The flagship of the Plunkeye fleet, a group of officers on the bridge looked at the Higgs 5 that was becoming gray and helpless with ugly expressions.
The adjutant spoke up and said in a difficult tone: "The problem now is that until just now, there has been no feedback signal from the surface of Higgs 5. The observation equipment itself is not accurate enough. We are now unable to distinguish the landmark buildings on the surface.
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He looked at Plunkeye and told the worst case scenario: "We did not find the Tree of Life as a reference, nor did we see any buildings on the ground."
"Because there is gray fog in the sky, our observation results are very inaccurate. In addition... Higgs 5 is less developed and has few buildings, so it is really difficult to find it," another officer explained.
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They had just won the battle in space, but now they were helpless against the collapse of Higgs 5.
The communications officer shook his head and then reported the worst case scenario: "We have no way of monitoring any communications signals, so we don't know anything about the situation on the ground."
"If we don't understand the situation on the surface, we can't rush to send troops to conduct reconnaissance on the ground." In the fleet, the commander responsible for commanding the interstellar paratroopers said with a solemn expression.
As an interstellar paratrooper, he is not cowardly, but he is unwilling to risk his own elite soldiers to die. Looking at the current state of the planet Higgs 5, no ground commander will easily invest his troops to do anything.
Bullshit testing.
"Suppose that our pioneers are captured or killed by the opponent's army on the ground, and we send troops to investigate, we will suffer losses again. None of us know how many troops the opponent has invested in Higgs 5.
There may be more than 1,000 people, or even more than 2,000 people." The commander opened his mouth and gave his opinion.
"Yes, this is a very real problem. If we don't understand the situation clearly, we can't rush to send troops there." Plunkeye didn't want to increase losses, so he didn't issue an order for the airborne troops.
What he has to do now is to find out all the information about the other party. Only by knowing what the other party's tactics are, can the Ailanhill Empire make a series of arrangements against the other party.
"But we can no longer delay the time, because the atmospheric composition will soon be unsuitable for military operations." The sergeant who detected the atmospheric composition warned.
Now it seems that his suggestion is actually very important: the atmosphere is getting thinner and thinner, and breathing masks will no longer be able to do it. We can't let all the troops participating in the war carry oxygen bottles, right?
"Well, we can send a small team to the surface. This is our best choice now." The adjutant suggested to Plen Aik: "Prepare breathing masks for every soldier participating in the operation to ensure that they can
Continue to perform the mission if the atmospheric environment changes."
"In addition, we also need to find out everything...whether the opponent's spaceship that was destroyed by us has really disappeared." Plunkeye glanced at the still shrinking remains of the enemy's monster ball and muttered.
From the beginning to the end, he was very concerned about the enemy monster balls that were disappearing on their own. He was afraid that the opponent was not being destroyed, but was escaping bit by bit using some kind of technology.
"Since the other party is very weird, we can't say what the other party's purpose is to change the atmospheric environment." An officer followed up and analyzed: "Maybe they don't like oxygen. This is a possibility."
"It may be because the other party needs such an environment to survive." Plunk Aik also put away his thoughts and nodded in agreement: "But this means that the environment they live in is completely different from ours, and the two sides have irreconcilable conflicts...
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"This possibility cannot be ruled out! So we need to further understand our opponent!" the commander of the interstellar paratroopers nodded.
They must discuss a comprehensive plan to determine the action plan on the planet Higgs 5.
"What if the other party just simply destroyed it? They accidentally destroyed the Tree of Life... This possibility cannot be ruled out, right?" The adjutant thought of another possibility.
"It is also possible, but the possibility is very small! Because the other party is also an intelligent creature, there is no reason or necessity to do such a useless thing." Plunk Aik did not agree with this view.
He said to everyone: "In this case, we still have to figure out the other party's purpose as much as possible to ensure that we can better predict the other party's behavior in future contacts!"
"Let's do this! Send out reconnaissance troops to find out as much as possible about the surface situation. If you find that the opponent has troops on the surface, retreat immediately and wait for the follow-up troops to arrive before launching a follow-up attack..." Gritting his teeth, the interstellar paratroopers
The commander finally decided to send some troops to take a risk.
Plunkeye looked at the other party: "Is it too risky? We don't know our enemy at all. If the enemy is hidden under the surface, how can we guarantee the safety of our personnel?"
This kind of danger is not non-existent - if the opponent hides under the ground, and then waits for the troops of the Alandhill Empire to land before starting to attack, it will cause huge casualties to the troops of the Alandhill Empire.
There is no guarantee that any detection method will be able to find the enemy: What if the enemy is a cold-blooded animal? Then infrared detection will definitely fail.
What if the enemy is a stone man? You can avoid almost all inspections by lying on the ground - who can say for sure now?
"Are we just going to wait like this? Wait for the atmosphere of Higgs 5 to completely collapse, and then we go looking for possible survivors?" Another officer helplessly asked his mind.
"Order the reconnaissance troops to take the re-entry module and airborne Higgs 5! Anyway, we have to figure out the opponent's tactics and capabilities. We will never figure it out without sacrifice! Find some interstellar paratrooper volunteers and make up a thirty-year-old
A team of human beings to launch a reconnaissance operation against Higgs 5!" In the end, the commander of the interstellar paratroopers decided to send out a reconnaissance team to see what happened to Higgs 5, even at the risk.
what happened.
"That's it!" Plunk Aik also made up his mind: "Carry as much ammunition and equipment as possible, and do our best to ensure the safety of every soldier! If something unexpected happens, let them return immediately!"
"Yes! Sir!" The commander stood at attention and saluted, then walked out of the bridge.
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