Chapter 272 & 273: Moon Fortress (1 & 2)

Riding on the orbital elevator that leads directly to the low orbit of the moon, you can see the moon's earth-facing side from the viewing window, and the craters are lined up in the gray desert. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info The human city built on the mountain pass is decorated with a force field passport, just like installing a super-large light bulb on the moon, decorating the desert with different colors.

"You're very limited. I don't really understand the feelings of normal native humans in the solar system, shouldn't I be more troubled and worried in my current state?! ”

Karen stood right next to me, curiously surveying everything around her as she took the mouth of her knife.

Ever since I came to the Moon Fortress a month ago, I've surrendered my military powers, and I've been given a free time in the name of censorship, so I don't have to go out of my way to investigate, knowing that this must be the work of the Martian magnates. But these are the years of war, and I am a colonel in such a high position, and when a few politicians who have lost their power want to work against me, they can't do exactly what they want.

It is said that the powerful faction in the fleet led by Green has tried to protect me, which has led to the current state.

If you were a normal person, you would really have to spend all day in worry and trouble, as Karen said. It's just that I can't be counted as a normal person anymore. I had already planned to die, and it was a complete accident that I was able to come here alive, since even the fact of survival was "earned" for me, those status, rights and other vain things were naturally not among my values.

When it came time to hand over the military power, I manipulated it at the suggestion of Verelli and concealed the identities of Karian and Kiana. Let's just say that I hijacked the Wolf cruiser with me. As for the two girls, they are refugees from the Children of Mars, and no one cares about them at all.

After arriving at the Moon Fortress, Teresa nervously inquired about the whereabouts of the Martian refugees who arrived in advance, and the answer was that refugee resettlement was a big problem, and the coalition government was still hibernating them for the time being, and it was estimated that they would not be released until the funding and resettlement sites were finally confirmed.

There is no name for the person who needs to be responsible for the time being, Teresa, a hard-working little girl, is still unwilling to be lonely, and then applies to go to Earth to find several political assistants that Davide painstakingly managed during his lifetime, laying the foundation for the future status of the son of Mars.

Hearing that I couldn't leave the fortress because of my status under censorship, the little girl muttered that it was useless and couldn't be relied on, and then Akali and Anderson left.

I wasn't interested in the future of the Martian children, not to mention that now it's just a matter of status and treatment, their future right to live is still guaranteed, and I think I can bring everyone back safely, I have already fulfilled the obligations of a friend, and I am more at ease with the current situation of leisure.

But fate won't let me take it easy, that's for sure. When I saw Kiana and Karen following behind me, I could only sigh that I was actually working hard.

Although it is a dream for a young man of my age to have two beautiful girls by my side, considering their status and the risks they may bring, I would rather enjoy the rare leisure time quietly by myself.

Seeing Kiana's mutilated forearm and the reproachful look in Karen's eyes beside her, I wanted to ask, do I owe you anything?

In the end, I asked Galen, who had been promoted to major general, to help Kiana get a chance at regenerative healing.

So for the past two days, Kiana could only stay in the hospital, leaving only me and Karen to wander around.

"Look closely, this is really a big barracks! As far as the eye can see, the fleet is also majestic with large fortress batteries! ”

I don't think so, for Karen's exclamation. Compared to her, who has almost zero combat experience, I have seen real interstellar battlefields, and I know very well that for a costly interstellar war, all this in front of me is nothing more than a luxury decoration in peacetime, and once it enters a real state of war, it is questionable whether these expensive decorations can last for a week.

Propaganda screen: "My dear citizens of the solar system, there is no need to be scared or nervous, let alone fight for the opportunity to migrate to remote settlements. The real workhorses of our solar system have assembled in the Moon Fortress. The dastardly Proxima Centauri is just taking advantage of the surprise attack. In fact, the news brought back from the fleet is that they are already at the end of their crossbow on Mars, and their main force has been annihilated by us. It's just that some other forces have the opportunity to peek into the resources of my solar system, which makes the great fleet that I have just experienced a great war and continue to make a decision to temporarily turn in. Now that the fleet has been repaired, and the Moon Fortress is ready to go, I believe that as long as it is ......"

The propaganda screen on the elevator tirelessly played the speech of the acting speaker of the coalition government. According to his account, our main fleet was not damaged, and under the leadership of Admiral Green, the fleet of the devils had been wiped out, and it was the "vile" Mrs. Wall and the Branders who sent a fleet to intervene in the war, so that the main fleet had to avoid their edge and redeploy it in the moon fortress.

Most of what you can hear in your speeches is in favor of our solar system, and if you just listen to the words of the Acting Speaker, you will think that the situation of war will be greatly favorable.

"Humph! The leaders of your native humans are all lies. ”

I hurriedly made a gesture to tell Karene to pay attention to the volume and not let the people around me hear her identity from her words. Like her, to be a native human and your leader, if someone with a heart hears it, it will not be suspicious.

Karen looked fearless, but she did as I told me and changed her complaint to communicate with me through brain waves, which put my hanging heart down.

One thing Karen is right, the Speaker is full of nonsense. First of all, Mrs. Wall is not a force that takes the opportunity to send troops to interfere, but a big problem that we have cultivated in the depths of Mars in the past 130 years. As for the main fleet under Green's command that eventually led to the retreat of the enemy, it was the group of ships of the Branders who did not know where to turn out and launched a brazen attack by surprise. At the same time, in the face of the terrifying combat power of the two star fields that represent the highest achievements of human civilization, Major General Green, who is known for his breathing tactical computer, is also unable to do so, so he wisely chose to take the initiative to retreat before suffering heavy losses. Fortunately, the Platland fleet was immediately in battle with Mrs. Wall, and our main force was able to retreat.

After arriving on the moon, I was amazed by the large number of troops gathered here and the luxury of the fortress's equipment. Originally not a military member, he made many trips from Lunar Harbor and did not pay attention to the true purpose of the facilities scattered around the lunar orbit. Now that I understand what interstellar warfare is, I have a further understanding of the moon fortress that the coalition government of the solar system has painstakingly managed when I look back at the moon fortress after the fortress has been turned into a fortress.

"It's a fortress made of money. Compared to the defense of Mars here, it can only be described as shabby, I have not been to Jupiter Fortress, but I believe it will not be more sophisticated than here. ”

"Oh, I thought you weren't optimistic about it. I just said that this place can't last more than a week, why did you suddenly change your words and praise this place for being well-equipped? Is it because you native humans are so illogical, or are you just a special case? ”

I didn't care about Kalian's ridicule. In fact, my two seemingly contradictory comments are not as outrageous as they sound.

It's true to say that the Moon Fortress is well-equipped, with all custom-built space stations and large shipyards made by the constellation Cetus, Titan-class defensive turrets made by Wolffield, and as many as eight sets of "Glory of God". There are also cyborgs from the Biotech of the Branders, cruiser groups from Proxima Centauri, and so on.

Staying in the Moon Fortress, it is like a weapon warrior platform for the major forces of mankind, and so many technologically advanced and powerful weapons gather here, how can it be said that it is not well-equipped.

But my other evaluation, which can only be supported for a week, also has my own reasons. As a person born in professional history, I deeply know that in the history of mankind, no country or force has been able to win a war purely by relying on the weapons and equipment of all nations. As the most wasteful consumer activity of human beings, "war". The so-called elite troops, which were painstakingly built up in peacetime, often only lasted about a week in real wartime, and this is already my opinion of the combat power of the Moon Fortress. If the historical average is followed, this time should be more appropriate at 3 days.

War has its own laws, and the luxurious army that has been built with all its might in peacetime is often not adapted to the conditions of war, and can only play a role in the early stage of war, and the law that it must be eliminated when the time comes, can almost be regarded as the truth.

As the orbital elevator was about to arrive at the space station where the spaceport was located, a fortress battery as large as a battleship swept past the elevator. No one in the elevator paid attention to this landmark-like existence, only my gaze, and I didn't leave it for a moment.

Yes, this time I spent half a day on the phone, and I took the rail elevator, and my purpose was not to use the spaceport. I actually wanted to see this Titan fortress turret, called "Glory of God", which the Space Army relied on so much.

According to the caliber of propaganda and the discussion of insiders in the army, the reason why the fortress is reassuring and the earth circle is known as difficult to attack is mainly due to the eight "glory of God" scattered around the fortress. It is said that these terrifying weapons capable of destroying a battleship with a single blow are fully automatic and unmanned equipment that we have procured from Mrs. Wall with great effort. With their presence, and with the help of the already logistical replenishment of the fleet, the Moon Fortress is theoretically able to withstand the attack of the combined fleet of the human world for several years without being defeated.

Because it has such terrifying combat power, and there are as many as eight, the Moon Fortress is nicknamed Olympus, the place where the gods live in ancient human mythology, meaning the place where the glory of the eight gods is guarded.

Less than a week after I arrived at the Moon Fortress, I already know why there is such a strong sense of optimism here, and why the main fleet of rescuers is too late to come to the rescue, ignoring the suffering of the people of the Earth and the people of Mars.

The people here did not believe in their bones that the fortress would fall. In other words, the main force of the Space Army considers itself invincible. As long as they are cowering in the fortress, the space army will not lose, so they don't care much about the fall of Mars, the difficulties of Jupiter's fortress, and the long-lost Neptune fortress.

This fatal slackness, as well as the disregard for the lives of the people of the other colonies of the solar system, can be seen in the degree of delay in the resettlement of Martian refugees.

At close range, while I was researching the "Glory of God", I was thinking about the battle between the Jupiter fleet and the Devil Titan. The battle that seemed to me a long time ago, and what left the deepest impression on my memory was the appearance of the Titan-class weapon, which destroyed the main starship with one blow, and the fact that after we boarded the ship, the Titan ship with terrifying combat power was subsequently reduced to an ornament and never played a role again.

"I can feel the surging energy and terrifying lethality of this thing. If this thing really goes to war, what a terrible existence it is! ”

Karen's feelings must have been more intuitive. Their title, the Starship Core, is not called for nothing. That innate perception ability, as well as the advanced concept of integrating with a starship, have created such a group of monsters that can evaluate the true strength of a starship just by looking at it.

She must have felt the power of "the glory of God" to make such a feeling.

While I agree with her, I don't quite agree with the beliefs of almost everyone around me about Titan-class weapons. They are indeed terrifying weapons, but in human history, only relying on the advanced and powerful weapons of weapons, the only thing that can influence the war is the Second World War in the Middle Ages. Moreover, the main reason why advanced weapons were able to play a role in that war was the huge strategic superiority achieved by the victorious side in advance.

In fact, in history, those forces that possessed strong fortresses and excellent weapons and did not want to make progress all suffered defeat and destruction. Compare it to the current state of the Moon Fortress.

I find myself hardly optimistic about the future of the Space Force.

I was the first person in the elevator to react when a special mist of interstellar matter, a black deeper than the dark starry sky, with a blood-colored color, diffused around the Glory of God. It's not that I have foresight, it's because I've seen the power of a true Titan weapon, and I realize that what I'm seeing means that the Glory of God is being attacked by some kind of Titan weapon.

"Zhao Ping, I have a bad feeling, those dark red fogs contain terrifying energy. Yes! The energy threshold is far beyond what a normal starship can reach. ”

There was panic in Kalian's voice. This blue-haired girl, she is unexpectedly a fragile and sensitive girl, and when she encounters a moment of crisis, she will show panic like an ordinary girl.

Man A: "Huh! What is this, why can't you see the starry sky anymore? ”

Woman B: "Well, maybe it's the solar wind, but it's said that sunspots have been moving more recently. ”

Little Boy C: "Mom, Mom, look, the red fog is surrounding that space station. ”

The boy's mother: "Silly boy, this is not a space station, it's ..... Oh, my God! What's going on?! ”

In the elevator, the screams of the people retracted, and in front of our eyes, the fortress battery of "Glory of God", which was larger than a battleship and 20 kilometers long, disintegrated and shattered like a paper toy. There is no sound in the vacuum, we just see the picture, there is no blinding light characteristic of explosions, everything is like a mime, and it does not give people a real feeling.

"Not good! Let's get out of here. ”

I still know what it means. There's nothing I can do about what is going to happen, so I can only fight to make sure that Karen and I are ready before the unexpected happens.

I pulled Karen and ran into the elevator as fast as I could, and there was only one compartment left in the elevator. I wanted to bring the boy in, but it was almost too late. The elevator cabin was torn apart by an invisible force at the sound of the alarm, and the men, women, and children inside were sucked out of the cabin in a silent scream, except for me and Karen in the life-saving compartment.

However, our safety was only temporary, and soon the bulkhead was out of the rail elevator. Right next to the hatch viewing window, the two of us witnessed the collapse of the rail elevator.

It was at this moment that the battle for the Moon Fortress officially began. And I enjoyed a leisurely time, but it was only a short 3 days.