Chapter 1083 Fighting Pirates
The Swan has now entered the star field of the Swirl Water Federation. In addition to avoiding star fields where fighting may break out, it must also be careful of pirates.
Due to the war, the fleet was requisitioned, and pirates began to operate in the dark areas between galaxies, and became more and more rampant.
The Swan encountered pirates two or three times during this month's journey. Fortunately, the scale was not large. They were either turned into space garbage by the Swan or found that they could not fight and ran away.
Regarding this war, Alyssa also had a good talk with Emma and Sun Lin, but did not get any useful clues.
The two originally worked for the Molybdenum Group. Vilania also asked about the absorber, but Emma, as a senior researcher, said that she had never heard of this thing and it was probably not under her jurisdiction.
In short, the fight was very inexplicable.
Recyclers will not directly participate in the war, and Alyssa has always been a recycler. Seeing that she could not ask anything useful, she did not continue to think about this issue for the time being.
First send people to the capital to deal with the urgent needs of the Cyclone Federation, and then go find your own starship. It happened that during this journey, Alyssa had enough time to consider what to do and make a more detailed plan, so as not to be criticized like the previous two times.
In the hangar, Fang Lanyin was busy repairing several carrier-based aircraft. When she tightened the last screw and covered the maintenance window, she couldn't help but turn back and said:
"Brother Li, why are you always sighing today?"
"Because I'm bored."
There was nothing to do with the three scripts, and there was nothing that Li Chengxi needed to care about.
In this case, Li Chengxi would usually find a drama to catch up with, or see if there are any new games that interest him.
But unfortunately, after watching a round today, I couldn't get excited.
"It would be nice if there were another group of pirates to make me happy."
"Brother Li, don't be such a pessimist. The boss said the pirates in this star field are very difficult to deal with..."
Fang Lanyin sorted out the toolbox and then said:
"It seems that we are about to reach the last neutral space station of the Xuanshui Federation. The boss said that we can pass through the star gate in a few days. At least it will be much more convenient to go to the capital star system of the Xuanshui Federation."
The void is too big, so big that it is still very difficult to travel long distances with the warship's jump ability.
As the saying goes, if you want to be rich, you must build roads first. This is the same even in the interstellar era.
How to solve the problem of long-distance movement is the top priority.
Star gates are one of the solutions. This is a super-large special creation. Two star gates form a pair and are arranged in different star systems.
When a ship passes through a star gate, it will reach the star gate on the other side.
In short, it is actually a super-large teleportation gate.
The reason why such a useful thing is not popular is not because the technology is immature, but because it is too damn expensive.
The construction and maintenance costs of the huge star gate are astronomical, and it is a super project that only a few major countries can afford.
The Swirl Water Federation only has this pair of star gates, and the next target of the Swan is there, which can greatly shorten the time to the capital galaxy.
Li Chengxi is indeed a little interested in this star gate. It is said that it is a ring-shaped object comparable to a planet, which must be very spectacular.
Just as I was imagining what a spectacular creation the star gate is, maybe Li Chengxi's crow's mouth really worked. Fang Lanyin, who was carrying a toolbox, immediately saw the lights in the hangar dimmed in an instant and turned red.
The battle alarm was sounded.
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“The radar signal is clear, and the unknown warship has entered the optical visual range.”
“The ship’s shadow is confirmed, three destroyers and one cruiser.”
“The other party did not respond, and the main gun charging signal was confirmed.”
“The shield is deployed, full firepower self-check, aim at the destroyer that is rushing forward, test fire and aim!”
“Understood, test fire and aim!”
The first shot of the long-range artillery battle is almost impossible to hit, and the Swan has no intention of avoiding it at all.
The main gun beams of the four warships made a stroke and flew past the Swan. The Swan’s light spear main gun is actually similar, and basically all misses.
But then it depends on the performance of the shipboard computer.
The performance of the Swan itself is similar to that of the current warships. After the modification by the royalists, the performance has been greatly improved.
The shipboard computer only had two seconds to recalibrate the firing parameters and give a reference answer. As the weapons officer, Long controlled the main gun, slightly corrected it according to experience and the position of the ship’s shadow seen in the gun mirror, and the next light spear gun was fired immediately.
"The main gun hits, the enemy's port side is on fire."
"The secondary gun turns, and we'll take advantage of that destroyer first."
"Understood, the secondary gun turns."
This artillery battle is actually very strange. It looks like the other side is a pirate, but pirates should threaten with force first, and they can generally pass safely as long as they hand over the goods.
However, the other side did not send any communication, and no one responded to the communication sent by Alyssa, and they fought as soon as they met without saying a word.
In other words, although it is a pirate ship, from this style, it is not like the operation of ordinary pirates.
Recalling that the warships of the Star Cluster Alliance once blocked the route of the Swan and demanded to board the ship for inspection, it is estimated that the origin of these pirates is a bit interesting.
"The counterattack barrage is coming."
"Avoid navigation, continue to aim at the destroyer."
The opponent's shipboard computer is not a little slow. After all, it is an old warship and its performance is just so-so.
But there were so many people that one of the destroyers caught fire. The other three warships also completed the test firing, aiming and calibrating the firing parameters, and opened fire on the Swan.
However, in Alyssa's opinion, the technology of this wave of pirates is worrying.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the performance of the Swan is better than theirs. At this time, they should try their best to make use of the advantage of numbers, use interference barrages and maneuver quickly.
Instead of the current situation where the four warships maintain the formation and fire, the firepower will only cover one surface, and the distance is very far. Even if the firing parameters are calibrated, it is not easy to hit.
For the maneuverable Swan, it only needs to take evasive sailing to avoid most attacks.
And the counterattack of the Swan is easier to hit because the opponent still adopts a dense formation.
The white gloves found by the Star Cluster Alliance Army are not very good at technical and tactical level...
"Torpedo launch."
"Understood, torpedo launch."
The twelve-tube torpedo launchers on both sides of the bow of the Swan exploded a layer of white mist, and a large number of torpedoes were launched in cold launch mode.
The enemy has deployed a dense formation. It would be a shame if we didn't fire a few torpedoes to celebrate.
The speed of a torpedo is definitely not as fast as a naval gun, but the advantage is that it is small in size but powerful, and it is difficult to detect in the void. By the time the radar notices such a small object, the distance is already very close.
