In the middle of the night, the ringing of the mobile phone woke Wang Yu up from his sleep.
He reached out for his phone and took a look, then quickly woke up.
This is an urgent muster notice from the Imperial officer responsible for all matters involving the Ghost Squadron here.
The content of the notice was very simple, requiring all members of the Ghost Squadron to report immediately to a briefing room at the base in Orillia.
Wang Yu shook Liu Lingxin's shoulder beside him with his hand to wake her up.
The girl opened the quilt and sat up. Her snow-white skin looked quite alluring under the dim light.
Although she still looked a little sleepy for a short period of time, she rubbed her face with her hands twice and woke up quickly.
Then her eyes noticed the emergency gathering notice.
"Is this an emergency gathering?" She blinked.
Wang Yu nodded and handed her the clothes folded and placed beside the bed.
The two quickly put on their clothes, washed up quickly and left the dormitory - fortunately, they went to bed after taking a shower after a lot of trouble last night, which saved them the trouble of cleaning up at this very special time.
In the corridor, they met Luo Yu who also walked out of the room, with a puzzled look in his eyes.
It’s a time to assemble at this time, and it’s a gathering notice sent by the Imperial officer to the Ghost Squadron.
It must not be that Orillia has any particularly urgent tasks to entrust to them, but some more special circumstances.
With doubts, all members of the Ghost Squadron came to the corresponding briefing room.
And here, the imperial colonel officer who has been responsible for their mission in Orillia is already waiting here.
He seemed to be smoking one cigarette after another, making the entire briefing room filled with smoke.
Wang Yu looked at the "No Smoking" sign next to him and twitched his lips.
As they walked in, the imperial officer immediately put out the cigarette in his hand and asked the orderly to open the ventilation fan and doors and windows of the briefing room to let all the smoke escape.
After the smoke had almost dissipated, he asked everyone in the Ghost Squadron to sit down.
"I'm sorry to have everyone gather so late." His opening remarks were like this, "But this is an emergency situation, which is closely related to our mission. Now every minute and second is important, so I am on the phone with China
After that, I thought that I couldn’t wait until tomorrow morning, so I must tell you the relevant news as soon as possible.”
The Ghost Squadron did not expect such a sentence to be waiting for them, and couldn't help but look at each other.
"What happened to the empire?" Luo Yu asked proactively.
Her inquiry was quite reasonable. It allowed the imperial officer to summon them urgently in the middle of the night. It must have something to do with the mainland.
"Yes, and no." The officer took a deep breath: "To be precise, it is an emergency related to the Empire, Asia and Aurelia - I know you are curious now, but don't ask yet.
, let me explain the situation first."
So the ghost squadron nodded and listened attentively.
"Just half an hour ago, I received news that a large southern city in Asia was hit by a meteorite." The officer said seriously: "Specifically, it was at 2:54 a.m. Asia time, where the meteorite hit.
Located on the edge of this port city, although the current information is not comprehensive, it is certain that this port city has been severely damaged. At the same time, the meteorite also triggered an associated earthquake, which was felt across the entire continent."
Hearing the officer's words, Wang Yu and others were instantly confused.
This was not the development they envisioned.
In their minds, what the officer wanted to tell them should be the following - the empire was attacked by foreign forces, Orillia decided to fight to the death with Asia, Asia jumped over the wall and tried to use nuclear weapons, even the worst kind
The guess is that Asia wants to directly start a war with the Empire across the sea.
But I just didn't expect... the news actually came from a meteorite falling from the sky and hitting Asia on the head.
It seems that something similar happened before, and it was one of the triggers of this war.
An industrial city in Asia was destroyed by a meteorite, resulting in astronomical losses.
Why did another meteorite fall in Asia this time, and it happened to hit another city...
The Ghost Squadron suppressed their inner doubts and continued to listen to the officer's explanation.
"Although the International Astronomical Organization predicted the arrival of this meteorite in advance and warned the Asia government, perhaps because Asia is currently mired in war and political turmoil, I don't know why this news was not delivered to President Asia.
On the desk, therefore, when the meteorite struck, the city of Asia was not even evacuated..."
The imperial officer continued to explain the situation: "This is a large meteorite with a diameter of about twenty meters. It is larger than the meteorite that hit Asia last time. It will naturally cause more serious losses. According to estimates from Asia,
The casualties caused by the disaster are estimated to be 1 million or even 900,000, which is definitely not good news for the already precarious Asia."
After the officer finished speaking, he was silent for a moment, as if waiting for the Ghost Squadron to digest the information.
Then he added: "I think Asia is really unlucky this time. Large meteorite attacks that are usually rare in a hundred years were encountered by Asia twice in succession - well, it's hard for me to imagine that these two meteorites fell in the empire.
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It is indeed unlucky. Although Asia's land area is large, the probability of being hit by two meteorites in a row is indeed very small.
The officer finished introducing the current situation and then stopped talking.
He subconsciously touched his pocket, but then he realized that he had finished smoking, so he had to stop.
But the time now should be left for the Ghost Squadron to ask questions.
Wang Yu asked one of his thoughts: "Asia was hit by a meteorite. Does this mean that they will take the initiative to stop the war and fully support the domestic disaster relief and reconstruction work?"
This is indeed a key point. If Asia decides to do this, then this war that has lasted for several months may come to an end.
This is a good thing for both parties.
"According to the assessment of the Imperial Military Observation Department, if the Asia government is not stupid, it is very likely to stop this war - however, the current Asia government is composed of a large number of warring factions, and it is launching foreign wars during the economic crisis.
, and their mistakes in getting stuck in the quagmire of war made them suffer harsh criticism from all walks of life..."
The officer flipped through the memo on the table: "If there is a truce, according to domestic opinions, the empire will mediate as a third party. According to the diplomatic memorandum signed by small countries such as Orillia and the empire, it is agreed that while the empire will gain benefits,
It is necessary to ensure that Asia and the current coalition sign a peace treaty with some clauses. In addition to requiring Asia to withdraw its troops in full, the terms also include the demilitarized zone on the border of Asia, a certain amount of war reparations, and under international supervision.
Non-aggression pact, etc.”
"Asia invested so many resources in the war, only to get this result. I think it is difficult for them to accept it."
"It is almost a difficult term for Asia to accept." The officer shrugged: "But because of this sudden meteorite, they have to accept it."
"I'm guessing there's an "unless" after your words?"
"You are right. Unless the current Asia government uses some means to forcefully defeat the coalition forces before the armistice agreement is signed and cause large-scale destruction to the coalition forces, then the entire situation will change." The officer nodded: "
According to the domestic use of military satellites to monitor several missile silos in Asia, it was found that within an hour after the meteorite attack, Asia's activity in these places increased. Therefore, the empire believed that Asia was likely to be in this week.
Use them within.”
"Aisiya is going to use nuclear weapons?!" Murong Lan exclaimed.
"The empire speculates that it is a medium-range ballistic missile with both nuclear and conventional capabilities." The officer explained: "But Asia will not use nuclear warheads, but will use high-power conventional warheads to attack government agencies, military command structures and troop garrison locations of the coalition.
Carry out a strike - and since neither Asia nor the Empire has signed the so-called Missile Limitation Treaty, as long as Asia does not use nuclear weapons, the Empire cannot even find any reason to interfere with their use of medium-range ballistic missiles to attack the coalition forces."
"Orelia - or these countries cannot intercept these missiles." Luo Yu said.
"Because of this, the base wants you to be ready to evacuate at any time." The officer sat on the chair: "Because once Asia uses the intermediate missile, this rock base will definitely be their priority target."
"Does Aurelia know?" Wang Yu asked.
"Of course, we told them the information as soon as possible." The officer laughed: "Presumably the senior officials of Orillia have just been pulled out of bed for a meeting at this time."
"No wonder they woke us up in the middle of the night." Liu Lingxin complained: "It seems that the meteorite attack is just a cover, mainly the latter part. If Asia really uses missiles, then this matter is indeed serious and urgent."
"Actually, I haven't finished what I want to say." The officer glanced at Liu Lingxin: "The meteorite thing is not a cover, and if you insist on saying it, this matter is even more serious than Asia's use of missiles."
Liu Lingxin was stunned: "How do you say this?"
"Perhaps you haven't noticed, but there have been more meteorite attacks in the world during this period." The officer cleared his throat: "In addition to the two large meteorites in Asia, small meteorites of different sizes have been reported from all over the world.
Meteor attack... I also saw a message related to you. Do you remember the mission you carried out to search for a missing passenger plane before? "
Wang Yu immediately recalled that it was a search mission carried out before leaving the oasis base.
A Gulfstream private jet suddenly disappeared and was eventually determined to have crashed.
"According to the investigation by the Imperial Transportation Safety Board, the accident was caused by a small meteorite attack." The officer took out a document from nowhere and looked through it: "A small meteorite about ten centimeters just hit the
Got on this passenger plane.”
As soon as the officer said this, Luo Yu and Liu Lingxin immediately looked at Wang Yu.
"I didn't expect that I guessed it right." Wang Yu touched his chin.
Luo Yu looked surprised: "It's such a coincidence..."
"In short, according to the observations of the International Astronomical Organization, it is said that this period is a period of high incidence of meteorite attacks, originating from a piece of interstellar dust passing through our star system, but I don't understand that thing, so that's probably what it means." The officer.
He spread his hands helplessly: "However, there is a more serious problem - a large meteorite that astronomers predicted would pass by us has been affected by it and headed straight for our planet."
The members of the Ghost Squadron suddenly showed strange expressions, and the sound should be-"Huh?"
"A few years ago, an astronomer observed this meteorite with a diameter of 1.6 kilometers and reported the news to various governments. However, the observations at that time could only confirm that the meteorite would pass from the vicinity of our planet.
Last year, the trajectory of the meteorite changed and it came towards us, but it is still unclear whether the meteorite will be bounced off the atmosphere at a very close range or whether it will directly hit the ground." The officer looked at the material in his hand.
Document: "Until not long ago, astronomers judged based on the current stable orbit of the meteorite that this meteorite would cause a meteorite impact that would not occur once in a million years."
"Is there any simpler way to summarize this news?" Murong Lan asked.
"To put it simply, if a meteorite hits, it will cause a disaster ranging from the annihilation of the country to the end of the world." The officer closed the document: "Although this news has not been announced to the public, within the astronomical organization, it has been
The meteorite was codenamed Ulysses."
"So this is important news." Wang Yu didn't know how to evaluate it for a while.
"How long until the meteorite hits?" Liu Lingxin asked.
"According to predictions, it will take more than half a year."
"But why do you want to tell us the news?" Luo Yu asked in confusion: "Although our confidentiality level is high, this kind of thing has nothing to do with us pilots."
"I don't know about that." The officer shrugged and spread his hands. "The base asked me to tell you this news. Today's urgent call for everyone to gather is actually mainly to tell you about Asia's decision to use medium-range missiles..."
Everyone in the Ghost Squadron: "..."
"I know that everyone is very sleepy in the middle of the night, so I won't waste any more time." The officer seemed to yawn because he didn't smoke to refresh himself: "Anyway, that's what it is. You should be prepared in the next two days, because
It's possible to evacuate at any time, and you don't have to worry too much about the meteorite. If the sky falls, there will be tall people who can hold it up."
Wang Yu twitched the corner of his mouth: "What you say makes people more worried, okay?"