Seeing their commander go out for a meeting and then come back, a group of paratroopers guarding the cabin immediately became energetic.
One of the officers walked up to his commander, took the meeting record book from the other's hand with a smile on his face, and asked: "Sir! I heard that there are enemy troops on the surface of Higgs 5.
Is it true?"
"Sir! I heard that Higgs has not responded to any communication so far. Has the enemy intercepted our communication?" His question suddenly made everyone curious, and someone followed up and asked.
Others were more direct and straightforward. They directly asked the core question: "Is there any mission? Sir?"
Everyone has heard some fragments of information from other sources, so they are all looking forward to this operation.
With pairs of curious eyes in front of him staring at him, the commander of the interstellar paratroopers also decided not to lie. He coughed and waited until the cabin became quiet before speaking: "Gentlemen! The mission from above is to send a team of
Reconnaissance troops, go to the surface of Higgs 5 to investigate and see what happened there."
"Sir! I can sign up!" A young officer raised his arms like a primary school student, as if he was afraid of being inferior to others.
Another officer pointed at himself and said boldly: "Let me go! Sir! You know, there is nothing I can't do."
The leading paratrooper commander looked solemn and motioned for everyone to be quiet. When the room returned to silence again, he continued: "This mission is very complicated, gentlemen! I will introduce the mission content from the beginning! I hope you have listened to it.
After that, I’m still in the mood to talk here!”
"First of all, the Tree of Life on Higgs has been destroyed! The accuracy of this news is very high, more than 90%!" As he said this, he looked at everyone. This time, there was no immediate noise.
stand up.
"In other words, the surface atmosphere of the new Higgs 5 ball is diluting without solidification..." He was very satisfied with the silence, so he continued.
He knew that this was a very dangerous task, so he spoke very slowly. Word by word, slowly: "The oxygen content is getting lower and lower, and it is no longer suitable for human habitation there! You must wear an oxygen mask when moving.
, help the person breathe!”
After he finished speaking, he stretched out his second finger: "The second thing is, indeed, it's the same as what you said! Our communication with the ground has been interrupted! We don't know what happened on the ground, and what else is there?
Whether there are any survivors of ours, of course, we don’t know if there are monsters standing there ready to kill you!”
"We don't know what the enemy looks like. It might be a large insect, or it might be a stone..." When he said this, he felt that this kind of mission was simply "nonsense."
Asking the soldiers to complete the reconnaissance mission without knowing anything is simply making fun of the soldiers' lives.
However, there is no way around this - they are an interstellar fleet, not a landing fleet, so they do not carry high-performance multi-purpose puppet battle robots.
Those pure combat puppet robots cannot complete reconnaissance missions, they are not that intelligent! If it is to perform combat missions, there is no problem in sending some robots down, but things like investigation and evidence collection are a bit difficult.
"Or it could just be a virus, which will kill people if they come into contact with it... The reason you go there is to find out what the enemy is, what it looks like, and whether it can be killed." After saying this, the commander smiled bitterly.
Then, he stretched out three fingers: "The third thing is to find the survivors, or find the survivors' bodies. Even if they are eaten until only the skeleton is left, they must be brought back!"
He had already prepared for the worst, and was even prepared to see the horrific scene of corpses and ruins strewn on the ground from the transmitted images.
"No matter what you find, including the remains of puppet robots, or suspicious wrecks, photos of ruins, burned soil... Of course, it would be better if you can bring back some enemy corpses," he finished.
After that, he looked at his subordinates.
Immediately afterwards, he continued to extend his fourth finger: "The fourth thing is to pay attention to your own safety. We don't want to lose more soldiers, so you must come back alive as much as possible and save yourself."
Bring it back with your comrades, the more things you can bring back, the better."
"Because we are not preparing for landing operations, we will not receive much fire support for this ground operation. Our warships can only carry out large-scale orbital bombing and cannot achieve precise fire suppression."
"But we will send all the puppet robots we can find to the ground to provide you with cover and defensive barriers!" Finally, he told the only good news in the entire plan. Then he continued: "
So after you reach the surface of Higgs 5, all you can rely on is the rifle in your hand. The gods will bless you, and His Majesty the Emperor will remember your bravery and loyalty."
"Okay, I'm done. Gentlemen, is there anyone willing to volunteer to carry out this mission?" After explaining the entire mission arrangement, he took a deep breath and asked.
"..." He was answered by a brief silence. Then, after a brief silence, someone spoke.
"Let me go! I am already forty-three this year, and I have lived a few years longer than you. There is no reason for you young people to take risks on this kind of thing." A noncommissioned officer of the interstellar paratroopers touched his chin.
The stubble smiled at everyone and said.
A young officer shook his head: "You are a veteran in our army. You are experienced and well-loved. It is better for me to do such a dangerous thing. After all, I am still young and need to experience myself."
"I'd better go! I'm an officer. If I don't go at this time, how can I live up to my rank?" Another officer grinned, without any trace of nervousness or reluctance on his face.
It was as if what he was talking about was not going to investigate a very dangerous area, but going home to eat dinner cooked by his mother.
"You're kidding! It's only me who should say this! If we soldiers don't go, will we let you officials take risks? Then won't we soldiers have no chance and space for promotion?" A strong man said
