Chapter XXVIII
Somewhere in deep space, several Atlantic Federation's Wias-class light cruisers are patrolling, driving away all merchant ships and transports that pass by accidentally. At the center of the area is a Balton-class heavy cruiser, as well as several workboats. Many small industrial robots shuttle between them, working on a man-made object in the middle.
The garrison was held by Major Pelle and his troops, and although the last operation ended in failure, Major Pellet, who had the backing of the cosmopolitan faction, was not hit, and was now only driven out of the mobile fleet and served as the commander of the local garrison. However, the troops under his command, the temporary brigade formed last time, have an official number this time, the 19th Garrison Brigade. And the top of the cosmic faction also protects mid-level commanders with development potential in this way, especially the commander of a fighter group with rich combat experience like Pelle.
This time, the mission is to send a squadron aboard a Wias-class light cruiser to escort this unit doing scientific experiments. This scientific experiment is an experiment on the generation of M particles.
In the last battle, the experimental ship in the rear collected a large amount of data on M particles. Upon returning to the center, he stopped all his research projects and worked on M particles, and Alex, a nuclear physicist, suddenly remembered that he had observed this phenomenon during a fusion experiment before. So I did a few more experiments and determined the content. However, he is only a marginal experimenter in the experimental center, and his handing over is only a credit for the senior researcher to whom he belongs. So he wrote these things into a paper and published it, which became a sensation and made the Atlantic Federation angry and almost fired him. However, it was only in a fit of anger, and it was still up to him to conduct experiments and truly establish the conditions for production.
The experiment was mainly to convert the old nuclear fusion furnace into an M particle generator, and in order to prevent the M particles from affecting the daily activities of the base if it succeeds, or from exploding if it fails, this experiment was put into the depths of the universe. He even brought in the Pelle team, which had fought in M particles, and asked him to experience for himself whether it was like at that time.
"Did you read the news the other day?" Experimenter A whispered to a colleague next to him.
"Look, the Celestial Organization has published a paper claiming that this particle is a Minovsky particle." Experimenter B on the side said.
"Haha, now the Alex particles that the person wants will fly away." Experimenter A chuckled. Chen Xiaomou has submitted his paper on the Minovsky particle, because he has a complete theoretical experiment, and has been recognized by the International Physical Association as the experiment and the naming right of the particle. The paper on the Aegona particles, submitted by the hapless experimenter Alex, was thrown into a corner by the committee.
"Ahem... Subject C coughed a few times, and several personnel quickly silenced him. I saw Alex, the main owner, enter the laboratory through the main entrance.
"How's it going?" Alex asked.
"At present, the materials have been filled, and the experimental environmental parameters are being adjusted." Experimenter A reports.
"Hurry up, quickly adjust the parameters of the experimental environment to the parameters of experiment A, and I will have to enter dozens of experiments today." Alex urged.
"Yes," Experimenter A responded, sticking out his tongue. Although Alex was promoted to director of the laboratory because of the discovery of the Minofsky particle, presiding over the development of the Minofsky particle, his usual behavior and the behavior of secretly publishing papers this time made the entire research institute look down on him. What's even more unaccustomed to him is his villainous face, commanding the researchers who were previously above him, making these researchers a little guilty.
Half an hour later, the first experiment began, and Alex gave the order, and a fusion reaction was immediately formed in the old fusion furnace.
"What about the data?" Alex asked the data collection team.
"The formation of Minofsky particles was detected, and the concentration did not reach the expected concentration." The experimenter replied.
"Change the test environment to a Type B environment and move on to the next experiment." Alex also expected such a result, and did not lose heart, and continued with the next experiment.
This time, the Atlantic Federation issued a death order to put the Minovsky particle into practical use before planning with the North American Freedom Alliance. Looking at the experiment, it seems that there is still a long way to go.
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Outside the earth in this world, there are many meteorite groups, in the same orbit of the moon and in the nearby orbit, which is the most dense area of meteorite groups, and it is also the first choice for countries to colonize or build bases. On the one hand, you can get supplies from the moon, and on the other hand, this area contains a lot of rare metals and power stones, and there is great potential for development. A few days further out, although there are also many meteorite groups, relatively speaking, the development is much less attractive. However, it has also become a base for space pirates and rebels.
One of the hidden meteorites is the base of Colonel Royce, the commander of the Rebel Mobile Fleet. Now, a transport ship is slowly moving into the base. Inside the transport ship, a cyclops stands upright in the transport compartment of the transport ship. This is exactly the MS-06 Zagu 2 that Chen Xiaomou delivered to the rebels.
In fact, Royce liked this Mobile Suit very much, and this term was told to them by Chen Xiaomou. This MS is heavy, heavier than the Jim currently used by the Celestials, it looks very calm, and the armor is also very thick. It is equipped with a 120mm cannon that can sink the main warships currently equipped by various countries.
In the after-sales service, a simulator is also included, which allows the driver to learn how to drive the machine. At present, Chen Xiaomou has only given such a sample machine, and Colonel Royce decided to designate this as his landline.
Colonel Royce learned through the inner line of the Atlantic Federation that the Atlantic Federation would carry out a large-scale clean-up operation with the North American Freedom Alliance in the area to which he belonged, because they found a relatively large-scale energy stone mine about 3 days away from here. Therefore, in order to threaten the mining area during the development period, it is necessary to carry out a clearance operation in advance.
Although he had made up his mind to abandon the base, he still wanted to leave some gifts for the Atlantic Federation and the North American Liberal Alliance before leaving. This time, the Atlantic Federation and the North American Liberty Alliance will each have one aircraft carrier, and each country will have three mobile fleets. At that time, there will be thousands of fighters in their star field, and this base only has 200 fighters, which is far less than the enemy's combat power.
In space operations, an aircraft carrier is only a platform ship that can provide space fighters for maintenance, docking, and replenishment, and the real combat power still depends on space fighters. Because the current space warfare tactics have been inherited from the earth, great attention has been paid to the use of space fighters. So much so that aircraft carriers, which can provide a large number of space fighters for maintenance, docking, and replenishment, have become the key to the campaign, and the positioning of aircraft carriers has also become a strategic position.
However, not all operations have to carry hundreds of warplanes around, so it is extended that cruisers carrying aircraft and covering artillery, as the main ships of the mobile fleet, can undertake mobile combat missions and daily patrol tasks.
If we compare mobile operations, rapid deployment, small-area strikes, and saving money, the cost-effectiveness of a mobile fleet dominated by cruisers is much higher than that of aircraft carriers. But if it is more head-on, it is still the aircraft carrier that has a huge advantage.
That's why Colonel Royce had to abandon the base and walk away.