Chapter 1: Waking Up on the Moon
"Uh, uh?" Lin Feng was awakened from his daze by a severe pain. "Looks like nothing serious," he glanced around and found himself still sitting in the driver's cabin, with instruments around him still flashing non-stop, indicating no major damage.
He first checked himself, no major problems, just some flesh wounds. As a high-level agent of the Galactic Federation, this kind of injury was nothing. Shaking his head, Lin Feng first opened the self-test system of the command ship, and after a while, with the display screen status chart fluctuating, a metallic synthetic voice came: "Command ship is normal, contact with base has been interrupted."
Upon hearing this, Lin Feng furrowed his brow and stood up to walk in front of the main control system. He discovered that all normal communication connections between the command ship and the base had been severed. Moreover, the command ship's receiving system was still continuously accepting mysterious signals.
After half an hour of checking and confirmation, Lin Feng finally figured out one thing: he had left his original world and arrived in the year 1970 AD, which was more than two thousand years ago from his original world.
In this world, the Internet has not yet been widely used among civilians, while in his world it has already entered the interstellar era. The only pity is that even if all humanity enters the interstellar era, China will always be at a disadvantage because it is a white-dominated world and they cannot teach us yellow people the most advanced knowledge, so the Chinese nation has always been relatively weak in the Galactic Federation.
Lin Feng appears to be the only Chinese general staff in the Galactic Federation Army, but in fact he is a special-grade intelligence officer of the Chinese nation, secretly helping the Chinese nation in the Galactic Federation obtain advanced technology materials.
In the last mission, in order to gain leadership of the Federation, the Chinese had to obtain the latest cosmic warship from the Americans. To complete this task, the Chinese also sacrificed three senior intelligence officers. Lin Feng, whose identity was finally exposed, could only drive the super battleship back to the Chinese base alone. On the way, he encountered an American interception and unexpectedly experienced a wormhole anomaly during his escape, causing time and space to become distorted, and he inexplicably arrived in 1970 AD.
Lin Feng was in the main warehouse of the federal super battleship and did not feel any discomfort, because two thousand years later humans had achieved various site simulation earth gravity technology, so when traveling between stars, humans were just like living on Earth, there would be no uncomfortable feeling.
He now knows from the super battleship's main brain that it is currently descending onto a plain area on the far side of the moon. In fact, there are dark and bright areas on the lunar surface, with the bright areas being highlands and the dark areas being plains or basins, which are called continents and seas respectively.
Since learning that the super battleship had arrived on the moon, Lin Feng decided to build a base there. After humans entered space, as Earth's resources were depleted, the resource-rich moon naturally became an object of contention among various countries, with Western countries such as Europe and America relying on their advanced technology to plunder it wildly. China could only stand by and watch, uttering a few words of discontent.
Through the exploration of human scientists, humans have learned that the moon's shell is composed of many main elements, including: uranium, thorium, potassium, oxygen, silicon, magnesium, iron, titanium, calcium, aluminum and hydrogen. The moon has rich mineral deposits, and it is said that the moon has more rare metal reserves than Earth.
The rocks on the moon are mainly divided into three types. The first is iron and titanium-rich lunar maria basalt; the second is anorthosite, rich in potassium, rare earth elements and phosphorus, mainly distributed in the highlands of the moon; the third is breccias composed of 0.1-1 mm rock fragments. Moon rocks contain all the elements on Earth and about 60 minerals, six of which are not found on Earth.
The moon's mineral resources are extremely rich, and the 17 most common elements on Earth are abundant on the moon. Taking iron as an example, just the top 5 cm of lunar regolith contains billions of tons of iron, while the entire lunar surface has an average thickness of 10 meters of regolith. The iron in the lunar regolith is not only exceptionally rich but also easy to extract and smelt.
Moreover, the iron on the moon is mainly oxidized iron, as long as oxygen and iron are separated; therefore, Lin Feng only needs to build a few factories on the moon using intelligent robots carried with him to manufacture cement and glass from lunar soil and rocks, and also smelt steel.
On the lunar surface, aluminum is also very rich. The lunar soil also contains a large amount of helium-3, which can be used as energy for nuclear power plants through deuterium and helium-3 fusion reactions. This reaction does not produce neutrons, is safe and pollution-free, and is an easily controlled nuclear fusion that can be used not only on the ground but also in space exploration. It is reported that the amount of helium-3 in lunar soil is estimated to be 715,000 tons. For every ton of helium-3 extracted from lunar soil, 6,300 tons of hydrogen, 70 tons of nitrogen, and 1,600 tons of carbon can be obtained.
Once China has these rich resources, it can completely avoid taking the path of developing its economy at the expense of damaging its domestic environment.
All of the above are the main reasons why Lin Feng must occupy the moon first. Moreover, currently there is no country on earth that understands the strategic position of the moon better than him, even if they have the heart to compete with him, they probably don't have the technology to do so. The only one capable of landing on the moon is the United States, but at this time the US does not yet have the ability to develop the moon on a large scale. Therefore, it can be said that now is the best time to develop the moon, using a Chinese proverb "if you miss this opportunity, there won't be another one".
In the Galactic Federation, the most technologically advanced United States of America has developed this super battleship, which is quite powerful. At full capacity, it can carry 500 command personnel, 2,000 combat support personnel, and 25,000 combat robots. In the interstellar era, humans rarely go into battle bare-chested; most are intelligent robots with high levels of artificial intelligence, but without self-aware consciousness.
In addition, this super battleship also has a thousand logistics support robots. These robots can continue to produce combat robots in the small factory inside the super battleship to supply the consumption of battles and wars. Inside this small factory, there is one of the most advanced intelligent machine tools in the Federation and various advanced equipment to meet the needs during wartime, which can repair damaged robots in a timely manner.
The Chinese had sent spies to steal the super battleship, one of their goals was to obtain this intelligent machine. Lin Feng then checked the nuclear fusion reactor and found it working normally, in the interstellar era, human's main energy source came from nuclear fusion, the technology of nuclear fusion was already quite mature and could be applied by humans in various places.
The only thing that makes Lin Feng feel regretful is that the food and water can only last for half a year. Fortunately, Lin Feng does not plan to live on the moon for a long time, he just wants to use the moon as a resource base to provide various resources for his development on Earth, after all, the current earth resources have been divided up by Western capitalist countries, even if there are still some left, it's not Lin Feng's turn, and there is also Japan lurking around.
Japan has developed its economy over the past decade or two after the war and has gradually caught up with or surpassed old capitalist countries such as Britain and the United States. As an island nation, Japan itself lacks resources, so it has a stronger demand for resources. Therefore, since the late 1970s and early 1980s, Japan has used its strong economic conditions to openly and secretly acquire mineral resources from many countries, including resource-rich countries such as China, Brazil, and Australia.
After a period of rest, Lin Feng drove the small landing boat on the lunar surface, looking for a suitable location to build the base. Finally, he chose a basin surrounded by mountains on all sides, which was easy to hide and had a flat terrain that was easy to construct.
Lin Feng first dispatched 200 engineer robots to dig caves on the mountain wall as a warehouse for parking super battleships. After a week of effort, Lin Feng had hollowed out a mountain peak, which was large enough inside and even installed an artificial small sun that could simulate sunlight to solve lighting and energy problems.
In this cave, Lin Feng plans to build a small factory to manufacture various machinery, and the required resources are obtained from the moon. All the factories are operated by intelligent robots, with the main control computer of the super battleship responsible for controlling their work progress.
Two months later, the basic construction of the lunar base was completed, including a nuclear fusion energy station, a set of information transmission and reception systems, and a small mechanical factory. With these things, Lin Feng was able to produce some simple necessities.
In 1970, China's political environment was not very stable. The mainland central government was carrying out movements, and Taiwan was also under the high-pressure rule of Chiang someone. Lin Feng had to choose a place as the basis for development, and looking at it with future vision, choosing Taiwan seemed better.
This is because at present, from a global perspective, the Soviet Union's power is at its peak and is on the strategic offensive; Western powers are forced to strategically retreat, and for this reason they hope to win over China to counterbalance the Soviet Union. Moreover, Taiwan has not yet been firmly controlled by the United States as it would be in more than a decade later, and at present Taiwan is still ruled by Chiang Kai-shek and his son, with American influence relatively weak.
If Lin Feng can take control of Taiwan, it is entirely possible to avoid the US constantly using the Taiwan issue to provoke China in a decade or so. Moreover, the mainland's current policies are not conducive to the implementation of some of Lin Feng's plans, and there is a Chinese saying that "a small boat can easily turn around", therefore, Taiwan is the best choice for Lin Feng's development.
With the target confirmed, Lin Feng began to prepare for the landing in Taiwan. Five hundred combat robots, a small flying saucer, these combat robots were all modeled after humans, with artificial skin on their surface, and could not be distinguished from humans beyond three meters. Due to the lack of gunpowder, their weapon systems were laser guns and electromagnetic cannons, and there was also a robot named Ou Ming waiting for orders.
To avoid being detected, this small flying saucer uses some camouflage systems, and the radar and satellites on Earth cannot detect it. The only drawback is that the space is too small, with 500 combat robots packed in, it seems that a transport ship will have to be specially designed in the future to meet the logistical needs of small-scale battles.
On the night of March 15, 1970, many citizens in Southeast Asia witnessed a UFO phenomenon. Lin Feng and his party set off another wave of unidentified flying objects around the world. Many experts and scholars at home and abroad have interpreted the UFO phenomenon that occurred in Asia. Just as people all over the world were discussing aliens, Lin Feng was searching for a landing point thousands of meters above Taiwan Island.
Taiwan is a mountainous island, with more than two-thirds of its area covered by mountains and hills. The Taiwan mountain range runs parallel to the northeast-southwest direction of the island, stretching across the central part of the island from east to west, forming the geographical features of multiple mountain ranges in the east, multiple hills in the middle, and multiple plains in the west. There are five major mountain ranges, four major plains, and three major basins on the island, namely the Central Mountain Range, Xueshan Mountain Range, Yushan Mountain Range, Alishan Mountain Range, and Taitung Mountain Range, Yilan Plain, Chianan Plain, Pingtung Plain, and Taitung Longitudinal Valley Plain, Taipei Basin, Taichung Basin, and Puli Basin. The Central Mountain Range runs north-south, with the highest peak in eastern Taiwan being Yushan at 3,952 meters above sea level. Taiwan is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire and is prone to earthquakes due to its unstable crust.
The Taiwan Strait runs northeast to southwest, connecting the East China Sea in the north and the South China Sea in the south. It is approximately 200 nautical miles long and 70-221 nautical miles wide, with an average width of about 108 nautical miles. The strait is a major shipping lane and an important international waterway. To the east lies the Pacific Ocean, northeast of which are the Ryukyu Islands, separated by about 600 kilometers; to the south is the Bashi Channel, separated from the Philippines by about 300 kilometers; and to the west, across the Taiwan Strait, lies Fujian Province, with a minimum distance of 130 kilometers. Due to its strategic location at the center of the western Pacific navigation channel, Taiwan is an important transportation hub for maritime connections among countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
Not only do ships traveling between the East China Sea and South China Sea pass through here, but also those from Europe, Africa, South Asia, and Oceania to the eastern coast of China. Ships from the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Persian Gulf, and Indian Ocean to the Sea of Japan generally also pass through here.
In terms of administrative divisions, Taiwan Province originally had 5 provincial cities: Keelung, Hsinchu, Taichung, Chiayi and Tainan. There were also 16 counties: Taipei, Yilan, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli, Taichung, Changhua, Nantou, Yunlin, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung, Taitung, Hualien and Penghu. Later, the Taiwan authorities designated Taipei City as a "municipality under the direct jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan" in 1967. In 1979, Kaohsiung was also set up as a municipality under the direct jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan. In addition, there is also the so-called "Fujian Provincial Government", which governs Kinmen and Lienchiang (Matsu) two counties. Lin Feng hoped to gain control over Taiwan through a peaceful coup, he did not want to bring war to the people of Taiwan, but if someone did not know what was good for them, then don't blame him for being ruthless. Thinking of this, Lin Feng drove his flying saucer towards Taipei.
