People's Federation will live forever

What kind of experience is it to fly an aircraft on the moon?

The standard space shuttle of the People's Federation is different from the space shuttle, because there is no need to consider the aerodynamic shape in space, as long as the structural strength can be guaranteed, then the shuttle will inevitably develop in the direction of "powerful brick flying"—— Larger cargo hold, more fuel, anyway, there is no need to worry about the impact of gravity on the moon, but the fuel consumption is greatly reduced.

The "Pelican" of the People's Federation is such a typical example. It looks like a multi-faceted geometric body with a big head on it. Small electromagnetic thrusters are distributed in all directions, and at the tail is a double-mounted liquid hydrogen rocket injector-the forward base A large number of ice caps were discovered under the lunar strata, which provided a stable source of water and radioactive nuclear materials.

Renlian has not yet completed the miniaturization of controllable fusion, so it is inevitable to use a large number of isotope batteries. Although fission energy is behind, it has more advantages than Jintai batteries in terms of sustainability.Right now, on an assembly table on the shuttle, the mechanical arm is accurately loading fuel rods into a large two-meter-high individual mech—with the activation of the power system, this man is bent like a silverback gorilla. The heavy-duty mecha at the waist lit up the indicator lights, and two cluster missile slots were installed on the shoulders that were also sprayed with yellow and black engineering warning symbols. The warheads with eye-catching nuclear radiation signs were arranged in three vertical and two rows. A small rocket injector is also installed on the back.

On the reinforced steel ring of the armor, there is a line of small characters engraved - "Wear a solid armor, a heart like steel", which seems to be the designer's blessing to the warrior who wears this armor.

The armor on the head and shoulders of the mecha was opened, and Marcus, who was wearing a spacesuit, crawled in on his hands and feet. Before the mecha was closed, he turned his head and glanced at Dom in the driver's seat, and sighed——

"You don't need to be in danger with me, brother." Marcus said with a complicated expression, "It is enough for me to go to the military court, and you have to take care of Maria."

"Oh, then you're not worried about Anya's feelings? She's still a consul, and with her official career, haven't you considered your son?"

Dom said so, pulling the joystick to make the shuttle look up and avoid a tall crater.Ten years on, Dom looks much better than he ever did, and for his daily video chat with Maria, the once scruffy veteran is now a well-mannered gentleman.He talks and laughs, but he doesn't complain about Marcus in the slightest.

Their friendship was bought in a sea of ​​corpses and blood, and nothing can cut it off—"If Maria was here, she would support me. There is nothing more important than family, and I know that very well."

Dom said lightly that there was no reason for them to act privately. Bard would inevitably organize a large-scale operation, and this would lead to a shortage of manpower to strengthen the defense. Marcus didn't want Bard to make things difficult.One move first, and with this experimental heavy-duty power armor suit, they can make a quick win.

"Besides, I don't think our crime is enough to be shot... Hey, it's Bud's communication."

Dom turned on the radio, and a high-decibel roar resounded throughout the cabin——

"Two idiots, lawless bastards! Wait for the guns of the military police, you...M! Listen to me, both of you, I... verbally authorized this operation, understand?"

Bud's yelling continued for several minutes without stopping, but in the end he still exposed his intentions—"Listen, Dr. Ensger issued a warning, there are individuals who can emit lasers among these monsters, don't be silly Fly over there, try to get as far away as possible to pick up the person and run, understand?!"

"No problem, Your Excellency, I can hear you very clearly." Dom smiled, and then looked at Marcus who was already wearing the armor suit behind him - the other party adjusted the power system of the mecha, so that the heavy mecha can only It can rely on force feedback sensors to operate, and its body weighing one and a half tons can walk very smoothly even in the lunar environment.

Marcus walked two steps in the cabin wearing power armor, then picked up a three-tube electromagnetic coil acceleration Vulcan cannon from the weapon rack with his left hand, and hung a large ammunition box on his back with the mechanical arm.He waved his right hand, and a large chainsaw popped out of the arm armor, roaring at a speed of [-] revolutions per minute.

"Bud!"

Marcus yelled over the comm channel, then fell silent for a few seconds before continuing.

"This time, I owe you."

Even Bud on the other end of the radio station was stunned, and it took a while for the arrogant supervisor to say: "Then don't die before paying me back."

The moon gradually turned to the sun-facing side. Behind the shuttle, the shadow cast by Sira gradually faded, and the sunlight chased up from behind the shuttle, as if opening the way ahead for them.Veterans never die, they don't fade away, they're still on the front line, and they're never alone.

However, it is impossible to hide all this from everyone.

From the port of call in the Eternal City, the space barges originally used to receive cargo projected from the Sira ground-orbit catapults have replaced their construction robotic arms at the fastest speed and replaced them with temporary rushing vehicles. cargo boxes.Weapons, ammunition, heavy equipment, everything you might need in future battles.Black Hand is boarding the plane, and according to the mobilization order, the special forces of the Guards will take the space shuttle to the space station to join the expedition to the moon.

Insufficient transportation capacity is the biggest difficulty faced by Li De—there are not many aircraft that can fly over 38 kilometers from the ground to the moon, and even these space barges plus material hoisting can't arrange many manpower.

Without a star port, it is impossible to build a space fleet on a large scale. Without an effective personnel transportation platform, the space shuttle can transport less than a hundred people to the Eternal City at a time.This exposed the many shortcomings of the People's Federation as a post-space civilization with a short development. Even for a satellite as close as the moon, the current limit can only be transported to an armored regiment that is not full of personnel, otherwise it will not be able to meet even Basic ammo requirements.

Not to mention that this is a space battle, and the People's Federation has not had time to design a systematic vacuum combat equipment. The old equipment must be completely updated, otherwise it will be useless.Therefore, the construction plan of the third ring of the Eternal City has been changed, the construction of the living quarters has been stopped, and all existing ones have been converted into space factories as much as possible.

For the reconstruction of the Acropolis system, since the original plan to build a space port on the moon in one step has been blocked, let’s make it up first. It is difficult to build a giant ship like the Nibelungen, and it takes time. Let’s build a small space battleship!

Everything is because of the war, and everything is for the war. The mobilization of the whole country system is Li De's greatest advantage.While he was deploying, his prosthetic body was also sent to the space barge along with a batch of combat equipment.With the accelerated rocket strapped on, he'll be one step ahead of the moon with an overload that would kill a mortal.

But at this time, he found some abnormalities in the system monitoring of the moon base. After paying attention to check, Li De couldn't help sighing.

"Don't think that you can do whatever you want because you were the protagonist before, Marcus!"

PS: New equipment needs to be designed, atmospheric equipment, fighters, artillery, infantry vehicles, etc. are useless.Perhaps, it would be better to directly engage in dual-use of heaven and earth.

Tomorrow Tuesday, the horn will be working overtime, see if I can update TT

Chapter 10 A Sun

The moon has a radius of 1783 kilometers. If the height of the moon is 2.2 meters at the ray level, and the unit/adjacent side is calculated according to the Pythagorean theorem, the most basic strike distance for the ground target at the ray level is 2670 meters—this number is the earth/tin Pull less than halfway, but extend somewhat with the target height appearing on the hypotenuse (horizon).But if this object is changed to the sky, then the light-level interception of aircraft on the moon is not much better than that in the atmosphere, and there are not many shelters on the desolate moon.

So, why didn't the MUV earthmen have a light-level war on the moon until the beta landed on the ground, and the People's Federation encountered it as soon as it came?This problem is not worth worrying - the type Ensig encountered after landing was the soldier class that appeared on the MUV Earth in 1995, which shows that what the People's League encountered was the beta after this point in time, and the light class had already appeared.

In terms of time, the lunar rift appeared five years ago, and this time point is worth pondering—Li De has reason to believe that he is encountering the story of the original plot at the same time, and the remaining key That is, will the People's Federation repeat the same mistakes?

"The advance expedition team called the advance base, this is Adam Phoenix, repeat, this is Adam Phoenix, those monsters started to turn around and chase me, they moved very fast, I don't know why these ghosts are chasing me so hard!"

Facing the rising sun on the moon, three transport trucks were galloping at "high speed" on the soft sand surface with wide tracks. The relay navigation satellite provided Adam with the shortest road, but the closest to him was also to these monsters. Recently, when he looked back with the rear camera, he could see a large group of bright red six-legged monsters "crawling" on the ground with their hands and feet. However, the body ran at a speed of [-] kilometers per hour-it needs to be known that the armored combat force of the People's Federation will not always maintain such a high speed, but these monsters are advancing like a huge crowd.

This is unreasonable. I am just a small expedition team, but I have attracted monsters whose number is not less than [-]. They don't even conform to the basic hunting principles. Is there any special connection between them?

When thinking of this, Adam could only use his brain to think about the behavior patterns of these monsters, and the computer on the car also helped with his thinking. In the silent environment of the moon, only the LED indicator light was shining brightly.Scientists keep putting forward a hypothesis, but the reality overturns this hypothesis. Only the chariot class is approaching the truck at a speed visible to the naked eye. Their slender arms straighten forward, like runners chasing the finish line, eager to touch the truck. The back compartment of the truck—and then, one step further, two or three monsters climbed onto the compartment in a row, their slender arms gripping firmly, and the flat teeth of these monsters’ huge chests were wide enough to squeeze two living people side by side. Such a bite on the alloy steel plate of the cargo box!

I don't know if their teeth have any special structural advantages, or their bite force is better than that of industrial pulverizers?A large piece of the alloy plate was torn off, and then another piece.The truck was slowed by the extra load, and soon more monsters rushed in, until the entire truck was covered and the engine was overwhelmed.

"Adam, unhook!"

A voice reminded that the second scientist only remembered this function, and immediately pressed a red button—the carriage weighing several tons rolled down together with the monster on it, smashing into a pulp.The truck that successfully lost weight also set a successful example for the other two vehicles. The speed of the truck that lost its burden finally reached the same high speed as Beta, and the two chased and fled to form a short-term balance.

Adam, who walked around the gate of hell, suppressed his nervousness and reported: "Chief, didn't you say you bought me time!?"

"Sorry, Adam, I overestimated myself, or underestimated this group of creatures."

At the foot of a crater mountain dozens of kilometers away from the convoy, a beam of blue-white light spewed out. The mechanical prosthesis itself was for plasma welding and cutting, like a hand holding a sword. What force carbonized and cut open the abdominal cavity of the monster in front of Ensig, carbonized together with the bloody mouth.Immediately afterwards, another prosthesis with a multifunctional drill drilled open the head-like organs of the monster's body—this ghost thing is like a berry with black sesame seeds, and the black beads distributed on it are not eyeballs, but it seems Like a sensor, a puddle of mud bursting under the drill bit shows there's a lot of moisture in it.

Ensge wasn't sure where the fatal point of these creatures was, so he had to destroy everything that could be destroyed. The old rule, recording relevant data while fighting is a preparation for the future—"Organizational strength, low, but The outer skin has considerable toughness, small-caliber ammunition may not be effective, 20mm caliber is the best, the 'head' is where the nerve tissue is concentrated, destroying it will temporarily paralyze the creature, and a certain degree of self-healing effect has been observed."

The chief scientist took a step back, holding the grenade launcher removed from the mech with both arms, bombarding the tank class climbing up the hill one after another - yes, this is the information provided by the leader In terms of size and speed, they are indeed comparable to infantry tanks. Although the bombardment of grenades can kill them, it is not easy.The steel balls that can penetrate the soldier level have no effect on them, relying entirely on the potential energy of the explosives to shatter the entire body.

A robotic arm gripped the tooth from the corpse, and the servo motor struggled to rip one from the gum—"trapezoidal structure, mainly composed of calcium, hydroxyapatite...and, these razor-like nanoscale layers What are lattices? Is that why they can destroy metals?"

But without waiting for Ensig to do further research, the firepower of the grenade could not stop the progress of the encirclement.A tall shadow appeared on his side, two arms grabbed Ensig, but greeted him with three arms dragging plasma sparks to slash.There is no suspense when the high temperature meets flesh and blood. Ensig wanted to take another step back, but an elephant trunk-shaped arm stretched out from behind the chariot-level corpse——

"?"

A prosthetic limb is grabbed by a stretchable trunk, and the opponent's strength can compete with the motor!He raised the grenade launcher and pointed it at it, but two tanks rushed to the side, and he only had time to kill one with his prosthetic leg, and the other held his head.

The giant mouth closed, and with the sparkle of electric sparks, half of the chief scientist's shoulders left, and the elephant trunk also gained strength, dragging Ensig up and throwing him 180 degrees from the hillside to the foot of the mountain—tumbling in the air At the same time, he also saw the scene in the distance, and he was also amazed by the scene he saw before landing.

"A bug 50 meters high?"

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"I tried my best, Adam." Ensig said, but without the slightest feeling of guilt, "but I got the first-hand information, and now I am integrating our weapon system in the Ministry of Industry and Research, and the leader is going to launch an attack on the moon. Expedition, it needs a lot of equipment under anaerobic and weightless conditions, and this is what we lack."

As he said that, Ensig was still happy: "The war has begun. Our Ministry of Industry and Research can finally free our focus from the swamp of people's livelihood research and concentrate on researching weapons! Have you seen it, Adam, war! Civilization and progress The driving force, the leader will release all resources for us to conduct research!"

"Excuse me for being hard to accept, Chief."

Adam almost fell into a state of frenzy, yelling: "I don't think this is a good thing, let alone be happy about it...Especially, when I am about to become the first human being to die in the mouth of an alien creature Time for the history books!"

The truck is moving forward, but the best navigation will not tell you whether there is a pothole in the terrain ahead that slows you down briefly - the truck crashes heavily into a ridge less than one and a half meters, although the track can easily handle the terrain , but the limit speed that was finally maintained had a huge drop, which allowed the more flexible tanks to swarm up the car body, and also declared Adam's death sentence.

"That's it...that's it?"

At this moment, the world was silent, and Adam could no longer hear Ensig's voice. His thoughts fell into chaos. He just turned his head and watched the red monster tear down the door, smash the glass, and put his arms into the car. , to catch the sluggish Adam...

A storm of metal rushing from the front shot a hole through the chariot class clinging to the car body in an instant. Together with the one trying to catch Adam, their abdominal cavity was torn apart by the supersonic projectile, blue-green His bodily fluids were sucked out by the vacuum and died instantly.The person who launched the attack seemed to be full of confidence in his own skills. He "washed" the body of the truck with successive short bursts and let the truck move. The car level was blocked by bullets—in order to buy a few seconds for the truck, the uninterrupted salvo lasted for nearly a minute!

"Marcus, the distance is too close, use the tracer!"

Dom roared, pulling the joystick, causing the shuttle to drift horizontally at a height of ten meters above the ground.The electromagnetic thrusters were opened to maintain the stability of the body, the shuttle machine was on standby, and the heavily armored warrior standing at the door pulled the yellow-orange ammunition belt from the ammunition box behind him and loaded it into the barrel of the Vulcan cannon.

The motor was still running at high speed, and his feet were already covered with a mountain of shell casings, and the barrel of the Vulcan gun was reddish, which was a sign of a good warm-up—Marcus picked up the machine gun, pressed his finger on the button, and the helmet display No less than [-] targets within the effective shooting range were captured in front of my eyes, um, [-], and the rate of fire of the Vulcan Cannon was [-] per minute.

The electromagnetic coil in the barrel starts to be energized, which will form a stable acceleration force - when the 7.62 tracer bullet is ejected at twice the speed of sound under the propellant of the propellant, the magnetized warhead is accelerated to Mach 3 again by the coil!

There is no air on the lunar surface, so the vision is also very good.When the Vulcan Cannon began to exert its power, the tracer bullets flashed and formed a straight line, guiding, as if a laser was spinning along the battlefield, opening up a wide avenue in the front.The faster those chariots charged from the front ran, the harder they collided in front of the barrage, and their invincible momentum also stagnated.

Marcus tried his best to make a safe way for his father, until the barrel of the gun was red and the ammunition box was empty, he meditated on the distance—not enough, the front blocked the side, and they were too fast to complete the evacuation, it must be the maximum Reduce the quantity to a certain extent!

"Dom, is this thing reliable?"

Marcus selected the No. [-] weapon of the mecha with his eyes, and the two square missile slots were buckled on his shoulders, moving up and down flexibly.

"Of course, one piece is worth [-] tons, and light radiation can kill these monsters!"

He opened the missile pod on his back, hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and fired three warheads with fusion marks, watching them rush towards different predetermined locations with their tail flames.These three warheads will be filled with their own anger, sweeping across the moon with the power of the stars, and the bright radiation is the best gift for them!

A few seconds later, a few kilometers away, a shining sun bloomed, dazzlingly brilliant, bringing indescribably strong light and heat.It swept across the moon, illuminating all the darkness. Even wearing the armor, Marcus could feel the temperature on the surface of the armor rising sharply, and the skins of the monsters below were completely carbonized under the strong light, and even the body fluid They are all boiling up and are falling down in pieces.

Praise the sun!

Marcus said with emotion, while Dom, who was hanging on the protective suit, glanced at the camera and said doubtfully.

"Why is it just a fireball?"

PS: Once Tuesday is over, it's easy to talk about everything.Work overtime, exhausted.

Chapter 11. Misfortune/Black Watch

The flash of light on the lunar surface, even if it is only for a moment, the light of its newborn stars has overwhelmed everything in the world.

Seen from the Eternal City, it was a perfectly round incandescent fireball, not big, only a few kilometers in diameter, but the energy it released instantly melted the lunar surface one kilometer from the center of explosion, and the central temperature of tens of millions of degrees radiated to the surroundings , soon even the surface of the shuttle reached a thousand degrees Celsius, the heat-resistant coating solidified, the operation of the liquid nitrogen cooling system reached a critical point, and the hull cabin was filled with thick fog——

"fine,"

Marcus wanted to buckle his head, but he remembered that he was wearing heavy power armor, and the arms of the armor couldn't lift his shoulders—"Fortunately, only one exploded, or we would be burned to death, right?"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Dom, who was in the driver's seat, took a few deep breaths while wearing a breathing mask before recovering. He was furious for a while, and yelled at the engineers of the design bureau: "What kind of weapon is this? The killing range is farther than the shooting range, and the success rate is only [-]%. One-tenth!"

However, his casual complaints aroused the anger of the boss—the voice of the chief scientist Ensig suddenly came from the communication: "Because this is an extermination weapon used for combat suits in dangerous environments, Lieutenant Dom Santiago! "

And Ensger's anger is more than that: "You two actually stole our important experimental prototype, how courageous! If you don't collect enough data after this battle and bring it back unscathed , I can kill you without military law!"

"Wait, Your Excellency! But there is something wrong with this weapon. Marcus fired three rounds just now..."

Dom wanted to explain, but this aroused further anger from the chief scientist: "What, three shots? Damn, do you know what this is, how dare you waste it like this!"

However, Marcus didn't want to listen to the noise of the two. At this time, the truck of the expedition team seemed to be paralyzed by the electromagnetic pulse of the nuclear explosion, which made him very anxious-his father was already a cyborg, and his resistance to nuclear explosions was far away. Higher than ordinary people, but this quiet situation...

"Dom, I'm going down to pick someone up and fly the shuttle down!"

Marcus jumped down from the hatch, the one-ton armor slowly descended, and the jet pack sprayed out a blue-white liquid hydrogen flame, driving him down to the side of the overturned truck.

The hull was severely damaged, with damage from photoradiation ablation.If it weren't for the lack of air on the moon to prevent the most terrifying shock wave from the nuclear explosion, he would never have seen his father again.

"Marcus?"

The weak electromagnetic communication was like a candle in the wind under the pulse of the nuclear explosion, but this call made him completely relieved.Marcus popped out the chain saw on his right hand and dismantled the cab. In the narrow space, his father's prosthetic body was twisted abnormally due to the overturned hands and feet, and it seemed that he had lost the ability to move.

The signal light representing the vital signs of the electronic brain was still flashing, which made him somewhat relieved—"Dad, it's okay..." He retracted his right hand with the chainsaw and carefully pulled Adam out, who seemed to be feeling very well at this moment. uncomfortable.

"Let's go, before these monsters get close."

In front of the huge power armor, Adam was as thin as a toddler. He was held on his shoulder by Marcus and complained uncontrollably: "Fortunately you are here... Was that a red mercury nuclear bomb just now? It can be done so soon." Have you actually fought?"

On the shuttle, Ensger was still scolding Dom: "Three rounds! Our current output is only two qualified ones a day, and most of them have been stolen by the two of you! Who gave you the authorization, it is a red mercury nuclear bomb, Although the equivalent is small, it can also be carried by a single soldier. Now that one is more useless than ten tritium fusion strategic warheads, you..."

"Well, Your Excellency, I'm just a big soldier. If you want me to choose a weapon, I must choose the most powerful gun!" Dom said, carefully pressing the control lever to lower the height of the shuttle, "And we also After experiencing it, is this thing really qualified? The detonation rate..."

"You said the detonation rate is only one-third?"

Suddenly, Li De's voice squeezed into the communication, making Dom startled, but before he could say hello, Li De seemed to have discovered something and shouted in the communication: "Those two were intercepted by the light level, they Right here, you must evacuate immediately!"

"Light level?"

Dom was taken aback, but Ensger was shocked. He thought of his own experience: "Can they not only attack aircraft, but also have the ability to intercept high-speed missiles?"

As soon as the words fell, a slender flash of light pierced the void, just like what happened to Ensig, this high-energy ray hit the shuttle's abdomen exactly, and pierced out!

In an instant, the gel coating that can resist the high temperature of 2500 degrees Celsius is evaporated in less than 0.1 second, and the heat-resistant titanium alloy steel of the hull that can withstand the high temperature of [-] degrees Celsius is also vaporized like a knife cutting butter. Release the terrifying high temperature in the cabin——

Marcus stared blankly at the shuttle being cut in two in the air, the engine's hydrogen fuel exploded into a bright fireball, and countless wreckage was scattered and scattered under the expansion of the oxidizer.He just froze for a few seconds, even if the fragments hit him, he didn't seem to feel it.

"D-M-!"

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In the silence of space, you can’t hear Marcus’ shouts, but you’re far away on the way—the eight space barges passing through the lunar channel lined up in two columns and stepped forward, and the blue-white charged plasma ejected by the fusion engine It pulled out a trail that was a kilometer long in the void.Like a colorful ribbon in the dark night, they are the first lunar expeditionary force of the People's Federation. Their figures can be seen by conventional astronomical telescopes on the surface of Sira - facing an unknown enemy, this voyage The fleet carries the hopes of all, and is destined to write a rich and colorful stroke in the glorious history of the People's Federation.

Everyone knows that if the invading enemy cannot be wiped out on the moon, then mankind will have no future to speak of.

This kind of burden was also clearly understood by the soldiers of the expeditionary army-the battle came too hastily to gather too many troops.The transport fleet was loaded with 140 high-ranking Black Hand Holy Church Orders stationed on the Eternal City, [-] soldiers of the garrison army, and [-] army engineers.Just such a small force can be loaded on a barge, and more is almost all the industrial raw materials of the Eternal City, as well as an industrial ship fully loaded with the production core of the munitions industry.

Now I can freely tell you why the People’s Federation is nervous about this encounter, and why Li De doesn’t even have the absolute belief that he will win—wars are fought over resources, manpower, weapons and equipment, and ammunition are all resources. .