Chapter 30: The Aftermath of Victory
Judging from the intelligence gathered from various parties, the Jones people did suffer some injuries. They retreated to the vicinity of Jupiter and stopped attacking the earthlings' transports.
"We should take advantage of the victory and chase the Jones out of the solar system!"
The proposal was made at a joint meeting of officers of the Earth Alliance, the Space Administration, and the Combined Fleet at the rank of captain and above.
This proposal was quickly supported by the majority of participants. The enthusiastic discussions and enthusiastic speeches pushed the atmosphere of the meeting to a high climax.
In such a moment of euphoria, it was further proposed to gather all the forces of the United Earth Fleet and go on an expedition to Jupiter to fight the Jones.
Shu Yunpeng couldn't help it, he pressed the button and asked to speak, Claire, who was sitting next to him, wanted to stop it, but it was too late. The rotating chair of the meeting, Professor Huang Lang, has indicated that he agrees to speak.
Shu Yunpeng now has the rank of captain, but he is not a captain and is not qualified to attend the meeting. In view of his exploits in the last battle, he attended the meeting as a specially invited representative.
He had come to such a high-level meeting, and he had planned to listen more and talk less, and he was not prepared to make a formal statement. However, the progress of the meeting made him feel that he could not say anything.
Shu Yunpeng settled down and began to state his opinion. He elaborated on his post-war analysis of the strength of both sides and believed that the earthlings did not have the strength to fight the Jones to the death.
His statement was opposed by the majority of the participants and was interrupted several times. Their main objection was a question.
"We don't want Titans anymore?"
Titan is Saturn's largest moon.
Regardless of whether it is actually done well or not, it should be admitted that the human beings on Earth have indeed been preparing for a rainy day. In the beginning, their goal was Mars. However, the mass of this planet, which was originally thought to be the first stop of human interstellar voyages, is too small!
Mars is about 53% of Earth's diameter, but its density is the smallest of terrestrial planets in the solar system, and its mass is only 11% of Earth's.
For this reason, the earthlings have tried their best, and even smashed Phobos and Deimos because of this, causing them to crash into Mars to increase their mass. However, human efforts have had little effect. Mars still can't hold the atmosphere. All humans can do is build a base on Mars, but this will have little effect on human migration as a whole.
What's more, Mars is very close to the Earth, once the Sun becomes a red giant, the Earth is finished, and Mars will not exist for long, so why bother with it?
So, humanity's goal began to turn outward, aiming at Titan, Saturn's largest moon, Titan.
Although Titan is smaller than Mars, it is the only moon in the solar system with an atmosphere, and its main components are nitrogen and methane, which were the main components of the early Earth's atmosphere. This means that Titan's atmosphere is similar to that of the Earth 4 billion years ago.
Is it the prototype of the primordial earth? Could it replace Mars as the first stop on human interstellar voyages?
Whether it is or not, Titan has become the second Earth in the minds of the earthlings. But now that it's in the hands of the Jones, can the earthlings sit idly by?
Faced with questioning, Shu Yunpeng could only smile bitterly. A good earth, not well protected, not cherished, has been spoiled into a barren land, but the eyes are fixed on even Saturn opposition, the closest is 1.29 billion kilometers away from the Titan!
"The imagination of the earthlings is amazing!" He had to think so.
The presidium of the meeting decided: vote! There was no surprise in the voting result, 1:9, and the opponents were completely defeated!
"You stay here, this space cruiser is under your command!" Claire said.
The detachment added a new ship that had just left the factory, and after a period of sea trials, it was officially incorporated into the queue, and Shu Yunpeng was appointed as the captain of the No. 9 ship.
Shu Yunpeng's first task in office was to stay on Earth.
"How is the battle situation, please let the commander know in time!" Before the departure of the space fleet, Shu Yunpeng deliberately reminded Claire that he hoped to keep abreast of the battle situation. He had a faint feeling in his heart that this expedition would not end well, but he couldn't say it. Now that the war is decided, he cannot shake the morale of the army.
"Okay!" Claire agreed.
He stood on the bridge and watched the combined fleet sweep away and gradually disappear into the vast sky: "A group of stinky girls who don't know whether to live or die! ”
He couldn't stop this fierce and auspicious expedition, so he could only call for helplessness in vain.
Alone in Central City, he was bored. He began to think about Yi Ru, Lin Lin and Zheng Xiaojie, and even thought about Sister Zhen a little: "Why don't you take this opportunity to go and see them?" ”
He knew that before the combined fleet reached Jupiter, he could act cheaply, and politicians would not interfere with him. He knew very well what these people thought of him.
As soon as he said go, early the next morning, he commanded his cruiser to go straight to the gathering place.
He first directed the warship to hover outside the gate closest to their tent, and when he went down to the ground, he realized that they were not there, and then he thought that they should be on the plantation at this moment.
He commanded the battleship to fly through the entire gathering area and hover over the wreckage. When he descended to the surface in the landing craft, all the people in the agglomeration were waiting there.
"I miss you so much......" Yi Ru pounced on him and hugged him tightly, Lin Lin and Zheng Xiaojie also hugged her tightly, hugging him so much that he was almost out of breath.
"I miss you too...... Miss you guys! At this moment, he was really emotional and took the initiative to kiss them: "What about Sister Zhen?" ”
"She's out on business, she'll be back soon."
It turned out that several people in the agglomeration were sick. Sister Zhen and Dr. Shu were afraid that it would be an infectious disease, so they went to the field to dig herbs.
He was a little moved, he was responsible, and Sister Zhen was indeed a competent manager.
"Well, let's go sit with you!" He said.
It's strange that the girls are not as beautiful as his four beautiful escorts; Due to malnutrition, they were far less sturdy and plump than the four beauties, but he suddenly had a little primitive desire!
However, he was still very calm and self-restrained. He knew that now was really not the time for children to grow up. Therefore, when they entered Yiru's tent, and when Yiru took the initiative to give her a hug again, he gently pulled her to sit down.
"Are you all alright?" He asked, "Sister Zhen didn't bully you, did she?" ”
"No," the smart Yi Ru saw that Shu Yunpeng was preoccupied, and he stopped pestering him very sensibly: "You haven't been here for a long time, we have all heard that you beat the Jones people to the point that you lost your armor, you are a big hero......"
"Don't listen to people's nonsense," Shu Yunpeng smiled bitterly.
"Really!" Lin Lin shouted: "We all watched the broadcast of Central City's celebration of victory. You beat the Jones man's ship into flames, and it's really spectacular to watch...... Why is Brother Shu so humble? ”
Shu Yunpeng became more and more speechless, he knew that the live broadcast of Central City was a screenshot of one of the clips, which looked naturally extremely spectacular, and could better reflect the scene of victory. As for the latter ones, of course, others will not know, or rather, most people do not want to know. He just told Lin Lin that the broadcast was cropped, which was essentially a kind of deception, Lin Lin, would they believe it?
The idea that human beings are very special and are the spirit of all things has been instilled in the hearts of everyone for many years!