Chapter III: Total War
This is the year 2083, and the situation on the earth is changing, and various forces are intertwined. Founded at the beginning of the 21st century, after the merger of the North American military-industrial complex and the outer space development group, Olympus completely broke away from government control and evolved from a commercial group to an armed force. By the end of 2082, the Olympus Guards had risen to become the world's largest military force. President Cassius is a careerist, and after gaining deep pockets and a strong military, his eyes are no longer limited to the earth. Over the past two years, Cassius has toured the world, leaving thousands of people everywhere he goes. He shouted the slogan "Build the city to Pluto", which made people's blood boil and the whole earth was agitated. Cassius's prestige is unprecedented, and he is known as "the leader of the future of mankind". People printed his portrait on shirts and tattooed them on their bodies; He sells 160 million copies of his autobiography a year, his private jets and cars are collected for 9 to 11 times the price, and even the most popular TV stations are guaranteed to skyrocket by more than 15 times as many as they invite him to appear once. So, under this extremely crazy cult of personality, men, women and children, from top scholars to low-level coolies, all aspired to join Olympus. In 2082 alone, the number of Olympus' employees will grow by 4.3 million to 67 million. There is no country on earth that can compete with it.
During the same period, the emerging developed countries formed the Group of 64 and set up their headquarters on the shores of Lake Celtic. They share resources, act in unison, and covet the almost endless resources of outer space. Since the signing of the Lunar Colonization Treaty on April 24, 2082, the conflict between the G64 and Olympus has deepened.
"Commander Cray, you should know that a head-on confrontation with Olympus won't do us any good." Blake is still trying to persuade.
"Okay, Mr. Black, from now on the army will be under my direct leadership, you can rest well." With that, Commander Clay glanced at his men, and two strong men grabbed Blake by the collar and threw him into the car.
Blake banged on the window, but to no avail. The car drove away, and no one knew where it was going.
"I'll let the world know who's really the boss." Commander Clay looked into the distance, his eyes determined.
At this time, in the sky above the moon, a big war is about to break out. Fifteen armed space stations and a helicarrier are home to Olympus.
At the head of the list is the Swan space station. Built in the 60s of the 21st century, the Swan space station is the oldest, so it is often used as a flagship. The main armament is 24 L-1 ultra-long-range multi-purpose missiles, two gigawatt-class laser arrays, two 11-barreled 45-mm electromagnetic guns and one twin-mounted 406-millimeter electromagnetic cannon. Among them, the L-1 missile has a range of 12,000 kilometers, a maximum flight speed of Mach 30, and a charge of a terrifying 4.8 tons, which can hit both air and ground targets. The space station is in the shape of a scorpion, with a laser array and a close defense cannon at the bow and tail, and 24 missile launchers symmetrically distributed on both sides. The twin mounted electromagnetic guns are mounted on the central truss and can rotate freely with the truss.
Fifteen armed space stations are lined up in a zigzag pattern, with the Dawn integrated combat ship driving directly behind them.
Built at the end of the 70s of the 21st century, the "Antarctica" aerospace carrier is the world's most advanced extraterrestrial aircraft that has been announced, and its main weapons include 28 heavy fighters, 70 attack UAVs, 8 unmanned bombers, 4 gigawatt-class laser arrays, 2 120-mm electromagnetic guns and an electromagnetic interference instrument. In terms of power, it is driven by 16 10,000-ton rocket engines and 640 1,200 Newton Hall thrusters, and the maximum speed can reach 150 kilometers per second.
They made their way to the Belgrade Valley, where the lunar branch of the Group of 64 is located.
"All astronauts, this is the Swan space station, and I'm Commander Morant. Seventy-two hours ago, one of our lunar bases was attacked by a group of shameless thugs, killing hundreds of people. Among them was even our great Mr. Green. It wasn't until 48 hours ago that this group of shameless people finally admitted their identity. Now, it's time to retaliate and blow them up! ”
There was a cheer. "Beautiful!" "That's how it should be!" "yes, blow them up!" “……”
At a distance of 12,000 kilometers, the Belgrade Valley officially entered the firing range.
The G-64 also spotted the fleet at the same time. In the Belgrade Valley, armed men are nervously preparing for battle, and non-combatants are withdrawing to anti-aircraft bunkers on the twelfth basement floor. Anti-aircraft guns, close-in defense guns, electromagnetic guns, all kinds of missiles, and radars were aimed at the row of light points in the air. Unfortunately, this row of light points was far out of their range.
"They're on the offensive! It's four L-1 missiles! ”
Four missiles catapulted from the armed space station, accelerating, accelerating, Mach 15, Mach 20, at this speed, the anti-missile system simply cannot do anything.
"They're coming! Shoot! ”
At the commander's command, the bullets from the four close-in guns formed a dark red crossfire network in the air, successfully detonating one L-1 missile, and the remaining three continued to rush towards the division.
"Turn on the EMI! This is your last chance! ”
A strong electromagnetic light wave flashed. An L-1 missile deviated from its intended course and spun out of control and crashed towards the lunar surface. However, the other two missiles recalibrated their orbits after a while and smashed into headquarters again.
"Prepare for the impact!"
It's too late!
Two L-1 missiles hit, and two huge fireballs rose above the base, and the entire lunar surface trembled. A powerful shock wave propagated through the rocks, leveling the lunar surface in a radius of more than a dozen kilometers. The powerful penetrating force directly penetrates the surface of the moon, and even hiding in the twelfth underground layer will not help.
As the fleet moved closer, the remaining 16 lunar bases were all within range.
"Freedom to attack." Morant ordered.
In an instant, countless missiles and artillery shells poured out from the fifteen armed space stations and smashed into the surface of the moon. The moon bases, which had never participated in any battles since they were built, could withstand such an offensive, and they were plunged into a sea of fire, with countless casualties. Hundreds of warplanes were destroyed in hangars before they could take off. Thirty warplanes that had taken off by chance swooped down on the fleet, ready for a final fight to the death.
"Let the drone take off." Morant commanded.
Soon, seventy drones took off from the "Dawn" space carrier, lined up in a V-shaped queue, and roared away with great momentum. These drones are controlled in real time by the pilots on the mother ship, which not only have the same judgment, reflexes, and decision-making power as people, but also can break through the physiological limits of people and make flight actions that conventional fighters cannot do.
Those thirty warplanes were the first to launch the missiles.
"Serpentine maneuver!" Drone leader command.
The 70 drones quickly dispersed, swaying their fuselages from side to side to avoid incoming missiles.
The missile did not have time to change its trajectory, grazed past the fuselage and flew into the boundless universe.
But soon, 30 missiles re-locked onto the target, made an emergency turn and struck at the drone swarm again.
Before the missile could accelerate, the drone quickly launched a jamming missile. A series of fires caused the missiles to lose their way again and explode behind the drone swarm. After this set of operations, only two UAVs were lost in total.
The drone swarm quickly organizes the formation.
"Launch!" The team leader ordered.
70 missiles rained down on the fighters. The fighters didn't have time to dodge, and they were shot one after another, exploding into balls of fire.
There was cheering inside the space station. In just 12 minutes, all 17 lunar bases of the Group of 64 were destroyed. This is undoubtedly a major victory.
A staff officer came to Morant's side and reported, "We spotted the movement of the Combined Fleet 5 minutes ago, did we attack?" ”
Morant waved his hand and said, "Someone has volunteered to destroy them." To destroy the combined fleet, four warplanes are enough. ”
He pointed to the golden helmet in his arms, and the staff officer quickly understood what he meant, and asked no more.
The Lunar Colonial War has officially begun.