Chapter 70: Thunder

“…… On the other hand, the official document of the Allied Academy of Sciences shows that such weapons cause much less damage to the environment than other strategic weapons, such as nuclear weapons, and in any case, satellite weapons. The emergence of Rios' has allowed the alliance to make full use of its cosmic dominance and expand the results of the war, and it is conceivable that satellite weapons will play a more important role in the coming period......"

-- Global Outlook Supplement, "Mjolnir: An Introduction to Alliance Satellite Weapons"

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"Salute!"

Over the Pacific Ocean, in a geosynchronous orbit of 36,000 kilometers, the command and power zone of the large space station "Icarus" is the zero area.

David Morgan, the director of the Confederate Secret Service, was wearing a black suit and raised his hand to the soldiers in black Space Force uniforms at the door, Morgan glanced at the soldiers in pitch black with brimmed patrol hats, and frowned casually.

The uniforms of the Space Force are in a sense similar to the ACA.

And this kind of nostrils to the sky is also a specialty of the Space Army, to put it simply, in Morgan's capacity, if it is the Army, it will send at least one general to receive it, while the Space Army only sends a school officer and staff officer.

"Sir," a Space Force officer saw Morgan walking into the command room, quickly climbed the stairs, walked up the stairs, walked up to Morgan, and gave a military salute, with two North Stars and two golden bars hanging from his shoulders - this is a lieutenant colonel staff officer, and the person who has been scheduled to receive him, "I am ordered to receive you. ”

"You should have received the order, let's go inside and talk." Morgan nodded at Lieutenant Colonel, then turned to the three who followed him, also in black suits, and said, "Charles, you come in with me, you wait outside." ”

"The break room is over there." The lieutenant colonel's staff officer enthusiastically stretched out his hand and pointed to a door next to him, then moved out of the way and made a gesture of invitation to Morgan, "Please come to CIC No. 4 over here." ”

Morgan nodded and stepped away, while the adjutant named Charles followed Morgan into the empty CIC, carrying a black suitcase handcuffed to his wrists.

"Is the 'Ríos' I want ready?" Morgan glanced at the CIC, this is the habit of the Space Army, when the plan officially begins, there will be a communications staff officer stationed here to be responsible for specific operations, so under normal circumstances, CIC can also be used as a confidential conference room.

"In accordance with the President's order, we have prepared one LEOWS-I and one LEOWS-Q model," the Lieutenant Colonel of the Space Force symbolically activated the map table, "but before that, please allow me to verify the President's order and your identity." ”

"Let's get started." Morgan nodded, and Charles stepped forward, uncuffed his handcuffs, placed the black suitcase on the table, and stepped back. Morgan stepped forward, first verifying the palm prints and DNA information, then scanning the iris, and finally gently speaking.

"David Scott Morgan, Identifier CA89332242, Authorization Code HT3328X93UA."

"Operation password, 299792458CT." Fingerprints, palm prints, DNA information, iris, facial scans, voiceprint verification, names, identification codes, authorization codes, the lieutenant colonel looked at 9 of the ten green lights lit up on the box, and then nodded lightly, and reported a string of numbers, the operation password was directly conveyed to him by the president, and only he knew it, and at the same time, it was also verified his identity.

The last green light turned on, and the box clicked open, and inside was the text jiàn with the content of the order, although there are still anti-counterfeiting measures on these documents, but generally after previous verification, there is no need to determine the authenticity, but it is only used to prevent forgery afterwards.

"Confirmed, sir." However, the lieutenant colonel carefully confirmed the order, and then saluted again, "I am Lieutenant Colonel Operator of the Second Orbital Strike Force of the Allied Space Force, Roger Jackson, and I am in charge of the orbital strike part of Operation Blacksmith under the orders of the President. ”

"Take a break, Lieutenant Colonel." It turned out not a staff officer, but an operator, but was it necessary to keep it secret to this program? Morgan sneered in his heart, but his face remained calm, "Is the satellite I want ready?" ”

"Yes, both satellites are on standby and ready to be at your disposal." Lieutenant Colonel Jackson nodded, his finger pulling out the numbers of the two models on the map table.

"The low-earth orbit strike system (Low

EarthOrbitWeaponSystem-L.E.O.W.S" is a superweapon developed by the Alliance that has the right to control the universe, it is a human-made, pure weapon-type small attack satellite, relying on the command of the main control computer on the "Icarus". Compared to the huge cost of re-orbit of Icarus, Rios can complete the re-orbit strike at an extremely low cost, and if necessary, he can even abandon the sub-satellite after the strike.

But most importantly, the Rios system is not only a strategic deterrent weapon, but can also be used as a scalpel-like tactical strike, rather than a nuclear weapon.

There are two types of Rios currently in service in the Space Force - Type I is an abbreviation for "Ioncannon", and Type Q is an abbreviation for "Qualitydelivery", the former uses the collection of large amounts of hydrogen ions produced by solar radiation in the universe, uses magnetic and electrostatic metal plates to attract charged particles from the solar wind, and stores them in containers. When attacking, high-energy particles are emitted through the guò firing device to emit high-energy hydrogen ions, which is extremely lethal to areas with light armor and non-targeted fortifications; The latter is to send alloy rods through guò, using gravity to give the weapon huge kinetic energy, which has an obvious effect on the destruction of fortifications such as underground bunkers, but the range is much smaller.

Given that the power of both models is attenuated by the atmosphere, the Ion Cannon will first use an accelerated electron beam to create a highly charged environment over the target before attacking the ground - specifically a rapidly generated storm - and then the ion beam will hit the target, bringing a small-scale fusion effect and a large amount of subatomic radiation to destroy the target. The mass projection type will make the metal rod into the shape of a missile, and even before launch, according to the orbit, the weight is controlled by the computer, and a large kinetic energy is given to violently offset the burning weight loss and drag deceleration of entering the atmosphere.

In terms of cost per shot, the ion cannon type is much lower than the mass delivery type, but the cost of the latter's satellite itself is much smaller, however, more often than not, the ion cannon is powerless against the deep bunkers specially built by the ACA, so both models are in service with the army, and the commander chooses according to the battlefield situation.

"You've seen the mission plan." Morgan's eyes stared at the holograms of the two satellite weapons, "The specific model selection is not decided by me, but by the battlefield commander, when the time comes, he will complete the identity verification and positioning on the front line, and then carry out orbit change strikes according to the choice." ”

"It's in the European theater, right?" Lieutenant Colonel Jackson nodded and drew a map of Europe, "The plan is the Mediterranean theater, and the specific target has not been determined yet?" We can enter the number of track changes in advance, and then start it. ”

"The judgment of the battlefield commander is more important." Commissioner Morgan shook his head, "Anyway, the order is very clear, the operation will be launched within this week, and you must be on standby at all times." ”

"Understood," the lieutenant colonel saluted, which was very common, especially in the Third Battle of the Southern Alps, when the top commanders often delegated the authority to call orbital strikes to mid-level combatants, when the Cosmos Force could only work in three shifts, 24 hours a day on standby for orbit changes and remote-controlled strikes, "It's better to wait than to be idle." ”

"Good job, this attack is important." Morgan stretched out his hand, tapped lightly on the table, and then glanced at Charles, "Then I'll go first, Charles has my full authority to direct this operation, I hope you will be ready within twenty-four hours, and the attack request will come within seventy-two hours at the earliest." ”

"Understand, we're on full load alert for 10 days." Lieutenant Colonel Jackson straightened his back and replied loudly.

Morgan didn't say much, nodded, turned and walked out of the control center.

Next, it's up to them.

Joining the bodyguard at the door, the moment he walked into the elevator, he turned his head to look at the starry sky outside the huge window of the control room, and hooked the corners of his mouth.

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At the same time, Milan, Malpensa airport.

"This is the plane."

An ACA lieutenant general looked at the ACA military plane that was slowly taxiing to the parking position, turned his head to look at a major general wearing the armband of the Eye of Unity next to him, and nodded slightly.

"I don't like this girl." The lieutenant general shook his head and raised his hand to take the electronic glasses handed over by the orderly behind him, "Every time I see her, I have to bring this thing, can't she speak properly?" ”

"It seems that she has been traumatized here," the Major General pointed to his head, and with a wave of his hand, the honor guards with armbands of the Eye of Unity on both sides rushed up quickly, lined up neatly on both sides of the gangway, "It is said that she has been seen talking, but it is just an unreliable rumor." ”

"I don't know where General Marshall got such a freak from," it seems that the huge electronic glasses made the lieutenant general a little uncomfortable, and his right hand with black leather gloves was constantly adjusting the brown eyepieces, "I am now ranked fifth." ”

"Yes, of course, His Excellency Marshall Colona and His Excellency Charles Pierre are not involved in this ranking." The Major General explained, "And even when she didn't give her all." ”

"Obviously she looks like she's just a little girl, not as old as my daughter," the lieutenant general shook his head with a wry smile, "But now the ranking of the seven TFs also has a lot of water, right, I heard that many of your newcomers in the Eye of Unity are no longer involved in this ranking?" ”

"That's what Lord Clark Robertson meant, and the bigger role of this rank is now to train new recruits and confuse the Alliance." The major general introduced in a flat tone.

"I heard that Charl did something...... The new TF Secret Operations Team doesn't know what he wants to do. The tentative meaning in the lieutenant general's words was already obvious, so the major general just nodded slightly, ummed, and didn't say anything more.

"Salute!!"

The hatch opened, and two guards with armbands of the South American Division took the lead, followed by a little girl in a black cloak stepping out of the cabin, she raised her right hand and saluted the soldiers who stood on either side of the escalator saluting her, her black cloak gently swaying in the evening breeze.

The black-clad colonel behind her was naturally Ren Xiu, and in third place was Louise with pink hair, who also had a vocalization device around her neck, and then, four TFs in uniform rushed out.

"Anti-Cartel Monopoly Society Army, General Staff of the Mediterranean Front, Lieutenant General Clark Rosen."

"Major General Chris Robin, Third Deputy Director of the Mediterranean Division, Secret Service of the Anti-Cartel Monopoly Society, 'Eyes of Unity'."

The two generals stepped forward to make introductions, and then the major general stepped forward, after all, his task was to act as a coordinator, "I have been instructed to cooperate with you in mobilizing the resources of the Mediterranean Division of the Eye of Unity and the assistance of the liaison army. ”

"The Army's request can be given to me." The lieutenant general held his right wrist with his left hand and nodded politely.

He looked at the little girl, who was probably only about twelve years old, it was not the first time he had seen her, but it was the first time he had seen the cat ear ornament under the girl's hood - according to Major General Chris, it was Helis's auxiliary device, and it was only worn on combat missions, and like its owner, the sweet and cute headdress had a terrifying function.

Thank you, Lieutenant General.

Helis didn't say anything, but a string of words suddenly appeared on the brown eyepiece he was carrying.

I will not transfer the TF at the front, but the TF in the rear may be transferred, and the specific plan will be as established before.

"Okay." The lieutenant general nodded, this is undoubtedly good news for the army that is fighting fiercely with the alliance on the front line, but thinking of the specific plan before, the lieutenant general can't help but think of the newly built camouflage base in Vercelli.

It seems that this little girl has already planned a qiē.