"Salvage begins!" Captain Bird stood in front of the observation window, looked at the planet facing the frigate "Kevin", and spoke to the lieutenant who was waiting for orders. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Got it, sir. The salvage began, and the first stage thruster was ignited. "The adjutant took over the command of the stage and began to give orders for the beginning of the salvage work that had already been prepared.

"First stage thruster ignition preparation." After hearing the order, a crew member immediately responded, his hands quickly tapped the mechanical keyboard in front of him, and one by one the instructions were transmitted to the manned salvage platform through the nanofiber steel cable connected between the manned salvage platform and the "Kevin" frigate, and then a signal was sent to the thruster on the manned salvage platform, "Start ignition." ”

A faint glow began to glow from the dark vent, and within a few seconds, a large amount of flame erupted from the vent, and the first stage of the three-stage rocket thruster installed on the unknown aircraft made by the pilgrim ten minutes ago finally began to operate after dozens of tests. The rumbling noise drowned out the wind from the surrounding gas cyclones, and the entire huge steel machine began to slowly move towards the outer atmosphere of Jupiter, despite the full force of forty-eight huge propulsion rockets fueled by liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen. Unfortunately, Jupiter's gravity three times that of Earth makes this process difficult, and even if each propulsion rocket can produce hundreds of thousands of pounds of pushaway, it will not be able to take the unknown machine off the surface of Jupiter with a first-stage propulsion.

"The first stage is burning." The crew who had been observing the monitor in front of them immediately opened their mouths to report when they saw that the thruster fuel had turned to zero.

"The first stage thruster separated, and the second stage thruster began to ignite." The adjutant ordered.

"The first stage thruster has been detached, and the second stage thruster is ready for ignition." The crew reported loudly, "The second stage thruster began to ignite. ”

Under the control of the radio, the hydraulic fixing buckle exploded with a bang, and the broken titanium-containing stainless steel fell to the surface of Jupiter, and then began to separate into two clusters of propellant rockets fixed by steel frames, because without the fixation buckle, two huge propulsion device components slipped off the slipway, and the entire structure immediately lost weight by 287 tons, and just a few seconds after the first stage thruster separated, the thruster rocket of the second stage began to ignite.

Captain Bird didn't say a word during this process, and quietly looked at the beautiful earthy yellow planet through the fifteen-centimeter-thick silicon-sealed window of the observation window.

Captain Bird has been the captain of the frigate "Kevin" for five years, which is considered a veteran qualification in the fleet, but the only regret for Captain Bird is that he has been traveling around Jupiter's orbital space station for the past five years, and the most serious incident he has dealt with is helping a supply ship that has lost power to reach the orbital space station. Even though this battleship has the most advanced weapon system on it, and the electromagnetic railgun with great power, he has not ordered it to activate once, and the only time the electromagnetic railgun is charged when the whole ship enters combat readiness standby before, but this is also ten minutes later because of the order of the space station to unload all the energy that has been accumulated. He was deeply in love with the earthy planet that had accompanied him for five years, and this gas planet, classified as a giant planet, had been the background of the commemorative photographs he had taken on his first day in office, and he had imagined himself walking around the planet in a spacesuit, watching the swift flow of air around him, as sharp as a knife passed by him, and it became incredibly soft. But it is obviously impossible, not to mention why the sharp air currents are softened by a person, and even the mere fact that landing on Jupiter will be crushed by Jupiter's strong gravity will break the backbone, which puts the idea of Captain Bird walking on Jupiter as a "wish". Although we have to sigh at Captain Bird's romantic sentiments, we also have to secretly laugh at this stupid idea.

From time to time, faint blue lightning lit up in Jupiter's turbid atmosphere, but were soon drowned in billowing waves. This is the most dangerous part of the salvage process, and if the device is struck by lightning as it passes through the atmosphere, there is no guarantee that the fuel will not be ignited by an electric spark and cause an explosion. Although a lot of preparation work has been done beforehand, this cannot be called complete preparation, so everyone is fighting for character.

"The second stage thruster is burning." The remaining fuel for the second stage thruster on the display also became zero.

"The second stage thrusters began to separate, and the third stage thrusters ignited, notifying the manned platforms so that they were ready to accept."

"According to the latest weather report from the meteorological satellite, there is a thunderstorm that occurred 20 kilometers away, and the detection level is C, and the space station tells us to be careful."

"Don't bother with it, a C-class thunderstorm twenty kilometers away won't hit here. Salvage continues. The adjutant waved his hand and motioned to ignore it.

"The second stage thruster has been separated, and the third stage thruster is ready for ignition. The third stage thruster began to ignite. ”

"The thunderstorm phenomenon detected by this ship. The grade is B, which has been formed, and the scope of influence will include the entire operation area. The latest weather report popped up on a monitor in front of the crew, and before the news could be confirmed by the weather satellite, they couldn't wait to report it loudly.

"What!" The adjutant was obviously surprised, but the thruster was disposable, which also meant that there were no other high-tech electronic devices on it except for the receiver and igniter, not to mention emergency braking, not even the feedback device had not been installed, and even if it could, it would only understand that once the device lost its push, it would be immediately sucked back to the ground by Jupiter's gravity and shattered.

"There's no way, I'm going to push it out. Report how far away you are from the safe zone. ”

"Thunderstorms stretch all the way into space, and as long as they break out of the atmosphere, it's safe." A crew member was sweating profusely and tapping on the keyboard, with a formula to calculate the final result, "The result is out, there are still fifty seconds!" ”

"Set the time as a countdown and display it on the home screen."

"Yes, sir." The crew responded, clicked enter, and a fifty-second countdown immediately appeared on the main screen, and the millisecond number quickly decreased. Although in normal times, fifty seconds is just a snap of a finger, drinking a beer, dialing a number, clicking on a website, that is, fifty seconds, but at this time, every second passed is as long as a century. It's an exaggeration, but it's a clear indication of the tension of the scene, with everyone stopping what they're doing and staring at the rewinding timer.

"Quick, do a small operation."

"It can't be operated, and thunderstorms can affect the transmission of radio waves."

"Damn it!" The adjutant cursed fiercely.

Captain Bird looked at the scenery outside the observation window for a few words, and the target area was covered by a black cloud, this phenomenon is uncommon, even rare, and it has not happened a few times in the five years that Captain Bird has been in office, but each time it represents one thing, a thunderstorm of class A or above is happening.

"Re-detect the extent of thunderstorms in the target area." Captain Bird turned suddenly.

"Yes, yes, sir." Although the crew in charge of detecting the radar was taken aback, and all the crew members were shocked, he immediately began to operate and reassess the level of thunderstorms in the target area, "There are results, and the degree is A-class." ”

"Hmm." Captain Bird replied faintly, turned away, and continued to look out the observation window.

"It's coming." The adjutant gritted his teeth.

The value on the counter is still decreasing.

"Enter the ten-second countdown, nine seconds, eight seconds, seven seconds, six seconds, five seconds, four seconds, ・・・・・・"

Everyone held their breath.

"Three seconds."

"It's coming." The adjutant muttered softly.

"Two seconds."

All of them felt their throats and eyes blocked.

"For a second."

"There is an anomaly in the data!" When the crews, who were already about to celebrate the successful salvage, heard the news, their excitement was immediately hit to the bottom.

"It has been confirmed that it was struck by lightning, but the manned platform has confirmed that there was no fire and explosion. At present, the 14th to 23rd propulsion rockets in Area E have stopped firing, and Area F is basically normal. ”

"Can you get out of the atmosphere?"

"It's hard to say, it depends on the remaining fuel. I try to transfer the fuel to a usable propulsion rocket. ”

"Do your best."

"The result of the recalculation has left the gravitational range. It will not be flanked back and forth to the ground at this time, but the arc of a thunderstorm can still threaten the device. ”

"Let the manned platform do manual salvage."

"The notice has been given."

Below 1,000 km, manned salvage platforms.

"All the ropes are shot out. There is no abnormality in the connection. Recycling begins. ”

The heavy winch began to slowly turn back First, the sixteen steel cables that reached fifty centimeters between them were immediately straightened, and the entire manned salvage platform trembled fiercely.

"The reverse ejector is operational, keeping the platform stable."

"Jet preparation. Three, two, one, start. ”

An orange-yellow flame erupted from the nozzle, slowly pulling towards the platform, and gradually regaining its balance, while the bearing began to increase its tension, and the device got closer and closer to the platform.

"The salvage was successful. Request recycling. ”

The sound of the manned salvage platform reporting the success of the report sounded in the stereo, and there were cheers in the bridge of the frigate "Kevin".

"Recorded in the captain's log. On 17 August 2013, at 11:06 a.m., the salvage of the device was completed. Captain Bird turned against the backdrop of the slowly closing titanium battleboard armor, and the last rays of space disappeared into the light of the incandescent lights on the bridge.

"There's a captain on deck! Attention! Alfred, the squad leader of the first platoon and fourth squad of the first battalion of the 332nd Regiment of the 56th Brigade of the 40th Space Combat Division, who was resting in the 07 splint B343 hangar, was the first to find Ye Zifeng who appeared on the deck of the hangar, and shouted without thinking, and all the team members immediately put down their work and faced Ye Zifeng who was walking in a row.

At this time, Ye Zifeng was wearing a white space combat suit with red stripes, two cloth bags full of shotgun bullets tied to his waist, a small emergency backpack on his back, a tactical helmet connected to the combat uniform on his head, and a standard AMS204 shotgun filled with bullets in his hand.

It's not that Ye Zifeng's body has something indicating his military rank exposed outside the space combat suit that makes Alfred recognize Ye Zifeng as the chief so quickly, but because Ye Zifeng's space combat suit is printed with a pattern composed of eagles, swords and ribbons. This is the "Stalingrad" fleet standard two space combat forces in addition to the mobile combat force, but also the entire "Stalingrad" fleet of the top space combat force, the general mobile infantry call them special forces, but in fact they have a regular name, tactical support and assistance group, referred to as T.S.R.S. The eagle represents agility and precision, the sword represents strength and victory, and the ribbon represents glory and eternity. There has hardly been a single lapse since its formation. Well-trained, fearless of death, that's what everyone in the fleet says about them, but again, this evaluation is earned back with life and victory. According to incomplete statistics, one to two TSRS will occur for every 100 motorized infantrymen, while 22.3 percent of the remaining 99 will die during training, and the best result will be serious injury and disability. This is also the fundamental reason for their iron will.

The lowest rank of each motorized infantry who has passed TSRS training in the fleet is also lieutenant, and the squad leader of the space combat squad has the rank of sergeant, which is why Alfred immediately stood up as soon as he saw Ye Zifeng. Ye Zifeng, on the other hand, stopped when he was about five meters away from the motorized infantry in a row, and glanced at these motorized infantry from left to right.

"First of all, let me introduce, my name is Ye Zifeng." Ye Zifeng cleared his throat and continued, "I am the chief executive officer of the 'Stalingrad' branch of the fleet of the Admiralty, which is commonly known as the commander of the 'Stalingrad' fleet. My military rank is General. ”

Alfred and his teammates gasped at the same time, and their bodies straightened up even more when they were not tense. What a high level of authority it would have to be for a small ship-to-ship operation under the command of a dignified fleet commander to break into the operation! No wonder the officers who came to inform the assembly before did not disclose the specific combat content, and even he didn't know about it! But then again, being a fleet commander at such a young age is really a hero, and he is also a member of the TSRS・・・・・・ tsk.

"This dress is not mine, it was taken from the arsenal before I came here, so don't get me wrong, I'm not as good as you think. But I still want to tell you that this operation will only succeed and not fail. Well, if there are any questions, you can ask them now. ”

"Sir, what is the goal of our operation?" Alfred was the first to ask.

"Rescue. The target is the Chief of Weapons Control. As far as I can confirm with my own eyes and other sources, ten minutes ago, the Chief of Weapons Control was abducted on his way back to the outpost. There were also two carrier-based aircraft pilots who were trapped on the same battleship. ”

"Then why isn't TSRS enabled?" Another team member asked.

"The TSRS didn't board, and I don't think you're worse than the TSRS."

The motorized infantry were happy at the same time, and at this time, the communication channel between Ye Zifeng and the bridge sounded, and Colonel Sakurai's voice came from the communication inside.

"Captain, you're ready. Everything went according to plan, but did your plan really work? ”

"Don't worry, what you want to check has already been checked?"

"It's been checked, and the frequency of partial disappearance of the energy shield is five minutes and twenty-eight seconds. This is the final answer. ”

"What about the escort fighters?" There were already two waiting in front of the battleship. You have to hurry, the Halo fighter is starting to return. ”

"Understood." Ye Zifeng closed the connection with the bridge, "Start boarding." ”

As for why Ye Zifeng noticed the partial disappearance of the energy shield, we have to rewind the time by eight minutes to come up with an answer. At this time, Ye Zifeng was still struggling to put on a space combat suit in the equipment warehouse, and the intercom that had been worn on his head rang.

"Are you ready, sir? The team has been assembled. Colonel Sakurai's voice came.

"Not yet. Give me another five minutes. What's the matter with you? Ye Zifeng replied while stretching his arm into the sleeve of the space combat suit.

"It's not a big deal, I just want to ask how the chief wants to break into the inside of the battleship with an energy shield."

"Hard infiltration. Let the 5th and 13th fleets on the right flank push the battle line forward, and then have a frigate aim at the hatch to activate the electromagnetic railgun, overload the energy shield, and the hatch after that will be easy to deal with. Ye Zifeng finally put his arm into the space combat suit.

"But sir, have you ever thought that once the battle line moves forward, this layout will be disrupted, and once there is a fault on the left and right battle lines, the pilgrims will take advantage of the situation, and the entire fleet may be annihilated." There was a hint of urgency in Colonel Sakurai's voice. After hearing this, Ye Zifeng also fell into a short period of contemplation. Indeed, Ye Zifeng was too anxious before, and he didn't even think about the specific plan to break into the battle, so he made a hasty decision to personally lead the team in space operations. But that's right, although Ye Zifeng also has a sister, after all, he only has this one sister, and judging from the previous move of letting Ye Shi return to the outpost, Ye Zifeng seems to be suspected of "sister control".

At this time, Ye Zifeng's mind was no longer overheated before, and he began to think cautiously, and his thinking, which was called "God's Miracle" by the director of the Starship Academy Group Combat Command Department and "Senseless Utopia" by the tutor of the Mathematics Department, began to operate rapidly. These two extreme titles come from Ye Zifeng's graduation grades, the space group's combat score is A+, and his math score is desperate to score a B, which is acceptable, which is the result of Ye Zifeng's dozens of nights of night reading.

It should also be explained here that this so-called "Starship Academy" is also called "Newcastle Academy", which is headquartered on a small island on the west coast of the United States, and the nearest city to the academy is called Fox. Strange subjects with strange names such as the Space Group Combat Command Department and the Single Ship Combat Command Department, which are handsome and smell of turtles, are unique to this academy and are not yet open to the public. Although this academy also admits some ordinary students, it is more for the training of starship commanders. However, the headquarters is only open to the training personnel of the fleet, and they live in the school for six months a year to receive a fully closed education.

"Have you ever thought about that?" Ye Zifeng finally pulled the zipper of the space combat suit, and then glued the sealing strip on, "How did Sergeant Jim and Sergeant Nicholas get inside the battleship?" ”

"This, but I didn't think about it, if it wasn't confirmed by the sound that it was the voice of these two people, the system would directly delete this signal." Colonel Sakurai pondered, "Could it be that there is some identification code or something like that, and objects with this kind of thing can enter the energy shield?" ”

"It's possible, but think about it carefully・・・・・・" Ye Zifeng put the helmet on his head and pulled up the mask, "How did they have an identification code?" ”

"Could it be an intercepted communication?"

"No, the 'Night Owl' fighter has a communication radius of only 100 kilometers, let alone intercepting other people's communications." Ye Zifeng picked up a shotgun from the side and weighed it, "Could it be the hangar that followed the pilgrim's 'Halo' fighter into the hangar?" ”

"Then according to what you said, the energy shield will remove everything, and the 'Halo' fighter should not be an exception?" Colonel Sakurai thought for a moment, "Did you say that it has a recognition function for your own target?" ”

"Most likely, if this is the case, it will be difficult to succeed in this operation." Ye Zifeng's expression became more and more serious, "But I still can't give up even a glimmer of hope." But then again, your answer still doesn't explain why Sergeant Jim and Sergeant Nicholas are in the Pilgrim's flagship. ”

"And what's the explanation?" Colonel Sakurai's mind began to be a little messy.

"Is it possible?" Ye Zifeng grabbed a 75mm new McGreen bullet used by the shotgun and put it into the ammunition pouch on his waist, "The energy shield does exclude all objects as foreign objects, but when there are 'Halo' fighters about to enter the hangar, the energy shield will disappear temporarily, and it will be activated after all the 'Halo' fighters have entered." ”

"That's how it should be. I'll check it out right away. After saying that, Colonel Sakurai unilaterally ended the call.

Ye Zifeng walked out of the equipment hangar, and while moving towards the hangar, he loaded the remaining guns and ammunition in his hand into the magazine.