"Ignition -" He Lu's finger was firmly placed on the screen, and the command turned into a signal and was transmitted to the stern of the ship. The thruster, which had been silent for more than twenty days, was restarted. A flash of light suddenly flashed and then disappeared.
"No. 3 was ignited successfully, No. 6 was ignited successfully!" He Lu shouted excitedly, "Captain, both units were successful!"
"What's the power?"
"12% on the 3rd and 14% on the 6th." He Lu said, "Judging from the current data, as long as it does not exceed 20%, there will be no problem."
"Okay, left full rudder, target the earth!" Ye Han was high-spirited, and the depression that had accumulated for more than 20 days was swept away.
"Full rudder left, target Earth——" Others were equally beaming and wished they could fly back to Beiyue Continent immediately.
Ye Han added: "Let me know, except for the damage control team and the Marine Corps, all other departments can go to sleep. When they wake up, we will be home."
While conveying the order, He Lu asked curiously: "Captain, do you still want to repair the remaining thrusters?"
Ye Han nodded: "Two units are too few, we have to build two more units no matter what."
Although two thrusters have returned to work, with the technical strength of the Leishan, it can only be repaired rather than repaired. The total power of the two thrusters combined is less than half of a intact thruster.
This power is only 5% of the previous one. To put it more directly, it used to take ten days to change direction, but now it takes a full two hundred days!
This gap is huge. No matter how big a heart Ye Han is, she can't handle such a strong contrast.
Therefore, the engine must continue to be repaired. Even if another propeller is repaired, it can increase a lot of power.
One thruster accounts for 5%, and eight thrusters add up to 40%. Together they are almost half a thruster, so how can we not repair it?
However, the remaining work does not require so many people. It is enough to leave only the damage control team and the Marine Corps. Others are not only wasting their lives but also consuming supplies. Hibernation is the most economical and affordable solution.
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After the order was issued, the qualified soldiers happily returned to their cabins to lie down after a good meal. When they woke up again, the Leishan should dock at Beiyuezhou.
On the other side, Ye Han also promptly reported the situation of the Leishan to the Nanzhou and Beiyuezhou. A few days later, the Nanzhou broke away from the enemy and also embarked on its return journey.
The Nanzhou suffered some minor injuries during the entanglement with the enemy, but the propulsion system was not affected at all, and it can return to Beiyuezhou in more than two months at most.
As for Leishan, it's a disaster. At the current speed, it will take more than nine months to return to Earth.
Some people may ask, even if the propulsion system of the Leishan was severely damaged, why is it that the propulsion system of the Nanzhou is fine but it takes more than two months to return to Earth.
This question is not complicated to say, because the range is not only related to the propulsion capacity of the warship, but also directly related to the speed, direction and position of the warship. A warship flying towards the earth and a warship flying away from the earth at the same time
Can the return and return journeys take the same amount of time?
Another very important point is that the position of the earth must be considered. If the earth is exactly on the other side of the sun, the return journey will increase by at least one astronomical unit. If the earth is exactly at the farthest point, it will increase by two astronomical units.
That’s a full two months of sailing!
The earth is not on the other side of the sun at the moment, but its specific location is not very suitable. It is good to only increase the voyage by one-third. If the earth happens to be on the other side of the sun, can we still wait until the first half of the year to go back?
The answer is of course absolutely impossible!
And Ye Han didn't want to wait for those nine months, so he had to continue repairing the propeller.
Under the personal leadership of Ye Han, the remaining personnel on the ship spent more than half a month to repair the other three thrusters, reducing the return time from nine months to more than a hundred days.
Ye Han was very ambitious and wanted to repair the remaining ones. Since the remaining three thrusters were in more serious condition, this time it took more than half a month, but he could only barely repair one, which was still the same among the three thrusters.
The best one.
As a result, the reaction chamber exploded immediately after turning on the machine, almost damaging the repaired propeller nearby. Only then did Ye Han completely give up the idea of continuing to repair it.
At this point, all the work that the damage control team could complete was completed. Ye Han simply arranged the order of duty. After leaving the two officers on duty, everyone else went into hibernation.
This day is January 27, 2032, the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. In a few days, it will be half a year since the Leishan ship left Beiyuezhou.
Ye Han, who had fallen asleep, still didn't know that because of the scarcity of his own warships, Beiyuezhou had already prepared to send a transport ship to pick up the Leishan. Unexpectedly, the Leishan recovered part of its power, shortening the nine-month voyage to three.
months.
Beiyuezhou couldn't wait nine months, but there was no problem waiting three months. Even if the rescue ship was sent out, the return time of the Leishan would still take two and a half months.
So the big guys canceled the response plan and waited patiently for the return of the Leishan.
In late April, the broken Leishan successfully returned to Beiyuezhou. After Ye Han woke up, she saw Luo Qi's serious face at first sight.
He stretched his waist and looked at the time on the wall: "Docked?"
Luo Qi shook his head: "Not yet, I just received an order from Beiyuezhou, asking me to wake everyone up in advance."
Ye Han couldn't help but be startled. His brain, which was slow due to hibernation, woke up after a moment: "What's going on?"
Luo Qi said: "I don't know either. I received a direct order from the headquarters, asking you to contact the commander... Commander Huo as soon as you wake up."
"Ah?" Ye Han was even more confused, and his heart skipped a beat. Could something have happened?
Thinking of this, Ye Han immediately got up, his stiff limbs crackling: "Let's go, take me to the bridge!"
A few minutes later, Tenacious appeared on the home screen, and Ye Han immediately saluted: "Chief, are you looking for me?"
Huo Qiang nodded: "You just woke up, right? How do you feel?"
Ye Han grinned: "It's pretty good, but I'm very tired after sleeping for a long time."
Huo Qiang said: "If I give you two days, can you recover?"
"It's definitely no problem, one day is enough." Ye Han said.
"Not just you, but everyone on the ship."
Ye Han was startled, not understanding what Huo Qiang meant, but he nodded without hesitation: "Two days are enough... Chief, did you call us in advance? Do you have any mission?"
Huo Qiang smiled: "I have a task for you."
"Promise to complete the task!" Ye Han immediately shouted the slogan to express his determination.
Huo Qiang continued to laugh, but there seemed to be something unclear in his smile: "Don't be so nervous, it's not a combat mission, that's a good thing."
Ye Han blinked in surprise: "Chief, I don't understand..."
"Haha!" Huo Qiang smiled even more happily, "You and the soldiers should be prepared to attend the welcome ceremony organized by the joint command the day after tomorrow."
