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Chapter 285 The Art of War

Before this, Duan Mingyuan had never participated in a boarding battle. He had only seen this type of combat in some fantasy works.

In the words of Coyote Twelve, mastering boarding warfare is a basic quality for every Space Marine in this era. Both the Universal Company and the Chamber of Commerce have established military academies on the planets under their jurisdiction. Boarding warfare is a compulsory course every semester, and it is also the fastest way for every soldier to be promoted.

Almost every boarding warfare master he knew eventually became an officer, and those whose names did not leave behind almost all died in the process of boarding warfare.

Because this is one of the tactics with the highest mortality rate on the battlefield.

When the aircraft is dropped onto the enemy ship with all one's effort, the soldiers boarding the ship are no different from the suicide squad - facing the enemy's elite in an unknown environment and engaging in a head-on fight with the enemy, this requires not only extremely strong individual combat capabilities, but also tremendous courage.

The Admiral mentioned in his book The Art of War that boarding is a game for the brave.

This book was found by Duan Mingyuan on the main ship of Chaojiu, the Ling Xia. It is also an introductory book on boarding battles recommended by Chaojiu. This book describes the records of more than thirty boarding battles experienced by the admiral and his troops. Their opponents included space pirates, rebels, and even mutated ships on the Death Star, and alien creatures such as the Leviathan.

She spoke highly of the Admiral, calling him a living legend on the battlefield today.

One of Chaojiu's life ideals is to have a spectacular board-hopping battle with this legendary enemy to decide who is the real board-hopping expert between the company and the tough Eastern Front line man.

It's a pity that after getting the title of "Admiral", this battlefield legend was recalled to the headquarters of the Iron Guard Consortium. His last battle dates back to more than 20 years ago. At that time, Mockingbird's fleet had not yet grown strong and he had no chance to confront the opponent head-on.

As for the current Iron Guard Consortium...

It's completely rotten.

When recommending "The Art of War" to Duan Mingyuan, Chaojiu mentioned the recent battle between the United Front and the Iron Guard Consortium. Despite being completely inferior in manpower and equipment, they head-on defeated the Falcon Fleet, which the Iron Guard Consortium was proud of.

"It's really disappointing. Today's Falcon has become a place for company officers to gild themselves, and they can't show any decent skills at all."

Mocking Dove paused and explained to Duan Mingyuan, "The Falcon is an elite unit created by the Admiral. The original Falcon was a vanguard boat on the front line and has grown to its current size. During the Admiral's golden age, the Falcon's reputation was known to everyone. But now they have become a group of cowards who can only fight to overwhelm the enemy. Their commander actually retreated during the boarding battle."

Time passed unknowingly and it was late at night. The chaos in the Gear Hotel finally calmed down. Before boarding the "Spirit Box", Coyote Twelve strengthened the patrols of the hotel and implemented a curfew, informing every director and entourage to stay in their rooms and not go out.

Duan Mingyuan could see that Chaojiu was very disappointed with the Iron Guard Consortium. She almost devalued the company's current fleet to nothing, but this might be the truth.

The news that the Iron Guard Group was losing ground on the United Front spread throughout the universe, and the company once again lost face.

It took Mockingjay and her fleet less than a month to drive the Iron Guard out of the star zone where the United Front was located.

People on various planets are gradually realizing that the dominance of Universe Corporation is fading, and the recent news is not favorable to them.

"I heard that you are a newcomer to boarding battles, so I told you this."

Mocking Dove On the eve of departure, Mocking Dove came to the waiting room and said, "The Art of War contains all the techniques for boarding, but on a real battlefield, only the fearless can win."

This is the crux of the Iron Guard Consortium’s current situation.

Although the new generation of Falcons are elites selected by the consortium from various planets and have systematically learned a lot of knowledge, they have never actually fought in any real war.

Not to mention launching a boarding battle against the enemy with a fear of death, just facing the rebels boarding the ship on the main battlefield was enough to make them fall into chaos.

"Only courage can keep you alive."

"Cowboy Bebop is fearless."

Coyote Twelve checked his revolver and said easily.

Ranger also gained his reputation in interstellar wars, and he is not a rookie. So, the two of them looked at Duan Mingyuan, who was still studying hard before the warp, which made Xiaojiu worried about their future - he was still reading on the battlefield, which was no different from those rookies in the Iron Guard Consortium who liked to talk about war on paper.

"I try my best."

Duan Mingyuan gave the same answer again.

After all, this was the first boarding battle in his life, and he was studying hard so that he wouldn't act like a joke later.

"Lend me this book for a while, and I'll return it to you when I come back."

Duan Mingyuan put away "The Art of War".

The Lingxie was equipped with the most advanced space-jumping device available today. This technology originally belonged to the Universal Company, but it became her trophy in an interception battle.

The advantage of space folding technology is that it eliminates the process of launching. "The Art of War" mentioned that the main casualties in boarding battles occurred in the folding process. In past wars, it was considered a success if half of the ten launch bays could successfully board the enemy's ship.

He and Coyote Twelve entered the space jump sequence under the guidance of Mocking Dove. When the transmission device started to work, the space in front became distorted, and everything in front of them seemed to be caught in a vortex.

The disadvantage of this type of warp is that it will cause the warp target to experience a brief dizziness after "landing".

Fortunately, the guards on the Laurel were unaware of their arrival, and no one was "guarding" them at the other end of the ship when the jump was completed.

When the vision in front of him became clear again, Duan Mingyuan was able to see the entire picture of the Laurel.

They were in a dark corridor.

The moment they boarded the ship, an ominous feeling enveloped them.

"18. The 18th."

A man's mumbling could be heard from the darkness beside me.

This was not the luxurious ship for the upper class as Duan Mingyuan had imagined, but more like a prison.

On both sides of them were locked prisons.

“This place is a bit spooky.”

Coyote Twelve turned on the lighting device he carried with him. He never expected that there would be such a place on the Laurel.

"I*!"

He shone the light towards the source of the sound, and when he saw the object that was muttering to itself, he couldn't help but curse.

It is not a human being that is imprisoned in the prison, but a device.

There was a head in the device, and only a head was left.

The device pried open the skull's eyes, but even though the eyes were already bloodshot, the skull was unable to blink.

The pair of bloodshot eyes stared at them intently, and he just kept repeating the same sentence, "18th, the 18th, you are the 18th."

(End of this chapter)