The first brother spit out a puff of cigarette: "Let's talk about it, it's all here, let's scrutinize it together." ”

Qiu Tianning glanced at his brother with deep meaning, nodded and said: "The preliminary plan is like this, there must be no conditions for manufacturing thrusters on the Martian side, so the thrusters must be built in the North Moon Continent, resources and industrial capacity are not a problem, and the problem that needs to be solved urgently now is that we must prepare before Europa arrives on Mars, so that the time is relatively tight." ”

"How long do we have left?" The first brother's solemn expression was full of exhaustion.

"In a year or so, Europa is still quite far from the orbit of Mars, at least one and a half astronomical units, enough for it to fly for a while." Huo Qiang replied.

With an average distance of about four astronomical units between Jupiter's orbit and Earth's orbit, Europa flew away from Jupiter in early 2026 and is now flying in empty space for a year and five months, almost half of its entire journey.

The first brother simply calculated in his heart: "It takes a month's voyage from the earth to Mars, this is still an ideal condition, if the location is not good, the time will have to be extended, no matter what, it will take about three months, plus it will take time to prepare for flying to Mars, and it will take one to two months, that is, we still have half a year, and we must take action within half a year!" ”

Qiu Tianning nodded heavily: "Basically, considering the suddenness of the action, the sooner you complete the preparations, the better." ”

The first brother was expressionless: "Go on!" ”

"We must first solve the problem of engine design, there are currently two schemes, one is to win by quantity, to create a number of large nuclear power engines, the other is to create several super-large nuclear power engines, in order to facilitate placement, and finally to place the thruster on a spacecraft, the bow of the spacecraft is designed to be flat, and it will be driven directly after completion, and the bow will be fixed on the satellite even if the preparation is completed, which can save a lot of time."

Huo Qiang couldn't help but say: "Minister Qiu, the mass of Deimos is nearly two trillion tons, and the mass of Europa has to be increased by seven or eight times, even if it is bombarded with a nuclear bomb, such a large mass will have to use tens of thousands of of them, how many spaceships do you plan to build to participate in the operation?" ”

"It's also a problem that has to be solved." Qiu Tianning said, "It is an impossible task to directly push the satellite, and my idea is to blow up Deimos, divide Deimos into several pieces, and pick a suitable size to hit Europato." ”

"What size is appropriate?" Huo Qiang asked again.

"The 10,000-ton ramming ship of the international fleet did not play much role, I think, 100,000 tons should be enough, if it doesn't work, it will be 200,000, 300,000, and if the engine doesn't work, the nuclear bomb will be laid!"

"That's a big plan!" Huo Qiang smiled bitterly.

He didn't want to admit it, but he had to admit that this plan was indeed possible, and the prospect described by Qiu Tianning was also very wonderful - no matter how strong Ganymede was, could it withstand the impact of 100,000-ton satellite debris?

What are you kidding, a 10,000-ton impact ship hitting the earth can cause a global disaster, if 100,000 tons of debris hits the earth, the earth can directly return to its original state, and the participants have one count, and no one believes that the impact of 100,000 tons cannot solve Europa.

Huo Qiang paused and said: "The implementation of this plan requires a lot of resources, with the current situation in Beiyue Continent, it is not a big problem to go all out to catch up with the construction, but all the shipbuilding plans must be postponed, and the original fleet expansion plan must also be postponed, with our current strength, there is no ability to fight against Europa, if the Mars plan fails, our situation will be very passive." ”

"But if we get closer, our fleet is not sure of confrontation, and the Mars program is our only chance!" Qiu Tianning insisted on his own opinion.

Huo Qiang also scratched his head a little, on the one hand, this plan was indeed feasible, and on the other hand, he was worried that the plan would fail.

One of the people present was counted as one, everyone was discussing the feasibility of the plan, and the first brother did not stop it, and smoked silently alone, and it took a while for everyone to quiet down, and everyone's eyes were invariably focused on the first brother.

The first brother couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I can't decide now, do this, Lao Qiu, you come up with a detailed plan as soon as possible after you go back, and then study the feasibility of the problem." ”

"Yes!" Qiu Tianning agreed.

"Don't let the others be idle, do you have any other suggestions?" The first brother asked again.

"I have another debriefing here, but it has nothing to do with Europa." Huo Qiang said.

The first brother nodded without thinking: "Let's say, there is enough bad news today, not bad for this one." Although Huo Qiang hadn't spoken yet, the first brother knew the old general very well, and when he looked at Huo Qiang's expression, he knew that there was nothing good.

Huo Qiang smiled reluctantly: "We intercepted the communication signal of the international fleet, this is a message from Jupiter!" ”

"Jupiter?" The first brother was surprised, "The international fleet will arrive at Jupiter so soon?" ”

"That's not it, they sent a batch of probes to Jupiter in advance, but Jupiter's electromagnetic environment is too harsh, and the signals sent back by the probes are intermittent."

The first brother commanded: "Go on!" ”

"According to the news of the international fleet, in addition to Europa, Europa, III, and IV have all become the world of aliens, especially Ganymede and Ganymede, and a large number of warships have been found on the surface, and if the aliens drive these warships over, our current forces will not be able to deal with them at all." Huo Qiang said in a seemingly flat tone.

Qiu Tianning was a little unhappy when he heard this, this sentence was obviously talking about Jupiter, but in fact, it still said that the strength of the fleet was insufficient, but continuing to build the fleet would inevitably affect the Mars plan.

The first brother thought for a while and said, "Can the production capacity of Beiyuezhou be expanded?" ”

Huo Qiang shook his head firmly: "It's already at the limit, it's not impossible to continue to expand, but the gains outweigh the losses." ”

"What about Nanyuezhou? Isn't the first phase of the Nanyuezhou project over? The first brother asked again.

The north and south poles of the moon are the only two water sources on the surface of the moon, and while the northern capital continues to expand the north moon continent, it is also developing towards the south moon continent and occupying the south moon continent ahead of the base group.

The two poles of the moon are more than 5,000 kilometers apart, and opening up the Nanyuezhou base is not a simple thing to think about.

The small actions of the northern capital can't hide the base group, and the international base also has the idea of seizing the south pole of the moon, but the international base has always been suppressed by the North Yuezhou base, and the two sides are no longer on the same level, how can it be so easy to grab food?

If it weren't for the alien threat, it's hard to say whether the international base would be able to gain a foothold on the moon.

"It's over." Huo Qiang said, "But the first phase of the project only has living facilities, and the industrial facilities must wait for the second phase of the project, and the corresponding equipment and personnel also need the support of Beiyuezhou." ”

"Then hurry up!" The first brother said.