Chapter 217: The Ancient Language of Lights
"I'm X! What's going on with these dogs? Did our jihua leak out? After being kicked out of the command center by Colonel Four-Eyed, Haoyi squatted on the ground depressedly, looked up at the locked door with his eyes, and pulled his hair one by one and muttered to himself.
"Probably not!" Pei Zhimao, who was standing beside him, frowned and subconsciously muttered. After taking over the command of the entire battleship, the surrender team headed by Four-Eyed Colonel Mohr suddenly changed their attitude one hundred and eighty degrees, and actually drove Hao Yi and the others out of the command center quite rudely. Although Pei Zhimao said this, he was also very suspicious in his heart, whether it was because the other party noticed any clues that the surrendered team would behave like this.
"What should not be? Kill the cat, you were kicked in the head by a donkey? Haoyi jumped up from the ground in a huff, and yelled at Pei Zhimao almost nose to nose: "Ya, then you explain to Lao Tzu, what do these dogs want to do?" Damn, now we can't even get into the bridge command center, so how are we going to catch these dogs? ”
"Uh, this ......" Pei Zhimao's old face blushed slightly and took a half step back, and he didn't know how to answer Haoyi.
"Commander, I wonder if other warships have encountered such a situation as us?" At this time, the adjutant on the side cautiously reminded the two of them.
"Oops!" Haoyi and Pei Zhimao turned their heads to look at the adjutant almost at the same time, and shouted in unison.
"Lose the dead cat, is there any other way to contact other warships besides through the command center?" The adjutant's inadvertent prompt made Haoyi and the others realize an extremely serious problem. That is, if the same situation occurs with other warships, then the Jihua originally designated by Haoyi will be completely chaotic.
"Don't worry, let me think, think!" Pei Zhimao's heart also jumped, and his old face suddenly changed greatly. Although he originally planned to surrender before, but at this point, he had no way out, so he could only fight with Haoyi wholeheartedly.
"Don't be stupid, think about how else you can contact other warships! Damn, these dogs are ruthless! Thinking that the seemingly perfect jihua he had originally formulated was almost about to be miscarried, Haoyi was naturally very anxious, and turned his head to jump to the staff officers beside him and yelled.
Normally, each warship's external communication system is located in the command center of the bridge. Colonel Four-Eyed drove Hao Yi and the others out of the command center, which was equivalent to completely cutting off their channel of external communication, which was almost a fatal blow to Hao Yi's next step. For a while, a cadre of officers spun around at the door of the command center like ants on a hot pot.
"Otherwise, we will gather the escort on the battleship and forcibly retake the command center! Although the door is locked, it shouldn't be that hard! A staff officer spoke cautiously.
"No way!" When Pei Zhimao heard this, he shook his head and said in denial: "There is a team of marines inside, even if we are sure to forcibly attack and recapture the control center, I believe they will have enough time to send back the alarm to their commander in time before we take it down." In that case, our raid Jihua will be a complete failure, and we will have to be forced to fight each other hard with one knife and one shot! In other words, we still have no advantage in this battle, and we can only lose miserably......"
"Alright! You've been so long-winded, have you thought of any other good way? Haoyi jumped impatiently in front of Pei Zhimao, grabbed his arms and shook them vigorously.
"Ahem, my eldest aunt, you're about to shake my old bones apart! Can you stop first? Pei Zhimao was cold, and was shaken by Haoyi and coughed again and again, and pleaded with a bitter face.
"I said Generalissimo Pei, Senior Pei, Uncle Pei, Uncle Pei, think about it. Sooner or later, we will be prisoners of war! Haoyi reluctantly let go of his big hand, made a gesture of burning incense and worshiping the Buddha, and said to Pei Zhimao pitifully.
"Auntie, don't worry, let me think about it first!" Pei Zhimao waved his hand to comfort Haoyi, then walked straight to the side, frowned at the wall of the passage and groaned.
Seeing this, Haoyi had no choice but to look at the other officers beside him. But those officers seemed to be afraid that Hao Yi would suddenly jump over and shake them like a sieve, and hurriedly avoided Hao Yi's gaze one by one, and lowered their heads to make a look of hard thought.
"Damn, it's the first time I've commanded an entire fleet so ambitiously, is this the end of the game? Dog's day is really old and spicy! Seeing that everyone was at a loss, Hao Yi had to admire the shrewdness of the other commander, and squatted on the ground depressedly to see if he could find a few ants to play with.
Hao Yi can only say that he knows a little bit about space battleships, even if he has a perverted ability, but in this vast space, in the face of an extremely powerful and fierce fleet, I am afraid that he will only be bombarded into slag. If he wants to be able to turn defeat into victory, in the final analysis, he can only rely on the entire fleet in his hand, which is broken but still has a certain combat power. But now that there is no means of communication to communicate with other warships, it is like the brain has been cut off from all the nerves that transmit information, and Hao Yi and the others cannot command the entire fleet and launch a surprise attack on the other party at the same time.
"There it is!" Just when Haoyi was extremely depressed, Pei Zhimao, who was distracted by the wall, suddenly smashed his fists and shouted loudly.
"Uncle Pei, did you think of it?" Hearing the movement, Haoyi, who was picking at the crack in the steel armored floor, hurriedly raised his head and asked happily.
"I have an idea, but I don't know if it's going to work!" Pei Zhimao's old eyebrows were still locked, and he walked to Haoyi's side and said.
"Don't worry about what doesn't make sense, let's talk about it first!" Haoyi got up anxiously and urged.
"Lantern Language!" Pei Zhimao said two words in a deep voice that made Haoyi confused.
"Lamp language? What? Haoyi blinked his little eyes and asked with a stunned expression.
"Does the marshal mean, that very old communication light language?" A staff officer suddenly understood.
"That's right! At present, except for the long-distance communication system in the bridge, the rest of the entire battleship only has internal communication channels, and it cannot be directly used to contact other warships! Pei Zhimao nodded very seriously and explained: "I think about it, and only by using the navigation lights at specific locations on the outside of the battleship to send lights, can there be hope for restoring contact with other warships!" ”
"Wait, can any of you tell me, what the hell is this lantern language? Can this thing be used to convey information? Listening to the conversation between Pei Zhimao and the staff officers, Haoyi rubbed his hands anxiously on the side and asked with a blank look.
"Uncle, come with me!" Hearing this, Pei Zhimao subconsciously glanced up at the gate of the command center, and hurriedly pulled Haoyi into the dark corner of the passage and explained in a low voice.
It turns out that this ancient lantern language is a great invention of early human beings. Before the invention of radio, it was similar to silent means of communication such as flag language and sign language, and it was also an effective communication tool used by humans to transmit information over long distances. For example, in the vast sea, two ships separated by a certain distance can use the language of lights to communicate. Its working principle is also very simple, that is, it uses the intermittent and flickering of lights to make signals of different lengths to transmit information. In a sense, it can be used as a complete replacement for Morse code.
"I'm X, does this thing really work?" After listening to Pei Zhimao's explanation, Haoyi couldn't help but widen his eyes and asked curiously.
"It should work!" Pei Zhimao was obviously a little bottomless in his heart, frowning and worried: "But this ancient lantern language has disappeared for a long time, and now it only exists in the textbooks of battleship officers, and I don't dare to guarantee that my captain's subordinates can read the lantern language." ”
Pei Zhimao's worries are not unreasonable. In that era of highly advanced technology, people had long been accustomed to transmitting information directly through various electronic signals such as radios. It is difficult to say whether the senior officers of the battleships who have undergone rigorous training can remember the words that only exist in textbooks.
"What do you care about so much! Since it works, try it first! Haoyi was a little impatient with Pei Zhimao's forward-looking, and grabbed Pei Zhimao with a big grin and was about to walk out.
"Wait Auntie, I'm not done yet!" Pei Zhimao hurriedly grabbed Haoyi and continued to say in a deep voice: "Another point, the distance between our battleships is too far from each other, I'm afraid that only a small number of battleships around the flagship can see the light message we sent!" ”
"You're saying that we can't send a message that all the warships of the entire fleet receive at the same time?" Hearing Pei Zhimao's words, Haoyi couldn't help frowning. If all warships cannot receive the information sent by the flagship at the same time, it means that it will be difficult for other warships to act in line with the flagship, which is undoubtedly another headache.
"Yes, uncle!" Pei Zhimao spread his hands helplessly and said: "However, apart from the lantern language, I'm afraid there is no other good way to contact other warships in time!" ”
"Wait, I think this problem is easy to solve too!" Haoyi's eyes flashed, and he said to Pei Zhimao: "As long as we can contact other warships, we can agree on a time in advance, and then launch operations at the same time to regain the command and control of each warship, and then launch a surprise attack on the enemy fleet!" ”
"Uh, I didn't think of that!" Pei Zhimao's eyes widened in surprise and he was stunned.
"Because you're an old cat!" Hao Yi sarcastically said proudly, and then urged again: "Okay, don't be verbose and pay for the dead cat, it is estimated that the other party's main fleet is about to drive over!" Hurry up and try to use that lamp language to contact other warships! ”
A moment later, in the battleship closest to the flagship, the captain of the battleship and a staff officer also gathered at the door of the command and control center, sighing and frowning sadly.
"Captain, go and see!" At this time, a lieutenant who was in charge of commanding an anti-aircraft turret on the outside of the battleship hurriedly ran over and stammered to the captain.
"What's wrong?" The captain stood up suddenly, frowned, and asked in a deep voice.
"I saw that near the bridge of the flagship, there was a navigation light that was flashing rhythmically, as if it was sending some message!" The lieutenant reported breathlessly.
"Twinkle, twinkle?" The captain pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said with joy: "It's the language of the lamp!" Quick, let's go with Lao Tzu to see, the commander must be giving some new orders! ”