"We should go back!"

Yuri, the first mate of the Starry spacecraft, said with a stern expression, and five of the 11 cosmonauts on board the Starry agreed with him, including inspector Vasily and navigator Nikolai, as well as crew members Andrei and Semyon.

"I'm against it!" Deputy Captain Peter immediately retorted: "Go back? Why should we go back? Don't you see the Americans moving on? At such a time, you actually said that you went back, did you forget your duty? Yuri! We are all soldiers, and this is also a battlefield! ”

"Battlefield? A battlefield with no goals? Yuri coldly asked, "Excuse me, who is our enemy?" Is it the Hades in front? Could it be that our goal in chasing the Hades is to destroy our opponents? Peter, do you think you're living in the Age of Discovery? Flying a cruiser and setting up a cannon to bombard a pirate? We're in space now! You don't understand it in space! ”

Speaking of this, Yuri looked a little excited, he turned back to the gathered astronauts and said: "Yes, we are all soldiers, but the problem is that this is not a war, as an astronaut we should all be aware of our duties, but more importantly, to keep our sanity." The Starry spacecraft is the wealth of our Russia, and it is also the wealth of humanity, and now that we have been in space for 33 days, Mars has been crossed, and Jupiter is at our feet, we can say that we have made history, is that not enough? ”

"Of course not enough, Yuri, don't forget that the Americans are moving forward, and as Russians, we will definitely not allow to lose to the Americans!" Peter retorted.

"Lose? What is losing and what is winning? Yuri asked coldly: "We all know the technological gap between the Star and the Hades, they have an artificial gravity system, do we have it?" They have a well-established ecological balance circle, do we have it? Not to mention that one of our controllable thermonuclear fusion engines has been scrapped, and it's unclear whether we, now with a backup engine, will be able to hold on, do you want everyone to continue to take this worthless risk for an illusory goal? ”

Yuri's words hit Peter to the point. What he said was not bad at all, compared with the technologically advanced Hades, the Starry Sky spacecraft has no advantage other than being larger. Without artificial gravity, space navigation can only be carried out in weightlessness, and there is no perfect ecological balance circle, which only relies on a simple ecological cycle and the consumption of reserve materials. What's more, the Star had just faced a crisis a few days ago, when a controllable thermonuclear fusion engine suddenly malfunctioned, and the Star had to start a backup engine if it could not be repaired. Although, in the end, the crisis was overcome, but because of this incident, it cast a shadow on the hearts of all astronauts.

"But we still have four controlled thermonuclear fusion devices, which is enough for us to continue ......." Peter blushed and retorted that the Star had a total of five controllable thermonuclear fusion devices, which could be converted into spacecraft power engines at any time if needed. Other words. The breakdown of the platform was not a big deal for the entire Starry Sky ship, and in Peter's opinion, having the remaining four devices was more than enough.

"Do you really think so? Are you going to let all the crew accompany you to take this risk? Yuri asked rhetorically, although they still don't know where the real target of the Hades is, the information from the Earth and the analysis of the Americans' every move are likely to be Pluto.

And now, judging from the flight route they followed Hades, this possibility is also very large. At the current speed of flight, there is still a very long way to reach Pluto. If it is a qiē shun lì, it will also take about a year.

With such a long period of time, no one can guarantee what will happen in the unknown space. But one thing is certain, and that is that after just a month of flying, Starsky's controllable thermonuclear fusion engine went into trouble. Forced to start the spare engine, then who can guarantee that such a situation will not arise again in the course of continuing the flight in the future? Once all controlled thermonuclear fusion devices are destroyed, Starry Sky becomes a meteor in the universe, moving in one direction at an extremely high speed forever until it collides with an asteroid or other space object. Finally, it is reduced to fragments and becomes part of the space dust.

The two points of view are deadlocked, Peter is the first captain, Yuri is the first mate, they have the same rank, and they also have supporters on the Starsky. Both Peter and Yuri represent one of those points of view, should they continue the flight, or even preemptively land on Pluto with the Americans, or should they return for absolute safety?

There were 5 people holding both views, and 5:5 was at a stalemate, and when each could not convince either side, they both turned their eyes to Captain Ivan, who had not spoken.

"Gentlemen, before I discuss the issue, I would like to tell you one thing." Knowing that he had to make a decision, Ivan spoke, and when everyone focused on him, Ivan raised his hand and pointed to the rear, that is, the location of the earth: "Some people may already know about this matter, and some people don't know it yet, so I tell everyone now, not long after the Star and the American Hades left the earth, the Chinese also launched a spacecraft, and they are coming towards us." ”

"What! When did this happen? ”

"Chinese? How can they have a spaceship? ”

"Is it April Fool's Day? My God! This...... It's incredible! ”

Several of the astronauts present showed extremely surprised expressions, except for the first captain Peter, the first mate Yuri, and Gregory, who was in charge of communications, the rest of them heard about it for the first time.

Russia and the United States built Starry Sky and Hades in the near-earth orbit of the earth's space, which is a thing that both sides are very clear, but they could not have imagined that there is a third country that also has spacecraft technology, and what makes them even more shocked is that the Chinese actually launch spacecraft directly from the earth, not in space near-earth orbit like Russia and the United States, but after the completion of ground construction, what does this mean? As astronauts, they know very well that this means that the Chinese have mastered far more advanced space and astronautical technology than Russia and even the United States.

Looking at each other, most astronauts have always thought that Russia is a space power second only to the United States, but no one expected that the Chinese, who have been unknown, have actually surpassed them and even walked ahead of the Americans. If it is understandable to lose to the Americans, but to lose to the Chinese, the Russians, who have always harbored great power chauvinism, cannot accept it in any way. (To be continued......)

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