One Thousand Two Hundred Thirteen The Call From Afar

The bridge door opened, and Ye Han and others floated into the bridge, sat down in their respective positions, and fastened their seat belts immediately.

Ye Han's voice broke the silence: "Are you all ready?"

"Yes!" Everyone said in unison

Ye Han took a deep breath: "Thor!"

The voice spread, the dark main screen slowly lit up, the orbital factory appeared on the screen, and then rows of large and small screens opened in turn, and various charts and indexes appeared one after another.

A mellow but somewhat stiff baritone echoed in the bridge: "Hello, Captain, I am Thor."

"Thor, start the engine!" Ye Han said.

"Sorry, I don't have the authority to start the engine." Thor said.

"Where are the thrusters?"

"The engine must be started first."

"Very good." Ye Han nodded with satisfaction, "Beiyuezhou, Leishan is ready, request to leave the port!"

Thor is an artificial intelligence that the military has just developed. It is called artificial intelligence, but in fact it is a voice-assisted program for shipboard computers. It is far from the level of artificial intelligence. It is more like human-computer voice interaction.

He was very worried that this thing would cause some trouble, so the first thing he did after entering the bridge was to communicate with it.

"Leishan, you can leave the port, good luck."

Ye Han let out a long breath: "Untie the bolt!"

"Untie the bolt!"

"Start the engine!"

"Start the engine!"

"Reverse at a slow speed!"

"Reversing--"

The huge engine of the Leishan turned over, a strong light flashed in the reaction chamber, and the warship slowly retreated. At the same time, the dock was deployed in time, and the orbital factory on the main screen gradually moved away.

Half a minute later, the helmsman reported loudly: "Departure is complete!"

Ye Han called up the data in the biochip,

and said in a deep voice: "Right full rudder, rudder twelve."

"Right full rudder..."

The bow of the Leishan turned right and lifted up, and the bow quickly deviated from the orbital factory and rotated a full ninety degrees.

"Full speed ahead!" Ye Han's calm voice echoed in the bridge, and the thrusters burst into a series of flashes, and the speed of the warship increased sharply. Quickly leave the orbital factory, and then leave the moon far behind.

"Salute--" Ye Han saluted in the direction of the earth on behalf of all the officers and soldiers on the ship, completing the last ceremony of the new ship's maiden voyage.

From this moment on, the Leishan was officially delivered to the fleet and entered the combat sequence.

Everything went well, and everyone was secretly relieved. Ye Han still had a blank expression: "Luo Qi, call Base No. 1, I want to know all the information about the base."

"Yes!" Luo Qi agreed and adjusted the antenna to Ceres, "Leishan calls Base No. 1, please reply if you receive it..."

"Stop!" Ye Han stopped helplessly, "How long does it take to say a word if you call like this? Tell them to reply immediately after receiving it and tell them all the information, the more detailed the better."

Luo Qi was very aggrieved, that's what I thought!

But he couldn't explain it, so he could only call a few more times according to Ye Han's instructions. After stopping calling, he looked at Ye Han: "Division Commander, anything else?"

The crew members on the Leishan were all selected by Ye Han himself. All the positions that the soldiers were competent for were transferred from the airborne division. Only the positions with strong technical requirements such as aviation, equipment, and machinery were transferred from the fleet.

As a result, the soldiers habitually called Ye Han Division Commander, and the personnel transferred from the fleet called him Captain. As long as they heard the name, they knew which unit they originally belonged to.

Ye Han thought for a while and said: "Tell them to observe Ceres if conditions permit and report the situation together."

"Yes!" Luo Qi notified Base No. 1 according to Ye Han's instructions, and then there was a long wait.

Ceres is 2.7 astronomical units away from the sun, which means that the closest distance between the earth and Ceres is also 1.7 astronomical units. It takes a full fourteen minutes for radio waves to reach Base No. 1 from the moon!

If it was a question and answer, it would take half an hour to say one sentence. If you did nothing all day, you wouldn't be able to say a few words just by guarding the radio.

The warship was getting farther and farther away from the earth, but everyone's heart was getting more and more anxious as time passed. Seeing that half an hour was about to arrive, everyone's heart was almost in their throat.

A window suddenly popped up on the screen in front of Luo Qi, and he immediately shouted: "Commander, there is news!"

"Open it!"

"Yes!" Luo Qi tapped a finger on the screen, and the file opened. Everyone immediately heard a hoarse voice: "Leishan, I am from Base No. 1. The alien warship is still outside. We have closed the exit and temporarily blocked the aliens, but we are also isolated from the outside world. We don't know the situation outside, and we don't know how long we can hold on... We have enough supplies and enough air, but we don't want to sit and wait for death. We plan to dig a channel from the other side and find a chance to escape. The current situation is like this... We can't see Ceres, and we don't know the situation over there. It's over."

After hearing this, Ye Han was speechless for a long time, and his eyebrows twisted into a knot.

He had already learned about the situation of Base No. 1. The asteroid was quite large and its main component was olivine, and it was a whole piece of olivine. This hard and complete texture was very beneficial for building a base.

If there had not been a thick layer of rock outside the base, Base No. 1 would have been breached by the aliens long ago.

But the rock layer could only stop the aliens for a while. As long as the aliens continued to attack, it would not take long for them to break through the rock layer.

It might be a good idea to break through the asteroid and find another channel to escape, but outside the asteroid is space. Even if you escape the asteroid, can you still escape the aliens?

Ye Han suddenly felt a headache and couldn't help rubbing his temples.

Luo Qi felt that Ye Han was not in a good state, so he asked softly: "Master, what's wrong with you?"

Ye Han waved his hand: "I'm fine, thinking about Base No. 1."

Luo Qi didn't dare to speak carelessly, and cautiously tried: "It's really troublesome."

Ye Han sighed: "Well, you tell them that unless the aliens are sure to evacuate, they can't leave by lifeboat. It's best to dig a secret room to hide in. If it doesn't work, blow up the base. Hiding in the debris is safer than taking a lifeboat... There are infrastructure construction over there, so directional blasting should be no problem, right?"

What he is thinking about now is no longer how to keep Base No. 1, but how to rescue people.

The asteroid can be found again, and it's not a big problem if people are gone, but I'm afraid that someone will fall into the hands of aliens.

As for Base No. 1, it is just that. It does have considerable strategic significance, but if it falls into the hands of aliens, the strategic significance will belong to the enemy. It is better to blow it up before the aliens take over.

Luo Qi simply didn't know what to say. Although this method is not perfect, it is a feasible plan, which is much better than directly drilling through the asteroid and escaping.

He couldn't help but glance at Ye Han. He could even think of such a method. What on earth is his brain?