Eight Hundred and Seventy-Five Time Flies
Text 875 Time flies
The launch of the nuclear missile is still a long way off. After Ye Han announced the level reward, he ordered the team members to continue hibernation.
Originally, he should have injected hibernation hormone, but Ye Han was thinking about Bai Xiaoting and the children and didn't want to hibernate so early, so he abused his power for personal gain.
After the soldiers hibernated, he had to send several videos with Bai Xiaoting every day. More than a week later, Yushan received an order from Tiangong, and Ye Han reluctantly injected hibernation hormone.
It was already March 2028 when he woke up again. After waking up and checking the communication records, he learned that the Fourth Fleet had set off on December 26, 2028 and would arrive on Mars in a few days.
The departure time of the fleet was exactly one week after Ye Han had been watching the hibernation hormone!
Ye Han felt a little dizzy when he saw this news. Didn't he say that the preparations were not sufficient? How could he say that he had set off? But after thinking about it carefully, he figured out the key.
The reason for this situation is entirely due to the distance between the Earth and Mars.
Simply put, the Earth and Mars are both in motion, and the conjunction period of the two planets is two years. At this time, the two planets are closest, and the Earth is exactly between the Sun and Mars. Astronomy calls it Mars opposition - the word "opposition" in the sky refers to an outer planet and the Sun located on both sides of the Earth. Whenever this happens, the two planets are closest.
There is also a phenomenon called transit, that is, Mercury or Venus blocks the Earth and the Sun.
A Mars opposition occurred on February 19, 2027, which was also the second day of the departure of the Third Fleet. At that time, Jupiter's opposition had just ended for half a month. Unfortunately, the Third Fleet's target was neither Jupiter nor Mars, and it missed the good opportunity of opposition in vain.
When the Third Fleet returned, the Earth and Mars had already pulled away. The fleet approached Mars to use the gravity slingshot of Mars to accelerate the fleet and save the return time, otherwise the Yushan would not stay on Mars.
When the Fourth Fleet set out, it was close to the end of 2027. At this time, it was almost a year away from Mars' opposition. The Earth and Mars were on opposite sides of the Sun. Although the distance was not as far as it could be, it was not much different. The Fourth Fleet set out at this time and had to fly from one side of the Sun to the other side. This was the longest and most time-consuming way of flying.
But it was not possible not to set out. The next opposition of Mars had to wait until March 2029. Jupiter's moon Jupiter would arrive on Mars in May. If it really waited until 2029, it would be too late. Therefore, even if it knew that the voyage was the farthest, the fleet had to set out.
In this way, the Fourth Fleet set out at the end of 2027. The fleet flew directly to Venus, and with the help of Venus' gravity, it continued to fly to Mars. Due to the angle problem, the speed increase of the fleet was very limited.
In this way, after a long journey of three and a half months, the Fourth Fleet finally successfully arrived at Mars. If it flew at full speed, the time could be reduced by another half a month, but the acceleration and deceleration of the fleet also took time, so it was delayed for another half a month.
In the past, Ye Han might not even have thought of the reason, but after staying in the fleet for a long time, he was also close to the red and knew more and more about the movement of celestial bodies, so he thought of the reason in this regard.
The arrival of the Fourth Fleet means the continuation of the Mars plan. Ye Han and the awakened soldiers immediately got busy and prepared to welcome the Fourth Fleet.
On March 18, 2028, the Fourth Fleet arrived on Mars, and the Yushan and Luzhou were all assigned to the unified command of the fleet.
The Fourth Fleet of the Expeditionary Force is the most unique in the history of the Expeditionary Fleet. Other fleets are mainly warships, and their missions are to fight aliens to death. Only the Fourth Fleet is composed of transport ships and super engines, and the number of spacecraft is also the highest in all expeditionary fleets, with no less than 30 super engines.
Ye Han had a simple communication with the fleet, and then immediately organized the soldiers to start construction.
The construction is not that simple. The nuclear bombs must be collected in order and placed one by one in the designated wells according to the numbers. Any mistake will not work.
In order to ensure that everything is foolproof, the Fourth Fleet also organized a quality inspection team.
Every nuclear bomb that has been placed must be checked repeatedly. First, the soldiers check it themselves, then Ye Han takes Ouyang Ping and Luo Qi to check it, and finally the fleet checks it. Each inspection must be signed on the document. Which link has a problem is responsible for which link.
The Marines are under unprecedented pressure!
At this time, Ye Han also came to his senses. Installing nuclear bombs is not a simple matter. There is no more professional team in the entire Beiyuezhou. Otherwise, why do they have to let the Marines stay?
The soldiers placed the nuclear bombs one by one in the wells according to the numbers. The next step is to install the super engine on the satellite and wait for the arrival of Jupiter.
But at this time, there was a disagreement in the plan. According to the original plan, the super engine should be fixed directly on the satellite, and the satellite should be blown up to push the million-ton fragments directly to Jupiter.
But now there is a view that after careful calculation of the power of a nuclear bomb, a nuclear bomb is still a nuclear bomb. If the super engine is fixed on the satellite, it is difficult to guarantee that the engine will not be damaged by the nuclear explosion, and it will be too late to regret it.
This thing can be made in a hurry, and more than a dozen can be sent later. It will be too late to make more later. If one of these things is broken, there will be one less. Why take the risk of installing it on the satellite?
The new plan is to blow up the satellite first, then use the super engine to approach it, and after fixing it, push the satellite fragments to hit Jupiter Zero.
But there are also problems here. First, when the satellite was blown up, Jupiter was already close. How long would it take for the super engine to be fixed? Second, the fragments are irregular in shape. How can the super engine be fixed in the right position? Third, the explosion will inevitably produce a large number of fragments. Will the super engine be damaged in the process of rushing towards the fragments? Finally, there is the problem of concealment. Super engines are man-made objects at first glance, which are incompatible with the appearance of satellites. Even the dumb aliens should be able to see that there is something wrong with the satellite.
These are just a few major problems that need to be solved urgently. There are all kinds of small problems that need to be solved by the fleet.
Not to mention the fleet, even Beidu is troubled by this. Some people even proposed to blow up the satellite now, let the fragments of the satellite fly around Mars for a while, and then crash into Jupiter when Jupiter comes.
The nuclear bomb is buried deep underground, and there is no sound and light effect when it is detonated, but the aliens are not blind. Could it be that they can't see the satellite breaking? By then, the aliens will be prepared, wouldn't it be a warning?
If all the preparations were to go to waste, Ye Han wouldn't even be able to get through this hurdle himself - why did I abandon my wife and children and stay on Mars?