Chapter 44: The Battlefield
Sometimes Zhang Tianhe forgets that the Star is carrying ...... Anyway, it's the most powerful weapon that the entire human race has ever created, and something like this actually requires a pair of hands with a special self-control to wield, and he doesn't have such a thing.
The situation on the battlefield made Zhang Tianhe's hair stand on end: both landing craft were damaged, one of the cockpits was pierced, and three crew members died in space. The attackers didn't even clean up the battlefield, and sure enough, they took the woman with them and turned around and ran, and the rest of the people threw back to Mercury nearby, although they also left behind two strange-shaped spaceships, but ...... Their lives still can't be compared to the lives of the Martians.
Under normal circumstances, in fact, whether it is Mars, Mercury or the so-called "earthlings" (these people have not appeared in public for a long time, and it is doubtful whether they are active or not) to attack each other, there is a recognized tacit understanding, that is, to ask for money and not to die, although they are not willing to admit it, but the Martians actually know that most of the skirmishes on the route between Mercury and Mars are related to earthlings, because they can't imagine where the strategic materials that were robbed and flowed into the black market ended up where they went- The Mercuryians definitely don't need that much, and they don't have that kind of technology, such as osmium, which is used in the field of extreme durability and hardness, and the Mercuryians can't be able to make alloys for use on the space shuttle, they need to import osmium alloys from Mars. In the eyes of the Martians, they are now the only ones who are scattered and rich in the solar system, so to a certain extent, they can adopt a more tolerant attitude towards this kind of small-scale conflict - it is not easy for everyone to live in space, and it is even more so for those earthlings who live in strange places, although we (referring to Martians and earthlings) have deep hatred, but as long as you don't come to disturb Mars, then there is no need to kill you, Martians have always been on the defensive in this matter, except for the individual actions of individual people, in fact, Mars has always turned a blind eye to the robbery of this kind of armed men who seem to come from the Mercury Mining Company or the Mercury prison and exile, and even has a tacit implication - space is expensive, it is not easy to live for a long time, everyone is a human being, can you let go of a horse or a horse, there is no need to do things so desperately - for the Martian Council, in fact, most of the time this voice is the mainstream, and hardliners like Ka Danxian and Zhang Tianhe are a minority, This actually dominates the outcome of most confrontational behaviors.
Zhang Tianhe's kind of bravery comes from distrusting the people of the earth, of course, no one trusts them on Mars, but distrusting them and destroying them are two different things after all, and there are some subtle differences between them. And Zhang Tianhe has a clear understanding of what happened on the route during his years of service, that is, Mercury has always fallen to the side of the earthlings, or in other words, most of the battles on the route are caused by them, for what? In order to make a deal with the earthlings and strive for some benefits that they can't get on Mars, Zhang Tianhe has never given the Mercury people any good looks. This kind of thing, it is difficult to catch the fight on the route, Mercury has a special guerrilla team to do this, that is, most of the outlaws who catch them are also tools in the hands of others, it is difficult to pull them out and confront the people on Mercury, and they will scold you back with a word: "Big brother, the people who commit the crime are temporary workers, it is purely a personal act, and we can't control it!" ”
Since you don't care, then I will exercise the rights of a parent on your behalf, and I will discipline these people for you.
The essence of all conflicts is here, in fact, even if there is a fight between Mars and Mercury, there is some tacit understanding, that is, not to kill but to make money, and the laws of Mars have always been more merciful, so there are not many people who really die in battle, most of the time they belong to their own misoperation, such as when accelerating and decelerating, it is easy to cause a short circuit in the engine - the particle cannon and the neutron cannon themselves are driven by the engine, and the action of accelerating and firing at the same time is easy to cause insufficient energy, Scrap the engine. If a landing craft engine fails, it surrenders, and if it is confronted by the guerrillas, it will be ridiculed by the gang for a long time, and then they will proudly take what you want to defend right under your nose. It is rare to really punch the pig's nose through in a firefight, not only because it is difficult to penetrate, but also because since a tacit understanding has been formed, there is a code of conduct, and you can't act recklessly. What's more, the serious part of this problem is still here: only the Martian's weapon can penetrate the Martian's spaceship, so this matter belongs to either the weapon is wrong, and the weapon is only exported by the Martian to the Mercuryian, or the Martian or the Mercury itself has a problem, that is to say, there are traitors to provide technology for others, which is even more terrifying.
Since arriving at the battlefield and starting to clean up, Zhang Tianhe didn't say a word, wrinkled his cheeks, biting one lip and constantly thinking about it. Shi Kening is quite familiar with his small action, which means that he is moving with murderous intentions, wondering who he is looking for and how to do a little destruction. Zhang Tianhe is that kind of person, he never bargains with others in terms of fighting, that is, if you don't do it, many things are easy to discuss, sit down and spray it, once it comes to doing it, then it's okay, let's talk about it first - but anyone who likes human history will have this kind of awareness, it's useless to talk, it's just a walk, and the real contest is still on violence - as the ancient saying of the earth, if the apology is useful, why do you need the police, if the negotiation is useful, why do you need the army, Therefore, the fight is the foundation that determines the course of events, and if you are still alive after the fight, it is not too late for us to talk, and he is now thinking about this aspect.
After serving on this route between Mercury and Mars for so many years, there is one thing that Zhang Tianhe, Shi Kening, and Shulmi feel very deeply, that is, force will only become more and more uncontrollable the more it is used, and people need a lot of strength to control force within a reasonable range, and the energy consumed is no less than the use of force itself. In between, Martian armies, guerrillas, and cargo ships are constantly evolving, and they are evolving in the direction of becoming more and more cunning and more limitless—force or violence is sinking into a kind of chaos. In fact, there is a faint impression in the minds of all of them, that is, this constant small friction will eventually lead to inevitable large-scale conflicts, but with whom the conflict will be, whether it is Mercury or earthlings or with both of them, no one can say, but this day will come sooner or later, which is inevitable. It's just that everyone didn't expect this day to come so quickly: blatantly killing the Martians in the inner solar system would be tantamount to a declaration of war.
While clearing the battlefield, three dead Martians were found in the pig's nose, and four more non-Martians were pulled out of the other two broken spaceships that were knocked out. Is it easy to identify Martians, just scan the chip on his spine when he was born, and now these people are all dead in the same way - Martians are a little better-looking, because they have another nano-suit, and after the cabin is depressurized, the nano-clothing can protect them for a while, so that their bodies will not explode. The others were more miserable, their spacecraft was pierced by the pig's nose and immediately lost pressure, because without the protection of the nanosuit, the lungs burst and caused a lot of internal bleeding, and before the space could freeze them, the bleeding burst out of their bodies and filled the spacesuits, so they looked like blood sausages wrapped in spacesuits.
"Earth technology, huh?" Even the people towed the boat back to the star, Zhang Tianhe and they went down to the armed layer to look when Shi Kening asked. He was referring to the two stick-shaped and saucer-shaped spacecraft, and the heavy spacesuits that wore on the dead.
"The spaceship is Earth's, it's hard for people to say, and Mercury also has this kind of spacesuit." George, who was called to disinfect, covered his nose and said that he was actually pretentious, and what could it smell like when it was frozen like that. At this time, he became emboldened, and stood nearby and didn't leave, "I haven't seen this kind of spaceship for a long time, you should call Professor Zhou over to see what their technology has developed now." ”
Zhang Tianhe didn't answer him, and kept crossing his arms and biting his lip.
"I'll arrange it......" Shi Kening took it after seeing that Zhang Tianhe didn't speak, "I need to report to Mars, call someone to take a look at these spaceships, and see if there are any clues, where the enemy has gone......"
"yes...... There are enemies everywhere, and we are not in a good position. George pouted and said, and then he saw Zhang Tianhe glaring at him like a tiger and a leopard. After glaring at him, Zhang Tianhe turned around and returned to the captain's room, and gave an order, and the captain's room taxied towards the bow of the ship.
"Am I right?" When Zhang Tianhe left, George dragged Shi Kening and shouted. "First the octopus, and now it's the ...... The future is very dangerous! ”
"Then I'll put you down when I turn around and pass by Mars." Shi Kenning said.
"I'm good if I can go down, I'm still ...... Forget it, I'll have to stay on the Star anyway. ”
"Don't forget that you also have a mission, do your job well, and the rest...... Wait for the order. Shi Kening said this, turned around and went to his main office.
Zhang Tianhe returned to the captain's room and went through everything that had happened since the stars took off, and he found that there was an undercurrent surging under everything, needless to say, in his experience, this undercurrent was the earthlings that the Martians had been reluctant to face - all the losses were related to the earthlings, but until now he couldn't see any connection between them. It is inevitable to sacrifice a little people in space, but this kind of thing still needs an angle, that is, it can't happen under his nose. Sometimes people are like this, when it comes to the billions of people who died in thermonuclear wars, Zhang Tianhe feels that it has nothing to do with him, but he can't stand the death of three people under his nose, and he feels that he has been hit by a particularly painful and humiliating blow. Say a thousand things and ten thousand, this thing happened near Mercury, and both weapons and personnel are inseparable from Mercury, and this trip to Mercury must go.
"Signal the acceleration warning and fly towards Mercury." He gave the order to the wheelhouse of the Star.