Chapter 15 Intercepting the Ore Ship
The school sports meeting is over for the time being, after all, it won't start until mid-May, and after another boring day at school, he returned home.
"Adjutant, reporting unit." Since handing over everything to the adjutant, this has become a project that Lin Chen has to ask about every day when he goes home.
"Back to the commander, the number of small mining submarines has reached a hundred, ten transport ships, twenty small energy refineries, ten each of air frigates and missile frigates, and three standard destroyers." The adjutant reported.
It's okay combat effectiveness, and as long as you don't encounter a battleship-level opponent with such strength, you should be able to fight, even if you can't beat it and retreat. After all, the speed is there, and others can't catch up at all.
"However, this development speed is still too slow, especially for science and technology, I must speed up to level 3 and strengthen to become a cosmic-level warrior." Lin Chen said, and at the same time, an idea also rose in his heart. "Adjutant, tell me which route will have large ore ships passing through the high seas."
"Commander, there are currently two routes, the first is from Africa to the Americas, and the second is from Oceania to all continents." The adjutant replied, and at the same time projected a map in front of Lin Chen, marking the two routes with clear red lines.
Looking at the two routes on the map, I fell into deep thought.
Oceania and Africa are both extremely mineral-rich regions, and mining companies from various countries must be everywhere, and many overseas countries use large ore ships to transport these ores.
Then, if you look at it in terms of quantity, Africa's mineral resources are nothing more than the richest, and the more people who mine, the number of ore ships will also go up. But after all, Africa is adjacent to Europe and Asia, and few ships will pass through the high seas, as long as they go along the edge of the continent, and the only one that passes through the high seas is the Americas, which are overseas.
On the other hand, Oceania, except for the route to Asia through the Strait of Malacca, other routes are through the high seas, especially the voyage to North America, in order to shorten the cost of transportation, usually take risks to cross the high seas, after all, even if it is a pirate, it will not fail to give face to the US imperialists, don't look at those pirates are usually very arrogant, it is just that the US imperialism turns a blind eye, if it annoys the US imperialists, maybe the next day will usher in a catastrophe.
"It's decided, mobilize the fleet to intercept all the ore ships between the US imperialists and Australia, adjutant, be sure to monitor the movements of the US imperialist fleet, and if there is any trouble, you must immediately command the fleet to leave temporarily to avoid fighting." Lin Chen ordered, his current strength was far from the big brother of the American imperialism world, and he couldn't fight head-on at all.
"Yes, Commander." After the adjutant finished speaking, the projection gradually disappeared in front of Lin Chen.
Lin Chen licked his lips, his eyes revealed an incomparable light, this is a strong confidence in the future, intercepting the mineral sand ship will definitely greatly increase Lin Chen's development speed, so that he can step into the universe earlier and touch the mystery of this mysterious starry sky.
Australia, the country that has explored the second largest mineral resources in the world, second only to Africa, and there are different countries that have bought the land where the veins exist and profited from it.
At this time, a mineral sand ship departing from the northeastern port of Australia was sailing in the Pacific Sea, this ship belonged to a 300,000-ton giant cargo ship, with a full load displacement of 350,000 tons, and it was carrying 200,000 tons of ore, and this batch of ore was Lin Chen's goal this time.
Jack was a member of the crew of the mineral sands ship, and he was leaning against the fence of the giant ship, admiring the sparkling ocean.
After working in Australia for so long, he can finally return home, and Jack's mood is also a lot happier at this time, and he has the leisure to enjoy the beauty of nature.
"Kelly, we'll be together soon." Jack pulled out a photograph from his pocket of a smiling woman holding a young child. That's his wife and children. Thinking of his warm family, he couldn't help but close his eyes, and recalled those good memories in his mind.
When he opened his eyes, his expression suddenly became confused, for he saw several ships with strange shapes and heavy armor heading towards him.
"Oh my God, what the hell is that?" He left the railing at once, took a few steps back, and looked warily at the ship in front of him.
Naturally, the others noticed the situation, and put down what they were doing, and walked towards the deck, looking at the ships in pairs, pointing at them, not knowing what they were discussing, obviously strange at the appearance of these ships, but also with a hint of fear of the unknown.
This time, Lin Chen sent a destroyer and five frigates, and after all of them returned to their positions, Lin Chen didn't talk nonsense this time, and directly ordered the ship to fire.
Rumble!
As the destroyer fired its first guns, and then all the ships opened fire, countless shells poured on the ore ship, and the sound of explosions and cries was endless.
Jack was also stunned by the sudden attack, and hurriedly ran towards the hatch of the ore ship.
Opening the thick hatch, he didn't stop, and immediately rushed down the staircase to the interior, and not long after he got down the stairs, the hatch and the metal walls connected to it were torn apart by artillery fire.
Jack, who had always lived in peace, really didn't expect that he would have such a day, the sound of artillery fire from outside came into his ears, constantly stimulating his tense nerves, and his pace became more urgent, as if a cannonball would hit his place in the next second.
Luckily, their ore ships are large enough and made of steel that the enemy can't attack the interior for the time being.
At this time, there were also many survivors inside the ore ship, they were all hiding in a small room, and many of them were holding mobile phones with anxious looks.
"Jack! Thank God you are alive. Jack came in, and a colleague who had a good relationship with him hurriedly stepped forward and gave him a hug.
"Jameson? Damn, where the hell did those ships come from, and why are they attacking us? Jack said angrily, his hands clenched into fists, clearly furious inside.
"I don't know." Jameson looked helpless.
"Hurry up and call for help, or the ship will sink sooner or later." Jack hurriedly took out his phone, but was grabbed by Jameson's arm. Jack looked at him suspiciously, only to see that the other party shook his head, and the meaning was self-evident.
Only then did Jack notice that there were many people around him who were holding their phones and wanted to ask for help, but their eyes were blank, as if they had been abandoned by the world.
Seeing this scene, Jack's heart couldn't help but sink to the bottom.