The world has changed a lot.
After the island nation occupied Australia, it was not in a hurry to continue expanding, but began to digest the hunted kangaroo.
From start to finish, the island nation's operation went incredibly smoothly, with no one stopping them.
Australia is finished.
The time is so short that it is beyond imagination.
At this moment, ASEAN also realizes the terror of island countries. Judging from the plans and steps to destroy Australia this time, the island country is more sinister and terrifying than the North American group, and its strength is not weak.
The situation in the world is very chaotic.
Plans for North America have also hit snags.
When their vanguard troops attacked the South American Group's stronghold, they encountered the South American Group's war robots and were wiped out. Hundreds of their war robots were destroyed while fighting the robots of the South American Group.
Two stealth bombers were shot down, resulting in heavy losses. The anti-stealth radar and intelligent anti-aircraft missiles of the Marching Ant Group have also appeared in the hands of the South American group's troops.
The weapons and equipment of the army ant group
This news was like a bucket of ice water poured over their heads, extinguishing the idea of occupying South America in a short time.
They had never looked down on the South American group, and they were caught off guard and suffered two big losses.
Eva was sitting on the sofa, looking unhappy.
Next to her was Rosen, who was sipping red wine.
After reading the information given by Shanahan and Tom, Rosen, who was usually crazy, became a little serious and put down the red wine glass in his hand.
"Sir, do you have any good countermeasures?" Eva asked.
"trouble."
Rosen squinted at the world map.
“Now weapons mainly flow in from the Pacific Ocean here, block the airspace around the South American Group, block the waters of the South Pacific, block the passage of equipment into the South American Group, and consume the equipment and ammunition of the South American Group.
Provide some equipment to the armed forces in South America so that they can attack the member countries of the South American Group and accelerate their consumption of equipment and ammunition. When the ammunition is almost exhausted, we will start again and catch the turtle in the urn. "
Rosen looked from the map of South America to Asia.
"The death of that kangaroo has aroused the vigilance of ASEAN. Now ASEAN must be very anxious and looking for help. There is Pakistan in South Asia to deal with Indy."
After hearing Rosen's explanation, Eva looked serious: "Then how are we going to plan now?"
…
Howell came to the observatory as usual.
Nowadays, the world is in chaos, and those doing scientific research, including military research, are the most popular, and they can get whatever they want. Space research like them, which invests heavily but yields little reward, is not welcome in this troubled world.
The Mars probe and satellite were damaged and lost contact a few years ago, but at that time the world economic crisis and the economic system were changing. After one launch fails, officials will no longer allocate funds to the space agency to launch new probes and satellites.
Today, there are no Mars probes or satellites. The only company with a Mars probe is the Army Ant Group.
But it is impossible for the army ant group to give them data about Mars.
As an expert on the Mars research team, he can only observe the changes of Mars and obtain data through astronomical telescopes.
Observations of Mars have been going on for decades. Now, observing Mars through astronomical telescopes does not have much research significance.
Now we should collect Martian soil samples or land on Mars. Unfortunately, the higher authorities don't care about this at all, and Mars research has been stagnant.
Mobilize the astronomical telescope and aim it directly at the location of Mars.
After seeing the state of Mars clearly, Howell was stunned, rubbed his eyes and looked again, but it was still the same.
Discover new planets
An idea came to Howell's mind.
There are only a few planets in the solar system, and I have never seen such a planet before. Is there another planet they haven't discovered between the third and fourth planets in the solar system
And there's something special about this planet.
"Parker, let everyone in the research team come over immediately. We have made a new major discovery." Howell's voice almost changed.
Jim sat in his office at the space agency, watching the news.
Nothing to do.
The world is in chaos, and their space research has come to a standstill. Without funding from above for their big projects, they can't start at all. All space research, except for the second phase of the International Space Station in orbit, has almost all come to a standstill.
He didn't know what to do either.
Knock knock knock! !
A sharp knock on the door interrupted Jim.
Howell and members of the Mars research team were led into the office by his assistant.
"Howell, I have said many times that there is no funding for the Mars project, so it is useless for you to ask me." Jim saw Howell and said casually.
This isn't Howell's first visit.
"That's not it."
Howell took a photo and put it on Jim's desk. His gray hair was shaking, his face was joyful, and he smiled like a chrysanthemum.
"Mars was hit by an asteroid and changed."
After repeated confirmation by their team, the planet they saw was Mars. Only after obtaining the data from the observation records did we know that Mars was hit by an asteroid and has changed beyond recognition.
This is a brand new journey for Mars research.
Jim stared at the photo with a cautious expression, and directly asked the technician to bring up the electronic photo to enlarge it.
Indeed, an unrecognizable Mars appeared on the screen.
"Should we launch new Mars probes and satellites? This discovery is very important. Today's Mars, like the early form of the Earth, is likely to have its geomagnetism restored and form plate movements. Once it cools, there may be conditions for nurturing life." Howe Will said wistfully.
"I'm afraid not."
Jim looked at the photo and shook his head.
"Now is the time of war. All our redundant projects are almost at a standstill. Domestic allocations are mainly used for military expenditures. We don't want to engage in these big projects. They are not allowed in extraordinary times. I am afraid we will have to wait until the end of the war before there will be funds. conditions to support the continued exploration of Mars.”
"Hey." Howell looked full of disappointment and helplessness: "Currently, only the satellites and probes of the Army Ant Group are on Mars, which means that if we wait until then, we will have lost the opportunity."
"Planetary evolution takes millions of years, and this time is not much different."
"But… "
Howell also wanted to argue that at the speed of the army ant group, they could study too many things in a few years, but in the end it turned into a sigh. This is the helplessness of their space research.
In the current situation, no concrete results and benefits can be seen.
The European Space Agency, the New Soviet Space Agency, and China have also discovered changes in Mars one after another. However, at this point, except for the army ant group, other parties are unable to study Mars at close range.
Will Mars have conditions suitable for life during this impact
NASA released data on Mars being hit by an asteroid. This news caused some waves.
Various space research organizations hope that the Marching Ant Group will share asteroid impact data obtained by Mars satellites and Mars probes, but they have all been rejected by the Marching Ant Group.
In this chaotic war era, Mars was hit by an asteroid, and the news was just a ripple caused by a big stone entering the water, and it didn't take long for it to disappear.
The world will never associate this kind of asteroid impact with human manipulation.
(End of chapter)