Chapter 34: Taking the Bait
The important information and the weaknesses of the alien creatures in David's mouth became the focus of the entire meeting, and everyone listened with bated breath to this top-secret information from outer space.
"Although our team was ambushed by alien creatures, we had already successfully collected soil, air, liquid water, and some animal and plant specimens from Planet H. In addition, we have carried out real-time monitoring of the living environment index of some locations, and obtained very valuable scientific research data.
"Marshal!" Speaking of this, David seemed a little choked: "These samples and data are all exchanged for the lives of the team members!" With these things, there is hope for the future of our human race, and interstellar migration has the most fundamental guarantee. It's a pity... It's a pity that there is no main communication system, these things are... ”
"Lieutenant General Will, is there any other way to send this information back to Earth?" Field Marshal Patton abruptly interrupted David's narration and turned to ask.
Vice Admiral Will was the middle-aged man who had participated in the design and manufacture of Eternal Glory and spoke before, he frowned and thought for several minutes, and then asked David: "Are the high-density cracking devices and connection devices on the ship intact?" ”
"The cracking device is completely scrapped, and the connecting device has also suffered varying degrees of damage, and only one-way data docking can be carried out at present."
"That's the problem." Will shook his head, then asked, "What about human translators?" Is it in time? ”
David also shook his head and replied, "General Will, although these data are not large, because they are scientific research materials, they are all used at the highest level of secrecy. Relying only on manual cracking, it will take a year at the earliest. ”
Lieutenant General Will nodded, and finally looked at Marshal Patton helplessly, and said: "Lord Marshal, it's a pity that only the main communication system supports long-distance high-density data transmission. So... I'm so sorry. ”
"More than that, Marshal."
At this time, a middle-aged bald and greasy man wearing glasses and civilian clothes added: "Those air, soil, and animal and plant specimens are more important than data, and the instruments and equipment on the Eternal Glory are not yet up to the level of detailed analysis, and need to be brought back to Earth for further study, and these things cannot be transmitted by data!" ”
Marshal Patton did not dare to underestimate this greasy man named Parchwick, although the other party was less than fifty and did not serve in the army, he had already served as the chief adviser of the scientific research department of the General Space Administration, and was a very capable scientific research expert.
"Professor Parchwick, if we had these things for research, how long do you think we could advance our plans?"
Pachewick replied seriously: "Actually, Captain David's estimate just now is a bit conservative, if the survival compatibility between Planet H and the Earth is really as high as more than 90%, and there are these physical objects as basic research, I am confident that a complete migration plan will be formulated within five years." ”
Five years. That's a tempting number!
Field Marshal Patton thought for only a few seconds before he asked David again, "David, what are those physical beings like?" What is the Achilles' heel that you are looking for? ”
"Lord Marshal, according to the analysis of the information we have, these alien creatures come from Planet H, and their level of civilization and technology is slightly higher than that of the current Earth.
The conventional weapons that our warriors are equipped with, the laser weapons and plasma cannons of Eternal Glory are very limited in their lethality, and we only have a slight advantage in speed and mobility, which is a big reason why we were able to escape.
As for these lifeforms themselves, we only know that they resemble humanoid creatures, and their appearance is similar to ours, the biggest difference is that a layer of shells similar to metal grows on their surface, and their defense is extremely terrifying! ”
"What about weaknesses? What exactly is the weakness? Someone couldn't help but ask.
"It was a serendipitous discovery." David continued: "In the course of the battle with the other side, our landing team was completely suppressed by the other side, not only the lethality of various weapons was not ideal, but even hand-to-hand combat could not compete with the other side. But we found out that there was one weapon that had a completely unexpected effect, and that was the EMP Cannon! ”
"Electromagnetic pulse? You're not kidding, are you? How do you deal with creatures with this kind of thing? As soon as David finished speaking, someone immediately raised a voice of doubt.
Marshal Patton also nodded and said, "Captain David, didn't you make it clear that things like electromagnetic pulse cannons are mainly used to destroy enemy communications, electrical equipment and microelectronic components, and will they be useful to living beings?" ”
"It's true, Marshal!" David replied firmly: "Perhaps due to the difference in their own structure, aliens who cannot cause damage with conventional weapons are particularly afraid of this electromagnetic pulse weapon, and one of our soldiers relied on this weapon to eliminate more than a dozen people on the other side, and finally died heroically because of the number of enemies." ”
One dozen or so? This is almost impossible in a single class of conventional combat, are aliens really afraid of this thing? For a moment everyone was lost in thought.
At this time, David said again: "Marshal, I can assure you and the generals here that as long as I can provide enough electromagnetic pulse weapons, I am confident that I will destroy all these alien guys and capture Planet H!" ”
Conquer the planet? What a feat! Even in the long history of mankind, it can be ranked first! Therefore, even Marshal Patton, who was old and dignified, couldn't help but breathe more after hearing these words.
"Lieutenant General Will, how many EMP weapons do we have at the moment?"
"There are less than 100 electromagnetic pulse missiles that can be used directly, and there are only more than 2,000 hand-held electromagnetic pulse guns."
"Why so little? How is it possible that our entire planet is only so small? "Field Marshal Patton was incredulous.
"It's primarily a matter of the enemy, Marshal." Lieutenant General Weir explained: "The main purpose of developing electromagnetic pulse weapons was to strike at the enemy's communications and electronic systems and completely paralyze the enemy's command.
But at present, there is only one country on the mainland, and the only one who can be called an enemy is the Heijue Party, and they are generally hiding in remote and backward mountain towns, and the strategic significance of using this weapon is very small. ”
Will's explanation, Barton understood it, to put it bluntly, this thing is now a piece of chicken ribs, there is no use, and naturally no one will produce it.
"What if we go all out at this stage? How much can be produced? ”
"The technology of this weapon is very mature, and it is not difficult to manufacture it on a large scale, but some of the metal reserves used in some core components are insufficient, and according to the existing estimates, it can equip up to 400,000 people!"
400,000 people.
Enough is enough!
When Marshal Patton heard the answer, he made the most important and stupid decision of his life.
"Captain David, your plan to go to Orion has been rejected, please return to Earth at full speed, there is an even more important mission for you!"