957 Self-Reliance
After dealing with Ye Han, Qiao Wei immediately went to find Bian Ge.
The reason why they didn't look for them together was because they were afraid that the two of them would help each other, and then two fists would be no match for four hands. It would definitely be much easier to deal with them one by one.
Although Qiao Wei looks straightforward on the surface, he is actually very cunning! To put it bluntly, no one who can climb to the level of major general is given for nothing.
However, Bian Ge's reaction was much more intense than Ye Han's, and he almost turned the table with Qiao Wei.
The reason is very simple. At present, the basic organization of the airborne division is a nine-man infantry squad. It takes 240 to 50 people to fill a battalion. At present, there are only 300 to 400 people who have completed the chip implantation. In a word, more than half of them were transferred away, which is equivalent to taking out more than half of Bian Ge's old subordinates. It would be strange if Bian Ge was happy.
It's not that Bian Ge is a factionalist, but these people have fought with him for at least a few years. Everyone's characteristics are very familiar, and they are easy to use on the battlefield.
Would he dare to use a few people who don't know their background?
Qiao Wei also understood Bian Ge's concerns, and directly copied the previous conditions, solemnly promised to transfer people back before the fleet set off, and finally convinced Bian Ge.
In the next few days, the airborne division began to frequently adjust personnel, and finally filled the gap in the training camp before the deadline.
On the morning of October 1, 2029, all officers and soldiers of the training camp took off on a spacecraft, docked with Tiangong, and then transferred to the Express 4 temporarily docked at Tiangong, and officially flew to Jupiter Zero.
This day happened to be the 80th anniversary of the National Day, but the years of war had exhausted the whole country, and Beidu didn't even hold a military parade, only a small celebration ceremony.
It is said that someone in Beidu suggested that a big event be held on the National Day. Even if there is no traditional military parade, at least the Beiyuezhou fleet should be shown to boost the morale of the army and the people, and this proposal has also been supported by many people.
But Zhongnanhai finally rejected this proposal. Legend has it that the original words of the first brother were that it was better to win a heart-warming victory than to waste manpower and material resources on useless ceremonies.
Well... Under the current situation, no one knows whether those empty things can inspire people, and they will definitely be scolded by the people.
The airborne division was very calm in the following period of time. Qiao Wei was very well-behaved, Ye Han and Bian Ge were also very self-disciplined, the implantation of chips was orderly, and the training level was rising steadily.
Although the daily training was very hard, all the airborne soldiers were veterans who had been on the battlefield. Their common feeling was to enjoy, to enjoy this time when they didn't have to fight to the death, and didn't have to fight to the death with the enemy.
But Ye Han never forgot to care about the situation outside.
On October 6, all the small warships affiliated to Beiyuezhou left the port and headed for the low-altitude orbit of the earth, and circled the earth again and again, and there was no sign of withdrawal for several consecutive days.
The military did not deliberately keep this matter secret, but it did not intend to publicize it. Through various signs, the mission of this batch of spacecraft is likely to be to clean up space debris and prepare for the installation of orbital elevators.
On October 16, the Express 4 arrived at Jupiter's Moon Zero, and the training camp entered the forward base. The forward base, which had always been short of staff, was immediately full.
The training camp has three tasks on the surface. The first is to teach aliens firearms, the second is to teach various coordinated tactics, and the third task, which is also the most important task, is to teach aliens to use tactical sign language!
Whether it is to let aliens learn human language on a large scale or to let humans learn alien language on a large scale, it is an impossible task, but sign language can effectively avoid this problem and can be regarded as the best means of communication between two civilizations.
Secretly, the training camp also has a secret mission, which is to protect the bullet production line transported to Jupiter's Moon Zero... uh, actually to protect the special metals transported from the center of the earth.
After these special metals are transported to the forward base, they must be initially processed, and then sent to the space train without the aliens' knowledge, and sent out little by little like ants moving.
In fact, the bullet production line has never been moved. All the bullets shipped out of the factory are transported from Earth.
Due to limited transportation capacity, the bullets transported to Jupiter have always been insufficient. In order to cover up this problem, the forward base announced that Jupiter lacked several necessary raw materials. Before the resistance organization found these raw materials or other substitutes, the production line could only produce in limited quantities.
The resistance organization's response method was very strange. After they found out what was missing, they went back to study several kinds of insects. The mucus secreted by one kind of insect can be turned into a very good primer after a simple drying process; the excrement of another kind of insect can replace the propellant.
This is not a big deal. Later, even the bullet shells can be produced with insects. They are all made of the same material as the insect shells. In terms of hardness and strength, they are fully qualified. However, the bullet shells have high requirements for appearance. The insect products cannot achieve such high precision and must be re-polished on the production line before they can be used.
The resistance organization improved it several times, but still failed to make a suitable insect, so it had to give up the idea in the end.
Out of curiosity and to further understand the production level of the resistance organization, the forward base assembled a batch of bullets using these substitutes. Only the metal used in the primer of this batch of bullets was made by humans, and all other parts were from insects.
Experiments have found that this batch of bullets has slightly lower power, but there is absolutely no problem in penetrating the shells of aliens or giant insects, and it can be used in actual combat.
The self-reliance of the resistance organization shocked everyone, and everyone who knew about it was a little scared.
Bullets are an important means for Beidu to control the resistance organization. What will happen if these aliens make their own bullets?
Beidu had to change its previous policy and double the total amount of ammunition provided to the resistance organization, finally meeting the aliens' training needs.
A few months passed in a blink of an eye. At the end of November, the cable of the Earth Orbital Elevator was finally completed in Beiyuezhou. It is more than 38,000 kilometers long, much longer, thicker and heavier than the cable of Jupiter's moon Zero.
Assembly began immediately after the cable was completed, and it was sent to Earth by tugboat later that day.
On December 2, the installation of the orbital elevator was officially launched. After more than seven hours of intense construction, the ground station of the orbital elevator was settled in Ti Island. The Earth finally had its first orbital elevator.
When the news came out, not only was there jubilation in China, but also in foreign countries.
There is no way. The high cost of space travel has always been a fundamental problem restricting human space travel. The orbital elevator means efficiency, speed and cheapness. For any country that intends to join the space club, the landing of the orbital elevator is good news worth celebrating.