When both civilizations have a considerable level of interstellar defense, then unless one's side hopes to break the other's defense, it will be impossible for one's side to launch an attack.
From a civilized standpoint, no civilization would fight a war that is impossible to win.
However, when this hope will never appear due to resource constraints, the war will never be launched.
But at the same time, resources are always being consumed. Because maintaining the existence of a civilization itself requires resources.
Hope will never come, and resources will always be consumed. Even if they are only consumed at a very low level, there will always be a day when they are exhausted. As a result, civilization will usher in its demise as resources are exhausted.
Of course there will be variables in this, such as the sudden explosion of technology, which will lead to the acquisition of more resources. But obviously, this possibility cannot exist in human civilization. Because for a long time, the new human civilization will be in the stage of digesting the scientific and technological achievements of the old human civilization, and will not have sufficient scientific research, innovation and R&D capabilities.
This possibility may appear in deep space civilization. Because deep space civilization was more advanced than human civilization in its heyday. Their potential is greater.
Either resources will be exhausted and then destroyed, or deep space civilization will experience a technological explosion, leading to its own destruction by deep space civilization. In short, relying on the development of science and technology to enable one's own country to rely on hard power to destroy deep space civilization is definitely a dead end.
This is the conclusion that Zhao Changxing came to after continuously studying and absorbing the wisdom of outstanding figures in history.
This is a strategic and overall judgment.
Everyone looked hesitant. But after that, people still chose to believe Zhao Changxing's judgment. Because Zhao Changxing has not missed it so far.
"Thinking this way, at this stage we will find a way to destroy the deep space civilization and bring the resources of the deep space star into our control. Then with the support of the resources of the two planets, we will no longer need to Taking into account the threat of war, fully developing science and technology until it has enough strength to obtain resource supplies from more distant planets is indeed the only way to survive. However, there is a fundamental and prerequisite for this strategic vision The question is, how can we destroy deep space civilization?"
The problem is back to square one.
The reason why we have to maintain peace is because there is no way to deal with deep space civilization. Why keep the peace if you can help it?
Zhao Changxing took a deep breath.
"Gather the power of all civilizations, and now that deep space civilization has not yet built a planetary defense system, we will take advantage of this only window period to launch a chemical fuel-level sneak attack against deep space civilization."
Chemical fuel level sneak attack battle!
This sentence shocked everyone.
At this stage, human civilization cannot achieve high energy efficiency ion propulsion, but can only rely on chemical fuels. Unable to miniaturize the electromagnetic gun, it can only rely on gunpowder to propel the bullet. Under such circumstances, is it really realistic to embark on an expedition to another planet on a long journey spanning more than 60 million kilometers?
"You have to be realistic if you are not realistic!" Zhao Changxing said firmly, leaving no room for maneuver: "This is our only chance. If we cannot seize this opportunity, we will perish!"
Zhao Changxing has made up his mind.
"My initial idea is to build a 'space carrier' as the driving carrier for this sneak attack, carrying as many supplies, spaceships, and combatants as possible, and sail more than 60 million kilometers to the deep space star. Take advantage of them being defenseless and destroy them in one fell swoop!”
The idea of the so-called space carrier comes from the aircraft carriers of the Earth era. It is a comprehensive carrier. In Zhao Changxing's vision, it will have hospitals, docks, various factories, radars, etc., carrying enough fuel, projectiles, parts, life support supplies, and combat supplies to support a war. Spaceships, etc., sail tens of millions of kilometers away, where they serve as the fulcrum of the war, supporting the combat spaceships to fight.
A true space carrier is obviously impossible to build given that the total population of human civilization at this stage is less than 200,000 and there is only one planet, Sedna. I am afraid that even the human civilization in its heyday could not create it. Its technological content and its requirements in all aspects are really too high.
But... Zhao Changxing didn't even think about building a war fortress that met the requirements in all aspects. In his imagination, the space carrier used in this sneak attack was more similar to a large interstellar transport ship.
As long as it's big enough. Then, facilities such as shipyards, arsenals, hospitals, etc. will be integrated onto it.
To use an analogy, it's like the Earth Age, where some repair shops, hospitals and other buildings are integrated on top of a giant cargo ship, and some helicopters are placed on top. According to this design idea, the difficulty of its construction will be reduced linearly.
Even if the ship can be built big enough, it is not impossible to make it out of wood. Anyway, Zhao Changxing only asked it to bring relevant personnel, materials, spacecraft, etc. to the place.
After the meeting, relevant personnel immediately summoned military industry experts and others to begin research and analysis on the feasibility of building an "aircraft carrier." The final result will come out quickly. If there are no further requirements, it is completely feasible to build it based on the current industrial level.
But there is one thing that Zhao Changxing cannot accept. That is time. Preliminary calculations show that it will take at least 20 years to build such a "space carrier" that can carry millions of tons of fuel, weigh at least 10 million tons, and can carry 20 Wu-1 combat spacecraft.
In particular, the process of building this space carrier must be kept secret, so that people from deep space civilization cannot detect our intention to launch a sneak attack. Once the secret is leaked, everything will stop.
Under the premise that deep space civilization must have spy satellites around Sedna, and construction near Sedna will inevitably leak secrets, people's solution to this problem is to place 2 million satellites in the direction of Sedna toward the sun. built in about 100 km.
This will break away from the detection of deep space civilization spy satellites, and will also make them think that this is an attempt by human civilization to enter the inner solar system and obtain supplies from the inner solar system, thus relaxing their vigilance.
But in this way, the time to build the space carrier will be extended to 30 years.
After 30 years, I am afraid that the deep space civilization's planetary defense system will have been built for several years, and this sneak attack will be meaningless.
"Thirty years is absolutely not possible. Counting the time it takes for this 'space carrier' to sail to the deep space star - calculated in 5 years, we must complete the construction of the space carrier within 8 years. ."
The speed of the space carrier is predictably extremely slow. Zhao Changxing gave it five years to rush to the battlefield.
"Eight years?"
People looked at each other.
"In extreme moments, extreme means must be used." Zhao Changxing's expression was more serious than ever before: "From now on, all social construction activities will be stopped unless necessary. At the same time, a wartime rationing system will be implemented and all commercial activities will be frozen. We must, must invest. All manpower and material resources are used for the construction of the space carrier."
Once this order is issued, all existing social production orders will be destroyed. People's life trajectories will undergo earth-shaking changes.
Except for Zhao Changxing, no one had the determination to give this order. Similarly, except for Zhao Changxing, no one has the prestige to issue this order.
"At the same time, the construction of the space carrier must be kept secret. We must strictly prevent deep space aliens from stealing our communication signals through eavesdropping and causing leaks."
The crowd was in commotion again.
If the construction of the space carrier can be announced and the significance of building it can be announced, then people may still accept the arrangement and devote their full attention to the construction. But now, even the final goal cannot be announced, so how to complete social mobilization?
"Let's use another goal to cover up our real goal." Zhao Changxing made arrangements again: "Let's just say that we are trying to obtain supplies from the inner solar system. Raising the meaning of this matter can also complete social mobilization. Also, I will implement wartime control within civilization, and I don’t mind killing people when necessary.”
Zhao Changxing has made up his mind to escort the construction of the space carrier through severe punishment.
"You do it immediately."
The members of the human government and war committee operated with unprecedented efficiency. When the wartime controls were fully announced, it was not surprising that some voices of opposition arose in society. But under Zhao Changxing's severe suppression, all opposition quickly disappeared.
The working hours were directly increased by Zhao Changxing to 12 hours a day, and all entertainment activities were cancelled.
After this set of mechanisms, which was also the preliminary preparations for the space carrier, had been running for a period of time, through statistics, new information was once again placed in front of Zhao Changxing.
"Based on the current progress, the time it takes us to complete the space carrier and all pre-war preparations has been reduced from 30 years to 14 years."
"14 years?..."
Zhao Changxing was stunned.
He knows that at this moment, society's production potential has been squeezed to the limit of the mechanism, and it is impossible to increase it any more. If we continue to squeeze them, it will trigger a popular uprising. When the time comes, without the Deep Space Stars coming to fight, it will collapse.
However, this time of 2014 is absolutely unacceptable to Zhao Changxing. This will make the sneak attack plan fundamentally meaningless.
Facing the reports from officials and committee members, Zhao Changxing slowly raised his head and looked at the sky.
In the sky, the Spark spacecraft and many roller bases shine like stars.
"At this moment of life and death for civilization, we can no longer care about so much. Children, I'm sorry."
