56 56. Going To Sirius (1/2)

Everyone who was assigned to go to Sirius was waiting at the port of White Sandy city. The port was still loading some cargoes as well as vehicles. Everyone, there was talking with each other, most of them showed excited expression as they actually get to go overseas.

The platoon assigned to go to the Sirius was neatly lined and were briefed by their commanding officer. But most of them looked at the next line where another platoon was lined, they were actually assigned as the bodyguard of the convoy delivering the cargoes.

Vehicles were also being loaded in the cargo ship, they also loaded One CH-53 helicopter and three Huey which, were sitting in the flat deck of the ship. The people assigned to organize the cultural exchange will be riding in the cargo ship. The ship was not really that great as it was literally meant for carrying cargo, so most of them already expected an uncomfortable with the ship.

The soldiers were also gonna ride the cargo ship, the shop will be escorted by one destroyer. The escort destroyer will return to them after the ship will meet with the Minekazi destroyer that came from Ernan port.

The ships will be departing in three hours, most of the vessels are only loading the last cargoes and checking out the ship's engines and systems.

The ship is said to arrive at the port of Ernan after 24 hours. The cargo ship was designed to match the speed of the destroyers and battleships, even they are carrying heavy cargo.

After a few hours, the ships honked their horns signaling that they are departing. The cargo ship and its escort destroyer left the White Sandy City port at 0800 hours. They were expected to meet at 1600 hours with the Minekazi destroyer which will replace the cargo ship's current escort destroyer.

The two ships traveled toward the direction of the continent of Agua, which is about 3100 kilometers away from their country.

The Captain who was in the bridge accompanied by his officers were looking at the instruments in the dash of the ship. They were checking the status of the ships, such as speed, location, temperature, weather forecast, and the radar map.

One of the officers reported, ” Maximum speed will be reached in 8 minutes, engine temperature normal, wind speed 15 kilometers east, buoyancy stable. ”

The Captain spoke, ” Well the weather and sea current sure is friendly to us today, I guess we will be reaching the rendezvous location with the Minekazi very smoothly and easily. ”

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The platoon assigned as bodyguards that were in the deck the ship was talking about strategies to defend the convoy when they reach the land.

They were doing this after they have received a report about the special forces encountering some bandits while traveling. They were doing this for the safety of the civilians and cargoes that they were transporting.

After their departure, they were briefed by General Joey on how important the cargoes were, and they have also warned by Joey, ” If the cargoes are lost before reaching the City, the money from creating those cargoes will be taken from your paycheck and salaries. ”

So every member of the platoon was trying their best to defend the cargoes, as they already know who will pay the damages of the cargoes. So their excited faces immediately turned into serious bodyguards not letting a fly even land on the cargo containers. ”

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The ships have finally reached the rendezvous point with the Minekazi destroyer after eight hours of travel. The current escort destroyer turned back towards Dariel.

The Minekazi Captain radios the Cargo ship Captain, the Captain of the destroyer told the cargo ship captain to just follow them.

The cargo ship just followed the Minekazi Destroyer, the two ships were moving at their top speeds of 72 knots. It was an amazing sight that a heavy cargo ship is capable, to go head to head with a destroyer that was designed to chase and destroy other ships.

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At the Buckingham Palace, Dariel was sitting in his office listening to the clocks ticking, he was showing a bored face in the quiet room. Until a knock startled him, making him regain his attention at his paperwork.

A voice then spoke, ” Sir I am here to report ”