Chapter 187: Escort Mission
After taking all the crew members of the Thunder from the badly damaged Thunder, Mu Chen ordered the battleship to start sailing.
The Thunder, which had just left the factory not long ago, was going back for overhaul this time, but fortunately, when Mu Chen attacked, it specifically avoided more dangerous parts such as the power room, otherwise the Thunder would not even have a chance to return to the factory for maintenance.
Although the crew of the Thunder was very awkward, it was impossible to do anything out of the ordinary with Captain Aminu staring at him.
Mu Chen also ordered the crew of the Grim Reaper not to go over to look for trouble, and the demeanor of the victor should not be missing, so as not to be said by others that they were carried away.
The journey was safe and sound, and when they returned to the space dock in Sky City, the crew of the Thunder couldn't wait to leave, only Aminu still said hello to Mu Chen.
Mu Chen can also understand that if he is the losing party, and he is forced to accept the help of the victor, he may even have the heart to kill, and some of the shortcomings in etiquette are really nothing.
As for the fear that the Thunder will hold a grudge in the future and wait for an opportunity to retaliate? Mu Chen didn't care about it at all, the other party had to have this ability.
In the eyes of others, the Reaper performed perfectly in this exercise and exerted 100% combat effectiveness, but Mu Chen himself knew that there were still many deficiencies.
The ability of the star map analyst must continue to be cultivated, and the performance this time cannot be regarded as a passing grade at all, and even the basic star map cannot be determined, although it is affected by the strong magnetic field, it should not be like this.
The weapons officer and co-pilot also have a lot of problems, maybe on other warships, this level can already be considered excellent, but in Mu Chen's eyes, their performance is at most 60 points, which is a little far from their own requirements.
The most satisfying thing for Mu Chen is the flight team responsible for cutting off the back of the enemy ship, these 20 space pilots are worthy of the elite selected by Paul himself, and the dead potential has caught the Thunder, bought enough time for the Grim Reaper to shoot down the enemy fighter, and in the end they only paid the price of a fighter, and they can no longer be asked to do better.
Of course, in the future, Mu Chen will help such pilots with special training, and they will be able to improve a lot.
The performance of the Marine Corps in charge of the broadside battle was particularly eye-catching, and Mu Chen was very satisfied with his fighting spirit and indomitable fighting spirit.
But Mu Chen also knew that in the real space battlefield, this combat method was impossible to use, and no captain would let his marines fall into the enemy camp, which was a very irresponsible approach.
If it is on the real space battlefield, Mu Chen will directly destroy the enemy ship, and even the prisoners will not be left, and it is impossible to accept surrender, which is not Mu Chen's style.
"Captain, congratulations, this time it has brought another hearty victory." Li Wenjing, the Minister of Internal Affairs, saw the opportunity and came over, and said to Mu Chen with a smile.
"I mean, don't you be awkward? Finally stood out from so many competitors, just to come and pat me on the back? Mu Chen said helplessly, everyone naturally likes to listen to good words, but Li Wenjing still understands that he ran to the Grim Reaper with a mission, and it is estimated that nine times out of ten he still wants Mu Chen to return to China.
Lao Tzu is not a fool, it is very simple for the military to return to China, with Li Muyu's ability, as long as Mu Chen nods, he will arrange things for him in an instant, but the problem is that this matter is not good for Mu Chen at all.
"There's no way, my main responsibility is to make you happy, lest you be deceived by other forces, then we will lose a lot." Li Wenjing did not hide it, everyone could see the purpose of joining the Grim Reaper, it was better to admit it honestly.
"Nonsense, as long as you stand on the Grim Reaper, you are a member of the Grim Reaper, I don't care what task you have or what purpose you have, if you dare to give me any problems with the work of the chief of internal affairs, I will change you as soon as possible!" Mu Chen said solemnly, this woman's ability is good, but she can't distinguish between priority and priority, so she has to knock and knock.
"Good Captain! I will never mention it during working hours. Li Wenjing also immediately said seriously.
"Okay, you organize the crew to have a small celebration, everyone has worked hard to win this exercise, take advantage of the time, be happy and happy." Mu Chen said.
Looking down at the flickering light brain on his wrist, he saw that it was a message from Admiral Reynolds, the captain of the Whale: "Come to me when you have time." ”
This is his immediate boss, and he has to have time if he doesn't have time.
After making a brief arrangement for the celebration, Mu Chen came to General Renault's office alone.
This General Renault Mu Chen has seen many times, but there are only a handful of opportunities for real communication, after all, he used to be just a small space pilot, mainly under the control of Vice Captain James, and the captain of a giant A-class transport ship did not have the spare time to pay attention to him.
Naturally, it is different now, Mu Chen himself has become the captain of the ship, although it is a medium-sized frigate in the battle sequence, but his status has improved a lot.
Don't look at the Grim Reaper, which still belongs to the escort formation of the Giant Whale, but maybe it will be transferred to other fleets one day, especially after the Death shows amazing combat effectiveness, the captains of those space aircraft carriers have long been greedy.
"Report!" Mu Chen felt that he hadn't shouted a report in front of the door for a long time, but who made this General Renault unfamiliar with him?
"Come in." A very gentle voice came, which was very comfortable.
Mu Chen pushed the door in, walked to General Renault's desk, stood up and saluted before asking, "General, are you looking for me?" ”
"You're welcome, just sit down, it's not the time of the mission, there's no need to be so serious." General Renault said with a wave of his hand.
Then a secretary sent Mu Chen a cup of hot tea, which surprised him a little, as far as he knew, these Westerners basically drank coffee, and he didn't expect to prepare tea for himself.
This secretary has a level, the subtleties are true, and he can do his work so meticulously, and his ability should not be underestimated.
Mu Chen nodded to the secretary with some appreciation, and thanked him by the way.
"Why are you staring at my secretary, you have a crush on someone, do you want me to be a matchmaker for you?" General Renault saw that Mu Chen had been paying attention to his secretary and quipped.
"Haha, how dare me, I just think she has good ability, and she actually prepared tea for me instead of coffee very intimately, and I admire such a serious work attitude." Mu Chen explained with a smile.
"Lieutenant Colonel Grim Reaper has won the award, this is what I should do." The secretary said naturally, not affected by Renault's ridicule, nor proud of Mu Chen's praise, and turned around and went out without a shadow
Ringing their conversation.
"When you reach the level of a general in the future, there will be such secretaries, and then you will know that these people will arrange everything in your life." General Reynolds said.
"I'll forget it, the rank is too far away from me, and when I become a general, it is estimated that it will be ten years later." Mu Chen shook his head and said.
In fact, he didn't think about being a general in the past at all, and he planned to retire in his 20s, why did he want such a high rank? If you really become a general, it is impossible to retire, and the Earth Federation will want to die of old age in the post.
"You Asians are not good at this, you are too modest, you kid is the fastest person I have ever seen promoted, 18-year-old lieutenant colonel, even if he becomes a general in 10 years, he will only be 28 years old."
Mu Chen thought to himself: Lao Tzu is not interested in working in the army for ten years, and he has to go out to perform tasks at every turn, and he can't care about his wife running away with others.
But his face was silently put on a teachable look, and he didn't refute anything.
"Okay, I won't make small talk with you, I watched your Reaper's maneuver before, and it performed well, and it didn't disgrace our fleet, and that old guy James was about to jump up with joy."
"Thanks to the Chief's cultivation!" Mu Chen immediately stood up and said.
"Hey, you kid learned this too?" General Renault seemed a little surprised, this kid actually learned these etiquette clichés in front of the officials in the training camp, but he always looked weird.
"If you don't learn, you can't do it, people will say that I don't have rules." Mu Chen said with a smile.
"Okay, okay, don't fix these useless things in the future, it's better to win a battle than anything else." Renault wordlessly pointed to the seat in front of him and asked Mu Chen to sit down honestly.
"Your current formation is still on the Giant Whale, strictly speaking you are still a member of the Giant Whale, then I have something to say." General Reynolds said.
"General, please." Mu Chen sat upright, looking like he was listening carefully.
"You kid, can you stop pretending to me? It's a rule for others to do this action, but I feel awkward all over my body when you do this action. Renault said with a frown.
This kid is very standard in his actions such as standing up and saluting, but his eyes are looking around like a leather monkey, which always gives people a strange feeling.
"Hehe, I feel awkward myself." Mu Chen said embarrassedly.
"You still have to be as comfortable as you come, otherwise I will be uncomfortable too." Renault said helplessly, "Let's get down to business, the Giant Whale is going to Planet Europa in three days to deliver a batch of supplies, which are of high value and need you to escort them, is there a problem?" ”
"No problem!" Mu Chen said without hesitation.
In fact, even if there is a problem, it is useless, he can't run this kind of task, who will let his establishment still be in the hands of others, say hello to Mu Chen in advance, just to express a respectful attitude, follow the giant whale to travel, protect its safety, it has long been decided.
"Okay, let's go back and get ready, and we'll leave at 9 o'clock in the morning in three days." Renault thought for a moment and added: "The combat effectiveness of the Grim Reaper battleship is obvious to all, so I won't say much, but the materials transported this time are extremely important, please be serious, and there must be no mistakes." ”
"I see!" Mu Chen said seriously.