After the "projection launch pad" has been proven to significantly improve the space delivery capabilities of human civilization, people no longer plan to dismantle the carbon nanotube cable connected to the end of the No. 1 space elevator. It directly stabilizes its existence. When it is necessary to launch a high-speed aircraft in the future, it can be launched directly there, saving time, effort, and economy.
At this moment, in addition to the space spy satellites that were frequently sent in the past and the interstellar missiles that were sent on average once a year, it has ushered in a new round of launch missions.
In this assembly factory, which is a full 10,000 kilometers away from the surface of Sedna, the astronauts on duty here skillfully assembled one interstellar missile after another. But what is different from the past is that the warheads of these interstellar missiles are not loaded with hydrogen bombs, but other things.
These things are even simpler to assemble than a hydrogen bomb. After a total of fifty interstellar missiles were assembled, they were thrown out together, gaining an initial velocity of up to 1.83 kilometers per second out of thin air.
They once again embarked on a journey to the deep sky star.
The missile's third- and second-stage structures were still ignited one after another. After increasing the missile's total speed to 18.65 kilometers per second, they broke away from the missile structure on their own, leaving only the first stage still advancing rapidly.
Time is passing quietly. About a month later, senior government officials and members of the war committee once again gathered in the combat readiness and defense room under the leadership of Zhao Changxing.
Commissar Wu Qinghong presided over the attack. This is the first time he has presided over an operation of this level since he joined the War Council and became a high-level member of the civilization. But although he was slightly green, there was no excitement at all on his still resolute face, only calmness and confidence.
Over the past period of time, the plan he proposed has passed various tests and achieved satisfactory results in all aspects of review. This gave him the greatest confidence.
"Coordinate calibration begins. Steering the engine for compensation propulsion."
"Yes! Do the compensation push!"
Since the third and second stages of the interstellar missiles were thrown away, these fifty interstellar missiles have flown by inertia for a distance of more than 60 million kilometers in the vast space. Although people had made the most precise aiming when they were first launched, after flying over such a long distance and for such a long time, there were still certain errors in their orbits.
This must be adjusted, otherwise they may not even be able to hit planets with a diameter of hundreds of kilometers and fly directly into deeper space.
Under the calculation and operation of the combat operators, the orbital error was quickly calculated with the combined action of the spy satellite, the Sedna deep space positioning base, and the neutron star locator equipped on the interstellar missile. data.
The data was transmitted from the Sedna deep space positioning base to the missile at the speed of light through radio signals. Through the conversion of the built-in chip, it was quickly turned into propulsion data and distributed to the steering engine. The corresponding fuel was quickly distributed in place, and under the action of the automatic ignition device, it turned into hot gas and was sprayed out, providing corresponding feedback power to the missile body.
Under the influence of feedback force, the aiming direction of the interstellar missile was adjusted again.
This is the last adjustment. After this, they lose the ability to change the direction of their attack.
"302,100 kilometers from the center of the deep space star."
"Enable level one acceleration!"
The last remaining stage of the interstellar missile immediately ignited the fuel it carried. The hot gas spurted out from the tail again, pushing it to increase its speed again.
"At this distance, the Deep Space Stars should have been able to detect interstellar missiles flying towards them."
According to past rules and with reference to the technology possessed by humans, this inference is quite reasonable. However, at this distance, deep space radar observation errors are extremely large, and it is basically impossible to provide effective data reference for the interception system. No matter deep space aliens or humans, they can only rely on observations at this moment to issue early warnings to avoid danger.
Even this kind of danger-avoiding early warning function can only be realized after both parties have greatly improved the performance of the planetary defense system. It couldn't be done in the past.
At the speed of the interstellar missile at this moment, it would take about four and a half hours to fly to the surface of the deep space star. Such a long time is enough to issue early warning and allow people to avoid danger.
At this moment, a piercing alarm sounded in the core of the Tianshen space base, the office closest to God. Noli Ruoxi glanced at the alarm and immediately frowned.
"No less than 30 interstellar missiles? Are humans crazy? Are they going to dismantle the deep space star?"
30 interstellar missiles loaded with high-yield hydrogen bombs hit the Deep Space Star at the same time, which will undoubtedly have a huge impact on the Deep Space Star as a whole. Permanently changing the geological structure of deep-space stars is not a problem.
But...what's the point of doing this?
Although we have been deliberately "restoring" the construction on the surface of the deep space star, those damn humans are not stupid enough to think that we are still building some important facilities on the surface of the planet, right?
What exactly do they want to do?
This plunged Noli Ruoxi into long-term doubts. However, despite his doubts, he did not delay the instructions he should give.
"Let all those lowly people return to the space base. It doesn't matter if they die, don't waste the spaceship."
Thinking of those dual-purpose spacecraft that had been used as efficiently as possible and increased in number as much as possible, Noli Ruoxi felt annoyed again.
Because the materials brought back by these spaceships are still insufficient for use, various construction projects are severely restricted, which seriously affects the development and recovery process of civilization.
"I hope the scientists at the Temple of Science will decipher those ancient texts and master the technology related to the rail gun sooner."
The so-called rail gun has the same principle as the electromagnetic gun, but their functions and usage scenarios are different. Electromagnetic guns are used to fire small projectiles, the faster the better, mainly used to kill enemies. Railguns are mainly used to accelerate large standard containers.
They can directly accelerate large standard boxes filled with supplies and cargo to a speed exceeding the first cosmic speed of the planet, allowing them to fly directly from the surface to orbit in space. In this way, they can completely replace the role of dual-purpose spacecraft and greatly improve the efficiency of material transportation.
Think about it, compared to driving one spaceship after another to transport cargo from the surface to space, it is of course more trouble-free and more convenient to directly launch the cargo into space orbit.
This is a material transportation method that is as efficient as a space elevator. Now that the construction of the space elevator is not feasible due to continuous attacks from the enemy, railguns are the only means that can solve the material constraints.
"I don't know when the chief scientific officer will be able to decipher the manufacturing technology of that strategic-level weapon. This kind of day can only be beaten and cannot fight back..."
The order issued by Noli Ruoxi was transmitted at the speed of light to the tens of thousands of people and nearly a thousand dual-purpose spacecraft still busy on the surface of the deep space star.
Gudazar glanced at the deep sky with fear, immediately put down his work, rolled and crawled back to the aerospace spacecraft with his companions, took off as fast as possible, and escaped back into the base.
At this moment, there are still about two hours before the interstellar missile hits the deep space star.
Noli Ruoxi didn't even think about intercepting them. The first is that they cannot be intercepted, and the second is, what is the purpose of intercepting them? Anyway, there is nothing on the deep space star. No, there are some newly built empty iron houses. Humans can blow them up if they want.
As long as these space bases are well controlled, it will be enough to ensure that they are not unlucky enough to be affected.
At this time, those interstellar missiles had completed the last level of acceleration. This gives them a top speed of 22.12 seconds per second.
At this time in the past, it was almost time to release sub-warheads and false targets. But this time the situation seems a little different from before.
At a distance of more than 100,000 kilometers, a controlled explosion occurred in the warhead of the 16 interstellar missiles arranged in the first echelon. This explosion directly blew out the many materials contained inside it.
That is a miniature projectile with a total mass of more than 30 tons, a quantity of more than 60 million, and a mass of only 0.5 grams!
This time, the interstellar missile warhead is not loaded with hydrogen bombs, but a large number of steel gravel!
In this controlled explosion, the steel and gravel that had been gathered together instantly spread out, covering an area of almost one square kilometer in an instant. Moreover, as they advance at high speed, they are like a large net that is opening, and the coverage area is still expanding rapidly.
And this is just the first interstellar missile. Behind it, there are 49 more.
This is the new weapon proposed by Commissioner Wu Qinghong.
It is impossible for human civilization to use electromagnetic guns to accelerate projectiles near deep space stars. However, they can be accelerated directly with star missiles!
No matter what means are used to speed up, it doesn't matter. The main method of killing projectiles is high-speed impact, as long as there is high speed.
And... a projectile accelerated to a speed of 22.12 kilometers per second by an interstellar missile, even if it only has a mass of 0.5 grams, has a kinetic energy of up to 122 kilojoules! It is equivalent to dozens of times the bullets of heavy sniper rifles powered by gunpowder in the original Earth era!
Now, there are more than 3 billion such projectiles.
Powered by built-in bombs, they cover a diameter of more than a thousand kilometers. Not only does it cover the entire deep sky star, it also completely covers all the near-Earth space within a full 200 kilometers from its surface.
