Proud Chen Bao

The maintenance of the channel must be carried out every once in a while.

　　The maintenance fee of the channel leading to the outside world from the mining area star field is also a fixed expenditure of the administrative residence of the mining area star field.

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

　　In order to gain time to get rid of the small tail reconnaissance ships behind, we will not rashly choose to take the narrow 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 reconnaissance ship at a certain point in the channel.

　　He chose the junction of the mining area star field and outer space.

　　There are unmanned space stations at intervals in the channel, which is equivalent to monitoring, and it is inconvenient to take action.

　　There are many asteroid groups near the channel at the junction of the mining area star field and outer space, and the distance from the mining star is far enough.

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

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

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

　　From birth to death, it remains unchanged.

　　This is a "Scarecrow Type 1" dedicated channel unmanned space station.

　　Its functions include monitoring, alarm, and interception.

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

　　This type of unmanned space station is also equipped with low-power laser weapons, which can intercept small asteroids that affect the passage of the channel.

　　This channel is located at the junction of the mining area star field and outer space. The airspace nearby is relatively changeable and asteroids often appear.

　　Even if active interception is taken, there will occasionally be some fish that slip through the net.

　　There are even some that directly hit the unmanned space station.

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

　　The Criminal Investigation Official Residence of the Mining Area Star Field has already had a plan to deploy another "Scarecrow Type 1" on this section of the channel.

　　However, in recent years, with the Baron's serious illness, the finances of the Black Stone Baron Territory have been shrinking.

　　As an important source of income, the proportion of income that needs to be handed over by the mining star field has also increased.

　　Even if the administrative mansion tries to maintain it, it can only keep it running, which is far less than in the early years.

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

　　Another asteroid crossed the curve and flew into the channel.

　　After a short period of calculation, the central computer of this "Scarecrow Type 1" concluded that the meteorite will leave the channel range soon.

　　At the same time, after communication confirmation, there were no ships sailing on the channel during the period when the asteroid passed through the channel.

　　Obviously, this asteroid is not a threat to the channel.

　　Therefore, there is no need to activate a higher level of alarm, let alone activate the interception mode.

　　Each interception mode not only consumes extra energy, but also wears out the relevant components of the space station.

　　The time for the next maintenance is greatly advanced.

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

So, this "Scarecrow I" continued to float quietly in place, quietly watching the asteroid, quietly waiting for it to leave the channel.

　　However, when the asteroid approached this "Scarecrow I" along its trajectory, a dazzling light lit up. The space mine carefully fixed under the surface of the meteorite was detonated remotely.

　　The explosion at close range not only blew up the asteroid as a carrier into pieces, the fragments flew everywhere and the "Scarecrow I" within the killing range was hit hard!

　　In just a moment, the "Scarecrow I" was hit by a violent shock wave, and many internal parts were damaged.

　　Just a few seconds later, some fragments of the asteroid also hit the "Scarecrow I" space station, causing a second blow.

　　This "Scarecrow I" was destroyed in an instant.

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

　　Only a medium-range detonation of an space mine.

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

　　Wang Dong was not surprised by this result.

　　If it was detonated at close range, with the power of the space mine, the unmanned space station would be blown to pieces like the asteroid.

　　This "Scarecrow Type 1" channel-specific unmanned space station was originally a cheap product, without even armor.

　　For a weapon like space mines that can even damage the armor of the Fire warship, it is as fragile as a dumpling with thin skin.

　　The kind that can be destroyed with one hit.

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

　　Otherwise, a space station that was obviously destroyed by space mines would easily make people wary.

　　After destroying this "surveillance camera", Wang Dong could let go.

　　Soon, more than a dozen asteroids were placed in this section of the channel.

　　Wang Dong also fixed space mines on several of the asteroids.

　　After careful calculation, the effective killing range of these air mines after detonation was enough to cover most of the channel.

　　space mines are not very useful in most space battles.

　　Because air mines have no propulsion ability, they can only be propelled by the inertia of the launcher or passively wait. They are easily detonated or avoided by various weapons at a long distance.

　　This kind of backward weapon, which is stupid and has nothing but lethality, and few people use it, but it was played by Wang Dong.

　　It is mainly because of the cooperation of the Mirage system that Wang Dong can calmly set traps in a hidden state, play to his strengths and avoid weaknesses, and give full play for the most effective use of space mines.

　　However, after Wang Dong used it several times, the stock of space mines on the Pond was running low, and it was necessary to find an opportunity to replenish it.

　　After a while.

　　A reconnaissance ship sailed along the channel at full speed.

　　"Little snake, have you shaken off all the tails behind?"

　　Chen Bao's voice sounded in the command cabin.

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

　　The captain nicknamed "Little Snake" answered respectfully.

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

　　Chen Bao nodded with satisfaction.

　　"Thanks to Brother Bao's brilliant plan, we can leave the mining planet smoothly."

　　The middle-level of the caravan on the side said sensibly. Others followed suit.

　　It was obvious that Chen Bao was very satisfied of getting rid of all the pursuers. He accepted all the good words, and his gloomy face in recent days also showed a few more smiles.