It has only been more than half a month since the Second Jupiter Battleship ended, and the Second Fleet has already embarked on its return journey. Nine spaced battleships are lined up in a row, sailing in the dark and lonely space.
A beam of laser light from the earth illuminates the fleet. After flying over a distance of hundreds of millions of kilometers, the laser light inevitably spreads over a large area, and the energy density is greatly reduced.
But this laser still activated the receiving equipment. The high-frequency flashing laser was quickly converted into binary data. A few indicator lights first lit up in the dead bridge, and then several devices started working on their own.
In the hibernation cabin, an injection of antisleep drug was injected into Gao Kai's body. After a while, Gao Kai's consciousness emerged from the abyss. After regaining consciousness for a while, he found that he was the only one awake in the hibernation cabin, and he immediately realized that something unexpected had happened.
Although he had not fully recovered, Gao Kai couldn't wait any longer. He got dressed as quickly as possible and rushed to the bridge.
The bridge was brightly lit but empty. Gao Kai, who floated into the bridge, grabbed the back of the chair and turned over neatly to sit in. He buckled his seat belt habitually and then turned on the communication device.
There is an unread file in the communication directory, which contains a document and a video. The sending time was one and a half hours ago, and the receiving time was half an hour ago.
The expedition fleet is currently about 7.5 astronomical units away from the earth, and it takes an hour for the light signal sent from the earth to reach the fleet.
Gao Kai couldn't help but mutter, hadn't the quantum communication experiment been successful a long time ago? When can it be officially equipped with the fleet?
He touched the file with his fingertips, entered the password on the digital interface that popped up to open the file, and clicked on the video. Qiu Tianning appeared on the screen with a solemn look on his face.
"Are you ready?" Qiu Tianning on the screen asked confusedly.
The voice-over sounded: "Okay!"
Qiu Tianning looked squarely at the camera: "Gao Kai, this is Qiu Tianning. I just discovered something new. Although you have completed the task excellently, observations have revealed that Europa is only superficially damaged, and there are still a large number of aliens hidden inside. There may be another
There are underground cities for aliens. Just a few days ago, several jets appeared on the back of Europa."
"Through observations and calculations, we found that Europa is moving to a higher orbit, not the slow orbit change before. A few hours ago, the space telescope found that the jet on the back of Europa disappeared, although no trace has been found yet.
Credible evidence, but we have reason to believe that Io is breaking away from Jupiter, and after breaking away from Jupiter, it does not break away outwards, but flies towards the inner solar system!"
Gao Kai's pupils shrank, "Inside the solar system? What do the aliens want to do?"
The so-called inner solar system refers to the part between the sun and the asteroid belt, which is under the protection of Jupiter and can be said to be the safest area in the solar system.
Qiu Tianning on the screen continued: "We still don't know the purpose of Io. The worst inference is that aliens intend to use Io to hit the earth and completely destroy mankind. Io itself has maneuverability. With our current
With military strength, it is very difficult to change the orbit of Europa. Once Europa enters the impact orbit, the consequences will be disastrous..."
"Gao Kai, I know your situation is very bad, but apart from you, there is no human fleet near Jupiter. I need... no, the motherland needs you to return to Jupiter to completely destroy Europa, at least destroy Europa.
The thrusters...please!"
Qiu Tianning on the screen stood up, bowed ninety degrees, paused for a few seconds before straightening up, his piercing eyes seemed to penetrate the screen, piercing deeply into Gao Kai's heart.
Gao Kai was so distraught that he raised his head and stared at the light above his head in a daze. After a while, he let out a long sigh and lowered his gaze.
Closing his eyes and taking a few deep breaths to calm down his turbulent mind, Gao Kai clicked on the camera equipment: "Chief, I am Gao Kai. You must already know the current situation of the fleet. Our warships need maintenance and personnel need supplies.
Weapons require ammunition. There is not a single missile or artillery shell left in the entire fleet. The only ship-based weapons left are laser cannons. It can be said that ammunition and food are exhausted. There are only a batch of missiles for carrier-based aircraft, but so many have been used.
None of the artillery missiles destroyed Europa. I think the remaining missiles will not have much effect, and it is impossible for aliens to let us get close to Europa easily."
"As a soldier, I shouldn't have said this, but the fleet's difficulties are really many and very realistic. If the fleet turns back, the only way to possibly destroy Io is to hit Io like the Unkai did... The Unkai's impact on Io
The damage to Io is very serious. I don’t know if I can destroy Io if we continue to collide with it. Even if I ram the last battleship into it, I won’t hesitate..."
"Chief, to tell you the truth, I have put life and death aside from the day I joined the expedition fleet. Since I wear this clothes, eat this bowl of rice and serve as a soldier, I can't be a coward. We can't afford to lose that person... The fleet still has
There are nine battleships. I don’t know how many collisions it will take to destroy Io, but I will keep doing it until I destroy Io or the entire army is annihilated... Chief, if I die, please take care of my family.
That's my only request."
After saying the last sentence, Gao Kai fell into silence.
At this moment, he had countless things to say in his heart, but he didn't know where to start. In the end, he simply stopped talking and saluted the camera with an unusually standard military salute, then turned off the camera and sent the video back to Earth.
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Gao Kai sat quietly for a while, and when he calmed down completely, he controlled the equipment and injected melanol into the captain, first mate, and marines on the ship.
Half an hour later, fourteen marines on the Kunlun, plus Ye Han, a non-staff member, gathered in the conference room.
After Gao Kai briefly introduced the situation, he said: "Returning to Jupiter is not a battle. There is no need to send everyone back. I need you to gather everyone on the Kunlun and let the Kunlun carry you back to Earth. I will take a few of you with me."
I personally drive the battleship back... If the collision has an effect, eight battleships are enough. If it doesn't, one more Kunlun will make no difference... Time is limited, so take action."
Fifteen marines led by Ye Han immediately put on power armor, while Gao Kai returned to the bridge and directed the Kunlun to approach the Penglai. The two warships flew side by side with a distance of more than 100 meters from the Penglai.
The retractable corridor bridge slowly explored the Penglai and was finally fixed on the Penglai, connecting the two warships together. A group of marines entered the Penglai through the corridor bridge and rushed to the hibernation cabin as soon as possible. They will be in hibernation.
The crew was put into the landing craft in the bottom cabin, filled and sent back to the Kunlun.
Each crew member has a complete set of hibernation equipment. No matter how he moves, the safety of the crew will not be affected. This is the basis for the implementation of the plan.
Another group of Marines flew the landing craft from the Kunlun into the Penglai. Four landing craft from the two warships came and went, slowly transferring the crew of the Penglai to the Kunlun.
