Interstellar: Start as a cleaner.

Chapter 1289 I'm Not Greedy
The commander of the Federation's Seventh Fleet stumbled upon the correct method for combating piracy.

Pirate warships are small, and their armor and energy protection are much weaker than those of large warships!

Another factor is the radar's detection range!
The combat capabilities of warships vary greatly between different classes.

The larger the warship, the greater the power of its energy engine, the greater the power of its radar, and the farther its detection range.

Moreover, the warships used by pirates are all export models purchased from other countries.

Its overall performance is significantly lower than that of the regular military equipment used by the three countries.

Moreover, pirates have extremely rich experience in fighting alone.

Therefore, if the Federation fleet's warships were to engage in close-quarters combat with the pirates...

They are easily defeated by the pirate crew's flexible combat methods.

Because the energy engines at the rear of a warship are its biggest weakness.

If it's at a conventional firing range of two million kilometers.

The two sides will then engage in a naval war similar to those of ancient times.

The two sides were engaged in close-quarters combat, exchanging fire.

At this time, the pirates' warships were small, making them more maneuverable.

The larger the fleet's warships, the larger the exposed area.

Another reason is that the Witch Pirates are four pirate crews hidden in the starry sky.

Energy protection was not activated.

Therefore, it was met with a salvo from the Federation's Seventh Fleet, which fired tens of thousands of laser beams.

In this first salvo, the energy cannons were all fired at maximum power.

The range of an energy cannon varies depending on its power.

Although space is a vacuum environment, energy, especially in the case of lasers, will still scatter during the transfer process.

Therefore, the greater the power, the longer the range.

Even an energy cannon capable of destroying a planet!

It also requires attacking planets within effective range!

Furthermore, different energies and attack methods must be used depending on the structure of different planets.

All the warships of the Federation's Seventh Fleet activated their active radars, locked onto the pirate group, and gave chase at full speed, firing continuously as they pursued.

The combined pirate fleet to which the Witch Pirates belong is currently fleeing frantically under the command of the pirate alliance.

Although the distance between the two sides is still so far, the distance between them will get closer and closer.

On the one hand, the Seventh Fleet never stopped moving, while the pirate fleet stopped in order to ambush the area.

On the other hand, anyone who turns their weakness towards their enemy will feel like they could be crushed at any moment.

Although the pirate fleet began to fight back, most of their energy cannons were unable to hit the Seventh Fleet behind them.

Instead, it exposes the energy engine to the enemy.

In addition to the previous attack, two of the warships were destroyed.

The first vice-captain of the Witch Pirates was now feeling a bit regretful. She should have known better than to have come out with these people; she should have cooperated with John Lee instead!

Because John Lee's intelligence sources are very accurate.

Meanwhile, the Seventh Fleet also went into evasive mode.

Although the pirate crew's energy cannon attacks are few and far between, you still need to dodge them.

The two sides continued their chase, and the people in the pirate fleet channel were all cursing loudly!
"Those bastards from the Pirate Alliance Council are using us as bait!"

"These bastards are now directing us to retreat in one direction, which means they've planned this all in advance."

These men in the pirate fleet now realize that they have been used as bait.

Because when pirates used to operate in groups, they would scatter whenever they encountered a regular army.

Now the Pirate Alliance Council is asking everyone to retreat in one direction.

This was clearly planned in advance.

Of course, the Federation also has a large fleet. The commander of the Federation's Seventh Fleet may not be capable, but the Federation also has the General Staff and the Ministry of Defense!
The unusual reaction of the pirate fleet led the staff to conclude that the pirates' operation was a trap.

Meanwhile, intelligence agencies suspected that the anonymous emails might be a sting operation by pirates.

The elders of the Pirate Alliance Council are also feeling overwhelmed.

The Pirate Alliance planned to take several pirate crews to test at which point the internal intelligence was leaked.

The pirate alliance was indeed planning to fish, but they didn't expect to catch a great white shark instead.

How powerful is a main fleet?

The Pirate Alliance discovered that other pirate groups they were preparing for were probably no match for the Federation's Seventh Fleet!
Therefore, the Pirate Alliance has now come up with two plans. The first plan is to have the prepared first reserve team release various energy bombs to set up a huge minefield.

Bombs used to lay minefields in interstellar warfare have great destructive power.

These bombs come in many types. The first type is the energy jamming bomb, which uses the energy from the bomb's explosion to interfere with the enemy's radar.

Another method is physical attack.

This physical attack method involves using a bomb to propel the projectile inside, striking the warship at extremely high speeds.

These projectiles are specially treated and have a unique shape, which will cause damage to the surface of the warship.

Of course, these projectiles are mainly aimed at energy turrets used in warship combat.

Because the warship energy turrets only spawn warships when they are attacking.

When not in use, the energy turrets will be retracted into the warship.

Moreover, some of the bombs planted in the minefield are not actually bombs, but high-energy laser emitters.

The closer the distance, the stronger the laser's attack power.

In interstellar warfare, the role of minefields can be significant or minor.

It depends on the number of bombs planted in the minefield!
The more bombs planted in a minefield, the greater their effect.

Because warships travel at extremely high speeds in space!

If the enemy can clear the bombs, then the minefield will have no effect.

If the enemy cannot clear the bombs, they will be attacked by them.

Because these bombs in the minefield are all mobile and employ multiple tracking modes.

In addition, the biggest function of minefields is to create energy fluctuations to interfere with the enemy's radar!

This is why the Pirate Alliance's first reserve team set up minefields here so early.

Because the earlier the minefield is laid, the more bombs can be placed!
The pirate alliance prepared three reserve teams, and two more were hidden somewhere behind the minefield.

Yang Bo already knows the plans of both sides!

The pirate alliance planned to use the Witch Pirates to lure the Seventh Fleet over, and then use the minefield to hinder the Seventh Fleet.

Even if the Seventh Fleet successfully clears the bombs from the minefield, the energy fluctuations caused by the explosions of so many bombs will severely affect the radar.

At this time, the pirate groups that had been lying in ambush would attack the Federation's Seventh Fleet from both sides and the rear.

Although the Seventh Fleet is powerful, its radar is affected.

Moreover, the eight pirate groups of the two pirate reserve teams that were lying in ambush would appear behind the Seventh Fleet!
The Seventh Fleet would then face two choices: first, deviate from its course and try to avoid the eight pirate groups behind it; second, allow the eight pirate groups behind it to directly pursue the pirate groups in front, using their own speed to gradually increase the distance between them and the groups behind.

The pirate alliance has deployed sixteen pirate crews this time.

Of course, to outsiders, the pirate alliance seemed to be taking a desperate gamble.

However, in Yang Bo's view, the Pirate Alliance is a winner in this matter, regardless of whether they win or lose.

If the pirate crew wins, then the Federation's main fleet will definitely lose, which will make the pirate alliance even more prestigious.

If the pirate crew loses, they won't lose too much. When all sixteen pirate crews scatter, they'll only lose one or two at most.

Moreover, the pirate crew that suffered the loss was definitely the strongest among the sixteen pirate crews!

This weakens the power of the unruly and uncooperative members of the team.

Now these pirate groups have no choice but to accept the plan proposed by the pirate alliance.

Because piracy is inherently a very dangerous profession.

Moreover, piracy is inherently a high-risk, high-reward industry.

To be honest, the mentality of someone who can become a pirate is somewhat abnormal.

These pirate groups were actually quite excited by this situation, because defeating the Federation's main fleet would be the highest honor for them.

Moreover, the pirate groups that appeared here were only a portion of the entire pirate group's warships!

Of course, these pirate groups also knew that if things went badly, they would all scatter, and the Seventh Fleet would have no chance of dispersing its warships to chase after them!

This is risky, but the rewards are considerable.

However, Yang Bo knew more: "The pirate crew is in danger this time!"

"There are also two Federation fleets, which means that even if the pirate groups scatter and flee later, they will still lose at least three or four pirate groups!"

"Right now, I'd better beat up this pirate who's fallen on hard times."

Yang Bo quickly realized what choice he should make, so he controlled his five Class C warships and headed to the vicinity of a public star system's shipping lane, using a planet as cover to hide!
This route leads to two other space jump points.

This was also one of the routes the pirate crew took to escape!

The pirates are in a star system outside of another space jump point in this star system.

Then you will be the main battlefield of this conflict!
Within that star system, there are five space jump points.

One of the space jump points will be the entrance to the Witch Pirate Alliance fleet and the Seventh Fleet!

The other two space jump points will have two squadrons from the Federal State of Madhya Pradesh.

At that point, the sixteen pirate crews will face a choice.

Of course, you can also leave the space jump point where the two Federation fleets entered.

Because several pirate groups could charge together against a Federation fleet.

Then, relying on its own inertia, the warship directly outmaneuvered the Federation fleet in space.

At that time, the pirate group can use some low-level warships to resist the attack of the Federation fleet, and then let the pirate group's high-level warships escape.

Regardless of the circumstances, the location Yang Bo has chosen will attract pirate groups, and it's hard to say exactly how many.

Of course, Yang Bo didn't want to face the Federal Seventh Fleet.

Yang Bo was unsure whether the Federation's Seventh Fleet would hate him even more when he faced them.

Because Madhya Pradesh harbors deep hatred for John Lee.

Madhya Pradesh is currently unable to collect taxes from other gangs.

The current situation within the federal government is largely due to John Lee.

John Lee led the way in refusing to pay taxes and even seized the assets of the Madhya Pradesh conglomerate, setting a bad precedent that other states in the Union would follow suit.

If you were the commander of the Seventh Fleet, you would definitely bombard John Lee's ships as well.

Because the commander of the federal fleet is a member of the Federal Central State Consortium.

The current situation is that although the Federation's Seventh Fleet's warships are 20% more powerful than those used by the pirates.

However, the regional fleet was able to launch an attack from an extremely long distance.

If they had followed standard combat procedures, the Witch Pirates would have scattered long ago, since they couldn't have outrun them.

The Witch Pirates and several other pirate groups are currently at a safe distance from the Seventh Fleet.

This is also why the various pirate groups of the Witch Pirates haven't fled separately.

Some pirate groups also have a battle plan: once the Seventh Fleet breaks through to a certain distance, these pirate groups will scatter.

This is a tried-and-true tactic used by pirate groups: scattering and fleeing.

The Seventh Fleet will not be able to split its forces at that time!

The pirate fleet, composed of the Witch Pirates, sped for more than twenty hours, passing through a space jump point, and arrived at another public star system.

In the process, these pirate groups lost one E-class warship.

The Seventh Fleet was getting closer and closer to these combined pirate fleets.

In another thirty hours, the Seventh Fleet will be able to catch up with these pirate fleets.

The Seventh Fleet also rushed into the space jump point without hesitation.

The main warships of the Seventh Fleet took the lead, charging into the space jump point with their thick energy shields activated.

The main warships have thick armor protection, so they are not afraid of the enemy causing trouble on the other side of the space jump point.

After the Seventh Fleet's flagship broke through the space jump point, the system gradually recovered.

The active radar and various other devices are operating at full power.

They discovered that the Witch Pirates were still fleeing in panic, so they gave chase.

The Seventh Fleet quickly discovered the minefield laid by the pirates.

They also discovered the first reserve force, which consisted of four pirate crews.

The commander of the Federation's Seventh Fleet immediately reported this intelligence.

Upon receiving this news, the federal military and intelligence agencies were almost overjoyed and immediately ordered the other two fleets to enter this star system!
The other two Federation fleets were already waiting outside the other two space jump points!

These two squadrons each have one Class A warship, two Class B warships, four Class C warships, and another twenty or thirty warships of other types.

After receiving the command, the two components rushed into the space jump point.

Then they made their way towards the area where the pirates were located.

Currently, the pirates that are openly known are the Witch Pirates, which belong to the Allied Fleet, and the four pirate crews of the Pirate Alliance's First Reserve Team!

There were also two other reserve pirate groups that were hidden.

The two reserve teams of eight pirate groups remained silent.

The two Federation fleets were also in a state of silence.

"When the radar is turned on, both sides will be startled!" Yang Bo knew, of course, that one of the pirate alliance's reserve teams had its back to one of the federal fleets.

Both sides are currently in a state of silence!
"hey-hey!!"

"A fight is about to break out!" Yang Bo was now sharpening his knives, waiting for the pirates to collapse and escape along his route. Then he would make them roll off his warships, otherwise his five C-class warships would rout them.

"I'm not greedy. I just need two or three more Class C warships!" Yang Bo thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)