The main gun of the "Jade Dragon" is actually not a gun at all.
The "Xiangyun" class inner defense circle ship platform to which it belongs is known as a space-based weapons platform. In fact, due to the conditions of the year, it was equipped with only two types of weapons based on its two main functions.
One is an electromagnetic railgun that is used to target those troublesome aberrations that swim in the middle and upper atmosphere and have both high-altitude and high-speed attributes, and perform point-killing. It has an astonishing single-target killing efficiency. Everyone is accustomed to calling it "secondary artillery".
The other type is a weapon of mass destruction specifically designed to target aberrant "nests" in the wilderness, as well as a handful of aberrant individuals that are so powerful that they are beyond imagination, which are the so-called "main guns." The "main gun charging" the sergeant said was strictly speaking just charging the launcher.
As the military's strategic posture on the wilderness shifts from "defense" to "counterattack" and gradually gains the initiative, new types of war weapons are also emerging in an endless stream. The "Xiangyun" class platform has basically withdrawn from the front line and is now engaged in scientific research and warfare. Hunt birds, help clear high-altitude waterways, and basically no longer perform ground attack missions. But after all, it is still in a state of preparation for war, with the ammunition base reduced by half, and the main gun "ammunition" also has one round.
Claire is not worried about anything else, but she is worried about the soldiers on the ship whose sense of responsibility is at a low level. They have not been on combat missions for a long time. If they are not careful, they will make an operational error and throw out the deadly things in the magazine - it will not explode. Explosive, without ground authorization, this thing is just a lump of iron, but if it really floats in the atmosphere, they will soon become a joke of the Air Force and the Air Force, and by the way, the Air Force will become a joke of the whole earth. .
Although there is a high probability that many people will not laugh.
In fact, there is a precedent for this kind of inability to laugh.
"Sir, during the 'Dark Side Exercise' last year..."
"You mean the time on the Yoda."
Major Cao Kai understood instantly, but he had no intention of changing the order. On the contrary, he unbuckled the chair and flew up. During this period, he casually pushed the "crystal ball" towards Claire, who instinctively reached out and grabbed it.
"So, I need my lieutenant to focus. Just stay here and watch for a while while I go clean up the house."
"……Yes, sir."
What else could Claire say? Moreover, looking at the "translucent octopus" that he suddenly got, he felt that this was really an unexpected surprise. I usually only take a few glances at this gadget from a distance, but this is the first time I have seen it up close.
He turned the crystal ball, and the little things inside were also spinning, as if they were never tired of it.
"How did it survive?" Claire had no clue at all. After shaking it twice, the water sealed inside had formed a vortex. This time the little octopus instinctively went around and pressed against the inner wall. It happened that the head, face and one eye were squeezed here, twisted into a rather absurd look through the water light, and looked over.
The two sides looked at each other. This little thing was orange-red and looked like a larval octopus of some unknown kind. Its arms and legs were not obvious, and it looked particularly cute. However, its eye structure was a little weird. The watery light flickered, and it was a bit colorful and blurry. After looking at it for a long time, Just a little bit of dizziness.
interesting! Claire became more and more determined to ask for it from Major Cao Kai. This time it was not just to play with, but to get exactly the same one.
Claire finally had an above-average sense of responsibility, distracted her thoughts, and quickly returned to business. After all, he is different from Major Cao Kai. He is a circulating personnel, not a retired personnel. He has accumulated enough seniority in the position of adjutant and has a bright future waiting for him.
Claire was very concerned about the mission assigned by Major Cao Kai. He unconsciously played with the crystal ball while opening the tactical sandbox. The large transparent projection space from top to bottom presents a status monitoring picture of the entire ship. He focused on the system modules related to the "main gun" and made sure there were no abnormalities before taking a breath and continuing to check other modules.
Speaking of which, Major Cao Kai's suggestion of "hot engine testing" is quite necessary. There have been no combat missions in the past two years, and some problems cannot be discovered just by relying on the lightweight operation of the secondary battery.
For example, the research institute that is separated from them actually secretly changed the backup information lines, which should have poached part of the platform's computing power. This is a very serious issue, right?
What does Myra, that mechanic sergeant, do?
If Claire was the chief officer, he would spray Myra to pieces now, but he was not, so he could only write it down first and report it to Cao Kai later.
"Also, and... Hey, camera position 3." Claire reminded directly, "That locking operation is redundant!"
The tactical sandbox faithfully reflects the operating status of each system module, and also pushes some highly sensitive changes to the core work area. Claire glanced at the target area map displayed on it and reminded half-jokingly:
"You really want to bomb Bancheng, but the location is off. It is in the Beishan Lake area. The tactical nuclear bomb in the magazine only has a yield of 50,000 tons. It cannot even cover the lake... No. 3?"
What answered Claire was the silent back of the operating sergeant at No. 3 aircraft.
The silence lasted for at least 5 seconds, and starting from the second second, Claire felt something was wrong.
In fact, during this period of time, except for the main gun operating sergeant at the opposite station, who had reported the power of the main gun earlier, who turned his head and glanced this way, the others remained silent and did not make any move. ——This has been the case since he entered the command module.
As for the one in seat 3, even if he said it to his face, he didn't make any sound.
wrong!
Claire reached out to press the electric beam gun on her waist. She didn't mean to do anything. He still doesn't understand what happened. This action was just an instinctive reaction. But halfway through, he found that he was still holding the crystal ball in his hand, so he was stunned for a moment.
At this moment, his palms felt inexplicably cold, as if something cold and sticky had penetrated the outer wall of the crystal ball and made contact with him.
Claire was startled and instinctively swung her hand, but only halfway through the swing, a strong numbness spread from the palm to the entire palm, to the wrist, and elbow joints, and then spread to the whole body in an instant like the electric shock.
"Well!"
Claire uttered a meaningless syllable and just froze in his seat. The fixed buckle locked his body, allowing him to maintain his previous sitting position, which was almost the same as those of the silent ones on the plane.
In a weightless environment, the crystal ball floats from the numb palm, and the mini octopus swims inside, as if it controls everything.
Claire really suspected that the paralyzing toxin raging in his body was the work of that mini octopus. If this is the case……
The door of the command module opened again, and Major Cao Kai, who had previously gone to "clean up the housekeeping," re-entered. The supreme commander of the "Jade Dragon" turned a blind eye to the scene in front of him, as if this was the norm on the ship. He did not retrieve the floating "crystal ball", but returned to the command seat and immediately started a series of operations.
Claire, whose neck was stiff, didn't even have the strength to turn her head. She couldn't see the situation above her, and could only hear short beeps ringing continuously. On the tactical sand table, the light and shadow changed, and the locking target that had been highlighted before became clearer and clearer, and round after round of operations were carried out around it.
"Crazy, crazy!"
Claire made a vague sound in her already paralyzed throat. At this time, even a fool could guess what Cao Kai wanted to do!
A stream of blood rushed up and opened his throat, causing him to roar: "Sir...Cao Kai! Has your brain been eaten by insects?"
Claire didn't know why Cao Kai did this, and it was such a meaningless thing: "Are you kidding me? Without ground authorization, even if you forcibly put the nuclear bomb on the launcher, it would just be an iron lump. The most you can do is explode in the thermosphere. Apart from a little bit of nuclear pollution, what else can you do?"
Cao Kai said nothing and continued the corresponding operation.
Claire's eyelids twitched violently as she looked at the various instructions and permission interfaces jumping and flashing on the tactical sandbox. He really didn't understand that under normal circumstances, an operating procedure that required the cooperation of seven or eight people could be implemented by Cao Kai... Oh, including the main gun operating noncommissioned officer who must have problems, two people could push it at such a high speed So fast!
Moreover, at least two links that needed to be reported to the ground were inexplicably skipped, and all the authority locks and safety doors were in vain.
Are there accomplices on the ground? Or is Cao Kai himself a hidden super hacker?
Thousands of thoughts and doubts finally turned into one sentence:
"Why?"
After saying these words, Claire's mind became clearer. The reason why he asked was that on the one hand he really didn't understand, and on the other hand he wanted to wait for a change.
Cao Kai still didn't respond and just kept his head down.
Claire could only find something to say, trying to fight against the paralysis in her throat and mouth: "Let me guess, it's because you want to retire...retire early?"
"Yes." Cao Kai actually spoke, and he answered very readily, just like the beeping beeps under his hands.
"What the hell is this reason! Is this your reason for bombing Sakai and taking revenge on society?"
"First of all, I am not bombing Bancheng; secondly, I am not retaliating against society." Cao Kai's voice no longer had the lazy and casual tone earlier, "My target, as you can see, is the Bancheng Pingmao District on Beishan Lake, for revenge. The target is there too.”
"Aha?"
"Didn't I say that? Didn't I say that because I am a close contact of the aberration infection, there is a so-called 'infection' threat, and then I will be forced to retire? Ah, I really forgot to mention it."
"Aberration?" Claire really didn't expect it to be in this field.
"Haha, if everyone is the same, then that's it, but do you have one in Putrajaya? Oh, you are in Europe, so in East Asia, Chuncheng, that guy in Chuncheng has become a hero and a star... so much more in the New World Needless to say, why did I do something like this in Lake City, a ghost place like this? Directly report it to the military headquarters? "
Claire wanted to shout, this may be just a reason for some people to tease you!
But what’s the point of discussing this? In contrast, Cao Kai's targeting of Sakagawa is even more unreasonable.
"Hucheng punished you, so why don't you take revenge on Hucheng? What's going on in Guanban City?"
"My wife and kids are all there."
This reason was so strong that Claire was speechless.
"Of course, this is only one of the reasons." Cao Kai opened up the conversation completely and spoke eloquently, "Discriminating against those infected with aberrations is never an exception, and it is not targeted at me personally. It is the stupidest thing for a weak person to do. Instead of being resigned and fighting alone, like me, I can only stay together to keep warm. Therefore, this time I am doing it not only for myself, but also for those like me who were posted because of a so-called aberrant infection. Those poor souls who are tagged may be thrown into the laboratory at any time and squeezed out of their sweat and sweat..."
"What bullshit logic!"
"Isn't it? The Pingmao District in Bancheng is indeed bullshit. How many homeless people and aberration-infected people are filled in every year..."
Claire was so angry: "You idiot, even if this is the case, if this bombardment continues, the laboratory can be rebuilt, researchers can be recruited, and the data can be backed up. There are thousands of homeless people and people who are still alive over there. All those infected by the aberration will be destroyed!"
"Yes, that's it. This is how I help them and help them get rid of the uncleanness and pain of distortion."
Claire was stunned for a moment, and finally discovered the extremely absurd point inside: "You even discriminate against yourself..."
"I don't deny it." Cao Kai's tone was very calm. "Some people are addicted to the ugly power and existence mode of distortion, but we are not. Our religious order is pursuing the Kingdom of God jointly constructed by the power of souls. The torrent of holy light from the Kingdom of God washes away the mutated excesses and cancers of matter.”
"...a cult?"
"Whatever you think."
"Soul Order?" Claire's thinking went a step further.
The military must screen and report religious groups on the list of illegal religions, and "jointly building the Kingdom of Soul God" is the iconic doctrine of the Soul Church, which is also one of the most active illegal religious groups recently.
Cao Kai acquiesced.
"Haha..." Claire only had the strength to smile bitterly.
Military intelligence and censorship departments are all suckers, right? You want such a lunatic who believes in a cult to be the commander of a ship? Also, what the hell is this technology that allows you to bypass authorization and launch a city-destroying attack on your own!
In this potentially meaningless dialogue, at least five authorization gates were breached without any response. The corresponding feedback mechanism did not seem to be working, and the ground did not even respond... Of course, it may also have been interrupted. Line.
Thinking in a positive direction, there may be counterattacks from outside, but the inside of the ship doesn't know about it. By the time it knows, it should have been smashed to pieces by space-based weapons.
As for the bad direction, when Bancheng turned into a sea of fire, the ground woke up, and then it was smashed into pieces by space-based weapons that were belatedly...
They are all fragments, and there seems to be no difference.
After turning her thoughts around, Claire's body became even more paralyzed. He couldn't help but think, maybe he died directly in the poisonous kiss of the "octopus"?
He turned his gaze with difficulty. The thing that he thought was cute before, but now only felt terrifying, was floating in the light and shadow of the tactical sandbox. It happened to be near the Sakagaki area. It was like a demon's seal. If it was stuck, it would mark death.
