Chapter 583 Plasma Torpedo Decapitation
After Franklin and others left the negotiation venue and went to the lounge, Alex and others were still sitting in their respective seats in a daze.
After Amber said a few polite words and called on everyone present to give up their illusions and recognize the reality, they also temporarily cut off communication to allow these "federal remnants" to discuss among themselves.
Intuition told Alex, the former chief executive of the self-government, that Amber, Franklin and others definitely had other cards in hand, so they showed such a strong posture.
To put it bluntly, I have no intention of giving Alex and others a chance to choose.
"They are really bullying people too much. Rabbits will bite people when they are anxious. Aren't these guys worried that we will fight to the death with them?"
The secretary-general of the autonomous government said angrily that the thoughts and emotions of other people around him were similar to his. What they did was that they completely ignored Bresk's fortress-like city defense and the tens of millions of citizens in the city.
"Yes! I don't agree to be kicked out just like this. This is my home and all my property is here!"
"That's right, my Lawrence family's three-generation legacy, why should I give it up to others like this?"
"Count me in. Even if I die, I will not agree to be driven away!"
The local plutocrats and big capitalists in the Lubion system who had not escaped were also roaring with "righteous indignation". They knew very well what the fate of being driven away would be, so they completely disagreed with the requirements of the Renaissance Alliance.
Then, a deep voice attracted the attention of others.
"Then maybe Mr. Franklin, no, it should be said that Mr. Amber behind him, really doesn't take the 'trump card' in our hand seriously?"
The person who spoke was the new administrative lieutenant, the one who replaced Sam, who had a close relationship with Atlas before. In order to 'show loyalty', the new administrative lieutenant cleared out a large number of people who were closely related to Atlas in the team. personnel.
The intensity of the collection is so great that it is much higher than the anti-corruption work carried out within the autonomous government.
After hearing the words of the administrative lieutenant, Alex seemed to be awakened by someone. He suddenly stood up and walked straight towards the city defense commander who was also attending the meeting.
"Warren, can we still monitor the situation in the orbit of the planet?"
Alex's question obviously made the city defense commander Warren look embarrassed. He hesitated for a moment before speaking:
"Sir, we have basically lost the monitoring of the outer orbit of Lubion 5. Most of the military satellites and communication satellites have been captured and destroyed by the other side. Therefore, we can only monitor through the observation of ground equipment, and the range is only Limited to the area visible from Breske ”
Alex: "Then if the enemy is going to launch an orbital attack on us, can we give an early warning?"
"You mean?" City Defense Commander Warren also realized something. He quickly glanced around the venue, and then couldn't help but look up at the ceiling, as if his sight could penetrate the roof and see the track of interest.
"It's just a guess, so I came to you to confirm it."
Alex signaled Warren to be calm and not to react too much and cause others to panic. The latter immediately resumed expression management and quickly contacted the city defense headquarters.
The Atlas Group's unique operation of using conventional warships to conduct close-ground fire support in low orbit has been included in the signature database before, and it was confirmed that the movements of attacking warships can be observed through ground observation.
So Warren quickly contacted his subordinates to see if any such signs were found - although according to city defense procedures, people from the Air Defense Operations Command will report to Warren as soon as they discover an abnormality. But under the high pressure at this moment, the city defense commander felt that it would be more reassuring to personally intervene.
Soon, news came from the Air Defense Operations Command that Atlas's warships had not entered the 'forbidden line' established by the autonomous government, and no trace of any warships was found in low orbit.
This result naturally made both Warren and Alex relieved.
But when the latter thinks about what Franklin and Amber said at this moment, he still feels a little anxious, and the threatening meaning in it makes him a little uneasy.
"Perhaps the opponent wants to attack from the ground? Although no signs of orbital strikes have been found so far, warnings of enemy troop movements have been sent back one after another from the 'fortress area' around the city."
Warren guessed, and at the same time presented the picture on his portable command terminal to Alex.
Although the chief executive is not good at command, he can still understand it by looking at the battlefield situation map. It is obvious that the troops of the Renaissance Alliance have completely surrounded Breske, and the leading heavy troops have also entered the attack preparation position. .
However, he still couldn't figure out one thing. Since the Renaissance Alliance was ready to attack, why did Franklin have to come in person and put himself at risk?
If our side directly detains Franklin and other negotiators without respecting military ethics, Alex believes that the Renaissance Alliance will not be able to make a decision to attack so easily
Unless they don't want this leader anymore.
As the two hesitated, the half hour Franklin left for them quickly passed. However, all the forces on the autonomous government wanted to protect their own interests, so they could not reach a unanimous result.
When Franklin brought the members of the Renaissance Alliance to the venue again and saw the former members of the self-government and the plutocrats and capitalists who were still in dispute, his face turned dark.
"It's hopeless, these people"
After whispering these words, he turned around and left with the members of the delegation without saying any more words. This time, he no longer went to the rest room prepared for them, but walked directly out of the autonomous government administrative building.
"Wait."
After Alex saw Franklin and others leaving, he wanted to retain them to continue the negotiation, but it was still a step too late.
Watching everyone in the Renaissance Alliance disappear at the door, City Defense Commander Warren quickly approached Alex and asked:
"Should we send someone to take down this group first? They don't have many guards. Our several combat units deployed near the administrative building can completely eliminate them."
"Although I really don't want to do this, let the troops resolve the battle quickly and avoid any additional troubles."
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"The 'Red Baron' calls the 'Brood'. There are still 10 minutes left before entering the attack orbit. The final strike command has not been received yet. Do you need to slow down and stand by? Over!"
"The 'Brood' calls out to the 'Red Baron' and recommends reducing the ground speed by one-fifth!"
"'Red Baron' received it, started to reduce speed, over!"
After the temporary communication ended, Manfred pulled the combat boat's propulsion mode control lever back to 'reverse one'. He felt a thrust in the opposite direction from the boat and confirmed that his ground speed had dropped by nearly five minutes. After a while, push the joystick to the middle 'neutral' position.
In Manfred's view, the driving experience of a heavy armored combat boat is more like driving a ship in most cases.
Only when entering combat and entering a 'dog fight', where the throttle and joystick are mainly used for control, does it look more like a 'space fighter'.
It's just that this mission doesn't have so many thrilling links. Manfred only needs to drive his combat boat into the predetermined orbit within the predetermined time, and throw out the modified plasma at the predetermined bombing point. Just a torpedo.
It is more like a special express mission than an orbital strike mission.
If there is still a garrison fleet on the track of Rubian 5 for defense, even if the heavy armored combat boat driven by Manfred turns on the covert action mode, it will actually be difficult to sneak up to the sky above Bresk so carelessly. important area.
Because after entering low orbit, whether it is the friction between the hull and the outer atmosphere, or the environment at the interface between the edge of the atmosphere and the cosmic background that is not conducive to 'stealth', the heavy armored combat craft will be detected by the infrared sensors of the warships on orbit. Caught.
This is also the reason why aerospace bombers and near-space attack craft eventually withdraw from the stage of history. When there is a warship in a higher orbit with powerful detection capabilities and the ability to 'roll call' with near-light speed weapons such as charged particle cannons, The survivability of these aircraft that once dominated low orbit has been infinitely close to zero.
But this will revive the situation faced by the alliance, but it happens to be in the comfort zone of aerospace bombers.
After all, it is easy to catch the signs of a warship descending to a low orbit to launch an attack, but it is not so easy to catch an aircraft such as an aerospace bomber with its own stealth and stealth capabilities from the ground.
It's just that Franklin won't be able to take out the aerospace bomber for a while. If there are exhibits in the major aerospace museums on the Lubion 5, he will have to try to drag out these 'antiques' and remodel them.
Unfortunately, these museums don’t even have collections of near-space vehicles.
At this time, the arms procurement department responsible for docking with Atlas Group stated that the heavy armored combat boats purchased from Atlas Military Industry seemed to have low-orbit flight capabilities.
Moreover, in the instruction manual of MA-01Bblock5, there is also an appendix on the 'teaching' about adding orbital strike capability to the plasma torpedo. The whole process is very simple and easy to understand~
Rebuilding a shell for the torpedo using highly heat-resistant materials is not difficult for the Renaissance Alliance, which already has a certain industrial system and has all the data on the plasma torpedo.
Then put a set of atmospheric control components on the torpedo, and at the same time replace the attack seeker with a four-in-one comprehensive guidance mode of stars, satellites, images, and inertia.
In this way, a plasma torpedo with basic orbital strike capabilities has been transformed.
Although in terms of attack accuracy, this improvised emergency product is definitely not comparable to the dedicated orbital strike missile.
But if it hits a target as big as a building, there is actually no big problem.
What's more, the plasma warhead of the plasma torpedo used for anti-ship is inherently powerful, and the high-temperature plasma fireball produced by the explosion has a greater effect in the atmosphere than in space.
So unless you want to use this thing to kill a person with kinetic energy, you don't actually need to worry too much about hitting the target.
When Franklin heard the news, he was overjoyed and asked the Arms Procurement Department:
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? It means that in our combat sequence, we have always had an aerospace bomber, and it is even equipped with a dedicated orbital strike weapon?" Minister of Arms Procurement Department: "Then you didn't ask before."
You see, this world is just a huge grass-top team.
After this 'interlude', this secret strike mission finally fell to the heavy armored combat boat strike team.
"Find the driver with the best skills and the most courage in your unit. He has an important combat mission!"
Then, the candidate for the driver unsurprisingly fell on the already well-known ‘Red Baron’.
The waiting time was long, and in this last period before entering the attack track, Manfred felt like a whole day had passed.
Since there could not be other enemies on the track at this time, Manfred became bored and stood still after turning on the automatic warning device of the combat boat.
Until the call from the 'Brother's Nest' rang again.
"The 'Brood' called the 'Red Baron' and has received the strike order. It is transmitting the order through the tactical network and is preparing to strike!"
After hearing this long-awaited voice, Manfred was excited. After seeing that the combat ship's combat system received an attack command transmitted through the tactical network, he immediately replied excitedly in the encrypted communication: < br>
"The 'Red Baron' called the 'Brood'. It has received the attack command and started to execute the ground attack operation. Repeat! Start the execution of the ground attack operation!"
After saying that, the young combat boat pilot directly pushed the propulsion mode operating lever to 'Forward 2'. MA-01Bblock5, which was slowly approaching the attack track according to inertia, suddenly burst out a burst of blue light from the propulsion array at the tail, and the entire A combat boat rushed out directly, and the ground speed on the holographic instrument skyrocketed in an instant.
Manfred in the cockpit, with the help of the combat auxiliary AI, controlled the combat boat to quickly enter the planned attack trajectory.
Like all things that are dropped from orbit, plasma torpedoes that attack the ground do not drop straight down, but have to go through a specific attack trajectory.
As the first half of this track, the heavy armored combat boat is not only responsible for carrying the torpedo, but also must give the fish sufficient initial speed when launching it.
Manfred, who had rehearsed the entire process many times in the simulator and actually dropped a full-size fish model on the other side of the planet, skillfully controlled the combat ship into orbit, and then pressed down as much as possible At the same time, it allows fish to have faster speed.
But this acceleration was obviously not infinite. Soon Manfred felt a kind of "lift" coming from underneath the combat boat, and the combat auxiliary AI also issued instructions that bombs could be dropped.
As the Red Baron took a fierce photo of a group of people, the heavy armored combat boat performing the bombing mission was re-bounced by the atmosphere. At the same time, a strange-shaped plasma torpedo also ejected from the semi-buried hanger. Detached from the rack.
"Bomb drop completed! Repeat! Bomb drop completed! Notify ground units near the attack coordinates to avoid!"
Amid Manfred's report, the plasma torpedo re-entered the Earth's atmosphere at an astonishing speed of over Mach 30. The modified front end caused a strong plasma effect under the violent friction with the high-altitude atmosphere.
In an instant, a plasma sheath with a temperature of several thousand degrees Celsius formed around the plasma torpedo. This layer of high-temperature plasma not only gave the plasma torpedo a natural stealth barrier, but also made it almost impossible for ground radar to accurately locate its exact location. At the same time, it also poses a severe test to its internal precision instruments.
However, Atlas's military industry department has already taken this into consideration when designing this modification. Inside the plasma torpedo, the 'charge' is slightly reduced to free up a certain amount of space, with multi-layer insulation materials and an advanced thermal management system. Working together, we strive to ensure that core components can still operate stably under extreme conditions.
And this plasma torpedo could not hide for too long. Although the plasma sheath interfered with radar detection, the surface temperature of the shell became extremely high during the friction with the atmosphere, and it was quickly detected by infrared on the ground. unit found.
"Warning! Unidentified high-speed target detected. Suspected orbital attack missile! Assigned temporary number Echo1!"
"Warning! Echo1 has entered the defense circle, start the interception program immediately!"
In Breske's air defense command room, sirens sounded one after another, and the red warning lights flashed. The automatic control system automatically activated the air defense program the moment it detected the torpedo.
"No. Where did this come from? No orbital attack ships were found in orbit?!"
The air defense commander stared in horror at the sudden appearance of Echo 1, and he suddenly fell into panic, because the automatic control system had just calculated the impact point of this 'orbital attack bomb' - the administrative building of the Lubion System Autonomous Government.
At present, more than 90% of the top officials of the autonomous government, as well as the leading plutocrats and capitalists, are all there to participate in negotiations with the Renaissance Alliance.
"Fuck, it's all over now"
The air defense commander, whose legs felt weak, almost stumbled to the communication terminal, and then tremblingly connected to the communication with the city defense commander Warren.
The latter also happened to see the air defense siren at this moment. When he saw the communication coming in, he immediately asked:
"What's going on? Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on outer space? Where did the orbital attack missiles come from?!"
"I don't know, sir! You should take shelter quickly! This thing is coming towards your position!"
"What?!"
While the air defense commander was talking to Warren, dozens of interceptor missiles deployed on the ground and underground silos in Bresk were also launched one after another. Their engines roared against the gravity from the planet, trying to accelerate the missiles to above Mach 10. speed to intercept this high-speed moving threat target.
Immediately afterwards, several dazzling laser beams and charged particle beams were shot out from the laser weapon platform on the ground, leaving behind blazing trails.
However, the design of the plasma torpedo is far more complex and sophisticated than imagined. After sensing an external threat, the plasma torpedo immediately initiates a maneuvering orbit change program, sliding and diving at a large angle at an alarming speed.
These actions not only make tracking extremely difficult, but also successfully avoid the possibility of most direct hits. Even if they are irradiated by high-energy lasers and charged particle beams, the plasma sheath outside the torpedo and the shell of changed materials are enough. Withstand these attacks.
There are not many such interception windows.
Just when the interceptor missile and laser beam almost hit the plasma torpedo, the final acceleration of the plasma torpedo thruster began, and the speed of the entire projectile suddenly increased again.
At this time, the atmosphere in the air defense command room was extremely tense. Everyone held their breath and watched every update on the screen. Fine beads of sweat oozed from the forehead of the air defense commander, and he could not speak. In other words, I can only pray and wait for the final result.
On the other side, the evacuation alarm was also sounded in the Breske Administration Building. Members of the autonomous government, including Alex, almost rolled and ran towards the outside of the negotiation venue.
But for a plasma torpedo that bursts into the atmosphere at Mach 30 to launch an attack, it is too late now.
As the last interception window was breached, the plasma torpedo finally entered the irreversible attack stage and rushed towards the target at a nearly vertical angle.
Just a few seconds later, when the plasma torpedo crashed through the outer glass curtain layer of the administrative building and the first layer of steel structure, the plasma warhead was also triggered and detonated.
In an instant, a huge high-temperature plasma fireball expanded in the blink of an eye and completely swallowed up the entire building.
The core temperature of the blue-white high-temperature plasma fireball formed by ionization at extremely high temperatures reaches tens of millions of degrees Celsius in an instant. Due to the high-temperature characteristics of the plasma, the space around it is heated, and the air generates strong waves due to rapid expansion. Shockwave.
The first thing to be affected is the non-metallic materials on the outside of the building. The glass curtain bursts instantly due to the high temperature, and combustible materials such as plastic and wood quickly burn.
Although the steel structure as the main body of the building has good heat resistance, it gradually begins to soften and deform under such extreme conditions.
The entire building seemed to be held tightly by an invisible hand and then squeezed hard. The steel structure quickly lost its strength under the influence of high temperature and began to twist and break.
Starting at the top, layer after layer collapses like dominoes. Huge roars echoed throughout the city, and dust and debris flew into the sky where the administrative building once stood, creating an apocalyptic scene.
The attack process of the plasma warhead did not last long. When the dust settled, the administrative building of the autonomous government that once symbolized the proud standing of power had turned into a pile of melted ruins.
Franklin and his party, who managed to escape to a safe distance within the limit of time, got up from the ground in disgrace after the roar of the explosion ended and the plasma fireball was extinguished.
"Fuck! Whoever wants to do this next time will do it."
(End of chapter)