The nuclear power engine gives the Second Fleet far greater maneuverability than before, but compared with the alien battleships, the expedition fleet only has slightly stronger linear acceleration capabilities than the alien battleships, and is worse than the alien battleships in other aspects.
Gao Kai made up his mind not to confront the enemy head-on, and ordered the fleet to face the enemy sideways. In this way, the propulsion power of the main engine could be used, and the idle tail turret could also be used to enhance the firepower intensity of the expedition fleet.
The enemy and ourselves fought and fled, and the expedition fleet was always outside the effective range of the alien warships. Although the thin light left some traces on the human warships, it was far from the level of damage, and it could only be a good deal at best.
hurt.
However, the laser cannon fire from the human side caused considerable losses to the aliens.
The two sides were in a stalemate for a while. The aliens probably felt that there was no point in continuing the fight, so they voluntarily withdrew from the battle, bringing an end to the battle that lasted more than four hours.
The aliens retreated to Callisto, but the expeditionary force could not withdraw. The fleet monitored the enemy's movements while sending lifeboats to search for surviving pilots.
The orbit of the expedition fleet when attacking was higher than that of Callisto, and the speeds of the two parties were not synchronized. After a period of operation, Callisto had already put a certain distance away from the wreckage left on the battlefield. The aliens attached to Callisto
The fleet was beyond reach, creating the basis for rescue efforts.
However, many pilots stranded on the battlefield have already flown far away. The distress signals of the pilots are interfered by the complex electromagnetic environment. The fleet cannot directly determine the location of the survivors, and even has to rely on the optical equipment on the ship to search the starry sky inch by inch. Slowly
Slowly identify survivors and victims.
The aircraft fleet that took a detour back to the mothership reunited with the fleet soon after and brought back a dozen missing pilots.
The air crew replenished fuel for the fleet as quickly as possible, and then all fighter planes joined the search and rescue team.
The search and rescue work lasted for more than two hours. In the end, only more than 30 pilots were rescued, and one-third of them were exposed to large doses of radiation.
Due to the lack of treatment conditions on the battleship, military doctors had to give the pilots emergency injections of hibernation and wait for treatment after returning to Earth.
The other pilots hid in the wreckage of the fighter plane and narrowly escaped death.
This result made Gao Kai extremely dissatisfied. After reporting the entire battle process to the command center, he filed a severe complaint and asked the military to severely punish those responsible.
I personally know that the radiation intensity around Jupiter exceeds the standard. Why is the radiation protection ability of the flight suit so poor?
In fact, the radiation protection ability of flight suits is already very good, only slightly worse than that of heavy-duty space suits.
It’s not that the military doesn’t have better protective equipment, but pilots must control the aircraft in the cockpit. If the flight suit is too thick and heavy, it will restrict the pilot’s movements, thereby affecting the control of the aircraft.
On a battlefield where every second counts, a slight oversight can mean the difference between life and death. Even if the military equips pilots with the most defensive flight suits, whether the pilots want to wear them or not is another matter.
This matter ended up being nothing, but the issue of pilot protection also received the attention of the military. However, after searching around, the military found that the most protective individual equipment was power armor.
It is not difficult to equip pilots with power armor, and pilots do not need to carry so many weapons and armor. They can reasonably reduce the load on the space version of the armor and then equip the aviation force. The problem is that the space version of the armor uses brainwave control and requires a period of training.
Only then can you master it.
The military is divided into two groups on this issue. One group believes that pilots only need the protective capabilities of armor, and there is no need to continue to use brainwave control for flying armor. The other group believes that they can take this opportunity to vigorously promote brainwave control to replace traditional control methods.
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Not everyone can master brainwave control. Powered armor is at least a humanoid, and you can control the armor just like your body. Fighters have nothing to do with humanoids, and the familiarization process is much more troublesome than that of powered armor.
In the end, the former has the upper hand. After all, active pilots all use traditional control methods. It is difficult to say how many pilots will be qualified.
However, with the vigorous efforts of another group, the military also agreed to conduct experiments on brain wave control. If practical value is found, it will not be too late to promote it.
Brainwave control may be an epoch-making invention, it may be the direction of future development, or it may be a revolution in equipment control, but this thing is still a new thing, and there is little acceptance by either the military or the civilian population, and there is no basis for promotion at all.
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Before you learn how to walk, don't think about running. Just wait for technology to continue to develop.
Gao Kai never expected that his complaint would have such an impact. The only thought in his mind was to deal with the aliens as soon as possible and then lead his troops back home.
But the next step of the plan still has to wait a few days before it can be implemented.
The reason for waiting for a few days is to wait for Callisto to fly farther.
The current situation on Jupiter is not complicated. A large number of small satellites have been cleared by the expedition fleet. There are only more than 20 remaining satellites. Aliens have focused on the development of several Galilean satellites. Through the telescope, you can see the conspicuous features on these satellites.
alien architecture.
However, the distance between the Galilean satellites and Jupiter is too close. The highest orbit of Callisto is only over 1.8 million kilometers, while the orbit of Io is getting higher and higher. The current orbit height is about 8 million kilometers, which is the highest orbit of Jupiter.
Four times the altitude of Satellite 4's orbit also has a curve.
It is not easy for the alien fleet stationed on the Galilean satellites to reach Europa.
Callisto is the one with the highest orbit among the current satellites. It is more than 11 million kilometers away from Jupiter, and its orbit is more than 3 million kilometers different from that of Jupiter, which is seven or eight times the distance from the earth to the moon.
Even for an alien fleet, it would take several hours to fly over this distance. It is said that the expedition fleet can attack Europa directly, and there is no need to worry about the enemy forces on Europa.
However, space is not only unobstructed for humans, but also for aliens. The alien fleet has always been exposed to human sight. Isn't the human fleet always under the surveillance of aliens?
No matter what actions the expedition fleet takes, the aliens can respond in time. The possibility of a sneak attack on Io is very small. I am afraid that the alien fleets on other satellites have already taken off and rushed to Jupiter before the fleet gets close to it.
Wei Ling.
If the war goes well, forget it. The expedition fleet can withdraw before the enemy's reinforcements arrive. But Europa is the home base of aliens, so how can it be so easy to fight?
Once the war goes unfavorably, the attacking Europa zero fleet is likely to be entangled by the alien fleet. If the war reaches a stalemate, the expedition fleet is likely to be trapped by the alien fleet.
Therefore, it is safer to wait until Callisto flies farther away, which can at least delay the enemy's arrival for a few hours.
If the supplies carried by the fleet had not been exhausted, Gao Kai would rather wait for a while and wait for Callisto to fly far away before attacking.
