War Orphans

On July 8, Cosmic Year 125, Li Xiucheng was in space.

A fleet bearing the Shadow Mad Dog Squad's flag—a regiment-level fleet—consisted of the Rebel MS Carrier, Shieldbreaker Destroyers, Armored Frigates, the La Kai Ram, as well as supply ships and Transport Ships.

Ordinary people who saw such a formation would assume the Shadow Mad Dog Squad was heading into battle.

Yet this regiment-level fleet was actually escorting a merchant convoy.

The merchant convoy numbered more than three hundred ships. Even the smallest vessels were over five hundred meters long, while the largest exceeded a kilometer.

Several corporations had jointly hired the Skywing Mercenary Group to escort the convoy to the Gas Empire.

The deposit alone exceeded ten billion Earth Sphere Credits, and that was merely for escorting the convoy from the Zone 3 colonies to the Zone 1 colonies.

Li Xiucheng was leading this regiment-level fleet. Not long after escorting a convoy of nearly a hundred ships to the Zone 3 colonies and bringing the merchant convoy to a certain country's port for refitting,

Base 22 sent a request for help, asking the Shadow Mad Dog Squad for assistance. Most of Base 22's injured units had already accepted other commissions, while the remaining units were undergoing refitting at the base. Not a single unit was available to escort a merchant convoy of more than three hundred ships.

Left with no alternative, the branch base commander contacted Li Xiucheng and requested his help.

After reviewing the merchant convoy's information and the amount of the deposit, Li Xiucheng agreed.

"Wow, foreman, I never expected the ones escorting our merchant convoy to be one of the Sky Wing Mercenaries' direct units. They even have a Mobile Armor." An employee pointed toward the distant Luvijelu.

"Enough talking and staring. We have work