ACT432: Winter War

On April 2, 1940, only half a month after the end of the French War, another unjust war was quietly staged on Saturn, on the edge of the known star field. The long-planned Soviet Union launched an invasion of its weak neighbor Finland on this day, and 200,000 troops brazenly crossed the border between the two countries!

As for the reason for starting this war, the official Soviet Union said that it was because of the "active provocation" of the Finnish side, and the Soviet Union had to make a "counterattack" as a last resort. But anyone with a discerning eye can see that the real reason is probably because Saturn's winter is approaching, so they are in a hurry to grab a place to spend the winter.

As we all know, Saturn is the coldest planet in the known star field, and more than a quarter of its nearly 30-year orbital cycle belongs to the "long winter period", and its cold course is not comparable to even the frozen Siberia on Earth.

So in the past, whenever the long winter was approaching, the rich people on Saturn would return to Earth or go to other warm planets to escape the cold. In order to survive this hard time, those who stayed behind must not only start saving for winter food years in advance, but also have to rely on the "hot zone" to withstand the biting cold.

The so-called "hot zone" on Saturn is actually a place with plenty of geothermal heat! The original colonists relied on these "gifts of nature" to survive the terrible long winters, and later developers used these hot zones as a base to form the city of Saturn today.

After the Great Migration, the Soviet Union had about 180 million people on Saturn, two-thirds of whom gradually moved from the former homeland of Earth. The entire relocation process was barely completed until October last year, during which at least 22 million Soviets died or went missing for various reasons. But even so, settling those who survived is enough for a headache for the big forest!

Saturn is now less than two years away from the next long winter, and there are not enough hot zones in the Soviet Union to accommodate the entire population.

Therefore, for the sake of their own survival, the Soviets could only aim at Finland with ill intentions. The other side is a small country with a sparse population. But there are several hot zones on the Soviet side of the territory, which, if obtained, will solve the problem of relocating at least another 10 million people.

The war was originally scheduled to start on November 30 last year, but the main forces of Germany's three armies were stationed on Titan. With them on the sidelines, Stalin, who lacked confidence in the Red Navy, had to postpone the date of the attack again and again. And now that the German army has killed Venus, the opportunity for the Soviets has naturally arrived!

After the Soviet-Finnish War began, Zhao Jian, who stayed in the Shattered Star Zone, originally wanted to sit on the wall and watch. Because this war, which can only be regarded as a local dispute, did not have much impact on the whole of World War II, and the only effect was to make Stalin realize that the Red Army had been purged by himself. has become a war scumbag.

But soon an unexpected incident made Zhao Jian have to turn his attention to Saturn's side.

Just one day before the Soviet Union launched its official attack, all 64 reconnaissance stations placed by the Zhao ship in the Saturn region suddenly lost contact in just one minute. Thor, after ruling out his own fault, decided that it was a premeditated "attack" aimed at blinding them in the eyes of Saturn.

Zhao Jian believes that those who have this ability must be "Broken Dawn"!

"No matter what they're doing, if they're afraid of being seen, it's definitely something that won't be seen!"

Determined that the other party would take all actions on Saturn's side, Zhao Jian, who had already listed this organization as his number one enemy, would naturally not turn a blind eye to this.

Zhao Jian thinks. The immediate priority is to regain control of the situation on the Saturn side as much as possible, but it is obviously not a good idea to set up a reconnaissance station again. Because the other side has proven twice that they are capable of interfering with the reconnaissance station. Neutralize it. And if you send people, there are many habitable planets in Saturn's circle, and investigating it is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack.

Fortunately, with those guys' intentions, Zhao Jian is not without eyebrows.

You must know that Saturn lives in a harsh environment. However, there are two very prominent advantages, one is the abundant resource reserves, and the other is that the exploration process is very low. There is nothing to say about the first point. The second point means that there may be many undiscovered relics of ancient people here.

Just on Saturn, the area that humans have set foot in is less than 20% of the entire planet. In the modern Soviet Union alone, Maozi's scientific expedition team has found 3 ruins, dug up thousands of divine cores, and it is said that there is also a giant god soldier of unknown rank.

No one can guarantee how many good things are hidden under the permafrost!

So Zhao Jian, who was unwilling to sit still, decided to organize an "expedition" and personally led a capable team to Saturn to investigate.

When Zhao Jian was looking for the Star Castle, he used a special "remote sensing ability" that could sense those ancient people's facilities that were still operating normally beyond time and space. It's just that this kind of sensing ability is the same as a lottery, not every time you can find things, plus Chi You later warned him that this ability has a great loss of his soul, so Zhao Jian doesn't use this ability much anymore.

And now, in order to track the broken dawn, Zhao Jian has to use this ability again.

"This operation is to avoid people's eyes as much as possible, so it will not bring many people. I plan to take a battalion of special operations teams, an armored squadron, combat ships with the Leap, 3 heavy cruisers and 4 destroyers. When I get to Saturn, I lurk in the ring and then use my abilities to search for the enemy's whereabouts. ”

"But Admiral, is it really okay not to bring a few capital ships? Although there are no too strong forces over there, the navies of the Soviet Union, Germany, and Sweden are not weak, right? ”

"I'm not going to fight them, just take the initiative to avoid it."

Without wasting time on hesitation and wandering, Zhao Jian only discussed it with a few henchmen before making a decision to act. The capital ships stayed at home to watch the door, and he took a lightweight, high-speed fleet to Saturn, and Chiyou would also operate with them, so it was reassuring to have her in charge.

Before leaving, Zhao Jian, who suddenly thought of something, asked Sister Chiyou.

"Eldest sister, is there an S-class giant god soldier in the Soviet Union?"

"Probably not, but I've heard a rumor that isn't very reliable."

"What rumors?"

"During the Tsarist period, they did have a secret S-class giant god soldier, ready to be used as a hidden decisive weapon. At the height of the 'Red and White' battles, the Tsar once wanted to use this giant soldier against the Red Army, but was defeated by the guy named Lenin in advance. ”

"You mean that Lenin rebelled against the Tsar's giant soldiers?"

"More precisely...... He fooled the giant god soldier into the party! ”

"......" (To be continued......)

PS: I had a headache last night and was about to blow up ORZ!