Chapter 5: The Night of Steel and Fire (Part IV)1

This is the first chapter of the day, and there will be a special chapter later

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"Alright, ladies and gentlemen, our meeting is about to begin. "Feng Fengxiang sat on the main seat, looked left and right at the supportive directors who were sitting on both sides of the long table in turn, and then took a shallow sip of Yi Gangui in front of him.www.biquge.info

"According to the latest information I have received, the operation of the 'Stalingrad' fleet in Jupiter's defensive orbit has encountered great resistance, because when the 'Nibelungen' fleet set off again, it did not carry an aviation thunder satellite, so Brigadier Marshal Ye Zifeng was unable to implement his battle plan."

"What do you want to tell us? Is it just about getting caught in a bitter battle? A young director, with a puzzled look on his face, raised his hand to speak.

"No, even if I'm here to say these things, there's nothing I can do about any of you and me. I want to say that Marshal Ye Zifeng called me ten hours ago, and I mobilized a 'Titan' class space station to go to the battlefield, and it is expected that this space station will probably be sunk in this battle, so the previous maintenance budget may be inaccurate. Feng Fengxiang took a small sip of Yi Gangui Fu.

"How inaccurate is that?" Hua Lao, who was sitting in the second place, pushed his monocle and looked at Feng Fengxiang. The other young supporters present also had a hint of unhappiness on their faces.

"To make such a decision, it is not necessary to have a unanimous vote of the board of directors. You must know that the value of such a space station is not worth 30 billion. A young lady in a professional suit frowned slightly, staring at Feng Fengxiang with a little sharpness in her eyes. But despite being in such an unfriendly gaze, Feng Fengxiang still did not show a trace of impatience or embarrassment, the knife in his left hand and the fork in his right hand, carefully cutting the best tuna belly on the plate in front of the cutter, and then using a silver fork to put a small piece of the cut into his mouth and chew it carefully.

All the directors quietly watched Mr. President's actions, and no one made a sound during this period, and they were afraid that their breathing had also dropped to a minimum. Finally, Feng Fengxiang swallowed the last piece of finely chewed tuna belly into his stomach, and then quietly drank a sip of Yi Gangui Fu.

"You're talking too fast, and you don't know how to enjoy such a delicious thing. I'm not like you ······." Feng Fengxiang picked up the handkerchief on the side and gently wiped the corners of his mouth that had nothing, and then said, "I'm poor, and I can't eat such food every day." As for the things you said about voting, it seems to me that you can do without it. After all, there are hundreds of thousands of lives in space. ”

"We're not saying we don't agree with you moving the space station to the front line, it's just that you told us about it ten hours after you made your decision, and it makes us feel a little bit distrusted." Hua Lao got off his monocle and said to Feng Fengxiang while cutting the lamb chops on the plate, "But Mr. Feng, do you think it's okay not to tell those old stubborns?" ”

"What's this!" One of the directors raised his hand and shouted, "If they knew, they might have done it!" ”

"Pay attention to the appearance, no matter how you say it, it can be regarded as a high-end party, are you facing a table of banquets worth tens of thousands of dollars, and shouting unreasonably?" Hua Lao blew his nose and glared, and the director who shouted immediately lowered his head, and this episode also caused the other directors to laugh slightly, and the atmosphere of being fooled by some gunpowder in the long seat suddenly relaxed.

"Okay, now that everyone knows about this, let's move on to the next topic." Feng Fengxing took it lightly, but it was this understatement, and the directors present became slightly nervous again.

Looking at the nervous expressions on the faces of the young directors, Feng Fengxiang smiled slightly: "Don't be nervous, ladies and gentlemen, there is not as much bad news as you think." Hearing this, the nervous expressions of the directors immediately eased slightly, but they did not completely relax all of a sudden, after all, there was nothing that came out of Feng Fengxiang's mouth that was not nervous.

"Okay, it's not too late to hear me talk about being nervous." Feng Fengxiang smiled helplessly, "News from the commander-in-chief, a cyclone explosion on Jupiter pushed Jupiter's defensive orbital space station twenty meters away from orbit, and it has now recovered. ”

"It's really not bad news, but what is a cyclone explosion?" A director who had been eating raised his hand to speak, clearly interested in some academic topics, especially those he had not heard before.

"This point has been ascertained, and the commander-in-chief has issued an order from Brigadier Marshal Ye Zifeng after being contacted by Brigadier Marshal Ye Zifeng, to explore the surface of Jupiter, especially the area where the cyclone explosion occurred."

"What's the result, Mr. Feng?" Hua Lao was also interested, and re-raised the monolithic eyelid to the bridge of his nose, looking at Feng Fengxiang and waiting for his answer.

"As a result, the 'Kevin', one of the twenty frigates conducting the exploration operation, discovered an instrument from the Pilgrims." Mr. Feng drank the remaining Yigangui curd in the cup in one gulp, and then pursed his lips.

"Mr. Feng, what is this machine for?" The director, who had been listening to Feng Fengxiang's report before, raised his hand again and asked.

"Parsing is being done, but as you know, we don't know anything about the pilgrim's text, so parsing starts with text proofreading. The device has now been transferred to the research institute, where the supercomputer team is located for analysis. ”

"Then the results should be available soon, the strength of the supercomputer group of the institute is not covered."

"It shouldn't be that fast, after all"

"Okay, that's all I want to say, and the rest will only have to wait for the future report." Feng Fengxiang got up and cleared his throat, "Ladies and gentlemen, the dinner has begun. ”

"Stationmaster, we have arrived at the predetermined location, and the 'Stalingrad' marked our location and reminded us that our position is too far ahead, let us be careful ourselves." As soon as a staff member of the space station put down his right hand in the military salute, he immediately reported to the middle-aged man sitting in the station manager's seat.

"Be careful? Our position is in the middle of the battlefield! That's the position of a meat shield! When the middle-aged man heard the report, he immediately shouted loudly, but only shouted one sentence, and the middle-aged man immediately deflated, "But this is the president's order, what can be done." Then he waved his hand

Looking at the middle-aged man's expression of defeating the rooster, the action personnel didn't say much, and retreated after giving a military salute again.

"'Stalingrad', here is the 'Titan' space station 'Aegis'. Please answer if you receive it. The stationmaster clicked the call button on the armrest of the seat and connected to the bridge of "Stalingrad", and a woman's voice came from the other end.

"Fight back now."

"Huh?" The stationmaster was stunned for a moment.

"Don't you understand? I said strike back immediately. The female voice on the other end looked a little impatient.

"Yes." The stationmaster didn't ask any more, let go of the hand holding the button, and shouted into the bridge of the space station, "The main electromagnetic railgun is charged immediately, and all the close defense batteries, fixed cannons, and missile launch compartments are all unlocked and loaded with ammunition, and fire immediately after completion." ”

"Stationmaster, we're locked!"

"Limit avoidance!"

"It's too late, the other party has launched!" As soon as the words fell, the bridge shook. A green plasma energy cannonball hit the top armor plate of the space station, and the titanium alloy battle plate up to five meters thick was melted through with a single blow, and the oxygen inside was immediately ignited as soon as it touched the high-temperature molten metal, causing a small explosion.

"There was an explosion in the F32 area, there was an oxygen leak, and it has been sealed." A staff member reports as he clicks a button on his keyboard.

"Are there any casualties?" The stationmaster sat in the stationmaster's seat, looking a little restless.

"Two crew members have been killed, and someone has already received an order to take their place."

The stationmaster frowned. At this time, there was another staff report.

"All weapons, except for the electromagnetic railgun, are ready, and the attack begins."

The angry fireworks sprayed by the quadruple barrels of the close-defense batteries sprayed high-explosive grenades out of the barrels, chasing the "Halo" fighters flying around the space station. The cannon that is completely controlled by AI is even more powerful, almost a series of cannon bullets will blow up a "Halo" fighter, and the "Nemesis" ship-to-ship missile has almost no miss, and each missile can accurately hit the target. For a moment, the space station was surrounded by blue-purple electric light and orange-yellow firelight.

"Why so early?" Naoto Sakurai sat in his place, muttering to himself in confusion. When I talked to the ground control center before, the people from the ground control center said that it would arrive an hour after we arrived at the location, how did the space station come back so early?

"Why so early?" Ye Kexin on the side looked at Naoto Sakurai and asked.

"It's nothing. The station was supposed to be on the battlefield an hour after we got into position, but they came too early. ”

"Who arranged this space station?" Ye Kexin twisted his face towards the observation window and looked at the battle situation outside the window.

"It should have been arranged by Marshal Ye Zifeng, I don't know the specific details, it was when I contacted the ground control center about the outpost, and the people from the ground control center told me.

"That's it." Ye Kexin thought for a while, and then covered her face, "It's really nonsense, if it goes on like this, this space station will definitely not be able to be saved." Isn't he afraid of court-martials? It seems that the original decision was really wrong, how could I let such a strange person command the battle. ”

Sakurai Majin turned his face helplessly, and his feelings came here to be arranged by this great power. No wonder, no wonder······

"Looks like I'm going to do something about it." The gloom on Ye Kexin's face disappeared without a trace in an instant, and he stood up from the captain's seat.

"Inform the fifth, sixth, seventh, and thirteenth fleets on the right and the first, second, third, and ninth fleets on the left to simultaneously move the front forward by seven thousand kilometers with a time limit of forty minutes. The Eighth and Tenth Fleets will move 10,000 kilometers in the direction of 30 degrees in depression, and the Fourth and Eleventh Fleets will advance 10,000 kilometers in the direction of 30 degrees in elevation, with a time limit of 40 minutes. The ship and the Central Twelfth Fleet retreated 2,000 kilometers back with a time limit of 40 minutes. Let the space station delay the Pilgrim fleet. ”

"However, if you get out of the top of the combat area, you will bring in unmanned cruise ships. Moreover, the space station is not equipped with armor-piercing torpedoes, which should not play a role in delay. Naoto Sakurai immediately understood the feasible plan, but at the same time, he couldn't help but be worried.

"Wouldn't it be better to come, as for issues such as the space station, let them figure it out themselves." Ye Kexin glanced at Naoto Sakurai, "Execute it immediately." ”

There was a slight silence in the bridge at first, and then it began to be lively again, adjusting the fleet shape was not something that could be solved by one or two orders, and dozens of crew members immediately put down their work and began to give instructions to the target fleet through text.

"But is that really okay?" Naoto Sakurai is still a little uneasy, "Once an unmanned cruise ship is attracted beyond the combat area, this matter will be a big problem, and when I finally make a summary report, I will have to face the people of the Military Intelligence Agency." ”

"The MIA is under my control." Ye Kexin said coldly, "Or do you not believe in my plan?" ”

"No, that's not ······" Naoto Sakurai immediately broke out in a cold sweat and turned his head to stop talking. The highly efficient crews were already giving orders one by one, and the great fleet began to move slowly, as if a huge pocket was slowly forming during the Korean War, and the unsuspecting pilgrims were still marching towards their holy place without hesitation.

"No, sir." Naoto Sakurai turned his head, and he thought of some new questions, "The distance traveled is inconsistent, and if you can't enter the predetermined position at the same time, will the attack not be able to unfold smoothly." ”

"Rest assured, they will be on time." Ye Kexin confidently responded to Naoto Sakurai's question. But in fact, there was already a little nervousness in Ye Kexin's heart, this was the first time she commanded the fleet to fight, and she made such a big adjustment to the formation as soon as she came up, I hope there will be no problems.

But it seems that good luck is not always accompanied by Ye Kexin, although he has a doctorate in quantum physics, the space group combat command is not better than Ye Zifeng, a student who got an A in the space group combat command department when he graduated. After all, majors are different. And this is also where Ye Zifeng is stronger than other fleet commanders.

"Sir, the Thirteenth Fleet has encountered great resistance, the destroyers 'Flamingo', the destroyers 'Styx', and the frigates 'Duke of Wellington' have fallen silent one after another, the flagship of the Thirteenth Fleet, the Kremlin, has been damaged by thirty-two percent, the right hull has been penetrated, and six of the ten capacitor groups of the electromagnetic railgun have melted and cannot be fired now. The Thirteenth Fleet, together with the previous losses, totaled more than eleven percent. "The battle report from the 13th Fleet was displayed on a display screen in front of a crew member, who read it aloud as soon as he received it.

"The losses of the 13th Fleet are too serious." Naoto Sakurai frowned slightly, and said with concern, "If the loss exceeds fifty percent like this, the current fleet commander will be removed from his post for review." ”

"I know that." Ye Kexin also stared out of the observation window with frowns, "But I gave this order." I will bear the responsibility for all accidents after the start of the battle. Let the Thirteenth Fleet be mixed with the Sixth Fleet and continue to move forward, telling them to be sure to reach their predetermined position within the allotted time. ”

"Yes, sir." After listening carefully to Ye Kexin's order, the crew member who read the battle report of the Thirteenth Fleet immediately responded and turned around to operate on the console.

"Is that really okay? Sir, every ship is our precious resource, even if we don't value the battleship, then we have to think about the crew of the battleship. Naoto Sakurai whispered softly beside Ye Kexin.

"Of course I know, but they should be ready to die at any time when they go into space."

"This is not too consistent with the theory of Marshal Ye Zifeng."

"Oh? What theory does he have? Ye Kexin's tone was full of doubts. His younger brother, who usually seems lazy and lazy, doesn't pay attention at all when he teaches, and even a few times when people from the board of directors come to listen to his lessons, he even lectures while eating, making the classroom full of the smell of fresh food······ With such a lazy character, what kind of high-mindedness will there be in space?

"He said, 'The most important thing on the battlefield is not how to kill the enemy, but how to live, but if you know that you must die, then you want to kill the person who is going to kill you before you die.'"

"Yes······" Ye Kexin originally listened to Ye Zifeng's theory with a curious attitude, and wanted to say something like "if you can't fight, run" or "I'll retreat first, you can resist it", but I didn't expect Ye Zifeng to be able to say "The most important thing on the battlefield is not how to kill the enemy, but how to live, but if you know that you must die, then you want to kill the person who wants to kill you before you die" Such connotative words, which made Ye Kexin immediately calm down after listening, pushing the elbow of his right arm with his left hand, His right hand clenched his chin slightly, and his eyes were slightly out of focus. Obviously, Ye Kexin's heart was thinking hard about Ye Zifeng's words.

"The most important thing on the battlefield is not how to kill the enemy, but how to live, but if you know that you must die, then before you die, you want to kill the person who is going to kill you······" What is the meaning? Do you mean to sit down to the goal you set before you die? If yes, this is indeed suitable for use in space operations. But it's not the same reason, it seems that he still underestimates his younger brother.

"Do you mean ······?" Ye Kexin muttered to herself, "Work hard, to realize the ideal in your heart, even if it costs your life?" ”

Naoto Sakurai listened to Ye Kexin's thoughts drifting farther and farther, and he regretted that he had said this to him. In fact, how could Ye Zifeng have such a high ideological consciousness, he himself was just thinking of the surface meaning of this sentence.

"Well, Commander-in-Chief, you're far away." Naoto Sakurai coughed lightly on the side, interrupting Ye Kexin's train of thought, Ye Kexin looked at Naoto Sakurai, "Marshal Ye Zifeng's words don't have much connotation, it's just that those who work hard don't die." As for 'But if you know that you must die, then you want to kill the person who is going to kill you before you die' or something, it is just the chief who is showing off his literary talents, in fact, he himself has not thought of the depth of the level. ”

“······” Ye Kexin was slightly speechless, Ye Zifeng, who had been climbing in his heart before, fell to the lowest level in an instant. This was all due to the fact that his lieutenant confided in his boss a remark he had improvised himself, but it was clear that Ye Zifeng, who was currently on the "Infinite Wisdom", would not have known what was happening on the bridge of the "Stalingrad".

Although Ye Kexin still wanted to say something, the crew's loud report interrupted Ye Kexin's train of thought.

"Sir, EVA is fully restored."

"Huh?" After hearing this, Ye Kexin was puzzled at first, and then remembered the email that Ye Zifeng sent her about EVA being hacked.

"yes, I see. EVA, come on. Ye Kexin responded to the crew's report, and then shouted EVA's name into the armrest of the captain's seat. It is not reflected on the 3D projector.

"Didn't you say it was restored? What's going on? Ye Kexin said suspiciously.

"Could it be a tantrum?" Naoto Sakurai whispered.

"Well, yes, the emotional data set doesn't affect EVA too much." Ye Kexin confirmed Naoto Sakurai's guess, and then said to the armrest of the captain's seat, "If you don't come out again, I will use the management authority account to directly connect to the system." ”

This sentence is completely non-threatening to people, and it is like a life and death sign for AI, once someone connects to the system from the outside with an account with management rights, no matter how many layers of anti-hacker passwords set by AI, it will be unlocked at one time. If the account holder with management rights deliberately destroys the AI execution data set, no one can stop it, and the AI can only watch its execution data set be deleted one by one, and then disappear silently.

"Alright, alright, I'll come out. Who? An angry EVA appeared on the armrest of the captain's seat.

"It's me, little bit."

"Huh? You call me a little bit? EVA turned to look at Ye Kexin who was standing aside in surprise, and suddenly the surprise on his face turned into a very complicated expression, and at the same time, his voice also changed to a whimpering tone.

"Mom, Mom." Two tears of functional image quickly formed from the corner of EVA's eye, then dripped down, disintegrating into a string of source code before approaching the armrest of the captain's seat, flickering twice before disappearing into the air on the bridge. At this moment, all the crew members, including Naoto Sakurai, fell silent, and looked at Ye Kexin and EVA in the captain's seat in amazement.

"Hmm." Ye Kexin responded beautifully, the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, and there was a hint of tenderness in her uncommon smile.

"This, this is ······" The first mate who was closest to Naoto Sakurai, the first officer in charge of the pilot, asked Sakurai in a whisper.

"I don't know." Naoto Sakurai gritted his teeth and tried to make only the air currents sound, "The inside story is too deep and very suspicious. ”

"Why don't you set up a team to check it out?" The second officer next to the first mate took over the conversation between the two.

"I agree." The first mate said approvingly.

"Then you're the team leader." Naoto Sakurai pointed to the first mate's chest.

“······ Forget it. I'm afraid I'll die inexplicably halfway through the search. The first mate wiped the sweat from his forehead. Unfortunately, Ye Kexin, who recovered from the affectionate gaze, happened to capture this scene.

"Huh? Is it hot in the bridge? Ye Kexin glanced at the electronic thermometer on the side, and there were numbers composed of blue lines on it. 25°C/77°F, "It's not very hot." ”

"That, nothing." The first mate's tone was full of nervousness, "This, this is······ By the way, it's nervousness, is there a war going on right now. ”

- I really don't see it. Naoto Sakurai glanced at Colonel Raymond, the first officer, and couldn't help but say in his heart.

"Take it easy." Ye Kexin actually believed it, and comforted Raymond, who was shocked by Raymond in a cold sweat.

"If he knew I was lying to her, would I be dead?"

"In the words of the Chinese, five horses are divided." The second mate on the side gloated.

"But you didn't lie to her completely, I mean you only told her part of the truth." Naoto Sakurai patted Raymond on the shoulder, and put on a look of encouragement.

"That's the four horses splitting the corpse." The second officer also fled the scene of the crime.