The Battle of Ceres ended with the evacuation of humanity, but the Nanzhou ship group only left Ceres, not the asteroid belt.

Due to the expeditionary plan to withdraw the main force of the human fleet, the Nanzhou ship group is the last mobile force of mankind in the asteroid belt, and it cannot be withdrawn at this time under any circumstances.

Fortunately, the main forces of the alien fleet are all heading for Mars, and the alien warships left in the asteroid belt are basically on Ceres, and the combat pressure of the Nanzhou is not very great, and the two sides are evenly matched.

On the third day after the end of the Battle of Ceres, the main force of the alien fleet flew to Mars, and the expeditionary fleet could not fly to Jupiter for another week.

Those who heard the news first breathed a sigh of relief, and then inevitably remembered the delay in the days before departure, and many people had an idea: If Huo Qiang hadn't hesitated, the fleet would definitely have been able to reach the target one step ahead of the enemy, at least at the same time!

To tell the truth, the fleets of the two sides are not in the same direction, and the goals are not the same, and there is no difference between a few days earlier and a few days later, but some people can't get over this hurdle in their hearts.

Huo Qiang was very calm about this, he didn't have the heart to care about these at all, if he had the time and energy, he might as well care more about the war on Mars.

After several months of intense construction, all the works on Mars were completed on time, and the engineering personnel were withdrawn from Mars ahead of schedule, leaving only a small number of military personnel and 20,000 servants.

The orbital elevator also withdrew from Mars before enemy forces arrived, leaving only the bare pedestals and straight rails on the wasteland.

Will Mars work?

This is a difficult question that haunts many people's minds.

It's not that everyone is too pessimistic, it's that the strength of the enemy and us is too different.

There are only two battle groups in the direction of Mars, the Xuzhou and the Enterprise, and there are more than 20 warships in the full battle, or one battle group for each of the two camps in the east and west, not to mention the combat effectiveness, command and coordination alone is not a small trouble.

The enemy army is different, the first batch of enemy ships that have just arrived is more than 100 ships, and there are two more batches in the follow-up, with a total of more than 200 ships, and the ratio of warships on both sides is as high as ten to one, such a huge disparity in strength, even if all four super cannons are added, it will not be filled, no matter how you look at it, the defeat of Mars is only a matter of time, once Mars is lost, the earth will be the next target of the enemy.

Earth's defense system is much more complete than that of Mars, but the expeditionary plan has evacuated the fleet, although after the fleet left, the orbital factory has been running at full capacity, but there are few new ships coming down from the slipway, so they can barely put together a battle group, and there is still no space helicarrier.

There are not enough fleets near the earth, only super cannons and no warships, it's like a lame leg, plus the aliens who landed on the earth have been restless, jumping out from time to time to stir up the wind and rain, if you come to the alien fleet to meet inside, the consequences are not ordinary and unimaginable.

Everyone nervously waited for the enemy to attack, but the aliens did not seem to be in a hurry to attack Mars, but lingered around Mars, patiently waiting for the follow-up troops.

When everyone's eyes turned to the second and third alien fleets, they understood what the aliens were planning to do - these two fleets carried dozens of asteroids of various sizes!

"Is this a replica of the play on Ceres?" Luo Qi guessed in surprise.

Aliens don't smash the Earth to colonize, but Mars doesn't have this problem, and if an asteroid hits Mars, the result is completely conceivable.

"Eighty percent of the time." He Lu said, "No wonder Ceres' fight is so miserable and he doesn't give up, his feelings are a rehearsal for Mars!" ”

"That's not right!" Luo Qi still couldn't figure it out, "There is water on Ceres, and the aliens snatched it to be useful, but there is so much water on Mars, and it is all buried underground, so it's useless to snatch it, right?" ”

At this time, He Lu couldn't answer for a while, and subconsciously looked at Ye Han, and when the others found He Lu's movements, they also followed Ye Han.

Ye Han's whole person was not good: "What are you doing, what are you looking at me for?" ”

He Lu handed Ye Han a look of help: "Boss, you don't have any inside information or anything?" ”

Ye Han glared at He Lu angrily: "The inside news of the fart, why do I still have an inside line to break into the aliens or what?" ”

He Lu grinned awkwardly: "I didn't mean that, what is it, I just want to hear your opinions and learn from you!" ”

Hearing this, Ye Han thought for a while before saying, "Maybe aliens have a way to transform Mars...... This is not highly likely; Or don't you want Mars to fall into our hands...... There may also be other ideas...... Hey, the aliens don't occupy Mars because they don't have what they want, and conversely, what if Mars is useful? ”

The resources that aliens need are organic matter or water, not mineral resources, and there is no shortage of minerals in this place of Mars, but it is difficult to find organic matter and water.

He Lu was a little confused: "I don't quite understand what you mean." ”

Ye Han said: "For example, what if aliens need gold, silver, copper, iron, and other minerals? ”

He Lu immediately said: "Occupy Mars first, and then use giant insects to open mines...... Aliens are so good at digging holes, opening a mine is a special business without capital! ”

"That's it...... Eh, if only I could get a batch of giant insects to come back and open mines, I will definitely make a lot of money! Luo Qi said yearningly.

"You know the money!" Ye Han glared at Luo Qi angrily, "You don't want to think about what the aliens are mining for?" ”

"What else can it be for? It's not copycat our technology, or they have something to use it in, just these two reasons, for sure! Luo Qi said confidently.

He Lu couldn't help but roll his eyes: "I still need to say it!" ”

"Don't worry, you don't have to worry about this." Luo Qi waved his hand very casually, "If the aliens had this ability, they would have snatched Mars a long time ago, can they wait until now?" ”

He Ludao: "I'm not worried about their copycats, I'm afraid that they will turn out those lost technologies again." ”

"Probably not." Ye Han said, "Don't say anything else, our own technology is not so simple, just talk about yourself, give you a set of battleship drawings, can you build a battleship?" ”

"Definitely not!" He Lu agrees with this very much.

Ye Han spread his hands: "Isn't this over?" The alien wandering time is definitely not short, even if the previous technology is really retained, it is not so easy to recover, it must be tried slowly little by little, when to try it out and when to calculate, with this idle time, it is better to continue to use the current technology. ”

"That's it!" Luo Qi echoed in a particularly doggy manner, and then added in a particularly wise tone: "If it's gone, it's gone, how can reverse engineering be so simple?" Even if there is a real thing, it may not be able to imitate it, otherwise you look at Europa, if aliens can still build a planetary engine, as for today? ”