Text One hundred and eighty-eight, stealing beams and changing pillars (3)

In the middle of the conversation, the transport ship Olympia had risen higher and higher, and it didn't take long to break out of the atmosphere of the planet Belinger and enter space, the slight shaking of the hull had now gradually calmed down, and the transport ship sailed straight to the Gluchist system according to the pre-set course, and the rendezvous point with the fast battleship Warweary.

It was a short voyage, and there wasn't a lot of time left for the Rebel allies, if they didn't hurry.......

In the No. 1 cargo hold of the transport ship, in addition to the rumbling roar of the ion engine of the transport ship, there is no other superfluous sound, which is extraordinarily "quiet", most of the lights in the cargo hold have been turned off to save energy, only a few scattered lights distributed in various corners still maintain a little brightness, and the bleak and cold light obliquely shines on the surface of hard metal equipment and parts, barely maintaining the visibility in the cargo hold, and by the way provides a visual light source for the monitor in the cargo hold.

In an unobtrusive corner of the cargo hold, a bulkhead that was perfectly integrated with its surroundings suddenly moved, and a small slit emerged from between the two bulkheads, which had been perfectly jointed, and this was by no means caused by the vibration of the transport ship, for a small, long, but freely curved metal rod crept out of the gap, and the very tip of the metal rod, which looked rather like an eye, was peeking cautiously in all directions of the cargo hold.

After it was finally confirmed that there was no one in the cargo hold and that it was completely safe, the metal rod resembled a cunning snake. Quietly retracted into the gap and disappeared.

In a moment, the entire bulkhead slowly slid open to the side, revealing the wide interior space inside, a large metal secret room, and the imperial guards never expected that such a compartment was quietly hidden in the first cargo hold.

An Allied commando was the first to cautiously walk out of the chamber with an energy rifle. Take cover with spare parts placed in the cargo hold. He took a closer look at the cargo compartment again. The scene in the cargo hold and what the probe rods detected did not change.

He breathed a sigh of relief, turned around, and whispered, "Captain, everything is safe. ”

"Great, it looks pretty good," Captain Turner then walked out of the cubicle. He lowered his voice and said, "Doctor, I'll leave it to you here, but be careful, don't be careless, especially don't make a noise of the earth, and don't forget that there are two Imperial Guards on duty at the door." ”

"Got it, Captain." Dr. Lippmann glanced nervously at the closed cargo door. Even if it's the barrier of that sealed door. Their intended place of work was less than ten meters away from the Imperial soldiers.

"Iclair, you take a good picture of the cargo hold, and carefully take the image of the component to be replaced from all angles. It's important to make sure that the image of the cargo hold after all the work is done exactly matches the image of the previous one, almost not at all, understand? ”

"Yes, Captain, I'll check one by one."

"Thorpe, lock the electronic door of the cargo hold and monitor every move in the passage outside, if there is any accident, this will give us some warning time, and then the captain will inform the Empire that the cargo door cannot be opened for a short time due to a malfunction." Captain Turner continued to command. Otherwise, if there was something wrong with the Imperial Guard, and he suddenly wanted to come in and take a look, the door would open and everyone would be completely exposed to him.

"Don't worry, Captain, the hatch is locked, and no one will try to open it without your orders."

While Captain Turner and his Storm Commando were nervously arranging safety precautions, Dr. Lippmann and several Allied technicians had entered the No. 1 cargo hold with a hastily drawn sketch of the handling work plan, and the maintenance components of the Trident main gun were almost piled up in the entire No. 1 cargo hold, although there were also a few passages for handling, but these passages were undoubtedly very narrow, and the handling machinery was very difficult to operate. And many components are also stacked up and down in a sturdy large box and fixed with fixtures, to find the location of these components that need to be replaced, remove the fixtures, confirm that the components that need to be replaced are correct, replace the modified components, and then fix them as they are, it is not a very simple thing, and the order can not be messed up, which one to move first, which one to move later, which piece of equipment to move first, where to put it, when to move it back, but also exactly the same as the original position...... Don't look at it verbally as a simple replacement of work, but these seemingly simple jobs, if you don't plan and arrange your work in advance, move around, and do whatever you want, simple things will become a mess.

Fortunately, they don't have to replace all the maintenance components, they only need to replace the key components, for this reason, they need to be able to quickly find these parts that need to be replaced in the backlog of equipment and components in the cargo hold, and the boxes also need to be unpacked to judge and confirm the components found, which is exactly what Dr. Lippmann asked Risen to participate in the renovation work and

The reason for the participation of the technicians, the commandos may be very good at sabotage, shooting, blasting, surveillance, security, etc., but when it comes to specific technical work, it is not what they are best at, Risen is very clear, all of this transformation work is carried out by Dr. Lippmann and his men, they are already very familiar with the part of the components they handle, they can find it at a glance, and if there is any difference between the components that need to be replaced and the components that are going to replace them, they can also see it immediately.

The latter point is very important, because the cruiser Furster was captured by the Alliance, it was still a little damaged, although the damage was slight, but some of the fire caused by the attack and the violent vibration caused by the attack unfortunately affected the compartment where these maintenance parts were stored, but fortunately not long after the Imperial Army asked for surrender, the two sides ceased fire, and the fire caused was quickly extinguished, but Risen was still a little worried about the impact on the components, although Dr. Lippmann thought it was very unlikely, he thought it was better to be on the safe side, What he needed was complete confidence that the components were exactly the same as the newly produced, at least the outside, and the interior...... Hey......

"First of all," Dr. Lippmann said as he walked to the innermost part of the hold, examining one of the pieces of equipment and nodding with satisfaction, "this is the first one, exactly the same, take notes, and then unfasten its fixtures and ship our replacement numbered C17, which is fortunately not necessary for us to open the box." ”

"Yes, Doctor." Iclair, a member of the Storm Commando team, with a small camera, began to take a closer look at the equipment, while the rest of the team and technicians took on the role of porters......

The whole operation of stealing beams and replacing pillars was carried out quietly and methodically, people searched for these maintenance components one by one, confirmed them one by one, and replaced them one by one with fakes that they had modified, although there were also some mistakes in the handling plan, but those were small mistakes, nothing more than a piece of equipment that was moved to the wrong place to cause obstacles, or a piece of equipment replacement should be postponed and so on, overall progress is good, according to this progress, They were able to get the job done long before the Olympia arrived at the rendezvous, and even the Allies technicians who were participating in this type of operation for the first time began to feel that it was nothing more than that, and that such operations were not as mysterious and dangerous as they had previously thought, although they did find it exciting to be carried out right next to the Imperial Guards.

Their mood gradually relaxed, and they began to relax a little, and slackness is the time when problems are most likely to occur.

"Bang bell", a huge sound broke the silence of the No. 1 cargo hold, this sound, in normal times, is actually not very big, in the transport ship's ion engine rumbling is even less obvious, but at this moment, but in the No. 1 cargo hold, this strange sound is like a thunderbolt in the sun, in the cargo hold, everyone, whether it is an old commando, or a technician who participated in the operation for the first time, all of them are as if they have been hit by petrification magic, time, at this moment, seems to have stopped.

The face of a technician of the alliance turned pale, just now, it was he who turned around and accidentally touched a metal hand.

Seconds passed...... More than a dozen seconds passed...... No one dared to move, people were so nervous that they even held their breath, would the Imperial Guards on duty outside hear? Will they try to come in and have a look? Will they notice that the door suddenly won't open and shout loudly?

Fortunately, nothing happened, nothing happened, and the two Imperial Guards were still faithfully waiting outside the door, maybe they didn't hear it, maybe they heard it, but they didn't pay attention.......

Anyway, they got away with it, but if they had it again, maybe they wouldn't have been so lucky, and everyone in the hold knew it, and it didn't need to be reminded or admonished by anyone.

Time seems to have thawed, and the people in the petrified state have recovered and begun to work again, working silently...... But the sound of warning had been deeply imprinted in everyone's minds, the loud bang, which many later recalled as the most impressive voice during the operation...... It almost pushed them to the edge of the precipice of life and death, and it almost wiped out the entire life-and-death line combat operation......

..............

On the bridge of the USS Olympia.

"Captain, the Olympia is within range of the battle-weariness battleship's sensors, and they've sent us a greeting, and four escorting Banshee fighters are coming to join us." A crew member reported.

"Captain, we've arrived, and it seems that everything is going well." The Imperial Major stood up.

"Yes, it's very good," said the captain, with a sincere smile on his face, "...... It's going well. ”