The first target chosen by Fengyu for the "Pirate" fleet was NF-01, a NO stronghold less than 10 light-years away from Awa-Ker's headquarters. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

NF-01 is not officially designated, and in fact few people are aware of the existence of this field other than NO and Awa-Ker. This is a code that takes the letters n and f of no and new-africa, and similarly there are ns in new Asia, ne in the new European Union, nm in the new Americas, and ng in the Milky Way.

NF-01 is a very faint stellar field, with a stellar spectral type of M8, and the substrate is already at the end of the lower right corner of the main sequence band of the Hérault diagram, which is the faintest and smallest main sequence star. Its brightness is less than one thousandth of the sun, the volume is only one thousandth, and the temperature is as low as 1900 degrees, that is, the level of general steelmaking furnaces, and even some specially formulated alloy steels cannot be smelted.

M8-type stars are basically like reefs in the vast sea of stars, and they are basically invisible when they are not close, only better than the white dwarfs that are called "cosmic reefs" by space crews in this era. Even if it enters the range of this star field, without the barrier of the Kuiper Belt, NF-01 in the eyes of everyone is dark red, like a furnace of molten iron.

Today, when humans search for stellar fields through spectral analysis, M8 star fields are generally difficult to detect unless they are within 20 light-years. There is also a prerequisite to add that there is no strong light from the surrounding O, A, and B type star fields, which makes it even more eclipsed.

In the vicinity of NF-01, there happens to be an A0-type stellar field, and the presence of it is completely obscured by bright light. If it weren't for the fact that RSWB's prospecting ship happened to be developed into the star field where the current Awa-Ker headquarters are located, it would not even be known where the first star field owned by NO in the New African System was.

In addition to the concealment of the location, the biggest advantage of the M8 star field is the rich metal mineral resources. This is a common feature of both k-type and m-type star domains, and the fainter the star, the higher the metal content of the surrounding planets. M8, the faintest known main-sequence star, is the most of them, and there are even a large number of high-purity open-pit mines, which are effortless and extremely inexpensive to mine.

Suffice it to say, NO mined the first pot of gold in the NF-01 star field, thus beginning the path to hegemony of this organization.

After so many years, NF-01, which has made NO rise, is still rich in resources and continues to occupy the output share of the top few under NO. And today Fengyu led the "pirate" fleet, which is to break this root of NO.

According to the information provided by Zuabi, no is mined in this star field for iron, nickel, chromium, tungsten, titanium and lanthanide metals, which are mineral resources that have been in demand for a long time and are used in large quantities for a wide range of purposes. But there is no doubt that these metallic minerals can also be used for military purposes. In this star field, there is a complete chain of metal mining, smelting, and processing, and the finished products include armor plates for warships and mobile suits in addition to civilian materials.

For this alone, Fengyu had a reason to attack.

From headquarters, it would take 18 days for the Corsair fleet, which was not yet equipped with the third-generation jump engine, to reach the field, and just over 4 days for the Tropical High Pressure.

However, this time Feng Yu did not plan to fight alone, with his own strength, he might be able to carry out some limited damage to the star field, but he could not achieve the goal of destroying the industrial chain of the stronghold. From this point of view, the presence of the fleet remains indispensable.

Therefore, he patiently followed the fleet and slowly sailed towards the target star field. Since it is acting with the fleet, Fengyu will naturally not stay on a small high-speed ship, but will share the flagship with Groningen. Luo Yunxi naturally wanted to follow Fengyu, and even the entire crew was arranged on the flagship, while the "Tropical High Pressure" was contained in the transport ship, and it would only be released when it reached the target star field.

According to intelligence, NO has only one armed escort fleet in the field, which is comparable to the one that Awa-Ker has just been attacked and completely destroyed. There were 15 warships in this fleet, but most of them were old models. Among them, the three main sequence star capital ships eliminated by the UAC can only carry one mobile team even if they are modified. And the remaining 12 Planet (U)-class destroyers simply do not have the ability to carry them, they are just gunboats.

To the fullest, NO's armed escort fleet can only carry 3 squads and 15 mobile suits at most, and it is not known which generation of these mobile suits are products, generally speaking, they are the second generation, and it is best to only be the third generation. However, the cadet pilots of the "Corsair" fleet used a three-and-a-half-generation airframe that incorporated some of the MS-102 prototype technology, and the generation difference and numerical disadvantages were obvious.

If this armed escort fleet only has such a small number of troops, I am afraid that even real pirates will not be able to defeat them. In fact, they also have a Hercules-class troop carrier with a full capacity of 500 iron balls. Once all these iron balls are put on the battlefield to gather fire, they may not pose a threat to an ace like Fengyu, but it is still very stressful for ordinary pilots.

It's not that they are reluctant to spend money to build a powerful escort fleet, but they lack a population base and don't have excellent soldiers. From the very beginning, it was formed by politicians, military personnel and careerists in the conglomerates, and it belonged to the superstructure, and the grassroots forces were weak, relying only on the lure of profit to win over and hire the grassroots personnel.

In this case, the armed forces in the early days of the company were basically mercenary in nature. It was not easy to get 15 pilots for each escort fleet, and the remaining gap could only be filled with iron balls.

As for the problem of warships, in fact, in addition to the engine generation difference and the ability to carry mobile suits, there is not much innovation in the current technology of battleship armor and firepower. Taking several capital ships of the UAC as an example, the supernova star currently in service in large numbers can carry a full 6 mobile teams. As an early capital ship, the main sequence star can still only carry 1 squad after being transformed. The other Red Giant star capital ship is even more pitiful, originally designed to carry aerospace fighters, and there are only a few left in the world, and even after the transformation, the mobile suit can only be stored in the maintenance compartment in a lying position.

Since NO can only equip each escort fleet with 15 pilots, it makes little sense to use new warships, but will make a big splash and arouse the vigilance of all countries. Honestly, like other consortiums and private armies, it is wise to use the old types of warships that have been retired from various countries.

Of course, although there is a serious shortage of mobile suits, this is not a regular fleet after all, it is only set up to protect against pirate attacks, and it is a waste to be too powerful. In addition, there are many industries, and it is necessary to invest limited forces in a large number of star fields, which is inevitably overstretched. Only this time, this escort fleet will face a gang of fake "pirates".

In addition to a pitiful advantage in the number of warships, such a weak escort fleet was basically crushed in front of the "pirate" fleet. Therefore, Feng Yu plans to use this battle to let the first-time students train well, and he will not take action easily unless he has to.

Although it is inevitable that there will be casualties in this way, how can there be no dead in war, Fengyu has been in the army for so many years, and he has long been accustomed to this kind of thing. Even for Valkyrie and Hong Superstar, who he is optimistic about, Fengyu will not personally protect them like a nanny.

I remember that Zou Ji, the instructor of "Tianjing's Right Eye", said, "The master leads the door, and the cultivation is in the individual." Ace pilots are not taught, but fought with their lives. "Only by experiencing life and death on the battlefield can these two have the opportunity to grow into ace pilots, which Fengyu can't help.

However, he couldn't completely leave it alone, but simply grouped the pilot trainees according to their individual awakening abilities so that they could cooperate with each other. For example, students with the "Must Flash" and "Iron Wall" abilities will be arranged in the front row as a shield to attract the opponent's long-range firepower, while the students with the "Must Hit" ability, except for Hong Juxing, are basically responsible for focusing on the opponent's limited mobile suit in the ranged group.

When everything was arranged, the "Pirate" fleet finally arrived at the isolated zone star field, which was designated NF-01 by NO.