And these small cosmic mining ships of the Ming Empire are also equipped with certain weapons, although the power of these weapons is not very large, compared to military ships of the same size, the weapons and equipment on them are much less, and it can even be said that the weapons and equipment on these cosmic mining beds are very single, only an electromagnetic railgun, and a large-caliber laser cannon.

But in fact, there is only one electromagnetic railgun on these small space mining ships, and the large-caliber laser cannon is actually installed on the spacecraft as mining equipment, and its main role is also to cut large meteorites.

However, although it is a cutting device, it can also be used as a laser cannon, after all, the caliber of these laser cannons used for cutting has reached two hundred millimeters, so as a weapon, the laser cannons on these space mining ships are also quite powerful.

For example, the meteorite that just hit them, if it is an ordinary civilian spaceship, then the impact force is enough to penetrate the ordinary spaceship, but the mining ship is different, such an impact is just an itch for the space mining ship, even if it is twice as large as the meteorite that hit them just now, it only poses a little threat to them.

However, the very high computer will make detailed calculations for the meteorites and asteroids that can cause damage to their spacecraft, and bypass these asteroids that threaten them, and if necessary, they can even use the electromagnetic railgun on the ship to destroy, but this is only in the helpless situation will use the electromagnetic railgun to shoot, after all, they are here to mine not to destroy, once the meteorite is smashed and then want to mine it is quite troublesome.

"How is the third child analyzing?"

"Second brother, the diameter of that asteroid is more than 300 meters, the most important is composed of iron ore and copper ore, after the computer calculation on our spacecraft, the weight of this asteroid is more than hundreds of millions of tons, and our current small space mining ship cannot be dragged at all.

Even with the laser cannon of our mining ship, it is very difficult to divide this asteroid, and it takes a very long time, at least it will take more than a week to split this asteroid in half, so second, I think we should change the asteroid, after all, there are so many asteroids around, it is not necessary to drag this asteroid back, and there is a very big risk in holding this asteroid. The third child, who was operating the spacecraft's optical spectrum analyzer and computer equipment, said to the second.

"Okay, let's change an asteroid for mining, after all, this asteroid is too much of a waste of time, and the consumption of energy is also very large, although our spacecraft has stored enough energy, but now there are so many asteroids in the asteroid belt that we don't need to waste here, then the third one, you will analyze which asteroid is suitable for us to drag back, and the value should be the highest, after all, it is not easy to come out, and you can't go back at a loss." The second child, who is the captain, said.

"Okay second brother, look at me." After saying that, the person known as Lao San operated the computer and began to analyze an asteroid with a diameter of only about 50 meters not far from the asteroid.

"Old Five, drive the spacecraft to the left front about 5,000 kilometers, after the analysis of the spectrometer just now, there is a mineral that is very suitable for mining in a small space mining deposit like ours 5,000 kilometers in front of the left. And the value is also very high, spectrometer analysis of the asteroid is 70% likely to be composed of platinum, but the specific details are also up close. After analyzing all the small stars around him, the third said to the fifth who was driving the spaceship.

After listening to the third child's words, Xiao Wu, who was driving the spaceship, drove in the direction that the third child said, and after a while, the spacecraft approached the asteroid that the third child said.

After rigorous computer calculations, the asteroid's data was displayed on the display screen of the space mining ship.

This asteroid is about 70 meters long, about 10 meters in diameter, weighs about 10 million tons, and is composed of 30% iron ore plus 20% copper ore and 50% platinum ore.

Although it is said that the Ming Empire has entered the space age, platinum is a precious metal, and it also has a great role in the space industry of the Ming Empire, so platinum is also very expensive in the Ming Empire, and its price is more than ten times that of gold.

"10 million tons, such a large weight I don't know if our spacecraft can be towed, after all, the maximum output and high power of our spacecraft is only so large, although the weight of 480,000 tons is the weight of the hammer in the earth's atmosphere, it is still very possible to drag about 10 million tons of ore in the universe." After thinking for a while, the second child said: "I think we should cut this asteroid first, after all, it's better to be safe, and this is our first voyage, so let's be cautious!"

After cutting this asteroid open, part of it will be placed in our spacecraft, and then part of it will be dragged by the spacecraft, so that it is relatively safe. ”

"Okay dick, listen to you, after all, this is the first time mining." I thought about it for a while and said.

"Alright, let's get to work." The second said.

After hearing the second child's words, the teacher in charge of manipulating the mining system and the weapon system replied: "Okay, Little Five, the spacecraft will move forward a hundred kilometers, and then slowly approach this asteroid until the spacecraft is synchronized with this asteroid, but the distance from this asteroid should not be more than a hundred meters, otherwise it will be very difficult to cut." ”

Soon the Five Brothers spacecraft began to enter the operation state, they first used the laser cannon on the spacecraft to divide the asteroid into four parts, and then manipulated the manipulator to put the four smaller ores one by one into the spacecraft's material warehouse, that is, in the cargo compartment.

However, at this time, the volume of the remaining ore is still relatively large, and the volume of this ore is only about 2/3 of the original, but in fact, this piece of ore is still a bit large compared to a small space mining ship, and the weight is still more than the psychological bottom line of their brothers, but they are still a little unwilling to give up like this, after all, it is an asteroid composed mainly of platinum ore, as long as this asteroid is dragged back, they have the capital to buy a medium-sized space mining ship, It's a medium-sized space mining ship with a capacity of 10,000 tons, and I feel nervous when I think about it.

"Let's try it first, come in here already, if it really doesn't work, use a laser cannon to cut this ore into two pieces, and then find a way to transport the ore away, if you really can't do it, take a little more." The second child thought for a while and said.

Then the eight legs of the spacecraft launched powerful barbs, and in one fell swoop, the eight barbs directly penetrated the outer layer of the asteroid, and did not stop until they penetrated nearly three meters