139: Space combat platform begins assembly

After three days of flight, Zhang Yuanhang, dressed in a Space Fighter Dedicated Flight Suit, emerged from the Space Freighter's cargo hold.

He had arrived on the Moon.

“So this is the Moon,” Zhang Yuanhang wondered, crouching down and touching the lunar surface.

“Comrade Zhang Yuanhang, are you alright?”

At that moment, several astronauts who had come to greet Zhang Yuanhang were startled to see him crouching on the ground.

Mistaking it for an adverse reaction, they immediately jumped over.

That’s right, they jumped over; on the Moon with its lower gravity, jumping is much faster than running.

The Commander, in particular, even lay directly on the ground, looking at Zhang Yuanhang.

“No, no, I’m just a little curious, it’s my first time on the Moon.”

Zhang Yuanhang awkwardly clapped his hands.

“Phew!”

Everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief; they had just been planning to carry Zhang Yuanhang to the medical bay.

“Comrade Zhang Yuanhang, hello, I am Song Jiang, the Commander here.”

Song Jiang got up from the ground and shook hands with Zhang Yuanhang.

“Hello, Commander Song, I’ll be troubling you all for a while.”

Zhang Yuanhang said with a smile.

“No trouble at all, no trouble at all.”

“Comrade Zhang Yuanhang, if you need anything from us later, just give us the word.”

Song Jiang said with a smile.

“Hahaha!”

“Alright, alright.”

Zhang Yuanhang said.

Led by Song Jiang, Zhang Yuanhang quickly toured the Guang Han Palace Base.

“This place can meet the requirements.”

Zhang Yuanhang was very satisfied with the area designated for him to produce Space Combat Platform parts.

So, he immediately mobilized the Sentinel Mecha to begin installing the machinery.

At the same time, Space Freighters began continuously transporting steel smelting equipment and ore mining equipment from Blue Star to the Moon.

This scene made other countries and their people feel very strange.

In just one month, China’s Space Freighters had transported materials to the Moon over a hundred times.

“Looking at our country’s actions, are we, China, perhaps planning to build a planet-destroying cannon on the Moon?”

“The person upstairs has watched too many movies. I think it might be to build a launch platform for Aerospace Fighters on the Moon.”

“I think that’s very possible, actually.”

...Chinese citizens, looking at the recent lunar images captured by astronomy enthusiasts, began to speculate.

Other countries also inquired with China through their Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but received no reply.

As time passed, two months went by.

A steel mill and a parts production base rose from the ground.

“Excellent, now we can produce these heavy parts on the Moon.”

Zhang Yuanhang looked at the first batch of parts produced from this production base; their precision was all within a controllable range.

His face was beaming with smiles.

On Blue Star, Academician Wu and others had already completed the installation of the remaining machinery under his remote guidance.

It wouldn't be long before the Space Combat Platform could be directly constructed in outer Space.

At this point, the changes on the Moon had already shaken the entire Blue Star.

“Holy cow, our motherland is awesome! They’ve built a production base on the Moon.”

“Uh, I work in a steel mill, can I apply to work on the Moon?”

“Ah, ah, ah, is it too late for me to change my major now?”

...The Chinese people were incredibly excited.

We can now build factories on the Moon and start producing things using lunar resources.

All the countries on Blue Star were silent at this moment.

Many of them couldn't even reach the Moon, yet China had already started mining lunar metal ores.

“Go inform the Director of Eagle Country Intelligence Agency to find out what kind of factory China is building on the Moon?”

At this time, the Directors of the Intelligence Agencies of various Blue Star countries all received this order.

Everyone was very curious about what China was planning to produce with the factory it had spent so much effort building on the Moon.

At this time, Space Freighters transported some completed parts from Blue Star into Space.

Some large parts produced on the Moon were also transported into Space.

Sentinel Mecha began assembling these parts in Space.

Soon, the prototype of the Space Combat Platform appeared.

At this time, Zhang Yuanhang was building a very important facility for the Space Combat Platform on the Moon: the Gravity Generation Device!

As Everyone knows, there is no gravity in Space, and if humans live in Space for a long time, it can cause significant damage to the body.

To ensure the safety of the soldiers living on the Space Combat Platform, the Space Combat Platform has a device that generates gravity.

At the same time, the words “Space City” topped the hot search list in China.

“Holy crap, is our motherland building a Space City in Space?”

“I can even use my phone to take pictures of the ‘Space City’ at night. I’m curious how big it is.”

“Many countries don’t even have Space stations yet, and our China is already building a Space City?”

“From what we can see, the assembled portion is already dozens of times the size of the International Space Station.”

“It’s too big!!!”

...At this time, the other countries on Blue Star were a bit confused.

They couldn't quite understand China's actions; with the Guanghan Palace Lunar Base already in place, why build such a large Space City within Blue Star's orbit?

Eagle Country.

The Eagle Country Leader had now been replaced by Ike, the former Director of Eagle Country Intelligence Agency.

As for Trump, he had recovered from his illness a month ago, but with his recovery came trouble.

Although the incident where China attacked them was not leaked, the families of so many deceased Eagle Country soldiers came knocking.

To quell their anger, Trump directly stepped down.

During this time, India and Japan also came knocking. China ‘accidentally’ leaked that the Eagle Country Aerospace Fighter project was a trap dug by China from beginning to end.

India and Japan were furious; they had saved diligently to come up with so much money.

They invested in the Aerospace Fighter project, only to find out that Eagle Country had tricked them twice!

They wanted to get their invested money back, but Eagle Country stated they had no money, only their lives.

In the end, the two countries could only leave in a huff.

Getting back to the main topic.

“Everyone, you have all seen China’s recent situation. China is actively rushing to seize Space resources.”

“We absolutely cannot just stand by and watch.”

“We must also invest funds, develop Aerospace facilities, and occupy Space resources.”

With Trump as a ‘precedent,’ Ike knew that without a genius like Zhang Yuanhang, everything could only be done steadily and slowly.

Eagle Country’s future was not Aerospace Fighters, but rockets!

The Director of American Aerospace Agency, hearing the new Boss Ike’s words, his eyes gradually lit up.

If Trump had listened to him back then, Eagle Country’s Aerospace capabilities would surely have returned to the level of twenty years ago.