Volume 1 Interstellar Vastness Chapter 50 The Tragedy of the Titans (Part I)
Target wreckage
Fang Mobei and his party of 6 people wore spacesuits and walked in the tunnel in the wreckage of Zeus, the bottom of the spacesuit has a magnetic induction, as long as it fits the sole, the sole will absorb the ground, making it easy for people to move.
"I didn't think it before, but now I have a headache when I look at these closed hatches," Blake said helplessly, according to the past, when exploring a strange place, they would first send a probe to explore and map, and then act, but now they have to manually open one hatch after another.
"Saihu, is there a way to connect to the main control system of the Zeus?" Fang Mobei held down the headset and said to Saihu.
"The main control system on Zeus is different from that of Tiangong, I need to find a subsystem connection."
"Generally, there will be subsystem openings in the maintenance opening," said Fang Mobei and asked Blake and the others to find the maintenance opening in order to connect to the main control system of the Zeus.
There are large and small debris floating in the entire corridor, as well as human corpses, and the picture can be described as terrible.
"Everyone pays attention to the emergency oxygen cylinders and the spacesuits left in the corridor, and they are all marked in case of emergency," Gu Yi instructed everyone.
"Captain, I've seen several wrecks, and the fractures of the hull don't look like the damage caused by thermal weapons" Qi Jingyu, as a mechanic, clearly knew what kind of damage caused by thermal weapons was, and found some problems after checking several hull wreckage.
"Impossible, it's not a thermal weapon, is it torn and chopped" Blake laughed, obviously he didn't believe Qi Jingyu's discovery, after all, the Zeus was so strong and such a huge hull, except for thermal weapons, it was impossible to be fragmented.
Qi Jingyu pondered for a while and said, "First of all, look at this star field full of fragmented wreckage, large and small, as if it has been dismembered, if it is a thermal weapon, whether it is artillery fire or lasers, it will not be able to cause such a big damage."
"What if it's like a nuclear bomb? What if the enemy also has a doomsday bomb? Blake retorted.
"If it was a weapon like a nuclear bomb, it would be even more unlikely that such a huge wreckage would still exist," Qi explained.
Qi Jingyu's explanation made Blake speechless for a while, and Fang Mobei and the others also fell into contemplation because of Qi Jingyu's explanation.
"In your experience, what do you think caused the destruction of Zeus?" Fang Mobei asked.
"I can't imagine," Qi Jingyu frowned and shook his head, "It's like a prey after being bitten by a huge monster."
"How big can a giant beast tear apart Zeus like a prey?" Mina asked tentatively, "Could it be that there really is a cosmic beast the size of a planet?" ”
Mina's astonishing words made Fang Mobei and the others speechless, and the atmosphere became extremely quiet in an instant.
"Did we bring our GT-2 mech?" Blake asked Qi Jingyu.
"How can 6 mecha fit in!" Qi Jingyu glanced at Blake, "Besides, even if you put on a mecha, can you still play in front of such a giant beast?" ”
"Found it! This should be the sub-system port," Gu Yiyi said after opening the valve at the top of the tunnel.
"It should be," Fang Mobei affirmed after looking at the densely arranged electric boards and chips in the maintenance opening.
After a period of decipherment, 30% of the main control system of Zeus has been controlled by Saihu, and the remaining 70% cannot be cracked due to permission and encryption problems.
Saihu kept downloading the relevant data on the Zeus about the war, and some residual pictures appeared on Fang Mobei's screen from time to time, and Fang Mobei looked at the war videos and pictures that appeared on the screen, he felt his scalp tingle, and the fear he had never had made his whole body weak, and even had a feeling of powerlessness to resist.
"What do you see?" Gu Yiyi felt Fang Mobei's fear and asked worriedly.
"Qi Jingyu is right," Fang Mobei said with a heavy face, "This is a massacre, yes, a massacre!" ”。
……
South Gate Ship Command Room
"Report to the captain, the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft sent by the exploration team has detected the opponent's warship"
"Battleship? How much? Is it hostile? ”
"3 enemy ships are heading towards the South Gate ship"
Just when the adjutant reported to Xue Gushan, the South Gate ship sounded the battle alarm, and everyone entered the first-level combat readiness state, and the command platform immediately projected three red dots, and the three red dots went straight towards the South Gate ship, and the speed was not very fast.
"The whole ship is full of rudders, enters the wreckage group and adopts an evasive attitude, informs Mars, and dispatches all unmanned fighters to intercept it" As the chief of staff of the Air Service Regiment, Xue Tani Shan certainly knows very well how to deal with a war in the universe.
"The enemy ship has one hour to reach the area where our ship is located," the adjutant reported from the side.
"All the unmanned fighters turn on the video screen, I need to see the appearance of the enemy ship" Xue Tani Shan supported the command platform with both hands, and her eyes stared at the three red dots moving in front of her.
Binks hesitated for a moment and said, "Captain, I'm afraid Fang Mobei's side doesn't know this news yet, do you want to inform them?" ”
"Adjutant, inform Fang Mobei of the situation here, and let him decide for himself what to do."
With Xue Gu Shan's consideration, she knew very well that her eggs could not be put in one basket, and when the enemy's information was still unknown, it was obviously not a wise move to involve Fang Mobei's side. Once the South Gate Ship had catastrophic consequences here, then Fang Mobei would be the last hope to be able to bring everything here back to the Tiangong Ship.
Just after Mars received the news from Xue Gushan, he immediately handed over the control of the 7 drones to the artificial intelligence control, and he took the members of the two flight teams to re-control the 15 unmanned fighters and followed the 20 unmanned fighters controlled by the artificial intelligence from the South Gate ship to the blocking point.
"It's unclear what the three enemy ships will look like, but we can come up with a rough tactical plan," Mars looked sideways at the two squad leaders sitting on either side, and then continued, "Red Ghost, you and your squad hide behind the wreckage at 8 o'clock and wait for the right time; After 20 drones break through the protection of the enemy ship, the fox will enter again, waiting for the opportunity to drop antimatter bombs, which will break through the shell of the enemy ship and then detonate inside"
"Fox, we'll wait to see your fireworks," the red ghost teased.
"Fox squad, try to keep the attack synchronized during the operation, no matter who it is, drop bombs as soon as you get close to the target, you must know that the enemy will stop us at all costs" Mars said in a deep voice "Our compatriots died here, today, let's fight for them!" ”
……
"Mobei, we should immediately pass on the information here to the South Gate Ship" Gu Yiyi knew the importance of the intelligence they had obtained from the Zeus.
"It may be too late"
"What's wrong?" Gu Yiyi, Blake and the others looked at Fang Mobei in surprise.
"5 minutes ago, a message came from the South Gate ship, three warships suspected of being the Tokta civilization were heading towards the South Gate ship, and the South Gate ship sent all the unmanned fighters to block it" Fang Mobei frowned and said, "The 7 unmanned fighters escorted around us have been handed over to the main control AI on the South Gate ship for control"
"Shall we go back to the South Gate ship?" Blake asked.
"No, the captain means that we will wait and see what happens, and if we can't do anything, we will pass the information here back to the Tiangong"
Just as Blake and the others were looking at each other, Fang Mobei had already passed the information they had obtained about the Tokta civilization back to the South Gate Ship, and let Saihu take over the control of the seven unmanned fighters outside.
"I think those three battleships may be the Titan," Gu Yiyi said with palpitations.
The images that appeared on the screens of everyone's helmets made them take a deep breath, and hundreds of behemoths comparable to starships flocked to the starfighters' blocking circle, and the bombardment of thermal weapons infuriated these behemoths even more.
For these thick-skinned behemoths, only electromagnetic cannons and laser cannons can bring damage to them, and in front of hundreds of fierce beasts that are not afraid of death, the first and second lines of defense composed of interstellar fighters have fallen one after another, and Zeus at this time gradually realized that the development of things has been out of their control.
The massive use of antimatter bombs has brought huge casualties to these giant beasts called Titans by Zeus, but antimatter bombs are limited after all.
In the end, Zeus gradually disintegrated under the bite of hundreds of giant beasts, and it was at this time that Zeus sent a distress signal to Tiangong, and the distress signal could not be sent out completely due to the damage of the laser array. And the Zeus, in desperation, detonated the jump engine located in the tail of the hull at the last moment.
After the destruction of the Zeus, the remaining starfighters and the carrier planes preparing for the landing operation lost hope and chose to land on Tokta in search of their last hope.
"Gone?" Fang Mobei and the others were already overwhelmed by this tragic scene.
"There is SDS on Tokta," Fang Mobei said to everyone after seeing the data decrypted by Saihu, "Zeus wants to land on Tokta to replenish SDS energy......"
"So it was attacked by the indigenous people of Tokta," Gu added.
"And then? Those survivors are on Toqueta? Blake asked, confused.
"I don't know, Zeus can't receive any signals anymore, naturally I don't know the situation of those survivors on Tokta," Fang Mobei took a deep breath and continued, "If you want to know what the result is, you may only be able to land on Tokta planet."
"Are they still alive?" Mina's eyes flashed.
Qi Jingyu shook his head silently, "If it is still alive, it is impossible for the South Gate Ship not to receive the distress signal of the survivors on Tokta."
"Mobei, what do you want to do?" Gu Yiyi looked at Fang Mobei firmly, at present, they have two choices, one is to wait for the information after the victory of the South Gate ship here, if they can't wait, they can only wait in the wreck of the Zeus for the arrival of the Tiangong in 3 months, and the second option is to land on the Tokta Star to find survivors, and obtain the detailed information of the Tokta Star to pass on to the Tiangong.
Fang Mobei looked at everyone, he couldn't help frowning with a complicated heart, he had also made a choice in the expectation of everyone, but the result was to lead them to the point of no return.
"No matter what, we will follow you, no regrets" Gu Yiyi felt Fang Mobei's emotions, and she slowly held Fang Mobei's slightly trembling hand.
"Boss, give the order," Qi Jingyu said after looking at Mina and Miyazaki Chuan beside him.
"We don't have a GT-2 mech," Blake mumbled.
"Blake, when did you become so cowardly?" Mina rolled her eyes at Blake.
"I'm just reminding you, lest you get carried away by the blood"
Everyone turned their eyes to Fang Mobei, waiting for his final order.
"I suggest, let's wait for the news of the South Gate Ship" Gu Yiyi looked at Fang Mobei, who was in a state of mind, and said, "We have to go to Tokta Star anyway, but not now" After speaking, she looked at Fang Mobei.
"Yiyi is right, we can't be impulsive now" Fang Mobei responded to Gu Yiyi with a smile and then said to everyone, "Zeus, there are still quite a lot of doubts here, we need to know more"
After Fang Mobei got Gu Yiyi's nod of affirmation, he took a deep breath and left all the gloom of the past behind, because he no longer had time to reminisce about the sadness of the past, and he needed to be responsible for his current team members.
"Captain, the Titan has entered Captain Mars's blocking circle," Saihu reminded, "The South Gate ship has turned on the message synchronization, do you need to bring it in?" ”
"Pick it up"