death of hope

Chapter 172 "Enterprise Warrior" (88) Journey

Lynch's essay notes:
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We followed the company commander and boarded the super battleship Himalaya, which had just entered service.

God, this starship is so big, so luxurious, so advanced, so spectacular!

Please forgive my shallow rhetorical techniques, it is really difficult to find suitable words to describe the mood at that time, I have seen such a big scene, and it is not in vain to live this experience.

Not only me, a country bumpkin who has never seen the world, was stunned, even the rich young master in the city was shocked from ear to ear.

The battleship named after the highest peak of the Terra mother planet, the Himalayas, is naturally extraordinary.

It is really a mobile military fortress made of steel. It takes 10 minutes to walk from the gangway to the dormitory area.

Through the porthole, we saw that the crane was hoisting the new 381mm depleted uranium armor-piercing projectile. It is unimaginable how spectacular the scene of twelve main guns firing salvo would be!All powerful enemies will be blasted to pieces.

We came to the towering bridge to visit, looking down, the dense vertical missile launch holes reminded me of a honeycomb,
A saturated volley fires 200 missiles, which can track different targets separately through phased array radar, and can also carry nuclear warheads.

It's too outrageous, the firepower of this starship alone is enough to destroy a space station fortress of an advanced civilization, or a planet with relatively weak defenses.

At the berth next to the battleship Himalaya, a larger transport ship is moored, and the vehicles of the Sixth Armored Division are driving into the warehouse in an orderly manner. Good guy, this cargo warehouse is as big as two football fields.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that the new mammoth heavy tank has been deployed in the army,
The diamond-shaped turret is covered with thick composite armor, and two 125MM smoothbore guns stand tall. Although the metal track has been covered with a plastic protective case, it still makes a loud creaking sound when it runs over the deck.

In order to break through the deep line of defense of the Tadarines, the weight of this tank has reached a frenzied 89 tons.
And it is still in the state of not being fully loaded with ammunition and external armor. It is worrying whether this bulky big guy will get stuck in the mud. By then, how many tractors will be needed to pull it out!

Smug soldiers, high-tech war machines, and row upon row of military flags.

The scene in front of me can't help but make people wonder, how did we fail in the last war?
Possessing powerful military technology, with military investment accounting for more than 30%, the militaristic human Terra Federation, which makes most of the old civilizations in the galaxy tremble,
Why did it fail in the war against the barbarian Tadarim race?It's incredible.

I am soberly aware that the cunning and toughness of the enemy must be far beyond my imagination, and I must be prepared for the worst.

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There were complaints everywhere, and I couldn't be happier myself.

Although I have lowered my expectations, I don’t expect a comfortable journey,

But the living conditions on the Himalaya were worse than I expected.

It's normal to think about it, the money should be spent wisely, to strengthen the armor and weapons, as for the living conditions of the crew and marines, just make do with it.

Today's dinner is a protein paste processed by some ghost, filled with an indescribable strange smell, which is more difficult to swallow than taking medicine.

After analysis, someone speculated that it was made by mashing soybeans, oats, rice flour and insects. What he said made sense, but I would rather not believe it, because the more I thought about it, the more I couldn’t eat it.

Compared with this unpalatable protein goo, the extra two leaves of soilless lettuce are a luxury,

The cafeteria guys just want to provide us with the necessary nutrition, as long as we don't starve to death, they don't care about the rest, and they don't even bother to spend even a few seconds on seasoning.

Even if I put a big spoonful of salt and eat it with canned Stockholm stinky fish, I'd be happy, it's better than eating these tasteless ghost things every day.

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This morning, I found dead cockroaches on the ground and fleas in the hammock!I said why the back is itchy!
How dare all this happen in the most advanced battleship of the Human Federation!

It is intolerable!I have taken pictures and sent a complaint,
This is not a small problem, these little bugs are potential carriers of viruses and bacteria, and who knows what ghosts they will mutate into after being affected by cosmic rays,

The buddies in the next bed showed us a video of a soldier screaming in his hospital bed covered in pustules and huge boils from a deadly newly discovered virus that can spread widely across multiple species.

I think it would be ridiculous if our mighty expeditionary force were destroyed by the plague before contacting the enemy!Humanity will become the laughing stock of the entire galaxy!
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Facts have proved that the officials did not take my report letter seriously at all.
An arrogant non-commissioned officer inspected the cabin, and ordered the health guards to spray some insecticide, and the matter was done hastily.

The taste of the food is still unpalatable, and the number of fleas and cockroaches in the hammock has decreased, but they still appear occasionally and are disgusting.

There was a cigarette butt soaked in the protein paste of the dinner, and some jerk from the cafeteria dropped it.

The quality of this space trip is really not very good, with an average of 50 people squeezed into a cabin,

Everyone is imagining the luxurious salon banquet of senior military officers. Those people will definitely not have to sleep in hammocks and eat gooey food. They can enjoy delicious foie gras and caviar for dinner.
This is not our wild guess, but a reliable message from the kitchen helper.

Looking at the slogan posted on the wall: "The commander will share weal and woe with the officers and soldiers!" Now that I think about it, it's ironic, it's the same everywhere, and the top leaders of Terra will only put on a show.

A recruit greeted the captain's [-] generations of ancestors one by one, which was considered a bit of a joke for everyone.

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I emailed Beth with my suicide note, hidden from my mother of course,

The letter contained my army number and the QR code of the insurance policy, so that she could receive the pension conveniently.
It is really ridiculous that the federal military should be borne by private companies.

Under normal circumstances, if I was beaten to death by the Tadarin devils, as the beneficiary, sister Beth would be able to receive 80 as a pension,

Of course, as long as the insurance company does not go bankrupt due to the stock plunge and the politicians of the Terra Federation fulfill their promises,

These days, it is really difficult for ordinary people to make a living. I hope there will be no troubles, otherwise, my brother, I will really die.

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Thanks to the maturity of hyperspace jump technology, we arrived near the battle area in just a few days.

Someone complained that I write slowly, I just want to write better,
Comrades all use electronic documents or smart voice stewards to record information, but I prefer to use traditional paper media,
Everyone is used to keyboard or voice input, and the letters written by most people are crooked,

And I insisted on writing neatly, because I was already very ugly, and I was single for the rest of my life.

No matter how ugly the words are, they are too useless!

(End of this chapter)