Chapter 178

Chapter 178

Only three hours later, when the Earthling fleet was observed to be attacking in a big way, the Martian army came out in full force, and most of the forces were invested in the space battlefield. The number of garrison troops left on the moon had dropped to the limit.

At this time, they received an order-action begins! 　　【Go! 】　　The captain's order came in the mental communication, and everyone started to move.

The Alpha team that had sneaked into the vicinity of the energy system took the lead in starting their action.

In order to kill the Martian garrison in the fortress more efficiently, the soldiers from Earth did not launch an attack from the front at the first time, but started from the energy system that supported the operation of the entire fortress in a very insidious way.

Before setting off, the soldiers who had received the fortress design drawings from a powerful Anaheim company boss knew very well how to cut off the energy connection between the Aldnoah core in the fortress and the peripheral facilities.

So, the next moment after the order was issued, a series of not violent explosions sounded in the fortress. In an instant, the lights of the entire fortress were completely extinguished, and all equipment without independent power supplies were powered off and shut down.

"What's going on?" The commander who was in charge of guarding the fortress stood up in astonishment. Just as he was about to say something, a bullet from a blind spot in the room pierced his skull and shattered his brain, completely depriving him of the opportunity to speak.

"No, there's an attack!" With the dim light of the emergency lights, the Martian soldiers around the commander saw this shocking scene. The instinctive reaction brought by long-term training made them draw their guns at the first time and find shelter to protect themselves.

However, all this was in vain. In the next moment, a silent wave spread throughout the room. Sudden tinnitus, dizziness and nausea enveloped everyone in an instant, followed by uncontrollable vomiting, severe internal pain, and hemoptysis. In the end, one by one, they fell to the ground with painful expressions and lost consciousness.

This scene happened almost simultaneously in various exchanges in the fortress. In just a dozen seconds, there was no one who could stand in the entire fortress.

This is the effect of infrasonic weapons.

With their completely different body structures from ordinary humans, the super soldiers are completely immune to this kind of subsonic attack that specifically targets the internal organs of the human body. In order to eliminate the combat effectiveness of the entire fortress in a short period of time, the soldiers madly adjusted the lethality of the subsonic weapons to the lethal level, resulting in the horrifying result of the previous scene.

Just after everyone in the fortress fell to the ground, figures wearing power armor emerged from the air. They were silent and assigned their tasks one by one. Some began to finish off the "corpses" on the ground, some began to restart the key electronic equipment with the help of various instruments, and some began to sweep the rooms that were not within the range of the first wave of attacks... After more than ten minutes, the entire fortress had been completely swept clean. Except for the completely inhuman cyborg soldiers, there was no living person.

The hyperspace gate officially fell into the hands of the earthlings! 　　PS: Today's copy is divided into two chapters, each chapter is 3000+, as usual.

')151'\u003eChapter 150 The Knights' Choice

"Not good!" As soon as the hyperspace gate fortress lost its energy, the Martian knights who were confronting the Earth fleet immediately realized that something was wrong.

"Damn, at this time..." The Earthlings really chose a very good time to take action, and they hit the Martians' soft spot at once.

Now is the moment when the Martian troops and the Earth fleet are about to engage in battle in space, and they can't retreat just because they want to.

The troops of the Weiser Empire now have only two choices - either defeat the Earthling fleet on the front battlefield, and then turn back to deal with those small troops that have gone around to the rear to steal the home; or take the risk of dividing the troops and withdrawing part of the troops to the surface of the moon, first eliminate the major troubles in the rear, ensure the retreat, and then have the choice of fighting or fleeing.

Yes, the option of "escape" has now become an option that the Martian knights can openly bring out, which was a situation that they dared not even think about a few years ago.

After all, for the arrogant Martians, especially the Martian knights, it is a shame among shames to retreat in the face of primitive earthlings. If someone dared to do such a thing a few years ago, he would be laughed at by other nobles when he returned home, and he couldn't even raise his head when he went out.

But the situation is completely different now-the current Martian Empire is almost completely different from the Martian Empire when it invaded the Earth a few years ago.

At that time, the Martians, under the leadership of the second generation of emperors, relied on technology and military force far superior to that of the Earthlings to suppress the entire Earth Union to the point of collapse. At that time, they were so arrogant and imposing.

But times have changed. After just a few years, the development of the Earthlings has changed three times a day, and the level of technology has soared to the level of the Martian Empire as if riding a rocket. However, the Martian knights who were originally united under the leadership of the emperor have turned against each other and even killed each other due to various factors, and the entire empire is about to fall apart.

In this case, it is conceivable how high the morale of the Martians can be.

Even those Martian knights who claim to be of noble blood and look down on the earthlings are not really brainless. They can still tell whether the enemy is strong or weak.

This time, the Earth Alliance is not the weak "primitives" of a few years ago, but an interstellar civilization as powerful as their Martian Empire.

Sensing that things are not going well, the Martian knights discussed countermeasures, but in fact they all knew that there was only one way to choose - "Divide the troops!" Regardless of the situation in the rear, it sounds very impressive to continue to fight the earthlings, but everyone knows that this is actually unrealistic.

After all, the current situation is that the Martians actually have a lower chance of winning. If they really fight the earthlings so stubbornly, it is very likely that no one will be able to escape in the end, and all will have to die here.

They are nobles, not civilians with cheap lives. No one is willing to die on the battlefield casually - after all, although they are called knights, they are not the kind of real warriors who are ready to die, and each of them cherishes their lives very much.

But then another question was placed in front of them - "Who should go back?" This question made everyone silent.

The reason for silence was not that they didn't know who to choose, but that they all had their own candidates in mind, but no one was embarrassed to speak out first.

Because of the civil war on Mars, most of the Martian nobles were involved. There were only four Martian knights stationed on the moon, and in order to deal with the invaders on the other side of the hyperspace gate, at least one Martian knight with armored cavalry needed to return to the moon.

This means that there are only three Martian knights left to face the huge space fleet of the Earthlings. The one who returns to the surface of the moon to deal with the intruders is likely to slip away alone if the battle situation is not good.

If it were in the past, the Martian knights who were eager to fight would probably rush to the front battlefield and regard the person who shrank in the back as a soft egg and a coward, and despise him to their heart's content.

But the current situation is completely different. Facing the Earthlings' army, the chances of survival are slim for those who confront them head-on, and the one who returns is very likely to escape back to Mars. None of the four is willing to give this opportunity to others.

Although everyone is reluctant to speak, the current situation does not allow them to hesitate for too long-the head-on battle with the Earthlings is coming, and they don't have much time to consider! "...Forget it, I choose to stay on the front battlefield. Whoever wants to go back can go back!" In the end, it was the youngest knight who gave up this "retreat" first and took the initiative to take on the responsibility of fighting against the earthlings head-on.

He was still young and had just inherited the title from his father. Unlike those nobles who had been in the noble family for many years, he was not completely black-hearted and still had the idea of ​​"serving the country" in his heart.

Let him die on the battlefield, and he will not live up to the honor and responsibility of a noble knight. As for the coward, whoever wants to be the coward can be the coward! After making the choice, the young knight no longer participated in the discussion, and directly closed the communication here, leading his troops to the front and facing the earthlings head-on.

His performance instantly stunned the other three Martian knights, leaving several "seniors" speechless for a while.

"...I'll stay here too!" The other noble seemed to be infected by the "junior" just now, and also chose to stay on the front battlefield, not competing with the remaining two for the place to survive.

Like the previous knight, he also directly closed the video call, led his troops forward, and stood side by side with the previous young knight to welcome what might be the last battle of his life.

The remaining two Martian knights looked at each other through the video screen, and saw a trace of shame and embarrassment on each other's faces - since when did the Martian knights, who represented honor and responsibility, become corrupt nobles who were afraid of death? 　　"I..."　　"I'll stay, you go back!"　　Both parties spoke almost at the same time, but in the end one of them spoke faster and said this first, leaving the other with the highest chance of survival.

"... I wish you good luck in your military career!"　　The knight who was forced to become a "coward" and "coward" because he spoke a step slower left this sentence, and then returned to the moon alone without looking back, leaving his subordinates to his comrades to command.

He decided that even if he risked his life, he must take back the hyperspace gate, hold on to this last retreat, and absolutely bring everyone back to Mars alive! However, this man did not know that he would face a more desperate situation if he chose to return...')152'\u003eChapter 151 Charge in Despair

"Damn, those damned earthlings!" When the knight who returned to the moon came to the hyperspace gate fortress, he saw a dead place that had fallen into complete silence.

Near the entrance and exit of the fortress hangar, he saw some cold corpses that were rushed out by the airflow into the vacuum environment outside the fortress - the invisible force field originally used to retain air had become ineffective due to the cutting off of the total energy source. These ground crew members who were only protected by a thin layer of shield from the vacuum environment were rushed out by the pressure difference between the inside and outside of the fortress as soon as the accident occurred, and eventually died in the vacuum and ultra-low temperature on the surface of the moon.

As for the other personnel inside the fortress, although there was an airtight isolation door, they should have survived, but through the high-power life detector carried by the armored cavalry, he did not find any trace of survivors.

——Were they all killed? 　　How did they do it? In such a short time, all the people in the entire fortress were killed...　　Before he could make any guesses, the alarm of the attack woke him up.

"What!..."　　He instinctively manipulated the armored cavalry to turn his body sideways, but it was too late. The attack launched from the blind spot behind hit the right side of the body at this moment. The anti-armor electromagnetic warhead with a speed of more than ten times the speed of sound, carrying huge kinetic energy, destroyed the right shoulder of the armored cavalry, and immediately abolished half of the attack power of the body.

"Behind--" Although one side of the weapon was destroyed, the brave knight did not fall down. He struggled to control the body to turn around, and ejected a thick bright yellow beam whip from the intact shoulder on the left side, wantonly waving it in all directions, destroying all the materials along the way.

This is the most terrifying weapon of the armored cavalry named [Gillion]. The high-energy beam whip controlled purely by the force field is like the lightsaber in "Star Wars". It has an indestructible power against any physical material.

Well, [Gillion] is the armored cavalry that landed in Beijing in the anime plot. At this time, its owner was not the later Earl Ketlatse, but his father, Ketral, a middle-aged man over 40 years old.

This machine is one of the few machines among the Martian armored cavalry that does not completely follow the humanoid setting. It has no hands, but instead has two beam whips extending from the left and right shoulders, which is now the terrible weapon that is almost destroying the fortress hangar.

The raging beam whip is like a dragon of light. It can be extended to hundreds of meters at the longest and only a few meters at the shortest. It can be extended and retracted freely. Under the control of the onboard AI, it quickly and accurately sweeps every inch of space within hundreds of meters around it.

"Found you!" Such a violent attack is naturally difficult to avoid. The Earth warriors who just launched an attack on this armored cavalry were forced to open the space shield to protect themselves at this moment, and therefore exited the optical stealth state, and were soon discovered by the angry knight.

"Go to hell!" The knight, who hated the earthlings and had just seen the tragic situation of the base, did not intend to have any mercy on these enemies. He directly turned the killing power of the beam whip to the maximum, and swung it at the fastest speed to crush the few tiny figures who were exposed.

[Plan B, attack! ] Facing the enemy's powerful counterattack, such an order came from the tactical channel of the super soldiers. The next moment, more than a dozen soldiers in armor rushed out from all corners almost at the same time, holding a variety of powerful weapons in their hands and focusing fire on the armored cavalry surrounded in the center.

For a while, electromagnetic shells, high-energy particle beams, directional gravity waves, high-energy lasers...all kinds of attacks bombarded [Gillion]'s body densely and orderly.

Although the knight who reacted immediately controlled the beam whip to defend, he was still a step slower after all, and most of the attacks hit their targets.

The firepower of the individual weapons of the super soldiers was originally designed with the Martian knight as the imaginary enemy. Therefore, even the armored cavalry, which represents the highest technological crystallization of the Martians, still knelt down as expected when facing such a dense concentrated fire attack.

First, a directional gravity wave directly bombarded the simple shield constructed by the beam whip. The force field that constitutes the light whip lost its stability under the influence of the high-frequency gravity wave, exposing the vital points protected behind it.

Then, an electromagnetic shell similar to the initial attack hit the beam force field generator on the left shoulder, destroying its last armament and protection, making the knight sitting in [Gillion] completely lose the ability to resist.

Finally, a high-energy particle beam and a high-energy laser hit the cockpit and the power cabin respectively, causing the brave knight and his beloved car to melt together in the high-temperature flames.

‘It turns out... Earthlings are really so strong! ’ In the last moment of his life, this thought flashed through the knight’s mind.

... [Target eliminated, enter latent state, continue alert! ] The command came from the tactical channel, and the super soldiers executed it silently, turning on full-band stealth one by one and disappearing, and the entire fortress returned to silence.

... "Sir Katelar died in battle!" On the front battlefield, the three Martian knights who were besieged by countless stealth space fighters also received news of the death of the fourth knight.

However, at this time they had no time to mourn the death of their comrades-"Yes, it will be our turn soon..." A knight sighed with a hint of unwillingness.

The current situation is that the Earth Federation's fleet has firmly suppressed the Martian space fleet, and because the number of Earth warships is more than ten times that of the Martian side, and the firepower is fierce, the Martian fleet is almost slaughtered.

At the same time, the people on Earth also sent a large number of unmanned combat aircraft against the Martian mobile troops. These unmanned combat aircraft with powerful firepower, ultra-high mobility, advanced combat AI, and the ability to become invisible not only easily suppressed The ordinary space fighters of the Weiser Empire, after gathering a numerical advantage, can even pose a threat to the armored cavalry with the core of Aldnoah.

A single unmanned fighter plane can only parry against the armored cavalry but cannot fight back. However, the people on earth are not interested in a one-on-one duel. For these armored cavalry with huge lethality, the Earth Fleet Command has no chance of fighting back. But they all sent out hundreds of drones at once to focus fire and siege! Although no armored cavalry has been defeated so far, the three of them are firmly held in place and can only watch their own troops being wantonly slaughtered.

In the end, the Martian army fought less and less, and although the Earthlings also suffered losses, these casualties and losses were insignificant compared to their huge military strength.

Two hours later, when the last battleship fell under the intensive artillery fire of the Earth Fleet, the three Martian knights who persisted in fighting until this point looked at the few subordinates around them - "This is the end!" "Yes, that's it. Let’s launch the final charge!” “Mars, never surrender!”… “It seems that the Martians still have some backbone!” Looking at the enemy who launched a desperate charge, the commander-in-chief of the Earth Alliance Army Recognizing the other party's will to fight, they decided to express the respect of all Earth soldiers to them in the way of warriors - "All the guns in the fleet, target the enemy's armored cavalry, open fire!" ...') 153'\u003e Chapter 15 Chapter 12 New Hyperspace Gate

"Has the moon fallen..." Mars Empire, Royal Palace.

Earl Zazbalum, who had almost openly occupied this symbol of the highest power center of the Visser Empire, was speechless for a long time after receiving this news.

He began to reflect, was the rebellion he launched really wrong... No, he was right! He can’t be wrong either! This time the Earthlings' attack is the best evidence. If the Empire does not completely defeat the Earthlings, the Earthlings' attack will only happen sooner or later.

The real fault was not him, but the old emperor, Kuruteu, and those diehards who were loyal to the royal family who stood in front of him! If those people hadn't hindered him, he would have unified Mars long ago and prepared his army for war on the earth. He would never have been directly taken away from the moon due to lack of preparation like now! The dissatisfaction with the royalists in Zazbalum's heart has once again risen to a level, and it can even be said to be hatred. He really wants to kill all the opponents immediately, and then immediately integrate the power of the entire country to fight back to the earth! But dissatisfaction is still dissatisfaction, and complaints are still complaints. The real problem is still before him after all.

Now, facing the menacing earthlings, what can he do? "Can the hyperspace gate on Mars be completely closed?" He summoned the empire's scientific research director and asked this question.

"This... is theoretically possible. In fact, as long as some core components are removed, the hyperspace door will automatically fail.

But...if we do that, we may never be able to fix it! "The Visser Empire has been researching the hyperspace gate for more than a day or two, but so far, they still have not fully grasped the alien technology contained in the hyperspace gate - therefore, it is impossible for them to destroy the operation of the hyperspace gate. It's easy, but rebuilding after destruction is not that simple.

If the hyperspace gate is completely closed, the Martian Empire will become an isolated island in the universe. They will no longer be able to obtain supplies from the Earth's sphere as easily as usual. The future development of the Martian Empire will only rely on the resources of Mars itself. .

Not to mention, after losing the hyperspace gate and losing the moon at the same time, it is no longer so easy to launch an attack on the people on earth. In the future, no matter who is the winner of this civil war , the opponent that the Visser Empire will face will be an interstellar civilization of the same level without any shortcomings.

The Visser Empire and the Martians, can they still fight against the Earth? "Tear it down!" After pondering for a long time, Zazbarum made such a decision.

No matter what, we must first keep the people on Earth out and not let them come to Mars! "...Yes!" The scientific research director opened his mouth, but in the end he had no choice but to say yes.

... "Destroy the hyperspace gate?" After learning about the movements of Zazbarum's side from the intelligence personnel, Kuruteo rested his jaw with one hand and fell into deep thought.

"Are you going to sabotage their actions?" asked a royalist noble who joined the "Princess Alliance".

"No, there is no need to do anything!" The decision made by Kurt'o was somewhat unexpected, but it made sense after thinking about it carefully.

“No matter how we fight with Zazbalum’s party, we are all members of the Weiser Empire.

What we are about to face now is not an internal struggle, but an invasion by the Earth United Army. We cannot let them bring the flames of war to the Empire itself! "Although he said this, Kuruteu also knew that the war between them and Zazbarum's party had already caused huge damage to the Visser Empire, and now it is facing the threat of the people on earth. The hyperspace door is completely closed, and it is just a way to make up for it.

"Send an envoy to propose a ceasefire to Zazbarum and the others. At this time, the civil war cannot continue!" After all, Kuruteu still cared about the country and was unwilling to see the empire continue to sink in the civil war, so he took the lead. He expressed his intention to negotiate peace with the other party - to protect the empire or to eliminate rebellion, he could still tell which one was more important.

... "You want to destroy the hyperspace gate of Mars? I can't agree to this!" A warning signal came from [Aether], and Fang Yuan, who was far away on the earth, immediately couldn't sit still.

He is still counting on the Earth united to push Mars quickly. If the hyperspace gate on Mars is destroyed, whether it will cause the hyperspace gate to go wild and blow up Mars is another matter, but he wants to find out as soon as possible. It is definitely impossible to find out the truth about ancient extraterrestrial civilizations.

Moreover, Kuruteu actually wants peace talks? This is even worse! He has worked hard for so long to finally bring the Martian Empire to civil strife, but he doesn't want to see the good situation ruined in one fell swoop! No, they must be stopped! So, looking for those Earth spies on Mars? It doesn’t seem to work! So far, the spies developed by the Earth Alliance in the Visser Empire are basically ordinary civilians and middle- and lower-level soldiers. For such a major matter, it is useless to find them.

After all, neither Zazbalum nor Kuruteo is the brainless princess in the plot. It is not feasible to play assassination or anything like that.

It seems that he still has to go there in person! …… Fang Yuan came to a secret space hundreds of meters deep beneath the Anaheim headquarters.

This place is not like his research sites in other places, with a variety of experimental equipment and various mature or immature experimental products.

What is here is a huge hexagonal array made of high metal walls with smooth surfaces. If you can see the panoramic view of this array from directly above, you will find that its overall structure is similar to that on the moon's surface. The hyperspace gate is almost identical, just much smaller in size.

This is exactly the result of Fang Yuan's research on hyperspace gates. He successfully copied a small hyperspace gate that can be correctly connected to other hyperspace gates in the universe.

In fact, copying the entity of the hyperspace gate has never been a problem for Fang Yuan.

As early as a few years ago, when he first went to the moon to record the structure of the hyperspace gate, he was able to replicate this alien super-tech product 1:1.

However, simply copying the external hardware entity cannot allow the new hyperspace gate to realize its function. For this kind of creation that can transport a large amount of matter across time and space, how to connect it with another hyperspace gate? is the real dilemma.

Before cracking the activation factor of Aldnoah technology and the secret of the hyperspace information network, Fang Yuan was completely unable to do anything about it.

After all, unlike the Aldnoah core and armored cavalry used by the Weiser Empire, they are all made by humans. Although they use the technology of alien civilization, they have still gone through the process of "human civilization" and can be regarded as human beings. Civilization analysis and interpretation.

This hyperspace gate is a real artifact of alien civilization. From hardware to software, it uses a technology system that is completely different from human civilization. It is much more difficult to crack the technology in this area than cracking the technology of the Visser Empire. many! Fortunately, after many years of hard work, Fang Yuan finally analyzed and thoroughly analyzed most of the technologies of the hyperspace gate, especially the spatial coordinate positioning technology, which is the most important basis for material transmission across time and space. After completing this, he can re- There is almost no problem in copying a small hyperspace gate.

And now, Fang Yuan is going to Mars with the help of this hyperspace gate he made with his own hands to prevent Zazbarum and others from destroying the Mars hyperspace gate! ')154'\u003eChapter 153 Death Comes

"Here, here, and here are all marked. They must be demolished at the same time when the official construction begins!" On the surface of Mars, where the hyperspace gate is located, it is not covered by an artificial ecosystem because of the need to transport the space fleet. Inside.

The elderly scholar wearing protective clothing was pointing at the key nodes on the hyperspace door and giving instructions to the assistants behind him.

"Yes!" Several assistants responded, and then marked them one by one on the tablets in their hands and uploaded them to the database.

"That's it for this section, let's keep going forward..." The old scholar was planning to keep going forward, but at this moment - "No! There are signs of activation of the hyperspace gate!" The technicians at the rear discovered an anomaly. , a warning was immediately sent from the communication channel.

In fact, there is no need to be reminded. Everyone within the range of the hyperspace gate saw signs of its activation. The brightness of the Aldnoah power unit began to increase, and the special light beam that penetrated the space barrier was launched from the ground. When they came out, the gravity fluctuations caused by the distortion of space swept through everyone inside the hyperspace door, causing several elderly people among them to feel a sudden discomfort, staggering and almost falling to the ground.

"What? What's going on? Are the Earthlings launching an attack now?" The officer in charge of supervising the removal of the hyperspace gate said with gritted teeth, resisting the discomfort of motion sickness in his body.

According to the intelligence, the Earthlings should have just taken over the hyperspace gate on the moon. According to convention, even if they want to use it, they have to go through several days of preparation and inspection. How could they launch an attack so soon... Did those Earthlings want to die? ! Well, that's right. Since the hyperspace gate itself is a super ancient relic left by an alien civilization tens of thousands of years ago, it is a very old antique. Whether it is Earthlings or Martians, when using the hyperspace gate, it is impossible to ignore everything and use it directly.

Even the Martians who have the most in-depth understanding of the hyperspace gate need to repeatedly check and test the entire hyperspace gate facility before each interplanetary teleportation to ensure that this teleportation will not become a one-way ticket to hell.

——God knows what will happen when the transmission fails. What if, as described in those science fiction movies, only the upper or lower body is transmitted, or even more terrifyingly, only the bones or internal organs in the body are transmitted... Tsk tsk, it's terrifying to think about it! Ahem! Let's get back to the topic! The suddenly activated hyperspace gate immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding garrisons. The shrill alarm sounded immediately. Laser anti-aircraft turrets, plasma ray cannons, gravity trap generators... Various anti-aircraft weapons responded immediately, and the attack targets were all directed at the gradually distorted space above the hyperspace gate. Even those who have not yet left the range of the hyperspace gate could not help but point their guns in the direction of the sky.

Are the earthlings... coming! 　　... The impact of the opening of the hyperspace gate became more and more obvious, and the distortion of space and time soon reached the threshold of breaking through the space dimension.

The next moment, the space that was distorted to the extreme suddenly returned to calm - it's coming! Everyone present was awe-inspiring and their vigilance was raised to the highest level. The moment the earthling troops appeared, they would immediately launch an attack.