ocean-life Chapter 260 In Position, Reconnaissance
Chapter 260 In Position, Reconnaissance
Bai Jin lowered his arms, put on his helmet, and boarded the tactical transport plane parked on the flagship's aft deck together with Xu Ling, who was already fully dressed.
Watching them board the assault ship, Lorraine tilted her head slightly and looked at the intelligence system panel floating beside her.
【1.一艘硅基生物母舰将会降落在坐标：-6.096860，141.196289处，负责回收周边区域硅基生物採集的矿物。降临倒计时：25天12小时34分钟。】
[2. A ship belonging to a mining bug is approaching Earth and is expected to arrive in Earth's synchronous orbit in 61 days, 1 hours, and 47 minutes.]
[3. Update countdown: 12 hours and 34 minutes.]
【4.坐标：-23.024132，132.648926处，巨石阵系统正在被攻击，预计12天11小时38分后弹药耗尽而毁。】
"There is some good news, at least this downpour has bought the Stonehenge system some time."
He then composed himself, turned around, and sat back down in the captain's chair.
"Cleveland, weigh anchor."
"receive."
Immediately afterwards, all of the flagship's nuclear fusion reactors went into full power operation, providing the flagship with abundant energy and propelling it slowly upwards.
Fifteen minutes later, the assault ship where Platinum was located, along with three near-ground transport ships, all took off and formed a diamond formation. Five tactical transport aircraft, fully loaded with troops, also flew from a nearby airport to this airspace.
"Commander, the fleet is ready."
"set sail."
At Lorraine's command, four warships and five transport planes, their tails blazing with azure flames, tore through the rain and flew toward Stonehenge, 1100 kilometers away.
The journey is divided into two parts and is expected to take 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Part 1 involves the entire fleet arriving at a point 150 kilometers outside the coordinates and conducting initial reconnaissance using the WF-01 unmanned combat aircraft carried by the flagship.
Part 2 involves the entire fleet arriving at a point 65 kilometers outside the coordinates, after which the near-ground transport ships and tactical transport aircraft descend to a lower altitude, ready to deploy troops to support the assault ships.
When the fleet set sail, the Stonehenge system also got a short rest.
An elderly man with blond hair and blue eyes emerged from the underground command center. He was wearing heavy knight's armor with dark markings, a thick raincoat, and leaning on a large cane as he walked toward the surface.
The old man walked steadily and powerfully up the steps, put on his hood, and walked through the rain to the barracks inside the defense line.
"Ryan Ironside, how's the situation here?"
The blond young knight who was called stood up straight and looked at the old knight who pushed open the door and entered.
"Knight Commander, the situation here is alright. After the torrential rain, those beasts slowed their attacks, and in the last two days they've only been sporadic harassing us. I've already organized a repair team to go up and repair the artillery!"
"What's missing? Two reserve teams have recovered, and nearby deep-sea stations are urgently allocating supplies."
The knight named Aion lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then raised his head and looked at the old knight.
"Knight Commander, we're running low on ammunition. Should we order the nearby deep-sea station to stop allocating supplies and send those young men under 28 back first?"
The knight named Ian spoke in a lower and lower voice, and even the strong old knight could not hear the last few words.
"Speak louder, and make it clear."
The old man swung his cane and slammed it heavily on the ground, the sound of heavy metal striking metal reaching Ain's ears.
"I mean, should we send those young people under 28 back first? They are our hope, and we can't let them all waste their time here, since this place has become a vast expanse of water."
Aion's will was firm, but her words inevitably carried a hint of sadness.
The old man waved his empty right hand.
"The ammunition supply hasn't reached the warning line yet, the second line of defense hasn't fallen below the critical point, and the first line of defense is recovering. Now is the time to let these young people feel the crisis, and we're not in a hurry to send them back."
"clear."
"Alright, you get some rest. A reserve team will be coming over later, remember to assign them tasks."
The old man, leaning on his cane, turned around, pushed open the barracks door, put on his hood, and stepped back into the rain, heading towards the camp to the north.
After the old man had circled all the camps to the north, east, and south, more than an hour had passed, and the fleet had arrived at the first waypoint.
The flagship slowly descended until it emerged from the rain clouds.
Then the fighter jet launch ports on both sides of the flagship opened, and four unmanned combat aircraft equipped with reconnaissance configurations were launched in sequence.
Inside the hangar, four more unmanned combat aircraft equipped with reconnaissance capabilities were raised to the upper deck, where logistics robots were conducting pre-flight checks.
Four unmanned combat aircraft equipped with reconnaissance capabilities maintained a subsonic speed of Mach 0.8 and slowly descended from an altitude of over 1000 meters.
At this point, a battlefield situation map had been established inside the assault ship, and a temporary coordinate system was established with the assault ship's own position as the origin.
已经降低高度至400米的无人战机分别在突击舰的左前30度、左前60度、右前30度、右前60度4个方向飞行。
已经降低高度至400米的无人战机分别在突击舰的左前30度、左前60度、右前30度、右前60度4个方向飞行。
The area directly in front, spanning 60 degrees, is to be reconnoitered by assault ships.
[Focus mode activated, range set to 60 degrees directly in front, scanning commenced.]
Several somewhat fragile sensors protrude from beneath the armor plates, collecting all information within a 60-degree radius directly in front of the assault ship.
Three minutes later, the four unmanned combat aircraft returned to base, and all information within a 120-degree radius directly in front of the assault ship was collected into the ship's core.
[Data collection complete. A large number of enemy units, totaling 16500, exist within a 120-degree radius directly in front and within a 4-kilometer radius.]
[One small war behemoth and 124 large individuals detected.]
"This isn't right, is it?"
Platinum frowned; the density of enemy units far exceeded her expectations.
"Commander? Can the drones go any further?"
"no problem."
"Then let's continue the reconnaissance mission according to the pre-arranged plan."
After resupplying, the eight unmanned combat aircraft were launched one after another, forming a larger fan shape and flying towards a more distant location.
The assault ship, under the cover of rain clouds, moved slowly forward, scouting enemy information in the area ahead.
Once the assault ship reached its designated location, its fully powered sensor array detected an even larger, but extremely bizarre, cluster of silicon-based organisms.
Under the cover of rain clouds, the assault ship used very low frequency radio to transmit information back to the flagship.
Lorraine frowned as she looked at the information transmitted back by the assault ship.
"Cleveland, the enemy cluster's configuration seems off. I have a feeling they're toying with this camp?"
Lorraine knew his wording was inaccurate, but the intense sense of strangeness made him feel very confused.
"No, it should be called torture or testing, but it's all premature to draw conclusions until we see their attack formation."