The Plane War Begins from Wandering Earth

Chapter 129 128. From Prisoner to War Hero
It takes 500 parts to make a mobile phone.

It takes 1 to 3 parts to manufacture a car.

But when the topic comes to a space battleship belonging to humans, no one can give a specific answer.

One hundred million? One billion parts?
No one knows until it is actually designed and manufactured.

But what is certain is that it is definitely the most complex and sophisticated man-made vehicle ever built by humans.

When the United Government first built the space elevator in the Source Plane, it took decades to design and build, and the direct economic expenditure was calculated in hundreds of billions of dollars.

Millions of scientists and engineers have been busy for more than ten years working on the space elevator.

This is how this magnificent building was created.

Now, if the human coalition government wants to use Cybertron spacecraft as a reference to design and build its own space battleship, its difficulty is no less than that of a space elevator.

The United Government has conducted a complete structural analysis and engineering dismantling of the captured Cybertron spacecraft.

With the assistance of the artificial intelligence MOSS, this Cybertron spacecraft no longer has any secrets in front of the United Government.

Next, it is the process of "taking the essence and removing the dross".

The entire space battleship must be designed with a structure and mode that is suitable for human operation.

Various non-essential facilities need to be modified according to human conditions.

For example, the hollow structure of the Cybertron spacecraft's outer shell is related to the fact that Cybertronians are mechanical life forms that do not need to breathe air and can survive in space.

Therefore, when designing the United Government’s own space battleship, a series of facilities and equipment such as oxygen circulation systems and airtight cabins must be taken into consideration.

In addition, the energy system is different from the Cybertron civilization's special "energy liquid module" driving method.

The coalition government is also trying to use helium-3 nuclear fusion energy and heavy nuclear fusion energy as energy sources for space warships.

In terms of defense systems, the traditional chemical-fuel rocket missile anti-missile method familiar to the coalition government is completely outdated in the era of space battleships.

"Energy shields" based on Cybertron civilization technology began to be used on human space warships.

The situation with weapons systems is much more optimistic.

Electromagnetic pulse cannons, nanoworm missiles, laser weapons and military technology of Cybertron civilization...

It can be said that the Space Battleship Plan is a great attempt by the United Government to design and master the ability to independently build space battleships based on the skeleton of the Cybertron spacecraft.

Thanks to the efforts of artificial intelligence MOSS and countless joint government scientists and engineers.

At the United Government's space dock in outer space on the first plane, as many as ten space battleships began construction almost simultaneously.

These ten space battleships are not exactly the same.

They have their own characteristics in power system and weapons and equipment.

The ten space battleships named "Origin" class will represent a key step for the human united government to break through to the "planetary civilization".

It is also an important attempt by the coalition government to integrate and utilize the cutting-edge technologies currently at its disposal.

The entire area around the Gabon Space Elevator Base in the first plane quickly became a huge "workshop" for building space battleships.

Not only in the space dock in outer space, but also on the ground, there are tens of millions of scientists, engineers, and professional workers who carry out modular manufacturing according to the blueprints.

Tens of thousands of supporting facility factories have sprung up like mushrooms in the areas surrounding the space elevator base.

Every factory and every manufacturing worker has his or her own production process.

With the help of the artificial intelligence MOSS, extremely complex space battleship parts began to be manufactured in modular form. They were transported to the space station dock in outer space via the space elevator and then assembled and tested.

Considering the enormous amount of work involved in building space battleships, indigenous scientists and engineers are also allowed to participate in the construction of non-core component modules.

This time, the coalition government is not obsessed with possible loyalty issues among non-Vagabonds.

In the face of the silicon-based mechanical life civilization of "Cybertron Civilization", all human beings are closely united as a whole with a common destiny.

The production of military weapons and equipment is proceeding intensively.

For combat personnel, the planning and integration of reserve armed forces is also being carried out simultaneously.

The second dimension, the site of the Berlin battlefield in the European theater of war.

Gust, authorized by the coalition government, is awarding medals and honors to the soldiers who fought bravely on the battlefields of the European theater.

Also present was the "League of Nations" organization, which represented the official ruling power of the second dimension.

The focus of this award ceremony is on the indigenous armed groups of the first and second dimensions.

Their physical fitness and equipment level are far inferior to those of the coalition government forces.

It dealt a heavy blow to the army of deformed metal machines.

It has received unprecedented attention from the coalition government.

It is considered to be a reliable military supplement to the coalition government forces.

Before the United Government officially goes to war with the "Cybertron Civilization", the indigenous troops of the two planes, whose numbers are no less than those of the United Government, are fully armed. In order to strengthen the indigenous soldiers' sense of identity with the United Government and the "Community of Shared Future for Mankind", public honors and commendations ceremonies, as well as subsequent improvements in welfare benefits, will become the focus of the United Government and the "League of Nations" organization's propaganda.

When Peter stood on the podium as an outstanding representative of the second-dimensional indigenous armed personnel, he still felt unreal.

Until Gust came to him accompanied by representatives of the League of Nations.

Peter finally came to his senses and quickly saluted with the military salute he had just learned not long ago.

"Are you the lucky guy?

Have the style I had back then, work hard, I have high hopes for you!"

Gust patted Peter's shoulder with a pleasant expression, praised him casually, put on Peter's commemorative medal of merit and battlefield heroism, and then walked towards the next target of awarding medals and commendations.

The representative of the "League of Nations" on the side looked at Peter with some curiosity, not understanding why the famous "General Gust" would say that a mercenary who was born a prisoner "has the style of his former years."

Peter, whose English was very poor, only vaguely understood the words "lucky boy".

After General Gust, who had awarded him the medal, left, Peter calmed down and looked towards the bottom of the podium.

Tens of thousands of soldiers from the second dimension who were being reviewed looked at Peter who was being awarded medals on the stage, their eyes red with envy and jealousy.

"Lucky Boy" is the title Peter earned when he was clearing out the Transformer Metal Mechanical Army.

It was the tenth day of the mopping-up operation, and the Aboriginal armed forces that Peter was in had been wiped out twice.

Peter, who miraculously survived, was automatically promoted to the head of their cannon fodder company.

After once again evading the cleanup of the Transformer Metal Mechanical Army, Peter did not choose to escape, but instead launched a suicide charge towards the enemy position where there were still more than a dozen Transformer Metal Mechanical Lifeforms left.

The EMP weapon he detonated as a bomb temporarily paralyzed the movements of those mechanical life forms.

Peter, realizing that he had survived, immediately used all the heavy weapons he could find at hand to kill three deformed metal mechanical life forms in succession.

He held on until reinforcements arrived and miraculously survived.

Only Peter himself knew that the reason he dared to launch the suicide attack was entirely so that his wife and children could receive pension from the League of Nations after his death.

After ten days on the battlefield, Peter realized how difficult it was to get the "weekly salary of 8 euros" that the warden had mentioned.

Along with him, more than half of the prisoner mercenaries who went to the battlefield for the first time did not survive to face the Transformer Metal Forces for the second time.

After holding on for the tenth day, Peter, whose physical and mental strength had been pushed to the limit, had completely given up hope of surviving the war.

His only obsession was how to leave more "legacy" for his wife and children.

8 euros and pensions are not enough to give them a good future.

Peter picked up a bunch of devices that looked like bombs on the devastated battlefield, and following the instructions in the tactical video, he rushed towards the stronghold where there were more than a dozen deformed metal mechanical life forms and launched a "human bomb" attack.

What he never expected was that what he detonated was an EMP electromagnetic pulse bomb.

He was dizzy from the electromagnetic pulse, but he held on.

With the strong belief of "killing one will earn you a reward of 50", he struggled to eliminate three deformed metal mechanical life forms.

He fell unconscious to the ground, but miraculously friendly troops came to support him.

If any one of the links had gone wrong, Peter would not have survived.

When the reconnaissance drone hovering above the battlefield reported the battle situation on the scene.

Peter's name, "Lucky Boy", began to spread among the Aboriginal troops.

After the war was over and he had been awarded medals, Peter was asked if he wanted to stay in the army.

Gust's team is willing to accept these elite warriors from among the indigenous people.

As for Peter's original status as a prisoner, Gust, who came from a rebel anti-government armed force, did not care.

"Lucky boy?
Luck is also a kind of strength. Being able to survive on the battlefield has its reasons..."

Peter certainly had no reason to refuse, as he was the only private military group certified by the coalition government.

It made Peter find the meaning of life again, which was completely different from prison and streets, and belonged to a normal person.

During the vacation that followed, Peter returned to his long-lost hometown with the 158 million euros given to him by the League of Nations.

When he saw his wife and children, Peter finally felt the significance of his struggle.

From prisoner to war hero.

There is also a huge war bonus of 158 million euros.

Not to mention the series of benefits that Peter will enjoy in the future.

Peter's deeds quickly spread in his hometown and surrounding areas.

Under the deliberate propaganda of the coalition government and the League of Nations, more and more indigenous people felt that "joining the army" was a way out.

(End of this chapter)