Chapter 225 Main Gun Salvo
The communication was quickly connected.
"Professor Lu, we have arrived at the scheduled location." Seeing Lu Yongchang, Zhao Zijie asked urgently, "The current distance between us and the asteroid is 5072 kilometers. Should we start an attack?"
Lu Yongchang looked solemn, nodded and said: "Start attacking!"
The moment the order was given, Zhao Zijie forcefully exhaled a breath of turbid air in his lungs.
"One, auxiliary observation!"
An asteroid with a diameter of 100 kilometers, 5,000 kilometers away, has a dark and deep universe in the background.
Without the help of various high-precision observation equipment, it would be impossible for the human eye to see the target, let alone aim!
"Copy that!" A slightly rigid voice sounded in the cockpit.
Then, the holographic image on the console changed, and an irregular-shaped asteroid appeared in front of him.
Zhao Zijie didn't hesitate at all: "One, turn on the aiming assist function."
A green crosshair suddenly appeared in the holographic image.
[Aiming assist function is turned on]
Zhao Zijie swallowed slightly, moved the joystick slightly, and pointed the green crosshair at the target asteroid.
"Gao Yang, activate an electromagnetic gun."
Zhao Zijie stared at the holographic image in front of him and said in a deep voice, "Don't start the other four yet."
"Let's try the power of a cannonball first."
Under the watchful eyes of all the pilots in the starship, he pressed the button to launch the electromagnetic gun.
A slight vibration came from the deck below.
The operating power of the nuclear fusion reactor at the rear of the starship soared instantly!
The most powerful energy in the star system is accumulated in the fusion furnace.
The electrical energy generated by the magnetic fluid generator flows through lines made of superconducting materials toward the superconducting magnetic energy storage device set up at the bottom of the starship.
Within a few milliseconds, the superconducting magnetic energy storage device responsible for supplying energy to the main gun is filled with electrical energy.
Immediately afterwards, Yi ran the program in the onboard computer to accurately control the magnetic field strength of each coil inside the electromagnetic coil gun.
At the same time, the projectile entered the chamber!
Under the constraints of the magnetic field, the projectile floats quietly inside the barrel without any contact with the barrel.
The next moment, a projectile with a diameter of one meter rushed forward quickly, driven by a strong magnetic field!
In a very short period of time, the projectile passed through the thirty-meter-long accelerating barrel.
The projectile comes out!
"The projectile has been fired!"
"Initial velocity 6127 kilometers/second!"
Gao Yang stared at the holographic image in front of him. The moment he saw the data, he shouted loudly!
At this moment, Zhao Zijie suddenly held his breath, his eyes widened, staring at the image of the asteroid in front of him!
0.5 seconds, 1 second, 2 seconds...
wrong!
At a distance of 5,000 kilometers, it stands to reason that an impact would occur within one second!
"What's going on?!" Zhao Zijie looked at the asteroid still "going its own way" in the picture and shouted anxiously, "One, was the projectile launched successfully?"
"Captain Zhao Zijie, the projectile was successfully launched five seconds ago." A rigid voice sounded in the cockpit.
Gao Yang looked at Zhao Zijie with a somewhat ugly face: "Captain, could it be that... we made a mistake?"
Zhao Zijie's expression changed slightly and he turned to look at the aiming screen.
The asteroid sat quietly in the center of the crosshair.
"No, there's no problem with aiming." Zhao Zijie turned to the holographic projection aside for help.
In the projection screen, Lu Yongchang sighed slightly.
"Sure enough... the control of this electromagnetic coil gun is still a big problem."
"Zero! Take control!"
The moment he finished speaking, a familiar electronic synthesized sound sounded inside the starship.
"Roger that, Professor!"
"Control of the starship has been taken over and the trajectory of the previous projectile is being analyzed..."
"Adjusting the control program..."
"Adjustment is complete, continue firing!"
Before Zhao Zijie could react, another projectile rushed out of the barrel!
One second later.
"...the launch was successful but missed the target."
"Re-adjusting data..."
As Zero's voice continued to sound, the main gun barrel fired more than ten projectiles in sequence.
Zhao Zijie's eyes twitched, and after looking at Gao Yang beside him, he sighed helplessly.
Is this accuracy... too bad?
Just when everyone was disappointed with the performance of the electromagnetic gun, a powerful flash of light appeared on the asteroid in the holographic image!
While countless rock fragments were scattered, the asteroid's trajectory changed dramatically!
"...The 16th test, the projectile was launched successfully and hit the target!"
Ling Shanshan's voice reporting was late.
"OK, successful?"
Zhao Zijie's Adam's apple twitched and his eyes were fixed on the holographic image in front of him.
The light gradually dissipated.
A huge "crater" appeared on the surface of the asteroid.
Although this projectile did not disintegrate the asteroid, everyone could still feel the huge power of the electromagnetic gun!
"Wait...why is there a flash?" Gao Yang asked belatedly, "It seems that the effect is almost the same as an explosion?"
"It's very simple."
Lu Yongchang's explanation voice sounded from the side: "We have installed micro-nuclear bombs inside these projectiles. They are not very powerful, about the same as the one in Hiroshima."
Gao Yang: "..."
Zhao Zijie: "..."
"Nuclear bomb?!" Gao Yang's eyes were filled with deep fear, "Professor Lu, are you saying that the tens of thousands of projectiles we brought are all loaded with nuclear bombs?!"
Zhao Zijie looked at the cabin behind him with a pale face.
They actually spent more than ten days with tens of thousands of nuclear bombs! !
"Calm down, calm down." Lu Yongchang said cheerfully, "It's not that exaggerated."
"Among the tens of thousands of projectiles, only a few hundred projectiles are loaded with micro-nuclear bombs."
"Don't worry, we have taken sufficient safety measures, nothing will happen."
"..."There was silence in the starship.
Zhao Zijie took a deep breath and calmed down his "excited" mood.
"Professor, are we going to continue to launch projectiles now?"
"Of course." Lu Yongchang in the projection screen looked surprised, "What? Do you still want to bring these nuclear bombs back?"
[Starting all electromagnetic coil guns...]
The lights in the cockpit dimmed.
The main gun fired in unison!
One second later, the surface of the asteroid in the holographic image lit up with dazzling light!
Before the light faded, the main interface of the holographic projection turned red.
Zero's voice also sounded.
"Alarm!"
"Disintegration of the asteroid was observed!"
"Full-power rapid-fire mode activated!"
A low humming sound rose from under the deck!
Under Zero's control, the five electromagnetic cannons fired like Gatling guns!
In the deep and dark space, bursts of light flashed!
That was the scene of the collision between the projectile loaded with micro-nuclear bombs and the asteroid fragments!
Zhao Zijie and Gao Yang stared at the silent picture in front of them with their eyes wide open.
At this moment, they seemed to have seen a miniature of the future interstellar war.
