A few days later, after a series of adjustments in direction and speed, the Ningwuguan approached the unnamed comet and slowly followed it 20,000 kilometers behind the comet. The two sides were in exactly the same pace and always maintained a safe distance.
All the officers and soldiers on the ship were already fully armed, and their panoramic helmets zoomed in on the distant view, bringing the appearance of the nameless comet to everyone's eyes.
This is a long, irregular comet with an uneven surface and a color that looks like it has just been dug out of the soil, giving it a rustic feel.
Lin Yi observed for a while in confusion: "Did the measurement quantity come out?"
"Report, preliminary measurements show that the unnamed comet is sixteen kilometers long, fourteen kilometers wide, and nine kilometers high!"
"So small?" Wang Yang was a little surprised, "Isn't it a little small? Even if it is full, how many battleships can it fit in? Captain, how big is the comet that attacked Mercury?"
"I don't know." Lin Yi said, "But it is definitely enough to install a thousand and eight ships."
"Ah?" Wang Yang was startled and lowered his voice guiltily, "Can't you?"
Lin Yi raised the corner of his mouth: "This volume is smaller than two thousand cubic kilometers. On average, one enemy ship can be hidden in two cubic kilometers. Can't it hide a thousand ships?"
Wang Yang calculated in his mind and slapped his thigh: "Oh, look at my head, it's not like that. Let alone one thousand, two thousand is not a problem for him...then we really can't go any further!"
He is just a straight-minded person, which is definitely two different things from having a bad brain.
Gu Zhenyu said: "Captain, should we start now?"
"Observe again to see if there are any abnormalities on the surface." Lin Yi said, "If such a big warship can get in, it can't leave no trace at all, right? Meng Zixuan!"
"arrive!"
"A reconnaissance missile is coming, let's take a closer look." Lin Yi said.
"yes!"
A missile nest was opened under the belly of the Ningwuguan ship. A missile popped out of the ship and flew dozens of meters before igniting the engine. It drew an arc with a light blue tail flame and flew to the sea 20,000 kilometers away.
Unnamed comet.
The battleship is behind the comet and can only see its back, which is very blurry. It cannot be seen in other directions at all. For safety reasons and not getting close, we can only use technical equipment to get close to the ship for reconnaissance.
A few seconds later, the reconnaissance missile that ended its first phase of acceleration shut down its engine and continued to glide toward the target under the influence of inertia. Thirty-seven minutes later, the missile arrived at the unknown comet and slowed down under the remote control of Ningwuguan.
The camera on the aircraft is aimed at the comet's surface, slowly rotating around the comet, and sending the details of the comet's surface back to the battleship in detail.
Including Lin Yi, this was the first time for everyone to see the mysterious comet with their own eyes. Wang Yang only glanced at it twice before twisting his lips in disappointment: "What the hell is this!"
The surface of the comet is hard to describe. From a distance, it looks like a rocky coast. But up close, it is different. There are highlands, hillsides, valleys, and cliffs. Even though everyone knows that the comet is all ice, but on the surface
It looks like a stone.
However, spectral analysis shows that this unnamed comet is a typical dirty snowball, mainly composed of water, a mixture of several types of air ice and various dusts.
Lin Yi thinks the surface of the comet is very good. This kind of naturally formed weird surface is difficult to imitate artificially. If a mouse digs a hole, there will still be a hole. If aliens dig a hole in the comet, will they leave no traces?
The missile circled around the comet. After the computer on the Ningwuguan compiled all the data, it produced a three-dimensional image of the surface of the unnamed comet. Lin Yi looked over and over again, and finally concluded that there was no abnormality on the surface of the comet.
According to the traces, preliminary judgment shows that there are no aliens hidden in the unnamed comet.
But wait, Wang Yang immediately raised an objection: "What if aliens have the ability to eliminate traces? You'd better be more careful!"
Lin Yi felt that Wang Yang's idea was right. Anyway, the superiors did not give a time limit, so they simply fired at the unknown comet according to the results of the previous discussion!
The cannon petals opened, the Ningwuguan locked onto the unknown comet, and the super cannon fired at full power.
The laser hits the comet instantly, and the comet's surface is immediately melted by the laser, and then quickly vaporizes in the vacuum. When the light column disappears, the dissipated gas quickly condenses and turns into a large ice fog covering the comet's surface.
Most of the ice fog left the comet, but some of it was captured again by the comet's weak gravity and slowly fell back to the comet's surface, where it looked like a heavy snowfall in slow motion.
Gu Zhenyu was a little embarrassed: "It seems to be of no use..."
"It's useless at all!" Wang Yang was not polite at all, "It's better to use nuclear bombs, even electromagnetic guns!"
"Then the electromagnetic gun!" Lin Yi said.
One nuclear bomb can kill an enemy ship, and nuclear bombs are only produced in three places: Earth, Beiyue Continent and Beichen Continent. Uranium mines are still not found on Mars, and it is very difficult to replenish them, so it is better to save as much as possible.
Under Lin Yi's order, the Ningwuguan began to accelerate and continued to approach the comet.
How far is 20,000 kilometers? It is one-half of the equator!
Viewed from the position of Ningwuguan, the 20,000-kilometer nameless comet is very, very, very inconspicuous. It is simply invisible to the naked eye. You must use an optical system to see its true face.
This distance is far beyond the effective range of the electromagnetic gun. It's not that it can't hit that far, but after flying 20,000 kilometers, the spread of the shells is too large. It's normal to miss the comet. It's a miracle if a shot hits the comet!
Isn't there a saying that two cannonballs will not land in the same crater? There are only two ways to accurately hit a comet 20,000 kilometers away, or to increase the number of cannonballs. A blind cat will kill a mouse, and one of them will always hit.
; Either give up the artillery shells and use missiles, the first hit will definitely hit!
The military also has a guided artillery shell that is still in the theoretical verification stage. Please note, it is an artillery shell!
This kind of artillery shell is actually an ordinary artillery shell without any improvement or processing. Its difference is that it is equipped with a high-precision laser. After the artillery shell leaves the chamber, the laser is used to shoot the flying artillery shell, and the light pressure of the laser falling on the artillery shell is slightly
By changing the flight direction of the artillery shell, long-distance precision guidance can be achieved to a certain extent.
Of course, theories are just theories. The further the cannonball flies, the more intense the laser spreads, making it difficult to form effective light pressure. Until this problem is solved, light pressure guidance can only remain theoretical.
When the distance was reduced to 10,000 kilometers, the unknown comet was still invisible to the naked eye, but the hit rate of the electromagnetic gun had increased to about 40%. Lin Yi felt that he could no longer move forward, so he ordered the warship to slow down and lock on the unknown comet.
, began to adjust the posture of the battleship and prepare for launch.
Soon after, a cannonball came out of the barrel and flew straight toward the comet 10,000 kilometers away.
