Chapter 8 Poachers' Bases
Based on the intelligence intercepted from the Cape-class destroyer system, and in line with the principle of not putting all eggs in one basket, the poacher fleet divided the already small number of ships into three squads, escorted by three destroyers, and staggered the departure times. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
There is no problem with this method in itself, even if the poacher fleet is integrated, it will not be the opponent of the K star field garrison fleet, and it is better to disperse the operation to be safe. It's just that no one expected that the newly formed mobile army would only send a night star to destroy them.
Yes, this is a crazy act, and Major General Pan Ke intends to prove the strength of the Space Force through this slightly exaggerated military operation, so as to demonstrate the existence value of the Mobile Force and the significance of army building. He had looked at the resumes of everyone on the MGAS-01 and knew that these were military men who were able to work miracles in the face of adversity.
Captain Zhu Nan was the first mate on one of the Tianjing-class destroyers in charge of the Taiya WH campaign, when the old captain of the ship suffered a heart attack due to an ambush on the fleet, and the subsequent command was completed by him. After the war, as one of the few mid-ranking officers to be promoted, he was selected by Rear Admiral Pank to become the captain of the MGAS-01.
Catherine was his clerk at that time, and her performance was quite calm, and she cooperated well with Junan, so she was also transferred together.
As for the first mate Junichi Nakajima and the second lieutenant Ruan Ziming, the two lieutenant colonels, also have good backgrounds and can be called the elite of the army.
Under these people, the personnel in all positions of the bridge also have good quality and are worthy of this team.
Finally, the pilots of the MGA01 squad have all experienced the battle of Taiya WH, and they are not impatient in the contrarian trend, but they have their own successes and complete the basic number of crashes required to be promoted to pilots. Such pilots have excellent tactical literacy and psychological quality, and they all have the basic conditions to become ace pilots, but what they lack is more training and achievements.
A team of such an elite group would fail Rear Admiral Pank's expectations if they didn't even dare to confront a fleet of poachers. And there is another major discovery from the Cape-class destroyer, which is the location of the poacher's base - a dwarf planet two astronomical units away from K.
The unnamed dwarf planet is directly about 2,800 kilometers, between the Moon and Pluto in the solar system. Since there are no other precious resources in the K field except for UBH-310, and several mining space cities are also located on the relevant Lagrange point of the K star, the exploration of this star field has not been carried out in depth. With the exception of the most valuable K-stars, which were named, the other planets were named by numbers, not to mention the humble dwarfs and asteroids.
The dwarf planet used by the poachers' fleet as a base is not even in the official records of New Asia. This year is different from the old era, the universe is the most all kinds of stars, stars, dwarf stars, giants, planets, dwarf planets, etc., all kinds of small celestial bodies that do not have mining value are habitually ignored by people, and become a forgotten dark area, poachers, rebels and interstellar pirates of various countries can easily occupy a dwarf planet and establish a secret base. Although the conditions are all kinds of simple, there is no atmosphere, the temperature is too low, and the gravity is insufficient, but it is a nest and a foundation.
If it weren't for the Cape-of-Good Hope's navigation system, the MGAS-01 would not even have been able to find it. It can be seen that Zhu Nan's decision is not wrong, if he does not go to the opponent's base as soon as possible, once the poacher fleet knows that a team has been completely annihilated, it will inevitably abandon this temporary base and casually go to the dwarf planet in the vast space, and the mobile army may not be able to find the other party even if the whole army is dispatched.
Don't miss the opportunity, lose it again!
After a simple clean-up, the ruins of the battleship were pushed away from the fairway so as not to expose the operation prematurely. The MGAS-01 ship then followed the coordinates of the Cape of Good Hope, increased the concentration of R particles again for optical interference, and flew towards the nameless dwarf planet.
This dwarf planet is located in the discrete disk of the K field (note: the discrete disk is located on the outer side of the outer Kuiper Belt of the star, please refer to Baidu for details), that is, the orbit of the K star about two astronomical units outside the orbit of the star. The orbit of this dwarf planet is not on the ecliptic plane of the K field, but has an inclination of about 23 degrees. Therefore, it is more hidden and more unknown, and can only be found through long-term observation by large astronomical telescopes.
With a clear goal, the MGAS-01 ship first flew with curvature approaching the Kuiper belt in the K-field satellite field. Flying in curvature on the Kuiper Belt, where the celestial bodies are highly dense, would be no different from suicide, and from here on the dwarf planet would only fly at a regular cruising speed to the dwarf planet located on the inner side of the discrete disk. There are still five light-seconds from here to the dwarf planet, and a cruise flight at the fourth cosmic speed takes about five hours.
This distance, which is not far and not close, is so delicate that the local garrison fleet always misses it. As we all know, the fleet command of New Asia operates in three shifts, each of which is responsible for an eight-hour voyage. The local fleets, though seldom sailing, followed this custom, and their patrol ships had to return to port after four hours of flight toward the Kuiper Belt or Discrete Disk, thus always passing by the secret bases of the poacher fleet.
This is not to say that the local fleet is lazy or negligent, the width of the Kuiper belt reaches four or five hundred astronomical units, and the discrete disk deviates from the ecliptic plane of the star field, and can reach an inclination of forty or fifty degrees at the farthest. It is simply impossible to rely on the small number of local fleets to patrol such a large area of airspace. As long as they can guard the airspace within the K-star range, they will be considered to have completed their job.
But here's the problem, the garrison didn't protect its own territory, and let the poachers steal the UBH-310 ore right under their noses. It's not their responsibility to find a base for poachers, but it's a big problem if they don't do their job.
For the mobile army under the jurisdiction of the Space Force, what could be more suitable than this to touch the nest of the poacher fleet and put it in the pot.
The young pilots do not understand the complex contradictions and knowledge here, and they cannot touch this level. All they did was take the time to rest and prepare for the next battle in five hours. For them, who have just won a big victory, their morale is high, and it is natural that they will be the best choice to pursue the victory.
Falling asleep with contentment and waking up with anticipation, the pilots were ready for everything when they were only 10,000 kilometers away from the dwarf planet.
"Arrive in the airspace of the poacher base in 2 minutes, please prepare all combatants for combat level 1!"
Compared to the previous search in the shipping lane, the concentration of R particles released by the MGAS-01 ship this time is higher, close to the level of light blocking. It is only at a range of 10,000 kilometers that optical sensors can function. This is the advantage of mastering the coordinates of the opponent's base.
"No enemy ships have been detected in the airspace of the poacher base, and the mobile squad is ready for surface combat. Commando get ready for the airdrop! ”
As a dwarf planet, the Poaquare Base has a surface gravitational pull of only 0.1 g and an extremely thin atmosphere, allowing Mobile Suits to drop directly onto the surface without CJ coatings. And the shipboard is estimated to be able to easily get rid of gravity as long as you carry a portable jetpack. The composition of the atmosphere has been systematically analysed as methane, nitrogen and carbon monoxide, while the surface is mainly composed of rocks and the solid state of the above three gases.
After systematically analyzing the scanned images of the optical sensors, it was found that there are many man-made objects on the surface of the dwarf planet, which should be where the base is located. After confirming all this, five mobile suits were ejected.
Unlike a large number of troop carriers, a night-class destroyer with only one mobile team is more efficient, and an armor plate on its belly is flipped open to reveal five launch ports, and all five humanoid mobile suits are ejected at one time, completing the launch work in an instant.
"Rush! Kill! Kubanoy was so excited that he screamed in the short-range optical communication channel, and swooped down on the surface of the dwarf planet again.
For this behavior of his, even Abdul was speechless. However, it can be judged by visual inspection that the rudimentary base on the surface of the dwarf planet is unlikely to have a complete air defense system, and it should not be a big problem.
"Let's go down too." Feng Yu gave the order a little embarrassed.
The mobile team was dropped 2,000 kilometers above the surface of the dwarf planet, with little air resistance in the face of its negligible atmosphere. Decelerates and descends, and in half a minute it lands on its surface.
The battle began before the mobile team reached the surface, with the main guns of the MGAS-01 being the first to attack, and the 750mm particle beam reached the surface in the blink of an eye, destroying one of the largest man-made structures. The massive particle beam cannon released as much energy as a nuclear bomb, instantly melting everything within a kilometer radius of the building and its surroundings. The solid gas, which accounts for 30% of the surface of the dwarf planet, instantly sublimated, and a huge white cloud rose and slowly rose high into the sky. When cooled at high temperatures, the surface of this area will crystallize and become like a concave mirror.
Colonel Zhu Nan looked at the picture displayed on the main surveillance screen, but frowned, "Something is wrong!" There was no reaction from the enemy, and there were no signs of life on the surface. ”
At this time, there was a new discovery on the lookout's side, "Energy reaction found at 13659,304,-631!" ”
In this era, the space coordinate system used by warships is based on itself, the first coordinate value is the distance directly in front of the bow, and the last two are the x-axis and y-axis of the plane space projection plane, both in kilometers. The meaning of this coordinate refers to the distance of more than 10,000 kilometers below the right front of the MGAS-01 ship.
"What's the situation!" The captain immediately realized that something was wrong.
"It's a double dwarf planet system! Behind the base, there's a dwarf planet! Previously, due to the overlapping positions, the optical sensors could not be judged in time. The lookout nervously read the data, and at the same time made a new discovery, "Behind the poacher base, there are planetary-class destroyers, fire-class destroyers, Mobile Suit 20, and a distance of 3,000 kilometers. ”