Qiu Feng listened to the reports of the five officers, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Equipment and soldiers will board the ship. We will set off on time in one hour. After flying 1 light-year away from the Demon Moon Star, we will activate the space jump to the designated area."

"Yes!" the five officers responded in unison, and then trotted onto the bridge. Apparently the soldiers and equipment had been loaded long ago, and they were only waiting for Qiu Feng's order.

At nine o'clock in the morning on November 21, 57 Star Calendar, Qiu Feng sat in the captain's seat of the command module of the Sky Eye universe-class battleship. The adjutant Colonel Qiu Lin sat on the left, and the seats slightly behind him sat on the left.

The first mate, Colonel Deng Mumu, the commander of the Mecha Commando Regiment, Colonel Chen Jiaming, the second mate Colonel Deng Jia, and the commander of the Space Fighter Flight Regiment, Colonel Guo Jingsi, are seated on the right side of the row slightly behind.

Qiu Feng said softly: "Let's go!"

Colonel Qiu Lin just raised his hand and waved it down suddenly. The other four colonels immediately operated a few times on the keyboard in front of their seats. After a slight shaking, the huge Zhou-class battleship began to exit the docking bay of the Demon Moon Star interstellar battleship.

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Three minutes later, Colonel Qiu Lin said: "Commander, we are now out of the gravitational area of ​​the Demon Moon Star. In the next five minutes, the Sky Eye will accelerate to 500 times the speed of light, and then activate the gravitational wave space jump area and jump to

The area is about 55 light years away from the Demon Moon Star. From that area, the Sky Eye will travel at 1,000 times the speed of light, searching for a spherical annular area of ​​50 to 60 light years around the Demon Moon Star.

When suspected resource stars are discovered, we will release the explorer ship. The explorer ship's normal speed can reach 1,200 times the speed of light, and its peak speed can reach 2,400 times the speed of light. Therefore, the explorer ship's independent inspection will not affect the normal progress of the Sky Eye.

If an uncontrollable situation or an emergency occurs, the assault ship will be released. The combat speed of the assault ship is 2000 times the speed of light, and the peak speed can reach 4000 times the speed of light. Space fighters are generally faster than assault ships, and mechas can only

Released during close combat."

Qiu Feng said lightly: "In my impression, the length of the Zhou-class battleship is 3,000 meters, the upper and lower outer diameters are 300 meters, and the left and right outer diameters are 500 meters. At full load, it can sustain a total of no less than 450,000 people for 3 months. At full combat

1,078 personnel is enough.

Now we only have more than 5,000 people in total, isn’t it a bit extravagant?”

Colonel Qiu Lin smiled and said: "Commander, we have a total of 6198 people on the Sky Eye, almost all of them are combat personnel, and there are less than 400 auxiliary personnel, and we have carried a total of 8 auxiliary ships, and the rest are all living supplies.

It can last for nearly 3 years of space flight consumption. If you save a little bit, it can last for five years of space flight.

Moreover, all mecha controllers and space fighter pilots are almost double the equipment rations, and sacrificing some things is naturally to obtain other levels of protection..."

"Dear comrades, the Sky Eye is about to enter the gravitational wave space jump. Please take protective measures." The voice of the first officer, Colonel Deng Mumu, suddenly sounded throughout the Sky Eye.

Qiu Feng had already been exposed to space jumps, so he was not nervous. Instead, he stretched out his right hand and gently held the armrest of the captain's seat. Apparently, he was not too worried about space jumps.

After the Sky Eye shook slightly again, Colonel Qiu Lin said to Qiu Feng: "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, the space jump is over, and the Sky Eye has officially started its interstellar exploration journey."

Qiu Feng waved his hand and said: "All reconnaissance equipment is turned on, slowly accelerating, and the mission of exploring new resource stars is carried out according to the established plan."

"Yes!" the five subordinates collectively replied.

Colonel Deng Mumu suddenly moved his fingers together, and then said on the command communication device: "The anti-collision shield is on, half power, detector No. 3, 60-degree angle area on the port side, the scanning range is expanded to 6 light years, rapid scanning is fast

Return the results."

Qiu Feng asked in confusion: "Colonel Deng Mumu, what's going on?"

Colonel Deng Mumu said: "Report to the Commander-in-Chief: It seems that we jumped directly into a meteorite belt. I really don't know how the preliminary intelligence work was done. If we hit a meteorite during the space jump, it will basically be the result of a ship crash and casualties.

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Colonel Chen Jiaming, who was close to Colonel Deng Mumu, glanced at the data on the display screen in front of Deng Mumu and said coldly: "Colonel Deng Mumu, the early intelligence is correct. This jump area uses a clean area of ​​at least 0.1 light-years. Our universe class

In such a large area, the size of a battleship is almost as large as that of an ant, which is completely negligible. The space jump is also absolutely safe. No matter how poor the first officer's skills are, there is no chance of an accident."

Colonel Deng Mumu was obviously unwilling to quarrel with Colonel Chen Jiaming in front of Qiu Feng. He just said to Qiu Feng: "Report to the commander, the port side, the starboard side, the front side, the upper side, the lower side, and the rear are all meteorite belts. The clean space in this area

There are more, but 0.1 light-year ahead, the meteorites are denser, and the Sky Eye can only maintain a traveling speed of 500 times the speed of light."

Qiu Feng said: "Send three expedition ships out and march in three direct directions ahead."

Colonel Deng Jia immediately shouted in front of the communication equipment: "Expedition Ship No. 1, Expedition Ship No. 2, and Expedition Ship No. 3, all, be ready to set off. We will set off in five minutes.

The bearing is in the shape of a triangle, 0.5 light-years away from the mothership, searching for the meteorite belt ahead."

Colonel Chen Jiaming said calmly: "The first battalion sent three companies to land on three expedition ships respectively, and the execution was carried out immediately."

Colonel Guo Jingsi said: "The third battalion sent three companies to land on three expedition ships, and the first battalion's special company dispatched from the mother ship to fly first."

Qiu Feng said calmly: "Holographic projection of the situation on the bow of the ship!"

The scene in front of the command module shook a few times, and the scenery in front of the Sky Eye universe-class battleship was all projected into the space in front of him. It was as if the front of the command module was a completely transparent cabin. In fact, the commander of the Sky Eye universe-class battleship

The cabin is located in the centermost area of ​​the entire battleship.

Countless space fighters as small as sparrows flew out, sliding into the dark starry sky in the distance without even a trace of tail flame in the vacuum of space.

Then three exploration ships slowly appeared in front of the Sky Eye battleship, slowly accelerating forward, slowly moving away from the Sky Eye, and setting off for the meteorite belt ahead in advance.

The distance of 0.1 light-year is actually a very short distance in the vast universe. Qiu Feng could even see through the holographic projection screen that after the three reconnaissance ships approached the meteorite belt, small black dots came out of the reconnaissance ships.

Flying towards the meteorites everywhere. Although it was his first time operating with a battleship, Qiu Feng knew very well that these black spots were the mechas in the three reconnaissance boats. When the meteorites were too dense, he could only send out mechas to get closer.

Investigate and obtain ore samples.
Chapter completed!