118 interstellar fighters, not a single one missing?
All the female soldiers in the bridge were stunned.
“Are you sure you didn't count wrong?” Qiao Rong Rong asked in a trembling voice.
“I counted twice, there’s no mistake. It's 118!”
Tick-tock
At this time, Deputy Captain Tang Yuan's face appeared on the projection screen of the communication device.
“Deputy Captain!” All the female soldiers stood at attention and saluted Tang Yuan.
“Qiao Rong Rong, where is Captain Sun He!” Tang Yuan's first words were unexpected.
“Ah?” Qiao Rong Rong was taken aback, then mumbled softly: “That… according to your order, shortly after the fighter group set off, Captain Sun He was loaded into the escape pod and sent to Xiaogu Star, which is closer.”
“What! Go after him, immediately lock on to the escape pod's location, and bring him back to me!” Tang Yuan roared almost hysterically.
This made everyone even more puzzled.
“That… Secretary Officer… Did you just say Xiaogu Star?” A female soldier next to her suddenly raised her hand, her expression a little strange.
“Yeah. What’s wrong?”
“We found a cosmic vortex on the trajectory leading to Xiaogu Star after turning on the radar.
If the escape pod was launched from here towards Xiaogu Star, it would most likely be affected by this cosmic vortex, and the escape pod's direction would change.” The female soldier replied.
Qiao Rong Rong was shocked: “Where will the escape pod land!”
“This requires calculation, it might take ten minutes.” The female soldier replied.
“Calculate it immediately!” Tang Yuan's voice came from the communicator, her voice extremely urgent.
This made Qiao Rong Rong and the other female soldiers a little surprised.
They couldn't understand why Deputy Captain Tang Yuan cared so much about this male captain at this moment.
Five minutes later.
Deputy Captain Tang Yuan and fighter pilot Qi Bing appeared on the bridge.
“Deputy Captain!” All the female soldiers stood at attention.
“Qi Bing, what happened on your side? Did you not encounter any starships of the Ivoker fleet?” Luo Na, who had returned earlier, curiously asked Qi Bing.
Qi Bing said solemnly: “We encountered starships of the Ivoker fleet.”
“Then why didn’t you lose any of your fighters?” Luo Na asked in confusion.
This was also a question that the other female soldiers were curious about.
Qi Bing took a deep breath: “We encountered the Ivoker fleet and fought for half an hour. We destroyed three Hunt Wolf-class interstellar patrol ships and two Short Sword-class interstellar destroyers.
Apart from some fighters being damaged, we did not lose any fighters, and no pilot was killed.”
Hearing this, everyone gasped.
“This… This is impossible…” Luo Na widened her eyes, although saying this might not be appropriate.
But in their original prediction, even if they successfully completed this mission, at least 70% of the interstellar fighters in the entire group would be lost.
“It's all because of that… man.” Qi Bing looked at Deputy Captain Tang Yuan, who had walked to Secretary Officer Qiao Rong Rong, with a complex expression.
Tang Yuan’s expression was serious: “Have you calculated the escape pod's trajectory yet?”
“Not yet… It will take another five minutes.” The female soldier operated the instrument, continuously calculating.
Tang Yuan looked at Qiao Rong Rong: “Immediately show me the surveillance footage of the fighter warehouse from the 72 hours before we went into hibernation.”
“Ah?” Qiao Rong Rong looked at the Deputy Captain with confusion.
“Don't just stand there, get it out for me!” Tang Yuan urged.
She was anxious now, she desperately wanted to investigate the truth of all this.
What did that man do!
“Report, the warehouse surveillance footage has been altered.” The female soldier said.
Tang Yuan frowned slightly, but she seemed to have anticipated this.
“Can it be restored.”
“It can be restored, it will take a few minutes.”
“Alright, then find me any other surveillance footage. I want any video surveillance that shows Captain Sun He during this period!” Tang Yuan's eyes shone with determination.
Luo Na, standing beside her, looked at Tang Yuan in this way and muttered softly: “What’s wrong with her?”
“Don't talk, just watch. You'll know what happened later. If I'm not wrong, the reason we were able to complete this mission so successfully this time,
is all because of this Captain's contributions.” Qi Bing whispered, his eyes filled with complex emotions.
“Report, found two surveillance videos from the Captain's bedroom to the fighter warehouse during hibernation. The fighter warehouse surveillance footage has been restored 60%.” The female soldier reported.
“Show me those two surveillance videos first!”
“Yes!”
Soon, two surveillance videos were displayed on the big screen.
One showed the time three days ago, when the female soldiers had just entered hibernation, Sun He's figure emerged from his bedroom, sneaking through the corridor to the warehouse, and then he actually opened the warehouse door and went in!
“This… Captain Sun He went to the warehouse!” Qiao Rong Rong widened her eyes in disbelief.
Then they looked at another surveillance video, an hour before the female soldiers woke up.
The warehouse door opened, and a figure walked out, leaning against the wall, looking dazed.
It was also Captain Sun He, but it was completely different from before. It was obvious that he was very tired, and he even stumbled three times on the way back to his bedroom.
Qi Bing clenched his fists silently.
“Report, the surveillance footage inside the warehouse has been fully restored.” The female soldier reported.
“Show it to me!” Tang Yuan's voice was a little hoarse.
Swoosh
A surveillance video appeared.
It was the scene inside the warehouse, a figure appeared in the warehouse, he turned on all the lights.
Then his figure began moving back and forth between the fighters, skillfully operating all the tools.
Finally, to their astonishment, they discovered that this man had actually assembled a fighter out of the parts in the 'fighter graveyard'.
Thump
Suddenly, Sun He in the video fell from the top of a fighter.
“Ah!” The female soldiers who saw this all screamed.
Sun He lay on the ground, gasping for breath, and after half a minute, stood up again. He grabbed a bottle of water and gulped it down, then took a few bites of a small bread.
Then he went back to work.
He went through hundreds of fighters, one by one.
“It's hard to believe that a man… could modify hundreds of fighters in 72 hours.” Qi Bing felt a heavy feeling in his chest, very uncomfortable.
“Moreover… he's just a man, his body is still suffering from the effects of cosmic radiation.” Luo Na muttered beside her.
“This… what exactly happened?” Qiao Rong Rong was still a little confused.
Why did Sun He modify those fighters, and why did all 118 fighters return triumphantly this time, and achieved the glorious feat of destroying five enemy starships.
Deputy Captain Tang Yuan didn't say anything, she just stared at the busy figure in the video with bloodshot eyes.
“Fool…”
She mumbled two words.
“While driving our fighters, we discovered that our fighters had been modified, their performance had been greatly enhanced, and something called a ‘Dragon Net Strategic Core’ had been installed.
This system saved the lives of at least a dozen of our sisters on the battlefield.
It's fair to say that without Captain Sun He, it's doubtful if we would have won this time.” Qi Bing said solemnly beside her.
The bridge was silent, no one spoke.
Their parachuted male captain had actually done such an incredible thing.
At this moment, as they watched the lonely and busy figure in the video, their hearts were filled with a mixture of emotions.
“Report, the escape pod's trajectory has been calculated. It should land on… W38 planet. That’s… a very dangerous planet.
It's full of monsters and some dangerous cosmic vagrants.” The female soldier reported.
“What!” Tang Yuan and the others were shocked, it was like a bolt from the blue.