Chapter 1 Contact

When the shell of the Polaris cruiser, which can only spin in the starry sky, clangs under the feet of the space mech, Stillman knows that he is over. Without power, any battleship is just a living coffin in space!

Sitting on the podium, Stillman's hair was messy, his collar had been ripped open, and he stared at the console, completely unfocused. Until now, he didn't know how he lost the battle in a daze. I don't know who the opponent who suddenly killed is.

However, decades of piracy have made Stillman know better than anyone what it means to be a king or a loser, and what it means to be a man who knows the times. At this point, there is no point in any resistance or struggle. He straightened his hair, buttoned his collar, and made a very simple decision: "Signal the lights, we surrender!" ”

In the silence of space, the Polaris cruiser took the lead in raising the white flag and signaling surrender. Immediately, one of the surviving destroyers and one frigate also turned off the thrusters, turned off the engines, and raised the white flag in the bow.

Stillman was never a man who looked at death as if he were home, he was just a pirate.

Pirates are not warriors, but a profession that wanders the depths of the universe and uses raiding as a means. Without faith, without dignity, there is naturally nothing to hold onto.

For Stillman, as long as he can save his life, he can do anything. And for those low-level pirates with low status, surrender is a matter of raising hands. Many of them have long since become accustomed to it.

In a battle between pirates, captured pirates usually do not lose their lives. As soon as they surrender, they will naturally join the originally hostile camp. It was just a few beatings. It's just a little sinful.

In space, such things are normal. Pirates without personal freedom. Just like slaves, their situation is the same regardless of who their master is. There is nothing ridiculously dignified. It's just a day to keep a life! No one would be foolish enough to die for the big and small leaders who oppress themselves all day long.

With the Polaris cruiser hatch opened. Twelve bandit space mechs swarmed in.

The first eight battle mechs worked in pairs and quickly took control of the ship's most important hangar, arsenal, control room and power room.

After making sure it was safe, the last four troop carriers opened the hatch, and sixty heavily armed bandit soldiers quickly poured down the door treads. Divided into twelve squads, under the urging of each squad leader and the sound of noisy footsteps, they ran into an area beyond the control of the mecha to carry out centralized personnel supervision and weapon clearance.

The whole operation was orderly, fast and quiet. Everyone knows what they have to do, and they work very well with each other.

The low-level pirates, led by the big and small pirate leaders, stood tremblingly on both sides of the passage, raising their hands high, their eyes blank and their expressions numb. They have completely lost the courage to resist. These soldiers in blue uniforms who appeared in the battleship seemed to them so lean and so well-trained! It is this army. With seven broken warships, he annihilated almost the entire Demon Eye Pirate Regiment in one fell swoop, and remembered the battle that had just ended. The pirates shuddered.

It was a complete defeat, before Stillman ordered surrender. More than 30 warships, large and small, were completely destroyed by this army. The whole battle took less than four hours! The Demon Eye fleet, which was originally ranked in the top five of the Mars Free Passage in terms of strength, has already become a thing of the past!

The bandit soldiers ran in front of the pirates with their hands raised on both sides of the passage without squinting, and the dirty interior of the ship, the disheveled pirates, the frightened eyes, the dim lighting, and the disgusting smell of sweat seemed familiar.

"Ivan, are you Ivan?" The crowd gathered in the battle preparation hall with their hands raised in their hands, and as they passed by a bandit squad leader, an old pirate suddenly stared at the captain's face and cried out. The degree of surprise even made him ignore the bandit soldiers who were pointing at him with guns in front of him.

The old pirate was sure he wouldn't admit it. It was one of his roommates many years ago. In the beginning, in the Demon Eye Pirates, they were both low-level pirates who were oppressed. In the final battle for the Golden Triangle region, this roommate, who was captured by the red-bearded pirates, did not expect to stand in front of him in a new and straight uniform today.

The dark-skinned bandit army leader smiled, revealing his white teeth: "Morley, I didn't expect you to recognize me." ”

"Aren't you in the Redbeard Pirate Regiment" The old pirate seemed to remember something, and quickly turned his head to look at several other soldiers not far away who were neat and full of vigor, and said in shock: "Could it be?"

Ivan shook his head, and there was an indescribable joy and pride on his face: "The Redbeard Pirate Regiment no longer exists!" ”

The old pirate Morley opened his mouth in surprise: "But, we just had a fight with the fleet led by Hayreddin not long ago"

Ivan smiled slightly, pointed to a Chinese character icon on the collar of the uniform and said, "The former redbeard pirate group is gone!" Now, the fleet led by Hayreddin is called the Second Fleet of the Bandits, and we are the First Fleet of the Bandits! ”

The cloudy eyes of the old pirate of the "bandit army" looked at the sign of fangs and claws on the chest of his former companion, and suddenly, he was in a trance.

"Liars, a bunch of liars!"

"Shameless! It's so shameless! ”

"What is so shameless, it is simply despicable, shameless!"

"These bastards! I really want to beat them all up one by one, I've never seen such a hateful thing! ”

"Who are these people?"

The battleship was full of boiling condemnation.

The officers and men of the Salga Longbow Fleet, who had been deceived by their feelings, jumped like thunder one by one. Yells. When I thought of myself standing here solemnly, tears flashed and flashed. People are happily amusing people, and everyone has a murderous heart.

After scolding for a long time, the conversation couldn't help but turn. Concentrated on the battered cruiser.

"You say. What is that cruiser, obviously looking at the place where it exploded and disintegrated, and the explosion, those corpses, those fragments and wreckage are all fake? A maintenance soldier wiped his oily hands with a dirty rag, and sighed.

"I saw it. Who has ever seen such a battlefield, and has never even heard of it. A gunner stood on tiptoe in the doorway, his eyes glaring over the crowd in front of him and staring at the virtual screen in the aisle.

"Hey. You say, which shipyard designed this kind of battleship? That designer is a talent! In the crowd in the aisle, I don't know whose voice is loud, and there is excitement in the voice.

"Our longbow fleet, there is a chance to build these two, in the free world, what jump point can't be passed?" The other voice is not small either. It's so loud that people can hear it. can sketch the tall and burly appearance of the owner of this voice in the bottom of his heart.

"Isn't it just a split, and you can take advantage of it once. What's the use of being known?! One of the lieutenants closest to the virtual screen turned his face and shook his head: "Compared to our Longbow heavy cruisers, this thing is far from good. ”

"That's it!" A soldier standing next to the lieutenant nodded his head, and as a matter of course, he raised his own ambition to destroy the prestige of others: "I don't think there is anything difficult about this split technique." ”

"Isn't it difficult? You know the! A mocking voice suppressed all the excitement. The noisy aisle suddenly fell silent.

The maintenance soldier in the spare parts cabin threw away the rag in his hand, pushed away the gunner at the door, squeezed into the crowd, and said with a smile: "If you want to talk about experts, or our old head of the maintenance department, lieutenant colonel, you can tell everyone." ”

"Yes, yes," the officers and soldiers urged in unison around a fifty-something officer: "Lieutenant Colonel Bentel, you are the expert here, you tell everyone." ”

Bentel knocked on the soldier who just said it was not too difficult, and scolded: "If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense, it's not too difficult, you can build one for me!" Don't talk about you, even our shipyard in Salga can't build such a ship! ”

"Really?"

"So powerful?"

In the midst of the mixed discussions, Lieutenant Colonel Bentel sneered and said: "If you talk about split ships, it's not complicated, just those catamarans, add a decoupling of the connecting rod in the middle, ***, just separate when you want to separate, but, can that kind of thing go to the battlefield?" ”

Lighting a cigarette, Bentel pointed to several warships on the screen, and continued, "This battleship is actually a treasure despite its broken appearance." Let's put it this way, when there was no split, which of you could see that it was a multihull? ”

The officers and men looked at each other and shook their heads. To tell the truth, from beginning to end, they thought it was a broken copper and iron from a scrap shipyard!

"At the beginning of the battle, wasn't the speed of the people faster than the longbow? Besides, how dare Longbow hit it headlong like this? Bentel poked his head, turned his inquiring gaze, and saw that everyone was embarrassed and did not speak, so he continued: "We can't look at the split, we have to look at the performance of others when they are combined, and it is not easy to form a cruiser with multiple warships." Putting our cruisers together and turning them into a battleship? !

I have been working as a representative of Party A in the shipyard for so many years, and I have guarded and built more ships! The internal structure, engine system, weapon system, living quarters, and energy shield must all be combined into one when combined, and six when separated, and you don't know how much technology is involved.

On top of that, you haven't seen it yet. This battleship is the core of their new space tactics. We have served for so many years, and we have fought a lot of wars, who would have thought that we could still fight like this? With this new tactic alone, this ship is worth dozens of times more than our longbow! ”

Bentel's words caused a commotion, and the officers and men exchanged words and discussions. There are those who agree, and there are those who are not convinced.

But Bentel sighed faintly. Said slowly: "If only our longbow fleet could have such technology and tactics at the beginning. General Tolstoy, perhaps"

As he spoke, Bentel's eyes reddened.

All the arguments stopped. In the aisle. There was a dead silence.

After seeing the tattered fleet win a complete victory with this extremely alternative tactic, Fang Xiang knew that he should have no chance in this game of chess.

That mysterious opponent has calculated everything he can count. Fang Xiang would not be naΓ―ve to think so. The landlings would then allow the Brave to take over the pirate base. Regardless of whether the two sides are friend or foe, the commander of the opposing fleet will not put the initiative in the hands of the Salga fleet.

Once the Salga's fleet has gained enough energy, then the situation is beyond their control.

Really. Soon, two pieces of news came one after another, which confirmed Fang Xiangdi's judgment.

The first message was from the main force of the fleet in the adjacent DE-4543 system. According to the information, an unknown fleet, appeared around them. The other side did not make any hostile movements, nor did it respond to the ground signals sent by the fleet. Just stay where you are. The movements of the aircraft carrier and several other warships were monitored.

The second message was sent by the Brave. They still didn't make it to the pirate base. Because, as they were preparing to pass through the meteorite swarm, they were blocked by an armed merchant ship that was exactly the same as the battleship of the tattered fleet - that battleship came out of the pirate base.

No one understood Fang Xiang's mood at the moment.

It is a kind of frustration that is deeply intellectually trapped, but powerless to struggle.

Although Fang Xiang could use the exhaustion of the Salga fleet and had no more cards to use to justify herself, Fang Xiang also knew that if she changed her position, she would never win the battle with zero casualties and capture the pirate's cruiser.

The other party, who is it?

"Rear Admiral" Cecilia stood up and saluted: "The reconnaissance ship sent a communication code." ”

"Connect the communication channel." Fang Xiang sat upright, straightened his uniform, and brushed a few strands of hair hanging down his forehead behind his ears.

The mystery is finally about to be revealed.

The swirling light of the virtual screen disappeared, and a middle-aged man in a blue uniform appeared in front of Fang Xiang with a smile.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Major General." The middle-aged man said: "Chekov, captain of the destroyer of the Berlan Rose of the Leray Federation Space Fleet, salute you!" ”

"Leray?!"

On the battleship, everyone was stunned.

This elite and ferocious fleet comes from Leray, the country that is tormented by the flames of war?

"Hello, Captain Chekov." Fang Xiang quickly recovered from the shock and asked, "Why are you here?" This fleet, I mean, this is Lelei's battleship? ”

"Hehe, that's a long story." Chekov smiled slightly, and gave a general account of the destruction of the Berlan Rose in the free world, and continued: "So, these warships were all modified and built by us, although they are not the military establishment of Lelei, but they still belong to Lelei. ”

In the bridge control room, everyone was amazed. The Berlan Rose, an almost legendary experience, made them dare not believe their ears.

"Tian Xingjian?" Fang Xiang muttered the name that kept appearing in Chekov's mouth in his heart, and asked, "So, how do you know that we are here, know our main position, and even know our current predicament?" ”

"That's what Colonel Tian has to ask." Chekov laughed: "I just carried out the order." Hopefully, our appearance will be timely for our closest allies. Before coming, Colonel Tian repeatedly explained that we would rather fight until the whole army is annihilated, and we must rescue you! "That's a good point! The guys in front of them are cunning. Everything was under control, and then I came to sell it. Fang Xiang despised it in his heart, but he had to say: "The officers and men of the Salga longbow fleet feel the same way. This affection will definitely be reciprocated by a hundredfold in the future. ”

"That's what we're supposed to do." Chekov didn't seem to understand the meaning of Fang Xiang's words at all, and waved his hand again and again: "We have always admired the patriotic enthusiasm of the old General Tolstoy and the heroic tenacity of the longbow fleet. Now that I have met, there is absolutely no reason to sit idly by. Moreover. Since we are all in a similar situation, we should all join hands. After all, there is power in numbers! ”

Fang Xiang was muffled, this Chekov's last words. The fox's tail was revealed. But. Not to mention that people have just saved themselves, let's just say that the current situation of this fleet is not up to Fang Xiang to make other choices. Besides, if the old Tolstoy was still on the ground, with his feelings for Lelei, he would definitely cooperate with Lelei's fleet. After all. Now people have opened up the situation here.

Before she could speak, Chekov continued: "This is not far from our main base, we have looted a lot of things recently, and you don't have to worry about supplies." And. We have docks where we can carry out the repair and modification of ships. Chekov smiled confidently: "In the free world, such a giant ship cannot come and go freely." ”

Fang Xiang was silent. Chekov's last words hit her in the dead hole. In the free shipping lanes, which are as dense as spider's webs, with the size of Napoleon's battleships, most places cannot be visited. Not to mention aircraft carriers.

If you don't see the cruiser that can be separated. Fang Xiang didn't understand it yet, but now. The benefits of this modification are clearly placed in front of her eyes, so that she can't turn a blind eye!

Now, all we need to discuss is how to work together.

Fang Xiang stared into Chekov's eyes and said seriously: "I think, I need to have a good talk with your Colonel Tian." ”

The empty streets have regained a bit of anger.

People hurried to and fro, each busy. They either lined up at the food store or greeted each other on the street with acquaintances they met by chance, sighing about what happened during this time. Or nervously waiting for a job in the reception hall of the company, or going to the cemetery with flowers for an hour or two, or standing on the street selling something that can be sold at home.

In the distance, the sound of artillery and explosions in the central city of Grimmars resounded from early morning until late at night.

There is no pattern to these loud noises. Sometimes, like thunder in the ears, sometimes, it is faint in the sky. In short, it is endless, and it is rare to have a break.

If it happens that no cannon can be heard for more than two minutes, people will look at each other in surprise and wait in bewilderment. Usually at this time, the sound of artillery and explosions will be heard again. Only then did people feel comfortable going on with their own things.

This is the town of Puluo, the sound of cannons, and it is still dozens of kilometers away from here. This distance is enough for people hiding in corners to go out into the sun and live tremblingly. Although it is not very stable, compared to those poor people in Canterlot, Protown is a paradise.

The three major schools and the Northern Alliance are fighting endlessly, and the battles between the major forces are also one after another. However, no matter how much trouble they make, the people of Protown don't care.

Even if they bomb the sky down, at least in Puluo Town, there is our bandit army on top!

Our bandits! These are the words that the people who live in Puluo Town say when they see the sky. These five words contain their identification with this army, and even have some pride in it. It is because of the bandit army that is stationed here, so when the war in the free port of Mars is full of gunsmoke, the town of Pro, the initial place where the war broke out, has become the most peaceful place.

No one dared to provoke the bandits, not before, and even less now!

Just two days ago, a piece of news shook the entire free world.

Black Dragon Dao, Ming Xinliu, Qianjun Dao and Huaxingmen suddenly jointly issued an announcement to join the Mutual Aid Alliance of the Schools, and immediately dispatched all the staff from their respective defense areas, and the four torrents echoed each other, passing through nearly fifty blocks in the ten regions west of the central city, and marching towards Puluo Town.

At the same time, the elite of the bandit army in Puluo Town was exhausted, and the defensive line moved to less than two kilometers away from the ring road in the western part of the central city. One hundred and twenty horizontal swords led four hundred modified private mechs cruising in a fan-shaped area of more than 100 square kilometers, eyeing all the separatist forces in the western region.

The Freeport of Mars, which was already chaotic to the extreme, is like pouring another scoop of water into a boiling oil pot! For a while, there were exclamations. No one can understand when the four major schools merged with the bandits.

When the four major schools are mighty mecha clusters and convoys. As we made our way through Canterlot to the west, we didn't encounter any obstacles!

this world. Only recognize strength. The last time the bandit army ran a long distance and attacked through the eleven lines of defense, I still remember vividly, and those who were robbed of territory. The complete disappearance of the separatist forces. It's a lesson from the past. Now, the bandit army Chen soldiers are on the edge of the western front, what does that mean, who can not understand?

Give the to Lao Tzu obediently!

The clever and clever powers along the way, almost flatteringly, removed their poor defenses. Beat gongs and drums along the way to greet and escort the four major schools through their defense areas.

When the four major schools merged into Puluo Town through the western part of the central city without firing a single shot, the bandit army immediately withdrew and retreated dozens of kilometers. Maintain the original ground defense. In an instant, everything seemed to have calmed down.

However, it is obviously impossible for the impact of this major event not to stir up any storms. What happened next made the Mars Freeport, which had just calmed down, boil again.

The day after the four major schools entered Puluo, the Stormstorm Road located in the eastern part of Canterlot suddenly announced that it had joined the Genre Mutual Aid Alliance. Depart for Puluo now. An hour later. Armor Killer announced that it had joined the Sect Mutual Aid Alliance. Forty minutes later, Cruliu announced that he had joined the Mutual Aid League of the Genres.

Hove Mecha Pavilion. The Carter Mecha Pavilion, the Iron Warrior Mecha Pavilion, and the Aoyama Mecha Pavilion are overwhelmed with declarations. Like dominoes being toppled to the ground, on this day, six medium-sized genres and fourteen mech halls made the same decision.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the bandit army, which was originally a small and medium-sized force in terms of quantity, turned into a behemoth!

"It doesn't matter what the Northern Business Alliance or the three major schools, if they dare to come, our bandit army will be able to beat their heads to the asshole!"

This was said two days ago by a guy who was standing on the street of Puluozhen, cheering at the bandit army's mecha troops, while foaming at the mouth and chatting with his companions.

Although the words are vulgar, everyone who hears this nods their heads quickly! - Just look at the mecha teams from different schools in front of you, and look at the fortified defense lines built around Puluo Town and the deployment of armored troops of the bandit army in the defense area, and people believe that no one dares to come here to find themselves uncomfortable.

No matter what the future holds, with the bandit army here, everyone can always enjoy a few days of peace first!

To the west of the lake, the town of Puluo is slightly higher, and because it is close to the No. 7 resource road that surrounds Mars Port from east to west, the original low hill has been bulldozed and built into an airfield for large transport ships to land. This is the largest of the ten ground airports in Puluo Town. It is also one of the most complete and advanced facilities.

The airport, located at the highest point in Puluo Town, not only has opposite take-off and landing lanes to five spaceports, but also has a large maintenance dock, a passenger and cargo transfer center, a large storage base, a small supporting industrial area, a transportation base, and living quarters including high-end hotels, hotels, restaurants, residences, etc. It is not an exaggeration to call it a miniature city.

However, the airport, now called Skadivo, has now been fenced off and has become the main base of the bandits.

Every day, the people of Puluo can see teams of mechs coming out of the airfield, passing through the cobweb-like road, scattering in all directions, where the bandit army is carrying out the handover of daily defenses. From time to time, you can also see a convoy of heavy trucks escorted by mecha driving up the mountain in an endless stream, and disappearing after entering the special road deep in the forest and leaves.

At night, from the town of Puluo, the airport is a lot higher than the average altitude, *** bright, if you get close, you can still hear the faint sound of boiling people, as if it is a huge factory, working overtime.

Whenever you see this place, people feel reassured.

The early summer sun is not too vicious. In the cold wind of Puluo Town, people who are so warm that they want to close their eyes and take a nap. Helen set up her camera in the middle of the huge landing pad No. 2 at Skadivo Airport. Concentrate on shooting.

The long blonde hair was pulled up high and tied up in a hairband at the back of the head. Revealing a swan-like elegant and white neck. She was bent over, her firm breasts, slender waist and round buttocks, tightly wrapped in a blue uniform, revealing her curves.

The bandit soldiers who have lived up and down will always subconsciously take a second look in that direction. Whether it is a newcomer or a bandit soldier who has joined from the beginning, they can't resist this beautiful temptation.

Whenever they saw Helen, they would always sigh that only God could have created such a stunningly beautiful masterpiece.

Trucks full of substances, dragged by transport mechas, clattered from the airport road next to the landing pad, and countless bandit soldiers rushed back and forth. From time to time, they trotted and jumped on the self-propelled minibus, and when they reached their destination, they jumped down again and went in and out of the airport building.

In the distance, the open-air dock maintenance rack has been erected, and two transport ships are being repaired. Farther away, the No. 5 and No. 6 take-off and landing pads have been converted into training grounds, and all kinds of mecha are galloping around the training ground.

There is also an invisible supporting industrial area in the workshop where the mecha modification is in full swing, and the faint roar of various machines adds a bit of excitement to this busy scene.

Helen gently brushed the long hair that fell from her ears, untied her clip, and pinned it back on. eyes, but reluctant to leave the camera for a moment. Since coming to Skadiwo, she has been shooting non-stop every day, and she can't put down every part of this base.

She still can't believe that all of this belongs to the bandits!

From a runaway destroyer to a pirate base, from a genre of mecha branches to stirring up the free world to fight to fame. From the phantom stream to the four major schools and then to the small and medium-sized schools that have come to vote, from the first avenue of Puluo Town, which is close to ruins, to the current bandit army base that was originally an airport

Everything is like a dream.

It seems that unconsciously, the bandit army has grown. Which fat man, the bold words that stood under the statue of the pirate base, are no longer a nihilistic fantasy.

Helen will push the camera to capture several scientists who are arguing in front of the information table under the elevated dock, the Frankenstein who forgot to sleep and eat at work, but the fat man called all the way back to pick them up! In the last two days, there have been many sporadic scientists and mechanics who have come to Puluo not only for this, but also for the fleet led by Chekov, which has also won the battle. Not only did they annihilate the main fleet of the Demon Eye, capture Stillman, and capture the pirate base, but they even got an aircraft carrier, two battleships and five cruisers, along with tens of thousands of experienced Salga Space Fleet fighters.

Thinking of this, the corners of Helen's mouth couldn't help but show a playful smile. The beauty of the blooming flowers made the two bandit soldiers who had entered by her almost collide head-on.

The news of the Salga fleet, except for Markavich, is known only to Helen, who gets along with the fat man day and night. For the fat man's natural trust, Helen felt sweet in her heart. And Helen couldn't help but laugh at the thought of this guy's face when he unceremoniously bargained with the beautiful female major general before she left the room.

It was a mature beauty that even Helen was jealous of. The fat guy almost didn't off the beautiful commander.