Chapter XXXVI: Intentions to War
The message was delivered to the Hatchling, and Pan Vin commanded the fleet to plunge directly into the operation to protect the route.
In addition to the energy cost of jumping, mercenaries fighting in MR243 have many disadvantages, the most influential of which are support and the social environment.
Because of the distance, even if the MR243 mercenaries have the ability to communicate against the sky, the speed and scale of reinforcements cannot be raised, unless the penetration rate of new heavy frigates increases, this process cannot be completed in half a year.
The general environment is easier to understand, the attack on important cargo and passenger routes is absolutely impossible to get public support, taking the Islamic Empire as an example, after the identity of the mercenaries is revealed, not only must the mercenaries be completely disposed of from the relationship with the government, if there is a plan to establish a supply point in MR241, it must be canceled immediately. The Isis Empire is indeed a big country, so big that a bunch of countries near the starbridge can't be compared to it combined, but the Gabri Federation is not a vegetarian, if a bunch of small countries object, the Federation definitely doesn't mind accompanying the small countries to show their muscles to the empire.
On the other hand, the security of the waterway is related to the funds of countless large enterprises and consortia, and there is reason to believe that if the attack on the waterway takes a little longer, various spontaneously organized armed forces will emerge to resist, and they will spend a lot of money to maintain the armed forces, and when they use it, they may be more excited than the pirates.
With the help of the hyperspace information system, it took less than five hours for Pan Wen's fleet to integrate several pirate fleets that were actively involved in the escort and turned them into patrols protecting the cargo lanes from the bridgehead of the Starbridge to MR242.
This route has nothing to do with Segeis, and the entry and exit of Segeis's supplies must be completed through the Hatchling, and the Hatchling must have a backup plan during the MR243 Civil War, either to suspend the import and export of supplies, or to ask Segeis to escort the fleet. The safety of the hatchlings themselves is the responsibility of the asteroid belt patrol fleet, and it is said that they can't stop it, but the pirates can't get involved anyway.
The logistics route through MR242 was naturally a route between the Empire and the Federation, and Pan Wen brought the pirates to escort them, with two additional purposes, one was to avoid the possibility of encountering a large fleet of mercenaries, and the other was that Segeis really needed these merchants.
The large fleet of mercenaries will more or less have some characters who can take care of the overall situation, and it is difficult to do things that break their legs. Merchants are related to the circulation of Star Coins, as MR241 is controlled by the Empire and the Federation, the value of Star Coins in the two large countries will depreciate in the domestic market, and the increase in value from the outside world is inevitable, if the route to the two major powers also collapses, the purchasing power of Star Coins will change more drastically.
It is enough for the security organization of this waterway to organize a certain number of pirate fleets, and Pan Wen came to escort more pretending to collect more comprehensive information in a more comfortable environment.
Through 24 hours of non-stop galaxy scanning, the fleet spent a day and hours analyzing the overall size of the troublemakers, and the results were somewhat better than previously inferred.
MR243 has many artificial objects and ships, and the amount of radiation cannot be simply collected, but can only be judged by high-energy reactions. The fleet, which had not found a target for a total of thirty hours, should not have existed, so according to the results of the statistics, the total number of warships that took advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble fluctuated between three hundred and four hundred and twenty.
The reason for the fluctuation is that the system scan does not provide continuous information, which can lead to errors in the detection of high-energy reactions, and the local patrol fleet on the inner side of the asteroid circle occasionally supports caravans that are attacked near the asteroid belt.
Although it was less than the previous day's preliminary estimate, three or four hundred ships was still not a small number, especially when all of these warships were of the rank of heavy patrol ships or above, and it could make big news at any time. In fact, since more than ten hours ago, the number of energy burst levels observed through galaxy scanning has increased significantly, and now the fleet is at least twice the size of Pan Wen when he arrived.
The obvious build-up of mercenaries or other disruptive fleets can be said to prove from the side that the escort broadcast sent by Pan Van has played a positive role, and the troublemakers have paid a certain price for it.
The next development of events was also a bit unexpected, not long after the pirates began to escort the convoy, the small countries that had not been involved in the civil war for the time being were helping with some information on the convoy work. The large observatories built in orbit of rocky planets and blue stars are much more capable than the mobile means of warships, and not only can some caravans without self-protection avoid by broadcasting public announcements, but pirates and other convoys can also be informed of the situation in a more timely manner.
If there is a large-scale assembly of mercenaries, it will almost certainly be captured by the observation points in the orbit of various small countries, and the observation capabilities of the observation points are much more accurate than the mobile applications on the warships, whether it is optical, electronic or quantum hyperspace, once there is news, it will spread throughout the entire galaxy within half an hour, which greatly improves the security of the escort fleets.
Mercenary groups are very difficult to commit crimes, and they can use the size of a normal fleet to deceive the orbital detection system, but unfortunately this method will not last long.
Since the small country dares to use public broadcasts to help the escort fleet, it means that the attack on the waterway has been comprehensively announced, and the purpose is clearly to clear the sky!
Wait for the caravan that has not been attacked to inform K11 on the other side of the starbridge, and the other side will begin to cooperate with the restriction of navigation after a little preparation, and then wait for all the caravans in transit to complete the disengagement action, and it will be easy to catch who is the bad guy.
Clearance will cause small countries to suffer some of the current losses, but their attitude towards maintaining the safety of shipping routes and caravans can ensure that MR243 will not lose much traffic after it stabilizes, and may even lead to more investment in security.
This kind of self-inflicted damage is exactly what the small countries are unexpected, this trick is out, the escort fleet has no escort targets, and the escort targets will naturally leave MR243 with the caravan, and when they come back, they will definitely go together, and the troublemakers will have no moving targets to patrol, and there are only two options left - withdraw from MR243, or directly attack the asteroid circle.
Not to mention how big the impact is in the asteroid circle, it is a question whether it can be taken down with three or five hundred heavy patrol ships!
The scale of MR243's space fleet of six small countries is indeed very poor, and it is impossible to be an opponent of the existing mercenary scale when united, but MR243 has a very comprehensive industry with its absolutely neutral attitude towards foreign countries, and there are hundreds of consortiums involved, including Titan Heavy Industries, which is itself a major ship-building factory.
In the process of the clearance procedure, the Golden also found an interesting result from the summary information from various channels: the young Hina did not openly ask the pirates to help escort the escort from beginning to end, but in fact, after the clearance procedure was activated, the pirate's escort fleet increased significantly!
In order to understand the situation, Pan Wen took the opportunity to lead the fleet back to Segeis near the end of the clearance, but halfway through the incident, he had already guessed everything.
The reason was that during the video conference with the captains, one of the captains suggested that MR243 had not launched a public condemnation of any force in the past few days, so Pan Wen asked the captains to go and check with the crew, and the result was the same, none of MR243's wireless channels mentioned this matter. Linked to Segeis's attitude of only helping and not publicizing, it is obvious that the two sides have reached some kind of tacit understanding and do not want to expand the matter.
It is understandable that the two sides should respond in this way, the national strength of the Islamic Empire and the Gabri Federation is too strong, whether it is one of them doing it or having a share, openly tearing his face and getting an apology statement or something like that, the injured party will not only not get substantial benefits but will also be hated, it is better to endure it and see if the other party will restrain it before making a calculation.
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A certain forum and a chat room.
"I didn't expect 243's response to be that the fish died and the net was broken, and the channels of 244 and 245 were cut off, which forced us to go back to mining." Someone was clutching his hair with a hurt expression.
The handsome guy opposite him frowned for a while before he looked up and said, "This time we were reckless, and the key point of the problem is still pirates." ”
"Oh? 243 shouldn't be in charge of pirates, why bother with the pinch? President Yin will tell us about it. A certain fat man who didn't say a word was aroused, and everyone asked Chairman Yin, who was selling guanzi.
"243's multinational corporations and consortia do have powerful private armies, but it takes a lot of time to mobilize armed models that can protect multiple shipping routes at the same time." The handsome man paused, saw everyone nodding, and then continued, "Pirates are the only force in this neighborhood that will roam around and maintain a presence in various places at all times. They have been working against us for a long time, and have a more intuitive understanding of our war capabilities and scruples, and I think the clearance procedure was also implemented at the suggestion of the pirates. ”
"So even if we can bypass the Sea of Death, we still have to defeat the pirates before we can level up here?" The guy who was worried in front of him understood.
The handsome guy nodded: "It seems that this is it." ”
A fat man shook his head: "Pirates are very difficult, my pirate brother said that the sea of death is full of pits." ”
The handsome guy nodded again: "The Sea of Death is indeed too dangerous, if I have a choice, I would rather fight the blue pirates first, although their ships are large, they have no war potential for long-term confrontation, and they are grinding to death little by little." ”
"What's the use of saying that now?" Someone was impatient, "241 is basically not to blame, the pirates are still making a name for themselves when they shrink, if we don't get rid of them, our level will only drop and not rise, can we still have fun?" ”
Players have all kinds of anti-heaven methods, but when the ship is destroyed and people die, they also have to lose experience, no wonder is enough, the Federation and the Empire side still have to fight, and the win rate can be maintained at 1 to 1 It is good, and most non-elite players can imagine how the result is.
At this time, a woman who had been sitting in the corner spoke up: "I have an idea, the largest organization in the empire is the Sunset Dynasty, their operating expenses are high, even if they don't drop the level of simple mining, it is difficult to satisfy their appetite, why don't you let them take the lead?" ”
The woman's voice was very good, but the men sitting down in a cold sweat came down, and a fat and another middle-aged man with a stiff face stretched out his thumb to her.
"I agree with Swallow's approach, we can help them add some information, and it's best to get the legendary pirate's special paint suit directly and give it to them." The handsome guy Chairman Yin immediately came up with a feasible plan, "The pirate's livery can slightly reduce the impact of the Sea of Death, and once they get the camouflage, they can't bear it!" ”
"It's a little difficult, but it's not a matter if money can toss good things, you all make up a little, and I'll do the rest." A fat man always speaks with a sense of trench.