Chapter 31: Privateering Pirates
Although the pirates are a rabble, it does not mean that there is no talent in them, otherwise this fleet would not have developed to the size it is today. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The original piracy originated from the war that swept all mankind in SC0074, and developed from the initial "Sahara Liberation War" to the later "War of Five Planets against Two Planets". In this decade-long war, the Dijing of the New Asian Republic fell, and the New African Kingdom became a thing of the past.
The original New African Kingdom Army was divided into three, some went underground to become a rebel army, some surrendered to the invaders, and a considerable number of warlords were unwilling to be bound by either side, and in the face of the endless star fields in the universe, they preferred to find a remote area to occupy the mountains as kings.
However, in the cosmic age, economic integration has become an irreversible status quo, and with the limited power of the new African warlords, it is impossible to survive on their own in isolation from human society. The original invaders could not tolerate the existence of these outlaws, and it was impossible to trade with them, and the new African warlords had warships in hand, so they naturally would not sit idly by, so the first interstellar pirates were born.
However, more than 20 years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the composition of pirates has changed dramatically, and the original warlord pirates are only a part of the existing pirates. Although they were born in the regular army, these armies from the declining New African Kingdom Army were actually not strong in combat, and the logistical supply could not keep up, and they were annihilated or weakened in the battles with the regular army and escort warships again and again, and were soon eliminated in the great waves of the times.
There are also a considerable number of new pirates that are privately supported by various countries to do things that are shady and inconvenient for the government, such as harassing enemy civilian installations and merchant ships. Most of these pirates are retired soldiers and mercenaries, and both warships and mobile suits are provided for free, and although they are not very strong, they will not be left behind by the mainstream civilian armed forces. However, these pirates are just government dogs, lacking wildness, and there are many restrictions on what they do, and they can't help themselves.
This type of pirate is often referred to as privateering pirates, to distinguish them from warlord pirates, and its name is borrowed from the privateering licenses issued by European countries in the old medieval era, meaning government support.
In addition to warlords, pirates and privateers, there were also exiled pirates composed of bankrupt merchants and wanted criminals from various countries.
These people have their own underground trading networks and connections, and they plunder, smuggle, and operate the black market, doing everything. The exiled pirates had no state position, and all merchants were the same in their eyes, that is, money. This kind of pirate is the mainstream at this stage, and the combat effectiveness is uneven, some only have one or two warships, and the well-run ones even have three generations of mobile suits that have not been completely decommissioned, and even one or two prototypes are pressed to the bottom of the box.
At first glance, the composition of this pirate team is very complicated, and it basically achieves full coverage of all types of ships, but in the eyes of insiders, it is suspected of wanting to cover up.
When normal exiled pirates obtain retired warships from various countries through the black market, they will try to unify their fleet models to facilitate daily maintenance. If the types of warships are too mixed, they will use their own network to exchange ships with other pirate fleets to achieve model unification.
And then consider the location where they appeared, it is very likely that they are between New Africa and New America, and it is very likely that they are merchant ships aimed at the UAC, and that they are privateer pirates cultivated by the new European Union or New Asia.
Such a privateer pirate must have a lot of professional military talents, and they will think that it is an accident if one warship is blown up, and if two ships are blown up in a row, then the problem is very big.
As I said before, if there are people in logistics who are doing the trick, it means that the country that supports them behind them is ready to abandon them.
These privateer pirates usually deal with the government, and are alien to the underground network of exiled pirates, and they cannot trust each other. Once abandoned by the country that supported them, privateers became rootless duckweed. Without logistical support and no write-off channels, they couldn't last long at all, and basically had to disband.
As for the possibility of a stealth killer, none of the pirate captains believe it. Although there are many rumors about the "Storm" vs. the "New Asia", the most appalling version is that the "Storm" can fight stealthily.
For this, people who have not experienced it are nine times out of ten who do not believe it, and there is no evidence from the current video materials published on major platforms that show the existence of a stealth "storm".
Those who think that the "Storm" can fight stealthily is nothing more than because in the sky over Tianjing, when the "Black Hole" was battled, there were indeed two "Storms" with different liveries, and when it came to Taifei WH, one of the "Storms" never made the road.
To be honest, this reason is far-fetched, there was indeed an unexplained battle inside the "New Asia", which led to the final sinking of the giant in the power furnace nuclear explosion, but it is still impossible to prove that the second "Storm" infiltrated the mothership.
There are a few issues that are questioned by most people.
First of all, who is the driver of the other "Storm"?
This is a question that even those who are familiar with Fengyu in the New Asian military cannot answer. If this mysterious pilot had someone else, he would certainly not be a nobody who could fly the super model. However, except for those who have been retired, the top pilots of various countries have never left their fleets. Even the part that is decommissioned, according to the official statements of various countries, is in their hands.
Of course, this is purely a lie of politicians.
In the past few years, I don't know how many retired aces have been wooed, and there are several who have fallen under Fengyu's knife alone, and I don't see those countries admit it. There are so many shady scenes here that it is hard to write, and if you really want to spread it out, it is enough to write a million-word officialdom novel, or make a series of more than 100 episodes.
The second question is that in the battle with the "Reaper", the "Storm" has basically been at a disadvantage, if there are really two "Storms", why not fight side by side to kill the "Reaper" first?
This question is really impossible for people who don't know the specific situation at that time, and the reason is only clear to Fengyu. "Storm" fans are more inclined to their idols are so awesome, they can drive two super models at the same time for double-line combat, and they know that the "Grim Reaper" is not to be feared, so they focus on attacking the "New Asia".
Well, these "storm" fans did guess part of it correctly, but unfortunately in the eyes of others, they are brainless fans, and there is no need to listen to what they say seriously.
One last question, even if there are indeed two "Storms" and two pilots, then who can fight in optical stealth?
There are not many people who have heard of the Awakened, and they are basically pilots of the quasi-ace rank or above, and among these people, there are even fewer who believe in the existence of the Awakened. Ordinary people can't get access to such high-end information at all, let alone believe it or not.
In any case, almost all of the people who believe that "Storm" can fight stealthily are "Storm" fans or people in the know, and others basically choose not to believe it.
This privateer band is obviously not related to NO, so they don't believe in it.
Since they believe that the borehole is a problem on their side, it is possible that the same problem will arise with any warship in subsequent shelling. In this way, the third round of shelling came to an abrupt end, and the pirates pinned their hopes on Mobile Suits.
In terms of numbers, a hundred mobile suits are enough to crush the opponent in front of them, and whether the battleship's main guns can fire or not is not so important.
In the bridge of the "Tempest", Feng Yu looked at the situation with a cry and a smile that became more troublesome, "It's bad now!" ”