roman Group transport ship.

The remaining warships of the pirate task force began to chart their own routes to escape.

Wang Muxue looked at the data transmitted by Yang Bo, which was several minutes earlier than the data received by the radar.

Because Yang Bo transmitted the information through a space quantum communicator.

The information Wang Muxue obtained had a considerable delay.

Wang Muxue formulated a new battle plan based on the information conveyed by Yang Bo.

Of course, there was a slight error in the information conveyed by Yang Bo, that was the Skunk Pirates, because the leader of the Skunk Pirates, Charlie, had his spiritual seed released by Yang Bo!

Yang Bo would definitely not let this kind of person become Wang Muxue's credit.

Of course, from this time on, Yang Bo could no longer deliver messages in real time.

Because the warships of the pirate fleet are now fleeing for their lives.

However, the pirate fleet still faces one biggest danger.

Because the Ninth Fleet was on the side of the pirate fleet, the pirate fleet had no choice but to flee to the other side.

If they fled to the other side, they would face the fate of being pursued by the Ninth Fleet.

The leaders of these pirate groups were also very smart, and they all ran to the D-class or E-class battleships.

Because the Ninth Fleet will definitely lock onto the C-class battleships.

In any case, any warship locked by the Ninth Fleet will eventually be caught up.

Although the results of the rounds of firepower were limited, they brought too much psychological pressure to the pirates.

It took the pirate fleet a full hour and a half to complete the turn, and at this time the Ninth Fleet was less than 200 million kilometers away from the pirates.

The remaining warships of the pirate fleet fled in all directions.

Wang Muxue’s Ninth Fleet locked onto battleship C!

At this time, there were still four C-class battleships. The C-class battleships of the Magician Pirates and the Steel Teeth Pirates were all hit by the previous battle.

Among them, the Steel Fang Pirates were the most unlucky. Their D-class battleship was also hit, leaving only one E-class battleship!
Of course, the Steel Fang Pirates were also lucky, because when their leader Zeng Gong escaped on the remaining warship, he was not locked by the Ninth Fleet.

The Ninth Fleet's priority is first C-class battleships, and then D-class battleships.

All of Wang Muxue's operations are shared in real time with the Alliance Military, Parliament, and the Department of Homeland Security.

Two hours after the incident, the Roman Group, the Alliance Military, the Alliance Department of Homeland Security, and the Alliance Parliament simultaneously confirmed that the three transport ships were safe!
Three transport ships are heading to March Star under the escort of warships of the Ninth Fleet.

And everyone on the three transport ships publicly stated online that they are now safe.

At the same time, the Alliance Military and the Alliance Parliament also released the first battle report of the Ninth Fleet.

"Dear audience friends, first of all, we would like to congratulate the Ninth Fleet on this great victory!"

"The Ninth Fleet is a heroic fleet. Three years ago, the Ninth Fleet destroyed two pirate groups of the Pirate Alliance, and the Ninth Fleet completed the mission of suppressing the rebellion excellently!" Yang Bo watched the excited speech of the spokesperson of the Alliance Parliament in his home on March Star, and curled his lips in his heart! "So far, the Ninth Fleet has destroyed or damaged one C-class battleship, two D-class battleships, and three E-class battleships of the Steel Fang Pirate Group!"

"Destroy or damage the magician's pirate ship, one C-class battleship and one E-class battleship!"

"Destroyed or damaged one D-class battleship and two E-class battleships of the Violent Bear Pirates."

"Destroy or damage a D-class battleship of the Scythe Pirates!"

"Destroy and injure the Blood Blade Pirates, two E-class battleships!"

"The Ninth Fleet is expanding its victory and has already locked onto four C-class battleships and three D-class battleships of the Blood Blade Pirates, Scythe Pirates, Violent Bear Pirates, and Skunk Pirates!"

"It only took the Ninth Fleet two hours to destroy the pirates' offensive and protect the property of the Alliance citizens!"

"This is a great victory!" The spokesman of the Union Parliament led the applause when he said this.

Other people attending the press conference also applauded, except for the people from the military who looked a little unhappy.

Sure enough, the reporter below began to ask questions: "I am a reporter from the Union Advance News. According to the budget disclosed by the parliament and the military, the Ninth Fleet accounts for less than 1% of the entire budget. How do the military and parliament explain this issue?"

The military spokesman cursed inwardly, but still coughed in public: "This is the funding allocation plan formulated by our military after collective discussion!"

"Public information proves that the main battleships of the Ninth Fleet need major repairs and to replace the lost combat modules. What is the reason why the military has not carried out major repairs on the main battleships of the Ninth Fleet for two years?" the reporter asked again.

All budgets in the alliance must be made public, so military spending is also public.

"According to our internal assessment, the warships of the Ninth Fleet stationed on March Star are more than enough!" the military spokesman said again.

"That is to say, the main reason why the Roman Group's transport ship was robbed by pirates this time was that the pirates discovered that the Ninth Fleet was the weakest among several fleets. If the pirates succeed, should the military be held responsible?" the reporter asked again.

"Mr. Reporter, there is no if, because we have already won this victory!" The military spokesman's face was extremely dark.

"What I mean is, if the military had overhauled the Ninth Fleet's main battleships earlier and replenished the fleet's warships, wouldn't this incident have happened today?"

"I don't think these pirates are fools. They won't be so stupid as to rob a star field guarded by a full main fleet!"

"In other words, the reason why the Roman Group's transport ship was robbed is because the military turned a blind eye to the needs of the Ninth Fleet, making the Ninth Fleet the worst equipped fleet among all the main fleets!" the reporter talked freely.

When the military spokesman heard this, he said loudly: "Reporter, please be careful with your words. Who the pirates rob is entirely their own reason. It has nothing to do with our military."

The military was about to be blamed.

What this reporter said means only one thing, that is, your military's inaction has made the Ninth Fleet the worst equipped fleet, so these pirates chose to take action in the star field of the Ninth Fleet.

If the military had completed the configuration of the Ninth Fleet earlier, would this incident not have happened?
Does this sound reasonable?
This statement sounds reasonable, but in fact it makes no sense at all, because the military cannot control the pirates' thoughts!
But in the league sometimes they don’t even talk about evidence, so after this reporter finished speaking, all the other reporters applauded!
"I'm a reporter for the Alliance Morning News. I would like to ask the military whether they can make the minutes of the meeting public since they have discussed this. What is the reason that caused the military to ignore the current situation of the Ninth Fleet?"

"The Ninth Fleet is a heroic fleet, but one-third of the modules of its main battleships are missing. Which experts have estimated that the main battleships of the Ninth Fleet do not need major repairs?"

“What is the process within the military?”

"Also, according to the information I have, the number of personnel in the Ninth Fleet is only one-third of that of other fleets!"

"Does this mean that there are too many people in the army, that is, half of the people in the fleet are excess?" The reporter asked two questions in succession.

The military spokesman's face became even darker. The reason why the Alliance military did not provide the Ninth Fleet with additional personnel or repair warships was mainly because it wanted to suppress the Ninth Fleet.

But now that the Ninth Fleet has become famous again, the military has been pushed to the forefront.

"The star region where the Ninth Fleet is located has weak economic capabilities and cannot afford so many people!" said a military spokesman.

"Sir, please answer my question directly. The Ninth Fleet was able to maintain the operation of the entire fleet and win the battle with only one-third of its personnel!"

"Then the other fleets can at least lay off one-third of their staff!"

"I believe that everyone is not a fool and it is easy to see this problem!" the reporter said again.

"The number of personnel in the fleet has strict implementation standards. This is not something that our military can decide alone!" The military spokesman started playing Tai Chi right away.

"So who set this standard, how many years has it been in place, and when was the last update?" the reporter asked relentlessly.

"I have no comment on this!" How could the military spokesman know how long it took to formulate this standard?
"Since the standards have been set, why hasn't the Ninth Fleet met them? Are you jealous of the Ninth Fleet's achievements and want to isolate it?" the reporter asked again.

"Today's press conference ends here!" The military spokesman turned and left.

"We were right. You guys took our taxpayers' money but didn't make any contribution!"

"And they are suppressing and ostracizing the heroes of the Ninth Fleet!"

"The personnel standards you keep talking about only apply to your other fleets, not to the Ninth Fleet." The reporter quickly chased after the military spokesperson and asked rapidly.

The military spokesman fled quickly.

The spokesman of the parliament also ran away!

“May I ask why the parliament has no oversight over the military’s spending?”

“This is how the parliament throws our taxpayers’ money to irresponsible people in the military!” There were also reporters following the parliament speaker!

Yang Bo watched the live news happily!

There is another storm brewing within the military.

The Union Parliament will definitely not let the military off and will give an explanation to everyone because the general election is coming soon.

After the military and parliamentary spokespersons fled, a reporter told the audience: "Our taxpayers' money was spent by the military on useless rubbish."

"The corruption and darkness within the military is evident!"

"What would have happened if the Roman Group had encountered other fleets instead of the Ninth Fleet?"

"A heroic fleet like the Ninth Fleet should not be prejudiced!"

"The Ninth Fleet is the Alliance's real fleet."

Looking at what these reporters said, Yang Bo couldn't help but admire them. Of course, these reporters also need traffic.

"Hehe!" Yang Bo chuckled. The Ninth Fleet would probably upgrade its weapons after this incident, because facing such a strong public opinion, the parliament would definitely put huge pressure on the military, and those who had vetoed the repair of the Ninth Fleet's main battleships in the past would probably be held accountable. In other words, after this incident, the Ninth Fleet would basically have no difficulties, and might even get richer.

(End of this chapter)