25 Stiletto Base
The fork suddenly realized, what bullshit failure, it was the identification system of friend or foe that detected his own people in the cargo box and automatically locked the weapon system!
He couldn't help but be afraid for a while, accidentally injuring friendly soldiers, even if he didn't have to be responsible for carrying out orders, how could he get through the threshold of conscience? But how can there be their own people in this?
He hesitated and said, "Captain, could it be that the pirates have kidnapped our people?" ”
"Possibly!" Shen Hong couldn't wait to give himself a slap, how could he not think of such a simple answer?
"What now?"
Shen Hong hesitated for a moment and said, "Let it go, let's fight...... After flying for so long and not fighting back, let the Marines clean up the mess, how much combat effectiveness can a few pirates have? ”
"That's right." Fork agrees with the argument of the long machine.
At this time, the team leader regained his composure and issued a new order: "Razor, the base has scanned the cargo box, there are seven people in it, and six can confirm your own signal, damn, it's strange that you can fire the cannon...... Escort it. He heard all the conversations between Shen Hong and the fork, and immediately arranged for a signal scan.
A preliminary contact was established, and the base immediately obtained the identity codes of Ye Fei and others through the data link, called up everyone's archives, and learned about the situation of the wounded at the same time.
The corners of Shen Hong's eyes twitched, and he sighed helplessly: "Let's go, escort it." "It's a mess, it's all messed up.
The alarm was lifted at the base, the warplanes that had just taken off returned to land, and the unknown non-combatants came out of the shelters to inquire about what was going on; The military personnel also did not know what happened, and they were all inexplicable.
The only casualty in the whole base was the hapless dispatcher, who was bitten by himself.
The recovery department's spacecraft scrambled into the air, waiting for the containers to arrive, and the medical department was in position as fast as they could.
After arriving at the recovery area near the Stiletto, the electronic device in the container received the electronic signal from the Stiletto, activated the braking degree, and the container slowly slowed down, automatically adjusting the speed and synchronizing with the speed of the Stiletto.
A tugboat more than ten meters long flew over slowly, Ye Fei only heard a muffled sound of "bang", and the tugboat sucked tightly on the side of the container in the posture of an eagle catching chickens, and flew to the base with the container.
However, the "chicken" is inevitably too big and completely disproportionate to the "eagle" on its back.
All the buildings in the base are buried deep in the thick rock formations, and the surface of the asteroid is only a large airlock in and out of the mine, and the tugboat "carries" the container close to the base, and several people in the box suddenly feel some microgravity.
The air in the airlock is quickly withdrawn, the outer gate opens, the tugboat descends into the compartment, the slender mechanical arm clamps the box, and the tugboat releases the container and disengages itself.
Ye Fei breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, okay, it's finally time to get to the place, don't move for a while, sit and wait honestly."
"For what?" Toothpick wondered very, "When you go to your own place, are you still so careful?" ”
Ye Fei barely smiled and didn't speak.
The compartment was refilled with air, the inner gate was wide open, a whole team of marines was waiting on the ground in full armor, the mechanical arm slowly placed the container in the center of the encirclement, a soldier quickly stepped forward and opened the airtight door, and the fighters behind him immediately rushed into the container and surrounded the people in the box.
The officer leading the team saw the situation inside the box, lowered his gun with a sigh of relief, and said, "Welcome home." "It's six commandos in black armor!
The second lieutenant of the company is very polite, and the marines stationed at the base are those soldiers who can adapt to the microgravity environment, but cannot adapt to the weightless environment, and the main task is to guard the base. Since the space stations are all white, their armor is also mainly white, not the black armor of Ye Fei and others.
For these half-eliminated soldiers, black armor is the symbol of the elite, and only a small number of them will slowly adapt to the weightless environment because they have lived in a microgravity environment for a long time, so they enter the elite army, which is what Jiang Li said about digging corners.
Ye Fei slowly took off his helmet and stood up: "Xie Lu Xie, I am Ye Fei, a first-class soldier, the temporary head of the combat group, my teammates are all injured, please arrange for treatment as soon as possible." ”
"Yes," the second lieutenant said, turning around, "quick, let the medical team in...... Soldier, please turn in your weapons. "The status of the fighters of the commando must not be measured by rank.
Every elite warrior is the treasure of the Celestial Army, and there is no room for loss.
The soldiers quickly evacuated, more than a dozen people from the medical team jumped in, and more than a dozen people took the wounded one by one, even the half-dead pirate was no exception, and two of them even floated to Ye Fei's side and asked with concern: "Soldier, how are you?" Do I need treatment? ”
Ye Fei refused the doctor's kindness: "Xie Lu Xie, I have nothing to do." ”
The doctor briefly checked it and made sure that Ye Fei's body was fine, and nodded to the second lieutenant: "Blood sugar is a little low, just eat something." "The medic is a lieutenant officer, very amiable, not at all like a combat officer.
The lieutenant nodded in gratitude, but his eyes were fixed on the corpse in the corner.
Ye Fei jumped down lightly with his helmet in his arms, stopped beside the second lieutenant and said, "These two, and the pirate who was brought out of Lu just now is our captive, I need to know what is in his head." ”
The second lieutenant nodded knowingly: "Let's go, I'll take you something to eat first." "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, although the second lieutenant is very curious about the experience of Ye Fei and the others, he will never ask more.
The arrival of Ye Fei and the others caused chaos in the entire base for a while, and roughly calculated, the direct economic loss was no less than 100,000, but the soldiers were just doing their duty, and they couldn't be blamed, and the commander of the base could only pinch his nose and admit it.
Anyway, there is a reason for it, and the loss can be classified as war damage as long as it is reported, and there is no need for an individual to pay for it.
The base immediately reported the situation to the Saturn Military Region, which instructed the base to make every effort to treat the wounded, and would later send a spacecraft to pick up the people.
Ye Fei followed the second lieutenant to the cafeteria for a full meal, and wiped his mouth after eating: "I'll bring a few more and go see my teammates." ”
The second lieutenant had no reason to refuse, so he beckoned the cook to prepare, let Ye Fei take it, and when he left the cafeteria, a figure flashed around the corner of the corridor, Ye Fei was stunned, and when he looked back, the person had turned into a fork in the road.
"What's wrong?" The second lieutenant asked curiously.
"Nothing." Ye Fei shook his head, "When I see someone, it's quite familiar, maybe I know it." ”
"It's normal," the second lieutenant smiled, "the marines are all eliminated during the selection of commandos, it's not strange to run into an acquaintance, do you need me to help you call him over?" ”
"Still don't need to." Ye Fei smiled bitterly, "It's really a former teammate, doesn't this reveal people's scars!" ”
"Hehe, we're not as unbearable as you think, are we?" The second lieutenant hides a needle in his cotton.
Ye Fei hurriedly denied: "Of course that's not what I meant, forget it, let's go first." ”
The second lieutenant smiled and stopped talking, the two of them went out of the cafeteria and went straight to the hospital, and the marines along the way looked at Ye Fei in surprise, and they forgot to salute the second lieutenant several times.
The second lieutenant smiled bitterly: "I'm not as good as you as a first-class private." ”
"How so!" Ye Fei didn't feel any different at all, "I'm just a little lucky." ”
The second lieutenant smiled cheerfully, patted Ye Fei on the shoulder and said, "Luck is also part of strength!" ”
The base has less than 1,000 military personnel, but nearly 5,000 non-military personnel, and is almost a small town, and the hospital is part of a military facility with several military doctors who are not so skilled.
When Ye Fei arrived here, the doctor had already completed the preliminary treatment, and the jar and toothpick were waiting anxiously outside the operating room, and when he saw Ye Fei, he immediately greeted him.
Ye Fei took a few steps closely: "You two are fine?" ”
"Both of us have minor injuries, just deal with them simply," the toothpick looked solemn and stopped talking.
Ye Fei's heart sank, and a bad feeling appeared in his mind: "What's wrong?" ”
The toothpick looked solemn: "Lao Bo's thigh bone is crushed and fractured, and the nerve is also broken, the doctor said...... His leg had to be amputated to save his life. ”
"What!" Ye Fei grabbed the toothpick's arm, "Is there no other way?" ”
The jar grabbed Ye Fei's arm and said slowly: "The anesthetic is almost too strong, and it is too late to transfer it to the Saturn base...... The black bear is too, and it has lost too much blood, and the injury is worse than Lao Bo, and the doctor is rescuing it. ”
Powerful anesthetics have extremely strong side effects, which are likely to affect the function of the internal organs of the wounded, and the dose can only be used once in a short period of time.
Ye Fei was silent for a moment, and handed the food to the toothpick: "What about the scissors?" How is he? ”
"The retina is completely shattered, and there is no therapeutic value anymore...... Transplantation doesn't solve rejection, and he can't be a soldier. "The jar usually doesn't talk much, but he is unusually calm at the critical moment.
Is that the end of the scissors? Can't see it in this life? Ye Fei grabbed his hair fiercely, unable to say a word, if he didn't come up with this idea, the eyes of the scissors would not be injured.
The jar was silent, I don't know how to comfort Lu Dao, and the toothpick smiled bitterly: "Don't be like this, if it weren't for you, Lao Bo and the black bear would have died, and now, at least the three of them are still alive and have pensions, at least they can ensure that life is not a problem......"
Ye Fei covered his face and raised his head for a while: "I want to meet the scissors." ”
"I'll arrange it for you right away!" The second lieutenant, who had been observing, immediately contacted the hospital through the wrist terminal, and then Ye Fei saw scissors with gauze wrapped around their eyes in the intensive care unit.
Although the gravity was so low that it didn't feel much, the scissors were still lying on the hospital bed,
The scissors that took off the combat armor mixed up their muscles, and the thin hospital gown couldn't cover it at all, and the enthusiastic female nurse, her eyes almost didn't fall out and stuck directly to the scissors.
The second lieutenant politely greeted the nurse and explained his intentions, and the nurse reluctantly followed the second lieutenant out of the ward.
Ye Fei tiptoed a little and jumped to the bed: "Scissors ......"
"Artilleryman, you're here!" Scissors had a happy smile on her face, "As soon as you walked in the door, I smelled the armor." ”
Ye Fei's heart was gloomy, and he endured his sadness: "Scissors, I'm sorry for you." "If you are a man, you must have the courage to assume your own responsibilities, if you have interests, if you have responsibilities, you will retreat, that is a villain.
Scissors' smile froze on his face, and he lowered his head and whispered: "Don't say that, my pair of eyeballs, isn't it worth exchanging the lives of Lao Bo and the black bear?" Besides, I agreed at the time, and I blamed my own eyes for not being angry. ”
There was an awkward silence in the ward, Ye Fei didn't know what to say, and the understanding of the scissors could not reduce the guilt in his heart by all.
"Come on, don't be like a girl, being a soldier is my own path, who can blame me?" Scissors showed a smile again, as if he had unloaded the burden of Qianjun, "Lao Bo and the black bear are disabled, but I heard from the doctor that they can be fitted with powered prostheses, which are as convenient as the real thing, and they can continue to be soldiers, but I can't, damn it, why don't you have power eyes?" ”
The scissors pretended to be relaxed, but it made Ye Fei even more sad, he couldn't answer the scissors' question, and he didn't know how to comfort the scissors, so he could only listen silently.
It is said that happiness is shared with others, happiness can be turned into two, and pain is poured out to others, but only one half is left, but Ye Fei's heart has always been like a stone, scissors are wasted, he is only nineteen years old this year. What kind of life awaits him in the future, and what kind of fate does it have?
Away from war and away from death, perhaps, it would be better for him to leave.
With such a feeling of loss, Ye Fei left the ward.
The lights in the operating room had been extinguished, and the toothpick was waiting for Ye Fei outside the operating room, and the food brought from the cafeteria did not move.
Ye Fei perked up: "The operation is complete?" ”
"It's done, I'll take you to see them." Toothpick head led the way, and the two walked to the ward.
Doctors and nurses require a lot of professional knowledge, and everyone in the entire hospital from top to bottom has a higher rank than the two of them, but no matter who they are, they dare not underestimate these two expressionless first-class soldiers.
Jiang Li and the black bear were not as lucky as scissors, and they still had a hospital bed to lie on, and they had just undergone amputation, and the two of them were naked in a large coffin-like glass jar, followed by a few tubes that didn't know what the purpose of the canal was.
Jiang Li's stout right leg is only half of it, the miserable white leg bones are supported outside the rolled flesh, and the two mechanical arms are clamping the wound, I don't know what Lu Dao is busy with; It's the same with the arms of black bears.
The jar was leaning on the glass and peeking in, and when he heard footsteps, he turned around and nodded his head to say hello.
"Are you awake?" Toothpick asked.
The jar shook his head and didn't speak, and the second lieutenant smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's just that the strength of the medicine hasn't passed yet." "The effects of strong anesthetics don't fade so easily, and amputations for two people don't even require re-anesthesia.
Ye Fei pointed to the mechanical arm in the jar and asked, "What is that for?" ”
"I just asked," said the lieutenant, "that one is for cleaning the wound, and for a mechanical prosthesis, it requires nerve signals to control the prosthesis, so it is necessary to leave the nerve at the fracture, which is more delicate, or is it more accurate to do it mechanically." When everything is ready, the doctor attaches a signal adapter to the nerve break...... Well, it's something that converts nerve signals into electrical signals. ”
Ye Fei heard the cloud and mountain fog cover, and only figured out that this was a necessary step to connect the prosthesis, and he didn't understand anything on the side, and said in his heart that it was better than combat armor, and it could be controlled directly with brain waves.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind - the armor needs brainwave control mainly for electronic systems, such as the switching of various functions, the selection of radio frequency, the opening of auxiliary power, etc., and the movement of limbs still needs to be completed by limbs. But if you can make a set of armor that is controlled by brain waves, isn't it like growing a layer of steel skin, and what the brain thinks, the armor will do?
In this way, whether the disability is disabled or not will definitely not affect the combat effectiveness, so why bother to install a signal conversion joint on the severed limb?
Ye Fei immediately said his thoughts, and his eyes lit up like toothpicks and jars like wolves, but the second lieutenant shook his head with a wry smile: "Your idea is right, but in fact it doesn't work at all, if that's the case, wouldn't it be better to simply change the armor to a robot, leaving only the brain control?" ”
"How can this be the same?" Toothpick, anxious to defend his own people, snatched the conversation, and wanted to say something, but the second lieutenant waved his hand at him: "Listen to me first." ”
The toothpick opened its mouth and closed its mouth in a sneer.
The second lieutenant said: "There is no problem with your idea in terms of technique, but in practice it is very difficult to work, because there are not many people who can serve in front-line combat units after being wounded, especially after serious injuries, especially the Celestial Army." ”
After hearing this, Ye Fei suddenly understood what the second lieutenant meant.
The battlefield of the Celestial Army is the universe, and it is the most special among the four major military branches, and the special place is not in the equipment, but in the environment.
The strength and toughness of the scar are relatively poor, and it may cause the wound to rupture when subjected to high gravitational acceleration or low pressure. Therefore, even the pilots of the Air Force must not have scars on their bodies, and the environment of the Celestial Army is even harsher, and the probability of bearing high overloads is extremely high, and in the event of an accident, they will even be directly exposed to a vacuum environment and endanger their lives.
Both the black bear and Jiang Li were comminuted fractures, the overload when the container was launched was almost fatal, and the broken bones of the legs must have fallen to the stump, I don't know how many nerves and muscles were cut by the stumbling channel, otherwise, Jiang Li's leg might be saved.
The second lieutenant looked at the two people in the treatment cabin and said softly: "With the injuries of the two of them, even if they heal, it is impossible to be the same as before the injury, in addition to allowing the two of them to move like ordinary people, the more important role of the prosthesis is to protect the wound of the severed end of the limb." Saying that, he smiled wryly, "That is, an elite unit like you, if you are replaced by other departments, with such an injury, the only option is to return to the ground as a ground crew." ”
"What do you mean?" Ye Fei didn't understand.
The second lieutenant smiled: "It is not easy for the Marine Corps to recruit soldiers, on the surface, the superiors will ask the wounded to leave the front-line troops, but as long as the wounded take the initiative to apply to stay, the above will definitely agree immediately, and when the time comes, it depends on the two of them on their own choice." ”
I see.
Ye Fei's gaze fell on his comrades who were still unconscious, and his heart suddenly fell empty.
After initial treatment, the injuries of the wounded were stabilized, Ye Fei and the others also settled down under the arrangement of the base, and two days later, the spacecraft sent by the Saturn base arrived at the Stiletto base and picked up all the people in the group on the spaceship.
The scissors were on the spaceship with the support of toothpicks, while Ye Fei and the jar carried a treatment cabin one by one, and brought them on the spacecraft with the cabin.
When he came out, he was alive and kicking, but when he came back, he was crippled......