Interstellar: Start as a cleaner.

Chapter 1400 Suicide Battleship (5700+ words)

"This..." The pirate captains looked at each other in bewilderment. If it was just a squadron, it would be a pleasant surprise. They hadn't expected that in addition to the squadron, there were also four Class A warships.

How many A-class warships does a main fleet have?

Of course, the most powerful part of the main fleet is its capital warships.

However, a Class A warship is usually equipped with 4 to 8 ships.

Several sub-fleets were formed.

"What's wrong? Are you scared?" Yang Bo asked calmly, looking at their expressions.

The leaders of several Greyhound pirate crews would be lying if they said they weren't afraid; those were four A-class warships.

The A-class warships' defensive and offensive capabilities far surpass those of the four pirate groups.

So what was John Lee's purpose in doing this?

Is he trying to sabotage several of his own fleets, or is he absolutely certain of success?

"The three Class A warships delivered by the Empire can only exert less than 20% of their combat power!"

"Because these delivered warships have not yet activated the new systems."

"It just uses a simple transportation system."

"Of course, there are still certain risks!"

"But has anyone thought about the profits?"

"If this succeeds, then each of your four pirate crews will have an A-class warship." Yang Bo knew that he didn't have a very close relationship with these pirate crews, so he explained.

"Did the general have this planned all along?"

"We believe in the general!"

"The fact that the general knows such secret information already says everything." These pirate captains weren't stupid; things had already come to this point.

You can only take a gamble.

So they all expressed their opinions.

Of course, the leaders of these pirate crews also established contact in private.

"It seems we need to be more careful when cooperating with him in the future."

"That's right, that's right. I've put up almost half of my warships this time. It would be a huge loss if we lost them."

"Now that we have so many warships combined, we should try to take as few risks as possible in the future."

“John Lee is an official, after all, while we are pirates.”

"Who knows, he might sell me out in the end."

"But there's no way around it this time. He's only telling the truth now because he must have made other preparations!"

The leaders of several pirate crews are actually quite conflicted.

On the one hand, several pirate captains were indeed worried that the warships they sent out would suffer huge losses.

However, on the other hand, it also presents huge potential benefits.

If we succeed, the whole family will share an A-class warship.

Those pirate crews would then have more say within the pirate alliance.

For pirates, warships meant power.

Therefore, several pirate captains expressed their opinions.

Yang Bo knew exactly what these pirate captains were thinking, so he said, "Actually, there's no risk for you this time."

"I have prepared a big gift for this escort fleet."

"All you have to do is follow the plan I provide and launch the attack."

"Your operation may well go down in history."

As Yang Bo said this, he chuckled to himself. The main purpose of these pirate groups coming here was to take the blame.

Of course, these pirate groups thought they had only offended the Federation.

In fact, the emperor of the Blue Ocean Empire was also lurking in the shadows.

Yang Bo didn't know the Emperor of the Blue Water Empire. What would his thoughts be after learning about this?
Of course, the emperor of the Blue Ocean Empire wasn't that stupid; he must have known there was more to the story, but finding the truth would be difficult.

Of course, the Greyhound Pirate Crew would also incur the wrath of the Blue Ocean Empire's emperor.

Yang Bo didn't care; he had these pirate groups to use anyway.

After hearing about John Lee's plan, several pirate captains discussed it privately.

"John Lee is still the same as always, he always makes the same plans."

"We need to be more careful in the future."

"If four Class A warships can be deployed this time, they might become the main fleet next time."

"However, John Lee shouldn't be in that situation for now, after all, there are conflicts between Karaya and Madhya Pradesh!"

"Now that we have so many warships, we should assert our strength and ask for the detailed plan!"

"That's right. Although he has sources of information, we are the ones who bear the risks."

"Every time, we're the ones fighting to the death on the front lines, and in the end, we still have to share the spoils with him!"

“We still owe John Lee a large sum of spoils.” Several pirate captains were somewhat dissatisfied with the current cooperation model.

The main reason is that the leaders of these pirate crews are now quite powerful.

These pirate captains had no idea that their successes were all due to John Lee's intelligence.

But this is only human nature!

"General, what are the details of the plan? We'd appreciate your cooperation," the leader of the Witch Pirates asked first.

"Yes, yes!"

"We want to know more about the plan so that we can better direct operations in the future."

"General, we've finally managed to acquire so many warships, and we hope that you can give us advance notice of the plans for our next operation."

"After all, the risk this time is too great."

"That's right. We still owe the general a large sum of spoils. If the risks are too great and we suffer too much loss, we may not be able to repay the general's spoils."

Yang Bo listened as several pirate captains demanded that he reveal more details of the plan for the next operation.

He chuckled to himself.

However, he said with a serious expression, "It's not that I don't trust you, but disclosing the plan in advance could very likely lead to the failure of the operation."

"I think you all know better than I how complex the pirate groups under the Pirate Alliance are."

"Guess why I had you all gather at a rendezvous point before announcing the specific mission location?"

"Do you dare say that your four pirate crews are of one mind?"

"The recent Star Pirate Crew proves everything."

"The Morning Star Pirate Crew, this transport mission was so well-hidden, how could it be such a coincidence that someone else stumbled upon it!"

"And it also made it easy for them to discover what was being transported."

"And some pirate groups have also been attacked by the Alliance army. Do you think it's just a coincidence?"

Anyway, someone offered me information about pirate groups.

"However, I don't dare to easily believe this information, because it could very well be a trap."

What happened when the pirate captains heard what John Lee said?

Everyone fell silent, because there was no trust between the pirate crews to begin with.

As long as someone offers a high enough price.

Therefore, it is not recommended to disclose your partner's whereabouts.

"Then let's proceed according to the general's plan!" The leader of the Witch Pirates was the first to change his mind.

Among the various pirate crews, the Witch Pirates were the weakest.

Pirate crews are inherently a dog-eat-dog world. If the four pirate crews were to clash now, the weakest, the Witch Pirate Crew, would be the first to be divided up by the other three.

This is similar to the law of the jungle, where the weakest member of a group is often the first to disappear.

Yang Bo found it somewhat amusing. These pirate groups had no basis for trust among themselves to begin with, yet now they were actually joining forces to try and force him.

“I can reveal more of the plan, but you all need to hand over temporary control of the warships first,” Yang Bo requested.

The pirate captains readily handed over temporary control of the warships.

At this moment, Yang Bo answered several people's questions: "My plan is very simple. I have prepared a self-destructing Class C warship with enough standard energy stones inside."

"The energy shock from this self-destructing Class C warship will paralyze the entire escort fleet."

"Before that, I will obtain the warship's exact coordinates and speed through an inside contact."

"And what you need to do is very simple: just attack with all your might according to the coordinates I provide!"

"Of course I hope you release those crew members, because there are my informants among them."

Several pirate captains were shocked to hear that John Lee had actually deployed a Class C warship.

His eyes widened as well.

This is a C-class warship. More than 50% of pirate groups only have one C-class warship, and the rest don't even have one.

The pirate captains did not suspect John Lee's motives.

Because John Lee already had conflicts with Madhya Pradesh, if Madhya Pradesh had enough power, the first person they would target would be someone like John Lee.

"it is good!"

"We will obey the general's orders!" several pirate captains declared.

"Okay!" Yang Bo hummed in response and then logged out.

After seeing John Lee leave, several pirate captains also withdrew.

In fact, the leaders of several pirate groups were not in the fleet that was on the move.

Several pirate captains were either in their own bases or elsewhere.

The deputy regimental commanders are responsible for carrying out the action plan.

Meanwhile, another group in this grand spectacle, the 4th Squadron of the Federation's 1st Fleet, consisting of one A-class warship, two B-class warships, and four C-class warships, escorted three A-class warships, forming a formation and speeding away.

The commander of the 4th Squadron never expected that anyone would dare to attack his escort fleet.

These are four Class A warships.

Unless the enemy has a main fleet. Therefore, the entire escort fleet, including the transport personnel on the three warships, was very relaxed.

They have absolutely no sense of crisis.

The number of personnel transported on the three Class A warships was not large.

Because these Class A warships, which were not fully delivered, did not need to exert their full combat power.

Although the fleet is currently sailing in silence, everyone is very relaxed.

Play games if you want to play games, sleep if you want to sleep, and have fun if you want to have fun.

The captain of the escort fleet has just reported the coordinate node information to the Ministry of National Defense via a space quantum communication module.

And everything is normal.

When the fleet is in a silent sailing state, it does not need any power at all.

Relying on its powerful inertia, it hurtles through the dark starry sky.

These routes are precisely calculated, and the auxiliary engines are only activated when a turn is needed.

The fleet sailed silently, but its passive radar remained on.

The fleet had no idea that a Class C warship was also silently sailing not far away.

Because both sides had their passive radars activated and were relying on inertia to navigate silently, neither side was aware of the other's presence.

The escort fleet had no idea that they had stepped into an ambush.

Yang Bo, through the Ministry of Defense of Madhya Pradesh, once again pinpointed the target's location, and then calculated the optimal self-destruct position for the Class C warship based on its speed and direction.

However, before that, Yang Bo had to activate the active radar of the C-class warship.

The purpose of this was to create confusion, since getting too close and then suddenly detonating would mean that the fleet's exact location had been revealed.

Therefore, when a self-destructing C-class warship is at a certain distance, it directly activates its active radar.

The moment the active radar was activated, the self-destructing C-class warship also activated its energy shield to the maximum!
Furthermore, the energy engine was activated simultaneously, using energy stones to power it, causing the entire C-class warship to surge in speed once again.

Half a minute after the self-destructing C-class warship's active radar was activated, its radar energy waves swept across the escort fleet.

The escort fleet's passive radar was activated instantly, and urgent alarms sounded throughout the fleet.

The radar energy waves of warships are completely different from those of civilian transport ships.

Passive radar only needs to collect radar data from a suicide bomber to know that it is a warship.

The entire escort fleet was startled by the sudden alarm.

An unknown warship has appeared!
The captain of the escort fleet leaped from the recreation room and rushed to the command room, simultaneously issuing orders in a loud voice.

"Activate active radar!"

"Shouting on the public channel!"

"All weapons ready!"

"Notify the other three warships!"

"Prepare to contact the Ministry of National Defense!"

The captain is not contacting the Ministry of Defense now because he does not know how many warships the other side has.

Contacting the Ministry of National Defense too early would make one appear incompetent.

One minute later, the escort fleet's radar acquired data on the self-destructing Class C warship.

During this time, the escort fleet tried to reach the other side through public communication channels, but received no response.

Looking at the data fed back by the active radar, the captain of the escort fleet was somewhat incredulous. The enemy only had one Class C warship, and it had even activated its energy shield?
What does the other party want to do?

Is it out of control, or is there some problem? Otherwise, why is no one answering?
"Level One Operational Alert!"

"Attack immediately if the enemy comes within the safety red line." The distance is still relatively far; for now, we can only issue a warning.

The escort fleet had no idea that someone would use a Class C warship to self-destruct.

Because the warships were far apart, the power generated by their self-destruction was not enough to destroy each other.

This is nothing like the kind of self-destructing trucks in history.

Playing with self-destructing warships in the interstellar era is completely ineffective.

The main reason is that the distance is too far.

While the shockwave from the explosion could have some impact on the warship, it was limited.

The captain of the 4th Squadron repeatedly hailed the mysterious Class C warship, but received no response.

More than an hour passed, and the C-class warship had already reached the red line warning range.

The escort fleet captains issued the attack order without hesitation.

This attack targeted only one Class A warship, two Class B warships, and four Class C warships of the escort fleet.

The safety red line for the fleet is 200 million kilometers.

The moment the C-class warship entered the 200 million kilometer range, it suddenly exploded.

The entire escort fleet, consisting of four Class A warships, two Class B warships, and four Class C warships, lost all external data within seconds.

The self-destructing C-class warship contained energy shockwaves generated by the explosion of many artificial energy stones.

It directly caused the fleet's external sensors and detectors to malfunction.

At that moment, the systems of the three Class A warships, which were being used as cargo, suddenly malfunctioned, became disordered, and went black.

This is an internal system black screen, not a sign that the external sensors are malfunctioning.

Then, for some unknown reason, the warship initiated an emergency rescue procedure.

In a state of bewilderment, the hundreds of people on the three Class A warships were stuffed into escape pods by robots and launched into space.

"Help me!!"

"Help me!!"

"What happened!" There were only a few hundred escorting staff on the three warships, and these people had no idea what was going on.

These people are superpowered, and there are also mech pilots.

However, these people did not resist just now because an emergency evacuation alarm sounded inside the warship.

Just now, the entire external detector and external sensors malfunctioned for a moment.

The escorting staff knew something was wrong.

It must have been subjected to a powerful energy impact.

Under the impact of energy, the warship's systems appeared to malfunction.

Although the three warships underwent energy shock tests upon their deployment, they did not withstand such a large energy shock.

Therefore, even if there were mech pilots and engineers on board those three warships, they wouldn't dare not leave the ships under those circumstances.

What if the energy impact causes some bugs in the warship's systems, leading to an accident?
The people on the three ejected warships watched in disbelief as the three Class A warships activated their energy shields and then turned their engines on full power.

Then, inside the escape pod, they watched helplessly as three Class A warships seemed to have gone out of control and plunged into the void, and in the end, the three warships seemed to be heading in three different directions.

At the same time, the people inside the escape pod also saw a huge, blinding light coming from the direction of the mysterious Class C warship.

Just like a sun!
These people immediately understood that the C-class warship had self-destructed, and that it was carrying a lot of energy stones.

These people realized there was a problem.

Then everyone saw bursts of energy light erupting from the escorting Federation fleet's warships.

"An ambush!" Looking at the location where these energy beams were erupting, they were clearly on the side of the fleet, indicating that there were energy cannons attacking from the side.

Lasers are invisible and invisible in space.

The people inside the escape pod were on tenterhooks, because the energy bursts from the Federation escort fleet warships were too numerous, which meant that there were many warships launching a sneak attack from the shadows.

Lasers are invisible and intangible in space, and those inside the escape pod were afraid of being affected.

Fortunately, the escape pods had manual control systems, and these people manually controlled the escape pods to move in the opposite direction of the fleet.

The escape pod was still moving very fast.

The Federation escort fleet's warships were attacked, but the people inside the fleet had no idea what was happening outside because all the radars and detectors were activated into self-protection mode by the energy impact.

Some only have the warship's passive sensing system to detect that the warship has been hit.

Then the soldiers inside the warship reported through the internal communication system that a certain part of the ship had been hit.

This is why warships in the age of artificial intelligence still have so many soldiers.

Because under such an energy impact state, all external systems of the warship become ineffective.

Even the passive sensing systems inside a warship may not be accurate, which is why accurate reports from soldiers are essential.

The flagship of the Fourth Fleet, a Class A warship, was hit twice in succession.

A rapid alarm sounded inside the warship, accompanied by the urgent cries of soldiers: "Captain, we've been hit! It must be a Class B warship!"

"Captain, we've been hit again. The enemy's firepower is very dense."

At that moment, the alarm system inside the Class A warship suddenly issued its highest alert: "Warning, warning, the warship's escape system has been activated. 30 seconds remaining!"

"Warning warning!"

Upon hearing this warning, the soldiers inside the Class A warship of the 4th Fleet of the Federation's 1st Fleet panicked and ran away.

This warning indicates that the warship is in its most dangerous state, and given that it was hit twice in a row, it's certain that one of its most dangerous parts was hit, such as the energy engine.

Nobody listens to orders anymore!

Everyone was focused on ejecting as quickly as possible, because if the warship's energy engine were to self-destruct, the impact would have a very large radius.

Actually, this was a virus that Yang Bo implanted inside the warship.

The virus is triggered when the warship is hit twice.

Because Yang Bo was extremely familiar with the internal procedures of the warship.

Two soldiers reported that the warship had been hit twice, directly triggering the virus.

Yang Bo had already secretly compromised the warship's entire system, so the virus directly activated the warship's emergency escape system.

In this situation, everyone on the warship had no way to make a complete distinction, because they only had 30 seconds.

These people were successfully ejected.

The first thing the people ejected saw was the energy glow of the other warships in the entire escort fleet being hit.

And in the distance, an even more dazzling bright spot!
"Self-destructing a Class C warship!"

"These damned pirates, using such despicable and shameless methods." The commander of the escort fleet looked at the even more dazzling bright spot and immediately understood that it was in the direction of the mysterious Class C warship.

(End of this chapter)