The situation in MR242's Sea of Death is becoming increasingly chaotic, and in just a few days, the frequency of fighting has reached one every two hours.

The pirates had the home advantage, and they still took advantage of the defense in these few days, and the losses can be described as minimal.

However, even so, the situation was not optimistic, and after a few days of tentative attacks, the invading armed group had no intention of retreating and was inclined to expand the situation. Segeis doesn't have a resource star to do logistics, and a pile of stones and asteroids around it can produce some basic materials, and when the Sea of Death is blocked, the war potential is not as good as that of the blue pirates of MR246. On the other hand, not all of the pirates of Segeis were born in Segeis, and the pirates did not have the same sense of belonging to Segeis as they did to MR246, and they could run away at any time if the situation fell into disadvantage.

"Speaker, the number of people who responded to the call has dropped by another six percent in the past two days." A man with gold-rimmed glasses reports to a middle-aged woman in front of him.

This is the office of the Segeis Joint Council, and in addition to the Speaker and the secretary wearing gold-rimmed glasses, there are two other people in the office, and judging from the black and gold clothes, both of them are members of the Council.

"Speaker, if this situation continues, we will be very passive in the event of an armed build-up of troops that invade the Sea of Death."

The middle-aged woman looked at it with a look of reluctance on her face: "I don't want things to develop to the point where they are now, but in order to ensure that we can cope with the run, we must sacrifice some more children." ”

The congressman who proposed "......" sighed, knowing that it was still impossible to activate wartime material control today.

exchanged glances with the colleagues around them, and the two said goodbye to the speaker: "Since the speaker thinks it's not time yet, let's go and see if there is any way to appease everyone." ”

"Please." The speaker nodded slightly and said a kind word.

The two lawmakers came out of their offices and exchanged ideas again while waiting for the elevator.

"How many points do you say the three have overflowed now?"

"I don't dare to think about it." The person who answered was very cautious.

The overflow of points is the biggest problem for the management of Segeis right now. There has been no major war in the Sea of Death for decades, and the three pirate groups of Segeis have a huge amount of undigested points, while the hoarding of strategic materials cannot increase as indefinitely as points, which has essentially caused a huge depreciation of points.

Perhaps outsiders think that this situation should obviously reduce the exchange power of points in wartime, but this method is not feasible in Segeis. The points of the major leagues include a large number of development contributions, and the other two have about 10% of the points obtained in this way, although the proportion is small. Under this premise, once the exchange power of points is depressed, it is equivalent to grabbing money directly from the hands of members!

Segeis itself is not a state, and it mainly retains pirates by providing security and a place for trading and exchange, and if something happens to steal money from its members, the consequences are unimaginable.

As a result, Segeis had no choice but to choose the most brutal strategy - to "evaporate" some of his points with the help of the enemies who are now cruising in the Sea of Death. When the total number of points is reduced to the reserve of Segeis, which can barely be supported, the wartime material control system can be opened.

"Are we really going to appease the shipowners?" Entering the elevator, the colleague once again asked the member who had spoken to the speaker before.

"The management of the three families will naturally go to reassure the owners who are important to them."

"Let the others run away?"

The councillor was stunned for a moment, then said with a calm face: "You reminded me that we need to increase the propaganda of the external threat and go to the Security Bureau. ”

……

Exclusive dockyard for the Gold.

Several captains, deputy captains, and first mates were having dinner in the dock restaurant at this time.

"BOSS, aren't we going to fight yet?"

It was Doris the captain of the second lieutenant No. 1 who was asking, and Pan Yue'er, the captain of the Fat Dun, also cast an inquiring look when she heard the question.

Pan Wen nodded: "Segeis refuses to open the control of wartime materials, if the blockade is not lifted, the price will rise, which will bring a heavy burden to our supplies, and the value of the war booty will also depreciate, and the risk-benefit ratio will be a little worse." ”

Fighting in the Sea of Death, once the hull of a warship is damaged, it can be associated with a series of electronic and equipment failures at any time, and the risk cost is far higher than in other regions. During the war, the recovery of the loot will definitely be provided to the major shipyards by Segeis, and in the environment where port trade cannot be guaranteed, cash transactions are impossible, and it is likely that only points will be exchanged for nothing for the time being.

"Can the crew stay in the dock all the time?"

This question is a bit rudimentary, Pan Wen looked at it, it was Xiao Chun, the rookie captain of the Harbor.

Pan Wen thought about it, and explained in detail: "This is up to you to arrange, now the environment of Saigeis is unstable, and the internal petty fighting security bureau may not be able to take a break from management, if there is a crew member who needs to travel, at least two or more marines are required to accompany him." ”

"Got it!" Xiao Chun seemed to be a little happy, maybe he wanted to go out and play.

Their life experience will indeed be a little more curious, as long as they don't delay sailing when they need to, Pan Wen doesn't care about these trivial matters.

After dinner with the commanders, another visitor came to the dockyard, a member of the Alliance, and this was not the first time he had been here.

With the entire dockyard being his own, Pan Wen still met guests in the restaurant.

"Mr. Pan Wen, after considering your opinion, the committee believes that it cannot be agreed, Segeis has never had a history of forced pricing, and if we do that, no one will believe that Segeis is a ******." This committee member may be tasked with running errands and contacting the shipowners, and before he has said a few polite words, he goes straight to the point.

The day before, the committee member came to convey the news that the committee wanted Pan Van to lead several ship owners to start a cruise mission for the purpose of cleaning up outsiders.

In his own opinion, Pan Wen's suggestion was not excessive, and he only demanded that the value of the loot be preserved, which obviously could not be met.

He was mentally prepared for the committee's reply, and during the war, food, fuel and other supplies would be raised by the merchants, and the increase was not all black-hearted profits, and the freight risk was really increased, and the extent to which it would increase completely depended on the freight loss rate. It is normal for Segeis to be reluctant to promise the owners of the loot at a higher purchase price, after all, they will lose money.

"I can understand the decision of the committee, but the ratio of risks and benefits to carry out a cruise mission under such conditions is really not satisfactory to me, please inform the committee that our fleet does not intend to accept a cruise mission for the time being."

"This ......"

Without waiting for the committee member to speak, Pan Wen stretched out his hand to interrupt him: "If it is not confidential, please tell me directly when the wartime material control will be opened?" ”

When the committee member heard this question, his face became not very good, and he hesitated for a while before answering vaguely: "The council has not announced the opening time for the time being, it may take time to prepare supplies, and if a big ship owner like you does not participate in the cruise, the speed of preparation will definitely be affected." ”

When Pan Wen heard this, he stared at the committee member's eyes as if he wanted to find out something, and the committee member was able to look directly at first, but when the No. 11 girl behind Pan Wen approached half a step closer and stuck to Pan Wen's back, her eyes were obviously a little flickering.

"In that case, please tell the committee that I need to leave Segeis with the group, go outside and prepare a batch of supplies on my own, and then come back."

There were too many flaws in the committee members' nonsense, and Pan Wen did not try to expose them, but directly chose another path, so as not to take a lot of risks and waste more time.

As for what flaws, in fact, just look at the history of Segeis, twenty years ago Segeis also encountered a siege war, all kinds of records show that Segeis will be a long-term strategic reserve, and there is no need to spend a lot of time on additional preparations after entering the wartime state.

Now not only is there a delay in the wartime material control, but there is no clear indicator of even the opening time, in Pan Wen's opinion, there are two possibilities: either there is a problem with the points system of Segeis, or the guys at the top do not plan to ask for Segeis, and there are no strategic reserves at all.

In either case, it would be no good for Panvin's fleet to stay, either to continue to waste time in the harbor, or to fight with the players with his own old bottom. Players are creatures that can "change" money, even if they can win one or two games, if they can't continue to increase their strength, they will be beaten to death sooner or later.

Pan Wen's decision caused the committee members to leave with a disillusioned face, not even a word of threat.

It's not that the mentality of the committee members is good, but because Pan Wen basically doesn't leave the exclusive dock of the Gold, not to mention that the dock is full of Pan Wen's people and a bunch of robots, and the interceptor cannon of the behemoth of the Gold can be directly aimed at the entrance and exit of the dock. On the other hand, the management system of the Interstellar Trade Friendship Alliance is very loose, and the most important point is that it does not form a mandatory binding force on members.

Seeing off the commissioners, Pan Van began to prepare to leave Segeis in earnest.

It is different from usual, at this time to leave, not only to register, but also to wait for other shipowners and combined cargo fleets to come and go.

When Pan Van registered for a one-way departure and would not return to Segeis for the time being, he was told that he would be deducted 500 points for each additional day if he had been away from Hong Kong for more than three days. It means that after tossing outside for more than a month, the points will be inexplicably lost to one or two thousand, calculated according to the ratio of three to one, which is equivalent to the price of a new type of heavy patrol ship.

But this news only strengthened Pan Wen's idea of leaving Segeis temporarily: obviously the war was not too tense, so the deducted points for the departing shipowner was to keep everyone in Segeis. However, apart from striking the invading fleet, there was little else to do during the Sea of the Dead blockade. The attacking fleet has to bear the physical risk and the risk of rising material prices, and no matter which way you look at it, you have to fill the hole with the assets of the pirates and pirates.