Six Hundred and Ten Fall
The three lifeboats were quickly filled, but there were still nearly 20 people who failed to enter the lifeboats.
Jupiter is getting closer, and it will be too late if you don't make a decision. At the critical moment, the eight pilots voluntarily give up their positions: "Captain, let's fly the plane!"
He Dongnan couldn't bear it: "There are not many planes left."
The plane is still fixed on the battleship, but I don't know how many planes are still intact in the space. If I voluntarily withdraw at this time, I may lose the opportunity to leave the battleship.
A pilot said: "The fighter planes are all two-seaters. It's no problem to squeeze three people. If it doesn't work, you can also temporarily seat a few people in the bomb bay."
There is another reason he didn't mention, that is, the fighter plane is flexible and faster than the lifeboat. Even if the second team can't come to rescue, they can catch up with the speed of the fighter plane itself. The chance of being rescued is much higher than staying on the lifeboat. .
At this time, the situation could no longer tolerate He Dongnan's hesitation, he nodded immediately: "Okay, you guys go right away, the sooner the better!"
"Captain, we still have a landing craft!" A marine said suddenly.
"That's right!" He Dongnan woke up like a dream, "Hurry up, the lifeboat will leave immediately, and everyone else will go to the landing craft!"
The landing craft was placed behind the belly of the ship, which was one of the safest positions on the ship. He Dongnan was sure that it hadn't received many shots in the previous battles.
As for whether the landing craft is intact, He Dongnan has no extra thoughts to think about.
There were muffled bang bang bangs, and several lifeboats flew away one after another.
A minute later, four aerospace fighters ejected from the battleship.
A few minutes later, He Dongnan and the marines arrived at the bilge and got into the landing craft as quickly as possible.
Everyone sat down quickly, but after the driver initiated the disengagement procedure, the landing craft remained motionless.
"What's going on?" He Dongnan turned pale with shock.
The pilot broke out in a cold sweat: "Captain, the escape procedure has failed, the hatch must be blown!"
"What are you waiting for!"
"Follow me, Demoman!" The Marine Captain of the Dew Bay rushed out of the landing craft.
Immediately after the two left the boat, explosives were placed in the bilge,
Although the two moved very quickly, every second of delay made He Dongnan feel more uneasy.
Three minutes later, the two of them rushed into the landing craft as if their butts were on fire: "Ready to disengage—"
Before the words fell, the bottom cabin exploded continuously, and the tightly closed hatch was seriously damaged in the explosion. The broken hatch was immediately blown away by the air pressure inside the ship, and the air pressure in the pressure zone was instantly cleared to zero.
The landing craft was directly blown out of the ship by the dissipated air, and He Dongnan let out a long breath: "Quick, fly far away, the farther away from Jupiter the better!"
The landing craft immediately accelerated away from the wreckage of the Dew Bay, and slowly stopped the falling trend.
The lifeboats and aerospace fighters were flying not far away, and He Dongnan, who had escaped from the battleship, finally calmed down: "All units are speeding up to leave..."
"Captain, we are losing altitude!" A voice interrupted He Dongnan.
"what?"
"Speed, our speed is less than 30 kilometers!" The driver's voice trembled violently, his hands pressed tightly on the joystick, the engine of the landing craft exploded with maximum power, and the blue wake pushed the heavy hull to slowly accelerate .
He Dongnan's heart jumped into his throat, he unbuckled his seat belt and floated into the cab: "Is there enough time?"
In order to facilitate observation, there are observation windows on the top, bottom, left and right of the cockpit. Through the portholes below, he can clearly see the huge red planet below.
The wreckage of the Dew Bay had become a blurred shadow, and it was impossible to tell the distance between the landing craft and the wreckage, let alone the distance between the landing craft and Jupiter.
The driver shook his head sullenly: "I don't know."
"Where are the lifeboats and fighter jets?"
The pilot said without looking up: "There are six echoes on the radar, all four fighter jets are there, and only two lifeboats were found."
He Dongnan immediately said: "Order them to leave immediately, one who can escape is one..."
"The radio interference is serious, and we can't contact anyone." The pilot finally became impatient, "Captain, I must concentrate on driving the landing craft, please don't disturb me!"
He Dongnan was taken aback, a trace of sullenness appeared on his face, but he quickly controlled his emotions, and left the cab with a livid face.
Below the landing craft, near the wreckage of the Dew Bay, a lifeboat that lost power was falling along with the battleship.
The crew on the boat tried all means, but failed to restore the engine on the boat. The desperate crew opened the door of the boat, and took the risk of floating back to the Dew Bay before the battleship fell into Jupiter.
No matter how dilapidated the Dew Bay was, it was still safer than a flimsy lifeboat.
The others woke up like a dream, frantically rushed out of the lifeboat, activated the flight bag and floated towards the battleship.
But the first sailor to return to the Dew Bay was named Li Cheng. The first thing he did when he returned to the battleship was to shut down the airlock, keep everyone else out of the cabin, and let his desperate companions beat and yell. Just refused to open the door.
Li Cheng's spirit was on the verge of collapse, and he kept muttering about not wanting to die, living, etc., staring straight at the cabin in front of him without blinking. turn a deaf ear.
Those outside had to return to the lifeboats to survive; others, unwilling to give up, flew along the battleship, trying to find another entrance; and some people flew upwards in desperation, trying to stay away from Jupiter...
But how can the flight bag of the spacesuit send them to a higher orbit?
But before they could find the entrance, the wreckage of the battleship fell into Jupiter’s atmosphere, and the air resistance blew away the people outside the ship. The exposed crew only persisted for a few seconds, and the space suits were burned by the high temperature generated by the friction. In a blink of an eye Lost life.
A layer of crimson flames shrouded the battleship and the lifeboat. The lifeboat lasted for only a short while. After about a few minutes, the high temperature burned through the hull, and the terrified crew members in the boat struggled desperately in the thousands of degrees of heat. , but could not escape the fate of death.
The hull of the Dew Bay quickly turned into a red-hot state, and countless fragments broke away from the hull due to atmospheric resistance, and fell together with the battleship. The heat extends to the interior through the metal shell, but because the pressure zone loses all the gas, there is no medium for heat transfer in the cabin, and the temperature in the cabin only rises slightly due to infrared radiation.
But the air outside the cabin was constantly infiltrating into the cabin as the altitude decreased. Fortunately, the space suit on Li Cheng isolated the temperature. This poor guy who was on the verge of collapse didn't feel the change in temperature.
In order to protect the safety of the crew, the shell of the pressure zone is very thick, so that the wreckage of the warship can continue to fall into the depths of Jupiter. After a long time, the air pressure outside the cabin exceeds the limit of the airlock, and the gate is under strong pressure. They collapsed one by one, and hot, high-temperature gas poured into the cabin like a tide.
The high temperature burned Li Cheng's space suit. At the last moment of his life, Li Cheng finally regained consciousness, but it was too late.