Chapter 538: Looting (1)

"Have you not contacted Ueno Fire?"
Leo Semper walked back and forth in the cabin uneasy and asked the reporter the same question for the twelfth time, and the result was the same as the previous eleven times.
"No, sir, I didn't receive any message from Wildfire."
"It's been so long..."
He stood still and came to the edge of the chart, with a pushpin nailed to the last reported position of the Wildfire.
A few hours ago, he received a telegram from Wildfire indicating that they had found the ship that was killed. This was a good thing. Wildfire asked the fleet to slow down and wait for him to do the same.
But he did not expect that this would be the last message sent by the Wildfire. After that, no matter how the telegrapher contacted, the Wildfire was like a silence, and there was no response...
This makes Leo Semper very uneasy, because according to the speed of the Wildfire, if it is moving at full speed, it will already catch up with the fleet at this time.
In order to wait for the Wildfire, the speed of the entire fleet has slowed down to half of usual, and it is almost approaching the afternoon. If the Wildfire has not appeared at night, then things may be very serious.
"Order that all ships enter combat readiness."
After thinking about it for a while, Leo Semper gave his order, so the sailors entered their positions, especially the main turrets and auxiliary gun positions.
But at night, the Wildfire did not appear, as if it had disappeared.
Sailing at night, Leo Semper could have temporarily handed over his post to the deputy captain and had a good rest, but the disappearance of the Wildfire made him unable to sleep. He just sat on a chair in the command cabin and stared at the chart.
He was thinking about what happened to the Wildfire?
Is it a mechanical failure?
But even a mechanical failure does not prevent them from sending radio messages.
Did they encounter an attack?
Leo Semper couldn't find a target that could threaten the Wildfire. Although it is only a cruiser, it is known for its speed. Even if it can't beat it, it is difficult to catch any boat. A warship that can catch up with it often cannot beat it.
And in this sea area, there seems to be no hostile forces.
Mysterious Trust Council?
I heard that they had a fleet that was erratic like a ghost, but that was just some kind of rumors that no one had ever witnessed.
West Benedict Empire?
This is possible because they have more than once protested the trade between the Republic and the so-called "traitors" in their mouths, but they should now be poor to deal with the offense of the Trust Council and are unlikely to come to provoking the Republic.
And...Oak?
When this idea leaped into his mind, Leo Semper even wondered if he was having problems with nervousness.
The brainless green-skin beasts have nothing but muscles. On land, they may be able to rely on brute force to make the stupid army eat a big loss, but at sea, their muscles have nothing but to make them sink faster. usefulness.
This kind of thing similar to animals, probably can't even pile up blocks, how can it be possible to use complex warships?
But apart from these enemies, what ghosts can sink a thousands-ton cruiser on the barren sea? Isn’t it the sea monster in ancient legends?
A series of problems made Leo Semple's head swell. He stood up from the chair and picked up the kettle to prepare some refreshing drinks for himself. Maybe he changed to rest for a while. Maybe the Wildfire appeared in the morning tomorrow. The fleet is near, maybe their radio is broken
maybe.
So comforting himself, Leo Semple took a deep breath of the salty sea breeze outside the cabin, and then handed the kettle to the side serviceman.
The moonlight is very clear tonight, and the weather after the storm is always the same. More than a dozen ships are arranged in a standard formation, and they are constantly signaling each other with lights, marking their respective distances to prevent collisions, everything seems to be There is nothing unusual.
"Sir!"
Suddenly, a faint sound came from the mast, and Leo Semple looked up and found that the watchman was calling himself.
"what happened?"
He quickly returned to the command pod and said to the microphone:
"What happened?"
"41 degrees to the left, a ship shadow is found!"
"What distance!"
Leo Semper was immediately excited, and the Wildfire finally caught up!
"Within 10,000 meters! Sailing at high speed!"
"High-speed navigation... beacon!"
Saying that, Leo Semper took the telescope and walked out of the cabin, looking out, but his vision was not as good as that of the watchmen, and he could not find the trace of the Wildfire on the dark sea.
"Why not turn on the signal light?"
This darkness made him vigilant, and then the watchman's report made him feel that something was wrong.
"Sir! The other party did not respond!"
"Pull the alarm!"
Ding Ding Ding~~!
The sudden ringtone caused many sleeping sailors to roll off the bed directly, and then they ran out of the lower deck with the crowd, and came to their posts confusedly, and some went wrong, which caused another There is no small confusion.
With the alarm bell on the Red Dawn, several other frigates also sounded the alarm sounds. They are all small frigates under 3,000 tons and belong to the seagull class with the largest service in the Republic.
The frigate is a kind of ship unique to the Republic, and it is also called an destroyer by other countries. This kind of warship does not have strong firepower, but the speed and seaworthiness are good, coupled with the low cost, it is very suitable for missions, so it is widely used At present, there are hundreds of ships serving in the navy alone, and some belong to the inland fleet.
"Sir!"
The deputy captain in a hurry came in, but saw Leo Semper with a serious expression.
"what happened?"
"Wildfire appeared."
"Why pull the alarm?"
"because……"
Leo Semper slammed the console ~EbookFREE.me~ and shouted into the microphone:
"Fire flares!"
Bang~!
Soon, the main gun on the front deck fired several flares toward the left side. These violently burning ammunition were hung with small parachutes behind them, which can greatly delay the fall speed.
As a white light illuminates the sea, a blurred silhouette appears in people's vision, it is chopping waves and galloping towards the fleet.
"That's...Wildfire?"
The deputy captain rubbed his eyes, but they didn't look very real, but Leo Semple clenched his fists.
"Once it was, but it's not now... Each gun position aimed at the target and fired immediately!"
"Wait! Why attack Wildfire!"
"Because it has been taken away, haven't you seen it!"
When the warship that returned like a ghost entered the six-kilometer warning zone, the shadow on its outline was finally erased, and the watchman on the Red Dawn stared in horror, as if he saw it. The most terrible thing in life...
On the high mast, hundreds of blood-stained scary heads were shaking in the sea breeze, shaking with them, and a black battle flag!
"Enemies! Enemies!"
Boom~!
The main gun of the Red Dawn fired first, and then more artillery joined the concert, and the upper deck of the Wildfire caught fire.
Subsequently, its former main gun also fired at the fleet, but the shells just landed indiscriminately in the sea without causing any threat.
The fleet quickly changed its formation, the carrier began to accelerate, and the Red Dawn led another frigate to turn to intercept the wild wildfire, but at this chaotic moment, the two predators quietly appeared in the distant sea... …