Chapter 1263.
TK043 Space Bastion, the Jiang Yuan high-speed destroyer was steadily docked at the air harbor berth.
To its right, the Jiang Yang of the same ship type had opened its landing hatch.
And behind the two destroyers, there was a scarred corvette, the Grayfish.
This warship, which originally belonged to the Star Pirates, was the spoils of this emergency rescue mission by the two ships, Jiang Yuan and Jiang Yang!
Although for the huge Holy Light Empire, or even the 7th Fast Reaction Fleet, such a retired frigate of an outdated model did not have any utilization value, and would have to be sent for dismantling and dismantling at a reverse cost.
But the significance of capturing it was that one could analyze the equipment and data on this Star Pirate warship to catch the big fish along the way, or the parties involved with this Star Pirate.
It was just that Wang Dust, who had returned to the base with his comrades, clearly felt that the atmosphere in the base was very wrong.
Like something big had just happened.
And it proved that Wang Chuan did not have an illusion, and by the evening he got the news.
It turned out that in addition to the two ships Jiang Yuan and Jiang Yang, the Seventh Fast Reaction Fleet had sent more warships around to put out the fire because a number of shipping lanes under the jurisdiction of TK043 had been attacked by star pirates, and a number of merchant ships had been hijacked.
Which meant that the same situation, surprisingly, happened multiple times at about the same time!
The 7th Fast Reaction Fleet had to pull most of its forces out of the harbor, causing the interior of the TK043 Space Fortress to become empty.
As a result, a large-scale explosion occurred in the interstellar prison of TK043 Space Fortress, with a group of felons escaping from the prison and a large number of casualties among the guards!
At this point, anyone could tell that the 7th Rapid Reaction Fleet had fallen for the enemy’s plan to divert the enemy from the mountain.
As for what exactly the identity and origin of this group of felons was, Wang Dust’s authority level was not high, so his understanding was very limited.
All that was known was that these prisoners were important.
And their escape was undoubtedly a heavy slap in the face of the 7th Fast Reverse Fleet.
It was rumored that the fleet’s top brass was enraged and had sent forces to hunt down the escaped prisoners.
It’s just that the sea of stars is vast, and it’s obviously not an easy thing to bring people back.
It was expected that the Imperial Army would also pursue responsibility.
In short, it was a mess.
But these things had nothing to do with Wang Chen, no matter how the outside world was flurrying, in the absence of a new mission, he stayed inside the base to train and study, living an extremely regular life.
A week later, Wang Chen received his own commendation.
Since the establishment of the Holy Light Empire, it had always paid great attention to military achievements, so within the system of the Imperial Army, the advancement of status could be very fast, even like riding a rocket.
The prerequisite was to have enough war merit to match the reward.
In the rescue operation of the Chang Tai, Wang Duan had two major merits.
The first was boarding the Gray Fish, capturing the star pirate warship, and killing a large number of enemies.
In fact, he was the one who infiltrated the Chang Tai’s merchant ship and saved the day at the critical moment, ensuring the rescue operation was completed smoothly.
His battle merit ranked at the top of all his peers!
Therefore, in light of Wang Dust’s merits, the Imperial Military Ministry promoted him after inspection and verification.
Wang Dust’s rank was directly raised from Staff Sergeant to Captain, equivalent to taking a big step up!
Three consecutive promotions.
Although such a promotion was far from unprecedented, not to mention unmatched, it was still an extremely dazzling honor.
Not only that, Wang Chen also obtained an Iron Dragon badge.
This badge represented another kind of identity.
Imperial Dragon Cavalry!
This was an honor that belonged to pilots.
Wang Dust’s original identity was that of a Ranger in the Black Flag Squad, belonging to the role of a free hunter.
Now it was even further.
The Imperial Dragon Cavalry was the elite of the elite of pilots, and its position in the fleet was very special and extremely important.
The tasks of a Dragon Ranger on the battlefield included, but were not limited to, sniping enemy leaders and elite pilots, boarding ships to capture flags and charge into battle, as well as protecting their own commanders and warships, and so on.
After becoming a Dragon Cavalryman, Wang Dust is no longer under the Black Flag Squad, but directly under the 7th Fast Reaction Fleet’s General Staff!
Although he would still have to follow the fleet and fight together in the future, he had a high degree of freedom and autonomy in the execution of his missions, and could even ask the battleships and mecha squads to cooperate with his actions.
The power of speech was no less than that of a captain of a small or medium sized battleship!
In addition Wang Dust’s salary and benefits were also increased significantly.
Of course, all the power and benefits needed to be earned by fighting with his life.
In the 7th Fast Reaction Fleet’s base camp, representatives from the Imperial Military Ministry and the fleet commanders held a simple but grand promotion reward ceremony for Wang Dust.
“Well done!”
The representative from the Imperial Military Ministry, a Major General with graying temples, personally hung up the Iron Dragon badge for Wang Dust, then patted Wang Dust on the shoulder and said, “Young man, your name has already appeared on His Majesty the Emperor’s imperial desk.”
The gazes of the surrounding people and others cast at Wang Dust instantly became scorching hot.
The promotion of a Staff Sergeant to Captain was a helicopter ride, but it wasn’t too much of a stretch.
A Ranger turning into a Dragon Rider was nothing more than a change of identity, still still belonging to the pilots fighting on the front line.
But Wang Dust’s name appeared on the Emperor’s case, which meant that he had entered the eyes of the highest level of the Empire – a rise to greatness was just around the corner!
Wang Chen was an Imperial citizen, and according to the current momentum, if he made some more praiseworthy achievements, his knighthood would be a foregone conclusion.
Moving from a citizen into the ranks of nobility would be a change in destiny!
“Willing to die for Your Majesty!”
Wang Dust’s reply was definitely the most standardized template, the impeccable kind.
“Very well.”
The major general of the military department laughed and said, “Captain Wang Dust, there’s another task that you need to cooperate in accomplishing right now.”
After the promotion ceremony, this representative of the Imperial Military Ministry brought Wang Dust to a conference room at the base and introduced him to several men and women with very special temperaments.
“This is Professor Chen, and this is Researcher Li …….”
There were a total of five people on the other side, and three of them were actually wearing myopic glasses – bearing in mind that corrective myopic surgery had already been perfected hundreds of years ago.
Their identities were equally special, surprisingly coming from the Holy Light Research Institute!
There was no doubt about the high level of the Sacred Light Research Institute as it could bear the name of the empire, in fact, among its original founders was the founding father of the empire, so the weight of the institute could be imagined.
But unlike the Empire’s highest science academy, the Sacred Light Research Institute has always had a low profile in the private sector, and has never recruited personnel from the outside, let alone appearing in any scientific awards.
So it was extremely mysterious.
However, Wang Chen knew that since the establishment of the Holy Light Empire, the Holy Light Research Institute had made a great contribution to the Empire’s journey towards the boundless sea of stars, and the countless scientific and technological achievements from its researchers had profoundly changed the entire human society.
It was only that it had always lurked behind the scenes, silently promoting the development of the world!