Chapter 185: The Empire's Ultimate Weapon
In the Morita Star Region, the second war zone of the Sun Yan Empire and the Restoration Alliance, there is a chaotic meteorite field. This meteorite field is full of meteorites of all sizes and clouds, and there are nebulae containing various substances and gases, making the narrow but tens of millions of kilometers long meteorite area full of all kinds of unpredictable dangers.
In addition to jumping over this meteorite area by using the space to jump, trying to pass directly through the meteorite belt is no less dangerous than an infantry foot through a very dense minefield. And because it happens to be located at the junction of the two major shili star fields, the two sides almost tacitly use this meteorite belt as one of the base points of their respective outer space defense networks. In other words, before the opponent's outer space defense network is completely paralyzed, if you want to invade the opponent's star field without alarming the opponent, you must pass through this meteorite belt.
In early September of the first year of the Riyan Empire, a mixed fleet of the Imperial Army quietly drove to the edge of the meteorite belt, which was tens of millions of kilometers long and was secretly blocked by the fleet of the Imperial Army. Immediately afterward, countless Imperial logistics ships drove here in groups one after another. In the days that followed, there would be earth-shattering explosions in the meteorite field from time to time, but no one knew exactly what was going on inside.
As for the actions of the Riyan Empire, the second theater of the Restoration Alliance will naturally not be unaware. As a countermeasure, they also sent a sizable fleet to confront each other across the meteorite belt with the mixed fleet of the Imperial Army. In order to find out what the hell the hell the Sun Yan Empire was doing in the meteorite belt, the fleet commander of the second theater also sent a small reconnaissance force to venture into the meteorite belt at the beginning.
However, the reconnaissance units invariably lost contact with the fleet and then mysteriously disappeared. In Zuihou, no one wanted to be sent to reconnoiter the meteorite area, and the fleet commander of the second theater had no choice but to order all departments to strictly guard the edge of the meteorite area, and simply held the mentality of "what the hell is your Riyan Empire doing in there, I just guard my borders", and slept peacefully.
A few months later, that is, after Haoyi accidentally annexed the Sharon Star Zone, the secret projects of the Riyan Empire in the meteorite zone seemed to have been completed, and those logistics engineering ships began to withdraw from the meteorite zone in batches. Instead, small fleets of the Imperial Army entered the meteorite belt one after another. At the same time, the strength of the Imperial fleet on the periphery was also quietly and quietly increasing.
On this day, the first detachment of the Praetorian Guard of the Riyan Empire suddenly appeared on the edge of the meteorite belt. After the twist was completed and the momentum had stabilized again, the Praetorian Guard ships slowly drove towards an area of the meteorite belt.
Halfway through, the commander of the Imperial fleet, who was responsible for guarding this meteorite belt, naturally also sent a fleet of escorts to carefully escort the warships of the Praetorian Guard into the depths of the meteorite belt.
What is strange is that in addition to the large number of extremely deadly meteorites roaming in the outer layer of the meteorite belt at the beginning, when these two small fleets of the Imperial Army entered the deep area of the meteorite belt, the inside was actually as empty and clean as the outside of the meteorite belt, of course, occasionally encountered one or two small meteorites that were probably missed. These small meteorites naturally do not pose any threat to a group of battleships with strong firepower, and a random firepower salvo can turn them into powder.
Therefore, relatively speaking, the deep zone of this specific area of the meteorite belt is much safer than the outer zone.
The two mixed fleets drove into the deep zone for a moment, and suddenly a large number of space bases appeared directly in front of them. In the center of the space base, which has been built up from all kinds of specially modified engineering ships, there is a huge all-metal sphere that resembles an asteroid. Outside the sphere are countless pieces of "armor scales" that reflect a faint metallic luster, and small engineering ships are constantly flying up and down it.
Once at the base, the Imperial detachment that was escorting the Praetorian Guard fleet returned the way it came, and the Praetorian Guard fleet stopped at the edge of the base. The flagship numbered RY010001, escorted by several improved Martial Immortal-class battleships, slowly drove into the depths of the space base group, came to the edge of the all-metal asteroid, and docked at one of the space ports.
After the landing passage connected to the flagship of the Praetorian Guard fleet slowly opened, Emperor Lin Bin, dressed in military uniform, strode leisurely into the star harbor accompanied by a group of senior generals.
"Look, gentlemen, this is the greatest weapon in the history of our empire!" Looking at the all-metal asteroid that was close at hand, Lin Bin couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and a heroic and smug look immediately appeared on his face.
"What Bixia said is very true! However, Wei Chen felt that such a powerful and invincible weapon was not only unique in the history of our empire, but also looked at the entire original federation, I am afraid that there would be no second weapon that could compete with it! Shangguan Shinichi, who was closely behind Lin Bin and the new commander-in-chief of the First Front Army of the Imperial Army, was busy patting his ass.
"That's right, that's right, this is definitely a great weapon that is unique in the world!" "Yes, yes!" ……
Shangguan Xin's words fell, and the generals hurriedly followed, which was a variety of eulogies.
"Let's go, generals, let's go and meet the maker of this invincible weapon in the world!" Although the horses of the generals were a little fleshy and explicit, Lin Bin still enjoyed it very much in his heart, a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he waved his hand and took the lead towards the Xinggang Command Center building.
"Kimbruce, head of the Logistics Engineering Department of the Imperial Army, see Bixia!"
"Zhan Xian, the head of the First R&D Center of Imperial Weapons, will come first and meet Bixia!"
As soon as he stepped into the Xinggang command center, a general of the Imperial Army and a white coat with slightly white temples hurriedly greeted him, bowing respectfully to Lin Bin and reporting loudly.
"Two Aiqing, please hurry up!" Lin Bin seemed to be in a good mood, and he helped the two with a kind face, and greeted the two with a smile.
"Thank you Bixia!" The two hurriedly responded in unison, and then slowly stood up.
"Ladies and gentlemen, General Kim must be familiar to everyone. It's just that he hasn't been seen in everyone's eyes for months! Earlier, I had heard rumors in the army that General Kim had been secretly executed by order of me because he had accidentally offended me! Hehe, what's the matter, now the rumors are self-defeating! As a pillar of the Empire, how could General Kim be casually erased from the Imperial Army's roster? ”
Lin Bin turned his head with a smile and pointed to the general of the Ministry of Engineering, Kim, and said to the generals behind him. As soon as the words landed, there was a burst of low laughter in the crowd of generals in order to cooperate with Lin Bin.
"And this one, you may have never seen it before! Dr. Zhan Xianlai of the First R&D Center of Imperial Weapons! He is a senior expert in modern weapons and equipment that I personally sent someone to invite half a year ago! It's just that Dr. Zhan has always been low-key and rarely appears in public, so everyone may not know much about him! ”
Lin Bin raised his hand and pointed at Zhan Xianlai and said to the generals in detail: "However, I think you generals must know that a few years ago, there was an unknown expert in the weapons world who claimed to be able to create a human super weapon that was far more powerful than a battleship. Because at that time, the Martial Immortal-class battleship had just come out, and its amazing firepower and maneuverability had already made people feel that it was a super weapon that was extremely difficult to surpass, so many people scoffed at this expert's remarks, or even disdained them! That's right, this expert is none other than Dr. Zhan Xianlai! ”
Lin Bin's introduction once again caused a commotion among the generals, but the difference was that this commotion was obviously more real than the previous one. Although the generals are not fans of weapons, they still have some knowledge of the movements in the scientific community, especially in the field of weapons. Many of them are indeed very disdainful of the madman who was in the arms world a few years ago.
Obviously, the generals did not expect that the madman who mysteriously disappeared after the uproar of the weapon hegemony incident would actually be the inconspicuous middle-aged white coat in front of them.
Hearing Lin Bin's introduction to himself and seeing the generals' expressions of surprise or surprise, Zhan Xianlai just smiled calmly and took over the conversation without saying anything, looking like a strange person with few words.
"Don't be surprised, don't guess! On the way here, the generals have all read the information I sent you about this imperial super weapon! I think everyone must be curious about the maker of this super weapon! I had already instructed Dr. Zhan in advance to prepare detailed information and introduce this super weapon to the generals! Rest assured, although our Dr. Zhan has the title of a madman in the scientific community, he is very low-key and approachable. ”
Seeing the generals' look of surprise, Lin Bin felt an indescribable pleasure in his heart, and turned to Zhan Xian and said, "Doctor, then bother you and teach my generals a good lesson!" ”
"Yes, Bixia!" Zhan Xianlai hurriedly bowed respectfully in response, then turned sideways and said loudly to Lin Bin and the generals: "Please Bixia and the generals come with me!" ”
"Let's go, generals!" Lin Bin waved his hand and said a word to the generals, and then accompanied by Zhan Xianlai, he took the lead into a secret conference room in the Xinggang command center.
After entering the conference room, Zhan first opened a multi-functional hologram, which showed a three-dimensional model of the all-metal asteroid outside, and then introduced it.
"Bixia, generals, after more than four months of hard work, this greatest weapon in the history of our empire has been basically completed. Now, I'll give you a rough introduction to this ultimate weapon! Its sphere is 1,296 kilometers in diameter, about one-tenth the diameter of the original Federation parent planet, Earth. Its interior is made entirely of high-performance steel armor for space ships, spliced with advanced particle welding. Its strength is 1.5 times the strength of the internal structure of an ordinary battleship, but the overall defense is more than 500 times that of a Martial Immortal-class battleship. Please note that this thousand times is not simply superimposed. To put it simply, it is not equivalent to piling more than five hundred Martial Immortal-class battleships together! To use a figurative analogy, even if a Martial Immortal-class battleship uses its nuclear main guns to bombard it at close range, it can only gnaw off a layer of skin at best! ”
"No, then it doesn't mean invincible......" Zhan Xianlai's introduction made the generals gasp......