Mecha and Knife

"Reporting officer, the First Orbital Airborne Corps of the Federation Longzhou Space Fleet, the individual starship pilot of the Transport Aviation Brigade, Corporal Huang Zhengli came to report."

It was almost exactly the same as what Huang Shisan said to Ji Xinghe when they met last time, the difference was that this time Huang Zhengli had the rank of corporal.

This sounds a bit abnormal, because on the Azure Star, fighter pilots are generally ranked as lieutenant or captain. When they graduate from the relevant flight academy, they can be promoted to the rank of lieutenant and assigned the rank of deputy company.

It seems a little unfair that pilots who can fly individual starships have to go on several missions before they can get the rank of corporal.

But Huang Shisan didn't think it was unfair, nor did people like him. They were ready to sacrifice when they joined the army, and the rank of the army didn't really mean anything to them.

"sorry."

Ji Xinghe did not make a formal response, but directly apologized, which confused Huang Shisan, who was very emotional when he saw Ji Xinghe.

"I know that this operation is dangerous, so I came to you by name."

"That's right, if you don't look for me, who are you looking for?" Huang Shisan instantly lost his military look, his military posture was loose, and he said with a playful smile: "I told you before, we must fight for it." Until the qualification of being my co-pilot, it is obvious, sir, you have achieved it now."

Ji Xinghe breathed a sigh of relief, that's why he chose to find Huang Shisan.

When he saw Huang Shisan for the first time, he thought that he was a bad person, and he was fine with racing fast, and he also said that he was some kind of Xinfeng Shisan Shao.You know, the ring road in Xinfeng City takes an hour to run normally, but this person claims that he ran it in 13 minutes. How much is the speed limit?

In the past, Ji Xinghe thought that Huang Shisan was bad and should be beaten, so he beat Huang Shisan, but when he saw Huang Shisan for the second time, he saw that the red explosive head on the man's head was gone , replaced by the most common round-inch hairstyle of federal soldiers on alien planets, and put on military uniforms.

So he knew that this person was just a bit of a fool, not bad, and he had courage and strength.

Driving a car is different from driving an individual starship, but there is no difference in essence. Speed ​​and passion are indispensable.

"Okay, you will call me Lao Ji from now on."

"Really? Hahahaha..." Huang Shisan laughed loudly with his hands on his hips, making Ji Xinghe feel as if he saw Shenmu in a daze.

"Old Ji?"

"kindness."

"Old Ji."

"Are you finished? I'm in a hurry."

"I know you are in a hurry, but I have to work hard, we have 2 minutes."

Individual starships do not need to be refueled. There is no oil on the alien planet, and the Federation will not transport gasoline, diesel, aviation kerosene, etc. to the alien planet. Fuel engines have almost been eliminated on the alien planet. Only some spaceships /Battleship is only used because of it.

But both conventional battery technology and nuclear fuel cell technology require charging and filling media similar to refueling.

"You were on a mission just now?"

"Yeah, I was doing an orbital cruise just now. But I couldn't see anything. The patrol area was almost completely covered by dust storms. The dust storms on this alien planet are too terrifying. It doesn't matter if it can blow a few thousand meters high, and it's still going on. Can't get away."

"Taking off and landing in a dust storm, is there a problem?"

"No problem, don't worry about my skills, Lao Ji, I didn't brag about it. Do you really think that the name Thirteen Young Masters of Xinfengcheng is a vain name? No one in Xinfengcheng except me can do it in 13 minutes. I ran the Ring Road in less than 4 minutes, the previous record was 1 minutes, I improved by [-] minute, do you know what the concept is?"

There is still time, Ji Xinghe is not in a hurry, looking at Huang Shisan who was called over by him, he pondered slightly: "I know, because your car is better."

"What do you mean my car is better? It's the technology." Huang Shisan said dissatisfied: "Old Ji, if you don't know how to drive, don't talk nonsense."

Ji Xinghe hesitated a little: "39 years ago, when the Ring Road was just opened, I ran for 49 minutes and [-] seconds."

Huang Shisan was stunned.

When Ji Xinghe thought that Huang Shisan should ask him what kind of car he was driving, Huang Shisan's angle was so tricky that Ji Xinghe fell silent.

"Old Ji, you are racing yourself, how can you have the face to hit me?"

Thinking of the scene where he was beaten by Ji Xinghe and hung on the wall in the detention center, Huang Shisan still feels that his head hurts.

Ji Xinghe explained seriously: "I'm not drag racing, it's an official competition. Besides, I didn't hit you, I just subdued you, in case you wanted to shoot me first."

Huang Shisan frowned in thought, and then questioned in a decisive tone: "No, there is no such record. I checked, and the record is 4 to [-] minutes. Don't fool me. The underground racing car has never heard of your record."

"I didn't participate in any underground racing. I participated for others. At that time, when a racer came to modify the car, he stepped on the oil and slipped and broke his leg. But then I was found to be an impostor, so the result was invalidated."

"???"

"This story is very long, I will tell you when I have time."

"..."

Huang Shisan was speechless, but fortunately his individual starship was finally ready to take off.

Exactly the same as last time, Ji Xinghe, who already had experience, was not afraid of the dust storm. He believed in Huang Shisan's skills.

Huang Shisan also lived up to Ji Xinghe's expectations, driving the individual starship to send Ji Xinghe to the space battleship Shenshuiyuan. This space battleship belonging to the Longzhou Space Fleet has been designated as an orbital airborne aircraft The special battleship of the Armored Corps, almost all the mechs used by the mech warriors of the Orbital Airborne Mecha Corps, will be sent to this space battleship in advance during non-combat times.

"Old Ji, why don't you get two mechas for each of you."

Huang Shisan asked curiously during the process of landing the space battleship.

"Because there is no money."

"Isn't it? It's only two mechas per person. Don't you have more than 300 special-level mechas? The Federation can't afford more than 300 mechas."

"Special mechs are very expensive because they have been modified."

Moreover, the mechs are about to be replaced.

Ji Xinghe didn't explain too much, and flew away from the opened hatch of the individual starship.

Seeing this scene, Huang Shisan was no longer amazed, and also flew out of the individual starship. Seeing that Ji Xinghe was about to pass through the metal gate, he finally couldn't help asking.

"Old man, what kind of car are you driving?"

Ji Xinghe reached out and grabbed the edge of the gate, and gave the answer without looking back before exerting his strength.

"EA86."

Huang Shisan was stunned. He knew this car was a family car of Longzhou's own brand. It was not at the same level as the top sports car he drove after 13 minutes of running.

How can it be?

Modification, it must be modification, Lao Ji is an auto mechanic, he must have modified the car illegally, otherwise it would be impossible to run 4 minutes.

Well, you old guy, you said you were participating in a legal racing car, but in the end you changed the car illegally in private, and you even entered the race under a false name, you are still the violent person who should be sentenced.

Huang Shisan gave himself an answer in his heart, looked at the back of Ji Xinghe flying away, and said softly: "Old Ji, we must continue to be violent and kill those dogs and orangutans."

Ji Xinghe didn't hear it, but he will continue to be violent.

"Lieutenant Ji Xinghe, the orbital airborne drop is about to begin, please confirm that you are ready."

"confirm."

The mecha that Ji Xinghe drives is still the custom-modified Federal No.16 generation mecha, and the relevant parties re-equipped him with weapons. The additional weapons are two mecha knives with high-frequency oscillation characteristics.

If he hadn't brought back the mecha epee made of tungsten steel and gold back to Base No. [-], maybe he would have two mecha swords made of tungsten steel and gold now?

Ji Xinghe didn't regret it, because these four knives were enough.

"Orbital airborne, release."

When the reminder sounded, Ji Xinghe fell straight to the surface of the alien planet from a height of [-] meters.

Armored, with a knife.

Chapter 176 Hunting, start

No one knows how many imperial mechas there are in total, just like no one knows how many imperial mechas there are in the periphery of base No. [-] at this time.

The dust storm blocked the line of sight of all the high-altitude reconnaissance satellites of the Federation. The detection eyes arranged outside the No. [-] base were destroyed by one-third in the first time, and the remaining detection eyes were also in a state of being destroyed.

"120, there are 120 known, four complete Imperial mecha formations."

"We have destroyed 39 of them, but our battle damage has reached 47, of which only 31 can be recovered, and it will take at least two days to complete all repairs."

"The number of our mecha fighters is sufficient, there are still 500 people, but we don't have that many mechas."

"Major Jackson, we only have 156 mechas that can be put into battle now, but we are not sure how many mechas the empire sent this time."

"Moreover... a mecha squad was completely annihilated, and there was a super mecha fighter among them. The staff believes that the commander of the imperial mecha formation this time is likely to be an earl-level imperial mecha."

Nearly an hour before Ji Xinghe, Major Jackson, who arrived at Base No. [-] via orbital airborne, received all the information but not a single piece of good news.

The location of the No. [-] base has been suspected to have been exposed before, but because the empire did not specifically target the No. [-] base when it launched a full-scale attack, it seems that the goal is entirely to destroy the No. [-] base.

Therefore, although the number of mechas in the No. 120 base is much higher than that of the last dust storm, the number is only two hundred.Facing the attack of at least [-] imperial mechas, including an earl-level imperial mecha, it would be impossible to survive without special support like Jackson.

It must be a special class like Jackson that is close to the trump card. The special class that has just won [-] gold stars, such as the blind and lame, is just a drop in the bucket.

"I see."

Jackson responded softly, and did not affect his emotions because of the bad news. He landed directly within the short-wave communication range of the No. [-] base. He did not enter the base to rest, and directly formulated his battle plan on the communication channel.

"Send me the exact coordinates of the annihilated mecha team, as well as the possible route of the earl-level mecha analyzed by the staff department, and send a mecha team to follow me for support."

There is only one goal for Jackson's support, which is the earl-level imperial mecha that can "snap kill" ordinary federal mecha fighters. None of the choices are wrong.

"But we are not sure how many mechas are around the other side to protect them. If it is a complete formation of imperial mechas... Major Jackson, this is very dangerous."

Relevant personnel at Base No. [-] raised doubts and suggested: "We believe that you should lead a mecha squad to carry out hunting operations, and try to destroy the common mechas of the empire as much as possible."

The number of ordinary imperial mechs is temporarily found to be less than that of No. [-] base, but the average combat power of the two sides is already somewhat different. In addition, the communication was affected in the dust storm, and the detection eyes were destroyed by the imperial mechs. , it is difficult to pinpoint the position of the Imperial Mecha.

The mechas in the No. [-] base can't fight more than the few, so the damage rate is extremely high. According to the current situation, if the ordinary imperial mechas are not contained, all the mechas in the No. [-] base will be destroyed.

Staff officers have their perspectives, and Jackson has Jackson's perspective. Everyone has a different understanding of war and combat.

Jackson suddenly thought of the scene where Ji Xinghe said he didn't believe him last time. At this moment, he understood Ji Xinghe's mood at that time.

"Lieutenant Ji Xinghe will come to support him. The hunting mission is entrusted to him. My mission target is only the earl-level mecha of the empire. Need it, should I apply for higher command authority?"

Lieutenant Ji Xinghe?

Hearing this name, everyone in the command center of the No. [-] base suddenly became emotional, even more excited than when Jackson parachuted outside the base.

Judging from the number of gold stars, Ji Xinghe can't compare with Jackson at all now, but judging from the improvement in the confidence of everyone in Base No. [-], Ji Xinghe, a second lieutenant, far exceeds Jackson, a major.

"No need, Major Jackson, your battle plan has been approved, and the support team has been mobilized, consisting of 21 mechas. The relevant location information and intelligence information have been sent, please check."

"it is good."

Jackson was not surprised that his battle plan was approved. Compared with Ji Xinghe's battle plan, which had to be well-founded and even violated military orders, his rank of major gave him great convenience.

Perhaps, this is the reason why Ji Xinghe's military rank has never been able to match his meritorious service. No one wants a person who often violates military orders to get a higher military rank.

Jackson did not wait for the arrival of the support team, but set off first. He was not alone, but kept a communication distance of 1.5 kilometers with the support team, which was the maximum communication distance of short-wave communication in the dust storm.

In fact, one kilometer is the safest, because when dust storms occur, when those alien dusts full of hematite are flying, they will often inexplicably affect the relevant communication signals. Only a communication distance of one kilometer can guarantee absolutely smooth communication. .

The detection eyes arranged on the periphery of the No. [-] base also have the function of short-wave communication, which can maintain communication while detecting the enemy's situation.But when the detection eye is destroyed, all aspects will be seriously affected.

What Jackson can do now is to make judgments based on the information sent back to the base before the detection eye was destroyed and the sacrificed mecha fighters before they died, and then look for the earl-level imperial mecha in the dust storm. Location.

Some mecha fighters who have died, failed to send any substantive information back due to communication reasons before they died, but their death itself is a kind of information.

……

In the dust storm, there was a sudden roar, which was another mecha from the Orbital Airborne Mecha Corps successfully landed.

"Body self-inspection, communication signal detection."

Ji Xinghe was in the midst of a dust storm, with visibility of less than 100 meters. This time the dust storm was more severe than the previous one. Not only did it cover a wider area, but the dust density in some areas was also higher due to the dust storm.

"The detection is complete, and the communication connection is successful."

The intelligent assistance system that comes with the mecha, turned on the green light at the same time as it made a sound.

"Lieutenant Ji Xinghe?"

"it's me."

The other end of the successfully established communication is the No. [-] base that is in crisis.

"Old Ji."

Because they are too familiar, the flow of the conversation and the appellations are not very in line with the rules, but at this time, no one cares.

"You are at a position 1.7 kilometers away from the base, and the specific coordinates have been sent. At present, there is no trace of the Imperial Mecha within a five-kilometer radius of you. There are thirty of our Mechas divided into seven investigation units. The Imperial Mechas we have discovered The quantity is..."

The relevant information that was just told to Jackson was repeated to Ji Xinghe again, including Jackson's battle plan.

Ji Xinghe was not surprised. Jackson said that he would not be allowed to come, and took away the only individual starship capable of carrying people from Base [-].But just as Jackson believes that Ji Xinghe can help him improve his strength, Jackson also believes that Ji Xinghe will come to support him.

After listening to all the known information so far, Ji Xinghe groaned for a short while and then said softly: "First, tell all the mecha fighters, except Major Jackson and the mecha team supporting him, that after encountering the imperial mecha, Don't start a fight unless you have an absolute advantage, let them wait for me."

"Second, keep in touch with me at all times, and be sure to inform me of the location of all the identified imperial mechas. The rearrangement of the detection eyes is based on my travel route."