Star Chart’s Edge

Chapter 3: Login

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Listening to Lilia's introduction, the battalion commander and company commander around him nodded repeatedly. They all knew that there was a C-level physical practitioner in their team, although they didn't know why Fang Mobei didn't choose the one with better conditions. The special service brigade, but the mecha regiment. But then I thought about it, if there are outstanding people willing to join my team, doesn't it mean that my team is equally excellent

No one noticed that when Fang Weiming glanced at the white feather in Fang Mobei's hand, he lost his concentration for a moment, and there was a moment of tenderness in his eyes. Fang Weiming was soon attracted to Fang Mobei's mecha. The mecha was well maintained and the weapons were reasonably equipped. The hanging position of the sword showed that the operator was as familiar with this mecha as he could tell. .

"Well, it's pretty good," Fang Weiming said without looking at Fang Mobei, but at Fang Mobei's mecha.

After saying that, Fang Weiming continued to move forward without stopping.

After Fang Weiming passed by, Fang Mobei looked at Fang Weiming's back and squeezed Bai Yu's hand unconsciously. For Fang Mobei, when facing Fang Weiming, his father, he would always unconsciously think of the one or two years when his mother was seriously ill, with only himself and his sister Fang Shushu taking care of him, and this father whom he had admired greatly since he was a child. Didn't show up much in front of them. Even at the moment when her mother closed her eyes, her mother was still thinking about her father, but her father did not appear until her mother was buried. For the next ten years, my father had very little time to take care of their siblings, so he relied on his half brother and half father to accompany them as they grew up.

"Mecha Regiment 1 combatants will board the plane in one hour," the battle training cabin broadcast sounded.

"Quick, quick, quick, the inspection will be completed in ten minutes." As the announcement rang, team officers at all levels began to urge the soldiers of the team.

"In five minutes, everyone will enter the cockpit and stand by."

"One minute, do the final weapons and ammunition inspection"

As the battle training cabin broadcast sounded, the entire battle training cabin began to run rapidly like a war machine that had been twisted into a clockwork. The soldiers of the Mecha Regiment finished their maintenance and entered the cockpit to stand by.

"Everyone enters the cockpit and checks the operating system in five minutes." Fang Mobei jumped up, jumped into the cockpit from the lift platform and told the team members.

Fang Mobei started the operating system of the mecha, fixed the pedals, put on the sensing gloves, and checked the operating status of various weapon systems. Fang Mobei quickly threw a set of left and right uppercuts. The huge iron arms on both sides of the mecha moved with Fang Mobei's swings, making bursts of clanging sounds.

Forty minutes later, all the soldiers drove their mechas to Area A to board the plane in an orderly manner. With a neat clang, a torrent of steel converged on the apron of Area A. At this moment, dozens of carrier aircraft have opened their tail cabins on the apron of Area A, and mecha soldiers are entering one after another. Mechanical engineers are also transporting supplies into the tail cabin one after another. Each carrier aircraft can carry thirty mechas. After the carrier aircraft is fully loaded with mechas, the elevator will lower the carrier aircraft to the bottom cabin, and then put it into the orbit to eject the Tiangong.

At this moment, Fang Mobei's third echelon had been ejected from the Tiangong and was adjusting its flight attitude to sail towards Triton.

It takes three hours for the carrier aircraft to reach Triton. These three hours are enough for commanders at all levels to issue combat plans to their subordinates.

Fang Mobei already knew that their team's mission was to conduct reconnaissance and cleaning missions in the G16 area north of Hoge Base, while Fang Mobei's team's mission area was the southern part of the G16 area.

Guo Kai found Bella next to him looking out the window in a daze, and comforted him, "Bella, don't be nervous. Just follow the way you did in training before, just walk next to me."

Bella smiled at Guo Kai, took one last look at where Fang Mobei was, and lowered her head as if thinking about something. Guo Kai awkwardly said to Zhang Xiaosi, "Xiaosi, don't be nervous, follow your brother later."

"Fart, which one of your eyes saw that I was nervous?" Zhang Xiaosi came back to his senses and looked at Oleg, "Old man, why don't you speak? I see you always have a straw in your mouth, do you have Are you so thirsty?"

"Why should I talk? I'm thirsty and just drink water," Oleg said disdainfully.

Guo Kai glanced at Oleg, smiled at Zhang Xiaosi and said, "I bet Oleg must have put vodka in the water bottle."

As if the little secret had been revealed, Oleg rushed to say, "Kai, please don't frame me. Our mecha regiment prohibits drunk driving."

Guo Kai ignored Oleg and still said to Guo Xiaosi, "Xiaosi, I bet two packs of Huanglong, do you dare?"

Xiao Si rolled his eyes at Guo Kai, "Who doesn't know that Oleg is a drunkard? The water bottle is filled with vodka. Go, go, cool down."

Fang Mobei looked at Guo Kai and the other two people laughing and playing at the side, and did not say anything to stop them. Instead, he looked sideways at the carrier planes flying side by side outside the Xuan window.

"Captain" Misa Ozawa called Fang Mobei through the private frequency band.

Fang Mobei looked back at Ozawa Misa opposite, also tuned to the private channel and said, "What's wrong?"

Ozawa didn't speak, just looked at Fang Mobei quietly for a long time, "Can we all go back alive?"

"It's okay, it's the same as during training." He said and looked at Guo Kai and others who were laughing next to him. Although he looked relaxed and natural at this moment, he was still uneasy in his heart. Combat in space was different from that on Earth. It could be said to be extremely dangerous. As long as he was shot, no matter where he was, it might be fatal. What's more, like everyone else, it was his first time fighting in space, and he knew that he did not have the ability to protect them.

"If we can all come back well, we..." Xiaoze looked at Fang Mobei staring at him, his cheeks turned red and he was too embarrassed to continue talking.

Fang Mobei also looked at Misa Ozawa, a pair of big eyes staring at him with strange emotions. This was the first time for Fang Mobei to see such beautiful and distressing eyes. Looking at Ozawa's longing eyes and shy expression, Fang Mobei ducked away unconsciously. He knew Ozawa Misa's feelings for him in the past six months, and he himself didn't know what to do when facing Ozawa Misa. What kind of emotions do you feel. Fang Mobei admitted that he usually liked staying with Ozawa. Occasionally, he would make jokes and tease Ozawa until his face turned red. Everyone was laughing and joking, and it felt like a family member. But when he formally faced Ozawa's feelings, he felt really sad in his heart. There is some timidity and nervousness.

"Everyone's attention, there are still 10 minutes to break through Triton's atmosphere. According to the feedback from the first echelon, the landing is not going smoothly. Everyone should be prepared for emergency escape," Captain Lilia said on the team channel.

After hearing Lilia's words, more than 20 members of the first team immediately stopped chatting and prepared for the upcoming landing.

With a violent turbulence, the carrier aircraft has begun to break through Triton's atmosphere.

On the brigade channel, Lilia shouted loudly, "5 minutes, prepare for airborne landing in 5 minutes."

After the carrier aircraft broke through the atmosphere, a series of explosions resounded like thunder all around. It was obviously the sound of the anti-aircraft firepower around the Hog base hitting the evading carrier aircraft from time to time.

Fang Mobei looked down and saw that the first echelon of mechas that had landed had launched a fierce counterattack.

"What is that?" shouted a sharp-eyed mecha warrior.

"It's a mechanical soldier!"

"How come there are so many mechanical soldiers?" Some soldiers panicked.

You must know that the weapons and firepower carried by mechanical soldiers are stronger than ordinary human soldiers, and their flexibility is not inferior to human soldiers. However, there is one thing that human soldiers do not have, that is, mechanical soldiers have no pain and no fear.

Lilia stood at the front and said loudly, "I know you are under a lot of pressure. We will be ready to surrender in 2 minutes." Lilia looked at the nervous expressions of the soldiers around her and continued, "Fear is normal. Remember, without fear, there is no courage. ".

"Hey, brother, your hook is not hooked up," a mecha soldier said to a nervous-looking soldier on the opposite side.

After hearing this, the soldier quickly raised his head to check the hook on the back of the mecha, which caused some soldiers on the side to burst into laughter and joked, "Yes, there are dead people in it." After saying this, the soldiers next to him burst into laughter again.

Zhang Xiaosi looked at the embarrassed look on the face being teased by others and couldn't help but said, "Be careful behind your back when you go out, buddy."

"No one will cover your back," a black soldier next to him said, and there was another burst of laughter.

Lilia said seriously, "One minute, airborne in one minute."

Fang Mobei stared at the mechanical soldiers on the ground who were having a fierce exchange of fire with the mecha warriors. Although the mechanical soldiers were constantly being knocked down, the mechanical soldiers were better in numbers. The mecha warriors had already suffered casualties one after another.

"The enemy acts according to the strategy. Their strategy is coordinated. Don't underestimate the enemy's combat capabilities." The announcement from the regiment headquarters sounded. "Attention everyone, magnetic storm tanks have appeared in the enemy camp with strong firepower."

As rockets continued to explode around the carrier aircraft, and the carrier aircraft shook violently, Lilia shouted, "Mecha regiment!"

"loyalty!"

"Mecha regiment!"

"Loyalty" Fang Mobei responded loudly along with other team members.

Fang Mobei looked at the enemy mechanical troops on the ground, which were constantly being suppressed by fire, with solemn eyes. At this moment, the carrier aircraft has bypassed the mountains and landed on the back of the mountains. Most of the third echelon carrier aircraft have reached the landing site G10 area at this time.

The carrier aircraft hovered forty meters in the air. After the bottom deck of the cabin was opened, a thick layer of frost instantly appeared on the cabin wall. Thirty mechas detached themselves from their hooks and began to fall. Fang Mobei looked at his feet. The vast white glacier made me feel cold.

When the mecha's power unit is five meters above the ground, it turns on the deceleration device until the mecha lands firmly on the ground.

After landing on the ground, Fang Mobei quickly evacuated the landing point, shouting to the team members behind him from time to time, "Quick...Quick...Quick!" After reaching an open space, Fang Mobei turned around and said to his teammates, "Line up! Line up!".

"Merkeli, what's the situation now?" Fang Mobei asked the mecha team leader Merkri who was directing the mechanical engineers to load and unload the luggage. Merkri was Fang Mobei's senior at the Military Academy, and he was considered an old acquaintance.

"Bei, it's you!" Merkri said seriously after greeting Fang Mobei, "The situation is like this. The enemy army has a large number of third-generation mechanical soldiers and a small number of fourth-generation mechanical soldiers and magnetic storm tanks. At present, It has been forced back to the edge of areas g13 and g15, but defense lines have been established in areas g16, g17, and g18. The air force will conduct long-range bombing of these three areas at 15:30."

"The air force is going to raze these three areas to the ground?" Fang Mobei said in surprise.

"Those three areas are all mines, and there are mechanical soldiers everywhere. They have caused us a certain amount of casualties. Of course we have to use all our firepower." Merkry continued, "They only have ground troops and no air support. We The air force will take them down and we will have air superiority."

Fang Mobei asked again, "Merkeli, you said G16 is a mining area and there are mines underground?"

"Yes, after the area bombing, there will be a brigade to carry out cleaning and reconnaissance missions."

Triton is a mining site for SDS energy, and there are a large number of mineral veins being mined around the Hogg base. Fang Mobei is very aware that G16 is a mining area, and the criss-crossing underground mines will bring huge crises to their cleaning and reconnaissance. No commander with any intelligence will let go of G16, an excellent ambush area.

Fang Mobei returned to the team members and synchronized the relevant information to the team members. "Everyone should go to the G14 area and stand by." Fang Mobei also synchronized the information he learned to the team leader Lilia, but Lilia replied that the company's orders remained unchanged. , but it is on standby for repairs in area G14, waiting for the Air Service Corps to bomb area G16 before entering for cleaning and reconnaissance.

It takes three hours for Fang Mobei's team to set off from Area G10 to Area G14. When walking to Area G12, Fang Mobei asked the team to adjust their combat formation. Fang Mobei walked at the front, and Zhang Xiaosi and Guo Kai attacked. With hands on the left and right, Machine Gunner Oleg and Demoman Akata sandwich Ozawa Misa in the middle, while Bella goes at the end.

"Start from here, proceed carefully," Fang Mobei reminded as he checked the surroundings.

"Captain, is it necessary to be so careful?" Zhang Xiaosi said angrily, "This place is still some distance from the G14 area."

Misa Ozawa looked at Fang Mobei and said, "Xiao Sijun, listen to the captain!"

"Sister Ozawa, you are the one who listens to the captain the most in the whole team," Guo Kai teased.

Oleg laughed and said, "Kay, don't you just listen to the captain?" He looked around, and when no one was looking, he turned around and took a big sip on the straw, looking satisfied.

"Captain, I'm reporting this! Oleg drank secretly!"

"Kai, this is a false accusation! A naked false accusation!"

"Who told you to call me here!" Guo Kai snorted.

Bella frowned and said to Guo Kai, "Kai, can't you be quiet?" When Bella said this, Guo Kai groaned for a while and stopped talking.

"Yes, yes, Kai, please be quiet, hahahahaha!" Oleg couldn't hold back the last wine-filled burp.

"What is that?" Ozawa gestured forward and said.

Fang Mobei looked at a crashed aircraft not far ahead and said, "Stay alert." After that, he took the lead and groped towards the aircraft.

"Captain, it's an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft," Akata said. "It should be the reconnaissance aircraft sent by the Tiangong." The wreckage of the aircraft has been covered by a thick layer of ice. If you don't look carefully, you will think it is a weird-shaped ice rock.

"Currently, the 1st Mecha Regiment has all been put into combat, and areas G13 and G15 have been fully controlled by our army," the announcement from the regiment headquarters sounded.

Fang Mobei turned on the radar display to confirm the position again and said, "Everyone, keep your eyes open. Area g13 is close to area g12 and area g14. Be careful of any remaining enemy troops wandering around area g12."

"Captain, we won't back up so much, right? G12 area is so big, we won't let us encounter enemies," Zhang Xiaosi said angrily.

Misa Ozawa looked around and said, "It's better to be careful."

"Bella, please move closer to Ozawa's position." Guo Kai looked at Bella behind him and said worriedly.

"2 o'clock!" Ozawa shouted.

"Bang" a howitzer shot towards Fang Mobei. Fang Mobei subconsciously dodged sideways. The howitzer hit the wreckage of the aircraft beside Fang Mobei. Because the wreckage of the aircraft was wrapped in thick frost, the aircraft was not completely shattered. , but the ice slag and iron chips stirred up by the explosion flew all over the sky. Fang Mobei was pushed to the ground by the shock wave generated by the explosion, and ice shards and iron chips fell on the mecha with a clanking sound.

Zhang Xiaosi and Guo Kai, who immediately reacted, quickly raised their guns and shot in the 2 o'clock direction, while moving towards the ice rocks on both sides.

Ozawa shouted "Fang Mobei!" and then opened fire while moving with Bella to the ice rock on the right.

Bella leaned against the ice rock and turned on the scanner to detect the enemy. At the same time, Oleg and Akata quickly spread out and found a bunker.

Fang Mobei quickly got up from the ground and hid behind the wreckage of the drone. "I'm fine. Ozawa will check the number of enemies."

Ozawa quickly found the enemy's hiding spot through scanning. "The enemy fire is on the back slope at 2 o'clock. Three mechanical soldiers, Guo Kai, cover me." After finishing speaking, Ozawa put away the single-grip submachine gun and put the electromagnetic railgun on his shoulder. Heading towards the back slope at 2 o'clock, lock the target on the radar scanner and quickly dodge out of the ice rock bunker. The electromagnetic railgun fired immediately, and a beam of blue gunfire flashed past, blasting a crater on the back slope at 2 o'clock. Ice shards rolled down along with the broken limbs of the three mechanical soldiers.

Just when everyone thought the battle was over, more enemy mechanical soldiers appeared next to the ice rock at 2 o'clock and fired at Fang Mobei's team. The ice rock bunker where Bella was located was instantly shattered by enemy artillery fire. Guo Kai and Zhang Xiaosi were suppressed by the firepower and could not lift their heads.

"Oleg! Fire suppression! Give me fire suppression at 220 meters at 2 o'clock." Fang Mobei shouted, "Oze, take Bella back!" Fang Mobei, Zhang Xiaosi, and Guo Kai quickly moved 50 meters behind them. Meters of ice and rocks ran away.

"Ah... go to hell." The heavy Gatling gun in Oleg's hand kept spitting out blue flames, and countless bullet casings fell to the ground.

"Akata! Howitzer cover, Oleg is ready to withdraw." Fang Mobei turned on the reconnaissance system, and two reconnaissance robots popped up on both sides of the mecha. They flew quickly close to the ground and scanned the surrounding enemies.

The screen showed that there were a total of 18 enemy mechanical soldiers at the 2 o'clock direction. One of the mechanical soldiers controlled a cannon howitzer and was firing towards him.

"Guo Kai, Xiaosi, you are outflanking the left and right sides." Fang Mobei and Oleg alternately fired to cover Akita's retreat to the bunker. "Ozawa, kill that mobile turret."

After receiving the radar data from Fang Mobei, Ozawa turned his head and said to Bella, "Bella, cover me!"

Bella opened the ion shield and fired back at the mechanical soldiers with the submachine gun in her hand. The mechanical soldier's firepower could not break through Bella's ion shield, and after being destroyed by Ozawa's electromagnetic railgun, the cannon howitzer turret was ready to retreat.

"Don't let them escape!" Fang Mobei said quickly to Akata after seeing the mechanical soldiers showing signs of retreating.

Akata ejected 20 blasting robots from his shoulders and flew towards the mechanical soldiers on the opposite side who were trying to retreat. After detecting the blasting robots, the mechanical soldiers fired at the blasting robots in the air. With 6 loud noises, 6 mechanical soldiers were blown up by the blasting robot, and their limbs and broken arms were scattered on the ground. At this time, the remaining 5 mechanical soldiers who had retreated to the back slope were outflanked by Guo Kai and Zhang Xiao Four or two people shot into a sieve and sparks flew everywhere.

After confirming that there were no more enemies around, Fang Mobei and others began to clear the battlefield and refilled the guns of the two mechanical soldiers who were still moving.

After replenishing ammunition from Bella, Oleg sighed, "God, I would rather return to Earth to fight."

"Saihu, is there any way to invade the control system of these mechanical soldiers?" Fang Mobei said to Saihu after informing Lilia of everything that happened here.

"No signal detected, it must be encrypted"

"Can it be cracked?"

"The independent systems of these mechanical soldiers have automatic clearing procedures and cannot be cracked." Saihu paused. "The self-test system of the combat uniform shows that you have a soft tissue contusion in your arm and need timely treatment, otherwise it will affect your tactical movements."

Fang Mobei took out a medicine box in the cockpit, which contained three red, blue, and green needles. He picked up a green needle and inserted it into the needle hole on the left chest of the combat uniform.

"Captain, are you okay?" Ozawa, who had been paying attention to Fang Mobei, walked over.

"It's okay." Fang Mobei quickly put away the medicine box.

"Captain, there is a distress signal sent out five kilometers to the southwest," Bella looked at Fang Mobei and said.

"A distress signal also appeared eight kilometers southeast," Akata said.

Guo Kai changed the magazine of the assault rifle and walked towards Fang Mobei, "Captain, other teams may also have encountered enemies."

Fang Mobei looked at his team members. Everyone looked tired. Since 99% of Triton's gas is composed of nitrogen, only the remaining 1% of other gases can be converted into a small amount of oxygen through the filter. Therefore, each mecha carries a limited amount of liquid oxygen, and the supply rate is also maintained. in a lower state. During combat, the human body's oxygen consumption is much higher than usual, so after this battle, everyone looked exhausted. This is why interstellar combat is very different from combat on earth. Not only must the impact of gravity be taken into consideration, but also whether there is sufficient oxygen.

Fang Mobei is not a saint. Not everyone will help when they are in danger. If it is within his ability or a little help, of course he has the duty to do so, but if he has to take huge risks to rescue other people, Fang Mobei will hesitate. He He knew clearly that as the team leader, an impulsive decision would often bring the entire team into a storm. He was unwilling to face the word "sacrifice" appearing in his team.

The risk coefficient of interstellar operations is much higher than that of conventional operations on earth. There is no chance of interstellar operations. In such an environment of more than 200 degrees below zero, people can freeze to death in an instant. If the combat uniform is even scratched, it will Faced with various dangers, oxygen leakage, thermostatic system failure.

Fang Mobei watched the team members waiting for his orders, and felt complicated in his heart. "The southwest is close to our route, let's go southwest." After saying that, Fang Mobei turned around and walked toward the southwest.

"Bella, send three pathfinders to explore the road ahead." Ozawa saw Fang Mobei's worry, and Fang Mobei nodded to Ozawa.

Bella opened the back cabin, and three saucer-shaped detectors floated out and flew to the southwest.

Fang Mobei was still walking at the front, and the other members were also walking in their positions according to the formation. The difference from before was that everyone had a tacit understanding and no longer laughed and watched the surroundings vigilantly.

Behind the frontal battlefield of Triton, Fang Weiming looked at the holographic projection of the frontal battlefield in the command ship. The regiment staff officer next to him reported, "Currently, the second battalion of our mecha regiment has controlled areas g13 and g15, and the enemy ground troops have retreated to Huo. "Establish a defense line in the G18 area where the Ge base is located and the nearby G16 and G17 areas." The staff member paused and then said, "The Air Service Corps' long-range bombing will be carried out in 30 minutes."

"What is the current casualty situation of the Second Battalion?" Fang Weiming asked.

The staff officer looked at Fang Weiming and frowned at the casualty report in his hand. "The Second Battalion lost 152 mechas and 122 people were killed."

"Captain, please leave the defense line in areas G16 and G17 to our third battalion, and let the brothers of the second battalion take a rest," the second battalion commander Gu Wei said.

Fang Weiming did not respond to Gu Wei's request. Instead, he asked the regimental staff officer, "Where is the First Battalion?"

"The first battalion encountered the remaining enemy forces in area g12. Currently, nearly half of the mecha soldiers have not reached area g14."

"Our mission is not to capture Hogg Base, but to replenish SDS for Tiangong." Fang Weiming sighed and continued, "G16 and G17 are mining areas. There are refineries in these two areas, and there must be a large amount of SDS stored in them. sds, pass the order to the first battalion and ask them to quickly rush to areas g16 and g17 to find sds after the bombing."

"Yes" the staff officer said and prepared to issue instructions to the first battalion.

"Wait a moment, and at the same time send an order to the Air Service Corps to have their carrier aircraft on standby to go to areas G16 and G17 to take over the transportation of SDS."

The staff officer hesitated and said, "Regiment leader, areas g16 and g17 are within the enemy's air defense fire range. I'm afraid..."

"We have destroyed most of the enemy's air defense firepower. Do we have to take down the entire Hog Base before letting the air service regiment come?"

The staff officer knew clearly that Fang Weiming did not want to see any more casualties. After this landing operation, one battalion of the Mecha Regiment had suffered more than half its casualties. If the battle continued, the entire battalion might have to be blamed here. Not only did they underestimate He didn't expect the enemy to be equipped with such powerful weapons as cannons or even magnetic storm tanks.

Fang Weiming stood up and walked towards the window. He looked at the endless glaciers outside the window and said, "Gu Wei, have your people prepare for a feint attack."

"Fake attack?" Gu Wei thought for a moment and then knew that Fang Weiming's purpose was "understood."