Chapter 666: Jupiter's Frontline
Although the commander of the Trimaran Fleet was confident in his theory, the listeners who listened to him had a very different mind.
Unlike the commander, who went into dehydration and hibernation shortly after the trimaran fleet set sail and woke up until recently. This listener has remained awake all his life, receiving all kinds of information from Earth and the Three-Body Problem in the cramped duty room.
Therefore, he can better understand the changes that have taken place in human civilization in the past hundred years, especially the recent series of changes, which does not seem to be as simple as imagined.
If he were a human, he would definitely bury this thought deep in his heart, so as not to anger the senior in front of him, who was far higher than himself.
In the cycle of more than 200 times of destruction and rebirth, the three-body civilization has formed an extremely authoritarian society, where respect for the individual is almost non-existent, and there are only two levels of law: guilty and innocent, guilty to death, and acquittal.
For this monitor, death is a matter of words.
It's a pity that as a three-body person, thinking can't be hidden, and when he has this kind of thought, the brainwave has already exposed the thought:
"We probably shouldn't underestimate humans so much, it's true that they used to behave rather stupidly, but recently human civilization has also undergone unprecedented changes, and for a time they showed unprecedented solidarity and not as we used to know."
Sure enough, the three-body commander was very disdainful of this, and responded indifferently:
Unlike the three-body civilization that has experienced 200 times of destruction and rebirth, and is as tough as metal, human civilization is like a flower in a greenhouse, and has never experienced a cruel cosmic catastrophe. Such civilizations are the most fragile and short-lived, and a small catastrophe of the Epoch is enough to wipe them out. If you put it in the three-body world, you will definitely not be able to survive - millions of three-body problems. ”
"That's the biggest gap between us, the insurmountable chasm. A civilization that is pampered in a beautiful greenhouse that is forever like spring will never learn true unity, and all you see is a senseless dying struggle. Can you imagine what humanity would be able to do if we put the Earth in a hellish three-body galaxy? ”
Humans will just drive the earth away, and of course that's something they'll find out later.
The admonition of the listener did not play any role, his position determined the weight of his speech, and even if he dedicated his life to his post, he would not receive the slightest respect.
The Trimaran Fleet headed straight for Earth, and this time they decided not to change their plans regardless of any conspiracy of humanity.
For the three-body person, this may be the only way to avoid the disadvantage of transparency in their own thinking, as long as they don't communicate, they won't be deceived, and they can't be threatened if they don't negotiate.
If the Three-Body Civilization does this from the beginning, there will really be no way for mankind to do it.
At the same time, the nine water droplets were also approaching Jupiter's orbit, not caring at all about the Asian fleet that had taken the initiative to intercept it.
In fact, this is also a matter of course, and the more than 1,300 stellar-class warships composed of the European fleet and the North American fleet were all destroyed by a single drop of water.
Now the Asian fleet is only more than 600 stellar-class warships, and can it beat nine drops?
Such an idea is not only for human beings, but also for the three-body civilization, which is a mantis arm as a car and a mayfly shaking a tree, which is a typical immeasurable strength.
What's more, the battleship Ark, which destroyed the first drop of water, did not set off with the Asian fleet, but stayed on Earth with Qiao Lu.
In this way, of course, it is to stabilize the people's hearts to the greatest extent, and seeing that the Ark is still in orbit above the earth, the people at least have the bottom of their hearts, just like the ancient commander sitting in the Chinese army, and will not feel that the earth has been abandoned.
However, this also made the public even less confident in the front line, and even the Ark, the only threat to Tomoko, did not follow the Asian fleet.
That is really relying only on the stellar starships of human civilization to fight against nine droplets, no matter how you look at it, it seems to be self-defeating.
Anyway, judging from the current situation, under the attack of the three-body civilization from both sides, one side of the Earth and the Asian fleet will be used as an outcast.
If it's not the planet that is abandoned, it's up to the Asian fleet to buy time.
Fear and uneasiness, tension and anxiety are rampant, and everyone knows that this is a critical moment in the fate of mankind, and the savior, who has high hopes, seems to be intent on doing nothing.
Qiao Lu really didn't plan to follow the Asian fleet to intercept the water droplets, he wanted to stay here and wait for the trimaran fleet to arrive, mainly because he didn't want to miss a good show.
In the vicinity of Jupiter's orbit, the 693 stellar-class warships of the Asian Fleet have been set up to meet the formation, and they have not made the same mistake as the combined fleet, scattering the formation and stretching the battle line as much as possible, forming a wide fan, waiting for the arrival of water droplets.
In contrast to the United Fleet's carelessness in treating this as a military parade, the Asian Fleet is ready to fight to the death and has made all preparations and warnings, knowing very well that what they are facing is not a probe, but a terrifying space weapon of the three-body civilization.
To be honest, even many soldiers of the Asian Fleet did not think that this operation had much chance of success, and it was more likely that they would be beaten by water drops like the previous Combined Fleet.
It's just that the responsibility of a soldier is to protect his family and defend the country, and he will forget his life and death. The predecessor of the Asian Fleet was the People's Liberation Army Space Force established by General Chang Weisi, and the military soul of this force still exists in the current fleet.
Nine water droplets leave a clear trail in the oil film material formed by the snow project, and thanks to this project, humans will not lose their monitoring of the water droplets at least.
As the droplets get closer, the defenses on Jupiter's many moons kick in turn.
Thanks to the long-term construction of the Jupiter base by the three major fleets in the past, many orbital defense weapon base stations have been left here, and each satellite is a space fortress.
Except for the Asian fleet, this is the greatest reliance of mankind at present.
For water droplets to reach the Earth in this direction, Jupiter is a hurdle that must be crossed.
You must know that Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system in terms of volume and mass, and the mass of a Jupiter is 2.5 times the total mass of the other planets in the solar system combined, and of course it has an extremely terrifying gravitational pull.
Because of the existence of Jupiter, many meteorites that were supposed to fall on the Earth were attracted by Jupiter's gravity and finally fell on the surface of Jupiter, providing a barrier protection for the Earth.
Even with a propulsion system like a water droplet, it is impossible to completely ignore Jupiter's gravity, just as the wandering Earth cannot avoid Jupiter, and water droplets will inevitably pass near Jupiter.
This is the place where the Asian fleet and the water drops will be decided, a life-and-death battle that will determine the fate of two civilizations!