So, Seven Lù did a little something to the energy storage system programs of the two usable Space Ion Beam Cannons on this Starship.
Xia Chujian then took Seven Lù to the two Starships that had been modified from normal Cruisers, first disrupting the Gravity Field outside, and then adding a little something to the energy storage programs of the four normally functioning Space Ion Beam Cannons on the top deck.
While Seven Lù was waiting to upload the "loop" material, it suddenly discovered that the Flying Base Warplanes and Airships surrounded by the Star Pirates "Bodhi Leaf" were still using the original communication frequency of the base to build their own local area network.
Seven Lù had copied this communication frequency from the Mechanical Intelligence on the Cruiser side.
Seven Lù habitually scanned the base as well...
When Seven Lù's loop program was uploaded, Xia Chujian looked at the time again, and there were only ten minutes left.
"What about the Magnetic Railguns on those five Starships over there?" Xia Chujian looked at the five ships at the bottom, which had been modified from retired Cruisers.
These five ships were not equipped with high-powered Space-Based Weapons like Space Ion Beam Cannons, but they did have Magnetic Railguns, a secondary type of Space-Based Weapon.
Seven Lù calculated for a while and suggested to Xia Chujian, "Master, the power of the Magnetic Railguns is much lower than that of the Space Ion Beam Cannons, so don't worry. Let's go back, we're running out of time!"
Its most basic underlying logic was to protect Xia Chujian's life.
Xia Chujian looked at the time and realized that there really wasn't enough time. She nodded and said, "Okay, let's go then. Seven Lù, I think you have a way to deal with those Magnetic Railguns, right?"
Seven Lù's childish voice cheerfully said, "Master is so smart! Don't worry! Seven Lù is here!"
Xia Chujian: "..."
She pursed her lips and decided to fly back, so she would meet the Falcon-Class D1 Starry Sky Cruiser halfway.
Because they were flying towards each other at the same time, she would only need a little over a minute to return to her Cruiser.
Seven Lù's time calculation was very accurate.
At one minute and six seconds, Xia Chujian had already boarded her Falcon-Class D1 Starry Sky Cruiser.
She descended from the top deck, returned the way she came, and then sat down in her Captain's cabin.
The Mecha on her body was retracted, switched to the original close-fitting mode, and then she put on the Fourth Interstellar Fleet's military uniform.
At this moment, there were still eight minutes before this Starry Sky Cruiser reached the destination she had just visited.
Xia Chujian was thinking hard about her combat mode.
When she first went to that Bodhi Leaf Star Pirates organization's Starship, Xia Chujian was thinking about whether she could contact the besieged base Warplanes and Interstellar Airships in advance, so that she could organize a counterattack from the inside out.
But as soon as she went, she saw the Star Pirate who sent the signal committing an act of inhumane cruelty.
At that time, she judged that this scumbag could not possibly be an undercover agent from the Flying Base.
Even if she was wrong, that person deserved to die.
So what if he was an undercover agent? He had obviously colluded with that group of Star Pirates.
Of course, the biggest possibility was that this person was not their undercover agent, but that they had an undercover agent from the Star Pirates.
This could also explain why those student Warplanes, and even the base's rescue Airships, could be wiped out in one fell swoop and besieged here.
Although the Star Pirate Captain's daughter said that they only wanted to besiege the base's Warplanes and Airships for Seven Days, and then withdraw, without any intention of fighting.
But the problem was, was what that woman said necessarily true?
What if she was lying to Xia Chujian on her deathbed? Could Xia Chujian rely on the words of a Star Pirate and the daughter of a Star Pirate boss to formulate her combat strategy? Absolutely not! Xia Chujian felt that the most prudent approach was to formulate her battle plan according to her own judgment, based on the worst-case scenario, in order to achieve the best possible outcome.
The information she had obtained, whether true or false, could only serve as her reference.
As for the weighting ratio of the reference, she would let Seven Lù calculate which information had the highest probability of being true, and which had the lowest probability of being true.
She looked at a small three-dimensional Star Chart on the eyepiece display screen, and gradually had an idea in her mind.
For the first time leading such a battle, Xia Chujian decided not to use unconventional tactics, but to take the orthodox path.
She would act as if she knew nothing, and fight as she should.
Everything would start from "common sense and reasonable deduction."
Just as Xia Chujian was about to address all the personnel on the Cruiser, Seven Lù finished calculating and suddenly spoke.
"Master, the calculation of the information reference weight is complete, and the data will be sent to you soon. However, Seven Lù has just learned of another piece of news that Master must know."
"What news? Where did it come from?"
"...It was obtained from the internal network communication of the warplanes and airships at the Flying Base surrounded by Star Pirates."
Seven Lù's childish voice grew softer, like a guilty child who had done something adults forbade.
Xia Chujian raised her eyebrows: "How did you connect to it?"
Seven Lù said, "...When we went to scout the Star Pirates, Seven Lù scanned the last Star Pirate Cruiser and found that the communication channels of the surrounded warplanes and airships were the same as the original channels of the Flying Base, so... so I just connected..."
Xia Chujian was dumbfounded: "...They're surrounded by Star Pirates and haven't changed their communication channels?! What gives them the courage!"
If those Star Pirates were bolder, they would have wiped them out long ago! Xia Chujian was almost feeling sorry for their misfortune and angry at their lack of ambition.
Suppressing her anger, she asked, "What did you find?"
Seven Lù quickly adopted a "redeem myself" tone, cutely saying, "Master, Seven Lù discovered that someone there is requesting to install Brain-Computer Interfaces and chips for all the trainees!"
Xia Chujian: "...Brain-Computer Interfaces? At this time? Are they crazy?!"
In Xia Chujian's mind, a Brain-Computer Interface was a major surgery that couldn't be done on a whim!
Not to mention putting a chip inside!
But Seven Lù said in confusion, "Master, they're not crazy... At this time, installing Brain-Computer Interfaces and using chips to uniformly command everyone's actions is the best counterattack measure!"
Xia Chujian said, "Of course you like Brain-Computer Interfaces and chips! But those are people! Is it so easy to install a Brain-Computer Interface in the brain?"
Seven Lù was even more puzzled: "It's very easy... The Beichen Empire has Handheld Brain-Computer Interface Installers, like staplers. Just staple it to the back of the brain, and a Brain-Computer Interface can be installed, then insert the chip. It can be done in less than a minute."
Xia Chujian: "!!!"
"That easy?!" Xia Chujian was a little ashamed. Her knowledge was indeed not as extensive as Seven Lù's.
But she subconsciously objected: "But that's still not right! Installing it at this time is purely taking advantage of the situation!"
Now it was Seven Lù's turn to not understand: "...Master, why not? How is it taking advantage of the situation?"
Xia Chujian quickly said, "Those trainees are originally Military pilots. Why didn't they install it before, but suddenly want to install it now? I don't believe the Military didn't make this request when they were in their respective fleets."
"They didn't install it then because they didn't want to. Now they're proposing to install it for them, isn't it just taking advantage of this opportunity of being surrounded by Star Pirates to force them to agree?"
"Also, we trainees are just performing training missions at the base, flying over the Asteroid Belt. Who would carry a Handheld Brain-Computer Interface Installer with them?"
Seven Lù then said, "The airships that came to rescue them are carrying them, not the trainees."
Xia Chujian frowned: "Then that's even more problematic. They're just here to rescue, why would they carry this kind of thing? Did they know they would be surrounded by Star Pirates?"
That meant there was definitely a Star Pirate mole at the base!
Her rescue plan had to be changed again...
Seven Lù searched the information it had just received again, and said truthfully, "Master, one of the ten Interstellar Airships that came to rescue had just gone to Shaofu Star to perform a mission, installing Brain-Computer Interfaces for the new members of the Governor's Office guard there."
"After returning, before it could land, it was sent by the base to the Asteroid Belt to pick up the trainee warplanes that wanted to withdraw."
"Because there were too many trainees sending out 'withdrawal' flares at the time, the base sent all the Interstellar Airships, but it still wasn't enough, so it let this airship that had just returned from its mission come in too."
Xia Chujian was suspicious: "How do you know so much?"
Seven Lù said in a childish voice, "It's all in the local area network discussion group there. Yes, all the trapped trainees and the pilots of the airships that came to rescue them formed a group and are discussing how to save themselves."
Xia Chujian's expression softened slightly, but she still said grumpily, "It's been almost Seven Days, and they're still discussing. Can they really go to the battlefield and win battles like this?!"
She thought for three seconds and said decisively, "The communication channel model of the base, my Cruiser's Mechanical Intelligence should also have it stored, right?"
Seven Lù said, "Yes, because they belong to the same Military system and came to rescue, Seven Lù found that the Mechanical Intelligence of this Cruiser stored a lot of information about the Kanli Star Flying Base, including the communication channel of that base."
Then it explained in a milky voice, "Seven Lù found it in the memory of this Cruiser!"
Xia Chujian nodded: "Okay, I'll try."
In order not to expose that she had another Mechanical Intelligence assisting her, she could only proceed cautiously step by step.
Xia Chujian made a decision to first assign tasks to those five hundred Starry Sky Marines.
Compared to those Interstellar Fleet elites, the pilots and Navigators who could be counted in the attrition rate, Xia Chujian trusted these Starry Sky Marines who weren't even counted in the denominator of the attrition rate more at the moment.
Not for any other reason, mainly because these Marines were more obedient and could better obey and carry out her instructions.
As for the pilots and Navigators, she had already put two Navigators in confinement.
Why? Because they directly questioned her decisions and refused to obey.
A war was about to break out, so why keep these people around to make things difficult for herself? Since she was the commander-in-chief of this campaign, they had to listen to her! She had never heard of having to coddle a few ancestors while fighting on the battlefield.
This is the first update. The second update will be at 1 p.m., a long chapter, the last bonus update for the June Moon Ticket.
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