23 - The Flame on the Edge of Crisis
In the open recruit training ground, Lin Yuhao quietly listened to Tai Weimo's report.
"Star pirates?" Lin Yuhao sensitively grasped this unfamiliar word, a profession that had only been seen in science fiction novels or movies in the past, and he never imagined that it also existed in this other world.
Lin Yuhao, whose curiosity was inflated, was immediately aroused, and a classic movie about pirates that he watched when he was a child is still fresh in his memory, not succumbing to unfairness, money and relational corruption, resisting the forces of evil, pursuing justice, fairness and freedom and endless adventurous spirit, these are the romances that boys should have. For a moment, Lin Yuhao's mind surged with the idea of whether to try to be an interstellar pirate, but this impulsive thought was quickly wiped out in the cradle by reason, not to mention whether he would be wanted by the Earth Federation if he defected and became an interstellar pirate, even if he said this idea, no one would pay attention to it, after all, he was now just a fleet captain in name only.
"Yes, not long ago, the fleet received a distress signal from a commercial fleet from 2.79AU (1AU = 150000000 km = 150 million km), this trade fleet sailing from Horn Domain Star to Banna 7 Star was attacked by a medium-sized pirate group on the way, and the information we received said that the fleet's frigate was about to be defeated by the pirate group at that time, and we hope that the nearby fleet with combat effectiveness can rush to support." Tévimo explained in detail.
"In this case, there is no way, as the Federation fleet belonging to the Alliance, it makes sense that we should all go to support, but ······" When Lin Yuhao said this, his tone suddenly paused, and he touched his chin and wondered: "After repelling the pirates, can we do anything good?" ”
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Lin Yuhao, who had not received Tai Weimo's answer for a long time, looked up strangely, only to see Tai Weimo looking at him with a surprised expression, his eyes were extremely subtle.
"What's wrong, is there anything wrong?" Lin Yuhao raised his eyebrows and asked puzzled.
"Well, no, no, I just think that the captain thinks the same as the eldest sister, and they all think about what benefits they can get afterwards, but isn't it our duty as soldiers to support the caravan to repel the pirates?" Tevimo scratched his head and said.
"Alas~ You have to think about the fleet before fulfilling your obligations, I have been in the fleet for more than half a month, and I can see that the fleet is tight. If the expenditure of this support is greater than the harvest or there is no harvest, it is estimated that the fleet will not be able to open the pot for half a month, and it will not be the girls who will suffer by then. Lin Yuhao said.
"Oh~ I see." Tevimore suddenly realized.
"You're pretending to be too fake, Xia Yan actually explained it to you a long time ago!" Lin Yuhao ruthlessly punctured Tai Weimo's inferior acting skills.
"Eh~ Is there one?" Tevimore blushed and panicked.
"Hey!" Lin Yuhao sighed speechlessly, "You can come out too!" ”
There was a jolt in the air.
"Yo~ I actually know I'm here, tell me how you found me."
Xia Yan appeared behind Lin Yuhao as if he suddenly appeared out of thin air, and the whole person hugged Lin Yuhao's neck from behind very affectionately, and his body pressed against his back.
The softness and amazing elasticity coming from behind made Lin Yuhao's heart flutter, and said, "If you are seen by others, come down quickly." ”
"Cut~ I'm obviously very happy in my heart, but I say so on my mouth, it's really different, are you boys like this?" Xia Yan said this, but he also obediently got off Lin Yuhao's back, "Don't worry, I have already checked, and there is no one nearby, so you should be frank and don't pretend." ”
"I'm not pretending!" Lin Yuhao shouted angrily, his eyes inadvertently glancing at Tai Weimo who was at a loss next to him.
Tévimo didn't know if he should leave or stay.
"Okay, okay, I see." Xia Yan plucked out his ears that were a little tinnitus, and responded boringly, "Then again, you should explain why you know that I am here!" Could it be that in just a few days, you have cultivated the legendary divine sense? ”
"What kind of stupid thing are you talking about, you have read too many immortal cultivation novels, right?" Lin Yuhao said with a blank look.
"Cultivating immortal novels? What is that? Xia Yan looked confused, and a series of question marks vaguely appeared on his head.
"Eh~ Don't you know? It's the kind of novel that aims to cultivate to become an immortal. ”
"I don't know, I haven't seen it."
"It's interesting, let's take a look at it when you have time."
"Oh, good!"
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"So, you want to wait for the pirates to steal their things and intercept them halfway, and then resell the captured supplies to the original owner?" Lin Yuhao, who listened to Xia Yan's plan, said.
"Well, yes, that's pretty much it." Xia Yan said with his head held high, seemingly confident in his plan.
"What if they report to the Alliance afterwards and the Alliance investigates it?" Lin Yuhao raised the question in his heart.
"Track it down, track it down, anyway, you can't take what we do, but those who do business, if you don't buy the goods back, they just wait for the blood to pay for it, even if they give up these goods, we can also sell them to others, no matter how you look at it, we will make a profit without losing money." Xia Yan's words made people feel like a hooligan and scoundrel when they listened to it, but Lin Yuhao didn't think so.
In the past half a month, Lin Yuhao not only had to train during the day, but also had night classes at night to learn how to run the fleet, and the teachers in charge were Xia Yan and Assistant Teacher Tai Weimo at that time. Therefore, he also learned about the situation within the fleet, the disparity in the treatment of officers and men, the lack of military combat readiness, and the decay and corruption of the atmosphere, not to mention the lack of military spending alone is enough to be fatal, and it is possible to face the crisis of disbanding the fleet at any time, and how many people will be on the streets and displaced by that time.
Although the alliance will be replenished every once in a while, it is only a drop in the bucket, and that supply is simply not enough to maintain the basic cost of the fleet. And Yan Huang, who has not been funded by big consortia for a long time, would have been disbanded long ago if he hadn't made some extra money to live. So Lin Yuhao, who is the current captain, of course, raised his hands in favor of doing this, otherwise the fleet is likely to be disbanded before he officially takes office.
"Look at your calm appearance, this kind of thing has never been done." Lin Yuhao looked at Xia Yan and said lightly, without blaming.
"Hehe~" Xia Yan smiled embarrassedly, "It's because of this kind of thing that I have done so much, why is the reputation of our fleet so stinky outside!" ”
"Alas!"
Lin Yuhao didn't want to say anything more about this question, and it wasn't until recently that he learned how famous the Yanhuang fleet was in the interstellar world, shameless, despicable, and robbers... It can be said to be synonymous with the image of the Yanhuang fleet, but there are also good ones, such as: fearless, iron-blooded and brave, but no matter how you hear it, it has the meaning of a death squad.
"It's almost time, I'll go get ready." Xia Yan trotted away as he spoke.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Lin Yuhao shouted loudly.
"Of course, I personally put on my armor and went into battle to capture the enemy camp!"
Xia Yan's figure disappeared from view, and the voice floated from a distance.