Chapter 469 Who defines time, our mission[8600 words(2/3)
Now, there are still more than 300,000 reconnaissance ships remaining in the entire Third Reconnaissance Army, and there are still more than 3 million people.
The lives of more than three million people are tied to him alone.
But others in the Third Army did not know that their comrades were disappearing rapidly.
According to the management mechanism of the Source Star Fleet, this information involving the overall situation must be transferred and authorized by the military headquarters before it can be distributed.
Therefore, only Ding Canghai and a few people around him, as well as the Source Star Fleet headquarters on the Tracer spacecraft, knew that comrades were evaporating out of thin air.
Ding Canghai had two choices before him: issue a comprehensive alert order, or simply do nothing.
Emotions told Ding Canghai that as the commander-in-chief of the Third Army, he should immediately take responsibility and issue a warning to everyone.
But reason is saying that it is useless to issue warnings.
The mission of the reconnaissance army is to exchange lives for intelligence, and there is no such option as retreat or avoidance.
Warning for what?
Let subordinates turn on the scan engine at full power? Level 1 alert? Fully disclose synchronized information to the mesh information flow communication network?
There is no need. All the reconnaissance ships have been doing this since the reconnaissance force left the fleet headquarters until now.
Even if a warning is issued, you still have to do the same thing.
Others can only continue to work and continue to maintain the first level of alert.
Any order issued to the outside world now will not change the situation, nor can it save anyone. Instead, it will only expose the military headquarters base station and its own existence.
Xiao Wang, who is lurking on the surface of C1915, and Xiao Wu, who is going deep into the earth's core, will also be exposed.
The exploration mission against C1915 will fail, and similar missions by other reconnaissance ships will also fail.
Ding Canghai made a decision.
"Completely shut down the external information flow communication and switch to passive reception mode. Pre-start the high-power electromagnetic wave transmitter, perform programming, and prepare to use beam electromagnetic waves combined with information flow bursts to transmit all the key intelligence we collected before everything is over.
The enemy's fleet is indeed one-fifth the speed of light, and our intelligence will be able to reach the headquarters before the enemy's fleet!"
Ding Canghai decided to betray the trust placed in him by all the officers and men of the Third Army and did not issue a warning or give any instructions.
The correspondent beside him was shocked, "But everyone..."
Ding Canghai roared, "There is no but! Everyone must stick to their posts and continue to provide information. This is our task! They don't need to make any changes, just continue like this! Complete the task.
It is the top priority, more important than anything else! Even if all four million of us die, the information must be sent back! Everyone must fight until the last second of their lives!"
After saying that, Ding Canghai activated the commander's authority and completed the operation himself.
Afterwards, he still stared at the star map, staring at the spot of light that was extinguished by the scout ship like a candle blown by the strong wind.
The extinguishment of every light spot means that the Third Army has lost ten comrades.
Ding Canghai's eyes were bloodshot, his whole body was shaking uncontrollably, and the veins on the back of his clenched fists were bulging.
At the same time, he looked at the communication ports representing Xiao Wang and Xiao Wu.
Those two people have plans in their equipment.
Once such a situation of complete loss of contact occurs, the work of the two people also becomes simple, that is, they continue their own exploration and analysis research, and then when the analysis work reaches a qualified node, they will report to the base station 600,000 kilometers away.
Send a one-way signal in your location.
Xiao Wu has just entered the crust of planet C1915, and the analysis work has just begun.
All Ding Canghai can do is pray in his heart that Xiao Wu can successfully complete the mission, and that the camouflaged rock armor on the outer layer of the base station can avoid the enemy's eyes and ears, and that his base station can be maintained smoothly until Xiao Wu returns the information.
Time passed little by little. Ding Canghai clasped his hands together, prayed in his heart, and walked around the command room repeatedly. Infinite anxiety swept over him.
After a long time, Ding Canghai gritted his teeth and walked towards the equipment room as he watched the black area continue to extend, and would cover the area where Star C1915 was located in four hours at the latest.
He planned to put on his sniper combat mecha, carry a medium-sized radio that combined an electromagnetic wave communicator and a ghost particle communicator, and head into the deep valley on the west side of the meteorite satellite in the dark.
When landing here, the reconnaissance ship completed the modeling of the meteorite satellite.
An hour later, Ding Canghai stood in the cabin and looked back at the other seven subordinates.
He said slowly: "The enemy will arrive here in about four hours. Although we have done a lot of protection, we may not be able to hide it from the enemy. According to the simulation of 'Net', Xiao Wu's operation can be completed in about ten days."
.We have to divide our troops into two groups to form a double insurance. I promise you that I will survive until ten days later. Even if you are discovered and killed, I will send all the information collected by the Third Reconnaissance Army back to
Lord Viscount! He will avenge us, for sure!"
After saying that, Ding Canghai opened the exit valve. The medium-sized radio station, which was shaped like a truck, was carried by the not-so-large sniper armor and disappeared into the darkness, relying on the anti-gravity engine to quietly go away without leaving a single footprint.
Three hours later, Ding Canghai put his feet on the ground and slowly landed on the ground.
Although there was almost no light and no visibility at all, Ding Canghai couldn't help but subconsciously raised his head and glanced upward.
It was pitch black and nothing could be seen.
Ding Canghai lowered his head and started self-checking the equipment again.
Since this place is in a vacuum environment and there is no air, ultrasonic radar cannot be used. Ding Canghai does not dare to use electromagnetic wave radar, information flow scanning and metal detectors. He can only rely on passive optical camera scanning and modeling when flying, and the view is not very realistic.
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In addition, he was carrying a medium-sized radio station that was larger than the mecha, and he did not dare to turn on the medium engine at full power to change direction. He only dared to make slight adjustments, and his maneuverability declined a lot. Moreover, in order to stabilize before the enemy swept over, he
Unable to slow down, he was almost bumped into as he went down the winding chasm of the deep valley.
In order to protect the radio station from damage, Ding Canghai had to use his armor to withstand damage many times.
If it weren't for the fact that his commander-level gunner's armor was specially made and of reliable quality, the life-support system would have malfunctioned according to the way he hit it.
"Self-inspection completed, the damage rate is 12%. The lubricating oil of the joint bearing of the left arm leaks, the bionic fiber of the back blade is slightly torn, the movable armor of the right leg and knee is deformed and the cable is squeezed... There are 15 damaged parts in total, estimated
The repair time is six hours, it is recommended to stay still and wait for the self-repair to be completed."
Ding Canghai set the armor to sit and stand mode, then started the communication system, turning on the information flow and electromagnetic wave passive reception mode of the medium-sized radio station.
A large area of darkness has appeared in the small star map, and there are only less than 300,000 reconnaissance ships left in the entire Third Scout Army.
The black zone is spreading towards C1915 like a tide.
At the same time, a massive amount of information is pouring into Ding Canghai's medium-sized radio station through the information flow network. These are all kinds of fragmentary intelligence collected by other reconnaissance ships in the past three hours, involving the stardust density of the star area, the star
Analysis reports on the composition of dust, large or small space meteorites and various stars, shallow or deep.
Ding Canghai activated the automatic filtering function of the radio brain.
According to his conception, he himself will eventually use two methods to send messages at the same time.
The information flow burst can completely send out all the information collected by the radio station, but the bandwidth of the beam electromagnetic wave is insufficient and the content must be streamlined.
Although there is no real evidence, Ding Canghai intuitively believes that the enemy must have some way to cut off the information flow and communication, otherwise it is impossible that he has not been able to receive even a battle picture until now, and all the reconnaissance ships have not received any information.
Suddenly lost contact without warning.
At this time, in the command cabin of the fleet headquarters' tracker spacecraft, Ren Zhong, Zheng Tian, Vincent and other members of the high command were also standing under the star map, and the screen was also zoomed to the area where the third reconnaissance force was located.
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In the picture in front of everyone, there is also a large black area, which means that the reconnaissance ship over there has lost contact.
Vincent Van Hoy, who was in charge of intelligence work, frowned and said: "Ding Canghai, commander of the Third Reconnaissance Corps, took it upon himself to shut down the military headquarters node base station in advance. The ghost particle communicator on the reconnaissance ship had insufficient power and the information flow was blocked.
It is not cohesive enough to establish direct contact with us. Now we can only grasp the rough situation through the flow of information captured indirectly by other reconnaissance forces. We only know that the ships of the third reconnaissance force are disappearing rapidly, but we cannot receive any information.
The battle screen also cannot capture the survey information they obtained in real time. This is a serious violation of Ding Canghai's rules. Even if he has been loyal to you, Lord Viscount, longer than me, I will propose to punish him after he comes back!"
Vincent's attitude was very subtle, as if he was still considering factionalism at this time.
But Ren Zhong did not explicitly reprimand and warn him, because it was of no importance. He only said lightly: "There is no need to hold anyone in the reconnaissance corps responsible. Now is not the time to hold people accountable. Every scout who went out has no intention of coming back, no matter what
It doesn't matter whether he is a junior soldier or a military commander. Since I have used him, I naturally trust him completely. We are now standing comfortably in the headquarters and scolding Fang Qiu, but they may die at any time. They have the right to make decisions independently.
As for us, what we should do is trust the intelligence they exchanged for their lives. After the order is given, the entire army will stop advancing, hide on the spot, lay out minefields, build defense lines, and five days later, launch high-speed missiles in advance towards the calculated advance route of the enemy.
Three-phase missiles and high-explosive missiles.”
After giving the order, Ren Zhong turned around and left.
The next detailed instructions are about Zheng Tian, Vincent and other command members and Sun Ai.
He is no longer involved.
In fact, Ren Zhong was very confused at this time.
Because he realized that he might lose his ability to resurrect after completely leaving the gravitational range of the source sun.
For a long time, he has been accustomed to relying on resurrection to reset everything.
It is precisely because of this ability that he has been invincible all the way to where he is today.
In the process of struggle, although his brain and fighting talent also played a big role, Ren Zhong, who is quite self-aware, still feels that resurrection and reset is his core way to win.
He once thought that he could rely on resurrection to open up a situation within the Source Star. When he got to the Empire, he could do the same thing again. It was just that the process was more complicated, the opponents were stronger, and every decision involved more people and forces.
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As long as you keep trying and making mistakes, no problem will be able to stump you.
But now, the biggest foundation of Ren Zhong's infinite confidence seems to be in danger of collapsing.
To be continued...