Chapter Eighty-Three: A Runaway Behemoth

When the four space shuttles of the Eagle Sauce Country arrived in front of the Night Owl One, they found that it was already difficult to even land on it.

Because Night Owl 1 was spinning at high speed on its own, the shuttle had to spin itself as well in order to barely get people on it.

As expected, two hours later, the emergency repair personnel reported to the control center on the ground: "Because the many electronic circuits and electronic components are almost all damaged, it is impossible to repair the Night Owl No. 1 in a short time." ”

Immediately, the repair crew gave up the restoration work and began to cooperate with the people on another space shuttle to start searching for the computer hard drive of valuable information.

Soon boxes of data and hard drives were sent back to the shuttle.

As the four shuttles left Night Owl One, they stood on deck and saluted the pitch-black Night Owl One before turning to leave.

Because they knew that the fate of the ship in the near future could end tragically.

The so-called house leak happened to rain overnight, and the Eagle Sauce Country encountered another coincidental thing at this time.

The Earth's surface area is so large that most of it is still ocean, and most of the rest of the land is uninhabited wilderness.

Therefore, when astronauts discover some satellites or meteorites that fall on the surface of the earth, they will not worry too much about the harm caused to people by these things.

Because there is only a small chance that these things will fall in areas where people gather, usually in the wilderness or ocean.

But this time, after calculations, the space center of the Eagle Sauce Country suddenly found that if it continues to be left unchecked according to the current trajectory of Night Owl 1, then when it falls through the atmosphere to the ground, the target is likely to be a city with a population of more than 10 million in the Eagle Sauce Country.

Although it was Lu Chuan who planned the fall of Night Owl No. 1, Lu Chuan never thought that it would be such a result, otherwise he would never have done it.

Ordinary small meteorites, even large space stations, will not panic if they fall from the atmosphere.

Because the heat generated by the violent friction with the air will lose most of the object when passing through the atmosphere, it is almost no longer a threat when it lands.

But the Night Owl No. 1 is different, it is a behemoth of tens of thousands of tons.

Even if it decomposes in the atmosphere, then many tons, or even tens of tons, of debris will be smashed into the ground.

If the target is a city, then such damage is no less than the damage caused by the detonation of a small nuclear bomb.

"The best-case scenario is that the Night Owl 1 is strong enough not to decompose when it enters the atmosphere, so it may cause thousands of casualties after it hits the ground, but once it decomposes in the atmosphere, then the casualties will be at least tens of thousands, or even 100,000." ”

The Minister of Defense can also be regarded as a soldier who has experienced life and death on the battlefield.

In the face of the opponent's bombardment, he was not so complicated and nervous at the moment.

To him, the news was as nervous as learning that a certain country was going to drop a nuclear bomb on their Eagle Sauce Country.

Someone else suggested to him: "Mr. Minister, I suggest that we now immediately inform the people of this city to begin evacuation. ”

But there was immediate opposition to this suggestion.

"No, resolutely not, once the people of this city are notified to evacuate, then it will soon cause a panic effect, and the people in the surrounding cities will definitely be ready to move, we can't afford tens of millions of people to get out of control at the same time, this is a problem that we can't solve."

When the Minister of Defense learned that the Night Owl No. 1 could no longer be repaired, he was already disappointed.

It was bad news for him to get such news at this time.

A staff member of the defense department said at this time: "We still have a way to defuse this crisis." ”

Everyone looked at the staff member in unison.

He continued: "When Night Owl 1 enters the atmosphere, we can launch a missile that destroys the hull. ”

But when the Minister of Defense heard this proposal, he waved his hand and said: "No, the hull of tens of thousands of tons, even our most powerful missile, can only blow it into countless fragments at most, and these fragments will cause damage to a wider area after being dispersed by the shock wave of the explosion." ”

The man said faintly, "So... Are we considering using... Nuclear bomb. ”

When the Minister of Defense heard this, he immediately glared at him and said angrily: "Stupid, using nuclear weapons on your own territory is the most stupid act, have you ever considered how many people will be threatened by the nuclear radiation materials scattered in the sky, and there may be such a nuclear radiation threat in the next few decades or hundreds of years." ”

After several proposals were rejected, a group of people fell into deep thought.

After a while, a person from the space center raised his hand in resignation.

The Minister of Defense glared at him and said: "This is not a child's class, I am now going to solve the problem, please put down your childish arms and say what you propose as soon as possible." ”

"We can... You can ask for help from the Great Xia Kingdom... ”

When they heard this, they understood what it meant.

In fact, many people thought of this just now, that is, to let the Sky Fire System of the Great Xia Kingdom completely crush and destroy the Night Owl No. 1 directly in outer space.

But everyone knows that it is really inappropriate to make this proposal in front of the Minister of Defense at this time.

Because it's like slapping the Minister of Defense in the face.

However, everyone knows in their hearts that at present, this method is the most effective and safest.

Seeing that the Minister of Defense was frowning, this person did not dare to continue.

And a person with a higher status next to the minister said at this time: "I think this is a suggestion worth considering, after all, directly smashing Night Owl No. 1 in outer space will not cause any harm to the ground." ”

The people around him immediately began to nod their heads in agreement.

The Minister of Defense lowered his head at this time and put his hand on his forehead.

Those who don't know will think that he has a splitting headache now, but in fact, he is thinking about an extremely difficult decision at this time.

From the beginning, I took a wrong step first, and I never thought that I would make a wrong step.

It was his own impulse that he ordered Night Stalker No. 1 to provoke near the Skyfire system.

The provocation failed, but he had to ask for help from the Great Xia Kingdom, and he barely saved the people on Night Stalker No. 1.

At this time, he had to open his mouth again, like the Great Xia Kingdom asking for help.

The feeling of the Minister of Defense at this time is one word.

That's the pain, the burning pain on the face!