Volume 14 The Smoke of Gunpowder Chapter 58 Full-scale Eruption
Born in the years and months, the battle of day and night, one is the second world strategy. γγTake one of the famous puzzles.
The outcome of the battle is clear, that is, US President Dudgway has spoken on a number of national television stations in the United States. Acknowledging the secret alliance treaty with Russia, the Fourth Fleet, which had reached the Gulf of Aden, and the Eighth Fleet, which was heading north to Djibouti, were suddenly attacked. Declare war on the republic. Just a few minutes later, that is, after 7 o'clock in the morning of the 2nd of the Republic, the authorities of the Republic announced the latest war report, and the Indian Ocean Fleet, which was operating west of the Shaker Islands, was suddenly attacked by the United States Navy, and then the President of the Republic Bae Chengyi officially declared war on the United States.
At this point, the Third World War broke out in full swing.
Judging by the declarations of war between the two countries, at least one thing is certain, that is, before the declaration of war. Shuang'an's fleet was engaged in battle in the Indian Ocean, each with its own losses.
The problem is that naval battles in the Indian Ocean were definitely not the focus of the night's fighting.
As we all know, the Republic and the United States are two levels of great powers, possessing two-thirds of the world's nuclear weapons and the world's most advanced strategic defense system.
If two major powers start an all-out war, they will definitely strike at each other's strategic targets first, rather than tactical targets such as fleets.
And so it was: "On the 2nd of the month, all citizens of the Republic and the United States felt the effects of the war.
The most direct and practical impact is: Satellite television channels have all been suspended, and civil satellite systems, such as satellite telephones, satellite networks, and satellite navigation, which are closely related to daily life, have been completely paralyzed. This is not the case for civilian satellite systems, but there is no need to talk about military satellite systems.
It was not until the afternoon of the 2nd that the authorities of the republic published a second war report related to the day and night fighting. It is admitted that the national satellite system has been completely paralyzed by an attack. In accordance with the Emergency Act, the authorities of the Republic have also announced the activation of a wartime backup system and social control in accordance with the relevant provisions. More importantly, on the same day, the Republic Yuan Pei Chengyi announced that a full-scale war mobilization would be carried out step by step.
It seems that the entire republic has been put into a state of war as a result.
In fact, the impact on ordinary people is very limited. As one of the main preparations for war, the authorities of the republic have invested heavily since the beginning of the field. An underground optical fiber communication network and a high-frequency radio communication system covering the whole country were built, and by the time they were completed, the two systems would be able to accommodate the usual communication operations. In other words, the satellite system is completely paralyzed, and the impact on the people is nothing more than the loss of a few TV channels, the inability to use video telephony, the impact of communication in remote areas, and the fact that they can no longer rely on the navigation system when going out. All in all, apart from a decades regression in the level of informatization, there has been little change in other aspects of life and production.
U.S. President Dudgway also declared a state of war on the morning of the 2nd.
Compared with the authorities of the republic, at the time of the publication of the war report. The US authorities are much more "generous". Not only did it admit that the national satellite system had been devastated, but it also declared that it had successfully paralyzed the adversary's satellite system.
From these two battle reports, it can be seen that "the battle of day and night was mainly based on attacking the enemy's satellite system.
Of course, the reality is certainly not that simple.
If you're lucky enough to stay somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, such as Christmas Island in the Lane Islands, you'll be able to witness a magnificent man-made astronomical wonder. According to the memories of some residents of Christmas Island, in the second half of the night, the starry night sky was suddenly illuminated by a light, and then, like the sun suddenly rising to the zenith, the dazzling light dispelled all the darkness, and the light was so bright that people couldn't open their eyes for dozens of seconds before slowly dissipating. In the midst of the scattered meteors, the sky fell silent. Darkness filled the sky again.
Although this description is not accurate, it is enough to explain what happened at that time.
There is no doubt that one of the parties, or belligerents, used some kind of weapon of mass destruction.
In fact, the same astronomical spectacle appeared over Antarctica, over the North Pole, over the North Pacific, over the South Atlantic, over the South Pacific, and over the southern Indian Ocean.
In the words of some military experts, China and the United States have used nuclear weapons in outer space.
Of course, this comment is also one-sided. It's just that no one can deny that orbital space is no longer safe. You must know that before the end of the battle, the authorities of the Republic put the "Qionglou" space station into the lunar transfer orbit, and on the 7th of the month, the space station flew to the moon, and finally entered the orbit around the moon. The United States also put the "Olympia" space station into a geosynchronous transfer orbit on the evening of the 2nd, entered a geosynchronous orbit of four degrees of west longitude on the 3rd, entered the lunar transfer orbit half a month later, and finally reached the orbit around the moon at the end of the month. In other words, the Republic and the United States have successively transferred the most expensive orbital space stations to the orbit of the moon. The sole purpose of this is to avoid being attacked. This is because according to the "International Openness in the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and the Peaceful Opening of Extraterrestrial Planets," which was concluded long ago, it is clearly stipulated that planets other than the earth have no borders, and no country or organization may conduct wars or war-related activities on other planets on the grounds of national wars. Although this treaty does not provide absolute protection for the space station. But it's better than staying near the ground and being on guard against being hit by the other side at any time."
At this point, no one can doubt that the military satellite systems of the two major powers are finished.
The question is, what happened that night?
Since neither the Republic nor the U.S. authorities have released relevant information, even after the end of the war, the battle between the night and the night of the 2nd remains a top military secret, so it can only be done from the side. That is, from the analysis and speculation of the basic working methods of the two satellite systems and the strategic defense system.
There is no doubt that from the very beginning, the two sides will definitely not only attack each other's military satellite systems.
From an objective point of view, because the military satellite systems of the Republic and the United States are very large. Moreover, the military satellite system and the strategic defense system operate separately, and there is not much overlap, so at the beginning of the battle, it is necessary to focus on whether to attack the opponent's military satellite system or the opponent's strategic defense system. Comparatively, it is easier for the US authorities to make a choice. This is because the United States has a much more extensive network of overseas military bases.
Why does the network of Haixi and military bases determine the superiority of strategic strikes?
The reason is very simple: The anti-satellite combat capability of the space-based interception systems of the strategic defense systems of both sides is relatively limited, and they do not have the ability to attack the other side's military satellite systems and strategic defense systems at the same time. While sea-based and air-based interception systems have the ability to deploy globally. However, warships carrying high-energy lasers and anti-satellite missiles need to follow the activities of the fleet, and the sea-based interception systems of the Republic and the United States are both theater and tactical in nature, that is, the interception system and the fleet air defense and anti-missile system are integrated, and no special interception warships have been built, while the number one task of naval warships is to form a fleet operation, and the air-based interception system needs to be attached to air bases or sea bases, and high-energy lasers capable of attacking satellites can only be deployed on large transport aircraft or civilian passenger aircraft. It cannot be deployed on tactical aircraft, and therefore cannot be deployed on tactical platforms such as aircraft carriers. And so it goes. An extensive network of military bases must be relied upon to complete the attack at the same time, before the adversary adjusts the orbit of the satellite.
Because the advantage is in the hands of the United States, it is quite possible that the Republic will be the first to attack.
In any case, in unavoidable big situations, a preemptive attack can make up for some of the shortcomings. Of course. It doesn't matter who attacked. Both have to strike at the other side's military satellite system and strategic defense system at the same time.
There is a very critical issue here. That's the success rate of the attack.
Judging from what happened later, it can be roughly concluded that the success rate of the attack on both sides is not very high, and at least when attacking the opponent's strategic defense system, it must have encountered a lot of trouble.
This is understandable, because the strategic defense system is the cornerstone of the strategic security of a major country, and it is not only divided into three systems: space, air, and ground, and the sea-based interception system is generally included in the theater defense system, and each system is also composed of a number of subsystems, and its survivability is very strong. Take the national strategic defense system of the republic, for example, according to the design criteria. Even if the space-based interception system is completely paralyzed and the air-based interception system is severely damaged, it can still rely on the ground-based interception system to keep all the nuclear warheads dropped by the United States out of the atmosphere, and even if the ground-based interception system is also heavily damaged, it can still combine the theater defense system to protect major cities. More importantly, as long as the strategic defense system is attacked, it means that an all-out war will break out, and no matter what the circumstances, it will go all out to counterattack, thus forcing the opponent to focus on the defense of the homeland and unable to concentrate on attacking. In fact, even the first to attack will leave enough defense to deal with the opponent's strategic counterattack.
It can be said that the success rate of the attack is certainly not much higher.
From the actual situation, when the battle began. The Republican Aerospace Forces can only focus on striking the parts of the opponent's defense system that have strategic strike capabilities, such as interceptor satellites carrying kinetic missiles, and some suspicious targets that are of a strategic threat nature, such as "communication satellites" that operate in high orbits but have little value. You know, "a regional laser interception system." The reflective satellite in is the "communication satellite." orbit in geosynchronous orbit, and until it is put into service, no one knows what it is officially like.
In the case of an incomplete attack, the counterattack of the US Space Forces will certainly come very quickly. As mentioned earlier, the strategic defense system is the cornerstone of national security, and after being attacked, both the Republic and the United States will go all out to fight back, and it is a strategic counterattack.
Logically speaking, when the US Celestial Forces counterattacked. That is, when the US strategic counterattack began.
That is, in addition to the military satellite systems against the republics with the strategic defense system. It is quite possible that the United States projected strategic weapons. That is, strategic ballistic missiles were fired at the republic. Although some people believe that the United States will attack the republic's strategic early-warning satellite first, so that the republican will not know whether the United States has launched a strategic ballistic missile, as long as the strategic early-warning satellite is attacked, the republican will immediately launch a strategic counterattack. If the strategic early warning satellite is not attacked, a strategic warning will be issued immediately, and the strategic strike force of the republic will immediately launch a counterattack. That is, shortly after the United States launched a strategic ballistic missile, the republics did the same.
Extrapolating from the point of view of time, the strategic defense systems of the two sides have certainly not been completely paralyzed. β¦β
Although it is argued that energy weapons attacking satellite systems react much faster than missiles. However, it would take about half an hour to attack the entire strategic defense system, while a strategic ballistic missile launched from the US mainland could fly halfway around the world and land on the mainland of the Republic in just a few minutes. More importantly, before launching a strategic ballistic missile, both sides will try to remove obstacles in the missile's flight path. Taking the Republican Space Force as an example, after the country's strategic counterattack, the main task of the Space Force is to eliminate the US interceptor satellites over the missile launch area, and it does not necessarily have to use the space-based interception system, and if conditions permit, the ground-based and air-based interception systems can be completely used. In this way, even if the US Space Forces preemptively attack, they will not be able to prevent the Republic's strategic ballistic missiles from taking off.
At this point in the war, the goal of both sides is to completely destroy their opponents and preserve themselves.
Strictly speaking, it is to protect yourself first, and then try to destroy the opponent.
In this way, the interception in the middle is crucial.
As mentioned earlier, the Republic's strategic defense system, the space-based interception system alone, can intercept thousands of targets in a single engagement, while the United States has only a few dozen strategic ballistic missiles on land, even counting decoy warheads. It is also difficult to reach the ceiling of space-based interception systems. In order to improve the penetration efficiency of missiles, in addition to adopting a large number of new technologies, it is also necessary to work tactics. To put it more bluntly, it is to take the initiative to lose part of the real warheads, that is, on the flight path of the warheads, detonate several real warheads in advance, and use nuclear explosions to destroy nearby interceptor satellites, so that the real warheads following behind can smoothly break through the enemy's defense line.
It's a very simple and useful tactic. Theoretically, "a nuclear warhead with an explosive yield of 10,000 tons can disable all interceptor satellites within a radius of 4,000 meters, because protected by the ionosphere, a nuclear warhead exploding in outer space will not have a great impact on personnel and equipment on the ground, and at most some electronic equipment will be damaged." Because the distance of action of the explosion is proportional to the power of the 3rd power of the explosion yield. Therefore, if you want to paralyze the interception satellites within a kilometer range, this is the maximum engagement distance of most energy interception weapons. Only one 10,000-ton nuclear warhead needs to be detonated. There is no doubt that it is not difficult for the Republic and the United States to produce and manufacture a hydrogen bomb of 10,000 tons.
The mobile deployment of land-based strategic ballistic missiles can also be supported and assisted by one's own forces, and the penetration environment of sea-based strategic ballistic missiles, that is, submarine-launched ballistic missiles deployed on strategic submarines, is even worse. In fact, this is the main reason why SLBMs should be equipped with at least 3 nuclear warheads. If all goes well, 3 warheads. At most, only one warhead can explode on enemy territory, and the other two warheads have to be sacrificed during the penetration.
In fact, the shortest spherical distance connecting the Republic and the United States was through the North Pole, and the main reason why the Republic was far away was to avoid Russia in the north, and nuclear explosions were also held over several other sites. It is precisely for this reason that the United States later accused the Republic of violating the provisions of the Additional Provisions of the "London Treaty" and that the nuclear explosion of a strategic submarine born over the South Atlantic Ocean was a masterpiece of the Republic's strategic submarines, and the Republic accused the United States of deploying strategic submarines in New Zealand and Australia on the basis of the nuclear explosions in the southern Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean as a masterpiece of US strategic submarines. Since both sides had violated the provisions of the Additional Provisions of the London Treaty, there was no point in pointing fingers at each other.
Since there were no technical explosions over the Republic and the continental United States, there is reason to believe that. The strategic defense systems of both sides are strong enough. It was enough to ensure the security of the homeland, and the strategic counterattacks of both sides were ineffective.
Someone will say, where did the nuclear warheads go without a "self-detonation" opening?
In fact, after a nuclear warhead is intercepted, it will not explode even if it is detonated by a high-energy laser or a high-energy particle beam at high temperatures. Detonate up to the explosives in the warhead. Because before the explosion, the warhead will definitely deform due to high temperature or other reasons, so that the detonator will be deformed. Therefore, even if the detonator is detonated, it will not be able to form a high enough pressure to reach the critical point of the nuclear material and thus produce a nuclear explosion. Other words. An intercepted warhead will explode and burn up completely upon re-entry. Because most of the ballistic missiles' trajectories are over the ocean. Therefore, the area of radioactive contamination produced after combustion is also over the ocean, and the impact on land is not large. This kind of lose-lose battle is certainly not something that the leaders of both sides want to see.
It's just that for both sides, the country has not been hit, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.
More importantly, attacking the opponent's strategic system is only a sign of a full-scale explosion of the war, and the battles in other directions will not end because of this.
The first thing to start was the "Battle of Carlsberg", which was a different body clam