140 World Clockwork
The selection and training of recruits has not yet ended, and several major events have happened one after another.
After the Mars Campaign, the space nations led by China, the United States, and Russia launched negotiations, and in addition to the three major space countries, the European Union, the African Union and other regions also sent delegations.
In view of the grim situation, the participating countries unanimously agreed to set up a joint command center, and both parliaments and heads of state were given the green light to complete the formation with unprecedented efficiency.
In fact, apart from China, the United States, and Russia, there are not many warships in other countries and regions, and there are even fewer formed fleets.
The joint command was formed very smoothly, but there were serious differences between the three countries over the authority of the command.
Russia advocated that the joint command had full power to mobilize the space forces of various countries, but it was unanimously opposed by China and the United States, but the reason of the Russian representative was very good - the Mars battle fully exposed the confusion in the command of the Earth fleet, and if there was a unified command, there would not be such a big loss on the ground or in space.
The Russian side proposed that the country with the strongest forces should have control of the command, which no one could tolerate at all.
On the surface, China is the strongest, but in essence, no country is a soft persimmon, and everyone has several troops that are secretly not made public, and the Russian side dares to put forward such a proposal, obviously because it is prepared.
China and the United States have more sufficient reasons, after all, they are the armies of three countries, who wants to be cannon fodder for others? If the military order is issued and it is even more troublesome, then the so-called joint command will become a place for the three countries to quarrel and shirk their responsibilities.
Therefore, it is better to build the joint command into a coordination department between the three countries, and in the face of alien invasion, no human country can stay out of the matter, and no one does not understand the truth of cold lips and teeth.
Both proposals have their merits, and in the end, the second one prevails.
At such a time, there is still intrigue, which has to be said to be the sorrow of mankind.
It is against this background that the commando unit was changed to be directly under the Ministry of National Defense, and the strategic strength of the commando unit must not be in the hands of outsiders.
At present, cooperation is the mainstream, and detachment from the mainstream world will only isolate the entire country.
Another major event is the expansion of the fleet, warships are a comprehensive embodiment of the development of human science and technology, the construction period of a warship is as short as a few months, as long as several years, and it is simply unrealistic to build a warship on a large scale in a short period of time, but whether it is the loss of Mars or the expected war, a large-scale fleet is needed.
In order to replenish warships as soon as possible, countries racked their brains to speed up the construction of the craftsman method, one is to lower the standard and build warships with civilian standards, but in this way, the crispy civilian ships are not the opponent of the alien fleet at all, and no one can afford the heavy word cannon fodder.
Another way is to modify civilian spacecraft, especially cargo spacecraft, which not only need to be equipped with heavy outer armor, but also to strengthen the internal structure, replace high-power military engines, and so on.
The third is to use the old warships that have been decommissioned, and of course they must also be rationally transformed.
Modified warships will be used for low-intensity missions such as troop transportation and escort, and at the same time, the construction of real capital ships has never stopped, and the speed has been faster and faster.
Human production capacity is far more than demand, and the construction of warships is now constrained by a lack of sufficient skilled workers and an insufficient supply of raw materials - it will take time for the mines in the asteroid belt to recover, and the resource production of the Anthropocene will fall to the lowest point in a century.
Fortunately, the earth has always been the center of human agricultural production, and there has been no direct military threat from the Outer Skeletons, and the overall situation is relatively stable.
But that's just the case.
Since the appearance of the Outer Bone Man, all kinds of strange religions have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the foolish people and foolish women have burned incense and worshiped the Buddha, stirring up the miasma of the people, although the governments of various countries have intensified their crackdowns, but the focus of the government's work is to support the army and guard against aliens.
The three religions and various traditional religions all called on believers to resist "Protestantism", but with little success.
It is unbelievable that in the 22nd century, when science and technology are so developed, there is such a vast market for feudal superstition, and there are many highly educated social elites, so people can't help but ask: What is wrong with this world?
For Ye Fei and soldiers like him, whether it is the government in a state of anxiety or the chaotic people, it is as far away as a few light years away, and he is more concerned about the movements of the Outer Skeleton.
Although mankind has stepped out of the footsteps of colonization, the pace is still very limited, and even if the three major space powers unite with the aerospace power of the entire world, it is impossible to achieve comprehensive defense - the solar system is too big for mankind.
The defense of the vast space is a joke at all, and the armies of various countries have invariably reduced their forces and implemented key defenses, which to put it bluntly are to hold the lifeline of the strategic targets Jupiter, Mars, and the Earth.
The military even secretly made a secret plan to abandon Jupiter and Mars and go all out to defend Earth if the situation changes.
The earth is the home of mankind, and there is no room for mistakes.
Probably only the Saturn base, is the only exception, the Chinese side carried out a large-scale replenishment of the Saturn base before the contraction, including troops and materials, conservatively estimated, the Saturn base built by fortress standards, at least can withstand the surprise attack on Mars Outer Skeleton fleet.
Especially after the base has been equipped with hundreds of super-large laser cannons, the effective range of the concentrated fire attack is as high as five light seconds, and in addition, the Saturn base has also installed tens of thousands of intelligent air mines nearby, all of which are nuclear charges.
Regardless of whether it is an orbiting telescope or a large astronomical telescope on the ground, the only task at present is to search for suspicious celestial objects, and most of the solar system will be monitored 24 hours a day, and as long as the alien fleet appears, the combined fleet will take the initiative to attack and keep the enemy out of the country to avoid the tragedy of Mars from happening again.
It can be said that the appearance of the Exoskeleton Man is like a powerful catalyst, sounding the alarm for the entire Anthropocene realm, and human society is like a tightened clockwork, running wildly.
No one wants to be the next unlucky ghost to fall at the hands of the Outer Skeleton.
Towards the end of the training, new news came.
Friendly forces on the sabotage mission destroyed seven Exoskeleton bases in the Outer Neptune Sector, but there is evidence that there are many more undiscovered Exoskeletons in the outer reaches of the solar system.