The main axis area of the space elevator was the gravity-free section of the entire Celestial City and the port area of the entire Celestial City. Since the launch of the asteroid mining plan, countless small and medium-sized transport ships could be seen waiting at the berth every day, waiting for the robotic arm to load and unload the ore in the container.
In addition to those transport ships transporting minerals, occasionally a passenger ship shaped like a cuboid floated out of the transfer station and flew towards the Moon. Since Celestial Trade announced the opening of Earth-Moon flights, civil exchanges between Earth and Lunar City began to flourish.
The scale of the entire Lunar City was no longer what it used to be. Living units surrounded the central square, connected by graphene pipelines, and located on the surface of the Moon. A total of nearly 10,000 people lived here, and most of them were young and middle-aged laborers with higher education.
In order to meet the needs of the public, Celestial Trade also built municipal facilities such as primary schools, junior high schools, high schools, community colleges, hospitals, police offices, and other public facilities around the central square. It also opened tenders for the construction of hotels, bars, cafes, dance halls, playgrounds, and other entertainment facilities.
In addition to the permanent population, at least 4,000 passengers traveled between Lunar City and Celestial City every day. Among them were immigrants to the Moon, pure tourists, or investors looking for opportunities.
Electrolysis chambers and lunar ice exploration wells rose from the ground, providing a steady stream of oxygen and hydrogen for the colony. There were also rare earth mining stations and lunar soil refineries that produced helium-3, which together supported the industry and economy of Guanghan City.
Sixty percent of the world's iron, aluminum, and eighty percent of rare earth mines were connected to the 36,000-kilometer elevator.
It was precisely because of this that the 50% defense tax made the capitalists in the Western Hemisphere feel the pinch.
This was like a knife cutting into their chests, and they even had to bear the infamy of being cowards because of this …
Inside the lift cabin of the space elevator, Wu Changfeng quietly stood by the window and looked at the dark giant ship outside the window.
"Seagull" was a name no one was unfamiliar with. Using the Red River X1 engine, it was the first 500,000-ton giant ship of Celestial Trade and the first starship in the true sense of Earth's civilization. From then on, Celestial Trade's 500,000-ton ships, whether they were transport ships or warships, were all named after the Seagull class.
The 600-meter-long hull was connected to the elevator shaft by a cantilever. It looked so huge from afar that the spacecraft around it were as insignificant as duckweed and ants.
In Wu Changfeng's eyes, the size of this Seagull-class transport ship was already large enough. At least three "Liaoning" s had to be connected at the bow to match its length. However, even such a powerful warship could not become the main force in the battle against the Harmony civilization.
Thinking of this, he could not help but worry about the future of Earth's civilization.
What kind of enemy are we facing?
"What are you looking at?" Lu Wei walked to his side and said with a smile.
Lu Hao, the former captain of the destroyer Nanning, held the rank of Admiral and was the representative of Hua with Wu Changfeng.
Hearing his colleague talking to him, Wu Changfeng turned around and was about to say something, but when his eyes fell on his arm, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
As if he had guessed the meaning in Wu Changfeng's eyes, Lu Hao sighed, helplessly rolled up his sleeves, and showed him the needle hole on his arm.
"You also got an injection?" Wu Changfeng raised his eyebrows. His face didn't show any expression, but the vigilance in his mind gradually disappeared.
"Do you think if I didn't get an injection, they would let us go so easily?" Lu Hao rolled up his sleeves helplessly.
Wu Changfeng frowned slightly and quickly understood what he meant.
The unsmiling face squeezed out a smile, and he said softly.
"We haven't heard of any DNA telomere modification serum, and we haven't injected anything."
"Of course, you wouldn't think I would write that in the report, right?" Lu Hao smiled and shook his head. "I'm not that stupid. It would obviously bring us trouble."
Wu Changfeng nodded.
Hua had two seats in the Earth Defense Alliance Committee. What he was most worried about was that he concealed the situation of the "serum" and Lu Hao handed it over to the country.
In this case, he would undoubtedly lose the trust of the organization, and even cause some big shots to be unhappy. With the current influence of the country on the Earth Defense Alliance, he might even be kicked out of his current position.
But now it seemed that his worries were unnecessary.
No one could resist the temptation of "immortality", especially people like them.
"Do you think we have hope of winning this war?" Lu Hao looked at the Seagull-class transport ship outside the window and said.
Wu Changfeng glanced at his colleague and said faintly, "I have no doubt that we will eventually win."
"General Wu is indeed a political commissar, even your conversation skills are so good." Lu Hao laughed dryly.
Wu Changfeng raised his eyebrows and just wanted to say "worrying about the aftermath of defeat is not something a soldier should do," but when the words reached his mouth, he swallowed them back.
If it was in the past, he could say this as a soldier without any scruples. With the short life of a human, even if he spent his entire life, he wouldn't be able to see the day of war with extraterrestrial civilization. But now, his life had been extended by more than eighty years. If he maintained technological progress, maybe his life could continue to be extended.
On the day of the final battle, it didn't seem like they wouldn't have the opportunity to see it with their own eyes …
"In your opinion, what are our chances of winning?" Wu Changfeng asked.
"Less than 30%."
"Oh?" Wu Changfeng raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "There's still 30%?"
"Maybe it's an occupational disease," Lu Hao shrugged. "Now the Earth Defense Alliance has begun to show signs of large ships and cannons, which makes me very worried."
"Then in your opinion, what route should we take?" Wu Changfeng asked.
Lu Hao smiled. "Don't forget that I used to be on a destroyer. I am naturally more inclined to the aircraft carrier battle group theory. Use highly mobile destroyers to divide the battlefield, then the aircraft carrier will send carrier-based aircraft to attack the opponent's weakness … "
"What if the artillery of our 'destroyer' is not enough to break the opponent's defense?" Wu Changfeng said straightforwardly.
Lu Hao opened his mouth, and after a long silence, he said helplessly, "So, we are all laymen."
The theory of modern navies could be used as the theoretical basis for future interstellar fleet operations, but after all, the ocean and the universe were two completely different fields. Everything was still in the exploration stage.
"I'm optimistic about you." Wu Changfeng patted Lu Hao's shoulder and grinned. "If I have to choose a fleet commander, I will vote for you."
"Haha, then I'll thank you first."
The space elevator gradually approached the gravity-free section, and the outline of SS Seagull also changed from an outline in the distance to a position close at hand.
However, at this moment, Wu Changfeng suddenly noticed that between the "bridge" between SS Seagull and the space elevator, a group of soldiers in kinetic skeletons were boarding the ship.
"What are they doing?" Wu Changfeng frowned.
He took two steps forward, and the tip of his nose almost touched the window. Looking at the bridge between SS Seagull and the space elevator, Lu Hao also frowned.
"Orbital airborne soldiers? Is it a military exercise? I remember Celestial Trade hasn't fought with any country recently … "
While they were talking, the transport cabin carrying the group of soldiers was sent into SS Seagull. The robotic arm that clamped the SS Seagull separated from the hull, and the engine at the rear began to ignite, pushing the huge hull slowly outward.
Just as the two were wondering where the transport ship would go, the lift cabin they took entered the orbit of the space elevator. They could only watch Celestial City and the SS Seagull accelerate away with their backs facing them …
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