One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Nine, Chasing Into the Uranus Area

After completing the mission, Ye Han calculated the Lone Wolf's fuel and ammunition reserves, and submitted the application to pursue the alien fleet and the mission report to Beiyuezhou.

Although it has long been known that a group of alien warships have escaped into the Uranus area, whether to pursue or not cannot be decided by lip service. It must depend on the actual situation of the warships.

The Lone Wolf's reserves were very sufficient when it left port, and it was possible to roughly estimate the consumption required for the blasting mission. However, until the mission was completed, no one knew whether there would be any accidents, so no matter how accurate the estimate was, it could not be used. Apply for estimated data.

Now that the mission is over, the remaining fuel and ammunition are enough for the Lone Wolf to pursue the enemy ship. Only then does Ye Han apply to Beiyuezhou.

Bei Yuezhou highly affirmed the results of the Lone Wolf and at the same time agreed to Ye Han's application.

After receiving Beiyuezhou's reply, Ye Han immediately ordered to set off. The Lone Wolf immediately entered the Uranus area and launched a pursuit in the direction in which the alien fleet escaped... Although it is indeed a little late to set off now, everyone has a belief. , as long as the aliens are still in the solar system, the pursuit cannot stop!

When Ye Han left, the main force of the expeditionary force was still on the way, and it would take two months to reach Saturn. Duan Zhiyang was so depressed that he wished he could change places with Ye Han.

At present, there are only two alien fleets left, one is the second alien fleet on the way back to Saturn, and the other is the fleet that escaped into the Uranus area.

If a suitable base cannot be found, these two fleets will be like rootless duckweeds. Supplies cannot be replenished and battle damage cannot be recovered. Even if the human fleet is exhausted, it will be able to kill these two fleets.

But as the old saying goes, centipede insects are dead but not stiff. Even if humans have grasped the skirt of the goddess of victory, it will still take a long time to lift it.

The most important task of the space fleet now is to maintain high military pressure and not give aliens a chance to occupy Uranus or other planets. They must either eliminate the remaining aliens in one go or drive the aliens out of the solar system in one fell swoop.

Since the annihilation of aliens on the earth, people have become blindly optimistic, thinking that in just a few years, mankind will be able to completely win this war.

But high-level officials are not so optimistic. Beyond Saturn there is Uranus, beyond Uranus there is Neptune, and beyond that there is the Kuiper Belt, as well as countless small celestial bodies.

For humans, the solar system is really too big. Whether it is annihilating aliens or driving away aliens, it is not something that can be done in a short time. It must take another ten, twenty years or even longer. Time to prepare, even if it takes an entire generation, will not give the aliens a chance to resurrect.

Based on this principle, Beiyuezhou's mission for the Lone Wolf is not only to hunt down the escaping enemy ships, but more importantly, to prevent aliens from occupying Uranus!

Uranus has twenty-seven satellites. Among them, the diameters of Uranus 1 to 5 are more than 500 kilometers in diameter, and the largest one is more than 700 kilometers. Although it is far inferior to Jupiter and Saturn, for aliens who are not picky, These satellites are also great places to live.

Moreover, it is far away from the earth and is more than 18 astronomical units when it is closest to the sun. Even a super battleship would take a long time of five to six months to fly from the earth to Uranus.

As the saying goes, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. If aliens successfully establish a foothold on Uranus, it will not be that simple for humans to eradicate them. If the aliens escape further to Neptune or the outer Neptune region, the eradication of aliens will become elusive.

The military has long expected this, and has organized personnel to conduct deductions many times, and has formed several different opinions.

One is to eliminate aliens at all costs, even if they chase them to the edge of the sky. This is the most mainstream opinion and is also the strategy being implemented by high-level officials.

The second is to adjust according to the situation. Currently, the space fleet still has the power to pursue the enemy. But when the aliens escape to Neptune, or even escape into the outer Neptune area, the distance from the earth will be too far, and the cost of the space fleet's pursuit will be too high. ,

It is better to retreat temporarily and continue to strengthen the space fleet while repairing the wounds of the war.

This view is also very reasonable. The war between humans and aliens has been going on for so long, and the exhausted countries are in urgent need of recuperation.

The distribution of resources in the solar system has never been balanced. The closer to the sun, the richer it is, and the further away from the sun, the poorer it becomes.

After the aliens escaped to the outer reaches of the solar system, they did not receive sufficient resources, and their development speed was definitely not as fast as before.

And human beings can drive aliens to the outer reaches of the solar system at an absolute disadvantage, and their future development speed will definitely not lag behind aliens.

In this case, a temporary truce to rest and recuperate may be a good choice, so there are indeed many supporters of this view.

However, the hatred between humans and aliens is too deep. Almost everyone has an unsolvable blood feud with aliens. Many people would rather eat chaffy vegetables than let go of half of the aliens.

Fortunately, humans have almost wiped out the aliens on the earth. The war is basically over. Countries no longer need to engage in military warfare and can now use their hands to develop people's livelihood.

With humanity's current level of technology, recovery is just a matter of time.

In mid-August 2038, more than half a month after the Lone Wolf entered the Uranus region, the second Turkish fleet that originally returned to support Saturn suddenly turned around, abandoned Saturn and flew to the Uranus region. The destination was temporarily unknown.

During this time, more dirty snowballs are flying towards Earth, propelled by aliens.

At the end of August, the space telescope determined the approximate location of the alien fleet by observing the trajectory of the dirty snowball. Beiyuezhou urgently ordered the Lone Wolf to head to the target area.

In mid-September, the Lone Wolf finally found the long-lost alien fleet.

At the same time, the main force of the expedition finally arrived at Saturn. The Huo Qubing, who had been guarding the rings of Saturn for more than two months, was ordered to enter the Uranus area to assist the Lone Wolf in pursuing the alien fleet.

Bei Yuezhou originally planned to order Huo Qubing to deal with the increasing number of dirty snowballs, but then he thought about it. Although there were many dirty snowballs flying to the earth, after a long journey of more than ten astronomical units, they really posed a threat to the earth. There are not many small celestial bodies.

Moreover, dirty snowballs are not very fast, and it will take at least three to five years to fly to the earth. Human beings have plenty of time to intercept them, so they don’t have to worry about them for the time being. It is more important to deal with the aliens first.

In this case, even the Chen Tang, which stayed in the asteroid belt, was sent to the Uranus area by Beiyuezhou.

Beidu sent all three super battleships to the Uranus area. It can be said that they have put all their wealth on the line. If they successfully destroy the alien fleet, forget it. If there is an unexpected discount, the aliens may take the opportunity to make a comeback!