Mr. Bernard Wood actually did not lie. The first sector administrator of New China, Mr. Qi Bingwen, who has always been known as a great writer in the universe, is indeed inspecting the security situation of the mountain and sea routes.
As we all know, New China is actually a very vast star field, but today, more than two hundred years after it was discovered, there is still only one channel that can connect to the far coast star field next door.
Starting from Bai Yujing, the capital of New China, at the average speed of ordinary passenger and cargo merchant ships, it will take at least one and a half months to reach New Shengjing, the capital of the Far Coast Sector, and another month and a half from New Shengjing to Gibraltar. Month. And if you want to walk all the way to the earth with stops, I am afraid that less than half a year will pass.
Such traffic conditions can indeed be described as blocked.
In addition, the colonization conditions of the star sector itself are not considered superior. So far, it is unknown that there are still more than 200 young and middle-aged star systems that can maintain stable shipping lanes and build semi-permanent space facilities, but they are really suitable for carbon-based mammals. There is only one Bai Yujing on a naturally habitable planet.
Of course, there are some Earth-like planets that can be colonized after transformation, but most of them are types with extreme climates and dangerous environments, and the cost of colonization is extremely high. For example, the "Shirakawa Planet" is undergoing extensive construction. The average temperature on the surface is below zero even at noon. With the current technological conditions, although people will not freeze to death, the living conditions are certainly far from comfortable. If we want to give ordinary people a relatively A stable living environment, or even meeting the most basic food needs, of course requires a certain degree of environmental transformation.
However, we also know that the early pioneers of New China, in order to ensure the "purity" of this place, have always had a considerable degree of rejection of foreign capital. The development work of the entire star region cannot be said to have advanced by leaps and bounds. It's said to be slow and leisurely.
For a long time, this long and narrow channel was the only lifeline for the entire star region. Therefore, the ancestors of the Bai family named it the "Mountain and Sea Channel", which was quite elegant.
Because there is only one waterway, New China develops very slowly while being self-contained. Also because there is only one waterway, there will always be pirates here.
It stands to reason that the New China Star Area actually belongs to the defense area of the far-coast defense fleet. However, although this fleet is also considered to be strong, its main defense focus is on the I Earl Star Gap and the Lucknar Corridor. It has to deal with the Star Gap. The Catai Cats and the Bakvi Birdmen behind them, as well as the Empire behind them. In this case, allocating a small and fast fleet every six months to patrol along the mountain and sea channels can be regarded as worthy of the committee. Longer.
Of course, such a military presence is not enough, so the New China Guard Fleet was established under this situation.
Of course, according to the community system, each major sector actually has its own security force. In addition to the land warfare department, it also has a local fleet used to suppress bandits. The New China sector fleet has two light ships under its jurisdiction. There are a mothership, six light cruisers and twenty destroyers, assault ships of various sizes, and more than fifty armed merchant ships that can fill the battlefield.
Although the fleet is a little older, it is well maintained. Whether it is scale, combat readiness or combat experience, it can be regarded as the T0 level among the local fleets in the sector.
Mr. Qi feels that these warships are enough. In fact, it is already very difficult to support these fleets with the manpower and material resources of New China. If the Lao Bai family had not always been full of martial virtue, they were always thinking about how to survive if the far shore defenses were lost.
He wanted to bring troops to support, and he even thought about cutting some troops to save some maintenance costs to fully develop the place.
However, the young "partner" told the old gentleman that development must be based on safety.
Mr. Qi was noncommittal about this, but he was still very interested in the new weapons mentioned by Yu Lian. If the so-called "light-wing ship" was really as valuable as Yu Lian said, he would not object to equipping the New China Fleet with some.
He also approved the request for light-wing ships to be sent to New China for warship testing.
Then, when I heard that the light-wing ship that was going to be tested was passing through the mountain-sea channel, I excitedly ran to the entrance of the star area, where the star system named "Shanhaiguan" was waiting.
After all, all men are teenagers until they die, and as long as they are teenagers, who is not a potential military fan? To put it bluntly, which man has not rushed towards the black ribbon?
Which man doesn’t wait with blood for another 20 with longer legs, a bigger European style and a better ability to hide and seek?
At that time, you can take the black ribbon as a cow lady as a matter of course.
"Tell Bernard that if Huitong Group is willing to cooperate within the framework we have set, the new maintenance platform built here in Shanhaiguan can indeed be handed over to them. Then, we can also reveal to them the Mingxia Island in the South China Sea of Baiyu Jing.
We can grant it to them at a low price." Mr. Qi said to his deputy secretary-general, Mr. Bai Yanxing, who is mainly responsible for the defense and security of the sector.
Bai Yanxing nodded and recorded it, and then reminded him: "The land is indeed beautiful and suitable for commercial development, but it is not high enough for Huitong Brothers Group to make concessions."
Mr. Qi Bingwen nodded and said proudly: "So, I published a prose poem last month, which describes the three days and two nights of vacation and insights on Mingxia Island."
Bai Yanxing was stunned.
Learson, the deputy secretary-general in charge of financial management, quickly added: "This week, the Government Affairs Department has received several inquiries from Mingxia Island. The highest one is from the Empire's Duchess Ayaka, who went directly to
4.5 billion gold dragons, the price offered is higher than that of the Canaan Merchant Group."
Secretary Bai continued to be stunned.
"Old Bai, what do you mean by a world-class writer!" Mr. Qi became even more proud. He raised his head and then made a tactical tilt.
Bai Yanxing said that he was different from his socially awkward old cousin. He had always been a calm, down-to-earth, unsmiling person. But at this time, he couldn't help but compare himself to his district commander who was convinced by him.
thumb.
Mr. Qi said: "The new test ship should arrive today, right?"
Secretary Bai nodded: "If nothing else happens, we should arrive at Shanhaiguan before 15:00."
"Why don't that kid Zi Ya come over and take a look? I heard that although the light wing structure was designed by that fat guy Aisen, the control system that achieves balance with the ship was made by him." Mr. Qi added:
"The investigation of the Tianshu Galaxy is indeed very important, but there is no need to rush it."
"The Nine Chapters reported that some new data were found in the stars in Tianshu. Professor Zinov and everyone are still making calculations, and we really can't leave for a while."
"That's a pity." Mr. Qi thought for a while and then said: "Speaking of which, the situation on Tianshu Star is quite close to an extreme battlefield environment. The light-wing ship is also undergoing testing. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to go there?"
Secretary Bai nodded quickly: "I am indeed prepared to raise this opinion. It depends on whether Red Star Institute and RN Shipyard are willing."
Finally, when the experimental light-wing ship called New Shenzhou 2 arrived at Shanhaiguan, it was almost 18:00 in the evening.
It's not surprising to be three hours late. After all, anything can happen in space travel.
Along with the light-wing ship, there was also a professional maintenance ship hired by the RN Shipyard and Red Star, which was actually not surprising. This configuration was the standard mode for the new ship's long-distance jump navigation.
However, it was a bit unexpected that a patrol fleet belonging to the far shore defense fleet arrived along with the light-wing ship.
"The far-coast fleet conducts a warning cruise on the mountain and sea routes only once every six months. The next time should be next year, right?"
This fleet is composed of a heavy cruiser as the flagship, equipped with three light cruisers, five destroyers and ten assault ships. The heavy cruiser is a new ship that just came off the slipway this year, and even the tester
Never had it.
Although Mr. Qi is a military fan, he knows nothing about military affairs, but Secretary Bai knows that the heavy cruiser is a new type of "Xiaguang class". To put it bluntly, it is the Imperial Clear Sky class that "accidentally" fell into the hands of the community.
The cruiser was restored to its original condition.
Of course, because of the craftsmanship, equipment and quality control management, it would be great if these knock-off Clear Sky class can be restored to 80% of the combat power of the original version. Even so, this is still the most powerful heavy cruiser ever built by the people on earth.
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Secretary Bai understood that there were twenty "Xiaguang-class" cruisers that he had heard were being built, but all the major fleets had taken their share. He originally wanted to persuade Mr. Qi to also guard the sector.
The fleet has acquired one or two ships, but looking at the current situation, the order may have to be queued until next year.
However, this Xiaguang cruiser had a few minor and moderate scratches on its body. This was not something that would be encountered during a sailing test. It looked like battle damage.
Fortunately, Shanhaiguan also has a military supply platform that is directly managed by the Far Coast Military Region, and there are also maintenance facilities. This damage will not cause any problems.
Therefore, after the fleet entered the port, a commodore from the far shore fleet led the team reported to Mr. Qi that these injuries were all encountered while chasing a group of pirates.
"pirate?"
"Yes, it is the Green Horn Pirates who came from the Far Shore Nebula. They have been active in the Lucknar Corridor all year round and are quite famous."
Then, for some unknown reason, this group of pirates took the risk to infiltrate from the direction of the Far Shore Nebula and entered the Lumina Galaxy.
In the past years, there were often desperate poor pirates who fled from the Far Coast Nebula to the Rumina Galaxy to fight in the autumn wind. New Seville, which is in the same galaxy, was not bad. After all, the militia of the maritime city-state was still very tough.
, but the Lumina people on another planet are in a miserable situation, and settlements are often robbed or even massacred.
However, since the revival of the Red Maple Factory, Lumina Star has been in a different situation. With the continuous expansion of the Red Maple Factory, Red Maple City has become a city with a permanent population of more than five million. As for
The rest of the Lumina settlements are also undergoing urbanization and municipalization, and of course public security has been regularized.
Even in the relatively remote Lumina village, after Hongfeng Factory rebuilt the arsenal, the young and middle-aged men in the village also have specially-made firearms.
...and the AK, a personal portable ion cannon.
...and the 107 of the Turkish rail gun.
In short, the Green Flag Pirates, who were also on the first page of the bounty list, were beaten up by Rumina's vigilantes and factory guards, and left two pirate ships and more than 300 pirate heads behind.
and run away
However, during the battle, the Red Maple Factory reported to the Far Coast Fleet Command that the existence of psykers was discovered among the pirate groups.
If it were just an ordinary pirate group that had been beaten and crippled, the far shore might just give a symbolic pursuit, but if this pirate group had psykers, it would be another matter. What's more, according to the Earth's national unification,
According to the information sent to all military regions, this pirate group is a member of the Snake Organization.
...Well, this information was actually provided by Tianyu. Anyway, the current request of the Galactic Empire, which has been completely angered, is to mobilize all allies and quasi-allies, and even surface "friends" who stab each other secretly,
The snake and all its peripheral tissues must also be killed.
If the alliance still held back because of some unexplained py relationship with the snake, the people on earth would not be under any pressure. Therefore, the far-shore defense fleet mobilized the Xiaguang-class cruiser that was still being tested and some cutting-edge high-speed
The battleships formed a squadron and prepared to pursue them to the end.
It must be admitted that these pirate ships are indeed ruthless bandits. They do not surrender when encountering a regular fleet, and they will fight back while running. Moreover, perhaps because there are psykers among the pirates, the artillery fire of several counterattacks has been blocked.
It caused a lot of damage to the community fleet, and the most dangerous one even knocked out a light cruiser and seriously injured the captain.
This group of pirates even wanted to launch a counter-attack on the cruiser that lost power. Fortunately, the first mate, Captain Deng Zhengqing, who took over the command, was not afraid of the danger and commanded decisively, repelling the enemy's attack and holding on to the friendly ship.
Come to help.
However, after such an episode, the Community fleet did not dare to be too reckless when pursuing, and always maintained a relatively safe distance.
The two sides chased and fought all the way until they reached the mountain-sea waterway.
Then, the two warring parties encountered the light-wing ship New Shenzhou 2 and her followers who were sailing normally. The pirates probably wanted to kidnap these two "civilian ships" that were unlucky enough to pass by and use them as hostages, so they rushed over aggressively.
, but never expected that the small "cruise ship" not only did not escape, but actually rushed towards us.
In full view of both sides, the "cruise ship" suddenly unfolded its wings of light like a war angel, accelerated violently and rushed in front of the pirate ship. Before the other party could react, she threw four proton torpedoes, and then
Then he accelerated suddenly and got out of range.
Two pirate ships were torn to pieces by proton torpedoes on the spot, and the other two were seriously injured and lost power on the spot.
When the fleet from the far shore arrived, they were left with the function of cleaning the battlefield. Then they found the body of the psyker among the corpses floating in the universe - the Rumina militia had already photographed it during the battle.
The way this guy fell down.
This unlucky Waying psyker was thrown out of the breach of the pirate ship that was seriously damaged by a torpedo. Even a psyker could not bear the pain of sudden loss of pressure and sudden hypothermia, and he was killed on the spot.
Before he died, three of the Waying's four eyes burst out of their sockets, and the remaining one bulged out more than half. His frozen vision was filled with explicit shock and pain.
This is equivalent to an escaped felon who, when being chased and desperate, prepares to take a hostage, but the hostage suddenly takes out a shotgun and hits his face. It is of course understandable to be so shocked.