The fighter plane flew all the way, the vibration and acceleration were much slower than the Earth's takeoff, and the two of them didn't feel anything, they had returned to space.

The two breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and a few seconds later, the re-entry capsule rushed out of the atmosphere, and after reaching the predetermined altitude, it turned to level flight.

At this time, the shock wave from the explosion was still spreading on the ground, and the diffuse air flow actually opened up a small quiet space in the violent storm.

The mushroom clouds are still rising, obscuring them from the ground up, and when viewed from space, they look like a dark patch on the surface of Mars.

Ou Zhanpeng secretly rejoiced, fortunately, it was out of time, and the shock wave did not affect the attitude of the fighter and the return capsule, but pushed it hard, adding a force to the lift-off of the two aircraft and saving a lot of fuel.

Xu Qing couldn't understand it a little: "Did you bring a mushroom bomb?" When the expedition bombed the alien base, the visual effects were not so exaggerated! ”

"How can I have that stuff?" Ou Zhanpeng suddenly laughed.

By this time, the explosion was nearing its end, and the storm continued to erode the edge of the mushroom cloud, blurring its boundaries and distorting them, and before long, the storm overshadowed the short-lived explosion and dominated the Martian sky again.

The trip was full of harvest, the two looked at each other and smiled, everything was in plain sight.

But it will take a little time to get all the supplies to their original heights.

The problem is that the return capsule does not have such a strong flight capability, its role is only to send the landed astronauts back to orbit, and complete the mission after docking with the spacecraft in orbit, from the beginning, there is no intention to let it continue to fly high.

The situation was more complicated than expected, Ou Zhanpeng handed over the fighter to Xu Qing, came to a spacewalk without support, and entered the return capsule to check the situation.

With fuel still left, he immediately manipulated the re-entry capsule to accelerate and change orbit to a higher position.

With a vertical distance of more than 9,000 kilometers, it is destined to be an extremely long process of changing orbits.

Xu Qing reported the situation to the base in time, and half an hour later, the fighter received a reply from Earth.

Shan Qiuyu first affirmed the actions of the two people, and then expressed his feelings about the first time that human beings set foot on Mars, and finally, on behalf of all the officers and soldiers of the base, wished the two people who were far away on Mars, as well as the 46 people who were still flying to Jupiter, a happy holiday, and wished everyone a New Year in advance.

Only at this time did Xu Qing suddenly realize: "Today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve?" I have been in a daze for a long time, and I have long forgotten about it. ”

Ou Zhanpeng scratched his forehead: "Our Chinese New Year's Eve is really fulfilling!" ”

Fortunately, if the operation fails, it will be the sacrifice day for the two of them next year!

Well, it's still the kind of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of kilometers away from the earth, no matter who wants to worship, they can only look up at the sky and send their sorrows to Mars.

And that won't change for many years to come.

If one day humans transform Mars into habitable space, it is likely that the bones of both of them will be put in a glass cover and displayed to all the humans who live on Mars: Look, this is the first space pioneers to land on Mars, and unfortunately they did not return to Earth.

Thinking of this, Ou Zhanpeng was very happy.

That night, the two spent an extraordinary Chinese New Year's Eve night in the fighter plane, not only sending New Year's greetings to the base, but also greeting each other with their companions on the expedition.

In order to relieve the loneliness, the base actually broadcast the gala to the Star Falcon and the Expedition throughout the whole process.

Regardless of whether the show is wonderful or not, at least this intention is extraordinary.

Many years later, looking back on this day, the two still remember it vividly.

However, after the excitement, all that was left was infinite longing and a touch of melancholy.

The two of them didn't have so many sad thoughts, and they devoted themselves to work the next day.

But Blue Star didn't stop so much:

At the beginning of November last year, the expedition bombed an alien base for the first time, which caused great repercussions in the entire human world.

What bombing across 50 million kilometers, the first expedition to another planet in history, the first roar of mankind against aliens, saying no to alien hegemonic civilizations, and so on.

All kinds of beautiful words are called for a tsunami, and I can't wait to boast the expedition to the sky.

After all, it is for the common interests of mankind, no matter how crooked the butt is, it is impossible to dismantle the Taiwan of Huaguo at this time, at most, it is to carry a little private goods when reporting, otherwise it is not a matter of position, but a proper rape!

Many media people have expressed the same sentiment: it has been a long time since there has been such a one-sided pomp and circumstance in global public opinion.

But whether it is the media or ordinary people, the vast majority of people are forgetful, and related topics have been on the hot search list, it feels like human beings have defeated alien species, and there is no need to worry about Mars far away in the sky.

It's better to think about how to deal with the growing sea monsters.

However, after a few months, there was another powerful explosion on Mars, although it cannot be compared with a nuclear explosion, but at the moment when the storm ravaged Mars, it caused no less sensation than the expeditionary bombing.

It was only at this time that the global public knew from the public statement of the capital that after the original expedition left, there were still two people who overcame various difficulties and silently stuck to the orbit of Mars.

Not only did they stay there, but they also achieved the first human landing on Mars, and the image of two people setting foot on Mars at the same time was widely reprinted by major media around the world.

The vast media with magical powers unexpectedly picked up the identities of Ou Zhanpeng and Xu Qing through their voices!

Although the expedition set off in secrecy, after the bombing of Mars, the official has partially disclosed the information of the warship, and the information of 48 people has long been no secret.

Originally, even if the news spread, it should not have been so popular, but there was both media promotion and official intervention, and it was not simply natural transmission.

The reason is also very simple: it is not so easy to fight against aliens, let alone a matter of one or two days, under this premise, it is necessary to create a group of high-quality idols full of positive energy to guide the masses, especially the younger generation's outlook on life and worldview.

Time is also fate, two people happen to stand on the cusp of the times, which led to this result, and if it is replaced by another time, the result must be completely different.

However, everything happened on Blue Star, and the two people who were far away on Mars knew nothing about it.