There are two ways to defeat your opponent. First, make yourself stronger than your opponent. Second, make your opponent weaker than yourself.
Even if the deep space civilization has declined to the extreme at this moment, who can guarantee that there is no scientific and technological data from its heyday left in their database? And with those scientific and technological data, as long as they can create a power that transcends the times,
Weapons, I'm afraid human civilization will never have any chance again.
They must, must, no matter what the cost, must be eliminated at this stage. If they cannot be eliminated, then weaken them and slow them down!
But before the meeting ended, the reminder from Xiao Xi was once again delivered to the Human Government Conference Room No. 1.
"Captain, I received another signal from the direction of the Cygnus constellation. This time the signal has a clear direction and is very clear, and it comes with a 'documentation' about this message. I have completed deciphering it."
The so-called "explanation document" is actually an information statement similar to a sample, or it can be called a "dictionary". Its purpose is to provide enough samples for the recipient to decipher the language system.
People looked at each other and saw a hint of surprise.
A line of text was projected in front of people.
"Dear unknown civilization, hello. We are the 'deep space civilization' from the 'Seltoya' galaxy."
"Note: 'Seltoya' in their writing system probably means 'warm, comfortable, great' or something like that. At the same time, because we have named it 'Deep Space Civilization'
Because of this, when translating the names of their civilizations, I did not use transliteration or literal translation, but directly replaced them with 'deep space civilization'."
"Based on the consistent rules of cosmic civilization, peace can only exist between civilizations of equal strength. Therefore, in order to prove your strength, we have made a small test. I hope you don't mind.
Now, you have proven your strength.
For the common interests of you and us, I propose on behalf of our civilization that we can abandon disputes, cooperate with each other, and establish good diplomatic relations. If you agree, please reply to us and follow the rules of the universe civilization.
Please download your 'Language Dictionary' so that we can have further communication."
One committee member slammed the table angrily.
"Despicable, shameless! They almost wiped us out, but now they are only pushing it above the so-called code of cosmic civilization! If they are really sincere, why don't they compensate us?"
"They can't be trusted!"
Zhao Changxing looked at this line of words thoughtfully.
This information seems to contain some descriptions of the way of survival in this universe that Zhao Changxing has never come across before.
Although people have made many speculations about the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations as early as the earth's era, and believe that there is a high probability of intelligent life different from humans in the universe, but the speculations are only speculations and have never been actually found.
If there are many civilizations deep in the universe, then how different civilizations coexist is something that humans are completely confused about.
Frankly speaking, Zhao Changxing believes that there is a certain rationality to the principle that "peace can only exist between civilizations of equal strength." Judging from this, after the failure of the exploratory attack, the deep space civilization proposed an agreement for peaceful coexistence.
It is not that there is no possibility of sincerity.
Zhao Changxing smiled faintly and shook his head gently.
"Xiao Xi, reply to them, we are very happy to coexist peacefully with them. If possible, we hope that both parties can cooperate in technology, resources, industry, etc. It will be mutually beneficial and win-win for everyone."
"Okay Captain."
"Leader, you..."
One of the committee members looked at Zhao Changxing, his eyes full of disbelief.
"Okay. Let's continue to discuss how to retaliate."
"Well……"
People living in a relatively simple social environment were a little unable to react to Zhao Changxing's rapid change between the two attitudes. But after a while, they became more enlightened.
In the following discussion, with the help of Xiao Xi, people listed all the weapons they already have, as well as the weapons that can be manufactured at the current stage but have not yet been manufactured, or the weapons that can be manufactured in the future.
Listed out one by one.
Interstellar missiles that can be loaded with nuclear bombs and conventional high-explosive ammunition can be propelled by chemical fuel propulsion or fusion plus ion propulsion. There are many types of land-based or space-based electromagnetic guns, electromagnetic pulse bombs, laser weapons, etc.
It has to be said that in the early Earth Age, humans still developed many types of weapons.
However, after investigating one by one, people found that this variety of weapons seemed a bit weak when faced with a target that was more than 60 million kilometers away, and this target was definitely equipped with a considerable level of planetary defense system.
Interstellar missiles - no matter what kind of bomb is loaded and which propulsion method is used, there is a problem, that is, the delivery speed is too slow, the target is too large, and it is easy to be discovered and intercepted and destroyed. Just like here on Sedna before,
The final interception was completed with only some rather rudimentary planetary defense systems.
The same applies to electromagnetic pulse bombs. Laser weapons are not practical because they are too far away.
The only ones that can accomplish the strike are unguided weapons that rely on small size, low quality, high speed, and large quantity to complete the killing, such as electromagnetic guns.
Even if the planet's defense system were hundreds of times better, it would be impossible to intercept millions of electromagnetic gun projectiles with a mass of only 0.5 grams and traveling at speeds of several kilometers per second.
From this point of view, it is very suitable for launching this revenge. However, there is a very serious problem with this attack method, that is, the planet is too far away, and the electromagnetic cannon that humans can create at the moment is basically impossible.
Without this accuracy, it would be impossible to aim accurately.
Even if the accuracy is sufficient and the target is accurately aimed, once the electromagnetic gun projectile leaves the barrel and enters the complex cosmic environment, its trajectory will be affected by many factors, such as planetary gravity, interstellar dust, cosmic radiation, etc. And its trajectory
It is also uncontrolled. This means that even if you aim, you may not be able to hit the target.
At the end of the day, even if it hits its target, who knows, will it hit an open space or a man-made building?
Want to carry out a full-coverage strike, covering the entire planet's surface? Then first increase the number of existing electromagnetic guns by 10,000 times, and increase the performance by 10,000 times.
To sum up, electromagnetic gun weapons will not work either.
And... what about front-end and middle-stage guidance, such as using a rocket to transport an electromagnetic gun to a place not far from the deep space star, where to launch an attack?
This still doesn't work. The target is too big and easily destroyed.
Or... a bomb? The missile warhead is loaded with 100,000 projectiles or more, and it is actively detonated before entering the opponent's planetary defense system, and the projectiles are dispersed to attack the opponent?
It doesn't work either. First, the offensive efficiency is too low, and second, the same problem remains, how do people control it to hit open spaces or man-made buildings?
What Zhao Changxing hopes to achieve is to directly destroy the enemy once and for all. At worst, it will slow down the opponent's development progress, regardless of the gains and losses of a city or a land. Calculated in this way, unless the electromagnetic cannon can achieve the effect of washing the ground, otherwise
The electromagnetic gun can only be ruled out.
Taken together, the only weapon that can achieve the goal is the hydrogen bomb.
At this moment, human civilization has not yet truly created a hydrogen popup. However, there is complete data in Xiaoxi's database. Combined with the current industrial capabilities, although it is difficult to actually create a hydrogen popup, it is not impossible.
The difficult thing is, how to break through the planet's defense system and deliver the hydrogen bomb there?
"The key point is speed. If the speed of the missile is fast enough, it can escape the detection of deep space radar. At the worst, it can greatly increase the error of deep space radar, causing interception failure."
Faced with this problem, military industry experts are speechless.
Just like the high-power ion thruster used by the Spark spacecraft, it is impossible to manufacture it now. Its technical content is too high. The thrust of the low-power ion thruster is too small and is not suitable for use on missiles.
The only thing that can be used is still chemical fuel propulsion. Such as methane and liquid oxygen.
However, although the thrust of chemical fuel is large, the efficiency is too low. An interstellar missile whose fuel accounts for up to 70% of the entire mass may not even reach a speed of 20 kilometers per second. Even the planetary defense of Sedna
The system cannot be broken through.
The combination of all kinds of contradictions puts the family at risk of childbirth before the revenge action even begins.
"Or... at least use the electromagnetic gun and explosive shells to carry out a retaliatory action first to boost morale."
"No." Zhao Changxing refused directly: "This will completely fail to achieve the purpose of annihilating the opponent. It will also expose our war methods, which will easily cause Deep Sky Star to make targeted defense arrangements. It will be more difficult to attack next time."
Either don't do it, or do it to the extreme and get the greatest effect. Because at this stage, you may only have one chance.
"At this stage, let's launch some spy satellites first, so that we can at least have a certain understanding of the enemy."
People looked at each other helplessly, and finally had no choice but to pass the resolution first.
At this moment, after experiencing this incident, all the loose atmosphere in the entire human society has disappeared. In major cities and bases, even the laughter and laughter are much less.
For the first time, people realized how precious it is to live in peace and develop themselves without worries. They also felt the pressure that seemed to be everywhere for the first time.
Originally, Zhao Changxing thought that the social production order had been suppressed to the limit and that production efficiency was unlikely to improve. But now, various statistics tell him that the overall social production efficiency has increased by as much as 16.3%, which is unexpected.