Tang Bei directed the soldiers to unload and load the trucks, and they worked for more than an hour before filling up the transport boats in the airport. Then everyone evacuated the airport, closed all the airlocks leading to the airport, and drained all the air in the airport.
Ye Han in the traffic boat couldn't help but feel a bit of anticipation, but after waiting for several minutes, there was no sign of departure. The team members whispered to each other uneasily, lowering their heads and talking among themselves.
Ye Han frowned dissatisfied: "Luo Qi, go and ask."
"Dele!" Luo Qi agreed and walked a few steps behind the pilot, "Brother, why aren't you starting yet?"
The pilot quickly turned around and after seeing Luo Qi's rank, he politely replied: "Chief, it's not time yet?"
"Isn't it all done? How long are you waiting for?" Luo Qi asked in surprise.
The pilot said: "The installation is complete, but the transport ship has not arrived yet. We have to wait a while!"
Luo Qi turned back to look at Ye Han, who nodded to indicate that he could come back.
Luo Qi patted the pilot on the shoulder and smiled: "Just make a sound when you leave."
"Don't worry." The pilot also smiled.
When Luo Qi returned to Ye Han, he had already figured out the reason.
Everyone waited in nervous anticipation for another ten minutes before the pilot suddenly shouted: "Here we come!"
Before he finished speaking, a flashing red warning light appeared above the airlock in front of the boat. Because there was very little air left in the airport, only a vague alarm sound could be heard in the traffic boat.
A few seconds later, the row of metal airlocks on the curved outer wall rose upward at the same time, and the remaining air in the airport escaped in the blink of an eye.
As the airlock rose, a starry sky appeared in everyone's eyes. Half of the sun hung directly above it, and directly below was a small piece of blue, which was the corner of Europa.
Looking far into the distance, a quiet and vast atmosphere hits our face.
The airlock was fully opened, and all the mechanical devices behind the boat were activated at the same time, pushing the boat out of the airport. After half of the boat was pushed out of the airlock, the boat suddenly tilted forward forty-five degrees, originally occupying only a small piece of wood below the line of sight.
Wei Zero suddenly zoomed in, and the blue ocean and gray-brown land occupied all the sight.
The pilot suddenly said: "Tower, prepare to depart on the 1st!"
"On the 1st, you can leave!"
The pilot's hand counted dots on the touch screen, and suddenly he shouted: "Let's go!"
The traffic boat suddenly left the airport, followed by a row of transport boats, one of which broke away every three seconds. After all the dozens of small boats broke away, they formed a sharp diagonal line.
Everyone just felt like they were being fooled. The sudden weightlessness was like a cold knife scraping across the spine. The cold air started to rush upward from the tailbone, and even the internal organs were blocked in the throat.
This is nothing, the traffic boat is descending rapidly, and the speed is getting faster and faster. Europa is rapidly zooming out of the porthole, as if it will rush into the atmosphere in the next second!
Faced with this situation, even the Marines who depended on orbital airborne landings for food could not help but feel a little frightened.
The traffic boat is not a landing craft and has no ability to enter the atmosphere. If it plunges headlong into the atmosphere, the only result will be that the boat will be destroyed and everyone will die!
Everyone's hearts were lifted, and everyone's eyes fell on the pilot.
The pilot was fully focused, staring at the altimeter and speedometer.
After the traffic boat descended for more than 100 kilometers in one breath, the speed finally exceeded the predetermined value. The pilot immediately tightened the control stick, and the engine behind the boat worked at full strength to support the boat body and gradually change the 45-degree angle of the drop to a flat level.
fly.
When the traffic boat leveled off and reached the orbiting speed of Europa, the small boat formation began to fly around Europa.
The pilot took a deep breath: "Low orbit number one calls fast number seven, low orbit number one calls fast number seven!"
A rustling noise came from the radio: "Low-orbit No. 1, this is Fast No. 7, please speak!"
"Quick No. 7, the low-orbit formation is approaching, please report the orbit data!"
"Receive it on the 7th soon!"
A few seconds later, the traffic boat received a series of orbit data. The pilot took a deep breath and drove the traffic boat to increase altitude.
When the communication came to an end, Ye Han couldn't help but ask: "You... um, do you always play so thrillingly?"
The pilot smiled without looking back: "It's good to get used to it. It looks thrilling, but it's actually still far away from the atmosphere!"
Ye Han nodded and said nothing, but he agreed with the pilot's statement in his heart.
The vertical height from the low-orbit dock to the atmosphere is over a hundred to dozens of kilometers. In addition, the spacecraft is descending in a diagonal direction, and the acceleration distance is about 1.4 times the vertical distance. The transportation craft has a distance of at least more than 200 kilometers before it rushes into the atmosphere.
accelerate.
It’s not surprising that gravity acceleration plus engine acceleration can reach orbital speed... Well, gravity acceleration is probably used to save fuel.
The small boat formation flew higher and higher, and after a while, there was a flashing light spot on the porthole of the bridge.
Ye Han was slightly startled and took a breath subconsciously.
That light spot definitely represents Kuai 7, which is not surprising, but it is unusual to display it directly on the porthole.
Liquid crystal displays have long been introduced into thousands of households, but pure transparent displays are a newcomer to the LCD household. This thing is not available to ordinary people, but it has a very wide range of uses in business and other special fields.
The simplest example is this, the inner layer of the mask of power armor.
However, due to poor transparency and reliability, its military use has been greatly limited.
The porthole of the traffic boat obviously has a display added, but I never noticed it while sitting inside. This shows that the transparency of the display has reached military standards.
Thinking of this, Ye Han couldn't help but chew the flower seeds and began to wonder where this thing could be used.
It's unlikely on a battleship. The bridge is hidden deep inside the battleship, so there's no need to use such high-end things.
The turret is useful, it is a turret controlled by humans. The only problem is that the turrets of human battleships have been fully automated and are directly controlled by sensitive electronic equipment, unless they are old surface battleships.
The hatch of a fighter jet? This is okay, but there is already a helmet-mounted display, so there is no need to make any fuss about the hatch.
After thinking about it, it seems that apart from useless aircraft like transport boats, there is no other suitable place for them!
At this time, the formation had already flown near Kuai 7. After the two sides synchronized their directions and speeds, the traffic boat was the first to move up and approach the transport ship from below.
The transport ship opened an airlock and swallowed the traffic boat into its belly. After several mechanical arms fixed the traffic boat, the pilot floated away from the driver's seat: "Chief, we are here." He made a greeting to the door of the boat.
gesture.
Ye Han's thoughts were interrupted, he stood up and smiled: "Let's go!" After saying that, he floated out of the traffic boat.
