Chapter 108 Emergency Order
"Liu Shuai, the American space station is being scrapped and falling. Our supercomputer has calculated that the other party is currently traveling at Mach 20. When it re-enters the atmosphere, it will directly collide with our space elevator."
After Fan Ren finished saying this, Liu Shengzhan on the other end of the phone was silent for a while, as if he was digesting this information.
"Are the calculations accurate?"
"Accurate. You know our supercomputer, it has never made any mistakes."
Fan Ren is very sure and has great confidence in the Xinghai supercomputer.
"Mach 20. Our missiles may not be able to hit objects at this speed."
"Yes, so as long as you agree, I think there should be no problem with the Xinghai supercomputer connecting to the data link system used by the missile with the assistance of the Xinghai supercomputer."
The two of them didn't even discuss whether the missile could be launched.
There is no doubt that the construction of the space elevator consumed countless manpower and material resources of Daxia, as well as financial resources of Xinghai.
Even the large amount of ore produced by the lunar base, which has been in operation for half a year, has been used in this project.
Liu Shengzhan knew even more that Mr. Ye's think tank had even proposed that after the completion of this elevator, relying on it to continue to increase the mineral resources of the lunar base, the output of the tri-titanium alloy will hopefully change the embarrassing situation that Daxia's mineral resources have always come from South Australia.
It means a lot! Keep it safe at all costs.
"Okay, I will immediately order the missile troops to cooperate with your Xinghai supercomputer to access their data link command system. Once completed, give me a launch time. I will go to the headquarters in person now. I will communicate with Mr. Ye."
"Okay, Commander Liu, our Xinghai supercomputer will be ready at any time."
Liu Shengzhan's decisiveness was demonstrated at this time. After hanging up the phone, he first gave orders to the headquarters.
The order was to deploy a hundred of Daxia's latest supersonic air defense missiles nearby, and immediately put them into launch mode, waiting for the launch order at any time.
At the same time, he ordered the military's data link command system to be connected to the Xinghai supercomputer.
After finishing these things, he took time out of his busy schedule to call Ye Rongshan in Onei.
When the call was connected, it was obvious that Ye Rongshan's voice was quite excited, and there was a slight noise around him.
During this period, the development of Daxia has been advancing by leaps and bounds. As an elder of Daxia, he has to hold too many meetings involving the development of various industries to finish.
"Shengzhan, what's the hurry?"
"Mr. Ye, I have an emergency to report to you."
After he finished speaking, Ye Rongshan could be heard whispering a few words to the people around him through the microphone, and then the noise died down.
"Go ahead, I don't have anyone else here."
Liu Shengzhan took a deep breath and said seriously, "The American space station is being scrapped and crashed. Xinghai just called me and their supercomputer gave me a warning that the space station will hit our space elevator at a speed of Mach 4 in 45 hours and 20 minutes."
Just like he had just now, Ye Rongshan was silent for a while after hearing the news.
"Can we shoot it down?"
His answer was brief and clear.
Upon hearing this, Liu Shengzhan felt relieved and then reported the response he and Fan Ren had discussed.
"I have already arranged the above plan, but I still need your approval whether to intercept it in the end."
"Humph!"
A cold snort came from the microphone. Even Liu Shengzhan, a big shot in the military, couldn't help but shudder when he heard it.
Mr. Ye has always been kind to others. Even when he is angry, he has never expressed his emotions so directly.
"I command!"
"Yes!" Liu Shengzhan couldn't help but stand up straight and shouted loudly.
"Order: You must shoot down this space station at all costs. Can you do it?" "Yes!"
"Order: Eastern Army, Southern Army, Northern Army, Missile Division enter Level 1 alert!"
"Yes!"
"Order."
"Yes, I promise to complete the mission!"
After the call was ended, Liu Shengzhan did not relax his upright posture.
The secretary pushed the door open and found that the leader had an overwhelming aura, which made him afraid to disturb him.
"Is the car ready?"
"Yes, the military aircraft is already being prepared. We can take off directly after arriving at the airport. We estimate that we will arrive at the airport near the space elevator in one hour at the earliest."
Upon hearing this, Liu Shengzhan picked up his ironed, clean coat and walked out with the swift gait of a dragon or a tiger.
The space elevator is not far from the space base. At Liu Shengzhan's request, the base command center was temporarily taken over. Before Fan Ren arrived, the hall was already full of personnel from the military headquarters.
Fan Ren had relevant documents. He walked all the way to the command hall and stopped for a while. Then he heard Liu Shengzhan's voice behind him.
"Liu Shuai."
"Go in first and find out the situation."
Fan Ren nodded and followed the other person, but he found that his pace could not keep up with Liu Shuai's rhythm.
In the command hall, chairs were added next to the seats of Xinghai's engineers, and members of the headquarters in neat military uniforms sat on them.
The atmosphere was much more serious than usual.
After a group of them came in, a commander with the rank of colonel immediately ran over.
"Reporting to Commander Liu, all personnel in my command center are in place. According to instructions, the operations here will be temporarily handled by Xinghai engineers. Our operators at all levels are only responsible for relaying orders."
Liu Shengzhan nodded and his eyes fell on the big screen in the center of the base.
The colonel quickly began to explain: "Report, the Xinghai supercomputer gave the impact time of 3 hours and 20 minutes. This is the schematic diagram of the space station's fall path."
"Any news from the air defense forces?"
"All nearby air defense missiles are in place, and the base's supercomputer has been connected to our command data link. According to the supercomputer's calculations, the best interception time is three hours and 10 minutes later, at which time the supercomputer will guide the air defense missiles to adjust their flight attitude.
According to the results given by the supercomputer, after 100 anti-aircraft missiles hit the target, the kinetic impact caused will be able to deviate its falling trajectory at a distance of 100 kilometers from the space elevator, and finally the distance between them will reach 10 kilometers when passing the space elevator, which will not pose any threat to the space elevator at all. "
Fan Ren nodded beside him. He heard clearly that the interception was intended to change the path of the falling space station so that the final contact point would no longer be the original path of collision with the space elevator.
This is because air defense missiles have to take into account super-large maneuvers, so their size is not too large, and the explosive power is therefore very general.
But this is because ordinary spacecraft are very precious, and a bird or a coin hitting the engine can destroy it instantly.
No matter how small the power of an air defense missile is, as long as it can hit the target, it can make it lose its ability to continue flying.
But this abandoned space station is different. In its normal state, it is 90 meters long, and when its various levels of branches are connected in series, its weight exceeds 400 tons.
These will rapidly disintegrate in large quantities after generating high-temperature friction with the atmosphere during the process of entering the atmosphere.
In the end, only a main cabin with a length of 8 meters, a diameter of 3 meters and a mass of 10 tons will be left to crash into the space elevator.
This is also the reason why 100 anti-aircraft missiles are prepared for phased bombardment.
Only this amount of explosive energy, as well as potential energy impact, can cause it to deviate from its planned falling trajectory.
(End of this chapter)
