January 15, 2071 5:03 a.m. -- Sharetz Low Earth Orbit -- Space Station 1 --

"Stationmaster, the fleet is approaching. Are you ready to connect? ”

"Open the tender compartment and dock with the battleship."

"Yes."

The Arctic Fleet, with the battleship USS Brell as its flagship, slowly approached the space station under the watchful eyes of all the staff of the space station.

After the video call was connected, the image of General James appeared on the screen. "Stationmaster, where's Leviathan?"

"General, Leviathan's movements are faster than estimated, and it will take about 25 minutes to reach the ambush circle, and the Sharp Knife Team has already set up the NMR bomb. In order to prevent the brain worm from interfering with the detonation of the pulse bomb, we installed a mechanical timer on the pulse bomb, and if the remote detonation fails, our pre-set countdown will solve the problem. ”

"Very well, how is the space equipment for the soldiers?"

"It's all up-to-date and performs perfectly."

"Send it right away, we'll pick you up for five minutes at most."

Looking at General James with a serious face, the stationmaster couldn't help but shake his head, "Hehe, General, don't you know me yet?" Space combat equipment is already mounted on the assault boat, and the fighters can use it as long as they board the assault boat. ”

It was only at this time that General James, who had a serious face, showed a hint of a smile, "Hehe, the action is very fast, and he is worthy of being the stationmaster of the No. 1 space station." When this mission is over, I invite you to the main base of Shariz for a drink, more than fifty years of brandy, good things. ”

"Then thank you General, I will definitely come after the mission. Now, let's clean up this damn Leviathan together. In terms of firepower, the prismatic array cannon under my command will give you maximum support. ”

"Well, the loading is complete, it's time for me to go." The enemy he faced was too strong, and General James, although he was a battle-hardened veteran, continued to smoke because he was nervous. In the middle of talking to the stationmaster, he had already smoked half a Cuban cigar.

Knowing the danger of this trip, the stationmaster stood up and saluted General James with a military salute, "General, good luck." ”

"Good luck with the stationmaster, too."

After quickly loading the cargo, the eight warships sailed straight to the asteroid belt where the ambush circle was arranged, and the Mark and the others who were on the battleship had just received their space combat equipment.

"Mark, the jetpack is here, you try." Hu Ke threw a jet backpack the size of a student's desk at Mark, because it was in a gravity-free room, so the backpack "flew" directly and just floated into Mark's hand.

"Jetpack? Oh my god, I've only seen this thing on a recruitment advertisement, and it doesn't seem to be that big. Catching the jetpack, Mark didn't immediately put it on his back, but took it in his hand and looked at it carefully. He graduated from mechanical school and was always interested in this kind of stuff.

"This is the Jetpack Enhanced P-91, because we will go deep into the interior of the Leviathan in this operation, so we have higher requirements for the thrust and endurance of the Jetpack, and it is normal to be a little bigger." Hu Ke had served in the Star Orbit Commando before, and he was no stranger to space combat equipment. Mark, Tang Xingfeng, and Li Xiaoxin are different again, after all, they are from the Marine Army, and Li Xiaoxin is an engineer of a non-combat unit.

"Uncle Hu, then how should we use it?" Tang Xingfeng was floating on the side and observing the jet backpack in Hu Ke's hand, because he had never used this kind of space combat equipment, so, according to his age, Hu Ke was more than twenty years older than Tang Xingfeng and the others, and he should be called uncle. However, he is a very old-fashioned soldier, so he doesn't like others to be close to him, Mark calls him Uncle Hu, and he doesn't object to it for Lao Liu's sake.

"Please call me Warrant Officer Huke, Sergeant." Hu Ke was so cold that Tang Xingfeng couldn't help but roll his eyes, but he didn't dare to say anything. For veterans, recruits can only be extremely respectful, even if they are generals, when they meet non-commissioned officers in the same unit who served earlier than themselves, they have to honestly call the old squad leader. Of course, the veterans did not dare to rely on the old and sell the old, and they also had to salute the general.

Seeing that Tang Xingfeng was deflated, Mark shrugged his shoulders, "Uncle Hu, this jetpack should be the same as the one used by the astronauts, right?" Six main thrust engines, four vector engines. ”

Mark left a good impression on Hu Ke, and Mark was a soldier led by Lao Liu, so his attitude towards Mark was still good. Nodding, Hu Ke confirmed Mark's conjecture, "That's the case, you've used the astronauts' jetpacks?" ”

"I tried it in the offshoot of the simulation training."

"Well, the reinforced P-91 just has an extra electromagnetic catapult on the back, which can eject us directly in the event of the destruction of the assault boat. After all, jetpacks don't start as fast as catapults. That Li Xiaoxin, you turn down the output power, and use it like this, and you will shut down before you reach the Leviathan core. ”

"Oh!"

"Knock--"

With a loud noise, Li Xiaoxin, who turned down the output power and increased it, hit the wall directly, and then stuck it on it. Tang Xingfeng, who floated over, tried to get him down, but after using all his strength, he could only say, "This baby was hit by the thunder beast on the wall, and he couldn't pick it off." ”

"I'll go, Uncle Hu, is this what you said about not having a fast start?" Floating next to Li Xiaoxin, Mark and Tang Xingfeng turned on the output power of the artificial muscle to the maximum, and used all their strength to get Li Xiaoxin down.

"Well, the electromagnetic catapult will only be faster." Putting the jetpack on his back, Hu Ke decided to demonstrate it himself

At the same time that the four were experimenting with the jetpack, the Arctic fleet was already approaching the ambushed asteroid belt. The Sharp Knife unit responsible for planting the NMR pulse bomb has returned from the assault boat, and the cruiser "Carapace Sheath" on the right flank has received them.

"General, the battle is about to begin, how to deploy the battle formation." The battleship supercomputer "Zhi Brain" responsible for combat command has begun to operate, and a virtual grid face appears on the right side of General James's chair, this super combat system can now only be carried by battleships, one is because only battleships can meet the needs of hardware facilities, and the other is that the manufacture of super systems is too difficult, and even battleships cannot be popularized. The flagship of the Shariz fleet, the Admiral Brell, had just been carried, and General James, who was using this advanced combat system for the first time, did not feel the novelty, but felt more pressure. Even the super combat system has been sent, and if he still can't win this battle, there is no need for him to go back to report on his work.

"Spread out in an inverted fan formation, with 50 kilometers of battleships spaced apart, and surround the Leviathan for me."

"Yes, General." If the traditional way is followed, the general's instructions should be conveyed by the captain in charge of the command of the battleship cluster, but now, the "smart brain" only needs a signal wave to do it.

Looking at the deep universe and the nearby asteroid belt on the display, General James took a deep breath. With a look in his eyes, General James gave an order to the entire fleet through the public channel, "All, first-level combat readiness!" ”