Chapter 48 Airborne

Li's idea is not surprising. In the empire, people who like the trial court will make people feel incomprehensible. So Jacob just shrugged his shoulders carelessly, "So what are you going to do?"

"What is the current situation of Laurent?"

"That boy is really unexpected. He is a very good seed. Maybe he is born to be a star warrior. The initial chemotherapy has been completed on the way, several major operations have been completed, and the efficacy tests have passed perfectly. Now he is being trained to adapt to his new organs.

"Then I'll teach him first."

"Do you want to take him to the battlefield?" Jacob asked worriedly, "Is it too early to let him participate in the task now?" He is a complete newcomer. Laurent was just an aristocrat of the earth before. Not to mention fighting with aliens, I'm afraid he hasn't done anything like killing. Besides, this time his opponent is still a ranger of the spirit clan.

"Of course I know it's dangerous, but we don't have time to slowly train the newcomers," Li drank the beer in the glass and sighed, "I have read some information of the trial court. This time we are facing the spirit clan is Aletok. Even among the spiritual clans, their rangers are the top. If the information is correct, they are used to infiltrating the enemy's defense line with a large number of rangers before a large-scale battle, harassing and destroying, so as to disrupt the layout of our army, and then suddenly launch a fierce attack with elite forces. If so, then the harassment of the spirit ranger is likely to be just an outpost, and the empire may be about to face a large-scale battle. Not to mention the actions of the trial court, they did not hide their purpose, which was to capture the spirit clan alive. We all know what the people they catch alive can do. The most promising thing for those poor guys is probably to die immediately. Will Aletok sit back and watch this happen? Watching your brothers and sisters suffer torture and eventually die in humiliation? They won't like the court."

"Do you predict a large-scale war?"

"The storm of war is coming, and I can almost smell the smoke of gunpowder from the wind," Li shook his head and said, "No one knows how big the final scale of this war will be. Will it get us involved in it? I hope my judgment is wrong. The universe is so vast that we can't fully control it. There are too many unpredictable factors in a war. The only thing we can do now is to strengthen ourselves as soon as possible and prepare for the upcoming war. Besides, I won't be stupid enough to let Luo Lang directly participate in the battle with the Ranger. Forget it, not to mention that, how about the location of the headquarters?

"After the choice, I initially selected the headquarters of the regiment in the Zhiyuan galaxy. Compared with the other two galaxies, the development of the Zhiyuan galaxy is undoubtedly much better. Within the galaxy, I personally think the autumn star of the agricultural world is a good choice."

"Autumn Star? Why did you choose there? Wouldn't it be too comfortable? The Autumn Star is an agricultural planet, and the climate environment on the planet is too gentle for soldiers.

"There are also some extreme environments on the Autumn Star, which are enough for our soldiers to use. If you need a more extreme natural environment, you can start from the Autumn Star and train on the dead planet in the Zhiyuan galaxy. Considering what you said about eliminating those overly demanding training to increase the survival rate of our soldiers, I think the Autumn Star is very appropriate. And it takes a process to turn into an interstellar warrior with ordinary warriors. We can't throw them into hell at the beginning.

"You're right. I have no problem. That's it. In two days, we will pass through the track of the Autumn Star, where I will put you down, and I will give you the mechanical priest Bell, and then the construction of the headquarters will be entrusted to you.

"Your Excellency, you can rest assured."

"Well, that's all. Is Laurent there now? You should pay more attention to the teaching on the way.

"It should be in the church."

Sure enough, Li found Luo Lang in the church. The young man was kneeling on one leg in front of the statue of the emperor. It was obvious that he was praying.

"Roron, what are you doing?"

"I, I'm praying," Luo Lang did not look back and still knelt in front of the statue. He replied in a dry voice and said, "I pray that the God will bless me, help me overcome my difficulties, help me gain glory, and forgive my sins."

"Don't ask too much, little Luo Lang, the emperor has given you strong flesh and blood, and the God Emperor will always be your most solid backing," Li said, "But what you encounter now is your plight, not the emperor's. Learn to overcome it by yourself. The emperor needs to take care of those who can't take care of themselves, while those of us who can take care of ourselves need to take care of ourselves. Now, end the prayer and stand up.

"Lord Li, I, I can't stand, I can't stand up!" Luo Long said in pain, "It hurts so much. My whole body hurts. The pain fills my whole body, and every muscle is in pain."

"Pain is just an illusion of your senses. Overcome it." Li said coldly, "Now I order you to stand up."

Luo Lang gritted his teeth and stood up tremblingly.

"Very good, come with me now," Li said and turned around and walked out of the church. Behind him, Luo Lang staggered to follow Li's footsteps.

"Very good. I can hardly imagine that you used to be a nobleman. Now I know why Jacob gave you such a high evaluation." As Li walked, he said, "To endure pain and overcome pain is not the patent of our Astart monk. Everyone in the world is like this. You don't have to be bitter. Look at your good performance. Let me tell you some good news first."

"Is there any good news?"

"Of course, first of all, congratulations. You have passed the initial and most difficult difficulty. Most people, including me, are not very optimistic about you. We all thought you would fall on this initial level. It's not to underestimate you. Because of this initial level, we have lost too many warriors. They either lost their mind and became idiots because they couldn't stand the pain. Either the body can't accept this transformation and becomes a monster. Li comforted and said, "Don't worry about your body. Your physical condition is very good, and all the data are perfect. The pain you feel now is just that your body is adapting to those new changes, and it will get better after a while. However, I suggest that you experience this pain and finally learn to control this pain. This is a good opportunity. If you can do this, you will easily learn how to control your body, which will do you a lot in the future.

"Yes, I will try my best, sir."

"Don't call me Lord Li or Your Excellency in the future. Just call me a tutor. The teaching has begun. Now I am your mentor. You will always be my knight apprentice for the next 50 years.

"Knight apprentice?"

"This is the hierarchy of our regiment. Newcomers like you who have passed the initial barrier but need to learn will be called knight apprentices. When you complete the fifty-year teaching, you can become a real knight in the Knights Templar. But this is just the beginning, and there is still a lot of things you need to learn later.

"It will take 50 years to complete the study of the knight's apprenticeship..."

"Don't think it's very long," Li smiled and said, "Fifty years is just a blink of an eye for the eternal life you have. Well, here we go. This is the shooting range. Let you take a look at our weapons first. There are many weapons here that you will either use by yourself or meet people who use these weapons in the future. So you must understand them, which will help you judge the strength of the enemy. A qualified soldier can distinguish the types of weapons just by the sound of gunfire, which is your first goal.

"I will do it."

"Look at this first," Li casually took out a rifle from the weapon rack. "This is a laser rifle, the standard configuration of the Imperial Guard." Li quickly disassembled the laser rifle, then quickly assembled it back, picked up the rifle, and shot at the target in the distance. Luo Lang only felt that there was a red in his eyes. The colored laser shadow was pierced by a laser beam of targets in the distance. Then Luo Lang heard a mechanical and electronic sound, "10 rings."

"It's best to use this kind of gun to hit the target," Li continued: "The laser rifle generates a small laser beam with a small and light energy block, so this gun has almost no recoil. It is very simple to hit a high score with it. Although it can be burned to death with one shot, or kill an ordinary person without protection, if it is against a strong special-shaped body or armor protection, the gun can't do anything. Unless it is used in a large amount of concentration, it will have little effect. It can't pierce the power armor of our Star Warrior. If you encounter this situation in future battles, your enemy is an imperial defense force, and the poor guy holds a laser rifle in his hand, then you don't have to hide. You can walk directly to him and kill him. This thing It's no different from a flashlight.

Putting the laser rifle aside, Li took out a weapon from the gun rack and said, "This is the weapon that belongs to our star warriors. The explosive gun seems to be not much different from the gunpowder weapons that your nobles usually play, but in fact there is an essential difference. The main difference is that the ammunition is different," Li explained in detail. "Generally, the ordinary gunpowder weapons circulating in the market use ancient brass bullets. After shooting, it triggers a gunpowder explosion, which pushes the bullet out and hits the enemy's body with warheads to produce lethality. In essence, it is no different from throwing stones at the enemy, but bullets are smaller and faster than stones. The explosive weapon is different. It fires explosive bullets driven by rockets.

Luo Lang looked blank.

"Don't you understand? To put it simply, every bullet in the explosive weapon is a small missile. Li said, while removing the magazine of the explosive arrow gun and ejected the bullets one by one. "The warhead contains highly explosives. After hitting the enemy, it will explode. There is a pusher at the tail of the bullet. After that, I will teach you how to disassemble, install, and maintain your explosive gun. Also, don't dismantle the bullets of the explosive gun. If it explodes, you will be doomed. Well, that's all for the culture class. Let's shoot the target first. Pay attention to your shooting posture. The recoil of the explosive gun is very strong.

It is also a pleasure for Li to teach such an excellent student as Luo Lang. In such a happy state, the Silver Wing arrived at its destination.

***

The atmosphere on the bridge is very tense. At the moment of war, everyone's heart is hanging. Although Elizabeth has repeatedly guaranteed that there are only a small number of spirit clans in less than ten digits on the planet "Aion", and there is no spiritual warship of the spirit clan, who can guarantee that her information is accurate?

The captain controlled the ship and carefully approached the planet "Aion". The crew looked at all the places they could find over and over again through various instruments. Fortunately, no trace of the enemy had been found in the universe.

"The planetary orbit is safe, and no trace of the enemy ships has been found."

Li nodded with satisfaction: "It seems that our judge's information is correct. The number of enemies is very small, so there are no enemy warships in the planetary orbit. Unless there is a large-scale action, in general, the spiritual people will not take their boats out. They have their own way to cross the starry sky.

"It's just that no trace of the enemy has been found for the time being, my regimental commander," the captain turned to the crew in the bridge and said, "Guys, please continue to be vigilant. No one knows where those cunning enemies are hiding."

"Then act according to the scheduled plan."

"Yes, commander." The captain saluted a naval salute, and then issued a series of orders in a row, "The hull maintains an angle of 45 degrees and slowly enters the outer cruise track of 'Iion'."

With the order, the Silver Wing, under the control of the helmsman, suddenly raised the head of the ship, like a landing swan, leaning and slowly sliding down towards the planet 'Aion'.

When the ship was fully in orbit, the adjutant reported, "It has entered the orbit."

The new order was immediately issued, "Balance the hull, prepare the projectile, and prepare the sky-eye projectile."

"Ready to finish."

"The eye of heaven is launched. After the launch is completed, the power furnace is turned off, and the ship enters a silent sailing state."

"The celestial eye launch has been completed, and the celestial eye has entered orbit. The power furnace is closed, the light control is activated, and the ship counts down three minutes before entering the silent sailing state.

Three minutes later, the Silver Wing entered a silent sailing state, and the whole ship seemed to be integrated into the dark universe. As long as it was not unlucky to meet the enemy ship head-on, it would be difficult for the ship to be found by the enemy.

After carefully examining the data on the control board in front of him, the captain turned to Li and said, "Captain, the initial goal of the mission has been achieved, and the ship has entered the planetary equatorial orbit. But I must say again that ships cannot provide fire support in time on the equatorial orbit. It is recommended to turn on the synchronous orbit calculation. If you enter the geostationary orbit, above the brownstone fortress, the ship can provide the firepower you need at any time.

"It is recommended to veto, we don't need the support of strong firepower. What's the situation below? Have you got in touch with 'brownstone'?"

"I have been contacted. Do you need to talk to them?"

"No, tell them to get the coffee ready and we'll go down right away." Li looked at the young captain in front of him and suddenly asked, "I'm sorry, captain, what's your name?"

"My name is Grant, Your Excellency."

"Yes, you did a good job. Now you take good care of our home. I'm going down."

Leaving the bridge, Li went directly to the carrier-based aircraft area on the lower deck of the ship, and only one "Thunderhawk" gunboat was parked in the narrow carrier-based aircraft area.

The Thunder Eagle gunboat is the standard aircraft of the Star Marine Corps. For the Star Marine Corps, there is no equipment comparable to the contribution of the Thunder Eagle gunboat. It can be used as a gunboat or a landing craft. With the help of Thunder Eagle, the marines in the orbital cruisers can accurately land on the target planet. Any place on the surface.

Of course, the Thunder Eagle in front of Li is not a gunboat, but only a transport boat, because it has no gun and no attack power at all. If you want to add gunfire, you have to spend your own money to upgrade the mechanical world. This is the Star Marine Corps. They will provide you with some primary equipment so that you can devote yourself to the battlefield, but if you want something good, you can first see if your merit is enough, and then take the money. Of course, merit is good, but to some extent, it is not as good as the throne coin.

Li's comrades-in-arms had already sat neatly in the airship. Elizabeth sat closest to the gate and looked at Li calmly, "Is it starting?" She asked.

"Guys, fasten your seat belts. We're going down." Then he pressed one hand on his ear and opened the communication line and said, "Little Eagle, this is the Knight King. Everyone is here. Let's go."

As soon as Li's voice fell, a response came from the cabin, "Little Eagle received, gentlemen and ladies. Welcome to take the Little Eagle. This is the pilot Peter and Edmund. Next, we will lead you on a hot journey. Please sit down and don't forget to fasten your seat belts."

While saying this, the hatch of the Kitty Hawk quickly closed. Two thick and powerful robotic arms poked out of the ceiling of the room, banging twice, holding the Kitty Hawk firmly, and the red light in the whole room began to flash. A minute later, the floor under the Kitty Hawk was pushed away like the same one. The gate slowly opened to both sides, revealing the planet under the cruiser. The robotic arm slowly stretched down and released the Kitty Hawk.