176: Where does the self-confidence come from?
After negotiating with Diana about the food, although it will take some time before it can be delivered to the Sandwich Islands, Chen believes that Diana will not lie to him... As for the question of whether he dares or not, Chen has not enough to put me, with the Diana he knows---- this is definitely a bold woman who can do anything; Ya has even attacked and arrested him Chen, and he has not shown the slightest regret until now, what else would Ya not dare?
The reason why Chen has this confidence is because he knows what Diana needs most now, from the very beginning of the contact between the two people, Diana began to exchange various restricted resources for Chen for [nanobots], and then tried all means to find Chen through various channels to exchange for [nanobots]ยทยทยท Whether Diana wants to study the [nanobots] itself or wants to continue her 'super soldier' project, she needs the support of a large number of [nanobots], and Diana herself does not have the level and conditions to make [nanobots]; In other words, the only person known to be able to trade with Diana with [nanobots] is Chen.
As a result, as long as Diana wants to continue to carry out her plan, no matter which plan it is, as long as it is a plan that requires [nanobots], she must 'purchase' from someone Chen... At the very least, for a long time to come, Diana couldn't find anyone other than Chen who could trade [nanobots] with her.
More importantly, quantity is such a thing that is only in short supply now; Over time, it won't be long before the human side of the land is reclaimed heavier. It may be a few months, maybe half a year, at most a year to return to the level before the robot disaster.
During this period, who can guarantee that only she, Diana, will be able to get a large amount of food and living supplies? Who can guarantee that there will be no large quantities of food to be grown in other territories except polar bears?
Even if it's not the season to grow food, don't forget that there is still science and technology in this world... The easiest thing is to get a few greenhouses, greenhouses and the like, and then focus on high-yield potatoes, sweet potatoes, and even high-yield crops such as corn in them.
As long as the situation inside the territory is stable enough, as long as the external threats, mainly the threats on the robot side, can be resolved, it is still easy to solve the problem of eating... Except for the kind of Sandwich Islands where nothing grows and there isn't much usable land.
Even if the initial investment in these things is large, with the current situation and the price of food, it should be very difficult to lose money!
In other words, there is no need for someone Chen to hang himself on the tree of Diana. In this world, in addition to her Diana, in addition to the territory of polar bears, there are many people and many places where they can get food, a lot, a lot of food, although it is not easy, but as long as you want it, as long as you have enough wealth to support it, as long as you find the right person, it is not too difficult to buy food on a global scale.
To put it simply, the big countries in the East now have very amazing grain reserves, and Chen himself is an Oriental... Although Diana couldn't figure out why someone Chen was looking for her to make this deal, she clearly knew that the relationship between someone Chen and the big country in the East was actually very good. If the conditions she put forward are too excessive, Chen is likely to turn around and go to that Feng Jili or other powerful person to handle the matter. In that case, she would be really embarrassed.
Of course, if Chen didn't agree to add [nanobots] to the transaction, there was no need for Diana to risk this kind of transaction... Relatively speaking, the current situation of polar bears is not the same as that of the big countries in the East, and their demand for food is still very large. In this case, the risk that Diana needs to take is still very large, if it is only for money and wealth, Diana really has no need to participate.
Chen didn't know what Diana was thinking, but for Chen, there was no difference between being clear and not being clear. For Chen, as long as he can make a deal, as long as he can get food, even if the amount of food is not very large, even if it is only enough food to keep most of the people on the Sandwich Islands in a state of starvation, it is enough.
As for the transportation of grain, it has nothing to do with someone Chen... Wasted so much effort, paid such a big price, and even the [nanobots] were traded to Diana as a condition, if Diana didn't care about transportation, it would be too much. Even if it is only the most after-sales service, the transportation of grain should be the responsibility of Diana.
Speaking of which, Chen really doesn't have the time and energy to care about these things... Now what Chen needs to be concerned about most is the maintenance and upgrade of the escort fleet, as well as the problem of choosing the right route and hurrying to Gotham City, the lair ---- [Xiao Mo].
As for other messy trivial matters, it's better to leave them to others to worry about, anyway, Chen doesn't have the talent for this, even if he really cares, even if he does everything himself, he may not be able to do better than others.
People from all walks of life are busy with their own work, and the people on the Sandwich Islands are busy clearing mines and clearing a safe shipping lane... Of course, there is also the selection of suitable workers who are ready to come to work after Chen has completed his preliminary work---- mainly to find a job for most of the people on the island, including themselves.
Diana was busy gathering food and figuring out how to get it to the Sandwich Islands, while Chen was still busy with his convoy... Of course, there is also the preliminary exploration of the surrounding seas, and find one, or several places where you can safely and effectively collect seabed resources.
Time flies quickly in the process of hectic and busy, as if a month has passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, there were suddenly earth-shattering cheers and shouts on the Sandwich Islands, and countless people were excited and shouted at the same time... Because, because, because they have finally carved out a safe sea passage after a lot of hardship.
This marks the boulder that weighs on their hearts... That is, Chen someone, who is like a plague god in everyone's minds, and his fleet can move potatoes---- get out of here.
And Chen did live up to his expectations and completed the repair, maintenance and upgrade of all the warships after a few days... There was no need to even test the voyage, Chen directly ordered all the warships to anchor and set sail.
Chen has confidence in his own technology, in his repair robots, and in the battleships he has seen upgraded, and he believes that there is nothing wrong with these warships... Even if there are some small problems and problems, he believes that he can complete the correction and improvement during the voyage.
On the Sandwich Islands, under the joint organization of all forces, hundreds of thousands of people gathered around the surrounding islands to beat gongs and drums and firecrackers... It was much more lively than the celebration after they killed all the robots.
Of course, Chen didn't know that what these people wanted in their hearts was to send him away, the big stone and the great plague god that was pressing on everyone's hearts, and then live a relaxed, comfortable, and comfortable life.
However, these have nothing to do with someone Chen, and he doesn't care about these... As long as his escort fleet has been upgraded, and as long as the surrounding area has cleared up safe sea lanes, he can and must carry out his predetermined plan ----- go to Uncle Sam's territory to help [Xiao Mo] deal with that nasty and jealous third party.
The escort fleet composed of more than 100 large and small destroyers, frigates, logistics supply ships, amphibious landing ships and submarines left the Sandwich Islands in a neat queue, and then joined the long-awaited [Raven Triple A] in the deep sea... The clones who commanded and operated the warship with enough professional skills and experience had already been sent to the Sandwich Islands by helicopter in batches a week ago---- otherwise, the fleet under Chen's command that could not be controlled by remote control and controlled by [Gloria] would not have been able to drive at all.
What follows is a long and boring journey, with Chen taking a large number of 'super soldiers' and clones to ride the wind and waves on the boundless sea... Chen's plan was to first cross the Pacific Ocean, then cross the Caribbean Sea, and finally reach the Atlantic.
Shortly after Chen left the Sandwich Islands, two large transport ships arranged by Diana arrived on the Sandwich Islands laden with grain.
Before leaving, Chen had explained to the number team left behind, and left them enough money and [nanobots] to trade with Diana... In this regard, Chen still believes in the digital team.
After a brief negotiation, Diana and the people on the Sandwich Islands were more than satisfied with the deal, but the silent digital team couldn't see any clues, and no one knew what was going on in their hearts... In fact, there is no need to know, although the contact person and the payer are Chen someone, or Chen someone's subordinates, but after all, the two sides of the transaction are Diana and Sandwich Islands, as long as the two parties of the transaction are satisfied, what does it matter what the attitude of the digital team is? Anyway, it's not them who collect the money and the [nanobots], and it's not them who use the food and living supplies anyway, and the price they pay will be rewarded after the future deal with the Sandwich Islands. In this case, this transaction actually has nothing to do with them, so why don't they do anything? That's not salty and don't eat radishes.
After getting the digital team to report on the situation on the Sandwich Islands and this transaction, Chen, who was still sailing on the sea, finally came to rest assured, as long as there was no accident in his Chen's back garden, as long as the Sandwich Islands and Brooks Island were safe and stable, he could go to Uncle Sam and [Xiao Mo]'s territory without any scruples... Even if it fails, even if the army is destroyed, as long as he and [Gloria] can come back safely, then there will be no problem.
Of course, Gloria's main task is to stay on Brooks Island, control the exploration of resources in the surrounding waters and the waters near the Sandwich Islands, and begin to prepare for the arrangement of gathering equipment and factories; As for the personnel issue, it was a long time ago that the conditions were negotiated and agreed with all the forces on the Sandwich Islands, and they would definitely find a way to arrange it, and there was no need for [Gloria] to worry about it, let alone Chen Someone's involvement.
On this day, Chen was in the captain's room of [Raven Triple A] and closed his eyes to recuperate... In order to guard against [Xiao Mo], when Chen was renovating and upgrading the escort fleet on the Sandwich Islands, he also transformed the [Raven Triple A] and changed the [Raven Triple A] to a manually controlled operation method.
Now there is no equipment that can be remotely controlled on the entire [Raven Triple A], even the various high-end instruments and equipment in the laboratory, even the communication between Chen and [Gloria] can only be based on quantum communication, and there is only and can only be simple communication, without any additional functions.
After all the instruments and equipment in the laboratory lost the assistance of [Gloria], Chen felt extremely awkward, as if he was missing an arm or a leg, Chen did everything as if he was half useless, he was not happy to do anything, and he couldn't be happier. At will, he would rather be half-lying in a daze with his strength in a daze, or close his eyes to recuperate, rather than tossing around in the laboratory, which is completely different from his previous style, if there is a person who is more familiar with Chen, such as Feng Jili and others, he will immediately be stunned by Chen's current performance.
Suddenly, a clone messenger trotted up to Chen's side, straightened up, luggage, and shouted: "Report to the captain, the destroyer No. 0-8 that is reconnoitring the situation ahead has sent information." โ
Chen raised his eyelids and closed his eyes again, and a word popped out of his mouth weakly: "Say." โ
The clone correspondent seemed to have become accustomed to Chen's current state, and read without a single performance, a serious and correct speech: "Report brief, our destroyer 0-8 encountered an enemy of unknown origin in front, and according to the judgment of the General Staff Office, there is a probability of more than 70% that it is a pirate, and it may be attacked by the enemy, please ask the captain for instructions." โ
"Pirates?" Chen was stunned for a moment, then sat up and stared at the correspondent and said, "Is it a robot pirate?" โ
Correspondent: "Report to the captain, the news from the destroyers 0-8 says that a large number of vital features have been detected, so the staff office has judged that the enemy does not belong to any of the forces of the robot, but..." The correspondent glanced at Chen cautiously, and did not continue to say the rest of the words.
However, through the sentence 'a large number of life characteristics have been detected', Chen can already clearly know that the person who came is not a robot pirate at all, but a pirate composed of human members who came out of nowhere.
"What the hell..." Chen was suddenly a little confused, and then muttered: "What the hell is a pirate?" Are all the pirates of the present so bad? Even a battleship dares to attack? โ
As for the possibility that the pirates did not know the battleship? Chen didn't think about it at all... Really, it is really a battleship and a general-purpose commercial transport ship, but it is still quite large, especially a destroyer with a large size and hideous appearance, even ordinary people, even children can easily distinguish a battleship from a commercial transport ship. As a pirate who has been at sea all year round, dealing with ships every day, and licking blood on the tip of a knife, there is no reason not to know a warship, and it is impossible to recognize a warship.
In this case, it can only be the pirates who are eyeing the destroyer traveling alone... How can this be reasonable? Even if it's a destroyer traveling alone, it's a destroyer! Isn't it something that can be decided by small fish, shrimp, cats and dogs? Aren't you afraid that the commander on the destroyer will get angry and a big guy will send them all back to grandma's house?
This is special, Chen has always heard the word bold, but he has really never seen a few people who are really bold, and the previous Diana is one... But even if Diana came, she wouldn't dare to attack the destroyer directly! Unless you have the same strength as the destroyer, or you are ready to take countermeasures.
But do pirates have that strength? Chen was puzzled and puzzled, and then, and then Chen suddenly got up from the sofa, widened his eyes and said, "Hit him, what are you waiting for?" The pirates are all coming to the door, and they all want to rob their warships, why don't you fight them and keep them? Do you want to keep it for the New Year, or do you want to invite them to dinner? โ
"Obey the captain, I'll go down and inform you immediately." The correspondent shouted as he saluted, and turned around and walked away without any delay.
Chen didn't know what came to mind, and suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute." โ
The correspondent turned around and saluted, looked at Chen without squinting, and said, "What else does the captain have to order?" โ
Chen: "Transfer the real situation on the 0-8 destroyer to the captain's room, and I'll see what's going on?" โ
The correspondent said yes again, and when Chen waved his hand to indicate that there were no other problems, he quickly turned around and trotted out.
It didn't take long for the big screen in front of the captain's room to show the real scene of the No. 0-8 destroyer and the surrounding area on the big screen in front of the captain's room. At the same time, five staff officers knocked on the door and walked into the captain's room with tablets and record books.
Chen nodded at them and gestured to them to sit on the sofa next to them... Immediately after, everyone stared intently at the big screen.
I saw a silver-white destroyer with bright red 0-8 on the side of the ship sailing on the sea, and there were dozens of small boats of different sizes, old and new, and different styles behind it and not far from one side... That's right, it's a small boat, at least compared to a destroyer, like an ancestor and a gray grandson. The reason why it is said to be the gray grandson is really because the gap between the two sides is too large, even if it is not appropriate to describe it as the grandson of the grandson.
From the big screen, the various cargo ships, fishing boats, and assault boats driven by the pirates are compared to the silver-white destroyer, especially from Chen's point of view, it looks like an off-road vehicle driving on the highway and a group of crazy rats... It's not an order of magnitude at all, and it can't be compared at all! I don't know where these pirates got their confidence, and what do they think in their brains? How could they dare to hit the idea of destroyers? Brains are in water! It's also extremely corrosive seawater, oh no, even seawater has to be seawater with ingredients, seawater that can burn out brains.
Otherwise, who would have done such a thing of touching someone else's stone with their own eggs? Aren't they afraid of crushing themselves to pieces? Really special... Chen was speechless, and he didn't even have the urge to cover his face.
Judging from the comparison of the existing strength of the two sides, the destroyers 0-8 do not need to fight back at all, they only need to continue sailing at the current speed... All the small wrecked ships that dared to go to the front to intercept had to be smashed to pieces by the battleship, and there was no chance of any luck; Even, once those small assault boats get close to the battleship, they don't even have to collide, and the trench formed behind the battleship can swallow them up.
Chen looked at the picture with a blank face, as if he was done with a trouble, and only after a long time did he turn his head and look at the staff officer next to him and said, "What kind of place is this?" โ
Staff Officer No. 1 stood up and saluted, "Report to the captain, the place where our destroyers 0-8 are sailing belongs to the Caribbean Sea. โ
Chen stretched out his hand and pressed it down gently, and put out a tidying up for people to sit down... On the surface, Chen didn't say a word, but he was complaining frantically in his heart: "Caribbean? Caribbean? Is this Pirates of the Caribbean? How do you feel more crazy than in the movie, and a hundred times more crazy. โ
quickly recalled the plot of the movie in his mind, and Chen continued to complain in his heart: "Are you all crazy? Do you really think you're a pirate in the movie, and think the ship under your feet is the Nemesis that broke through the sky, or the other flying Dutchman, the Black Pearl, the Royal Interceptor Intrepid or something? โ
"Not to mention that there is no such magic ship, even if you really move out all the ships in the movie that broke the cows to the point of exploding, I'm afraid it will not be as big as the upgraded destroyer of my buddy!"
"What the hell is this? Who gave you the confidence to dare to use these little broken ships against the upgraded warships of your buddies? Dude really doesn't understand, what the hell are these people thinking? โใ
Just when someone Chen was complaining frantically in his heart, the picture on the big screen suddenly changed... The silver-white 0-8 continued to move forward at their original speed unhurriedly, and the small wrecked ships that rushed head-on to the battleship suddenly boiled, and all the pirates began to shout wildly.
I don't know what they shouted, anyway, Chen didn't understand it, didn't understand a word.