One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty Hidden Injury

Having found the alien fleet, the Lone Wolf immediately pursues them.

Although there are many small celestial bodies in the Uranus region, these celestial bodies can neither conceal the whereabouts of the alien fleet nor provide cover for the Lone Wolf. As soon as the Lone Wolf launched its pursuit, the aliens realized that their whereabouts had been exposed.

More than 200 warships in the alien fleet immediately dispersed and fled in different directions. Most of the alien warships either stayed in the Uranus area or fled further to the Neptune area. Only a few enemy ships fled to the Saturn area. .

Ye Han believed that the enemy ships that fled to the Saturn area either had something wrong with their brains, or they wanted to join the Second Fleet outside of Turkey.

No matter how stupid the aliens are, they will not make fun of their lives at this time, so the latter is more likely. Moreover, the Second Turkish Foreign Fleet still has a large number of warships. It may be difficult to counterattack Saturn, but there is no problem in confronting the expeditionary force. .

Therefore, Ye Han concluded that those distinctive enemy ships were probably carrying important alien figures!

He really wanted to kill those warships first, but in that case, he would be dragged by these enemy ships towards the Saturn area, and it would be difficult to chase the enemy ships that fled in other directions.

One was to kill possible alien big shots, and the other was to kill more enemy ships. Ye Han only hesitated for a moment before choosing the latter.

It's okay to escape into the Saturn area. Sooner or later, the human fleet will have to force them out. But the enemy ships that escape in other directions are different. If you don't chase them now, it will be difficult to catch them in the future.

So the Lone Wolf caught an enemy ship in a direction where there were slightly more enemy ships and pursued it fiercely. Finally, it bit an enemy ship half a month later. After annihilating the enemy ship neatly and neatly, it immediately looked for the next target.

In this way, the Lone Wolf remained in high-intensity pursuit for the next two months, annihilating fourteen enemy ships.

In late November, the Lone Wolf was running low on fuel and its food reserves were running low. It had to return to the base to replenish supplies, and the pursuit had to be terminated.

Fortunately, Huo Qubing's supplies can last for a while. After the Lone Wolf withdraws, Duan Zhiyang will lead Huo Qubing to continue hunting down the aliens.

However, Huo Qubing's supplies could only last for two more months at most, and he could not survive to completely annihilate the enemy. Therefore, Beiyuezhou urgently ordered Chentang, which was left in the asteroid belt, to rush to the rescue and rush to the Uranus area as quickly as possible. , took over the pursuit mission before Huo Qubing had to return.

The Chentang happened to be near Ceres when it received the order, and the battleship immediately rushed to Ceres.

After loading up on supplies, fly straight to the Uranus area.

Due to its remote location and the time it took to replenish supplies, the Chentang arrived at the mission area in early February 2039. The Huo Qubing was forced to leave at the end of January due to a shortage of supplies.

Fortunately, the gap in the middle was not long. After Chentang determined the position of the enemy ship, it immediately launched the third round of pursuit... At this time, the number of enemy ships had dropped to about 160. Because of sufficient supplies, Chentang You can stay in the Uranus zone for five to six months.

The Chentang randomly selected an enemy ship to pursue, and after ten days of pursuit, it was finally destroyed in one fell swoop.

At this time, the Lone Wolf finally returned to Beiyue Continent after more than three months of long journey.

Originally, the Lone Wolf could obtain supplies at Ceres, but firstly, the ship still carried a large number of people rescued from the Saturn fleet; secondly, Ceres had moved to the other side of the sun; thirdly, the Lone Wolf had experienced such After a long battle, the battleship must undergo a comprehensive overhaul.

Several reasons came together, and the Lone Wolf had to return to Beiyue Continent.

The maintenance work needed to last for a full half month. During this period, Ye Han was not idle. He divided the crew into two halves. One group assisted the engineers in overhauling the warship, and the other half received supplies from Beiyuezhou to prepare for the upcoming battle. Get ready for the next expedition.

However, technicians discovered slight cracks at the front end of the Lone Wolf's main beam!

This news immediately stunned Ye Han. He couldn't understand how there could be quality problems with the main beam?

Beiyuezhou Africa took this situation seriously and immediately organized manpower to analyze and investigate. The investigation concluded that the Lone Wolf lost too much weight during the manufacturing process, and there was a problem with the manufacturing process of the main beam, resulting in insufficient structural strength of the main beam, or leaving Injured secretly.

It may not be obvious at ordinary times, but this battleship experienced the Battle of Mercury before it entered active service, and later engaged in continuous high-intensity battles. The main beam has been under great pressure, and the hidden damage developed step by step, and finally formed the current Condition. If not disposed of in time, the service life of the warship will inevitably be affected.

The solution is also very simple, that is to replace the main beam!

However, the battleship must be dismantled for replacement, which requires a lot of time and energy, and the battle in the Uranus region requires the Lone Wolf. Beiyuezhou thought about it again and again, and still felt that it was inappropriate to replace the beam. He hoped that the expert team would think of other ways, and the sooner the better. .

Ye Han felt that a few cracks were not a problem. After completing the pursuit mission in the Uranus area, it would be okay to take time to repair them.

However, the expert group unanimously rejected this idea - although the cracks on the main beam are small, the effect on the warship is not low. Once a high-intensity battle occurs, the main beam is likely to break during large overload maneuvers, which the military cannot bear. the result of.

The military only has three super battleships. In order to ensure the safety of the super battleships, the military even proposed the idea of ​​dismantling the Lone Wolf and rebuilding the battleship.

Reconstruction is indeed the best plan, but at this juncture when super battleships are needed most, the military cannot accept this plan. Therefore, we hope that the expert team will find a way to get the Lone Wolf back into battle, even if its performance drops by one point. acceptable.

The expert group really came up with a solution, and it wasn't just one.

The simplest thing is to cut off the area where the hidden damage occurs and use 3D printing technology to fill in the missing part.

Although this cannot restore the main beam to its best condition, the strength is fully up to standard. It is definitely not a problem to persist for several years, and it can save a lot of time in replacing the main beam.

Another method is to cut off the main beam from the crack position and completely abandon the hull in front of this section of the main beam. Shortening the hull can also achieve the purpose of repair, but shortening the warship will have unpredictable effects on the warship.

Another option is to dismantle part of the cabin and add a protective cover at the crack location to reinforce the main beam.

However, the size of the main beam itself is not small, not to mention the protective cover. If this plan is implemented, counterweights must be added to the corresponding positions at the tail of the battleship to maintain the front and rear balance of the battleship.

Based on the repair effect and the time required, the military finally chose the 3D solution with the least impact. As a result, the half-month maintenance plan turned into three months, and Ye Han almost died of depression. Carapace Mania