ACT045: The Sea of Stars
(Routine request for fire support from Sanjiang tickets!) )
In the eyes of mankind, space is deep and beautiful, containing countless treasures! Although the Great Domain Wall is like a cage, the scope of its enveloping is so huge that humans have been in space for hundreds of years, and until today they have not been able to fully explore the space within this "cage".
Zhao Jian thinks that he is a staunch patriot, so Dai Li wants to pull him into the "agent" to relieve the country's worries, and he himself is quite willing. But as a selfish person, Zhao Jian also intends to seek some "welfare" for himself on the premise of not harming the interests of the country. So he needs to go to the rings of Saturn first to verify Dr. Ruerte's "conjecture" to see if he can find anything good, and then consider whether to "hand over the public" or not according to the situation!?
However, before the operation officially begins, Zhao Jian needs to deal with the problems of the school first!
It's been almost three months since the start of school, and Zhao Jian's classes have added up to less than two weeks, so the school has given him an "ultimatum" that if he can't take 5 weeks of classes this semester and get the top five in the whole grade at the end of the semester, even if he is a "genius student", the school will let him repeat the grade.
There is no way! For a full 3 weeks, Zhao Jian could only go to school honestly, and it was rare to be a good child for a while. During this period, Qin Heng took waves and flying waves, and went to Ethiopia again according to the old method, and delivered forty percent of the arms in the warehouse to Selassie I, who was anxious about the war.
Nearly a month and a half have passed since the beginning of the war in Ethiopia, and the high cost of 80,000 casualties in six weeks has finally opened Selassie I's mind to no longer fight the Italians in a positional battle with huge casualties. And God in East Africa also helped him in time, using the "rainy season" to hinder the Italian offensive.
The incessant downpour of rain turned Ethiopia into a complete "mud pit", trapping almost all of the Italian army's heavy weapons, forcing them to slow down their offensive for a while. The muddy ground is not to mention the heavy armored troops, and even the infantry will be trapped and unable to extricate themselves at the slightest weakness. On the Italian side, there are often patrols that go out for a circle, and then the whole platoon comes back barefoot.
And in addition to the trouble on the ground, the air also adds to the hearts of the Italians!
Heavy cumulonimbus clouds blocked the view of the Italian fleet, and from time to time lightning would be used to "steal" battleships or planes to come on for a while. One of the Lion-class destroyers of the blockade fleet was unfortunately hit by this because of this, because the timing of the landing was wrong, it was hit by four lightning bolts in a row, detonating the ammunition depot, and the whole 204 people on the ship were "killed" on the spot!
In this case, the Ethiopians finally found an opportunity to fight back. Selassie I, while reorganizing his main army with the weapons he had just acquired, sent small groups of guerrillas to carry out sneak attacks, and did everything he could to harass the Italian army. This unconventional tactic, which Zhao Jian strongly recommended, was completed by those who were familiar with the local environment and brought their own "night battle camouflage", which once made the Italian soldiers feel restless.
For the time being, at least, the war was no problem until 1936.
On the domestic side, the three-week class was quickly completed, and Zhao Jian, who was just playful but not stupid at all in his previous life, came to learn the 1935 textbook easily. In order to prove his academic ability, Zhao Jian did a mock exam paper for the fourth grade of middle school in front of the principal, and he scored more than 90 points out of 100 papers! Coupled with the 100,000 yuan he invested in the school's sponsorship, the school finally gave him the "privilege" he wanted.
"Whew~! It's finally come out, and sure enough, 100,000 yuan is the same price for this thing! ”
With a little reluctant Hongling out of the school gate together, the two got in the car and went directly to the port. Zhao Jian didn't go out to the war zone this time, it can basically be regarded as semi-tourist, and Hongling has been with him for so many years, and he hasn't even gone out of Qingdao, so he plans to take the little maid out for a walk this time.
The repair of the Pinnacle took less than a week, and the shipyard maintenance workers found a total of 37 bullet holes in the second half of the hull! Fortunately, these were all small holes made by anti-aircraft machine guns, and if he had been hit by a 120mm shell, Pingbo would have to lie on his stomach in the dock for a month.
This time he went out to "hunt for treasures", Zhao Jian didn't bring many people with him, counting himself and Hongling, there were only 18 people in total. Since the last time Du Qixi happened, Zhao Jian has always been unconsciously suspicious, secretly suspicious of the people around him, and sometimes even feels that the other party is wrong even when he looks at Wangcai.
Originally, Zhao Jian wanted to believe in the loyalty of these subordinates around him, and was willing to treat them as companions, but after all, people's hearts were separated from each other. Reason sues sù Zhao Jian, human ...... It is impossible to be absolutely loyal!
After the Zhao ship boarded the ship, the Pingbo immediately took off, and the cargo ship rushed into the clouds according to the lift-off channel indicated by the port tower, and soon flew out of the atmosphere. At this time, several larger warships rushed up from the rear and flew past the left side of the Pingbo at a faster speed. Zhao Jian took a closer look and found that it was the Shenyang and her "personal guards". With sharp eyes, he could even see a figure standing straight on the turret of the Shenyang, and he didn't have to guess who it was.
"The Northern Track and Field Team is really busy!" Zhao Jian smiled and looked at the high-speed fleet that was rapidly moving away.
Judging from the number jù, the strength of the Harbin-class battle patrol to which the Shenyang belongs seems to be very average. With a standard displacement of only 23,500 tons, the firepower of the 365-mm gun was not much stronger because it was 9 mm more than the British 14-inch gun, and the armor was only at a mediocre level. But this level of battle patrol has a strong point that stands out from the crowd, and that is unparalleled speed!
When the Harbin level first came out, other countries were secretly relieved when they saw the official announcement, and said that this thing was nothing more than that. But soon the spy reported a shocking news, that is, the Harbin Harbin, the lead ship of the class of battle cruisers, had run a top speed of 40 knots in the first sea trial without assimilation, which was already faster than many destroyers at that time!
From the beginning of the design, the Harbin-class was positioned as a "cruiser hunter", and the military required the ship to have the ability to raid like a wolf pack and run away after the fight. At the same time, the endurance of the ship is also very good, and it is at the forefront level among the war patrols of various countries, and the nickname of "Northern Track and Field Team" comes from this.
Looking at the fleet that left in a hurry, Zhao Jian couldn't help but guess whether that Dai Li was also on the ship, and was rushing to see another "agent".
"Young Master, there are still 8 hours before flying to the first Moon Star Gate, do you want to go and rest for a while?"
After glancing at the star map and coordinate instrument, Kim Zhengshu, who used to run this route often, confirmed that the direction was correct, and Jian Yì Zhao Jian went back to his room to sleep first. The space voyage sounds magnificent, but the actual process is boring and tedious, and it is easy to suffer from mental illnesses such as "claustrophobia" over time.
However, Zhao Jian didn't know why, since he broke through the atmosphere and officially entered the universe, he felt that he was getting more and more energetic, and he couldn't wait to go out for a run twice like he had been beaten with chicken blood. His current state, in the eyes of others, may be the excitement brought by the first interstellar voyage, but he always feels that it is not just as simple as excitement!
"Third child, when you were on the Dalian before, you used to run this channel, right? What is it like to walk through the stargate? ”
"Feeling...... It's like you've been stretched! It's probably the same as the dough when you mix the noodles, and then the dizziness passes. There are many people who vomit for the first time, but they get used to it when they vomit and spit out. ”
The Star Gate is one of the important facilities left by ancient people, and its impact on human civilization is no less than that of the Divine Core and the Giant Divine Soldier. In the era when humans first entered space to explore, it was the stargate that allowed them to save a lot of time, avoid countless detours, and provide a sign to go home at the end.
As of today, mankind has found 24 star gates in known star fields, 18 of which orbit six planets, and another six are located near two "shattered star regions". These gates are connected to each other, forming a transportation network covering more than 70% of the known star fields, and without the stargates for spacecraft to make space jumps, it would take at least 2 years for Pinnau to reach Saturn's rings, and now they only need to pass through 4 star gates to reach it in 2 weeks.