Will the out-of-control servitor meet the cosmic cat?

These warships are not a small number.

Not only that, serious data conflicts and logical errors may even lead to tactical misjudgments by artificial intelligence, thus affecting the judgment and decision-making of the overall situation—even under human monitoring and correction, it will not deviate too far, it may be The impact on the winning rate of the entire battle is only 0.01%, but even if it is only reduced by 0.0001%, that is a real reduction.

"After this battle is over, we must let the higher-ups pay attention to it, and properly rectify those scum in the parliament that will only hinder human civilization."

Looking at the combined enemy fleet that is slowly pressing towards humans on the screen, the commander-in-chief thought to himself.

Without their arrogance and even their obstruction, whether it is the diplomatic relations with the Federation and the same race, or the preparations for this war of mankind today, it will be much better than it is now-when some people exist Not only is it not beneficial to human civilization at all, but when it is holding back, cutting the mess quickly is the best choice.

"The forward of the enemy fleet is currently ... 20000 kilometers away from our side!"

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Volume Two: The War Against Extinction: Chapter 110 Six: Sunset, East Wind, Resentful Bird

Different from the wormhole that leads to the extinct unit on the Lagrangian point of the star-iron parent star No. [-] and has a revolution period of tens of days, this wormhole that connects Mars and the fortress of Gibraltar no matter in terms of distance In terms of cycles, they are relatively short-lived.

At present, this wormhole is in an orbit about 2 kilometers away from the surface of the G139-8500d-b satellite. Above this orbital altitude, the orbital period of the wormhole is already very long. Therefore, in order to ensure the For the safety of Mars in the rear, the Gibraltar fortress must be on the same orbit as the wormhole to avoid being out of reach—of course, there is a distance of about 1000 kilometers between them to ensure that the space distortion around the wormhole can be avoided district.

Going back to the topic of observation equipment, you must know that although each warship is equipped with a lot of redundancy and backup, there is no way. As a component containing a large number of optical components, these equipment are too fragile and too easy. damaged.

Not to mention that each hit of the megawatt-level pulsed laser can easily destroy all equipment within a few meters of the impact point, even if you are lucky enough to survive the firepower exchange between the two sides in the early stage, it is useless at all.

After all, it is usually difficult to cause too much battle damage in the first hour or two. The two sides are not so much shooting at each other as they are dismantling each other's air defenses. As we all know, in space, there is no carrier-based aircraft. , so why is the fleet's anti-aircraft firepower prepared?

For the missiles—or rather, for the nuclear warheads on board the missiles.

"It is detected that the enemy fleet is releasing missiles, and the current distance is 19800 kilometers."

The data from the observation array of the fortress was quickly uploaded to the tactical star map of the headquarters, and synchronized in real time to all friendly units on the battlefield.

Similar to the role of torpedoes in old-age naval warfare, in the space age only an attack from a missile has the real possibility of completely destroying a battleship.

It is not like lasers, particle beams or electromagnetic guns, which achieve "destruction" in the tactical sense by abolishing the opponent's heat dissipation and maneuverability, but really use the power from the thermonuclear reaction to melt and tear them apart.

Of course, now that large-scale weapon-grade lasers are becoming more and more mature, and even super-large "axle-gun" lasers with a range of over [-] kilometers have been born, missiles, due to their extremely low speed relative to the speed of light, and the fact that they cross the interception fire zone After a long time, it has gradually given up the status of the original main battle weapon of the fleet, and has become an "auxiliary weapon" used to assist laser battleships in combat, but this does not mean that the nuclear bomb that has retired from the throne will no longer be beautiful .

On the contrary, when the fleet no longer needs nuclear bombs for direct damage, they can free up their hands to do some new tasks that are more helpful to the war and more difficult to replace.

That is to roast all the equipment on the surface of the enemy.

Among these devices, the sighting and aiming devices—to be precise, the observation devices—are the most vulnerable among them, and even the cooling plates are more resistant than them.

After all, considering the harsh environment of the battlefield, in order to survive from flying debris and the aforementioned space flight oven, the heat sink of the battleship is equipped with some light armor.

Although considering the factors of quality and heat dissipation efficiency, these armors will not be very thick, and the materials are rarely made of high-density materials such as metals, but it is undeniable that in the face of long-distance "baking" of nuclear bombs, These light armors are extremely effective.

Generally speaking, this is actually not a big deal. With the blessing of modern technology, as long as the maneuvering and aiming capabilities of the warship itself are still there, it is completely possible to conduct "blind fire" without any observation equipment and only rely on the guidance of friendly forces.

Whether it is receiving data from other warships far behind, from observation satellites floating outside the battlefield, or simply receiving data through the large observation array at the main base, this is a very easy task.

Even the ancient people in the 21st century could do it, let alone the modern human civilization that has entered the middle of the 24th century.

"They are like a ruthless oven flying at more than ten kilometers per second in the universe."

For the nuclear bombs in modern space warfare, human keyboard tacticians comment on it in this way-it has to be said, it is quite vivid, isn't it?

Once a ship is unfortunately detonated by even a nuclear bomb at a medium or short distance, then congratulations, under the intense wide-area plasma, X-rays, early nuclear radiation, and photothermal radiation of the nuclear explosion, this warship faces the explosion center. It is basically impossible to have any observation equipment to see on the other side.

This is the essence of today's missiles. Compared with relying on speed to forcibly break through the closer and stronger near-anti-laser air defense network of the fleet group, or trying to pass through the plasma "firewall" created by intercepting nuclear bomb barrages, in a few It is undoubtedly much safer to detonate ten or even hundreds of kilometers away.

Although compared with the "implosion" that can reimburse a warship with one shot, this "external focus" attack method that can only be roasted seems weak, and it is not worth the candle, but in actual combat, it is the latter. The role of those is greater.

The damage that did not hit the enemy, no matter how high its theoretical value is, is meaningless.

Moreover, the surface equipment that can kill the enemy remotely does not mean that these nuclear bombs can only be used as "oven".

If the enemy's interception firepower is insufficient, or if other conditions on the battlefield permit, these nuclear warheads can of course choose to pull the detonation distance closer in order to kill the radiator plate, working medium tank and even the surface armor.

After all, according to the inverse square law, the power of a nuclear bomb in a vacuum will decrease according to the inverse square of the distance from the source, which means that every time the distance is shortened by half, the power will increase by four times.

Therefore, if the detonation distance can be a little closer, that is of course the best. Even if the opponent pulls his hips a little bit more, these nuclear warheads with an equivalent of tens of thousands of tons or even a million tons of TNT don't mind at all imitating their predecessors. Be the brightest light that bursts out inside the enemy battleship.

This is the power from the thermonuclear reaction, and it is the most powerful weapon that all major civilizations can equip today.

none of them.

"The current distance between the enemy fleet and our side is 19500 kilometers, and it is expected to enter the range in one hour, five and 10 minutes."

The artificial intelligence's sweet voice mixed with a touch of machinery sounded at the right time, awakening the commander-in-chief of the fortress from his original self-talk.

"This is not the time to be held accountable."

He shook his head, first got rid of those things that had nothing to do with the war from his mind, then looked up at the time in the lower right corner of the panel, thought for a moment, and ordered.

"Adopt Plan No. [-]."

"Yes, sir!" The adjutant who was in charge of conveying the order immediately straightened up, "Attention all, use plan No. [-]!"

"Plan No. [-]!"

Under the laser and radio waves of the fortress, this order was quickly conveyed to all human units on the entire battlefield—whether it was the launch base hiding behind the satellite, or the fleet preparing to meet the enemy in front of the wormhole, Even the swarms of missiles orbiting Mars awaiting activation commands.

Although caught off guard by the superluminal leap of the extinct unit, in the final analysis, human beings' experience in warfare over the past few hundred years is not for nothing. With the help of computers and artificial intelligence, they have successfully calculated some possibilities that can allow human beings to persevere in such desperate situations, and even turn defeat into victory, and formulate several feasible plans based on this.

Not only that, the think tanks even prepared corresponding emergency plans for each plan, and imported all the plan data into the equipment that needs to be involved in each plan in advance, so that the commander-in-chief on the front line can make flexible and quick choices .

Although these plans are very risky, and the corresponding "possibility of winning" is almost nonsense, if it is normal, no one will take a look at these plans.

But today, these plans that seriously violate the combat regulations and seem to be unconstrained have become a glimmer of hope for mankind to win.

Like a candle in the dark night, faint but eye-catching.

"Has the opponent's missile ignited?"

"Reporting, sir, no." The adjutant replied while operating the panel in front of him, "The enemy is still in the stage of releasing missiles, and there is no sign of ignition for the time being."

"What is the current quantity?"

"Seven."

"Continue to monitor, and report any changes at any time." The tactical coordinator quickly ordered the adjutant to continue, while switching the voice to the channel of the No. [-] missile base deployed on the back of the satellite, "No. [-] missile base, your missiles are ready. Ok?

"...Reporting sir, no, due to the failure of the missile well filling equipment, we have to temporarily replace the spare equipment. As a result, the liquid hydrogen filling process has not been completed, and it will take some time."

The voice on the other side of the communication is not only hoarse, but also has a considerable degree of distortion. It sounds similar to the sound quality of the last century and the First World Cold War.

"The signal over there is not very good?"

"...Yes, our communication equipment also has some faults, but we don't know what module is faulty, and I don't have the ability to repair it now, because my companion is currently in the process of repairing the missile well."

The roar of filling equipment in the background noise confirmed its words.

"I understand that ensuring the normal operation of the missile well is the first task."

After getting the answer, the tactical coordinator nodded and didn't take it seriously.

After all, due to some previous reasons, most of these bases on the back of the satellite have been in disrepair for a long time, lack of funds for maintenance, and it is only natural for a small problem to occur.

No one would think that with a resident team of less than 20 people and some maintenance robots commanded by the base's central computer according to the program, a large base covering an area of ​​several square kilometers can be properly maintained, right?

Leaving aside the current artificial intelligence technology of human beings, it is simply not enough for the artificial intelligence they create to properly maintain a base. Even if there is, due to the existence of the United Nations' Artificial Intelligence Military Industry Control Act, it is impossible to allow artificial intelligence to Manage these "dangerous" bases.

You know, according to the rating of the bill, all of these missile bases loaded with nuclear warheads start at level three, let alone let artificial intelligence manage them, and even networks with artificial intelligence are prohibited from connecting to them, so that whether it is If the fortress wants to contact the officers and soldiers inside, or if the officers and soldiers inside want to contact the outside world, they have to enter a special room and go through a procedure that is not complicated, but definitely not simple.

For high-risk activities such as uploading and downloading data, it is even more necessary to use a dedicated laser communication channel. It is impossible to communicate conveniently and quickly through the "command network" like a battleship, which can be described as a lot of trouble.

"No way, it's better to be safe than to have an artificial intelligence mutiny or an iron-hearted omnimechanical invasion."

Before he could answer, he cleared his throat and continued to ask.

"So, how long do you need?"

"...within four and ten minutes."

"Understood, please hurry up."

He nodded, and recorded "Base No. 40 - [-] minutes" on the panel, let the computer start the countdown, and switched the communication to the other nine bases one by one without stopping - no accident, except for No. [-] to No. [-]. Except for the four bases facing the iron core parent planet, the remaining six bases have more or less problems.

Although there are many kinds of problems, in general, these problems all point to a common reason-disrepair.

After all, because there is a relationship called tidal locking between the G2-139d-b satellite and its gravitationally dominant celestial body, that is, the iron-core parent star, under the effect of this relationship, the rotation and revolution periods of this satellite are basically the same, causing its It is always the same side facing the iron core parent star.

In this way, due to the particularity of interstellar missiles, the missile base on the back of the satellite has become a very embarrassing existence.

Unlike those missiles that are "frontal" and can accelerate at full speed as soon as they take off, if they want to attack the iron-core mother star and fleet on the other side, the interstellar missiles they launch cannot be fully accelerated from the beginning ——Otherwise, you will rush straight into the vast space, and become a person who flies to who knows where, carefree.

Space junk.

Therefore, if they want to attack to the other side, they have to consume fuel, first enter a circular orbit around the G2-139d-b satellite, and then accelerate to lift the apogee to form a hyperbolic transfer orbit close to the iron core parent star.

When everything is ready, it can start to enter the real acceleration phase like those "frontal base" missiles that charge at full speed as soon as they take off.

Although this process is not complicated, middle school students can easily solve a suitable orbit, but as we all know, everything has a price, and for space navigation, this price is dv.

Depending on the location of the base, this price fluctuates between 700 and [-] meters per second-compared with the DV of interstellar missiles, which can reach up to [-] kilometers per second, it seems acceptable. .

But in fact, considering that the distance between the two stars is too short, the missile itself has to sacrifice a large amount of dv in exchange for acceleration, and the need to overcome the extra consumption caused by the satellite's gravitational well. Once on the missile, it will reduce its final velocity by about 30%.

This is undoubtedly very unacceptable for a weapon that relies on speed to penetrate the defense.

Perhaps when human beings first arrived, these bases on the back provided protection for human beings for quite a long time because of the factors of stars as shields, but after human beings gained a firm foothold, these awkwardly located bases undoubtedly became food. It's tasteless, and it's a pity to discard it.

Especially in recent years, due to the fact that human beings have been pressing their hearts to fight, the missile launch volume of the front base is increasing, but the rear base may not be able to fire a single missile for several months, so it is obvious that in the case of limited funds and transportation capacity Under these circumstances, normal people would make plans to use their precious transport capacity to the frontal bases.

Of course, it is impossible for humans to voluntarily abandon these bases. After all, missiles are installed in silos and cannot be removed. The base itself also has the ability to produce working fluid through water ice. With less than a few dollars, why waste it?

It's just that, compared to the uproar of positive voices, the tears of these times have always seemed a little lonely over the years-but these are already in the past tense.

"Old antiques that have been silent for decades, it's time to make your final contribution."

He looked up at the commander-in-chief who was giving orders there, then turned his head to look at the familiar and unfamiliar signs on the satellite base, and said softly.

"Dongfeng 80 interstellar ballistic missile."

Volume Two: The War Against Extinction: Chapter 110 What do they want to do?

"The enemy fleet has not released new missiles for more than 5 minutes."

After getting the data analyzed by the secondary department, the chief of staff pondered for a moment, then walked quickly to the commander-in-chief standing in front of the tactical star map, and reported in a low voice.

"In addition, the observation department also found that the enemy's missile ship has started its main engine and is slowly decelerating to prepare to enter orbit—so our preliminary judgment is that there will be no more missiles for the time being."

"5400 pieces..." the commander stared at the light spots on the star chart that were slowly dividing into two groups, and pondered, "It's a little more than we expected."

"Maybe it was influenced by that extermination unit." He shrugged. "So many missiles are completely different from their previous combat strategy."

"It is possible."

In this regard, the commander also quite agrees.

After all, during the more than 100-earth-year war between humans and Tiexin, both sides remained at a rather primitive level in terms of their understanding of missiles and the development of new missiles.

Excluding those interstellar ballistic missiles with other functions, and only considering the ship-borne missiles used in fleet warfare, human beings have always understood their functions very simply-isn’t it just an auxiliary weapon used to burn the shell?At most, it is used to execute some semi-residual warships that have been separated from the core air defense network and have been abandoned by the opponent.

What else could be done?

Not only that, they believed that the iron-hearted exterminator on the opposite side had a worse understanding of missiles than they did.

Anyway, human beings also know how to deploy some land-based interstellar ballistic missile bases as a back-up, and launch a few missiles from time to time to support the fleet battle on the front line. A similar facility, but the Iron Heart Exterminator is different.

"They haven't even built a decent missile ship before. If they weren't stimulated by the outside world, how could they suddenly build so many missile ships?"

The other staff officer also nodded approvingly.

That's right, in the past 100 years, this Iron Heart Exterminator has not even built a dedicated missile ship for fleet warfare, let alone an interstellar missile base.

You know, unlike battleships that require thick armor, complex heat dissipation throughout the ship, numerous redundant anti-damage modules, and a giant main gun with a length of half a kilometer, the construction of missile ships is easy and cheap.

After all, as long-range ships floating outside the battlefield and using missiles as the core output, they do not need armor and redundancy to resist enemy damage, nor do they need complicated heat dissipation to maintain that gigawatt-level laser operation.

Missile ships can even abandon the one-piece shell like cargo ships, and use methods like truss structures to accommodate missiles—anyway, for space missiles that can change orbits and maneuver autonomously, as long as they leave the spacecraft, they have a Hundreds of ways to maneuver to launch position and form formation on your own.

Even commanding such things does not require the mothership to intervene. They can completely complete a series of tasks such as team formation, ignition, orbit change, defense penetration, and cover by networking the computers in the missile group. .