Interstellar: Start as a cleaner.

Chapter 1258 The war begins

Federal intelligence agencies are operating at full capacity, and the intelligence agencies of several major conglomerates in Madhya Pradesh are also fully cooperating.

The convoy transporting supplies was disguised as a convoy carrying high-value materials!
Interstellar routes are not so fixed.

Because a spatial jump is not a single point.

The Empire only has three airports open to the Federation for import and export.

Devon Star is one of them!
There are four routes from the Commonwealth to Devon, and from Madhya Pradesh to Devon alone, with the shortest route taking only half a month.

The furthest route takes five months!

The furthest route requires nine space jumps.

The most recent one only requires three space jumps.

In other words, the course in interstellar space is not directional.

This disguised transport convoy was traveling along a middle route.

On the surface, this fleet was heading to a mineral planet to transport high-value materials back to Madhya Pradesh!

In fact, this fleet is currently transporting energy stones worth five hundred trillion, as well as rare materials!
Therefore, this fleet was escorted by two squadrons.

Everything seems perfectly reasonable!

Moreover, the Federation actually loaded the spaceship with materials and energy stones worth five trillion.

Because fishing is impossible without bait, and because Madhya Pradesh knows that the pirate alliance has spies within Madhya Pradesh.

Otherwise, Madhya Pradesh would not be facing its current predicament.

The Pirate Alliance received definite information and knew the specific movements of the Federation's major fleets.

Faced with such a huge temptation, fourteen medium and large pirate groups within the pirate alliance prepared to participate in this operation.

The Pirate Alliance Council also went to great lengths to facilitate this plan.

For the Pirate Alliance Council, they are the winners regardless of whether the plan succeeds or fails!

Therefore, the Pirate Alliance Council ignored some intelligence!

The Pirate Alliance Council simply needs the two sides to fight.

The federal transport fleet also had two squadrons that were completely unaware that this was a fishing operation.

The transport fleet and its squadrons all believed they were escorting high-value supplies to the Empire in exchange for warships!
The Third Fleet and the Fifth Fleet participated in the operation in Madhya Pradesh!

The Third Fleet is stationed in Madhya Pradesh, while the Fifth Fleet is stationed in Oro.

This Orobon has two jump points that lead to two common star systems. These two common star systems, in turn, have four jump points that connect to the Empire, the Alliance, and two other common star systems.

It can also reach a state of the Empire and a place of the Land Alliance through two other public star systems.

In other words, this is a relatively important spatial transportation hub.

The Third Fleet and the Fifth Fleet had already disguised their routes with false information two weeks prior.

Furthermore, they used electronic deception technology to make the passive radars of other ships believe that the fleet was still in the same place.

Because other passing transport ships cannot activate their active radar against the warship.

The fleet's presence can only be detected through passive radar.

War is inherently a game of deception, where everyone tries to fool each other, and whoever falls for it loses.

Therefore, there are many disguises in interstellar warfare.

The two fleets had long been silently sailing in their designated star systems.

The fourteen pirate crews of the Pirate Alliance formed a staff under the auspices of the Pirate Alliance.

There is only one neutral star system, D3G91H356, on the transport fleet's route that is suitable for action.

This neutral star system has four space jump portals.

Taking action here allows for a quick escape!

However, the pirate alliance will not make a move here, because the other side will be on high alert in this area!
Instead, they took action in a star system within one of the Federation's Bonvik states.

The Federation's two main fleets are located in Vikbon, one in the other in the neutral star system most suitable for taking action.

The main fleet has a very strong armed force among the three countries.

However, the fleet's size is still insignificant compared to the planets, so the way to hide the fleet is simple: use the planets.

No radar can detect what's behind the planet.

Furthermore, there are some planets that can interfere with warship radar.

The advisory group composed of pirate crews participating in the operation did not act rashly.

The staff decided to first send small groups of pirates to harass the area.

In addition, some spaceships were dispatched to guard the surrounding star system.

However, the pirate crew had a fatal flaw: their warships were of a relatively low grade.

The lower the level of the warship, the smaller the area that its radar can illuminate!

Moreover, these warships cannot all activate their active radars.

If all active radars are turned on, it's easy to scare the other side away.

Data obtained through radar exploration in the vast expanse of space is often inaccurate.

On the one hand, it faces many disturbances, such as the solar wind released by stars.

There are also some inexplicable energy rays and energy fluctuations, such as energy waves from a star explosion hundreds of light-years ago that only arrived at this place many years later!
Although the pirate alliance also dispatched small warships for surveillance, these warships were not even up to the required level, so they could easily detect what was going on based on their detection range and radar signals!
Madhya Pradesh's tactics were simple: once a large number of pirate groups were discovered, they would use the energy cannons on their main warships to launch long-range attacks!

The Madhya Pradesh fleet used for fishing includes six medium-sized cargo mineral transport ships!
Two squadrons, two B-class warships, six C-class warships, and twelve D-class warships.

Because of the escort mission, smaller warships were not brought along.

Before the transport fleet even reached Vikbon, it was harassed by a pirate group's small warships!

These small warships actively released radar detection at a certain distance to provoke us!
They then conducted harassment fire by calculating the speed and trajectory of the transport convoy and escort squadron.

The two escorting squadrons dispatched two D-class warships to drive away the pirate group's small warships.

"These damned bastards!"

"If you're so capable, let's have a fair fight!" The commanders of the two fleets watched as these pirate warships, which had launched a long-range attack, engaged in a single engagement and then fled.

The warships are not afraid of the energy cannons of these smaller warships, because at this distance, even if the energy cannons of these smaller warships hit the warships, it wouldn't cause any damage.

However, transport ships are different; they are large and have virtually no defenses.

Although the energy cannon's power is very weak at a great distance, it is still an energy cannon.

In addition, due to the limited speed and course of the transport ships and escort warships, by the time they were able to catch up with the small warships that were harassing them, the enemy would have already fled.

If they don't pursue them, these guys will keep harassing them endlessly. The fleet commanders of the Federal Madhya Pradesh are disgusted by this kind of fighting style.

Moreover, if we chase them too far, they might be lying in ambush.

Absolutely disgusting!

The transport convoy and escort fleet began evasive maneuvers, while the squadron activated its active radar and expanded its surveillance range, also launching some small detectors in advance.

Although small detectors are not expensive, they cannot be launched indiscriminately. Small detectors are inherently limited in power, so a large number are needed to detect long distances and large areas.

These small probes are primarily designed to address potential blind spots in detection, such as behind some planets.

The two commanders of the squadron were cursing loudly in the channel because they were disgusted by the pirate group's actions.

"And those bastards like Vikbond!"

"They acted like nothing had happened!"

"Those bastards!" The two commanders then looked at the armed transport fleet of the Vik State some distance ahead in the shipping lane. These fleets were completely unaffected by the pirates. This was also why the fleet of the Commonwealth's Madhya Pradesh was helpless against the pirate groups, because the armed forces of other states were simply inactive.

The reason why pirate groups didn't dare to do so in the past was because the armed forces of other states in the federation would also deal with pirates.

If pirates raid a location, a single notification within the federation will trigger a coordinated manhunt by the armed forces of various states, ensuring the pirate gang has no chance of escape.

The other states are just watching the show, pretending not to see the pirate group passing through their star system.

The two D-class warships chased for a certain distance before rejoining the group.

But from this point on, the transport fleet was constantly harassed by pirates!
The escorting fleet had to react every time, because if they didn't, the enemy would keep bothering them.

Moreover, the constant alarms inside the warships made the soldiers in the entire fleet feel somewhat numb.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when the escort fleet entered Vikbon.

Because pirate groups generally don't cause trouble in the star systems where these states are located.

The escort fleet had no idea how many enemies it was about to face.

Of course, the pirate crew was unaware that a main federal fleet was hidden in Vikbon!
Yang Bo also has four pirate groups, and their combined fleet is hiding in another neutral star system outside of Vikbon!
This is because it was one of the pirate crew's escape routes.

Once the pirate crew learns of the presence of a main fleet, they will surely flee in panic.

Although the pirate crew had already devised many plans in advance.

But once a real battle breaks out, these pirate groups will only follow the main force.

By following the main group, as long as you run faster than others, you have a high enough chance of survival.

Then the Federation's main fleet will catch up.

Then I'll lead my men to stab these main fleets in the back.

Of course, this was only Yang Bo's first plan.

If the pirate crew didn't use this space jump point...

If the pirate crew were to use other space jump points, they would encounter another major fleet of the Federation.

They will then be caught in a pincer attack by the Federation's two main fleets.

Then I'll lead my people to jump out from here again, and then use other jump channels to harass the Federation's main fleet.

The combined fleet led by Yang Bo played the role of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!
The Federal State of Madhya used transport fleets as bait, while it used these pirate groups as bait.

Now let's see who can calculate more cleverly!
Who was luckier?

Yang Bo wasn't entirely confident about this operation either.

Even if he knew the locations of the two main fleets.

However, the situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, and no one knows what will happen!
For example, the Federation's two main fleets, if they were fearless and undaunted.

Even if Yang Bo catches up, his chances of winning are slim.

The firepower of the two main fleets is so formidable that no one else needs to elaborate.

If it were the two main fleets of the Alliance or the Empire, Yang Bo wouldn't dare to show his face at all.

Because the fleets of these two countries are far stronger than the Federation's fleet.

First of all, in terms of personnel, the officers and soldiers of the fleets of these two countries are genuinely capable.

Needless to say, the officers and soldiers on the Federation's two fleets were all slaves, except for the officers.

In terms of configuration, both the Alliance and the Empire's warships are equipped with energy stones as emergency power sources.

The Federation's warships didn't have any.

The commander of the Federation fleet who was robbed by Yang Bo last time actually got promoted after returning home.

Moreover, Madhya Pradesh has portrayed him as a hero, saying that he led people back and saved countless families.

The federal transport team finally brought some peace and quiet to Vicbond.

The officers and soldiers on both squadrons breathed a sigh of relief.

Because these Federation fleets are all paid without actually serving, the number of soldiers on board is simply insufficient!

Originally, the soldiers on the fleet were rotated.

The officers and soldiers on the Alliance warships work two days on the ship and rest for one day, and they work in three shifts every day!
Even in an emergency, not all personnel would be mobilized.

However, Federation warships typically only have one-third of their personnel, so everyone must be in position whenever the alarm sounds on a warship!
As for why only one-third of the people were there, it's because the military was embezzling their salaries!

The federal parliament and the military are in cahoots.

The bigwigs in the military and the bigwigs in parliament might just be from the same conglomerate or family!
The alliance's parliament keeps a close eye on the military.

Although there is no conflict between the Imperial Parliament and the military, they keep a very close eye on each other.

Because the nobles in the Imperial Council had to keep an eye on the military nobles to prevent them from embezzling funds.

"Tsk tsk!"

"The Pirate Alliance's staff is indeed quite capable."

"The main reason is that the Pirate Alliance's staff are very knowledgeable about the Federation army!"

"The Federation transport fleet never expected to be caught in such a trap so soon." Yang Bo and his combined fleet were hiding here, waiting for the situation to escalate!

The Federation's transport fleet had only been in Vikbon for a day when it was surrounded by the combined forces of the Pirate Alliance!
More than a dozen pirate groups launched a salvo from all their warships toward the star system where the transport fleet was located!
Then the pirate ships attacked the transport fleet.

The pirate crew's warships were hidden behind several planets on either side of the shipping lane.

The federal transportation team also had two squadrons, and 13 minutes later, urgent alarms sounded.

This salvo directly crippled two transport ships and severely damaged two Class D warships in two squadrons.

Because the pirates had already made arrangements and knew the course and speed of these squadrons and transport ships.

The urgent alarm sounded throughout the warship!

These officers and soldiers of the Federation fleet had just taken a short rest.

I thought it was just another harassment, but then the alarm for an attack came on!

Meanwhile, senior intelligence personnel from the federal intelligence agency within the transport fleet quickly sent messages to the two main fleets.

The Federation's two main fleets were also somewhat bewildered, especially the main fleet hidden in Vikbon, which did not expect these guys to make a move right under their noses!

The commander of the Third Main Fleet was in no hurry to show himself, because the enemy was still outside his attack range.

However, after a closer look, the commander realized that if they waited another two hours, the pirate crew and the transport team would get ahead of them, and then their main fleet would block the pirates' retreat.

The federal transport team was attacked, and the spaceship was subsequently disabled.

But the spaceship continued to move forward due to inertia in this vast space!

Furthermore, the spacecraft uses some fighter jets for auxiliary propulsion.

It's simply impossible for a fighter jet on the ground to push an aircraft carrier!
However, this was in space, and the fleet's more than two hundred unmanned combat aircraft directly propelled the two paralyzed transport ships forward as quickly as possible!

At the same time, the fleet also released a lot of unmanned combat aircraft to interfere with the pirate group behind them!
At the same time, the commanders of the two fleets urgently sent rescue signals to the Japanese military and also sent a distress signal to Vikton.

The pirate alliance, consisting of more than a dozen pirate crews, caused the transport team a great deal of trouble on their first attempt, but unfortunately, the distance between the two sides was too great—a distance that takes thirteen minutes at the speed of light.

So the two fleets and the transport ships fled forward, and more than a dozen pirate groups could only chase after them.

The dozen or so pirate groups weren't afraid, because with such a large fleet, Vikbon wouldn't dare to cause trouble. By the time the other Federation fleets arrived, he would have already captured the transport team.

However, the unexpected happened two and a half hours later.

Two and a half hours later, a dozen pirate groups were frantically chasing the federal transport team ahead, and the distance was getting closer and closer. Unexpectedly, a huge energy fluctuation came from behind.

(End of this chapter)