Armor Frenzy

The first brother exhaled a puff of smoke: "Tell me about it, it happens to be here, everyone will scrutinize it together."

Qiu Tianning glanced at the first brother with a deep meaning, nodded and said: "The initial plan is like this, there must be no conditions for manufacturing thrusters on Mars, so the thrusters must be built in Beiyuezhou, resources and industrial capabilities are not. The problem, the problem that needs to be solved now is that we have to get ready before Io arrives on Mars, so time is tight."

"How long do we have?" Brother Yi's dignified expression was exhausted.

"A year or so, Io is quite far from the orbit of Mars, at least 1.5 AU, enough for it to fly for a while." Huo Qiang replied.

The average distance between Jupiter's orbit and Earth's orbit is about four astronomical units. Io flew away from Jupiter in early 2026, and has now been flying in the void space for one year and five months, almost halfway through the entire trip.

The first brother made a simple calculation in his mind: "It takes a month to travel from Earth to Mars, which is still under ideal conditions. If the location is not good, the time will have to be extended. In any case, it will take about three months, plus the flight to Mars. Mars still needs time to prepare, and it will take one to two months, that is to say, we still have half a year, and we must start operations within half a year!"

Qiu Tianning nodded heavily: "Basically, considering the suddenness of the action, the sooner the preparations are completed, the better."

The first brother was expressionless: "Continue!"

"We must first solve the problem of engine design. There are currently two solutions. One is to win by quantity and manufacture a batch of large nuclear power engines. The other is to manufacture several super-large nuclear power engines. Placed on a spaceship, the bow of the spaceship is designed to be flat, and it will drive directly over after completion, and fix the bow on the satellite to complete the preparation, which can save a lot of time."

Huo Qiang couldn't help but said: "Minister Qiu, Deimos has a mass of nearly two trillion tons, and Io has to be seven or eight times the mass. Even if it is bombed with a nuclear bomb, it will take a lot of him for such a large mass. Ten thousand, how many spaceships do you plan to build to participate in the operation?"

"This is also a problem that must be solved." Qiu Tianning said, "It is an impossible task to directly push the satellite. My idea is to blow up Deimos, divide Deimos into several pieces, and choose a suitable size to hit Io. zero."

"What size is appropriate?" Huo Qiang asked again.

"The 10,000-ton rammers of the international fleet didn't do much. I think 100,000 tons should be enough. If it doesn't work, it's 200,000, 300,000. If the engine can't work, just lay a nuclear bomb!"

"This plan is really not small!" Huo Qiang smiled bitterly.

He didn't want to admit it, but he had to admit that this plan was indeed possible, and the prospect described by Qiu Tianning was also very wonderful-no matter how powerful the moon was, could it be able to withstand the impact of a 100,000-ton satellite debris?

What a joke, a 10,000-ton impact ship hitting the earth can cause disasters on a global scale. If 100,000 tons of debris hit the earth, the earth will return to its original state. One participant counts as one, and no one believes it. A 100,000-ton impact would not resolve Io Zero.

Huo Qiang paused and said: "The implementation of this plan requires a lot of resources. With the current situation of Beiyuezhou, it is not a big problem to make every effort to build it, but all shipbuilding plans must be postponed. The original fleet The expansion plan must also be postponed. With our current strength, we have no ability to fight Io at all, and if the Mars plan fails, our situation will be very passive.”

"But with Io close, our fleet has no confidence in confrontation. The Mars plan is our only chance!" Qiu Tianning insisted.

Huo Qiang also scratched his head a little. On the one hand, this plan was indeed feasible, on the other hand, he was worried that the plan would fail.

There was one person present, everyone was discussing the feasibility of the plan, and the first brother did not stop him. He smoked in silence.

The first brother couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I can't make up my mind right now. To do this, Lao Qiu, come up with a detailed plan as soon as you go back, and then study the feasibility."

"Yes!" Qiu Tianning agreed.

"Don't think about being idle, do you have any other suggestions?" Brother Yi asked again.

"I still have a situation report here, but it has nothing to do with Io Wei zero." Huo Qiang said.

The first brother nodded without thinking: "Let's talk, there is enough bad news today, it's not bad." Although Huo Qiang hadn't opened his mouth yet, the first brother knew the old general very well. The expression is to know that there is nothing good.

Huo Qiang forced a smile: "We intercepted the communication signal of the international fleet, this is a message from Jupiter!"

"Jupiter?" The first brother was surprised, "Is the international fleet arriving at Jupiter so soon?"

"That's not ~www.readwn.com~ They sent a batch of probes to Jupiter in advance, but Jupiter's electromagnetic environment is too harsh, and the signals sent back by the probes are intermittent."

The first brother instructed: "Continue!"

"The news from the International Fleet said that in addition to Io, Europa, III, and IV have all become aliens, especially Ganymede and Callisto, and a large number of warships have been found on the surface. These warships are coming, and our current strength is simply unable to deal with them." Huo Qiang said in a seemingly plain tone.

Qiu Tianning felt a little unhappy after hearing this. This sentence was clearly referring to Jupiter, but in fact it still said that the fleet was not strong enough, but continuing to build the fleet would inevitably affect the Mars plan.

The first brother thought about it and said, "Can the production capacity of Beiyuezhou be expanded?"

Huo Qiang shook his head firmly: "It has reached the limit, it is not impossible to continue to expand, but the gain is not worth the loss."

"What about Nanyuezhou? Isn't the first phase of Nanyuezhou finished?" Brother Yi asked again.

The north and south poles of the moon are the only two water sources on the lunar surface. While the north is constantly expanding Beiyuezhou, it is also developing towards Nanyuezhou, grabbing Nanyuezhou ahead of the base group.

The two poles of the moon are more than 5,000 kilometers apart, so setting up a base in Nanyuezhou is not as simple as just thinking about it.

Beidu's small actions can't hide the base group, and the international base also has the idea of ​​seizing the moon's south pole, but the international base has always been suppressed by the Beiyuezhou base. The two sides are no longer on the same level.

If it weren't for the threat of aliens, it's hard to say whether the international base could have a foothold on the moon.

"It's over." Huo Qiang said, "But the first phase of the project only has living facilities, and the industrial facilities must wait for the second phase of the project, and the corresponding equipment and personnel also need the support of Beiyuezhou."

"Then hurry up!" said the first brother.