ACT227: Cosmic Pirates
In the chaotic land where there is no "order" in the Shattered Star Zone, there is an ancient profession that only remains here in today's society - cosmic pirates!
This profession was once at its peak in the "Great Universe Era", when not only private enterprises organized by the people, but even the military could take the "employment certificate" issued by the state and develop a side business by robbing the merchant ships of other countries. It can be said that the navy officially rose from that bad and prosperous era, surpassing the army in status.
However, since the banning of the strange thing of "privateer license" in various countries, it has been difficult to see the cosmic pirates in several major star fields, but in the Broken Star Zone, where the terrain is complex and has been in a state of anarchy, this industry has been enduring, and many ship groups not only have dealings with cosmic pirates, but even often make cameos themselves, robbing past merchant ships to subsidize their families.
Therefore, when Zhao Jian learned that they were surrounded by a group of armed ships, he immediately knew that he had encountered something.
"Three fat people, tell those teasing hairies to come down quickly, we are in trouble!"
Because he had never encountered a similar situation before, and because he had overly believed in the search ability of the ancient people's radar, Xiao Lu did not discover each other until they drilled into the other party's encirclement and these armed ships came out of the asteroid where they were hiding. And at this time, it's too late to escape!
After dragging all the hairs off, the figures of 12 enemy ships had already appeared in their naked eye. As can be seen from the appearance, these armed ships were originally civilian ships, but the hulls have been greatly modified for combat, not only to enhance their armament, but also to weld a large number of steel plates on the surface to improve the defense capability.
When this pile of "beggar ships" that looked ragged first appeared, Zhao Jian also wanted to prepare his fleet for battle and have a good time with them. All the ships on his side have been reequipped with 14.5mm twin anti-aircraft machine guns, and the steel core bullets used are very impressive in terms of penetration. Hit small boats. But when Zhao Jian and his subordinates saw the main weapons equipped on the two largest ships of the other party, they immediately calmed down!
"! Is even the firepower of the pirates so ferocious now!? Is it really okay to equip this 6,000-ton ship? ”
"Look at the shape of the turret, it's a British MKX 12-inch gun. Tut! It turns out that the rumor that they used weapons to exchange high-level god cores with the pirates of the Shattered Star Zone is true! ”
"These pirates are also very desperate to rob!"
No one would have thought that a group of pirates would be so frenzied!
The MKX main gun was the standard configuration of the first generation of British dreadnoughts that year, with a caliber of 12 inches (305mm) and a diameter of 45 times, which was very impressive in terms of production, but the warships equipped with this type of main gun have now been disassembled. However, it has been rumored internationally that when Britain dismantled these old warships, many of the dismantled weapons were not destroyed, but secretly transported to the Shattered Star Zone. Used to exchange the high-level Divine Cores they found from the local shippers.
The hull of the two "privately converted heavy gunboats" in front of Zhao Jian and others was originally only 5,500 tons, and the tonnage was also the level of a light cruiser. But the pirates just stuffed a duplex on such a small body, and it was almost incongruous to death from a distance. The thick gun mount even popped out of the bottom after penetrating the entire hull.
In order to prevent this giant cannon from tearing the hull and flying out of the body due to the huge recoil when it was fired, the pirates desperately thickened the width of the middle of the hull, causing the entire hull to be seriously out of shape. Zhao Jian couldn't imagine it. What kind of wrecked body will these two pirate gunboat mothers be! The other 10 ships were obviously high-speed boats with increased horsepower, and when they rushed up, they circled around Zhao's fleet like hungry wolves hunting sheep.
Faced with the threat of these two giant cannons, Zhao Jian did not dare to risk the lives of thousands of people for a momentary bravery. He ordered the ships to make a gesture of surrender. While urgently contacting the maintenance station, let the Jiana sisters hurry over to the rescue. As long as his two regular military heavy patrols came, it would definitely be an easy task to overturn these pirate ships.
The fleet soon stopped, and Zhao Jian asked his men to paralyze each other with lanterns and white flags. At this time, Rezenov and Chrysgar ran to the bridge and asked Zhao Jian about the situation.
"What's going on?"
"There are pirates."
"Just these few small broken ships, are those large-caliber heavy machine guns on your ships ornamental?"
"Pirates with 12-inch guns. You tell me? ”
“…… Are you kidding me? ”
Without opening his mouth to explain anything, Zhao Jian raised his hand and handed the other party a telescope, and Rezenov's eyelids jumped when he looked at the two gunboats. A battleship-class main gun of this caliber can beat a destroyer into a part state with a single shot, not to mention a freighter with worse defense.
"Daddy Victor, if the pirates come aboard the ship later, I'll come forward to negotiate with them. You and your men are hiding in the cabin, especially Chrisgar. Don't let her be seen. ”
Zhao Jian and Rezenov both know very well that these pirates are some hungry scum, and if they see a tall and plump beauty like Chrisga, the situation will definitely develop in the direction of "Lifanhua", which is what none of them want to see.
So Zhao Jian asked all the few women on the ship to hide in the hidden compartment, and then walked up to the deck with a few of his men. Soon one of the pirate ships approached, and some of the guys, who looked and dressed like "villains", slid onto the deck of the Hydrangea with hook locks and space jetpacks. At this time, Di Rui, who was standing beside Zhao Jian, suddenly looked at him, and then muttered in a low voice.
"Young master, I think you should also hide with the girls."
"Why should I hide? I'm a man, I'm ...... it! ”
Di Rui's words made Zhao Jian suddenly realize that he now has no shiny muscles in his previous life, and he also belongs to the "beautiful boy" in appearance! In addition to being quite popular with girls, his little white face is also quite "praised ♂" in the world. In case anyone in this gang of pirates is good at "that mouth", the severity of the consequences has already made Zhao Jian dare not imagine.
"Uncle Di! Why didn't you say it earlier!? ”
"Young master, I just noticed it!"
For a while, the crisis of "chrysanthemum remnants" made Zhao Jian feel like a man's back, and the more than 30 pirates who forcibly boarded the ship also held the Mauser-style submachine pistols that Zhao Jian had once equipped, and surrounded everyone on the deck. (To be continued......)