Nine Hundred and Sixty-One The Storm Is Coming

Beiyuezhou prepared four assault ships for the sneak attack mission, one for each of the first, second and third regiments. The extra ship carried the division's direct troops and was barely the flagship of the airborne division.

More than a thousand people, including officers and soldiers from the division's direct troops and the other two regiments, boarded the three assault ships.

More than 40 transport boats took turns docking with the assault ships. It took more than two hours to transfer more than a thousand people. The miscellaneous tasks such as allocating dormitories and placing equipment consumed a lot of time. By the time the troops settled down, the assault ship formation had circled the earth several times.

It was the first time for the soldiers to board the assault ship. Even an old driver like Ye Han had no impression of this new type of warship. Therefore, the first task after everyone settled down was to familiarize themselves with the environment. It was not required to memorize all the passages of the entire ship, but at least they had to remember the routes from the dormitory to other important areas.

All crew members of large warships must go through such a process. If they cannot remember the passages, they are not qualified to board the ship.

Fortunately, the assault ship is only a medium-sized warship with a relatively simple internal structure, so it does not take too much time to familiarize themselves with the structure.

About an hour later, the second group of people arrived at the low-orbit dock. While the assault ship formation was approaching the orbital elevator again, dozens of transport boats jumped down from the low-orbit dock layer by layer, and every ten boats fell rapidly. After a while, the speed of the transport boat exceeded 7.9 kilometers per second and began to fly around the earth.

After a simple orbit change coordination, the transport boat continued to dock with the assault ship until all people entered the warship, and the transfer of the airborne division came to an end.

The last transport boat broke away, and the assault ship formation began to accelerate the orbit change and leap to a higher orbit, but did not move away from the earth, but continued to circle the earth.

Soon after, the assault ship formation joined the main force of the assault fleet in the synchronous orbit. Until this time, everyone knew how much the military had spent on the sneak attack mission.

Within sight, there were four aerospace carriers, one of which was the Nanzhou; there were also six destroyers; twelve frigates; and four assault ships.

China only has twelve aerospace carriers in total, and it took out four of them at once for the assault mission, which can't be described as bloodshed.

Another interesting point seems to be intentional to confuse the audience. From the appearance alone, the four assault ships are not much different from destroyers. Even if they are put together for comparison, there is not much difference.

The soldiers who don't know the truth can't help but worry a little. Are there too many warships withdrawn from the assault fleet? After so many warships are transferred, how much strength will the Beiyuezhou fleet have left?

Moreover, the sneak attack on Jupiter is not just Beidu's business. The Chinese fleet is only half of the assault fleet. The international fleet has the other half, and the strength of the two fleets should not be much different.

In other words, the entire assault fleet should have eight aerospace carriers, about fifty battleships, and an unknown number of assault ships-the base group has more ground forces, and the number of assault ships must be more.

Unfortunately, the soldiers didn't have that kind of luck. They didn't even see the shadow of the Qiang II Fleet. The fleet accelerated away from the earth and headed for Jupiter's Moon Zero, which was 60 million kilometers away... For some psychological reasons, the soldiers privately called their own fleet the Assault Fleet and the other half they had never met the Qiang II Fleet.

After the fleet set off, it didn't stop. Ye Han first gave each ship three days and required everyone to familiarize themselves with the passage. After three days, the assessment began. It started with personal assessment, then extended to the class, and finally the whole ship sounded the alarm. Everyone entered the landing craft or the lifeboat to see if the soldiers could be in place within the specified time.

Until all members passed the assessment, Ye Han ordered the troops to organize the injection of hibernation hormone.

It was already the seventh day since the assault fleet left the earth, exactly one week.

Ye Han and officers above the battalion level did not inject hibernation hormone, but all gathered on the Yaoshan, where the division headquarters was located, to continue waiting.

On December 30, 2029, the assault fleet flew to Jupiter's Moon Zero and joined the transport fleet waiting here.

The eight transport ships provided by Beidu to the resistance organization had already flown to Jupiter, but they had not been handed over to the resistance organization until a month ago, when the resistance organization began to transfer troops to space. Beidu then handed over the transport ships to the resistance organization one after another.

At this time, the twelve transport ships disguised as destroyers were already full of servants and could set off at any time.

After the Yaoshan took the training camp to the assault ship, all the transfer work was completely completed, and the fleet flew away from Jupiter and flew to the distant Jupiter.

The assault fleet had no intention of covering up its tracks. Its only purpose was to attract the attention of the aliens and force the alien fleet to return.

However, it was not known whether the aliens lacked observation equipment or had some other problems. The fleet that flew away from Jupiter never had any intention of returning.

One month, two months, three months!

By the beginning of March 2030, the assault fleet was halfway through its journey. The alien fleet had already flown over half of the asteroid belt. It would be too late if they did not return, but they still showed no signs of turning back.

The human world almost exploded, and many ignorant civilians protested against the inaction of governments, believing that after discovering that the alien fleet refused to return, they should have ordered the assault fleet to intercept it in time.

The words were very unpleasant and naive, and soon there was an official statement to explain it. Knowledgeable people stood up to explain that because the departure time was inconsistent, the routes of the two fleets were 108,000 miles apart, and there was no chance of meeting at all!

So the public opinion changed, and began to urge all countries to implement interception as soon as possible.

The pressure on governments is very great, but interception cannot be accomplished by talking.

All countries have been busy during this period. Both the Beiyuezhou Fleet and the International Fleet have been actively preparing for war.

The two major aerospace groups have long had a tacit understanding that intercepting the alien fleet is a foregone conclusion, but the base group advocates taking the initiative to attack and defend the enemy from outside, while Beidu advocates shrinking and defending. The two sides are arguing, and both understand that the enemy cannot be defeated by one side alone, so the joint fleet has never been able to set off.

The reason why the base group insists on taking the initiative is the landing incident in 26 years. Those aliens who landed on the earth at least still firmly occupy Africa and cannot be eradicated. If they stick to the earth, the landing incident will definitely happen again. At that time, the two waves of aliens will cooperate inside and outside, and it is hard to say who the earth belongs to.

Beidu's worries are not unreasonable. After all, humans have only so many space warships, and all the combat power of the joint fleet must be sent out to stop the alien fleet. In that case, the earth will lose all space defense forces, and there are very few weapons and equipment that can directly attack space targets. By that time, the situation on earth may be more serious than if aliens landed again.