"Some people say that Shenzhou is not equipped with weapon systems, but unfortunately, in this test flight plan, there is indeed an optional plan for the display of weapon systems. Since you want to see it so much, let's wait and see. ”

Fang Zhenguo said as he stretched out his hand and pointed to the largest screen in the airshow center.

It's a giant screen, the size of a giant screen in a movie theater.

Everyone at the scene followed Fang Zhenguo's fingers and looked at the giant screen.

Not only the audience participating in the air show, but also the world does not know how many people pay attention to Shenzhou.

Some are via live video, while others are observed via satellite.

For some countries with strong scientific and technological strength, they simply did not pay attention to the pictures taken in the East China Sea.

Because they know very well that the live broadcast signal source released by the East China Sea must have been processed and will not expose the secrets of the Shenzhou.

Therefore, it is not known how many exploration satellites are staring at Shenzhou at this time.

These probe satellites transmit the footage and facts of the observations back to the center on the ground.

Unknown scientists around the world are analyzing the data of the Shenzhou.

It's just that there is too little information that can be obtained from the shell alone.

White Eagle in the building of the Congress.

The congressional chief pointed to the satellite footage and asked, "How fast is this thing?" ”

There is very little data that can be analyzed from satellite footage, but speed is the easiest to measure.

The secretary looked at the information in his hand and replied: "In the atmosphere, the ultimate speed of this spacecraft has reached Mach 3, which is about 3,600 kilometers per hour. ”

"Mach 3, that's not fast. Our fighters also easily reach this speed. When the Chief of the White Eagle Congress heard this data, he felt that it was too slow, and it was not surprising at all.

The secretary hurriedly explained: "This should be because of the first test flight, and they did not test the ultimate speed. And according to the scientist's explanation, the Shenzhou was skimming over the air show center at a low altitude.

"If a spacecraft of this size were flying at supersonic speeds in the troposphere, the sonic boom would shatter all the building glass below."

When the sound barrier is breached, the resulting sonic boom is also destructive.

However, when Fang Yuan broke through the sound barrier, the destructive power of the sonic boom was not obvious.

The reason is simple, because the size is too small.

The length of the Shenzhou reaches 100 meters, and the area of friction with the air is thousands of times that of Fang Yuan, and the sonic boom caused by it is naturally much more violent.

Therefore, if Shenzhou breaks through the sound barrier at low altitude, it will cause very serious damage to people on the ground.

Shenzhou broke out of the troposphere and entered the stratosphere before breaking through the speed of sound and continuing to fly into outer space.

"And now? What is the speed of this ship now? The Chief of the White Eagle Congress continued to ask.

"Now it's higher, 16 kilometers per second, about Mach 50." The secretary replied.

The secretary paused, and added: "However, Shenzhou has already flown out of the atmosphere, as long as the engine power is maintained, it can continue to accelerate, in fact, the speed data is not very important now, and the acceleration and limit speed data may be more important." ”

"Where did this thing go?" The chief of the White Eagle Congress looked at the picture taken by the satellite, with the deep cosmic starry sky in the background, and he couldn't understand it at all.

"The test flight of the Shenzhou has been going on for almost an hour, and it has ...... at this time has reached the vicinity of the Earth's geosynchronous orbit. It is about 36,000 kilometers above the ground. "The secretary earnestly answered every question about the president's promotion.

"The translator just said they were going to show the weapon system, when did it start?" The Chief of the White Eagle Congress was a little impatient.

"It should be soon......" The secretary was not sure, because he needed a translator to interpret simultaneously to know what Fang Zhenguo was talking about, so there was still a bit of a delay in real-time comprehension.

……

Not only the White Eagle Congress, but dozens of countries around the world are paying attention to the spaceship that flew out of space.

Waiting for Fang Zhenguo's promise to demonstrate the weapon system.

"What kind of weapon system is there?" In the air show center in the East China Sea, everyone was staring at the screen and talking quietly.

"Maybe it's a space-based nuclear silo?" Someone discussed, someone speculated.

Minutes and seconds passed.

When Shenzhou entered geosynchronous orbit, the long-awaited scene finally appeared.

In the picture, the belly of the Shenzhou slowly opened to both sides, and a huge cannon barrel poked out of the belly, and the black hole barrel seemed to be the grim reaper smiling, just looking at it made people's backs chill.

"Cannon! It's the muzzle! In the air show center, someone suddenly exclaimed.

"It's a cannon? What kind of cannon is this? Why is there such a big cannon barrel? The airshow center suddenly boiled.

"There's a barrel, is it a kinetic weapon?" Speculation began.

"Impossible, right? If you use a kinetic weapon in space, the shell will burn up when it enters the atmosphere, right? "There were people who started to question it.

"Haven't you heard of the Staff of God?" Some people are beginning to show off hearsay space-based weapons.

"I've only heard of God retarded." Immediately someone refuted.

When the picture was presented, the audience was so excited that they couldn't help themselves.

A large group of reporters surrounded Fang Zhenguo, and asked in a hurried voice: "What is that cannon barrel?" What kind of weapon is that? ”

Fang Zhenguo smiled mysteriously and said, "I just said that I could show the weapon system of the Shenzhou, and I didn't say that I would answer your questions." However, I can tell you the name of this weapon, the ship-based space-based railgun. ”

"Ship-based space-based railgun!"

The people who heard this name at the scene showed a mixture of shock and stunned expressions.

The name is unexpected, but it makes sense.

"Space-based railguns? Doesn't space-based refer to weapons mounted on satellites or space stations? "There were some unexplained viewers who started to ask questions.

However, Fang Zhenguo did not answer any further questions.

The information he could reveal was all arranged in advance by the headquarters, and he would not say a word except for the information allowed by the headquarters.

The audience began to argue excitedly.

"Space-based weapons, I remember they were mounted on satellites, right?" Many of the visitors to the airshow asked the same question.

"Who dictates that space-based weapons must be mounted on satellites? There is such a thing as a satellite, which is not suitable for equipping weapons at all. The satellites themselves are not mobile or defensible, and there are more than one or two countries that have satellite-to-satellite missiles......"

Some viewers who are familiar with space-based weapons began to express their opinions: "Therefore, it is simply not realistic to install space-based weapons on satellites, and it is still somewhat possible to install them on space stations."

"However, the space station is not maneuverable, it is just a target, and the more powerful the weapon, the faster it will explode.

"Therefore, the only way out for a real space-based weapon is to be ship-based. Shipborne space-based weapons are the development direction of future interstellar warship weapons. ”

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