The technological competition starts with the integration of space-time memory

Chapter 319 The Empire is Over
The middle-aged man praised: "Yes, you used the idiom correctly.

I have a hunch that Li Tang wanted to do something big in Pagan, so the 30-strong coalition army was able to stop the 80-strong White Elephant army."

The woman simply said, "Okay, so what do you want to do?"

"Do you know what experiments I have been doing recently?"

The woman shook her head and said, "I don't understand the changes in your bottles and jars."

The middle-aged man sighed, "Maybe I am opening Pandora's box, but this is also due to the good work done by those grain merchants in Mengdushan before."

"What do you mean?"

The middle-aged man snorted coldly: "Li Tang is pushing too hard, we have to find him something to do.

What do you think can slow down Li Tang's progress in landing on Mars?"

The woman thought for a moment and said, "It's a matter of life and death."

The middle-aged man agreed, "Yes, they will only pause the Mars landing if it involves a matter of life and death for him or that country!"

The woman hesitated and said, "But didn't Winter have to use the Run people to send mushroom eggs over before?"

The middle-aged man raised his hand and waved, saying: "Winter chose the wrong people. Those guys are more likely to cause trouble than to help.

I bet they'll get caught as soon as they get the mushroom eggs!"

The woman seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Could your latest experiment be able to put them in a life-or-death situation?"

The middle-aged man said leisurely: "Yes, this matter is too secretive and difficult to confirm, but if it is true, they cannot bear the consequences.

So we have to find a way to get their attention.

I'll leave this matter to your No. 2 in Xanadu. I think she will be exposed soon!"

The woman let out a soft "ah", "How could she be exposed?"

"You are just too confident. Didn't I just tell you that the Pagan Navy dared to attack? Since that intelligence was bait, do you think she was exposed?"

The woman's voice dropped. "Am I going to lose another one?"

The middle-aged man patted the woman's hand gently and said, "Don't be sad, I will make it up to you."

"Yes. By the way, according to what you said, will the East Japanese Combined Fleet be in danger? Do I need to inform Shinoda?"

The middle-aged man pondered and said, "Shinoda may have been a little hot-headed recently. The defeat of the East Japanese Task Force is a good opportunity to sober him up."

The woman said "Oh" softly, "Okay."

The middle-aged man changed the subject and said, "What we should be most concerned about now is whether we can successfully land on Mars and obtain alien technology.

As long as Li Tang's landing on Mars slows down, Mark will be able to complete the nuclear-powered version of the starship in time, which will enable large-scale colonization."

The woman asked, "So you've decided to move to Mars?"

The middle-aged man opened his eyes, stood up from his chair, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looked at the scenery outside, and sighed leisurely.

“It would be best if we could stay on Blue Star, but if that lunatic Li Tang really starts Season 3, this place will no longer be suitable for human habitation.

Remember, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall!
We are new humans who have the hope of immortality, and we don’t need to perish together with these mortals!”

"Understood. I'll arrange for someone to keep a close eye on Mark."

"I hope he is not lying to us and there really is an alien probe on Mars!"

"Don't worry, he won't dare."

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"Shocked! The Battle of Northern Lusongkapa Pass, the Imperial Army's 25th Division suffered a crushing defeat!"

"The Northern Luzon People's Army is incredibly powerful, annihilating two Stryker Brigades of the Imperial Army's 25th Division!"

"A superpower is collapsing!"

……

Just two days after Christmas, shocking news circulated on the [Mengying] platform.

The "Defend Freedom" military operation launched by the Empire and Lusong coalition was denounced live by Li Xisong, the leader of Northern Lusong, because of the initial indiscriminate bombing.

It once became a hot topic on the [Mengying] platform.

However, in the battle where the Empire's 1st Armored Battalion suffered heavy losses, both sides chose to keep a low profile and did not announce relevant circumstances.

Perhaps everyone understands that this is a confrontation between experimental troops, and there is no need to let the whole world know about it.

However, two brigades of the Imperial Army's 25th Division were surrounded and annihilated by the People's Army, and the People's Army reported the incident without any hesitation.

这是人民军第2集团军下辖的第2装甲师、第27、28、29三个步兵师，共同完成的一次伟大战役。

This indicates that the People's Army has already possessed strong combat capabilities and is able to destroy the Imperial Army head-on.

When the live broadcasts showed the scenes of the annihilation of two Stryker brigades of the 25th Division, it shocked the whole world.

This led to various media reports with different headlines.

Of course, all kinds of rumors are flying around.

For the empire, which had just experienced a financial storm, the financial crisis had already broken out.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the "Defend Freedom" military operation is an attempt to divert conflict.

The key to the problem is that the Imperial Army can only successfully divert the conflict if it wins the battle.

But just a few days into the war, the ground forces were defeated.

As the saying goes, when it rains, it pours; a hemp rope breaks at the thinnest part.

Just when the whole world was discussing whether the Empire was still the same Empire, a big problem occurred again during the live broadcast of Artemis III's moon landing!
When the Orion spacecraft's lunar lander was landing, it unexpectedly made a hard landing under the watchful eyes of the whole world!
The lunar lander crashed onto the moon and smashed into a cave.

This scene stunned all the viewers around the world who were watching the live broadcast.

Many people had a flash of thought in their minds: the empire is over!
Several major media broadcast rooms of the empire immediately interrupted the live broadcast.

Then, the Imperial Space Agency announced the suspension of all live broadcasts.

Empire Aerospace, Houston Rocket Control Center at this time.

Each team was working intensively on the calculations, and the liaison team was making calls non-stop.

Maintaining contact with the Orion spacecraft orbital module in lunar orbit.

Among the four astronauts, Commander Matthew Dominic stayed in the orbital module to be responsible for the response.

"Arthenis III, this is Houston, can you please contact the lunar module?"

"Houston, this is Artemis III. The lunar module is still out of contact. I have not stopped calling."

"Arthenis III, can you determine what went wrong to cause the lunar module to lose control?"

Matthew replied: "Houston, Johnny King sent a message before the final hard landing indicating that the failure of the lunar module seemed to be related to the abnormal noise that occurred earlier.

The initial judgment is that there is a problem with the connection between Starship V and the Orion spacecraft. Perhaps a part fell off and fell into the lunar module, causing the descent control circuit to malfunction. "

What Matthew meant was that something might have caused a short circuit in the circuit, causing the control program to fail.

The lunar module lost control and landed hard on the moon.

This time, Artemis 50 landed at a different location than Apollo 11 did years ago.

This time, the moon landing was on the back of the moon, not the front.

Therefore, the situation at the landing site can only be observed through lunar satellites.

This cannot be guaranteed to be done in real time, and one needs to wait for a time window to know the current situation at the landing site.

Mark sat in a chair, listening to the busy sounds in the hall and the conversation between him and Commander Matthew with a somewhat dull expression.

He really didn't expect that after overcoming the minor problems at the beginning, something would go wrong during the final 1,000-meter distance to the moon.

"Mark, I've said before that space exploration is a scientific endeavor. There can't be even the slightest deviation or error..."

Mark looked at Ham Nick who was complaining, and his wooden expression gradually disappeared.

What replaced it was a kind of determination.

"Nick, please call the Dragon Space Agency immediately and ask their base builders on the moon to carry out humanitarian rescue of our lunar module!"

Ham Nick was stunned when he heard this. "If you do this, the people of the empire will no longer trust us."

Mark interrupted directly: "To hell with the public's trust, I only want to rescue those astronauts now!

Even if it's a corpse, we should find a way to bring it back to Blue Star!
Science has no borders, and space exploration should be the business of all mankind. If something happens to us, it is not shameful to ask Datang Aerospace for help!

Or are you going to just give up on them?"

Ham Nick never expected that Mark's attitude would suddenly change. Before, he looked like a cowboy who was ready to compete with Datang Aerospace.

How did this incident rise to the level of science without borders and for all mankind?

You really aren't worried about losing face.

Hey, he asked him to contact the Longguo Space Agency.

It's me who is embarrassed!

But Ham Nick was caught off guard by Mark's last words, and he had no choice but to ask for help.

Am I really going to take the blame for “not rescuing”?
Ham Nick said helplessly: "Okay, I'll go talk to their Director Gu right away, but I don't know how long it will take to get in touch with him."

At this time, the Western Alliance led by the Empire and the Star Alliance headed by the Dragon Kingdom were in a state of relative opposition.

The so-called guardrails that the empire had always wanted were never obtained.

Therefore, some limited communication channels between the two sides have become very unreliable.

Ham Nick really wasn't sure how long it would take to get in touch.

If this time drags on for too long, can the astronauts in the lunar module still be saved?

Mark glanced at Ham Nick and said, “You go and contact them, and I will also send a tweet immediately. I think the whole world will be watching them.

This way they will be under pressure to contact you as soon as possible and rescue our astronauts as soon as possible."

Ham Nick couldn't help but admire Mark in his heart. This Mark really knows how to manipulate public opinion.

This kind of public pressure may really be effective.

But when he was running out in a hurry.

A staff member suddenly exclaimed: "The Tang Aerospace on the [Mengying] platform is broadcasting live, and they are rushing to rescue our lunar module!"

Mark's hand, which was tweeting, suddenly stopped. He quickly took out another mobile phone, turned it on, and logged into the [Mengying] platform skillfully.

Soon, the live broadcast was seen on the Datang Aerospace homepage.

There is not just one picture, there are two.

One of the images showed several space drones flying at high speed towards their own lunar module landing site.

Another picture shows a tall and mighty lunar rover driving at high speed on the surface of the moon.

Obviously, this is a rush from the ground to the lunar module landing site.

(End of this chapter)