Chapter 15: Surprise Attack on Europa
"Director Blake, we're close to Europa, fifteen minutes later we'll start infiltrating." In the communication channel, the voice of Major Clausius was heard.
(Author's note: Europa, Jupiter's second moon, is 3,100 kilometers in diameter, slightly smaller than the Moon.) There is a thick crust of ice on the surface, and below the crust is the largest ocean of liquid water in the solar system. )
"Roger, turn on radio silence, and restore communication in forty-five minutes."
"Understood, silence begins." On the communication channel, Major Clausius's signal disappeared in an instant.
At this time, over Europa, a transport ship is quietly approaching.
After radio silence, Europa's base is unable to detect them through communication channels. The transports are also equipped with a star canopy stealth system, which makes them difficult to spot on telescopes unless they are close enough.
Clausius did not choose to land directly, but ordered the ship to make a large circle, approaching from the other side of Europa, and then flying at an ultra-low altitude to approach the base.
This was due to the fact that at that time Olympus's main forces were concentrated in the inner solar system to consolidate the occupied planets of Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, while there were only a few sporadic military bases outside the asteroid belt. The base on Europa is poorly guarded at the farthest point of Olympus' control, a gray area and a central area for interstellar pirates in the outer solar system to conduct illegal trade. Olympus turned a blind eye to them, and would not interfere with them as long as the pirates paid them enough. In this case, the entire base defense system is very low compared to other bases, and all of them are only equipped with one radar, which gives Clausius and them an opportunity. As long as they dodge the radar detection surface, they can safely approach the base.
(Author's note: The asteroid belt, located between Mars and Jupiter, is the dividing line between the inner and outer solar systems, and a large number of asteroids are concentrated here, hence the name.) )
Passing through a long glacial rift, they arrived. The transport landed on a flat sheet of ice, and with the cover of the iceberg, they managed to evade the surveillance of the outer guards.
"Guys, according to the original plan, the first group went to the command platform, the second group went to the database, and the third group stayed behind the transport plane to prepare for the retreat, do you understand?"
"Understood!"
"Let's go!"
More than two dozen soldiers jumped off the transport boat, threw their flying tiger claws, set up ziplines, and climbed onto the lifting platform one by one. Clausius gave him a look, and his subordinates immediately understood, and the two guards fell to the ground in response.
Clausius led the group, moving in small steps to the control panel of the elevator, where a guard was staring at the glacier in a daze. Clausius punched up, the guard's eyes were clouded, and before he could react, his subordinate kicked him directly off the glacier.
The elevator was activated, and everyone successfully entered the base.
The group came to the auxiliary passage and collided with a patrol. The captain didn't expect the enemy to suddenly appear in the base, so he thought they were his own people, and asked sharply, "Soldiers, why don't you wear uniforms?"
Clausius did not panic at all, and replied with a pretense of remorse, "I'm sorry sir, I got up in too much of a hurry this morning and didn't have time to tidy up my appearance." As he spoke, he approached the patrol leader.
"Soldier, if there is a next time, I will not hesitate to throw you into space and make your corpse ...... Yes! ”
The distance was right, and the soldiers moved quickly, and several patrolmen were brought down in three or two strokes. Clausius grabbed the captain by the neck, carried him and threw him off the glacier, then spat in the direction where he fell, saying, "I won't allow anyone to talk to me like that."
The crowd continued on their way to a fork in the road.
"One group goes to the command platform, and the second group comes with me, listen to my signal to retreat and act together."
The soldiers divided into two groups and marched along two passages.
The first group of soldiers successfully took control of the command platform, and Clausius's side was also approaching. At this time, Director John, the head of the Europa base, was still asleep, and he could not have imagined that by the time he was sleeping, the base had undergone earth-shaking changes.
The Clausius group has reached the database door, where there are four guards. Clausius gestured, and four soldiers attacked from behind, and eight people immediately struggled.
During the scuffle, one of the guards elbowed the attacking soldier and pointed his submachine gun at Clausius's group. Clausius immediately drew his gun and shot him. Suddenly, the sirens in the base sounded, and they were exposed.
"You two go upload data, and the rest of you will find cover, move quickly!" Clausius ordered loudly, knowing in his heart that he had screwed things up, and that there would be very few evils on this trip.
When Superintendent John heard the siren, he got out of bed and said to his subordinates, "Take me to the command platform."
But he was told by his subordinates: "The command platform is lost."
Superintendent John was furious: "What are you guys eating!" I'll just sleep, and you'll leave the podium!" ”
But now there was no point in complaining, he picked up a heavy machine gun and rushed to the command platform with his men.
Superintendent John looked like he was on his back, and it was as if the earth was trembling with every step. Approaching the command platform, Superintendent John shoots when he sees someone, and the momentum is unstoppable. Finally arrived at the door of the command platform, Director John didn't say a word, and shot inside. Several soldiers did not have time to dodge and died on the spot, while the remaining soldiers hurriedly looked for cover and waited for an opportunity to return fire.
One of his men threw a grenade into it, exploding on the podium, and several soldiers crawled on the ground screaming. Superintendent John seized the opportunity, and another strafing shot was made, and the soldiers on the command platform were powerless to fight back.
At this time, a soldier rushed up and tried to fight hard, but Superintendent John slapped him down, and the soldier fell to the ground. Another soldier struggled to pounce on Superintendent John with a dagger in hand. Superintendent John slapped him again, and the soldier's eardrum ruptured, bleeding from all seven orifices. The first group of soldiers was wiped out, and Superintendent John managed to recapture the command platform.
Director John was the overall champion of the World Slap Contest when he was younger, and this is not for nothing.
Clausius and his party took advantage of their struggle for the command platform to complete the upload of the route plan. At this time, there were only a dozen soldiers left with Clausius, and at least 60 guards in the entire base were rushing towards the database, and they were afraid that they would not be able to escape.
Clausius turns on the radio, ready to send Blake his last words.
While the battle was raging inside the base, Virgil had been flying the fighter plane over Europa for a long time, and he hacked into the security network of the Europa base to monitor the movements of Clausius and the others. Seeing everyone trapped, Virgil secretly shouted: "These stupid people!"
He locked three of the four airlocks leading to the database through a secure network, keeping out the guards who came to support him. The remaining one is connected to an escape route, through which you can quickly reach the outside of the base.
Clausius and his party didn't understand what was going on, but they could only act as a dead horse and rush towards the only open airlock. There are less than ten guards here. More than a dozen soldiers armed with submachine guns, firing non-stop, the guards were powerless. After passing through the escape passage and blasting open an iron door with a bazooka, they finally came to the outside of the base. Thankfully, they survived.
The group hurriedly boarded the transport ship. The transport ship took off, and the two anti-aircraft guns in the base quickly aimed at the transport ship, and a barrage was fired, and the transport ship was seriously damaged and could no longer support long-distance navigation. They had no choice but to sail to the distant black market, trying to mingle with the pirate ship, evading the pursuit and waiting for the opportunity to repair the ship.
Blake was worried when he received the news that Clausius was trapped. Clausius was the only surviving senior IDF officer, and he was accompanied by members of the new G-64 F-64 First Battalion. The Wehrmacht could no longer afford losses. But the purpose of the mission has been achieved, the route plan has been obtained, in order not to disrupt the overall deployment, they can only continue to move forward, leaving Clausius and his party to get out of trouble on their own.
Virgil shouted with joy when he saw that his actions had worked, and that Clausius and his party had managed to escape from the base. He adjusted course and continued to follow Blake's ship towards Earth.