Chapter 423 Military-Industrial Complex Alliance
"This is probably the situation, boss! The backup attack team is currently attacking the building where the target is located, and it is expected that the breakthrough will be completed soon."
"Are you sure the target is inside?"
"This can only be said to be theoretically inside." The young man in charge of the report lowered his head and said nervously.
"Tsk"
Paris, who was sitting opposite him, clicked her tongue in displeasure, and then said:
"Don't think about the casualties. Let's fight quickly. The commander of the Capital Guard has called me countless times. There is not so much time for you to waste."
"Yes, boss!"
Soon, orders from the top made the attacking teams speed up their pace. With the promise of high bounties, these elite 'desperados' from multiple private military companies began to attack the building regardless of casualties.
When the 'quick' reaction force of the capital police force surrounded them, the two HCPs opened the way and demolished the wall, and allowed several heavy powered armors to rush into the building. They found that there were only a group of armed men with heavy casualties and confused faces inside, as well as a group of fallen soldiers. Several battle puppets on the ground.
"How many battle puppets resulted in such casualties?"
The officer of the security force looked at the scene in front of him with some doubts, but everything that happened today, including the order from his immediate superior, let him know that there were some things that he should not inquire about.
On the other side, after Paris learned that the target was not in the building, she was stunned for a moment, and then sneered.
"Oh, it seems like there is a 'noble person' helping behind the scenes."
"Boss, the ultimate goal is to escape the capital. Should we find a way to go to several airports to establish control?" the young man next to Paris asked.
"What you can think of, others can think of. Not to mention this mysterious force. Since they dare to intercept Hu Van Fleet, it means that they must have a complete set of plans."
Paris shook her head and continued: "Forget it, the commotion caused today is big enough, and we will have to contact the relevant departments in the capital one by one to deal with the aftermath."
"Then let them go like this? News just came from another team. There are only some fighting puppets in Guterres' bar. He and his family members have also disappeared."
"It's nothing strange. These two people have always been in contact. It's not surprising that they disappeared together." Paris stood up and walked out of the room while continuing:
"You know what? I have a hunch now that this mysterious force that hides itself may not be unfamiliar to us, and there will be a round of 'intimate contact' soon."
Paris' words made the young man think deeply, and then he suddenly said: "You mean Atlas? But why? Isn't it because of Atlas that Van Fleet and Guterres were hidden behind the scenes? ”
"After these two people were captured by Atlas, they stayed there for a long time. Who knows if they reached some kind of agreement?
And don’t you think the behavior of this mysterious force today is somewhat similar to Atlas? They have advanced technical capabilities and strategic planning capabilities, and are fully aware of our actions and prepared in advance, which is exactly the same as when they overthrew the federal army in the Pyla system."
"So what do we do now?"
"The main plan remains unchanged. We are preparing to attack the asteroid base of Atlas. Once we directly bulldoze them, these bluffing methods will naturally lose their effect."
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20 days later, UD74290 asteroid belt.
A huge fleet broke away from the jump and slowly slid into the material universe. The wave-shaped LOGOs drawn on each warship clearly explained their identity - the fleet of a private defense company under the Nutang Group.
The 18 federal navy capital ships temporarily 'anchored' under the Nu Tao flag, plus more than 220 light cruisers, destroyers, and frigates, are already one of the largest among the entire federal private fleet.
However, at this moment in the UD74290 asteroid belt, this fleet is just one member of the huge combined fleet.
The combined fleet composed of more than 30 leading federal companies may be the largest unofficial fleet in the history of the federation.
Under Paris's instigation, these companies basically brought out all their main forces. Counting the fleet of the Furious Wave Group, which was also almost deployed, the total number of ships in this combined fleet reached an unprecedented 1,402. This There are also 112 capital ships of various types.
It can be said that the number of ships has exceeded the number of five fleets previously predicted by Atlas.
But this is not the entire strength of this military-industrial complex combined fleet. There is another fleet also gathering at a location 4,000 kilometers away from the huge box array of the combined fleet.
It's just that compared to the corporate fleets in the military-industrial complex that are composed of recently retired or active warships, the ships in this fleet look more or less shabby.
Among the more than 400 ships, there is not a single capital ship, and even the number of relatively new military warships is not large. The majority are a large number of old ships that have long withdrawn from the federal navy's combat order, as well as those converted from civilian ships. Armed merchant ships.
And this kind of fleet configuration also fully explains the identity of this fleet-pirates.
On board the Kraken-class battleship 'Hood', the flagship of the Furious Wave Group fleet and also the flagship of this joint fleet, Megan Ford, the commander of the joint fleet, looked at the pirate fleet captured by the optical sensor on the screen and said :
"I didn't expect the boss would call these rabble here."
"Yeah, I don't know how Mrs. Paris pulled these guys together."
Megan's adjutant, Bell, who was recruited from the Federation Navy like him, also looked at the picture on the screen and shook his head.
Hearing Bell's words, Megan smiled and whispered:
"I have heard some rumors about this. It is said that in order to ensure the safety of the group's fleet, the boss has some contacts with several larger pirates. At the same time, she has the ability to get these people to break away from their pirate status and become regular pirates. '."
"Are you talking about being recruited by the Federation Navy? Are these rubbish that can't even form a formation?" Bell's eyes widened involuntarily. He never expected to hear such an answer.
"Actually, this is not surprising. The navy is currently short of people. Although these pirates are indeed not good enough, they at least have experience in fleet battles." Megan changed into a comfortable position on the captain's seat and continued. :
"Besides, if they want to be recruited, they must have that fate. In this joint operation, these pirates are originally positioned as cannon fodder. Their biggest role is to help us disperse the firepower of the Atlas Fleet."
"Isn't this too cautious? Although I heard that the Atlas Group does have something, how many warships can they alone assemble? If we include pirates, we have more than 1,800 ships. It’s enough to start a battle, even if it’s a ram, it can destroy Atlas’s ships, right?”
"There's no harm in being cautious. If we have so many boats capsized in the gutter, it would be a disgrace to grandma's house."
As Megan spoke, he looked at the virtual screen showing the command interface, which was showing the status of each fleet in the combined fleet.
"According to plan, we should be the last fleet to arrive. Should all the fleets have arrived by now?"
"Yes, sir, the combined fleet has been assembled." Bell's tone unconsciously increased a lot. As the adjutant of a fleet with 1,800 warships of various types, this is an experience he has never had in the federal navy.
"Very good, give me the order to set the battle speed of each ship and prepare to start the attack."