The fleet immediately followed up, and after the exploded dumbbells were completely separated, the Beihai slowly approached and dropped another super nuclear bomb at the appropriate position and angle.
After the explosion, the bridge officer immediately reported: "The mass loss of target No. 1 is three million tons, the energy utilization rate of the nuclear explosion is about 52%, the speed is increased by 46.8 meters, and the relative speed of target No. 1 is 109.8 meters."
More than a hundred meters per second? That’s not a bad speed!
Duan Zhiyang touched his chin with satisfaction: "Captain George, I'll leave the rest to you."
"No problem, it's up to me!" George was full of confidence and ordered the Wharton to move forward. He recalculated the impact point based on the direction and speed of target No. 1 and then fired decisively.
The nuclear bomb hit, and the combat staff reported relevant data again.
In this way, the Wharton planted a super nuclear bomb on the target every once in a while, like a driver driving 700 billion tons of satellite debris forward in the void.
After the last super nuclear bomb hit the target, the combat staff immediately shouted: "Report, the satellite fragments are moving outward at a speed of 277.2 meters per second, and the direction is deviated by 0.4 degrees."
"0.4 degrees? Not bad, not bad." Duan Zhiyang finally let go of the big stone in his heart, contacted George to discuss it for a while, and decided on a correction plan. After receiving the bombing data, the Alesia, which was located inside the debris, immediately launched towards the debris.
A low-yield nuclear bomb.
Even though the deviation angle is only 0.4, after flying over a distance of nearly one million kilometers, the satellite debris has a deviation distance of more than 6,500 kilometers.
The radius of Ganymede is only 2631 kilometers, so it would be strange to miss the target by so much.
"Direction correction 0.06!"
The Alessia fired one after another until the 0.4 degree deviation was reversed.
After the last correction, Duan Zhiyang immediately asked: "Fragment speed."
"276.4 meters per second!"
"Estimated time of exposure?"
"39 days, 8 hours, 41 minutes and 8 seconds."
Duan Zhiyang breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand: "Okay, those on duty will stay, and everyone else can rest."
The next task of the fleet is to follow the satellite debris. The team monitors the direction and speed of the debris and corrects any abnormalities immediately if any abnormalities are found.
Don't think that everything will be fine once the satellite debris is on its way. This thing is moving away from Jupiter. Jupiter's strong gravity will definitely affect the flight of the debris. Moreover, there are many nearby celestial bodies and the conditions are complicated. They may deviate from the direction for some reason halfway.
In this way, time passed day by day, and the fleet followed the debris, circling Jupiter around and around, and the time spent in one circle became longer and longer as the debris moved outward.
Everyone's attention is focused on this smaller piece of satellite debris. The larger piece of satellite debris slowly flew into Jupiter's ring after the explosion.
Fragment No. 2 flew faster and faster, penetrated the rings of Jupiter within a few days, and finally fell into Jupiter eleven days later.
The mission of escorting the No. 1 fragments continues. As the fragments get closer and closer to Ganymede, they gradually enter Ganymede's gravitational range.
In order to accurately cut into the designated orbit, the closer the debris is to Ganymede, the slower it will move outward. Every time the two get close, Ganymede's gravity is like a pair of powerful arms, grabbing the debris tightly.
The result is that every time the two meet, the speed of the fragments will be affected by Xiaosan, as if it knows the purpose of the fragments and tries to reduce the power of the impact.
But it's not a big problem, because when the fragments approach, they will accelerate due to the attraction of gravity, and when they leave, the increased speed will be subtracted. Between one addition and one subtraction, the speed of the fragments will basically not change.
The issue that has attracted the attention of the entire fleet is the orbital deviation of the debris!
On July 12, the fragment was like a naughty child, decorated with Ganymede from the side and back again.
This situation has occurred more than once every two days since the debris has approached the orbit of Piao San - the speed of the debris is much faster than that of Piao San, and the time it takes for Piao San to orbit Jupiter once is enough for the fragment to rotate three times.
The soldiers vividly described the relationship between the fragment and the mistress as a tortoise and the hare, with the heavy mistress persevering and the brisk fragment trying to overtake the mistress every once in a while.
For the fleet, every encounter between the two is a painful torture, but this time is different from the past. The closest distance between the two is only a little over three thousand kilometers, and the influence of gravity on the debris is unprecedentedly strong.
There was a solemn atmosphere in the Beihai, and even the air was about to freeze.
A voice suddenly broke the silence: "It's started, the target has entered the danger zone!"
"The debris orbit is shifting towards Ganymede, and its speed is increasing!"
"Will it have any impact?" Duan Zhiyang's face was full of worry.
"Still under control...the excursion is increasing, repeat, the excursion is increasing!"
"How is the situation? Do we need to intervene?" Duan Zhiyang yelled.
The orbit will not affect the passage of the fragments, but after another round of rotation, the fragments should just cut into the orbit of Ganymede and hit Ganymede from behind.
If the orbit continues to deviate outward, the debris will drift outward significantly after cutting into the orbit of Xiao San, and eventually pass by Xiao San.
The entire fleet has worked hard for more than a month, how could it fall short at this time?
"It is recommended to intervene immediately, the position is 35 degrees to the right, and the number is four!"
Duan Zhiyang immediately gave the order to the most suitable warship: "Qinghe, have you received it?"
"Qinghe received it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Qinghe fired four nuclear shells at the designated position, and four nuclear explosions with an equivalent of 1,200 tons appeared on the fragments.
The light of the nuclear explosion had just dissipated, and Duan Zhiyang couldn't wait to ask: "How was it?"
"Two more!"
"Come again..."
Two more nuclear shells were fired, and the combatant finally breathed a sigh of relief: "It should be fine, there are still seven minutes until the rendezvous!"
Duan Zhiyang shouted loudly: "Pay attention to me. Now is the most critical time. Keep an eye on me and be ready to intervene at any time!"
In each encounter, the fragments have to fly within the gravitational range of Xiao San for an hour, but only the fifteen minutes closest to Xiao San will be more obviously affected. As long as they survive this period, the next time the fragments and Xiao San
The encounter is the time to completely end Ganymede!
At this moment, Duan Zhiyang had only one idea, that is, no matter what, the fragments must be safely freed from the shackles of Ganymede.
Success or failure depends on this!
The four consecutive nuclear bombs not only corrected the deflection, but also corrected the deflection caused by continuing to approach Xiao San. However, this time the situation was much more serious than expected. Just two minutes later, the deflection of the fragments exceeded expectations again, and the fleet had to
Instead of bombarding the fragments again, use the most violent method to get the fragments back on track.
As the distance shortened, the correction intervals became shorter and shorter. In just five minutes, the fleet fired seven rounds of nuclear bombs, finally keeping the direction of the fragments within a controllable range.
From now on, it will no longer be counted as data... I will cry to death.
