The Three-Body Problem: The Most Competent Wallfacer of All Time

Chapter 437 The Enemy's Mysterious Operation

Two Earth Days later, the three civilian ships led by Hao Ying rendezvoused with the command ship.

At this time, Cao Yang was using two damaged escape pods to build a shelter not far from the command ship to hide bioelectric signals.

It is not known whether the enemy's search is by means of metal detectors or life detectors.

In Jiang Yu's and Cao Yang's predictions, the enemy would search the planet at least several times, for several Earth years. When the enemy's warships are effectively replenished, perhaps the search will be even more intensive.

To be on the safe side, it is safe to set up a shelter.

This can not only counter the enemy's life detector, but also prevent a certain enemy soldier from using the command ship after make-up as a target to practice his skills in future searches because he is bored.

In the next few days, the enemy's search proceeded step by step, and the officers and soldiers on the command ship finally had a chance to breathe.

Jiang Yu and the others could finally have a good night's sleep. Although they would often wake up from the cold, they got a certain amount of rest both mentally and physically.

Then, Jiang Yu held a "commander meeting" to discuss the current situation and plans for the future.

Everyone drank hot tea and sat shivering together in the dim conference room.

Now the temperature inside the battleship has dropped to more than ten degrees below zero. Modern people live in a space city with a constant temperature. Such a low temperature makes everyone a little bit unbearable.

Fortunately, everyone's clothes have heating systems. Although they feel cold, they will not suffer from frostbite.

Jiang Yu first said: "We are only temporarily safe now, the crisis has not been lifted, so we must not let our guard down.

"As long as we find that the enemy is approaching us, we must immediately issue an alarm, and the three civilian ships will leave the shelter again, and we will hide in the built shelter as soon as possible."

Jiang Yu took out a cigarette and lit one by himself, then handed the cigarette case to Cao Yang and Xing Yuanbin: "Puff one to warm your mouth."

Both Cao Yang and Xing Yuanbin smiled and waved their hands.

Jiang Yu continued: "Cao Yang would like to tell you about our current situation and some information we have learned through various channels."

Cao Yang nodded, wiped his nose and said to everyone: "First of all, the enemy's main force may have suffered huge losses in the previous battle, or their main force may be searching elsewhere.

"Anyway, it is already certain that there are only ten enemy ships on this white planet.

"Of course it is not ruled out that this is the enemy's underestimation, but anyway, ten battleships are too small for a planet.

"It's our lifeline.

"Secondly, according to the photos sent back by the detector, the search for the enemy ship has also achieved certain results.

"They not only found our command ship, but also found at least twenty civilian ships, and killed all the compatriots on the civilian ships.

"The enemy's atrocities didn't stop there. They piled up the corpses, as if to show their brutality."

Speaking of this, Cao Yang's tone was a bit sad, everyone sitting there had seen that photo, and everyone's teeth were itching.

Cao Yang took a deep breath: "Fortunately, so far, no warship has fallen into the hands of the enemy.

"The enemy did not rush to blow up the found civilian ship as before, but dismantled it. It seems that they also hope to get some information about us.

"In the end, the detector took a photo of the individual enemy, and everyone has seen that photo, but the front cannot be seen in the photo, and there are only a few clearer overhead views.

"The appearance of the enemy is like a standard cuboid, without obvious limbs, and there is no difference between the head and the torso.

"However, this must be the enemy's space suit or other equipment. It is still unclear what the enemy looks like.

"According to the analysis of Yinhe-[-], the enemy individual is much taller than the human individual, because the enemy's spacesuit is more than five meters high, obviously there will not be only a one-meter-high dwarf in the spacesuit.

"That's what we have at the moment."

Then Jiang Yu made a concluding speech: "Next, we will try our best to repair the nuclear engine, and then we will break through the ice and snow, trying to find metal minerals under the ice and snow cover.

"If possible, we need to establish a simple industrial system under the cover of ice and snow to further repair the command ship.

"Of course, the premise of all this is that we have repaired the nuclear engine and have enough energy supply."

His eyes turned around on everyone's faces: "Next, we will enter the dormant period."

……

Jiang Yu never imagined that after twelve Earth Days, the situation would have an unexpected change.

At around 15 o'clock, Jiang Yu, who got the news, trotted to the command room: "What did you just say?"

Only a dozen or so staff officers including Cao Yang are here, and Cao Yang repeated the report just now: "Ten enemy ships entered outer space at the same time and formed a formation.

"Towards the direction of 16.15 degrees left and 18.98 degrees above the ecliptic of the white planet's equator."

Jiang Yu didn't quite believe it: "Go and confirm it again."

Cao Yang said: "It has been confirmed three times. According to the photos sent back by the probe, the enemy ship is really moving away from the white planet."

Everyone was a little anxious, because the enemy's operation was beyond people's expectations.

Everyone present knows that in interstellar wars, unexpected situations are not a good phenomenon.

A combat staff officer said: "Could this be another trick of the enemy? They are not Trisolarans! They are enemies who can set traps!

"This may be a simple trick of 'leading the snake out of the hole'!"

Xing Yuanbin didn't think so: "We have detectors to know the movements of the enemy ships, but civilian ships don't have detectors, that is to say, they don't know that the enemy ships have left.

"It's useless to throw the most beautiful bait at a blind man!"

Cao Yang guessed: "Could it be that they have more important things to deal with?"

Jiang Yu asked, "For example?"

Cao Yang spread his hands, expressing that he could only think of this step.

Jiang Yu said: "Can you, can you let our detectors follow up and see, what are the ten enemy ships doing?"

"I can't go." Xing Yuanbin smiled bitterly: "The detector on the command ship can't fly too far."

The combat staff officer Bertrand guessed: "Could they go back for reorganization? Then come back to search?"

"Take off your pants and fart!" Another staff officer said, "How easy it is for them to reorganize in the low-earth orbit of the white planet!"

Bertrand said unconvinced: "What if this is someone's military habit?"

"How can there be such an unreasonable military habit?"

"Okay!" Jiang Yu stopped this unnecessary dispute: "Just wait and see what happens, don't make any guesses!"

He said solemnly: "At this time, don't panic, and don't mess yourself up!"

Speaking of this, Jiang Yu suddenly thought: "Didn't we launch ten probes with curvature engines to the New World galaxy before?
"Is there a way to contact them?"

Xing Yuanbin was stunned for a moment before saying: "Our real-time communication system in the universe has self-destructed. There is no way to actively contact them. We can only wait for them to contact us."

Cao Yang also said: "Those detectors will most likely be discovered by the enemy, or be forced to hide and go dormant, and may have to wait for reinforcements to arrive before they can become active again."

Jiang Yu crossed his arms and said, "If the solar system countries don't give up on us, they will use those probes to find us at the right time."

(End of this chapter)