Annihilation of the solar system

Xia Lan and Wei Xu got into an old car that creaked due to vibration when accelerating. Along the way, there were splashed glass shards, flying billboard fragments, toppled street signs, and broken branches. On both sides of the road, besides peeling

Gone were the warriors in power suits and the sculpted combat mechs with various postures, as well as many armed civilians who had moved to the ground due to the shutdown of the ventilation system.

The whole world was gray and messy, as if it had just experienced an unprecedented typhoon. The sound of dense diesel engines echoed among the buildings, and there was also a faint smell of diesel and fishy smell in the air. It is hard to imagine that this city is split between two

Tianqian is still one of the centers of the world where everything is orderly and united.

The car drove past the broken branches and fallen leaves on the ground to the front of the Ministry of National Defense building. In an ordinary conference room, all the senior officers of the combat command center were waiting for them. The temporary tungsten lamp on the ceiling was glowing.

The yellow light shines on every face full of exhaustion and loneliness.

General Zuo Mingyi came up and got to the point:

"Dr. Xia Lan, Dr. Wei Xu, what you reported earlier about the thin strip of light being peeled off from the star ring and flying to the northeast has attracted our great attention. You also requested to report in person, and we will organize

This meeting has been held, please introduce the situation first."

Wei Xu took out a pile of handwritten papers and drawings from his bag. Xia Lan searched around with a look of confusion on her face. Zuo Mingyi handed over a black marker:

"If you need a demonstration, please just write on the wall. Don't be rigid."

Xia Lan took the marker and nodded. Then he turned around and drew a circle with a ring on the white wall of the conference room.

"This is our Earth, and the rings surrounding the equator."

Then she drew a line on the star ring that spiraled around the Earth and finally disappeared over the North Pole.

"We observed the light band twice through a small telescope last night and early this morning. One was when it just left the ring, and the other was at the edge of the northern skyline 100 minutes later.

Although the observation equipment is very limited, we can basically determine that the same star ring material is observed at different times and locations, which is estimated to be about 5% of the total star ring material."

"Where did they go?" Zuo Mingyi asked.

Xia Lan pointed to the lines on the sketch that disappeared over the North Pole:

"According to our estimated orbital inclination and speed, they should have entered a polar transfer orbit. Their destination should be the North Pole."

Wei Xu compiled the manuscript and added:

"Now all communications have been cut off, and it is impossible to understand the observation conditions in other areas. But we speculate that the same ring material in the southern hemisphere has also traveled to the Antarctic sky."

Zuo Mingyi asked:

"Is there any way to speculate or confirm the purpose of this part of the ring material going to the polar regions?"

After Xia Lan finished writing the last calculation formula, he turned to face everyone:

"This is why we must report in person. The electromagnetic pulse storm two days ago brought us back to the farming era almost overnight. Now we have no other observation methods at all, and we cannot obtain observation results from other areas. The only way is,

Let’s go to the North Pole and see what they are going to do!”

A staff officer smiled helplessly:

"Dr. Xia Lan, you also know that the electromagnetic pulse storm destroyed almost all of our equipment with chips, and most of the cars cannot start. How can we get to the North Pole, which is three to four thousand kilometers away?"

There was a slight noise in the venue, and officers and experts were all exchanging their opinions in a low voice. Chai Shizheng, who was sitting in the corner of the venue, broke the awkward atmosphere:

"When I was looking at the damage statistics report yesterday, a small general aviation airport in the western suburbs suffered relatively little damage. Half of their electronic equipment is still usable, the transformer equipment has not been burned, and the cars can still run.

I checked the combat readiness information. Perhaps because it is far away from the city, this general aviation airport does not have combat readiness missions. It is just an emergency backup airport. However, there are several Y-7s in its hangar. Judging from the age of the aircraft, it should be still there.

Can fly."

An air force staff officer reacted:

"I know the airport that General Chai mentioned. I went there when we compiled statistics before the war. There are indeed several Y-7s there, and airworthiness maintenance has not been interrupted.

But those aircraft were all produced in the 1980s, and this twin-engine propeller aircraft does not have such a long range to fly to the Arctic Circle. What’s even more troublesome is that we have no way to contact the airport ahead, and we don’t have any navigation equipment.

.Such a voyage is very dangerous."

"We can fly the plane to Komsomolsk or Vladivostok, fill it up with fuel, and put oil drums in the cabin. This will be enough to reach the Arctic Circle and return. At the airport ahead, we can contact the plane when it lands.

I believe we will provide you with all the help we can.

As for navigation, when I was in the Navy, I could complete circumnavigation navigation with only a compass and sextant. As long as the starry sky and magnetic field are still there, we can complete the entire route. The enemy has very few roads left for us now, and we have no

You have to be selective about your qualifications." Chai Shizheng's answer seemed to have made all preparations.

Several air force staff members discussed for a while and approved Chai Shizheng's proposal. Zuo Yiming said:

"Now that the preliminary plan has been determined, please ask Xia Lan and Dr. Wei Xu to make a list of observations so that we can bring the corresponding equipment. After obtaining the observation data, we will provide it for your analysis."

Xia Lan and Wei Xu looked at each other and said:

"No observation list is needed, Wei Xu and I will go with the plane."

"This is not possible, this route is too dangerous. I don't know if the airport ahead can provide help. Such an old antique machine flies polar routes without navigation. We can't let top experts like you take such a big risk.

!" Zuo Yiming rejected Xia Lan's proposal.

Xia Lan looked at Chai Shizheng, who nodded slightly and said nothing. She took a deep breath and said decisively:

"It is precisely because the route is very dangerous that we have to go. This way we can complete the observation data analysis on the spot and draw preliminary conclusions. Even if we cannot return, the observation results can be sent back. This may be of great importance to our next decision-making.

It’s very important and may save thousands of lives!”

Zuo Yiyi said anxiously:

"All long-distance communication systems are down. Even if you get the observation results, you can't send them back in time. I can't agree with you taking such a unnecessary risk."

Chai Shizheng said calmly:

"Aren't there still a few Y-7s? Send all the planes out. Let all the planes fly in the same direction on the same route at a distance of several hundred kilometers and at positions that can be contacted by long-range radio stations. After obtaining the observation results, it's like

Just like the beacon towers in ancient times, messages can be transmitted back one by one."

After demonstrations by the staff and technical officers, it was found that although every key link of the plan was full of danger and luck, it was indeed feasible.

Faced with Xia Lan's decisive attitude, Zuo Yiyi and the combat command center finally agreed to this primitive, rough and dangerous adventure plan. Because at present, they really have no other way to understand the alien civilization in the polar regions.

The trends are too important.