[What the hell is going on!?] 】

In front of him, Euphemia fell to the ground.

It's not about how many shots are fired, all that's needed is the fact that Zero accepts the invitation after the Empire makes a security promise and gets shot.

Only if Zero gets shot, that's very targeted. An attack on any of the high-ranking figures on the Imperial side in the venue would only push the plan to a bad place. And judging by the results, the second shot was clearly aimed at Euphemia.

Is it the killer of the imperial supremacists? Or is it an imperial remedy?

It's useless to think about these questions. The situation is moving in the direction of chaos, if not acting at this time ....

[In this case, you can only make the most of Yuphimia!] 】

The entire venue has a diameter of 159 meters, which is more than enough for GEASS at a maximum distance of 270, which has been calculated for a long time.

The left eye of the mask opened, and the bright red bird symbol suddenly jumped out, but Lelouch felt trembling all over.

There were nearly 100,000 people in the entire venue, and even if only a third of the people could notice their gaze, it was tens of thousands. Using GEASS on such a large group of people once is like breaking a certain bottom line in my heart, and the fear is irrepressible.

Take long, deep breaths and try to suppress the rapid increase in heartbeat as much as possible.

"The Japanese!"

There was a shout into the microphone, and the audience fell silent for a short time, and almost everyone turned their eyes to Zero, who was covering his wounds.

"The Japanese Special Administrative Region is a despicable trap to lure Zero and the Black Knights out! It has been proven that freedom and equality can never be obtained by the handouts of others. Japanese yo! The time has come to take up arms against the Empire! ”

"Pick it up.... Weapons..... Revolt against ....."

Nearly half of them muttered to themselves as if they had fallen into an evil spirit.

Moments later, the crowd frantically rushed to the Imperial soldiers around the stands.

"Are these people crazy!?"

The Imperial soldier sitting in Knightmare felt his heart flutter. These people rushed at their own bodies in desperation, smashing Knightmare with their feet and fists. Many people even hugged Knightmare's legs and tried to climb up along the way.

"General, order!"

"Don't shoot! No ..... are allowed under any circumstances."

'呯~'

A gunshot shattered Dalton's hopes of making a final salvage.

Blood spread from the abdomen of the shooter, but the man who was shot continued to ram the Imperial soldiers' defenses unconcernedly.

"Crazy, crazy! These people are crazy! ”

Finally someone couldn't take it anymore, and the muzzle of the gun began to shoot out flames. In the eyes of the Imperial soldiers, it seems that these people are no longer human, but the cannibalistic zombies on TV who can't be killed with guns.

With one person to start, the general's orders suddenly became a floating cloud. Everyone pulled the trigger without hesitation, anyway, if they really wanted to investigate the responsibility at that time, they would only track down the first person who shot it.

In the universe....

"Float system, very smart."

The on-screen heat distribution map locks in a heat source and then zooms in. Immediately after switching again, a Knightmar with a floating wing of the same style as Gawain appears on the screen.

Knightmare circled around the universe several times before clumsily adjusting his horizontal stance and accelerating evenly towards the station's position.

"But it's not smart enough. Above. After watching this scene, Musashi scoffed.

"Is there going to be an artillery bombardment? Above. ”

The automaton in charge of the fire control system asked.

"No, leave it to Bingfeng, it's a good opportunity to test. Above. ”

A warplane with two split main engines linked together, with two pairs of solar panels extended between the engines, ejected from the space station.

After the fighter plane was ejected, it disappeared into the darkness after a few small flashes of light erupted from the orbit-changing nozzle of the tail engine.

"I always feel that it doesn't look very reliable~"

The idea is natural.

From the outside, it seems that the modified Knightmare are far superior in terms of technology, like a simple bunch of steel frames.

In fact, the Soldier Bee is not only simple in structure, but also very simple in weaponry, with only a small GDL cannon and pods of plasma missiles mounted on both sides of the central control module.

"The first point of the cosmic war is that the seemingly infinitely empty world of the universe is actually easier to hide than anywhere else. Be aware of any radar as well as heat source reactions. Instead, he moved on to another topic.

"Captain, the space station has detected a number of small targets.... Gone!! The Knightmare driver, who was at the front of the line, suddenly became nervous.

"Damn! When the ship was blown up just now, debris was everywhere, and the radar screen was gray! ”

Although they had already replaced the stereo radar for the airframe beforehand, they created a very unfavorable combat environment for themselves from the beginning due to their lack of training.

On the periphery of the debris, more than a dozen bees turned off their engines, did not even adjust their horizontal attitude, and drifted on the orbit with inertia.

Unlike in the atmosphere, adjusting the horizontal attitude in one direction is of little significance when the enemy is unknown. What's more, this is the universe, so you don't have to worry about falling if you don't adjust your attitude.

The two pairs of solar panels on the fighter are not only used for charging, but also have the effect of absorbing radar waves and achieving invisibility.

The dark background is a natural camouflage color, and the range of human vision is so narrow that even if there is a camera that can zoom in on the target to observe, it will not be able to react if the radar cannot detect it.

Therefore, no matter how long the space war develops, it is still a confrontation between detection and anti-detection.

It is precisely because of this that some very peculiar phenomena in cosmic warfare have been created. For example, in the eyes of third parties, the two opposing sides sometimes seem to be blind to each other, even if they are 'close at hand'.

"Look carefully! No matter how invisible it is, there should be a tiny shadow on the radar! ”

Under the mask, cold sweat began to gradually seep down his forehead.

If you are on the ground, there is still a possibility of escape, but this is the universe, and even if you win, you will not have your own people to clean up the battlefield. The thought of being thrown into the universe until the oxygen runs out and is suffocated alive. Everyone's breathing couldn't help but get a little heavier.

Fortunately, the opportunities are reciprocal, and for drones like the Soldier Sbees, which rely entirely on radar, Knightmare in the midst of the debris swarm can be regarded as passively 'invisible', the difference is that they don't understand the situation.

"Moving object detected!!"

One of the Knightmare suddenly turned around, and because it was not used to control, it swayed sharply in the universe several times before settling down.

"Wait...."

[The second point of space warfare, do not fire at will, and speculate that the weapon launch location is the foundation of space warfare. 】

"There's no time, I'm going to give it a try!"

Knightmare raised the railgun in his hand, a small arc of electricity jumping across the front of the gun.

A flash of light shot out, and it disappeared into the darkness in an instant.

"Did you hit?"

The moving target on the radar disappeared, but there was no sign of an explosion. Although there was also a reason why the railgun was pierced at high speed and did not explode, this situation only exacerbated the anxiety in my heart.

"Heat source discovery!"

As soon as the words fell, several clusters of light swooped down on the firing Knightmare from several directions, engulfing it with huge flames, and the debris that had been blown apart exacerbated the confusion of the radar.

"Spread out!"

"Damn!"

Most of the Knightmare scattered in all directions, and two of them opened fire at the ballistic position.

The firing lasted less than 3 seconds, and the glowing floating wings behind the two Knightmare suddenly went out, and the fuselage maintained its firing motion, but lost all reactions.

"Launch the bait!"

Hearing someone shout this, the others seemed to finally remember, as if the group of people who modified Knightmare had mentioned such a thing.

The hatch opened, and after the three cone-shaped objects were ejected, the three panels quickly opened and flew in different directions.

The previous blob of light reappeared, and then quickly engulfed the released bait.

"Got you! Die! ”

Knightmare, who released the decoy, turned upward, the missile bay on his shoulder bounced off, and the nine missiles completed a magnificent salvo in 1 second.

"The third point of space warfare is that missiles are very sharp weapons in the atmospheric environment, but in the universe, the tracking effect is only better than that of rockets."

The tail engine of the bee that had been caught suddenly lit up, and the fuselage panned to the side at a great speed, and the missile that hit it from below was easily flashed before it had time to make a difficult turn.

The chemical rocket engine acts as a carrier, so that the capabilities of the missile can only be described as "low energy". Without the assistance of atmosphere and gravity, the absolute superiority in both maneuverability and speed has become the fatal flaw of this traditional weapon.

As for replacing missiles with more efficient and bulky rocket engines .... Please, do you want this disposable weapon to be more expensive to produce than the target you're attacking?

The pods on the sides of the bee began to glow brighter and brighter blue, and then two clusters of particles erupted from them, striking back towards Knightmare.

This plasma missile is intended as a substitute for missiles in space.

The missile body is designed as a plasma electromagnetic restraint, and a strong electric field is added to the front and rear ends to force the separation of the plasma that has been poured in advance before launch. The lighter electron stream is discharged from the side discharge port of the projectile, and the heavier cation stream is electromagnetically accelerated and ejected from the rear jet port of the projectile as a propulsion device. Since the cation current is charged, the chip inside can easily use an electric field to control the direction of the jet.

It sounds complicated, but the actual production process is no more complicated than a conventional missile. The difference is only in the need for temporary plasma priming. But don't missiles also have the habit of dismantling warheads for storage? Naturally, this process is not a hassle.

Of course, this weapon still has some shortcomings in range, and it is impossible to achieve complete high-performance tracking in tracking, and it can only be used in the universe. This is because gravity on Earth has a serious impact on the altitude and speed of its flight.

But in terms of production costs, a one-third of the cost of an ordinary anti-aircraft missile is low enough to make any arms manufacturer go crazy - excited.

In the universe, this weapon, with its simple production process and low cost, is a complete nightmare for all small units.

"The fourth point of space warfare, please do not perform high-speed large-angle maneuvers in the universe when the technical conditions do not allow, because it will dirty the cockpit ....."

"Don't try to hit my !!"

Faced with the onslaught of plasma missiles, Knightmare sped up sharply.

"Well done! Hubke! Your moves can definitely be written in future textbooks of space warfare......"

Watching his companion shake off the plasma missile with a dizzying array of quick flips, someone yelled in the comms.

For a time, the originally low morale was rekindled.

It's just that....

"Hey~Hubke! Answer me. Hubke! Please answer if you hear it!! Damn, please answer me! ”

Throwing off the missile, Knightmare continued to spin and roll rapidly, and then flew farther and farther.

In the cockpit, the pilot's mouth was wide open, his tongue was long and spit out like a hanged ghost, two eyeballs flew out of the sockets, and several nerves were pulled closely, and a large amount of blood and brain mixed objects floated out of the mouth, ears, nostrils, and eye sockets, floating around in the cabin.

Of course, high-G-force maneuvering in a gravity-free environment is more dangerous and deadly than in an atmospheric environment, and the blood will rush backwards to the brain to form a blood mass, coupled with the low air pressure in the gravity-free environment, and eventually the brain will not be able to withstand everything

‘Bang’

Imagine what a crushed watermelon looks like.

"The fifth point of space warfare is that radio communication is a great invention in human history, but it is also one of the most important means of reverse detection in space warfare. Because the enemy doesn't need to know what you're saying in your communications, they just need to detect the source. So, please keep the radio silent unless necessary. Of course, if quantum communication is used...."

Summing up at this point, Musashi slowly turned around and stopped watching the battle.

"Are quantum fluctuations detected? Above. ”

"Not yet, above."

This answer made Musashi nod slightly.

"It turns out that the Soldier Bee is quite reasonable in design and is able to meet the combat needs of low-orbit space at this stage. Above. ”

He turned his head and glanced at the screen as the battle drew to a close.

Knightmare's humanoid design simply cannot meet the needs of high maneuverability in the universe, and the pilot does not have the knowledge and quality of space warfare.

Completely in a state of panic and driving their mechs around, they can only be harvested more quickly by the soldier bees.

"It's really adding a lot of unnecessary cosmic garbage. In this orbit, it will take at least a few months to one year until they are pulled by the Earth's gravity into the atmosphere and burned out. Above. ”

"Lord Musashi, His Highness Kamiyu has sent a telegram with an urgent order. Above! ”

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PS: At the end of May 2011, Pan Jianwei's team of the Celestial Empire realized the eight-photon Schrödinger cat state.

After the website was made public, it attracted wide attention from the academic community. Subsequently, many well-known scientific and technological media in Europe and the United States, such as the European Physical Society, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Review, and the American Physicists Organization, reported on the work, saying that "Pan Jianwei's group broke its own six-photon record and entangled eight photons in the first experiment"; "This technology has a particular use in quantum computing, precision measurement, and quantum error correction."

Prior to its publication, the Celestial Empire had successfully completed experiments on quantum communication. This is the only technology in the Celestial Empire.

(Eight-photon digitization is still a long way off, but quantum computers are already possible.) ）