Can My Battleship Be Upgraded?

Maintenance of waterways must be carried out at regular intervals.

The maintenance fee for the waterway from the mining area to the outside world is also a fixed expense for the administrative residence of the mining area.

If the undeveloped and complex airspace in other directions is a narrow path, the waterway is equivalent to a thoroughfare.

You need to buy time to get rid of the small-tailed reconnaissance ships behind you. You will not rashly choose to take the winding path, which will slow down the speed.

So Wang Dong only needs to let the Pond take the lead and wait for the arrival of the scout ship somewhere in the channel.

He chose the junction between the mining star field and outer space.

There are unmanned space stations at regular intervals in the waterway, which are equivalent to monitoring and are inconvenient to do.

There are many meteorite groups near the channel at the junction of the mining star field and outer space, and they are far enough away from the mining star.

Here, Wang Dong can achieve his goal without leaving any trace as long as he uses his hands and feet a little bit.

A few hours later, on the channel at the junction of the mining star field and outer space, a small unmanned space station floated lonely on its post.

According to the responsibilities assigned to it by the designer, it performs sentinel tasks.

From birth to death, it remains unchanged.

This is a "Scarecrow-type" unmanned space station dedicated to waterways.

Its functions include monitoring, alarm, and interception functions.

When the situation in the waterway changes, it can analyze the urgency of the unexpected situation based on the built-in database and automatically issue different levels of warnings.

This type of unmanned space station is also equipped with a low-power laser weapon, which can intercept small space meteorites that affect the passage of waterways.

This channel is located at the junction of the mining area and outer space. The airspace conditions nearby are relatively changeable, and space meteorites often appear.

Even if active interception is adopted, some fish will still slip through the net occasionally.

There are even direct collisions with unmanned space stations.

This makes the "Scarecrow Type 1" channel-specific unmanned space station placed on this section of the channel require relatively high frequency of maintenance and replacement.

The criminal investigation official residence in the mining area has already made plans and wants to deploy another "Scarecrow Type 1" on this channel.

However, in recent years, with the baron's serious illness, the finances of the Blackstone Barony have been shrinking.

As an important source of income, the proportion of income that needs to be turned over in the mining star region is also getting higher and higher.

Even if the executive mansion tries to maintain it, it can only keep running and is far less wealthy than it was in the early years.

As a result, this plan has always remained at the planning stage and has not been implemented.

Another space meteorite crossed the curve and flew towards the channel.

After a short period of calculation, the central computer of the "Scarecrow Type 1" concluded that the meteorite would leave the waterway soon.

At the same time, communication confirmed that there were no ships sailing on the channel during the period when the meteorite passed through the channel.

Obviously, this meteorite poses no threat to shipping lanes.

Therefore, there is no need to activate higher-level alarms, nor to activate interception mode.

Each interception mode will not only consume additional energy, but also cause wear and tear on related components of the space station.

This greatly advances the next maintenance time.

This goes against the "control costs" directive written into the underlying logic.

Therefore, this "Scarecrow Type 1" continued to float quietly in place, quietly watching the meteorite, quietly waiting for it, and quietly leaving the channel.

However, when the meteorite followed its trajectory and approached this "Scarecrow Type 1", a dazzling light lit up.

The air mine, which was carefully fixed under the surface of the meteorite, was charged with detonating.

The explosion at close range not only blew the space meteorite as the carrier into pieces and scattered the fragments, but also the "Scarecrow Type 1" within the killing range was also hit hard!

In just an instant, "Scarecrow Type 1" was hit by a violent shock wave, and many internal components were damaged.

Just a few seconds later, some fragments of the space meteorite also hit the "Scarecrow Type 1" space station, causing a secondary blow.

This "Scarecrow Type 1" was destroyed in an instant.

The culprit is naturally the Pond hidden in the airspace outside the channel.

Just a mid-range detonation of an air mine.

This is the result of Wang Dong being able to control the detonation distance.

Wang Dong was not surprised at all by this result.

If it were detonated at close range, with the power of air mines, the unmanned space station would be blown to pieces like the meteorite.

This "Scarecrow Type 1" unmanned space station dedicated to waterways is inherently cheap and does not even have armor.

For weapons like air mines, which can even cause damage to the armor of the Fire Battleship, they are as fragile as a thin-skinned dumpling with large fillings.

Just one sip and it's all done.

The reason why Wang Dong deliberately controlled the detonation distance was to create the illusion that the space station was hit by a meteorite.

Otherwise, it would be easy for people to be wary of a space station that was clearly destroyed by an air mine.

After eliminating this "`~surveillance camera", you can let go of your hands and feet.

Soon, dozens more meteorites were placed in this channel.

Several of the meteorites were also fixed with air mines by Wang Dong.

After careful calculation, the effective killing range of these air mines after detonation is enough to include most of the waterways.

Weapons such as air mines are of little use in most space battles.

Because the air mine itself has no propulsion capability, it can only advance by the inertia of the launcher or wait passively.

It is easy to be exploded or avoided by various weapons from a distance.

This kind of backward weapon, which was originally stupid, had nothing but lethality, and was no longer used by many people, was played out by Wang Dong.

Mainly because of the cooperation of the mirage system, in the hidden state, Wang Dong can calmly set up traps, use his strengths and avoid weaknesses to achieve the best effect of air mines.

However, the stock of air mines on board the Pond has been running low after several uses by Wang Dong (Li Liao), and it is necessary to find opportunities to replenish them.

after a while.

A reconnaissance ship sailed along the channel at full speed.

"Little snake, has your tail been swung away?"

In the command cabin, Chen Bao's feminine voice sounded.

"Brother Leopard, all the tails were shaken off half an hour ago."

The captain nicknamed "Cauliflower Snake" replied respectfully.

"Very good. As long as we leave the mining area and enter outer space, we can change the course at any time. Only then will we be truly safe."

Chen Bao nodded with satisfaction.

"Thanks to Brother Bao's clever calculation, we were able to leave the mining star smoothly."

The middle management of the caravan on the side cheered very wisely. Others followed suit and bought.

Getting rid of all the pursuing soldiers obviously made Chen very satisfied.

He accepted all the kind words that came to him, and his face, which had always been gloomy in recent days, now had a bit more smile. .