Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 357 Asteroid Belt Defense Line
Xu Jiuwen was taken aback. He had already seen the strength and unscrupulousness of the Mutual Aid Association. Now let him deal with this organization, can he do it?

But he immediately realized that this appointment should be Mr. Zhong's intention.

He doesn't know who Mr. Zhong is from Guminhui, but he knows that Mr. Zhong is the chairman of the famous Red Star Company.

If Mr. Zhong thinks he can do it, then he will definitely do it.

He suppressed the excitement in his heart, and replied firmly: "I promise to complete the task!"

Shi Hanxing nodded in satisfaction, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, and he prefers to go to the mountains, this person is at least qualified in terms of courage.

"Comrade Xu Jiuwen, I will give you all the information we have about the Mutual Aid Association. As for how you will carry out your work in the future, I will not make any restrictions."

"What manpower do you need, what kind of help do you need from the club, you go down and make a list. Remember, money is not a problem!"

Xu Jiuwen took the order and left.

Shi Hanxing pondered for a while, and then spat out three words heavily: "Mutual Aid Association".

At this moment, he understood a little bit why Yang Shuzhen said just now that he was asked to do something serious.

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2034 1 Month 1 Day.

In the deep space of the solar system, which is more than 4 million kilometers away from the earth, the Star Reacher is like a lonely traveler heading away from the sun without hesitation.

At this time, the earth has become one of the stars in the sky, only a little brighter than the other stars.

Zhong Cheng sat in front of the optical brain in the command center, finished processing the documents sent from the earth, watched the videos sent by his relatives and friends again, and sent another group of his New Year congratulations.

He calculated that it would take 2 minutes and 30 seconds for the congratulatory video to be sent back to Earth.

At this distance, people can feel the "slowness" of the speed of light.

If it is on Saturn, this delay time will reach 1 hour, and it will reach more than 5 hours in the Kuiper belt, not to mention other star systems beyond light years.

The problem of the speed of light, only in terms of communication, will limit the immigration of human beings outside the solar system.

At a distance calculated in light years, because of the lag in information transmission, human beings who leave the solar system will only be kites with broken strings.

"Quantum entanglement!"

Zhong Cheng murmured, only by using the property of quantum entanglement to ignore space distance and realize long-distance communication can human beings truly go to the stars and the sea.

But so far, the principle of quantum entanglement is still unclear.

Zhong Cheng stood up and walked to the back cabin. It was time for teaching again.

In just ten days, they have already adapted to living in space, and the unchanging starry sky outside Zhaxing has lost its original attraction.

According to the suggestions of "old sailors" like Hu Bo, even if there are no working passengers on the plane, they should live strictly according to the regular work and rest time.

Zhong Cheng himself has a lot of affairs from the earth to deal with, while Yang Xi and Lin Wei need to plan and arrange the follow-up work, and the others are assigned to study and fitness tasks, anyway, they can't let people idle.

I brought 84 sets of engineering mechs on board the Star Reaching, in preparation for the Star Reaching Project. Practicing the operation of the mechas has become everyone's favorite leisure activity.

And Zhong Chengcheng became everyone's instructor without hesitation.

Three days later, when Zhong Cheng was looking up at the starry sky in the command center, Hu Bo walked up to him and told him that Zhaixing has now entered the orbit of Mars.

Due to the large ellipticity of Mars' orbit, the closest distance to the Earth ranges from 5500 million kilometers to more than 1 million kilometers.

每隔15或17年会发生一次最接近的大冲（近日点冲），上次火星大冲是在2018年7月31日，距离地球5759万公里。

The next Mars opposition will be on September 2035, 9, when it will be 11 million kilometers away from Earth, which is the best time to land on Mars.

Zhong Cheng asked a little curiously: "You have already built a base on the more distant Ceres, why don't you choose Mars first?"

The outside world has always had a lot of speculation on this issue, and there is no consensus. The space agency has various explanations to the outside world.

Hu Bo was a little hesitant, Zhong Cheng smiled and said, "If it's convenient, just say it, it's okay!"

Hu Bo smiled when he heard the words, "I'm sorry, Mr. Zhong, the Director told me that you are a trustworthy person, and I was the one to be rude."

"Actually, the outside world's speculation is not accurate. We preemptively develop Ceres to prepare for a war in the solar system that will break out in the future."

"Oh?!"

Zhong Cheng was taken aback, but he wasn't too surprised. The top leaders of the Federation were not all idiots, and it was normal to plan ahead.

Hu Bo continued: "The military strategic role of the asteroid belt is too important. It is a natural line of defense around the earth, guarding the earth and the three exclusive planets of the Asian Federation in the middle."

"It is precisely because it is so important that when the Outer Space Convention was signed, the asteroid belt was listed as a joint development resource, and the principle of whoever develops it will be used."

"So the three major federations are rushing to occupy the celestial bodies in the asteroid belt. Ceres is the largest celestial body in the asteroid belt and the only dwarf planet. We landed and developed Ceres first, taking the lead."

"The subsequent use of Ceres as a base to continue to develop other celestial bodies in the asteroid belt and build a solid asteroid belt defense line requires a lot of financial, material and manpower, and the space agency is simply unable to take care of it."

"So only the development of Mars, Venus, and Mercury is handed over to federal companies. Of course, it is mainly Red Star Company, and only Red Star Company has the ability to develop these planets on a large scale."

After Zhong Cheng heard it, he thought that it was not what he expected, Wu Tie was so generous, because he had no plan to develop Mars in the first place.

However, he still appreciates what Wu Tie has done. Someone must do national defense construction. If all the people are engaged in development and making money, then the Asian Federation will be really dangerous.

Hu Bo continued: "Actually, besides the military needs to develop the asteroid belt, the asteroid belt is also very rich in resources. Building an industrial base in the asteroid belt is no worse than on the moon."

"And the asteroid belt is located at the hub of the solar system, which can provide transit services for the earth to Jupiter, Saturn and further planets, and even provide traffic transit services for Mars and Venus when they are far away from the earth."

Zhong Cheng nodded and agreed that the asteroid belt has indeed been developed, which can greatly strengthen the connection between the planets in the solar system.

Take Mars as an example. Mars approaches the Earth once in 2 years and 2 months, and it is more than 1 million kilometers away from the Earth for more than 3 year. During this period, it is impossible for Mars and the Earth to stop communicating.

However, the ground fire route can be transferred through the asteroid belt, reducing the risk of long-distance routes and the amount of supplies carried.

Zhong Cheng said generously, "After the first spaceship of Red Star Company is completed, the second and third spaceships that will be started later can be sold to you for use. By then, the construction progress of the asteroid belt defense line will be tenfold. A hundred times faster."

Hu Bo asked in shock: "Is it the spaceship that is currently in the lunar geostationary orbit?"

Zhong Cheng smiled confidently: "It will definitely be bigger and more advanced than it. They are far behind Red Star Company in terms of heavy industry!"

"really?"

Hu Bo couldn't believe it. He has been on the moon and back all these years, and he has "coveted" the Super Apollo for a long time!
It was his dream to be the captain of a spaceship, and now it is within reach.

(End of this chapter)