A cruiser like the Ephemeral Life Brilliant Burning can travel from Sun-Earth L2 to Jupiter in just five and a half weeks.

People who are not familiar with astronautics will look at this flight time and say that you are not right, this ship takes a week from low earth orbit to Sun-Earth L2, is it possible that the distance from Sun-Earth L2 to Jupiter is only more than five times that of Earth to Sun-Earth L2?

However, this is actually wrong, because there is a basic formula: the distance s is equal to 1/2at^2, where the flight time should be squared.

The faster the boat, the shorter the time it takes to go to a place, and the smaller the difference in the time it takes to get to different places.

The two fast cargo ships, escorted by the Fleeting Life Brilliant Burn, arrived at Ceres in just over two weeks.

When approaching the Space Force fortress in the 500-kilometer orbit of Ceres, Wang Ping'an and Angli wore spacesuits in the common room, looking at Ceres in the distance with everyone.

"It's small." I don't know who muttered a sentence.

Zhai Dengshan continued: "Asteroids." In the asteroid belt, this is the big brother. ”

The Fleeting Life Brilliant Burning began to approach just as a torch cruiser was leaving the harbor, probably on patrol.

The departing cruiser signaled: "Welcome to the land of black tulips." ”

Angri asked suspiciously, "What does the place where black tulips bloom?" ”

Wang Ping'an shrugged: "How do I know?" ”

"If you die here," Colonel Diao Youming suddenly appeared beside the two of them, "your relics will be put in an iron box with a black tulip pattern painted on it and sent back to Earth." ”

Everyone fell silent.

The colonel continued: "Rejoice! Here you will be tempered by blood and fire, and as long as you can return alive, you will definitely have a better understanding of life and life.

"It's a melting pot where everyone will show their true nature, and now you all look like good young people who have gone to a troubled and distant land, and in a year's time, this disguise will be removed.

"Then we'll know who the real heroes are."

The young people looked at each other.

Diao Youming said: "After you dock at the port, you will be replenished to various detachments, and as I said, there will be veterans to take you." You are all well-trained elites, and the veterans have neglected to train because of the battle, and may not even be able to match you in some specific skills.

"But I advise you to listen to the veterans. In this way, I will not give you a lecture alone in the future, and you can only see me at the collective meeting of the whole brigade. Good luck. ”

After speaking, Diao Youming took the initiative to salute all the people of the supplementary brigade.

Zhai Mountain: "All of them, stand upright~, salute!" ”

Wang Ping'an followed everyone's movements and saluted Diao Youming.

After the docking, the members of the supplementary team took off their spacesuits and returned them to the cruiser, and floated to the dock in their training uniforms.

A platoon of officers was already floating on the pier.

An officer with a civilian rank held a tablet and shouted: "Hello comrades of the supplement, I will read the units to which you belong one by one, and here are the comrades from various units who have come to lead you back to the establishment." Most of them will be assigned to the Combat Boat Unit, which has a high number of casualties.

"My self floated out as I read the name. Zhai Dengshan, Qin Tiezheng, Wang Jinjin, Xie Xian, you go to the first team! Follow this Captain Andrei. ”

Zhai Dengshan, his partner Qin Tiezheng, and two others floated out together, and then a blonde captain made a "go" gesture to them, and then turned around and began to lead the way.

Zhai Dengshan glanced back at Wang Ping'an and shrugged his shoulders.

Wang Ping'an gave him a thumbs up.

The civilian officer also read: "Wang Ping'an, Angrei de Lyon, Parabas Coronel, Yoram Kini, Abdul Bernini, Onofre Portes, Second Detachment." Go with Captain Gong Chuanguo. ”

Wang Ping'an drove the propeller on the suitcase and floated out, and Angli followed him.

Captain Gong Chuanguo greeted him and teased: "You are formed, the international column, the names are longer than the other." ”

Wang Ping'an: "It's okay, we don't have Soviets here, so the name is really long." ”

"Hahahaha, when you get to our unit, you'll see the Soviets." Gong Chuanguo said as he led Wang Ping'an and his party to the exit of the wharf.

Wang Ping'an asked while operating the suitcase: "Is it really an international column?" ”

"Yes, I am already one of the few Chinese people in the detachment, and you can rank as the fifth oldest in our Eight Great King Kongs of China as soon as you come."

Wang Ping'an: "Eight King Kongs? Talking at noon, no one has a home? ”

"Oh, he's a knowledgeable one! So, you're Brigadier Xu's man? ”

Wang Ping'an was about to get up, but Palacas coughed and interrupted the conversation: "Well, we don't understand what you're talking about at all." ”

Angli: "This is a very popular model play, it seems that they Chinese people know a little bit about it. ”

Gong Chuanguo laughed: "It's not so popular, it's just that our Space Force often has to run a long voyage, and when I'm bored, I will look for old movies and dramas to watch." Even the torch cruisers have nothing to do for two or three weeks, and can only pass the time on their own except for training. ”

Wang Ping'an: "Actually, this thing is quite interesting, the Space Force is the unit that knows the most about traditional culture, just because the flight is too long and the road is very boring." ”

"Yes, yes, there are many space forces who have changed careers and gone to make movies or write about them." Gong Chuanguo said.

As they spoke, the group floated out of the spaceport and entered the passage connecting to the main body of the fortress. Because by default, all the people who come here are well-trained space forces, so the setting of the passage is very straightforward, and there is no complex design like a mixed military and civilian space station.

As soon as Wang Ping'an grabbed the railing, the simulated gravity generated by the rotation slapped him to the ground.

"I didn't think this kind of front-line space station would turn around." Angeli also fell to the ground nimbly, muttering.

Gong Chuanguo: "It is true that the first-generation space station did not rotate a few decades ago, but now it is not necessary to pay attention to the health of the commanders and fighters of the Space Force, and the new space station will be rotated." Let's go, the detachment mates are waiting for you. ”

Wang Ping'an and Angli are headed.

Next, Gong Chuanguo took them into the living area of the space station.

In fact, it is not accurate to say that the living quarters, as the fortress of the Space Force, various factories are scattered in the living quarters, which can ensure that the engineering troops can rush to the factory as soon as possible in the event of an emergency, and at the same time, it is impossible for the invading enemy to control all the factories at once.

The Space Force commanders and fighters in the dormitory can also organize their first resistance.

As she walked, Angli whispered to Wang Ping'an, "This looks different from all the space stations we've been on. ”

"Well, of course, this is a purely military space station, and all the design follows pragmatism."

"That's right," Gong Chuanguo said, looking back, "even these trees were added by the psychology department for the sake of mental health, and there was no one in the first place." ”

Wang Ping'an suddenly asked: "This time the supplementary brigade, I didn't see anyone from the psychology department, isn't there a lot of casualties in the psychology department?" ”

"How could it not be. Of course, the old pedant who stayed in the fortress and did not go out did not suffer any casualties, but the instructors who attacked with the troops suffered heavy casualties. Gong Chuanguo replied, "But they follow a different set of selection criteria, and they should arrive in a few days." ”

"Is there still a fleet coming in a few days?" Parabas asked.

"yes, the loss of equipment has been a bit big recently, so the cargo ships are flying here one by one."

As soon as the words fell, a few lieutenants came up to him, and when they opened their mouths, they shouted to Gong Chuanguo: "Chuanguo, why are you leading this group of colorful people?" ”

"As for the new recruits, our international column has added another Chinese! There are already five of the Eight King Kongs! ”

The lieutenants laughed.

After making a mistake with them, Wang Ping'an asked: "Your nickname is Chuanguo?" How to write? ”

"The Sichuan of Sichuan cuisine, the pot of pots, I am called so because of my origin. By the way, let me tell you, I have a good skill in stir-frying Sichuan cuisine, and sometimes I go to the cooking class to quietly show my hand. ”

Angli asked worriedly: "Is Sichuan food spicy?" ”

Gong Chuanguo replied: "Ancient Sichuan cuisine is not, but modern Sichuan cuisine does pull, but don't worry, we are mainly spicy...... Oh, and there's our dormitory right in front of us. ”

Gong Chuanguo pointed to the large hatch in front of him.

Wang Ping'an saw the sign hanging next to the hatch from a distance: "Second Carrier-based Combat Boat Detachment." ”

"Really assigned us to the combat boat detachment."

"No, although the cruiser will also be damaged, the overall casualty rate is not as high as ours. After all, pirates have few big ships. But the cruiser is too obvious, and the pirates can detect it from a long distance, so they can only use the combat boat to carry out a sneak attack~" Gong Chuanguo said.

Abdul: "Can't you paint the cruiser matte and approach silently?" ”

Gong Chuanguo: "We really did something like this, first take the torch route to accelerate a certain distance, and then turn off the engine. The de-powered cruiser drew an arc under the sun's gravitational pull and rushed towards the presumed location of the pirate base.

"The attack was very successful, but it was troublesome to organize and took a long time, because most of the time the cruiser was moving under the influence of solar gravity, solar wind and inertia, and the speed was no longer than when the engines were at full power.

"And then there'......"

Gong Chuanguo paused and glanced at the new members: "Besides, the pirates have eyeliner around here, and the cruiser will be discovered when it sails." ”

Wang Ping'an frowned: "Is eyeliner lurking inside us?" What are the gendarmes doing? ”

"Come on, there's a bunch of miners on Ceres, next door, and it's not easy to catch spies hiding in the hundreds of thousands. The gendarmes and the security section of the mine next door have made several arrests, but they still haven't been arrested.

"In short, after this kind of raid is spiritual, it will be useless later, and the pirates will secretly transfer when they know that your cruiser has sailed, anyway, if you don't come directly by the torch string, the cruiser will float for a long time.

"So the raid on the pirate den depends on the combat boats, anyway, most of the pirate ships are also combat boats can deal with, kill the pirate ships, cover the landing of the marines on the enemy's base, this is our job. Welcome to the 2nd Carrier-Based Combat Boat Detachment. ”

Gong Chuanguo was like a big housekeeper and made a gesture of please.

"Our detachment leader should be waiting for you."

Wang Ping'an: "What about the instructor?" ”

"Not yet. The previous one was sacrificed. Gong Chuanguo said lightly, but the expression on his face was sad.