Chapter 129: Space Elevator
"Are you alright?" Today is the day of delivery, and the two main parties, Renault and Wen Hui, will definitely be present, but Wen Hui's appearance does not look good, he looks like he is in a lot of energy, and his heavy dark circles seem to continue to stay up late to work. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoEven if you want to hang, you have to survive until the transaction is completed! This is Renault's idea.
"Uh, it's okay, it's okay. In the end, I'm old, and it's a bit unbearable to stay up late. Wen Hui spoke in an old man's tone, and while speaking, he beat his waist. In the past few days, he has been reading books with the vigor of playing chicken blood in the college entrance examination, which can be regarded as a relive of his student days. The era of cold weapons has been read, and now Wen Hui has seen the chapter on the flintlock pistol, and the more he gets to the back, the more complex the knowledge is, and the slower the reading speed is.
"We're here." After determining that Wen Hui was in low spirits, there were no other problems, and Renault was relieved.
"Arrived? Well?! Wen Hui looked at the Tower of Babel in front of him, there was no exaggeration, it was really a tower that broke through the sky, his head was almost attached to his back and he didn't see the top of the tower, this is a space elevator?
"The convoy has arrived at the airport, and the first cargo will be brought down in a while." Renault looked up at the time, and the ground end was already full of empty transports, just waiting for the things to come down and carry them away.
"This is a space elevator?" Wen Hui's tone was unbelievable, in his time, this thing was still just a concept, and he didn't expect to see the real thing.
"Yes, old antiques also have the role of old antiques." Obviously, Renault misunderstood what Wen Hui meant, "I can't imagine that it is this kind of antique-level tool that connects the starry sky and the ground and undertakes the transportation of materials." ”
"Huh? Belch...... There were some surprises indeed. Wen Hui made an inquiring look, but fortunately he didn't talk much!
"We don't have the kind of port on the ground where we can land transport ships directly, or the federal government doesn't allow us to have a surface port. Most of the frontier planets' space transportation relies on antiques like space elevators, and we need to go through the elevator to the airport in orbit before we can take the spaceship; The same is true for the handling of supplies, whether they are transported from other regions or from PZK26, they have to go through a space elevator to bring in or out of the airport, and this tower is our lifeline to space. That being said, Renault didn't have the slightest fondness for space elevators.
Wen Hui nodded, expressing his understanding, this kind of port built in space is better controlled, especially when an armed conflict breaks out, as long as the space navy can destroy these fragile air ports floating in the orbit of the planet, then they have half of the initiative in the war, and the space elevator with a more obvious target is also the first target to be hit, and the lonely city that has lost contact with the outside world will not be able to support it for long, and the same is true for a blocked planet.
"The concealment and defense of the ground port are better, and the transport ship that lifts off directly from the ground is also faster and more convenient, and the maintenance cost of the transport ship is not worth mentioning compared with the maintenance cost of the space elevator, and there are not as many failures and risks as the space elevator, and the benefits are obvious, because of this, the Federation strictly controls the number and construction scale of the ground port of the colonial economic planet. In order to easily cut off the connection between the planet and the outside world in the event of an uncontrollable situation, this will bring great convenience to the counterinsurgency work. "It's clear that Renault is unhappy with this differential treatment, as there are no such antiques in the Central System, and the only remaining space elevators exist as museums and tourist facilities.
"Then aren't you ......" Once the government's follow-up reinforcements arrive, won't this important transportation hub be destroyed as soon as possible, and the defense of the space elevator is too difficult, which is a typical building that is easy to attack and difficult to defend. At that time, the air fleet will be cut off from the ground, and Renault's space fleet will be in danger. You can refer to the ships that had no port to dock in the Age of Sail, and no matter how strong your combat strength is, you will be dragged to death one day.
The space elevator is destroyed, and the connection between the ground and the air is cut off, and the people of the Federation can calmly annihilate the Resistance's fleet without any supply support, and then strike the Resistance's ground forces with air superiority.
"Yes, so we're going to hurry. By defeating the government forces entrenched in PZK26 as soon as possible, we will have more time to prepare for the subsequent battles, which will include the construction of a surface port. "Renault, they are now in a race against time, the situation in PZK26 has deteriorated, and it is only a matter of time before the government asks the Federation for help (the Federation does not know about the reselling of arms by the army below, and thinks that the local garrison is completely stressless to suppress those rebels, if they are fully equipped, it will be fine, but now those people have to buy weapons to fight), and before the government's support forces arrive, they have to take full control of PZK26 to have a chance of winning.
"You're short on time, then."
"Yes, the distance from PZK26 to the central galaxy used to be our problem, but now this distance is our advantage." Renault pointed to the elevator, "The first shipment has come down, let's go take a look." ”
Following Renault to the freight entrance and exit at the bottom of the space elevator, Wen Hui realized that the waist circumference of the space elevator, which was no longer the thickness of a tree stick, was not ordinarily large! And those uniformed staff saw Renault, the leader of the rebels, without any surprise, and continued to work with a strange look, and some familiar ones greeted Renault.
Their success was a matter of time, as such an important government transportation hub was openly unloading the rebels' munitions. Even if there is no Wenhui to stir up the situation, the rebels will only have to sacrifice a little more time and human life, and there is no doubt that they will eventually achieve independence.
"The hearts of the people have been lost!" Wen Hui muttered quietly, judging from the development of things, it was the central government that forced them to choose independence.
It's out! Looking at his goods this time, Wen Hui cheered up, unlike the world of Germania, where Wen Hui introduced goods to the locals with a sense of superiority, and his weapons had a technological lead; And here, Wen Hui is looking at his goods with curiosity and learning, in addition to the pictures of the military factory and the wreckage of the battlefield, he has seen the complete physical object for the first time.
These weapons and equipment currently in use, there is no lead for Renault, but it is different for Wen Hui, this is the first time he has come into contact with a higher-tech weapon, although this is what he sold himself.
"Pretty spider!" The machinery that walked out of the container made Wen Hui's eyes light up, this steel spider, ignoring its metal material, this kind of guy is an enlarged spider. The rounded and flexible joints are the same as the normal biological joints, and the eight mechanical legs drive the entire steel body to move very quietly on the ground, as fast and silent as a spider.
"Very beautiful indeed!" Renault also agreed with Wen Hui's point of view, not only praising the appearance but also praising the weapon.
Then Wen Hui saw a familiar figure, the electric mules he had seen on the battlefield that day, in addition to those mounted on the outside of spiders, there were also many people carrying supplies and walking out in groups, this scene was a bit like an ancient mule and horse caravan.
"Oh! There are so many mules! That's great! Renault seems to be happier than a simple structure like a spider, "Dmitry, your arrangement is so sweet!" ”
"This is the arrangement of the military factory." But this can't be said, Wen Hui didn't defend, "You have to speed up the unloading, that fleet is not empty, their cabins are also loaded with a lot of things, only empty cabins for your crew to have a place to stay." ”
"Thank you!" Renault had no other words than to thank him.
"Besides, aren't you afraid of exposure here?" Wen Hui still couldn't hold back, it was too arrogant to be so blatant.
"Don't worry, no one will know even if we have a drinking party here." Renault doesn't look like they've lost the battle at all, you must know that they only suffered losses at the hands of the government army a few days ago, and the battlefield where Wen Hui arrived was the result of the battle between the two sides.