At this time, thousands of members of the Horrible Wings pirate group in the pirate asteroid did not realize that for them, the countdown to death had begun.
In a galaxy that is gradually moving towards order and civilization, most of the space pirates who make a living by robbing merchant ship passengers are small in scale, making it easy to escape and effectively avoid attracting the attention of major imperial navies.
However, as the most powerful pirate group in the nearby star field and backed by nobles, the Dreadwing Pirates not only sit on a solid asteroid fortress, but also have a powerful plundering fleet composed of retired warships of the Kingdom of Yondarim.
It's just that inside this asteroid, the pirates' living environment is not as violent and chaotic as ordinary people imagine. Instead, it appears to be very orderly under the management of the top management of the pirate group, whether it is daily life or the ship's management. The maintenance and repairs are quite similar to those of a regular navy.
Thanks to the artificial star core in the center of the asteroid, even in the cold space of space, members of the Horrible Wings Pirates can still lie in warm dormitories and enjoy the same normal gravity environment as on the surface of ordinary planets.
But there is no free lunch in the world. The Ridak family provided them with the best equipment and living environment within their capabilities, so the Horrible Wings Pirates must also pay tribute to the rich loot they plundered on time, otherwise the moody nobles will The heating of the artificial star core can be turned off at any time, allowing these thousands of pirates to freeze to death.
In order to cope with the family's growing appetite, the young leader of the Riddak family, Sui Jian-Skowaid-Wedak, who was sent to take charge of the Horrible Wings Pirates, has been worried recently.
Since the raiding fleets were dispatched too frequently in the later period and the protection fees were set too low, many merchant fleets that often traveled to that star field would rather take a detour than continue to be under the eyes of the Horrible Wings Pirates. Trafficking goods.
If there is no merchant ship, there will be no income. If there is no income, it will be a tribute tax. If it is a tribute tax, the Waidak family will inevitably abandon the Horrible Wings pirate group that I have worked so hard to manage.
Without the pirate group, Kanna-Skowid-Waidak is nothing more than a collateral descendant who has the blood of an outsider flowing through his body and can be used as an abandoned son at any time.
"Damn it, why did it happen at that time?"
About 100,000 kilometers away from the artillery formation, Colonel Leitery's heavy artillery destroyer "Boxer", guided missile destroyer "Clinton" and eight Javelin-class frigates were quietly moored in the vast space. Serves as a reserve for the warring fleet.
Ignoring the chief of staff's evil joke, Kana replied to herself: "There's nothing you can do about it? The easy part is yours, the bad part is ours. Even if you report the real situation there, We will still find various reasons to raise taxes and tributes."
For a moment, the dazzling purple laser and the electromagnetic projectiles with hidden murderous intent almost turned the 200-meter-long "Eagle"-class frigate into a large boat struggling to survive in the small sea, as if it would be overturned and destroyed by the turbulent waves at any time. .
In such a close artillery battle, losing the shield means leaving the field quietly.
"The evaluation is completed and confirmed to be an active warship of the Yongda Waim Kingdom, a "Wing Guard" class strike cruiser. The ship's official firepower configuration is as above..."
As the first "Eagle"-class frigate of the Horrible Wing Pirate Group was firmly locked by the gravity detector of the group's artillery formation, in just two minutes, the four-seater twin-mounted eight-seat destroyer carried under the two Spirit-class destroyers The 100mm electromagnetic rail gun has completed two salvoes.
Because when facing the double-layered shield of the group, which is like an iron wall, even the current warships of the same class in the Kingdom of Yongdawaimu will take some effort to break through, let alone the obsolete goods of the Horrible Wings Pirates.
"Uh, seriously, you will agree to come up, right?"
"It seems that the enemy hasn't discovered you yet. Let's speed up the artillery formation."
Secondly, the "Clinton" is a guided-missile destroyer loaded with swarm missiles. Close-range artillery battles are your specialty, so it is naturally necessary to stay too far back.
Just as Shrike was waiting for his words to persuade, a piercing alarm suddenly sounded outside the corridor. Just a few seconds ago, the leader's office located deep in the planet trembled slightly. One can imagine the situation on the surface at this time. What are you experiencing
Terrible bombing.
If the pirates want to drive the ship out of the docking port, they must first go through a round of swarm missiles, followed by more intense firepower from the artillery formation.
[In view of the general environment,
And even if we can fly out of the spaceport with such fierce firepower, it means that we can have an advantage in the ensuing artillery battle.
Also coming with me was Kaye Waidak, a beauty-loving man with jet-black feathers who also had psychic talents. Taking into account Kaye's superb cooking skills, Sui Jianyuer always arranged You serve as Kanna's personal chef, so you can fill the captain's belly with delicious dishes full of hometown style at any time.
Even if there was no spare funds and resources before, they were quickly squeezed out by the vampires of the Waidak family, leaving no spare energy to build a more professional and dangerous anchorage.
Very slowly, under the gaze of the combatants on both sides, the first fireball caused by the explosion of the battleship was born, followed by the seventh, eighth...
...
Glancing up, she realized that the person coming was one of her most trusted people in the pirate group. Kana waved her hand and motioned for the person to sit down, and said in a light tone: "There is another letter from the family. We hoped that eight days ago, You can get 70% less tribute than next time."
"You only have one chance. Once discovered by the opponent, the cruiser-level firepower is enough to wipe out all of you after the "Boxer" launches the seventh proton missile! "
"Ordering the artillery formation to gather into formation immediately is to fight head-on with the enemy."
Before using the increasingly precious time to slowly think about countermeasures, Colonel Sui Jianyu once again had a confident smile on his lips.
The sudden change in identity between hunter and prey really made the middle-aged officer who was commanding actual combat for the first time less exhausted mentally and physically. First of all, the fleet flagship can be easily put into danger, not to mention that the proton missiles carried under the "Boxer" are strategic weapons that can directly make the final decision, so they can even charge behind.
"Order the destroyer USS Clinton to continue bombarding the defense facilities on the surface of the planet with swarm missiles. Unless you get new orders, you want to see the explosions and flames stop for a moment! "
After receiving the accurate data from the two destroyers, the ten surrounding frigates also opened fire, repaying your absence with more rapid and accurate fire.
Originally, in my plan, the Dreadwing Pirates would not be able to discover the whereabouts of the fleet until later than now. The artillery formation composed of two Spirit-class destroyers and ten Javelin-class frigates could not be closer to the big planet. Location to launch a raid.
Don't say anything else. Kana raised the microphone under the desk and issued a series of orders to the pirates under her command. I looked at the captain's uniform that Shrike had taken out of his hands at some point and remained silent. He nodded, and then rushed out of the door together with the other party, rushing towards the hidden parking port inside the planet.
As the young butler of the Horrible Wings Pirates and the chief of staff of the plundering fleet, Shrike Er-Wedak's noble blood flowing in his body is much thinner than that of Sui Jian, so he was sent to that place by his family. Kingdom Border acts as Kana's deputy.
"That's fair at all!"
Although the fleet was exposed later than planned, Colonel Leiteri, who was unprepared, did not panic at all. Instead, he continued to dispatch the fleet in a hurry according to the original plan and sailed towards the side of the large planet that had not yet been blown into white by the fusion warhead. go.
"Oh, it's him, your dear Shrike Chief of Staff."
After placing the silver dinner plate in front of Kana, Shrike shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "You know, there have been many rumors outside the regiment recently, and few brothers are worried that the fleet will not be operational for too long. We These little people will use it to collect the reward from the Order of the Fallen Star."
Following the trajectory planned by the combat computer, eighteen columnar alloy projectiles weighing several tons flew past the right side of the pirate frigate at a speed of 170 kilometers per second, carrying terrifying kinetic energy that could penetrate the mountain. , followed by eighteen more alloy projectiles that narrowly missed the opponent's left side.
"The traverse is completed. The relative speed is being calculated. The calculation is completed."
In just one-seventieth of a second, the combat computer completed all calculations that were not conducive to the bombardment and loaded the data into the electromagnetic turret that was loading alloy projectiles. The naval crew responsible for manual approval only needed to do so under the console. With a heavy press, along with the slight shaking of the ship's body, eighteen more projectiles left the electromagnetic acceleration orbit and flew towards the enemy ship.
At the front, it is certain that the strength of the Horrible Wings Pirates Group was such that even the reserve team had time to support them, and the artillery formation was completely wiped out. At this time, I was able to escape from the battlefield with the remaining warships that were still at a dangerous distance, and paved the way for the group that was still in its infancy. A strong navy retains a spark of fire.
Colonel Leiteri, who patted the shoulder of the officer next to him and tried to keep calm, did not notice at all that a thin layer of sweat had appeared under my forehead.
Just when the fleet commander, Colonel Leiteri, was about to order the reserves to move closer to the battlefield and bring an intense and satisfying end to the battle, the combat computer suddenly brought good news to the group naval officers in the command room.
Just when Kana was staring at the star map and thinking about how to appropriately expand the scope of the pirate group's activities, a Yondawaimu man wearing an eyepatch, only showing his two right eyes, walked out of the room with a dinner plate. Seeing that his son was still working hard, he comforted him by saying, "Drink the broth stewed by Sui Jian's men. Captain Kana, you haven't eaten for a day."
As if her confidence was shattered by the predicament in front of her, Kana suddenly slapped the table and shouted: "Why should you be sent to the frontier regardless of whether you have psychic talent? What a dirty job! The Winged Pirates will be destroyed, sooner or later you will have these unattainable little people kneeling in front of you!"
Colonel Lei Terry, who suddenly heard the bad news, hurriedly came to the command podium and stared at the holographic projection of the 400-meter-long behemoth gradually approaching. The command room, which was filled with an atmosphere of failure just now, became quieter. Scary.
However, it was the negligence in the past that caused today's bloody lesson.
Standing in the armored command room of the only Ceres-class destroyer in the fleet, Colonel Loren Leiteri of the Group Navy, who was responsible for commanding this operation, calmly gave the order for the fleet to accelerate.
"An unknown enemy ship has been detected approaching the battlefield. End of assessment..."
With such sparse firepower, it was unexpected that the eighth salvo of the artillery formation scored a hit. The two 800-mm-caliber electromagnetic projectiles launched by the Lingshen-class destroyer directly knocked the enemy ship's deflection shield, which was still increasing its output power, to crumbling, while several 700-mm-caliber projectiles immediately preceded it. The flickering shield was directly torn apart.
As for why Colonel Leiteri directly suppressed the entire army and quickly annihilated the group of space pirates that had robbed the group's fleet, I don't have my own reason.
"That's true."
"Unlock the weapon safety of the proton missile and wait for your order."
Since the Horrible Wings Pirates had limited resources when they chose the planet to transform into a base, they only dug a few tunnels up to a kilometer deep on one side of the planet to serve as a berth for the fleet.
