Interstellar: Start as a cleaner.

Chapter 1296 Huge Gains (5000+ words)

The 042nd Squadron of the Federal Central State Planetary Vigilance Fleet has formed a new combat formation.

The 042nd Squadron consists of two Class B warships, four Class C warships, eight Class D warships, and sixteen Class E warships.

Two of the E-class warships have traveled two million kilometers and four million kilometers respectively!

And the active radar is fully activated.

The outer flanks extend for two million kilometers vertically. Four E-class warships were also deployed.

This will broaden the radar detection range of the entire fleet!

This is the Federation's latest combat plan, which relies on the Federation's warships to outperform the pirate warships.

This is the impact of the Seventh Fleet's last victory.

The squadron was sailing along its designated patrol route.

but!

However, the main fleet last time had hundreds of warships, including capital warships and A-class warships!
These hundreds of warships had only ever faced four pirate groups.

First, they pursued the combined fleet of the Witch Pirates, and then they pursued the third reserve force.

Throughout the entire Seventh Fleet, no more warships were encountered.

Now, if a squadron does this, it's equivalent to dispersing its own firepower.

In the vast universe, the only way to increase accuracy is to get closer.

Theoretically, this fleet's active radar detection range has now reached six million kilometers!
Because the flagship is four million kilometers away from the leading E-class warship, while the detection range of the leading E-class warship is two million kilometers!
but!

However, the pirates always hid in radar blind spots during their operations.

They usually hide behind planets, whether they are large planets or small planets.

If it's an asteroid, just dock the warship on it.

If it's a large planet, it can be suspended in orbit using the planet's gravity, just like a satellite.

In war, if you want to replicate someone else's tactics, you must study them thoroughly.

Otherwise, it's easy to crash and burn.

It's been a month since the 042nd Squadron was deployed, and we've gone from being tense at the beginning to gradually becoming lazy!

Everyone was very nervous when we first left Madhya Pradesh, but gradually no pirates appeared and nothing else happened.

There were no reports of pirate attacks anywhere else either.

And these Federation soldiers are used to being lazy!

After all, one person has to do the work of several people, and also hand over their salary.

Everyone here is just trying to make a living. As for professional skills or anything like that, there's an intelligent system. Just follow the instructions of the intelligent system.

This is convenient for both officers and soldiers!
Just like when Bart attacked Pandora, none of the fleet's officers were on the warships!
These officers usually work on the planet, where they also eat, drink, and enjoy themselves.

Anyway, there's a bunch of cattle and horses on the warship, making money for them all the time, and these people are actually from wealthy families.

Therefore, the 042 Fleet has now returned to its previous state.

The officers in the fleet spend their days having fun with the female soldiers on the warships!

Moreover, everyone gets together to have fun and host all sorts of parties, like pool parties, costume parties, and mask parties!
These female soldiers were all carefully selected.

So when the 042nd detachment received the military intelligence report from the military headquarters, it was quite a shock.

"These damn guys, all they do is sit in their offices and give us orders!"

"Exactly! Although the intelligence says it's a Class D warship, who knows if there are other pirates lying in ambush!" The fleet commander, two captains, two vice-captains, and the chief of staff, all dressed in swimsuits, were groping a female soldier who was shirtless, while cursing and swearing.

The reason there were only two people cursing was that several others were playing a mouth-to-mouth game with the female soldiers next to them.

"Order the fleet to turn!"

"Make those below open their eyes wide!"

"Let's head to mineral planet ZW3508!" The fleet commander knew he couldn't disobey orders, as this mineral planet belonged to the Federation's largest conglomerate.

Their own fleet was closest to this mineral planet.

If our own fleet doesn't go to the rescue now and instead turns around and runs away, then it might become the target of the pirates.

"Yes, sir." The adjutant quickly went to issue the order after receiving it.

"Let's keep playing, it'll still be two days to get to the mineral planet!"

"And with our active radar fully activated, those damned pirates will definitely turn tail and run when they see our fleet." The commander buried his head in the chest of the female soldier next to him, took a deep sniff, and then looked up to say.

"The Commander is absolutely right!"

"Those damned pirates are like rats, they only know how to hide in the shadows!"

"With all our active radars on, they'll see so many of our warships and definitely won't dare to come up and fight us!"

"Exactly, exactly." These officers and commanders had some rather peculiar ideas.

These officers and commanders thought they were police officers and that the pirate gang were thieves.

As soon as thieves hear the sound of police cars and hear that the police are coming, they will turn around and run away.

These federal officers themselves come from various conglomerates.

How high a position one can hold depends entirely on the strength of one's bloodline within one's family.

Of course, it cannot be denied that there are still some outstanding talents.

However, even a talented person can't win if they have a bunch of incompetent teammates!
Moreover, most of these officers have biochips, which contain professional knowledge!

However, war is entirely a test of one's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

Yang Bo breathed a sigh of relief after receiving news that the squadron was heading to the mineral planet.

The Federal Madhya Pradesh 042 Fleet, with its active radar activated, headed directly for the mineral planet ZW3508.

Meanwhile, the Mineral Planet is under continuous attack from pirate D-class warships.

The most important facility on the mineral planet is the space transfer center.

The transfer center of the mineral planet is a modified spaceship.

This is also the remote control center of the mineral planet, controlling the intelligent mining equipment on the planet!
This transfer center has only 500 people in total, of which only 200 are skilled workers and the remaining 300 are armed guards.

Among the 300 armed guards were 100 mech pilots and 100 fighter pilots.

One hundred more are for controlling the defense system!

To be precise, this transfer center is a miniature space fortress.

This transit center has a lot of firepower, but it has one drawback: it's not fast!

Because the transfer center doesn't need a very high speed; the speed of a regular civilian transport ship is sufficient.

Fortunately, due to the presence of pirate groups, the security level of these transit centers was not something that a single Class D warship could breach.

However, the damage is unavoidable and it also affects production!
Furthermore, one cannot leave the transit center, because once one leaves...

Pirate warships will attack intelligent mining bases on the planet.

The most valuable asset of a mining company is the equipment in its smart mining facilities.

Because the transfer center can be reused multiple times, but the mining equipment on each mineral planet is custom-made.

On the morning of the third day, the Federation fleet passed by the pirate fleet.

After two days of trading, we're about to arrive at the Mineral Planet.

The entire crew of the Federation fleet had been on edge for over a day.

From the moment they received the message and headed to the mineral planet, the closer they got, the more tense everyone became.

Moreover, because of the fact that they were receiving salaries without working, one person was doing the work of several people and had no time to rest at all!

Although most of the people on the warship have superpowers, they haven't been idle since they came out.

The mineral planet's transfer center suffered heavy losses, mainly because it was unable to leave and was forced to take the hits.

Moreover, the pirate warship was extremely cunning, consistently attacking from a considerable distance, leaving the fighter jets and mechs with no chance.

In space, fighter jets and mechs are small, so the chances of them being hit are small. However, fighter jets and mechs can only participate in combat within a certain distance.

The distance is too far; in space, they'd be sitting ducks. They'd only release fighter jets and mechs when it came to hand-to-hand combat.

Although small in size and small in target size, it will be locked onto by radar if approached from a distance, and can only be locked onto at very short distances.

Break into the blind spots of these energy turrets in a rapid manner.

At the same time, these fighter jets can disrupt the attack sequence of the artillery emplacements.

The turrets were originally designed to target enemy warships, but as fighter jets approached, these turrets had to prioritize attacking them!
"Haha!!" The commander of the Federation fleet laughed loudly as he watched the pirate warship disappear from the radar.

Because the active radar is activated, the pirate warship can know what kind of opponent it is facing.

"These damned pirates, they don't even bother to come out and fight us fair and square."

"In other words, if the higher-ups don't give orders, then we'll chase after this pirate warship and smash it to pieces!"

"It's a pity there are no female soldiers on the pirate warship!"

"We've been out for a month now, and we're already tired of all this stuff on the warship!"

"There are female staff members here on Mineral Planet!"

“Send them a message: We saved them, they should show their appreciation!”

"That's right!!" The squadron had not received orders to pursue, so they did not chase after the fleeing pirate warships!
Then the Federation's fleet was going to take a stroll over to the mineral planet's transshipment center!
It's really just these guys' vanity at play. They want the other person to be grateful and express their thanks just because they saved them!

But at that moment, urgent alarms sounded across the fleet.

"Warning! Warning! Under attack!"

"Warning! Warning! Under attack by unidentified armed forces!" The commander and the others were startled by the sudden warning. They quickly looked at the virtual radar projection and saw energy fluctuations around the fleet. These energy fluctuations appeared as blinding white lines on the radar!
"Laser cannon!" The commander was capable enough to immediately recognize that the energy detected by the radar was a laser beam.

At that moment, a voice came through the fleet's public communication channel: "We are the pirate alliance fleet. You have ten minutes to get off the warship!"

"Otherwise, we pirates will twist your heads off!"

"You damned scum, the Seventh Fleet is slaughtering us pirates!" "If you surrender within ten minutes, you will be hostages, and we will demand ransom from your families. Your safety will be guaranteed!"

"You damned bastards, don't blame us for retaliating if you resist!"

"You Federation scum had better not surrender, because ninety percent of our pirate crew was slaughtered by your Seventh Fleet!"

All the warships in the Federation fleet were using the same voice on their public communication channels; it could be heard that four voices were speaking.

At this moment, the Federation fleet was in complete chaos. The people who had just been celebrating were now completely bewildered because the pirate ships had fled in disarray.

Then the passive radar revealed the size of the pirate fleet.

Four Class C warships, eight Class D warships, and twelve Class E warships formed a conventional shuttle-shaped battle formation.

"Why are these damn bastards behind us?!" the commander of the Federation fleet shouted, jumping up and down.

The Federation Fleet's radar detection range is two million kilometers, and there is an E-class warship two million kilometers behind the Federation Fleet flagship.

The detection range of the E-class warship is also two million kilometers, so the radar data obtained by the flagship is four million kilometers.

The pirate warships, however, managed to avoid radar detection range at a distance of 4.5 million kilometers.

It was the passive radar that first detected the pirate crew and the trajectory of their energy cannons.

Because active radar requires energy waves to reach the target and then be reflected back.

The speed of laser is the same as the speed of radar energy waves.

Passive radar can analyze the reflected energy waves received faster.

Why the hell are these bastards behind us?!

"These damned bastards, insidious, despicable, shameless, and cunning!" The commander of the Federation fleet cursed loudly, because he was afraid.

On one hand, the pirate fleet had a considerable number of warships, and on the other hand, the enemy was behind them!

Furthermore, the Federation fleet slowed down just now because it was getting closer to the mineral planet's transfer center.

The pirates behind them are much faster than the current fleet!

"Hurry! Speed ​​up! You idiots!" The commander of the Federation fleet jumped up and down, giving orders!

"Commander, how much faster?" the soldier controlling the energy engine asked quickly!
These soldiers dared not fail to ask clearly, because if they did not, they might be blamed if problems arose later.

"Full speed, full speed, you idiots! Their energy shields behind us are useless!"

"Energy cannon counterattack! Energy cannon counterattack!" the fleet commander cursed, wondering how such an idiot could exist.

The soldiers knew, of course, that the energy shields of the pirate fleet's warships behind them were useless.

However, according to procedure, the commander must clearly issue instructions.

Because the direction in which the enemy appears is different, the energy required to be allocated is different.

If the enemy has energy engines elsewhere, it needs to supply some energy cannons and also the energy shield system.

"Commander, should we report this to the military headquarters?" the communications officer asked again at this moment.

"Idiot, you piece of trash, report this immediately and request backup." Only then did the commander remember to report.

"Commander? Should we send a warning message to the surrounding area?" the communications officer then asked.

This warning message is sent using extremely high energy in all directions, primarily to alert other nearby spaceships and urge them to avoid the danger zone!

"Shut up!"

"Concentrate all energy into the engine!"

"accelerate!"

"Speed ​​up!" the commander yelled, jumping up and down!

"Prepare another liaison ship!" the commander ordered.

Then the commander boarded the liaison ship!

Because of its small size and high power, the liaison ship can accelerate very quickly.

The commander's target is the E-class warship at the forefront.

On the one hand, the commander knew that the B-class warships were definitely the targets of pirates.

On the other hand, the E-class warships are small in size, so the chances of them being hit are also small, and there are still so many warships behind them.

Finally, this one is at the very front, while the warships behind it will definitely be targeted by pirates.

The commander had barely reached the communication line when he received a message that a Class B warship had been hit by an energy cannon!

Although it did not cause significant damage, energy was needed to repair the damaged areas, resulting in a decrease in energy output.

Upon seeing this, the captains of the two B-class warships quickly boarded the liaison ship!

Because to these officers, warships were nothing!

He was about to be captured by pirates, and he wondered how much money they would ask his family for.

The warship belongs to the public, and since you were captured by pirates and held hostage, it's highly likely your family paid for it!
Although in theory the federal government should pay the ransom, the government is not a place where one's family has the final say.

Moreover, the government is unlikely to yield to pirates, so in the end, the family will have to pay for it.

As for the warship being lost, so be it, it belongs to the public anyway, it's not like I lost it all by myself!

So many people ahead of us are fine!
More importantly, if they fall into the hands of pirates, they will definitely be severely punished.

Of course, these officers also took their trusted confidants with them, leaving behind only those without any background on the warship.

These officers now wished they had more legs, because several radar alarms were also sounding on the liaison ship.

Alarms blared throughout the fleet's communication channels, keeping everyone on edge.

Yang Bo learned of the news through the federal intelligence department and immediately issued orders to the four pirate groups: "Change the battle plan. First, keep an eye on the two B-class warships, then on the four C-class warships. Abandon the attack on the E-class warships!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Among our four pirate crews, who will keep an eye on the B-class warships?" the first vice-captain of the Witch Pirate Crew asked.

"That's a Class B warship. You think a pirate would target the very first one?"

"Two pirate crews are eyeing a Class B warship!"

"Now reduce the power of your warship's energy cannons," Yang Bo ordered.

"Yes!"

"Yes!" Although the pirate crew didn't know why John Lee had given such an order, they still obeyed.

"On the other side, shout for them to surrender, and only hold the officers accountable," Yang Bo then gave the order.

As a result, the communication channels of the Federation fleet became even busier, because the pirates reduced the power of their energy cannons, so the firing frequency increased!
As a result, the alarms became more frequent, sending chills down the spines of everyone in the Federation fleet.

Then they heard the pirate ship shouting that it would not hold the soldiers responsible, and that ten minutes were almost up. It also threatened that when the time came, they would capture the officers and make them experience the passion of pirates.

The fleeing officers cursed loudly, while secretly congratulating themselves on their quick escape.

"Tsk tsk!!!"

"Those idiots in the Federation won last time because of my intelligence, and they think they've gotten back on their feet!"

"However, we need to find a way to increase the Federation's strength." Yang Bo felt that things couldn't continue like this, because once the news of this victory spread, other pirate groups in the Pirate Alliance would follow suit.

"Mercenaries!" Yang Bo quickly came up with an idea.

That means having the Federation hire mercenaries!

There are quite a few mercenary groups that have armed spaceships.

"It's a pity I'm just an ace mercenary!"

"If I had my own mercenary group, I could also steal some warships from the Federation!" Yang Bo said with some regret.

"General Li, what's going on?" About twenty minutes later, the pirates discovered that the Federation fleet's warships had changed.

The E-class warships scattered in all directions.

On the contrary, the B-class and C-class warships were still sailing obediently on their course.

From now on, you can call me General!

"No matter what schemes they have up their sleeves, we'll just focus on what we want!" Yang Bo issued the order over the communication channel. Although Yang Bo's warships were far from the pirate group, both sides were using a space quantum communication module!

"General, could their E-class warships turn around and encircle us?" asked the first vice-captain of the Death God Pirates.

"I haven't received any relevant information yet, but for now, you should lock onto your targets and intensify your efforts to win over the ordinary soldiers on those warships. After all, they're working like slaves for the Alliance, and you'll need these soldiers in the future!" Yang Bo knew exactly what was going on; it was that the officers had boarded the E-class warships.

However, if only a few of these warships escaped, they would easily attract attention, so all the E-class warships were ordered to escape together.

The pirate crew feared that these E-class warships would scatter in all directions, and that once the pirate crew passed by, these warships would run right behind them.

It could be said that these pirates were far more war-conscious than those on the Federation side.

In fact, the commander of the Federation fleet had a good opportunity to do as the pirates wanted: to detach some of the warships from the fleet.

If the pirate group were to pursue these departing fleets, then the original fleet's warships would be able to execute more operational plans.

In other words, someone is going to act as bait.

But the commander dared not do that!

Because the officers on these warships came from various conglomerates in Madhya Pradesh.

When these officers die, will the financial groups behind them think they deliberately sent them to their deaths?

At that time, I will inevitably have some personal grudges.

Now that everyone has run away, I don't have much responsibility.

Because I did not issue a retreat order, everyone violated military discipline.

If he gets caught by pirates, then he can only say that he was unlucky.

While the commanders of the Federation fleet may lack military prowess, they are adept at managing emotional intelligence.

After waiting another half hour, Yang Bo excitedly shouted into the communication channel: "I just received news that the fleet officers and their confidants have all escaped on E-class warships!"

"What!" The commanders of the four pirate crews could hardly believe their ears when they heard this, because it meant a huge haul!
(End of this chapter)