When the imperial fleet made moves, the frogmen were not far behind. The fin on the right side of the sturgeon starship's head expanded, and a black thing floated downward silently.
"What is this?" Dong Yi was really surprised because he had never seen such a device before.
This is a spherical piece of steel. Its size is so small that it can hardly be seen on radar. However, when it is thrown into the atmosphere, it quickly begins to expand, perhaps due to the friction of the air, and in the blink of an eye it becomes about the same size as a spaceship.
, the whole thing looks like a blackened ball made up of two halves of scrap metal. This is obviously some kind of exploration device.
"I don't think it looks like a device." Khadiga said in a deep voice.
"Oh?" Dong Yi turned his head curiously, "Chief Khadiga has another opinion?"
Khadiga frowned and looked at the light curtain: "I always feel that it is not a purely mechanical device."
Xiwen said: "Then what exactly is it?"
Khadiga sighed: "This small planet is full of weirdness. This is how I feel now when I first arrived on Green Jupiter."
This was said to Ding Meng, who was also secretly surprised. The steel ball was not a mechanical device. Could it be that it was still a living thing?
However, it doesn't matter whether it is, because the situation of the sphere is exactly the same as that of the Songqing spaceship. It dropped to half, disappeared as it flew, and even the radar could not see what happened?
Xiwen hesitated: "Shall we try too?"
Dong Yi smiled bitterly: "I definitely have to try, but I can't try like them."
The Imperial Fleet can launch seven Songqing exploration ships at once, but the Supremacy does not have such luxury because it cannot afford the losses.
Dong Yi said: "Open a medium-sized unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, operate it in manual mode, turn on the camera, record the entire process, and send it down by ejection."
He also thought carefully. Since the radar couldn't see clearly, he turned on the camera device of the reconnaissance plane. It should be clear what was going on.
The reconnaissance aircraft of the Supreme is more than 50 meters long. It looks like a triangular paper airplane, but its wings and tail are equipped with boosters and power injectors. As soon as it is released, it floats down lightly. After entering the atmosphere, the wings and tail
The crystal flames were ejected, and the whole machine slowly sailed towards the ground in a gliding manner.
Kai Ruolin remotely controlled the reconnaissance plane, and the scanning system was turned on. A real-time picture of the surface appeared on the light screen. The terrain on the planet was almost the same, all blackened scorched earth and rubble. From a high altitude, everywhere looked like...
Almost, of course, this is easy to understand. The ground has long been scorched by the rays of seven blazing sun stars.
Suddenly the screen went black and the camera's transmission signal was interrupted.
Dongyi asked in surprise: "What's going on?"
Kai Ruolin was even more surprised: "I don't know, I lost contact all of a sudden."
Everyone looked at each other, and they couldn't explain the reason for this strange thing.
Xiwen said in a deep voice: "Send three more drones down and take pictures of each other. We must see clearly and find the reason."
Five minutes later, three reconnaissance planes roared into the atmosphere again. This time, Kai Ruolin switched to three light screens, all of which were real-time pictures of each other taken by the three planes.
The same scene soon appeared, that is, the light curtain suddenly went dark, and the three planes lost contact again.
Dong Yi's face turned pale: "Play back the recorded footage. Play it back frame by frame. Everyone will pay close attention."
Since the three planes were dropped one after another, the last plane lost contact a second or two later than the previous two.
It was in less than a second that everyone finally saw clearly. The reconnaissance plane was flying inside the clouds. A purple-black ray appeared in the dark clouds without any warning. This ray was as thin as a finger and came very quickly.
Shaking again, it was like a sword suddenly cutting out a fan, which directly vaporized the drone. It was as if the plane in the picture had been erased, and then disappeared out of thin air like a magic trick of rays.
There was silence in the command center for a while. Everyone was convinced that the other two families were also shocked at this moment. This was definitely the first time for everyone to see such a weird and terrifying thing.
That ray is similar to the ray emitted by a long-range communication probe. It is so thin that it cannot be detected by the starship radar. But here is the problem. This ray is less than 0.1 meters thick and less than 10 meters long.
It can actually vaporize a drone made of titanium alloy. How terrifying is this power?
Although weapons on starships can also achieve this effect, they are rail guns, and there is no comparison between the two.
In fact, the power is not the most important thing. The most horrifying thing is where did it come from? How did it go? It simply came and went without a trace, and there was no trace at all.
"Put down three more." Xiwen gritted his teeth and said.
This kind of reconnaissance drone is not valuable. There are more than a thousand of them on the Supreme, so you can just throw them around.
But no matter how hard you try, it's useless. Once the drone breaks through the atmosphere and enters the clouds, this is the result it encounters.
After launching more than twenty planes in a row, Dong Yi rubbed his temples and felt a headache.
Xiwen did not issue another release order, but closed his eyes, seemingly thinking about something.
Looking at the other two families, the situation is exactly the same. When the big steel ball of the Sturgeon starship falls into the clouds, it also turns into nothingness. The imperial fleet no longer dares to use the expensive Songqing spaceship, but
Continuously release small detectors to fly down.
However, the imperial fleet is really rich. There are a lot of these detectors, and they all fly out one after another, forming a line in the sky. However, after the "straight line" submerged into the clouds, there was no response, and the iron and steel were vaporized.
Ming Huazhi kept staring at the imperial fleet: "That's not right!"
His sound alarmed everyone, and Dong Yi couldn't help but ask: "Did Mr. Ming discover something?"
Ming Huazhi pointed at the light curtain and said, "Look, the fleet of the Nuo Star Empire is still different from ours."
Everyone took a closer look and quickly understood that the Imperial Fleet's detectors had fallen much further. At least those detectors had penetrated through the clouds before being destroyed by the rays.
Dongyi turned around and said, "Analyze the data."
Kai Ruolin immediately said: "Comparative assessment, the aircraft they released is equivalent to our small reconnaissance aircraft, the number is 211, the initial speed is Mach 45, after entering the atmosphere, it drops to Mach 20, and the speed when entering the clouds is Mach 15
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Xiwen said: "It may be because of the speed."
Dong Yi said: "Start the small unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and descend at a speed of Mach 10."
This kind of small reconnaissance aircraft is really small, with a total length of less than 15 meters. It lowers its head and dives like an eagle in the sky. However, this time Xiwen’s analysis found the right direction, and the drone actually passed through safely.
It passed through the clouds and disappeared at the high school 9,000 meters above the ground.
"Sure enough, it's because of the speed!" Everyone was shocked.
Dong Yi said: "Keep playing and lower it at a speed of Mach 5!"
Kai Ruolin immediately operated carefully on the light screen, but the operation of the Supreme could not be hidden from the radars of the other two families. Everyone could see clearly that when the speed of the drone changed to Mach 5, the height of descent was low.
It's quite a bit longer, about 8,500 meters.
At this time, the frogmen and the imperial fleet also followed suit. Drones, detectors, and reconnaissance devices were thrown to the ground as if they were free. Everyone was constantly slowing down and breaking through new heights. Of course, this time interval was a comparison.
Once long.
When large and small aircraft dropped to an altitude of about 4,000 meters, 233 hours and 30 minutes had passed, which was almost ten days. The speed of the aircraft was already lower than the speed of sound. Now this speed cannot be lowered. First,
Time does not allow it. Another reason is that the altitude of 4000 meters is a hurdle. No matter how you slow down, if you continue to fly downward, you will definitely trigger the ray.
The progress of the landing fell into a new difficulty. Xiwen frowned: "My opinion is a force field."
Ming Huazhi nodded: "Yes, the pull of the force field will stimulate that kind of ray. The force field is nothing more than a matter of speed, strength, and orientation."
Dong Yi said: "We can use the most traditional method, release small drones, and then use small aircraft to drop micro detectors, and use radar to precisely lock the detectors. Everyone, what do you think?"
Everyone's eyes lit up, and Ding Meng also thought his idea was good.
The so-called micro-detector is no longer a product of this era, but the most primitive and ancient aerial photography device. The power system is not crystal energy, but electric energy to excite the propeller and use radio waves to transmit signals. The reason why there is this on the Supremacy.
Toy, that was mainly due to the narrow terrain of the mountain cave, but no one thought it would come in handy in this situation.
However, there is also a problem. The size of the detector is really too small. The total length is only about 5 meters. If there is a slight airflow or other vibrations at an altitude of several thousand meters, it is very likely to deviate from the preset route. This is very difficult for the operator.
The manual technical level requirements are relatively high.
"I'll do it!" Sheng Tianming stood up decisively.
Ding Meng couldn't help but be a little surprised, and asked secretly: "Can he do it?"
Lu Qing's face was ugly: "His manual skills in the mechanical field are indeed good. He has won awards in flight competitions held by the alliance, more than once."
Ding Meng said: "I really didn't realize that this guy is actually specialized in these things."
Lu Qing stopped talking and looked at the light screen expressionlessly, because Sheng Tianming glanced at her intentionally or unintentionally when he stepped forward, and the proud look on his face was particularly obvious.
Ding Meng was speechless for a while, why did this guy come to participate in the action? He was clearly here to pick up girls, and he always wanted to be in front of beautiful women.
However, Sheng Tianming's limelight was quickly and ruthlessly dismissed, and Kadiga also stood up: "Young Master Ming, you'd better have a good rest. It's up to me to ensure the safety of the flight. Exploring resources is your specialty, Young Master Ming."
"This..." Sheng Tianming's smile suddenly stiffened. It was true that he had won awards in competitions, but in terms of various manual flying skills, no one in the alliance dared to say that he was more powerful than Khadiga. The reason was very simple, because those competition cards
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