Solar system, Mars base.△￠,

Mars is the most Earth-like planet in the solar system. Some scientists once pointed out that in ancient times, Mars had life. It had mountains, rivers, and the same intelligent life as humans. Hundreds of years ago, when the Earth civilization developed to the late primitive civilization, the science fiction novels about the Martians (Martian civilization) were very popular. Of course, this conjecture has been proven to be just illusory now, because it was confirmed from the scientific research that later landed on Mars that Mars did not have traces of life.

However, now, this barren planet has become the second planet, and it is also the planet in the solar system second only to Earth for people to live. Since the Earth civilization entered the universe civilization, the development of Mars has never stopped. Although Mars has not been transformed into a life planet like the Earth, nearly half of the areas on Mars have been transformed into areas for people to live. Although these areas also have special protective covers and other facilities for atmospheric isolation and protection, people believe that over time, Mars will definitely become a life planet like the Earth.

Mars Base is the name given after the development of Mars by the Earth civilization. However, with the progress of Mars development, the Mars Base has been greatly different from the Moon Base, Pluto Base, and the advance bases of the Ort Nebula. It is more appropriate to describe the Mars Base as the entire Mars city or the "New Earth". However, until now, neither the federal government nor the military have any idea to change the name of the Mars Base.

With the civil strife of the Gaia civilization, the mortal enemy of the Earth civilization, and after Kabakas fled to the solar system, a series of plans for the Earth civilization began to be launched. The most critical of these plans is of course the military plan. In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the plan, the federal government and the military specially set out an area from the southern hemisphere of the Mars base to serve as the logistics headquarters of the entire plan.

This area includes three cities. Herschel City is one of these three cities. Herschel City is named after William Herschel, the famous Tian family in the history of nature, to commemorate the father of the stellar sky.

Herschel City has a total area of ​​1,211 square kilometers and is located on a plain in the southern hemisphere of Mars. Although this city is not the first immigrant city to be built on the Mars base for humans to live in, it is one of the largest and most complete cities on the Mars base.

To ensure the success of the Gaia civilization plan, Herschel City was temporarily assigned to the Federal Logistics Headquarters, and the federal government's forward base officials and the temporary front-line command of the space fleet are also temporarily set up in Herschel City. Of course, after the follow-up plan is launched, these command agencies will be transferred outside the solar system, but by then Herschel City will still undertake its tasks as an important logistics headquarters.

Tom has been graduating from military academy for two years. Although he has the heart to become a soldier, his grades in military academy are just average, not because he doesn't work hard. Some things are useless just to have dreams and confidence, and they also require talent and luck. Speaking of luck, Tom is already lucky for him to enter military academy, but talent is born with it, and this can't be achieved through acquired efforts.

To be honest, Tom's talent is just an ordinary person. In addition, his lack of academic performance, he was not assigned to the combat troops of the space fleet after graduation. He did not serve as an officer on the warship. As a second lieutenant, Tom was assigned to the logistics department of the Mars Base, mainly responsible for some logistics trivial matters. This result was a bit disappointed for him, but no matter what, after getting up every day, he changed into a straight uniform, looking at the military rank on his shoulders and the logo on his chest. At least he could comfort himself that he finally became a real soldier.

Besides, working in the logistics department of the Mars Base is not a bad thing. For many soldiers, logistics work is much safer and leisure, which is a position that looks good in the eyes of others. Moreover, his good friend Jamie also graduated from business school. Jamie's father's company has an important branch on Mars. When he heard that Tom worked in the logistics department of the Mars Base, Jamie, who had learned to take over the company's business with his father, took the initiative to come to the Mars Base, so that two good friends can meet each other all the time.

Logistics work is tedious and boring. Tom is just a low-level officer in the Logistics Department. Most of his daily work is dealing with data, equipment, food, etc. Just like today, Tom directs soldiers to ship a batch of supplies that are extremely needed for the Alt Nebula forward base to a large transport ship, and then completes the handover.

This batch of materials was produced by the Mars base factory, and then sent by the transport fleet to the forward base to make material reserves for the immediate military operations. Transport materials from the Mars base to the front line is extremely convenient than the Earth. On the one hand, the mass of Mars is only more than half of that of the Earth. Coupled with the thin atmosphere of Mars, the transport fleet can deliver materials to the frontier faster and more conveniently. On the other hand, the unique limitations of the earth and the Earth are not a problem on Mars, and can be processed better and faster. In addition, the construction of the Mars base over the past century has formed a complete industrial chain, which are important reasons why the federal government and the military finally regard the Mars base as a temporary logistics headquarters.

"Thank you for your hard work." The transport fleet handed over supplies was a captain officer. Speaking of which, he and Tom were classmates in the military academy. However, after graduation, Tom came to work at the Mars base, and his classmate directly entered the transport fleet directly under the space fleet. Although they were dealing with logistics, the other party obviously lived better than Tom. In just two years, the other party's military rank was put on the captain's epaulette, and Tom was still just a little lieutenant who was slightly better than the big head.

"This is OK. Is there any problem with the material data? If there is no problem, please sign here." Tom had a very ordinary smile on his face. He had a very ordinary relationship with this classmate, and he hated the arrogant look of this guy wearing a captain's uniform every time he came.

Especially when he saluted the other party according to the regulations, the guy deliberately made Tom feel more casual. However, the army is the army, at least now the leader, and no matter how uncomfortable Tom feels, he must complete the task according to the regulations.

The captain took the electronic board with a smile and pretended to check the numbers. In fact, the numbers on it had been checked by the intelligent brain. He did this just to show himself in front of this old classmate. After reading the numbers, the captain signed the letter casually and handed the electronic board back to Tom.

"By the way, Tom, I won't come next time." Tom checked the signature, nodded and saluted, and was about to leave, when the captain suddenly said something.

With confusion, Tom turned around and looked at the other person.

"I received an order. After this batch of supplies arrived at the forefront, I would go to the Second Fleet to report that Captain Frank of the Second Fleet lacked a staff officer, and the superiors asked me to serve as the other...."

The captain's mouth was filled with a smug smile, and he was talking nonstop. After talking for a while, he asked Tom if he knew who Captain Frank was. He also "tutored" the sequence of the main battleships of the space fleet, and the place he was going to report was one of them.

"Oh... it's really troublesome. It's a sloppy move. But it's too troublesome for me to be the staff officer of the main warship. But the superior's orders cannot be ignored. Do you think it's Tom? Sometimes when I think about it, I still think you are good. Stay in this logistics department far away from the war, dealing with these supplies every day. Although it's slower to get promoted, it's safe and comfortable, right? Okay, it's getting late. I'll talk again in the future. Goodbye!"

Seeing Tom's face gradually turned dark, the captain stopped tactfully, and then replied with an extremely chic military salute. Then he turned around and boarded the small shuttle next to him. In a blink of an eye, the small shuttle flew up and then quickly headed towards the transport ship...

Tom, who had a dark face, was in a very bad mood. The other party clearly showed off in front of him and attacked him. If he had known this, he would have refused to work in the logistics department at the beginning. Even if he went to the space fleet to be a combat soldier, it would be better than he is now.

When he returned to the office and closed the door, Tom could no longer help but take off his hat and threw it on the table, followed by a series of scoldings. After venting himself, Tom's mood gradually calmed down. But when he turned around and saw the transport vehicles coming and going outside the window, as well as the electronic files and other equipment on his desk, he couldn't get rid of his depression.

Did he spend his ideal of becoming a soldier in these boring jobs? At this moment, Tom felt for the first time that he had some doubts and denials about his former ideals. He had had enough of such a job. Seeing that the military operation with the Gaia civilization was about to begin, he was doing these boring jobs behind dozens of light years away from the battlefield. Perhaps by the end of the war, his classmates, including the one he hated the most, who had become excellent officers, might even directly command a warship. But he was struggling here, and when he retired, he would probably be at most a major.

When Tom thought of this result, he was extremely unwilling to accept it. He definitely didn't want his military career to pass like this. If so, what's the point of his ideal?

Standing in front of the window, silently watching all the very familiar things. After a long time, Tom turned around, picked up his hat from the table and put it on again, then opened the terminal on the table and wrote an application to the base manager, his immediate boss in the logistics department.

In fact, this is not the first time Tom has written such an application. This is the fourth application since he came here, but the first three applications were all Shi Chen Dahai and there was no reply. I don’t know if this time is the same as the previous three times... No matter what, he only has this one way in the army, at least this is hope.

Word by word, it took an entire hour to finish the application. The content was not complicated. It just asked to transfer himself to the front line. Even if he could not be transferred to the main combat fleet, he could go to the front line to hold other positions. In short, it was just a sentence that Tom wanted to become a real soldier, a warrior flying in the universe, rather than spending time in this place.

After writing, he read it carefully, and finally clicked the send button, and the application was sent out. After doing all this, Tom felt much more relaxed. Although he knew that there was little hope for this, it would be better to do it than not do it.

The days that followed were still as dull as before, and they were repeated and boring every day. After the application was issued, the superiors did not reply, and perhaps the same as the previous results were still in the sea. Tom had expected this, and he could only continue to stick to his post and look forward to the miracle.

About a month later, when Tom had just completed the delivery of a batch of supplies and returned to the office that day, he was stunned when he pushed the door into the room, because there were actually three senior officers in his office.

"Sir!"

After a little stunned, Tom quickly stood at attention and saluted. He knew one of the three senior officers, Lieutenant Colonel Wang from the base, but he had never seen the other two, one of them was also a lieutenant colonel, and the other was actually a colonel.

"Add a moment!" Lieutenant Colonel Wang raised his hand and replied, and then gave a brief order. Tom put down his hands and feet slightly separated, holding the electronic board for recording data and signing in his left hand, looking at the three commanders with a nervous look, feeling a little nervous, what are these three doing in his office? Could it be the investigator sent by his superiors? Tom came to verify his work? Although Tom had never embezzled a trace of supplies, he still felt a lot of psychological pressure in the face of these three commanders.

"He is Lieutenant Tom?" Another lieutenant colonel asked softly. Lieutenant Colonel Wang nodded and said a few words to the lieutenant colonel beside him, because the voice was too light, Tom didn't hear the content.

"Sit." After hearing this, the lieutenant colonel nodded slightly, then pointed to the chair beside him. Although this was his office, Tom still thanked him in front of the commander, and then sat on the chair in the military posture.

"We are here to check something today..." This said to Lieutenant Colonel, his eyes were extremely sharp. Compared to Lieutenant Colonel Wang, he looked more like a real soldier, and his eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts. A sweep on you can make you feel that the whole body was clearly seen by the other party. Lieutenant Colonel Wang sat aside without making a sound, and the same was true for the colonel with the highest rank, but he looked at the young Tom with another plain look.
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