Chapter 60: Planetary Anomalies (I)
"Why don't you give Takatsuru weapons?" Xu Li was very strange: "Didn't you design it a long time ago?" Why did you hesitate when it came time to make a sample? Xu Li knew that Gao He had always cared about the confiscation and destruction of his crutches, but he was just strange about his parents' approach. In the past, parents were eager to stuff good things for Gao He to use first.
"This guy has been a little overconfident lately!" The parent sighed: "Last time on the energy planet, I actually took a knife and went out. He is now our focus on protection, and without weapons in hand, he may be a little more restrained. If that design was made for him, who knows what trouble he would have caused. He hesitated again: "General Hammer and I both felt the need to make him more sober." ”
It turned out to be this reason, Xu Li thought about it carefully, felt that it made sense, no longer asked, and continued to study with her parents.
Gao He didn't know the above considerations, the training schedule of the fourth squad in the past two days was very tight, and one person had to bear so much ammunition and maintenance, and he was very busy. This batch of weapons is sharper than after the last reload, of course, it also consumes more ammunition, the rate of fire has increased by three times, and the energy output per shot has increased by five times.
Xu Li has redesigned a new energy cartridge according to the structure of the energy spar, and the capacity has been increased by more than ten times compared to the standard energy cartridge originally used by the military. Of course, these new energy cartridges are also within the scope of testing, and they cannot be fully equipped in the army.
In the past few days, the entire fourth squad, including the ordnance officer Gao He, has been on the shooting range almost except for sleeping, and even eating is brought by Gao He to the shooting range. First, these weapons are really enjoyable, and everyone can't put them down. Second, the above order is really urgent, I don't know what danger I will encounter this time, so I work so hard, and the sooner I am familiar with it, I will have more safety guarantees.
Now everyone's standard equipment is 20 standard energy boxes per person, and the gun does not leave the body, nor does the ammunition leave the body. High-explosive shells played a big role in the energy campaign, and a large part of this new weapon is also due to these. It's smaller, lighter, but the explosion power remains the same, and you can have more equipment, which is also a nice improvement.
During the new weapon adaptation training, Gao He has been doing his job diligently and diligently, and there is nothing abnormal. However, in the occasional chat, Gao He's encounter during the holiday was still dug up by everyone. Everyone had a very sympathetic look on his unfortunate holiday. However, everyone's first two holidays were unfortunately all counted on Gao He's head, which caused everyone to hate Gao He.
The task was quickly issued and it was an A7 level task. This kind of mission, the fourth team was only at this level when it was the last time it first landed on the energy planet for sampling. Gao He vaguely remembered that General Zhao Qi had said something about the development of a new planet, and it should probably be something similar this time.
The new weapon did not have Gao He's share, and Gao He could only choose an ordinary energy assault gun. This time, Gao He's mission was mainly logistical support, and it was not enough to use weapons.
Stealth warships, I don't know if every time this kind of early pioneering work is carried out, it is a stealth battleship. Anyway, Gao He has been on the stealth battleship many times now, and he doesn't feel anything anymore. However, civil aviation seems to be much more comfortable than warships, so why can't warships be so comfortable?
On the battleship, everyone opened their mission requirements in front of their respective individual terminals. A-level missions must only know the real mission content during the mission.
Gao He's guess is right, this time it is really a mission for planetary sampling and investigation. This planet is newly discovered. To be precise, the newly discovered planet is not a planet, but a very close twin star. The environment on both planets is almost identical, and even the biological structure is roughly the same.
This was discovered by explorers who set out decades ago in search of the planet. The task of the explorer is to wander aimlessly in the universe, first, to record the planet's route map, and second, to discover planets similar to the earth and provide people with immigration.
The new planet needs to pass through three space jump points in a row. The location of the space jump point is also discovered by explorers, and every interstellar trip, if you want to reach the current few immigration stars at the speed of a battleship without going through space jumps, it is estimated that it will take at least decades or even hundreds of years. Therefore, space hopping points are also very important strategic key resources.
No one knows who built the space jump point, or if it was naturally generated! Anyway, many researchers have started to study this topic, but there are no results yet.
A new planet has been discovered, however, it is estimated that the military does not want to have something similar to the last energy campaign, so this time the news is very confidential. It is estimated that even the soldiers on the battleship, except for the captain, only know that it is the task of driving the battleship to a specific place.
The planet sampling survey is just a small landing ship. However, compared to the ships they took in the last energy war, it was a difference between heaven and earth. Not only is it stronger than the last one, but it is also very complete with all kinds of fire support, and the speed is also very fast, so it is more secure in terms of safety.
The pilot was F1, the radar was responsible for communications, and Takatsuru was ordered to stay on the small landing ship to sort out the sampling materials, and the rest of the personnel went to the ground to carry out the mission. Although Takatsuru was unhappy with this arrangement, the panther ordered Takatsuru to carry out his orders.
The planet you enter doesn't look as dangerous as the Energy Planet, and the weather is similar to Earth's. The temperature at the equator and the North and South poles vary greatly. From space, the area of the land is comparable to that of the ocean. The other planet has a larger ocean. The two planets are not too far apart, and they are moving in an intersecting motion around a single sun. It is estimated that the tidal phenomena of the two planets should be very serious.
A planet is chosen at random, and the landing ship quickly finds a suitable location to land. The mission requires sampling various organisms, air, microorganisms, soil, rock formations at multiple locations on both planets, and installing probes in suitable places. Not far from a jump point in space, a space base is being built.
This is similar to the research base near the Energy Planet, which is relatively safe behind the space jump point. Compared to the last energy planet, this time the military is much more secure. The stealth warship that transported them is placing observation satellites in high-altitude orbits on the two planets, and it is estimated that after completion, an overall remote sensing scan will be carried out on both planets.
There are primitive creatures on the planet, animals and plants, but they are not very advanced. Just like on Earth, plants use chlorophyll for photosynthesis, and most plants look green. The ocean is not within the sampling range this time, and there is no time to observe it yet. The air contains more oxygen than on Earth, and it is cleaner. It seems that no matter where there is no human industrial activity, there is a very healthy atmospheric environment.
There were no large animals in sight, only a few sporadic small animals that were not threatening, and the monitoring station was easily built anyway. As no threat was detected, Gao He was also released to the ground and participated in the construction of the monitoring station.
The sampling of the sample is very simple, with the help of engineering robots, all kinds of things are constantly sent in, and Gao He is also busy and does not care about anything else.
The sampling of one point lasted only half a day to complete, and it was very smooth. The landing ship took off and flew towards the second point. The first point is a mid-latitude region, and the second is on the equator. Because of the long hours of sunlight at the equator, the climate is tropical, humid, warm, and of course, the flora and fauna are more diverse.
Here, when flying through the air, I saw several large animals. I don't know if these animals are a threat or not, but F1 drove the landing ship around a few times and photographed those animals a few times. The rainforest here is dense, and there is no suitable place for a while, so you can only hover in the air and let people go down.
The black panther didn't let Gao He go down. Gao He could only stay on it very depressed, using a small sniper-type naval gun on the landing ship to cover them in the air. Some of the animals here are indeed potentially threatening, but before they can make any moves against the approaching crowd, Gao He has already fired first, and Gao He is scolded by the crosshairs in the team communication for stealing his business.
Although there were some troubles, the establishment of the second point did not take much time and was successfully established. Two points, but it only took more than twenty hours of Earth time. The samples collected had almost filled the cargo hold of the small battleship, and it was necessary to return to the battleship in space to rest and change warehouses.
In space, the crane looks down on the planet below. The environment on Earth has been almost destroyed, and there are cities everywhere, and it is impossible to see such a beautiful scenery. Sometimes, human activities are really contradictory, and I don't know if the following two planets will become what the earth is now in the future.
Dissatisfied with their arrangement to protect him, Takatsuru contacted General Hammer on the battleship. Through the Black Panther, the general briefly learned about the situation here, felt that there was no major problem, and reluctantly agreed to Gao He's request. In future missions, Gao He can participate with the team. However, he still specially instructed Gao He to pay attention to safety.
The third point is near the north pole of the planet. Unlike the North Pole on Earth, it is not an ocean, but a frozen continent. At high altitudes, the air is thin and frozen all year round, resulting in very little activity of plants and animals. As they circled in the air, they basically didn't see any animals running.
(To be continued)