spaceflight manual

Chapter 74 Arriving at Ceres

It only takes five and a half weeks for a cruiser like the short-lived Brilliant Burn to travel from Sun-Earth L2 to Jupiter.

People who are not familiar with aerospace will look at this flight time and say that you are wrong. It takes a week for this ship to travel from low-Earth orbit to Sun-Earth L2. Could it be that the distance from Sun-Earth L2 to Jupiter is only five times that of the Earth to Sun-Earth L2? much?
However, this is actually wrong, because a basic formula: the movement distance S is equal to 1/2at^2, and the flight time must be squared.This is just the case for full acceleration.

The actual situation is much more complicated, but in general, the faster the ship, the shorter the time it takes to go to one place, and the smaller the difference in the time it takes to go to different places.

Two fast cargo ships, escorted by the short-lived Splendid Burn, reached Ceres in just over two weeks.

When approaching the Space Army Fortress in the 500-kilometer orbit of Ceres, Wang Ping'an and Angeli were in the common room in spacesuits, watching Ceres in the distance with everyone.

"It's really small." Someone murmured.

Zhai Dengshan answered: "Asteroid. This is the big brother in the asteroid belt."

When the short-lived Brilliant Burning began its approach, a torch cruiser left the port, probably on patrol.

The departing cruiser signaled with lights: "Welcome to the land where black tulips bloom."

Angeli asked suspiciously: "What does the place where black tulips bloom mean?"

Wang Pingan shrugged: "How the hell do I know?"

"If you die here," Colonel Diao Youming suddenly appeared beside the two, "your relics will be put into an iron box painted with black tulip patterns and sent back to Earth."

Everyone was silent now.

The colonel continued: "Be happy! Here you will be tempered by blood and fire. As long as you can go back alive, you will definitely have a better understanding of life and life.

"This is a melting pot, everyone will show their true nature here, and now you all look like good young people who are going to turmoil in the distance, and after a year, this layer of camouflage outside will be removed.

"We'll know who the real heroes are when the time comes."

The young people looked at each other in blank dismay.

Diao Youming also said: "After the port, you will be added to various detachments. As I said, there will be veterans to take you. You are all well-trained elites. The veterans neglected training because of the battle, and even Maybe not as good as you in some specific skills.

"However, I advise you to listen to the veterans. That's it. In the future, I will not give you individual lectures. If you want to see me, you can only see me at the group meeting of the whole brigade. Good luck."

After speaking, Diao Youming took the initiative to salute all the members of the supplementary brigade.

Zhai Dengshan: "Everyone is there, stand at attention~, salute!"

Wang Pingan followed everyone's movements and saluted Diao Youming.

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After the port call, everyone in the supplementary team took off their space suits and returned them to the cruiser, and floated onto the pier in their training suits.

A platoon of officers was already floating on the pier.

An officer with a civilian title held a tablet and shouted: "Hi, supplementary comrades, I will read the units you belong to one by one. Here are comrades from various units to take you back to the construction. Most of them will be assigned to combat boats." Troops, because combat boats have relatively high casualties.

"I floated out when I read the name. Zhai Dengshan, Qin Tiezheng, Wang Jinjin, Xie Xian, you go to the first team! Follow this Captain Andre."

Zhai Dengshan, his partner Qin Tiezheng, and two others floated out together, and then a blond captain made a "go" gesture to them, turned around and began to lead the way.

Zhai Dengshan looked back at Wang Ping'an and shrugged.

Wang Pingan gave him a thumbs up.

The civilian officer read again: "Wang Ping'an, Angele de Leon, Parabas Coronel, Yoram Kini, Abdul Bernini, Onofre Portes, The second detachment. Go with Captain Gong Chuanguo."

Wang Pingan drove the propeller on the suitcase and floated out, followed by Angeli.

Captain Gong Chuanguo came up to him and joked, "You guys are the International Column. Each name is longer than the other."

Wang Pingan: "Fortunately, we don't have Soviet people here, so the name is really long."

"Hahahaha, you will see the Soviets when you get to our army." Gong Chuanguo said while leading Wang Ping'an and his party to the exit of the pier.

Wang Pingan asked while operating the suitcase: "Is it really the International Column?"

"Yes, I'm already one of the few Hua people in the detachment. Once you come, you can be ranked as the fifth among our Hua Kingdom's Eight King Kongs."

Wang Pingan: "Eight Great Vajras? Talking at noon, no one has a home?"

"Oh, you are a knowledgeable person! So, you are Brigadier Xu's man?"

Wang Pingan was about to work hard, but Parabas coughed and interrupted the conversation: "Well, we can't understand what you are talking about at all."

Angeli: "This is a model play that has been widely circulated. It seems that people from Huaguo know a little bit."

Gong Chuanguo laughed loudly: "It's not that popular, it's just that our space force often has to go on long voyages. When we are bored, we will look for old movies and old dramas to watch. Even the torch cruiser will be fine for two or three weeks. There is nothing to do, except for training, I can only pass the time by myself."

Wang Pingan: "Actually, this matter is quite interesting. On the contrary, the Space Force is the unit that understands traditional culture the most, because the voyage is too long and the journey is boring."

"That's right, many space troops who have changed careers have gone to make movies or write novels." Gong Chuanguo said.

While speaking, a group of people floated out of the space port and entered the passage connecting with the main body of the fortress.Because the people who come here are well-trained space troops by default, the setting of the channel is very straightforward, and there is no complicated design like a military-civilian mixed space station.

As soon as Wang Pingan grabbed the railing, the simulated gravity generated by the rotation knocked him to the ground.

"I thought this kind of frontline space station wouldn't be able to turn around." Angeli also landed flexibly on the ground, muttering.

Gong Chuanguo: "The first-generation space station did not turn around decades ago, but now it is necessary to pay attention to the health of the commanders and fighters of the Space Force. The new space station is turned on. Let's go, the partners of the detachment are waiting for you."

Wang Ping'an and An Geli nodded together.

Then Gong Chuanguo led them into the living area of ​​the space station.

In fact, the living area is not accurate. As the fortress of the Space Force, various factories are scattered in the living area. This can ensure that the engineering soldiers can rush to the factory as soon as possible in the event of an emergency, and at the same time, the invading enemy cannot be controlled all at once. All factories.

Space Force commanders and fighters in the dormitory can also organize resistance for the first time.

Angeli whispered to Wang Ping'an as she walked, "This looks different from all the space stations we've been in."

"Of course, this is a purely military space station, and all designs follow pragmatism."

"That's right," Gong Chuanguo said back, "Even these trees were added by the psychology department for the sake of mental health. They didn't exist in the first place."

Wang Ping'an suddenly asked: "This time the supplementary brigade did not see anyone from the psychology department. Could it be that the psychology department did not suffer a lot of casualties?"

"How could it not be too big. Of course, the old scholars who stayed in the fortress and did not go out did not suffer any casualties, but the instructors who went out with the troops suffered heavy casualties." Gong Chuanguo replied, "But they follow a different set of selection criteria. After a few days It should be here."

"Is there still a fleet coming in a few days?" Parabas asked.

"Yeah, the loss of equipment is a bit big recently, so the cargo ships are flying here one by one."

As soon as the words fell, a few lieutenants walked towards him, opened their mouths and shouted to Gong Chuanguo: "Chuan Guo, why are you taking this group of colorful people?"

"Accepting newcomers, our international column has added another Huaguo! There are already five of the Eight King Kong!"

The lieutenants all laughed.

After misunderstanding with them, Wang Ping'an asked, "Your nickname is Chuanguo? How do you write it?"

"Sichuan of Sichuan cuisine, Guoba of Guoba, so called me because of my hometown. By the way, let me tell you, I am very good at frying Sichuan cuisine. Sometimes I will go to the cooking class to show off my skills."

Angeli asked worriedly, "Isn't Sichuan food very spicy?"

Gong Chuanguo replied: "The ancient Sichuan cuisine is not, but the modern Sichuan cuisine is indeed spicy, but don't worry, we mainly serve spicy food... Oh, our dormitory area is in front."

Gong Chuanguo pointed to the big hatch in front.

From a distance, Wang Pingan saw the sign hanging next to the hatch: "Second Carrier-Based Combat Boat Detachment."

"We are really assigned to the battle boat detachment."

"That's right. Although the cruiser will also be damaged, the overall death rate is not as high as ours. After all, pirates have few big ships. But the cruiser is too obvious, and the pirates can find it from a long distance, so we can only use combat boats to carry out a sneak attack~ "Gong Chuanguo said.

Abdul: "Can't you just paint the cruiser with matte paint and approach it silently?"

Gong Chuanguo: "We really did such a thing. First, we took the torch route to accelerate for a certain distance, and then turned off the engine. The cruiser that lost power draws an arc under the action of the sun's gravity, and rushes towards the presumed location of the pirate base.

"That attack was very successful, but such an operation was very troublesome to organize and took a long time, because most of the time the cruiser was moving under the influence of the sun's gravity, solar wind and inertia, and the speed was no faster than when the engine was fully turned on, and the route was also faster. long.

"And then..."

Gong Chuanguo paused, and glanced at the new members: "Furthermore, the pirates have eyeliners around here, and the cruiser will be spotted when it sails."

Wang Pingan frowned: "Is the eyeliner lurking inside us? What are the military police doing?"

"Please, there are a lot of miners on Ceres next door. It's not easy to catch the spies hidden among tens of thousands of people. The military police and the security department of the mine next door have made several rounds of arrests, but they still haven't caught them.

"In short, after this kind of raid is effective once, it will be useless later. The pirates will secretly transfer your cruiser when they know that your cruiser is sailing. Anyway, if you don't come directly by the torch string, the cruiser will have to float for a long time.

"So the raid on the pirate dens depends on the combat boats. Anyway, most of the pirate ships can be dealt with by the combat boats. It is our job to kill the pirate ships and cover the marines landing on the enemy's base. Welcome to join the second ship Carrying a detachment of combat boats."

Gong Chuanguo made a gesture of invitation like a big housekeeper.

"Our detachment leader should be waiting for you."

Wang Pingan: "Where is the instructor?"

"It hasn't come yet. The previous one was sacrificed." Gong Chuanguo said lightly, but the expression on his face was full of sadness.

(End of this chapter)