PS: I was dizzy in the last chapter, the description of Minebe 1 was wrong, the kinetic weapon system launcher is on the left, and the command compartment is in the middle. It has now changed.

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Thunder No. 1.

The functional area of Leibu No. 1 is roughly divided in this way, based on its "mountain" shape, and the vertical on the left is the space-based kinetic energy weapon system, hey, to put it simply, it is a cannon, well, it is an electromagnetic cannon. On the right side are space-based directed energy weapon systems such as laser cannons, heavy metal particle cannons, and plasma cannons.

These weapons are concentrated in the front, the middle is the service module, equipment room or ammunition room, the rear part on the right is the energy module, which houses a 300,000 kilowatt fourth-generation fast breeder nuclear reactor and thermoelectric conversion generator set, and the rear compartment on the left is the battery length, which is stuffed with 500 tons of the highest grade Silver Dragon battery, which together form the energy system to provide energy for the equipment and weapons of the entire space station. Whether it is a directed energy weapon or an electromagnetic gun, it is a large energy consumer, and it is impossible to use it with only external solar panels.

The front and middle sections of the middle vertical are the command module, the intelligence module, the communication cabin and the living module, and the rear is the power compartment and fuel compartment. The missile weapon system is on both sides of the horizontal side at the back, and there are a total of 128 units of vertical launch systems on it, which are actually modified from the vertical launch system on the warship.

The name "Lei Bu No. 1" naturally comes from Chinese mythology, and in ancient legends, "Lei Min" is one of the departments in the heavenly court responsible for conquering and fighting evil.

In addition, although the "Raibe-1" is a space station, it can also be used as a sling-silk version of a space battleship because it has power and can move freely in space. Hey, in fact, the Heavenly Army itself also has this meaning, so it will add so many weapons to it. Although the current power is not enough, and the life support system is not enough to support too long sailing, and can only operate in relatively close space areas, it can also be used as an experiment.

Although the Thunder No. 1 is the size of three frigates, but because of the extremely high degree of automation, there are not many people on it, only 112 people, not as many as a frigate, this is because it is a technical verification product, there are many technical personnel, and when the mass production type is released, the number of people will be reduced to about 60 people. However, although there are few people here, its establishment level is very high, it is at the regimental level, and the station commander is a colonel, which is equivalent to the navy's nuclear-powered strategic missile submarines.

At this time, in the command cabin of Leibu No. 1, a group of officers and soldiers were busy. Their uniforms are different, different from the four branches of the army, navy and air rockets that have appeared, and they are a uniform with black and silver gray as the main colors. Their armbands are also distinctive, with an abstract rotating Milky Way at the bottom and a military emblem in the middle that reads "Chinese People's Liberation Army Space Soldiers."

That's right, they are the Space Force, an independent branch of the armed forces that does not fall under the jurisdiction of the four armed services. This branch of the army was founded two years before the Rocket Force, but its existence is still unknown, and they have a hidden name on the outside - the Second Air Force Service Unit, and this name is written on their military uniforms and armbands on the ground. Therefore, among those in the know, they are also called "two emptiness". Well, in fact, the space force itself has a deep connection with the Air Force, and a considerable number of the existing officers and men have been transferred from the Air Force. Originally, these space affairs were also under the control of the Air Force, so it is normal to hang them under the name of the Air Force.

In fact, there was originally a suggestion that the "Heavenly Army" should be directly established and that they officially become the fifth branch of the military of New China, but this suggestion was vetoed by our beloved General Wen. The reason is that the conditions are not yet ripe, in Wen Desi's opinion, Nima even has a space battleship, and the heavenly army is a yarn!

The astronauts who served in Leibu No. 1 were not very manifold, but they were all of high rank, and there were no ordinary soldiers, and even the miscellaneous ones were non-commissioned officers. No way, secrecy and professionalism are very strong here, and ordinary soldiers can't play it.

The stationmaster, Colonel Su Luoyun, looked at the dilapidated Singapore fortress on the screen with a happy face, and the powerful optical observation system carried on the Leibu No. 1 made this fortress very clear on the screen.

He smiled and said to everyone: "Fortunately, the Air Force is short of ammunition, otherwise it won't be our turn......

"Stationmaster, what are you going to use?" said an ensign, playfully.

Su Luoyun said: "Of course, it is the golden hoop rod system, and other weapon systems are not very suitable. Moreover, the weapon system of our mine department has not been tested in practice, and now it is rare to have this opportunity, and I want to see how effective the golden hoop stick is......"

"Great! It's finally our turn. As soon as he finished speaking, several of them cheered. Obviously, they are in charge of the golden hoop rod system. The "Golden Hoop Stick" is the nickname for the kinetic weapon system.

Su Luoyun turned to a major next to him at this time, and asked politely: "Director Wen, you are the designer of the Thunder Department No. 1, what do you think?" Although Su Luoyun is a colonel, he does not have the slightest rank in front of this young major.

Major Wen Zebin nodded and said with a smile: "At this time, using the kinetic weapon system is the most appropriate choice, stationmaster. Directed energy weapons are not suitable for attacking targets in the atmosphere. The missiles configured above the mine section are also medium-sized, the nuclear warhead is not suitable, and the conventional warhead is not very effective against hard targets such as fortresses......"

At this moment, he was also very excited, as the main designer of Leibe One, he also wanted to see the power of his work. Wen Zebin has now completed his doctoral studies, received the rank of major in space technology and is currently working at the Institute of Space Military Equipment as the director of the 17th design office.

As the first actual combat test of the technical verification model of Leibu No. 1, Wen Zebin and his design team members, as well as the design and maintenance personnel of the equipment manufacturer, have come a lot to ensure the success of the test. These extra people crowded the originally spacious command cabin of Leibu No. 1.

"Stationmaster, the posture adjustment is complete, and the orbit is now stable ......," Major Xu Cheng, the navigator reported.

"Duanmu Geng, are you ready?" Su Luoyun turned to the major in charge of target intelligence.

"Alright, stationmaster. The base coordinates of the target have been entered and are also linked to the battlefield data link, and the posture adjustment of the golden hoop rod during flight will be provided by the drone and reconnaissance airship over Singapore in real time......"

"Zhao Huai......" Su Luoyun turned to another lieutenant.

"The golden hoop stick is already in place, and the aiming is complete!" Lieutenant Zhao Huai, who was in charge of the gun position, hurriedly replied. He is the squad leader who manipulates the state of kinetic weapons.

Subsequently, other groups also reported in turn.

"Now that it's all ready, then, I order, launch!" Su Luoyun gave the order.

"Launch!" Lieutenant Zhao Huai excitedly stretched out his right hand and pressed the launch button fiercely......

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At this time, the muzzle shield of the electromagnetic cannon had been opened, and a blue-green arc light flashed inside, and a conical cannonball with a tail with a diameter of 100 centimeters and a length of 6 meters shot out at a speed of 9,000 meters per second, and the direction was the Singapore Fortress......

At this moment, half of the vertical launch of the missile at the rear of the Minebe No. 1 was opened, and sixty-four missile-like objects were fired out like a cannon. They are slightly larger than the shells just now, with a diameter of 100 centimeters and a length of 7 meters. Of course, these are indeed missiles, and after they leave the launch port, the rocket engine in the tail ignites and starts working, and then they adjust their posture in space and gradually accelerate, rushing towards Earth at an increasing speed.

Yes, the Leibe-1 is equipped with two space-based kinetic weapon systems, one is a guided artillery shell, which does not need to carry power, and uses an electromagnetic cannon to give it an extremely high speed. The other is a missile shell, which has its own power. The former can get a higher muzzle velocity, low ammunition cost, can be hit as vigorously as a cannon, and can form sustained firepower, but it requires an electromagnetic cannon, which can only be mounted on large vehicles. The latter, on the contrary, has a lower speed, has a high cost of ammunition, can fire several at a time to form a dense strike, and can also be mounted on small vehicles.

Both methods have their own advantages and disadvantages, and now it's a matter of pulling together to test it and see which one works.

This did not end there, the servo mechanism of the electromagnetic gun immediately began to work, and the manipulator of the automatic ammunition feeder sent another shell to the catapult. After adjusting the position, a projectile rod extends to the tail of the shell. After fixing, the manipulator is released, the chamber is closed, and the shell is quietly suspended in mid-air.

The electromagnetic cannon of Leibe No. 1 is a reconnection cannon, and among the various types of electromagnetic cannons, this cannon has the best effectiveness. The reconnection gun combines the advantages of the coil gun that can fire a large mass projectile and the railgun that can fire an ultra-high-velocity projectile, and can also give the projectile a higher acceleration peak, and make the difference between the average acceleration force and the peak acceleration force not large, so that the projectile can obtain uniform acceleration.

However, it had a technical problem, that is, it had to give the shell an initial velocity before it could be accelerated in the chamber. This is how the shell had to fly through the middle of the coil. If the cannonball is small, it is easy to do, but if the cannonball is large, it will easily fall down, and if it cannot be kept in the middle of the coil, the effectiveness will be greatly reduced. If the effect of gravity is overcome by increasing the muzzle velocity, the traditional emission # charge can only be used, and the electromagnetic coil will be damaged when the emission # charge is deflagrated. But in the absence of gravity in space, this problem is not a problem. Therefore, the reconnection gun is best suited for the gravity-free space environment.

In front of the catapult rod is a gunpowder piston, that is, the kind of pushing device used on the "three no grenade launchers", which is silent, lightless, and smokeless when fired, of course, the last two items that are valued in space, if you use # to launch # like traditional shells, it will cause damage to the electromagnetic coil in the gun chamber. Under weightless conditions, there is no need to overcome the effect of gravity with high muzzle velocity, and the muzzle velocity caused by the gunpowder piston is sufficient.

......There was a slight metallic grinding sound, and the second shell immediately ejected, passing through the middle of the coil without missing a minute.

The reloading speed of the missiles in the rear was slower, and after more than ten minutes, the second round was also launched. Isn't the vertical system only half fired? Yes, the other half is carrying nuclear and conventional warheads, and this time it will not be used.

In the later generations of the original plane, there is a saying that is widely circulated, to the effect that "a kinetic weapon is a very simple thing, an iron rod". In fact, kinetic weapons are not so simple, their warheads are high-density, high-hardness, high-temperature resistant tungsten carbon alloy, non-powered artillery shells do not need to be loaded with explosives in addition to the warhead, the same guidance system, thermal control system and communication system, more complex than a guided projectile. Powered missiles also have to add a propulsion system, which is more complicated than missiles, and the price is not cheap.

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The officers and men in the command cabin were all staring at their screens, working nervously.

Especially Wen Zebin's group of related scientists and siege lions, they seem even more nervous, because the characteristics of kinetic weapons are limited, they have never conducted live-fire tests, and everything is just theory. Although they also used computers to perform a lot of simulation calculations, everyone was at a loss before verification.

Because there are also opposing experts who believe that because the speed of its warhead is too fast, it is very likely that it will not have a lethal effect on the strike against large buildings and other targets, and at most it will be like a high-speed bullet hitting glass, piercing a "small hole" with a diameter of several tens of centimeters in the target.

So what the effect is, you have to try it to find out.

Because both the missile and the electromagnetic cannon can be adjusted, these warheads are divided into different speeds, and the best strike effect can be achieved at which speed. Anyway, the Singapore fortress is big enough and there are enough targets to experiment with different postures.

In order to carry out this live-fire test, the General Staff Department and the Space Force mobilized dozens of reconnaissance planes and airships, dozens of satellites, and thousands of people to monitor and evaluate them.

After these warheads enter the atmosphere, the shell begins to rub against the air molecules to generate heat, and the temperature of the heat-proof shell becomes higher and higher, and finally they all burn red and continue to vaporize. The heat-proof shell made of this special ceramic is to reduce the temperature by continuous vaporization, and there is a special asbestos insulation layer between the shell and the warhead, so that the high temperature on the surface will not burn the warhead. If they are not protected, these warheads will not reach the ground at all, and they will be gray in mid-air.

Soon, the warhead entered the black barrier area, but this "black barrier area" is only effective for traditional radio communications, and for China, which has blue-green laser and quantum communication technology, there is no so-called "black barrier area" at all.

This is the warhead that has turned into a meteor, dragging the dazzling flame tail to the ground. Singapore Fortress is about to usher in the first meteor shower in history.

However, Singapore was still in the daytime at this time, and it was impossible to see the "meteor shower" in the sky at all, and then a meteor fell straight down.

"......Boom" Suddenly, a huge explosion suddenly occurred in a fortified area that was still intact.