Chapter 20 Interception Failure

"Did you blow it up?" At the same time as Chen Xin asked this sentence, the current federal leaders in the presidential refuge in the federation on the other side of the ocean were also asking the same question.

Only he asked about another meteorite, a meteorite four kilometers in diameter that was crashing into North America and was supposed to be intercepted by the Lucians.

In order to intercept this meteorite, the Federation launched nuclear bombs again, a total of five strategic nuclear bombs with a yield of 10 million tons.

The explosion of five large-yield nuclear bombs also caused all detectors and observation equipment to lie on their stomachs, and if they wanted to know the result, they could only know when the radiation and the fire from the explosion dissipated.

"I'm sorry, Mr. President, but we can't confirm the situation at the scene, all the equipment is out of order." An officer reported to the leaders of the Federation that he had never seen such a situation in which fifty nuclear bombs exploded at once.

However, after the officer had finished speaking, he urged the other staff members to find a way to restore the observation equipment.

Soon, a staff member appeared to call in other places to see the image reappear on the large screen in the Vault, only to see a large fireball in the sky emitting light and heat, and constantly expanding.

Seeing this scene, everyone was a little excited, obviously the nuclear bomb would have such an effect when it hit.

Just looking at the huge fireball in the sky, someone asked with some confusion: "Five nuclear bombs, is this the only effect?" ”

No wonder there is such a doubt, because although the fireball in the sky is huge, it is also larger than the mushroom cloud that can be produced by a nuclear bomb explosion under normal circumstances.

Just when everyone was puzzled, a large number of fire meteors rushed out of the fireball and smashed down towards the ground.

"It's!" Everyone suddenly became nervous and hurriedly operated the equipment at hand, trying to figure out what was going on.

However, just as everyone was busy, more and larger meteors rushed out of the fireball, raining down on the ground, and they landed in North America.

"Hell! Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on here! The federal leaders used several F-starting words to express their emotions in an attempt to figure out what was going on.

It's a pity that things are not useful with swearing, and the leaders of the Federation are not Hulks, and the angrier they are, the stronger the power.

Although he cursed a series of swear words and threw all the demeanor of a country's leaders into the Atlantic, the federal leaders did not understand what was going on in front of them.

Just when he couldn't help but want to smash something, a staff member finally figured out what was going on.

"Mr. President, figure it out! Since the nuclear bombs we launched were not detonated at the same time, in fact, only the first two nuclear bombs were successfully detonated, and the other nuclear bombs were directly destroyed and did not detonate because they were affected by the shock wave generated by the explosions of these two nuclear bombs. The staff hurriedly reported to the federal leaders.

This situation was expected in advance, after all, no one had ever done such a thing as five nuclear bombs detonating at the same time, and the reason why the Federation launched so many nuclear bombs was only to be able to ensure the hit rate, and did not hope that all nuclear bombs would explode.

So this situation is also within the acceptable range of the Federalists.

"And what's going on with those fire meteors? Is it a meteorite fragment? A staff member next to the federal leader hurriedly asked, which was also the topic that everyone was most concerned about.

"It's meteorite fragments! The nuclear bomb shattered the meteorite, but not completely! NASA observations show that it has broken into a large amount of debris that is heading towards the west coast, including a large piece of debris about a kilometer in diameter! The staff hurriedly told them the latest news they had gotten.

"What?!" The people in the shelter couldn't help but be shocked.

Originally, when they heard that it was a meteorite fragment, everyone was not too nervous, because it seemed that the size of those fire meteors was not particularly exaggerated, even if it hit the ground, it would be nothing more than a pothole in the city, and it would be a little troublesome to rebuild after the disaster.

But a meteorite with a diameter of one kilometer is smashed, although it is not as terrifying as the destructive power of a meteorite with a diameter of four kilometers, but it can also destroy the entire Federation!

You must know that a crater with a diameter of 30 kilometers discovered by scientists in Greenland was smashed by a meteorite with a diameter of 1 kilometer 12,000 years ago! According to the calculations of scientists, the crust seven kilometers thick at that time was smashed through!

The crater is just the most direct damage caused by the impact of meteorites, and the series of secondary disasters that follow are the most terrible.

"Mr. President, what are we going to do? Give the order! "The previous officer looked at the leader of the Union, and at this time, as the elected president, he should step up and make a decision.

Following the officer's words, all eyes in the vault turned to the federal leader, waiting for him to make an idea.

However, his body shook twice and he almost fell.

The federal leader who held the table stabilized his body, looked at the people in the shelter at this time, and asked with some difficulty: "Can you still launch a nuclear bomb to intercept it?" ”

"I'm sorry Mr. President, it's too late." A staff member hurriedly replied.

This answer made the federal leader feel that there was darkness in front of him, and he had to raise his other hand to hold his forehead, take a deep breath before saying: "Through all channels, release this news to the outside world!" Let all the people evacuate, and at the same time let NASA calculate the meteorite landing point and evacuate as much as possible......"

Speaking of this, the leader of the federation took a breath and recovered some of his state before continuing: "In addition, I declare that from now on the federation will enter a special state, implement a wartime system, implement military control throughout the country, and all state governments, the National Guard, and the police must earnestly perform their duties and maintain social order...... Until we get through this catastrophe. ”

As the Federation leader spoke, everyone in the shelter listened silently, the atmosphere was oppressive and unpleasant, and a female staff member bit her lip and nervously held the hem of her clothes.

In the end, the Federal President finished his order, looked at the still silent crowd, and said with a sigh: "Although as the Federal President should not say such things at such a time, I still want to say a word, may God bless America." ”

After speaking, the leader of the Federation found a chair and sat down, looked at the busy crowd and asked the staff next to him, "How is the interception operation of the Lucians?" Sacrificing the Federation, did they save the Blue Star? ”