Chapter 240: Time Runs Out (First Update, Ask for a Monthly Pass!) )
The Moon Base, which is home to the headquarters of the Earth Space Fleet, was officially transferred from Earth to the Moon five days ago, thus marking the official use of the Moon Base.
The entire lunar base covers an area of 3,700 square kilometers, overlooking from space, in a ring-shaped structure, the base has a huge space port that can moor 150 spacecraft, as well as extremely complete various ancillary facilities, in addition to the defense system, factories, real rooms, living quarters and other parts of everything, just like a small society.
The center of the base is a large core building, and since it is on the moon, all the main parts of the building are underground, both for air and survival reasons, and for safety reasons.
Not far west of the center of the base, here is the "lungs" of the entire base, covering an area of 350 square kilometers of ecological balance circle for the entire base to provide air exchange and vegetable food needs, in a corner of the ecological balance circle, here is a special place, small place pine and cypress evergreen, more than 20 shoulders shining with gold stars, solemn faces of the general standing silently in front of a clearing, and in front of them is a team of soldiers wearing the uniform of the Earth Space Fleet, with a black ribbon on their chests.
The coffins covered with the United Nations flag and the Earth Space Fleet flag had been buried, the firing of the soldiers with the old rifles had ended, the melodious sound of the lights out signal echoed in the air, and everyone present had their eyes fixed on the monument in front of them.
The coffin was not the lone person, and there was a metal fragment not much larger than a slap inside, which represented the 37 soldiers on the Fengxiang, and their names were all engraved on the marble tombstone.
This is a solemn cemetery, the final resting place of all the sacrifices of the Earth Space Fleet, and the soldiers who died on the Fengxiang were the first martyrs to be "buried" here, but everyone present today knows in their hearts that these 37 heroic souls are just the beginning. Perhaps it won't be long before there will be more and more tombstones like this, and there is a good chance that some of them will remain here quietly like the victims of the Fengxiang.
The military funeral is over, and Mike. General Carson dragged his somewhat tired body back to headquarters, along with the commanders of the fleets, several senior officers of the General Staff, and the top members of the Earth Alliance.
These people are here for military funerals, but that's not their only purpose. At the same time, there is one more important thing to gather together, and that is how to deal with the upcoming war between the civilizations of the universe.
The failure of the "Meteorite" interception mission cast a deep shadow over the Earth Space Fleet, including the Earth Alliance organization, and no one present knew whether the Gaia civilization would immediately launch an attack on the Earth after recovering the "Meteorite". Even if it is not right away, it is estimated that this time will not be too long, with the continuous progress of earth science and technology and the rapid expansion of the scale of the Earth Space Fleet in recent years, some people who were full of confidence in resisting the Gaia civilization at first began to shake slightly after the death of the Fengxiang.
What happened to the Fengxiang at that time, no one knows now. How exactly they were destroyed by the other side is also unknown. But judging from the fact that the Fengxiang was destroyed before it could send a message to the headquarters, it is likely that the shape at that time was stricter than imagined.
In the face of the Gaia civilization, the Earth civilization that has just begun to walk out of its home planet is like a toddler who has just learned to walk, and the gap between the two sides is too big. With the current level of science and technology of human beings on Earth, there is still a long way to go to reach the Cheng dù of Gaia civilization, facing the upcoming war and facing unknown opponents. Everyone's mood was heavy.
Today the generals gathered together to discuss how to defend the operation. Given the gap between the two sides. Taking the initiative to face the battle is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, which is not the Chief of the General Staff Mike Murphy. General Carson was also the commander of the detachments, and he knew it very well.
At present, the moon base is rushing to build a super-large giant electromagnetic cannon and particle beam weapons, which are the most powerful weapons possessed by the Earth Space Fleet. The reason why the moon base was considered is that whether the quad electromagnetic cannon or the particle beam weapon is used in the Earth's atmosphere, its effectiveness will be greatly reduced, and the construction of the moon base will not only maximize their power. It is also possible to use current technology to make it a "fortress" to defend the planet.
At the same time, in the low-earth orbit of the Earth's space, ring-shaped electromagnetic cannons and particle beam weapons are also in full swing, and they will form an interdependent formation with the lunar base as a last resort of defense. Such an arrangement can also make up for the lack of warships of the Earth Space Fleet. To use an example, as in the Opium Wars in China in the 19th century, the Manchu government relied on ancient forts to resist the invasion of outsiders with cannon ships, which was the only way to do it in the face of the disparity in strength between the two sides.
These projects actually began at the time of the construction of the lunar base, but with the exception of some ring-shaped electromagnetic cannons and particle beam weapons in low-Earth orbit in Earth's space, other equipment, including the lunar base's super-large equipment, will take some time to complete. Time is already very short for the people on Earth, and all you can do is pray that the Gaia people will come later and leave them more time.
While all the people of the Earth Space Fleet were worried, the Gaians who were far away in the Oort Nebula were equally surprised.
Although the "meteorite", that is, the detection and monitoring device dropped into the solar system by the small spacecraft of Tongguò, was recovered, the recovered equipment had already suffered damage, and although the particle beam launched by the captain of the Fengxiang at the last moment did not completely destroy the device, the consequences were very serious.
According to Yako's detection, the particle beam weapons of the Earth civilization have caused great damage to the device, most of the reserve information has been destroyed, and the remaining data is not complete, and the number of data that can be recovered is only a small part. This result made Fei Luo very angry, but when he carefully looked at the video footage of the destruction of the Feng Xiang, Fei Luo was greatly surprised.
You must know that when they captured the Hades spacecraft of the earth civilization near Pluto, the technology mastered by the earth civilization at that time was still very rudimentary, but in just a few years, the technology of the earth civilization has suddenly developed to this point, which cannot but make Ferro stunned and puzzled at the same time.
The electromagnetic cannon and particle beam weapons possessed by the Fengxiang have clearly proved that half of the earth's civilization has stepped into the ranks of cosmic civilizations, although their weapons still have great limitations, when compared to the Gaia civilization, the gap between the two sides is basically equivalent to the distance between gunpowder guns and automatic rifles.
The old powder guns were certainly not as powerful as automatic rifles, and there were noticeable differences between the two sides. But there is a problem that is very obvious, that is, whether it is a powder gun or an automatic rifle, they are both thermal weapons, and more importantly, they cannot be ignored by Ferro, because no matter how primitive thermal weapons can also kill people with automatic rifles, as a member of the cosmic civilization, it is also a cosmic civilization that has gradually developed from this step, and Ferro is very aware of this.
Fei Luo couldn't figure out how the Earth civilization could master these technologies so quickly, and from the information he obtained, it was shown that although the Earth civilization had already started researching electromagnetic cannons and particle beam weapons, it was impossible to really put the research into practical use without decades or even hundreds of years.
The more advanced the technology, the more complex the problems to be solved, but in just a few years, the earthlings not only solved these problems, but even began to equip these weapons, which made Ferro puzzled.
After reading this, and carefully reading the information that Arco had tried his best to put together, Ferro's heart began to feel a little uneasy. He felt that the Earth civilization was a civilization he had never met before, that they were developing too fast, and that if they were left unchecked, then perhaps in a few days, the plan to occupy the Earth would become more and more difficult.
Thinking of this, Ferro hurriedly connected the communication and invited Arco over, and when Arco had just stepped into his cabin, Ferro told him that he was ready to take the action of occupying the earth as much as possible. (To be continued......)