Ling Yu's expression changed again and again, his brows tightening and spreading for a while, staring at the screen without saying a word.
The Fourth Fleet is affiliated to the Beiyuezhou Fleet, but the Mars Project is not implemented by Beidu alone. There are more than a dozen military attache representatives from the countries participating in the Mars Project on board the Nanzhou, and their expressions are extremely ugly.
According to the agreement reached between various countries, the entire impact process was broadcast live to the Earth. However, the distance between the Earth and Mars is a bit far, and it will take some time for the direct signal to reach the Earth.
Although it was not a public global live broadcast, there were many high-level officials from various countries watching the live broadcast. Neither Ling Yu nor military attachés from various countries knew how to explain it to their own high-level officials.
In fact, there is nothing to explain. Ling Yu's command was quite satisfactory. Although there was a slight accident in the middle, the stone mountain weighing hundreds of thousands of tons hit Europa several times. From this point of view, the Mars plan was undoubtedly successful, but
Who would have thought that even an astronomical impact would not be able to harm Europa?
After the nuclear explosion ended, the gap between the two lava lakes was destroyed by the explosion, and the hot lava merged with each other. However, the boundaries of the lava lakes have stabilized, and it is only a matter of time before the scars heal.
Europa was still gradually moving away from Mars. A few minutes later, Wang Tianyu broke the silence: "The target has stopped changing direction and the target orbit is being calculated!"
Ling Yu sighed in frustration: "What's the speed of Jupiter Zero?"
"Forty-four kilometers per second."
"Reduced by half!" Ling Yu's eyes showed despair.
He had tried his best, but he got this result.
"It's still going down." Wang Tianyu said.
Ling Yu was startled: "Still falling? What about Mars?"
"Still rising."
Ling Yu sighed bitterly: "It's better to crash on Mars!" After saying that, he exhaled heavily, "Forget it, let's report it."
"This...can't we think of another way?" Wang Tianyu said in embarrassment.
He is a member of the fleet, a professional soldier, and more importantly, a member of the human race. From every angle, there is a reason to kill Europa, but the reality is so ruthless.
He didn't know if he missed this opportunity, whether there would be another opportunity in the future.
Ling Yu sighed again: "Lao Wang, I understand what you mean, but it's already this time. I've already thought of a way. I really have no other way. Do you have one?"
"No." Wang Tianyu's voice was low.
"What about you?" Ling Yu looked around.
No one spoke, including the dozen foreign military attachés who were proficient in Chinese.
"Report it." Ling Yu said softly, "Sooner or later, report it and prepare early, maybe you can still stop it."
Block? With what block? Blow up the moon and continue to hit it?
Everyone knows that Ling Yu is deceiving himself, but what else can he do now besides comforting himself?
Wang Tianyu was silent and compiled the execution process into a formal report and handed it to Ling Yu for review.
Ling Yu waved his hand: "Just send it."
The report was sent to the earth through laser. Ling Yu unfastened his seat belt and floated: "It's all gone." After saying that, he floated out of the bridge.
Ye Han wanted to persuade but didn't know how. He opened his mouth but didn't spit out a word.
As the actual executor of the Mars project, he was always on the bridge, but he adhered to the principle of seeing more and talking less, and never spoke.
Wang Tianyu withdrew his worried gaze: "Did you hear that? The person on duty will stay, and the others will do whatever they need to do."
Everyone left the bridge one by one. Wang Tianyu was about to leave when he suddenly heard a clear beep.
Looking at the multi-function display, it turns out that the new orbit of Europa has been calculated.
Out of professional habit, Wang Tianyu gave up the idea of leaving and sat down to carefully study the new orbit of Europa.
His attainments in astronomy are the same as those of most military officers. He has only scratched the surface and only understands the situation in the solar system. It is common for him to calculate and check data when encountering problems. However, after being exposed to it for a long time, he has figured out some rules.
, when I saw Europa’s new orbit, I instinctively felt something was wrong.
The new orbit of Io does not fly directly to the Earth, but flies obliquely to the Earth's orbit. If an extension line is drawn based on the existing orbit, this arc-shaped extension line will be exactly circumscribed of the Earth's orbit, with a total length of nearly two astronomical
Unit, almost 300 million kilometers. At Europa's current speed, it will reach the Earth's orbit in three months.
I don’t have time to calculate the specific time, it’s probably just this much.
But the problem is not here. The problem is that the earth is not in that direction at all. When Europa reaches the earth's orbit three months later, the two planets will be exactly on both sides of the sun. The positions must be asymmetric, but the distance will be quite wide.
Isn't Io's target the Earth? Why fly so far away? Or is the current orbit just a transition, and aliens will readjust their orbits in the future?
Or else the aliens plan to fly to the earth's orbit first, and then use their speed advantage to catch up with the earth... They can obviously fly directly to the earth, but the aliens won't be so stupid, right?
The more he looked at it, the weirder he felt, and Wang Tianyu was cautious in character. Even if he saw the clues, he didn't want to jump to conclusions directly. He looked up and saw Ye Han floating to the door, and immediately shouted: "Ye Han, come here!"
The cabin door had been opened in front of Ye Han. When Ye Dao shouted, he grabbed the upper edge of the cabin door and pulled himself back: "Chief of Staff, you called me?"
"Come here!" Wang Tianyu waved, pointed at the screen and said, "Look, what do you think?"
Ye Han looked at it carefully for a while and then looked at Wang Tianyu doubtfully: "Isn't this the wrong direction?"
"I also feel something is wrong, but I can't figure out the reason." Wang Tianyu said.
"I have no clue..." Halfway through his words, Ye Han suddenly froze.
Wang Tianyu noticed that Ye Han's expression was wrong, and his eyes lit up: "What did you think of?"
Ye Han shook his head: "It's nothing, I got distracted."
"Where did you go, tell me and study it!" Wang Tianyu said.
Ye Han twitched his lips: "I remembered the First Fleet. When the fleet flew to Jupiter, Europa was very close to Jupiter. There were mountains and water on it. Except for being smaller than the Earth, everything else was almost the same.
…”
Wang Tianyu suddenly realized: "You mean, their target is not the earth, but the earth's orbit?"
This was a bit confusing, but Ye Han understood it and nodded immediately: "I think it's very possible. We had a misunderstanding before."
The meaning is very simple. The earth is located in the middle of the habitable zone of the solar system. It is the best location in the habitable zone. If aliens put Europa into orbit around the earth, the icy planet will soon be warmed.
It revived under the sunshine and became a lush and livable planet again.
