"How long until the rescue?"
"If you talk less, maybe we can last a few more hours," Wang Qiang said tiredly as he looked at the remaining power and oxygen bar on the holographic screen.
The oxygen in the rover was mainly provided by two systems.
One was the oxygen tank placed in the trunk, which could sustain the life activities of the crew for a week. The other was the carbon sequestration device. When the oxygen in the oxygen tank was exhausted, it would automatically start and consume electricity to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen until the battery was completely exhausted.
If the situation was optimistic, it could last for two weeks.
However, now, five days had passed.
Looking at the fiery red desert outside the window, and the "centipede" that poked its head out of the ground from time to time, a bitter smile appeared on Wang Qiang's face.
However, at this moment, a black dot appeared in his field of vision. Behind the black dot, there was a cloud of dust.
"Hey, James, wake up!" Wang Qiang immediately kicked the black man on the opposite side and woke him up.
"What happened …" James rubbed his eyes and wanted to ask what happened, but then he saw the black dot outside the window.
His sleepiness suddenly disappeared, and he crawled to Wang Qiang's side. He squinted his eyes and looked out the window. After he tried to see what it was, he exclaimed with joy, "It's our people! They are back! They didn't leave us behind! "
"Hurry up and get ready."
Wang Qiang patted him on the shoulder, walked into the compartment of the buffer room, and took off the spacesuit.
At the same time, the action outside the window began.
The Devil Worm near the rover raised its head and opened its sharp incisors at the armored vehicle in the distance. Just as it was about to plunge into the ground, a rocket suddenly shot out from the side of the cannon on top of the armored vehicle.
Like a burning iron fist, the rocket hit the abdomen of the Devil Worm and suddenly exploded.
Green blood and insect limbs splattered everywhere. The upper body of the Devil Worm flew out and fell on the sand five meters away.
"Squeak!"
The Devil Worm's vocal cords let out a suppressed and shrill scream. The Devil Worm that was broken in two twisted frantically in the desert, its internal organs and blood splattered everywhere.
"It's not dead yet," the gunner said with difficulty as he looked at the annoying bug through the telescope.
"Shut it up! It's attracting its own kind! "the captain scolded.
The 20mm machine gun spat out a tongue of flame, and a series of bullets flew towards the twisting upper body.
The driver suddenly turned the steering wheel, and the armored vehicle made a thirty-degree turn toward the rover.
Almost at the same time, dust exploded from the side of the vehicle, and another Devil Worm crawled out from the ground. Its sickle-like steel teeth barely grazed the vehicle's body. It opened and closed like a pair of scissors, making a series of screeching noises.
"Go to hell!" Gritting his teeth, the gunner adjusted the muzzle and pulled the trigger.
The machine gun spewed out flames, and the orange trajectory tore open the abdomen of the Devil Worm.
As the Devil Worm wailed and fell backward, the entire desert began to boil like boiling water.
One after another, Devil Worms emerged from the side of the armored vehicle. After their first attack failed, they quickly plunged to the ground. The autocannon continued to spew fire, but it was unable to deal with four or five targets at the same time.
"Damn it! How many of them are there! "The pilot exclaimed.
"Don't care how many there are, ram them! Hit the tires of that rover! "The Marine Corps Captain, who was standing behind the driver's seat, roared as his hand clung to the driver's seat.
Rushing out of the blockade of Devil Worms, the armored vehicle slammed into the thick rubber tires of the rover and pushed the rover seven or eight meters away before it stopped, but it did not flip over.
"Sh * t! Are they going to save us or kill us?! "James, who was still dizzy from the collision, stood up again.
"The body is damaged … not a big problem. They probably planned to knock us over, but they underestimated the width of our chassis." Wang Qiang squatted in the corner and prepared to withstand the impact, so he did not suffer any damage.
The rescue plan seemed to have failed from the very beginning.
Seeing that plan A failed, the Marine Corps Captain immediately ordered before the rover completely stopped. "Activate plan B! Quick! "
The armored vehicle continued to accelerate and pushed the rover forward. At the same time, the roof of the armored vehicle opened, and a Marine Corps soldier came out. He took out a hook lock and hooked the two tires of the rover.
"They want us to go out by ourselves? Don't even think about it, "James exclaimed.
"Then you can stay in there."
Wang Qiang didn't waste any time. After he saw the soldier's action outside the window, he immediately reached for the safety lock next to the driver's seat, entered the password, and pulled down the wrench.
The moment the wrench was pulled down, the cover of the safety passage of the rover's chassis suddenly popped outward. Under the huge pressure difference, the air inside the rover surged outward. With one foot on the seat, Wang Qiang climbed out of the rover from the safety passage of the chassis, grabbed the soldier's hand, jumped onto the armored vehicle, and got inside.
"It's hitting our tracks!" The pilot shouted as he stepped on the accelerator.
"It can't hit us! Our tonnage is much larger than the rover … Damn it! "
The armored vehicle was equipped with a stabilizer before the mission, so it didn't flip over like the rover, but it was still lifted one or two centimeters high from the desert. Although the gravity of Mars was not comparable to that of Earth, the fact that the Devil Worm was able to lift such a large lump of metal was enough to show how terrifying the explosive force of the Devil Worm was.
"Quick! Hurry up! " The Marine Corps soldier struggled to stand on the top of the armored vehicle. He nervously looked at the rolling gravel under the vehicle and anxiously shouted in the direction of the rover. "Give me your hand!"
Although he was afraid, James still gritted his teeth and climbed out of the rover behind Wang Qiang. He grabbed the soldier's hand and jumped onto the armored vehicle.
However, at this moment, an unexpected change suddenly occurred.
The Devil Worm that hit the chassis of the armored vehicle suddenly stopped its movements and jumped out from the side of the armored vehicle. It roared at the two people on the roof and opened its scythe-like incisors. Jamu, who had just helped the soldier to stabilize himself, met the gaze of the row of dark green eyes. His pupils gradually widened in horror.
"Thank —"
"No —!"
With a whistling sound, the scythes suddenly bit together.
Fresh blood soared two meters into the air, scattering a layer of bloody mist in the dust-filled air ….
"Mission failed, Engineer James died, Sergeant Miller was seriously injured …"
"Sergeant Miller's life is still in danger."
"The rescue force is returning to the colony."
On the big screen of the Celestial City Space Command Center, the icon of Engineer James was marked with a red cross.
Calvin looked at the big screen with a solemn expression. He slowly sat down, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.
His political sense told him that things were starting to get troublesome …
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