Genius is just the threshold for me!

Laboratory No. 78.

Wang Xingguo, feigning denial, exchanged a few words and hung up the phone. His expression immediately turned bitter: "We're doomed. They're starting to come knocking. We're really finished!"

Although the super-powered engine of the Hot No. 4, with a speed of Mach 10, was also discovered by Chief Engineer Chen of the Electric Power Company.

However, since Lao Chen is a member of the military-industrial complex and the air defense system was not triggered, there won't be any follow-up to this incident, except for some complaints that Wang Xingguo has become a superman.

Aside from projects assigned according to national defense needs, headquarters doesn't really concern itself with research and technology reserves that subordinate units have the capacity to conduct on their own.

But now, the situation is different.

Hot Air No. 5 was discovered by the military, triggering the strategic air defense system to launch more than 30 anti-aircraft missiles for interception. Even more absurdly, all 30-plus anti-aircraft missiles missed their target...

Next, he, as the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group 001, will face two problems.

One issue is that the strategic air defense system was triggered but failed to intercept the attack, so improvements and optimizations will definitely be needed.

Because Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) is the triggerer and inevitably has to participate, it will face the watchful eyes of a group of Red Flag interceptor missile developers who have been promoted, as well as strategic air defense system developers, which will significantly increase the risk of being attacked.

The other one is the Mach 16 Hot Shot 5, which is being targeted by a group of ruthless bigwigs in the military, and even the top leaders of headquarters.

Historical experience has shown that headquarters are the most susceptible to pressure.

Knowing that Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) possesses Mach 16 aircraft technology, they are absolutely confident that their next project will require a space fighter.

The problem is... let alone the Mach 16 Hot 5, he hasn't even finished learning the Mach 10 Hot 4 from last year.

[Beep—Remote control communication restored! The remote control system has begun taking over Hot No. 5...]

While Wang Xingguo was feeling numb, more than two minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

Suddenly, the 200-inch flight interface flashed, and the remote control communication of Hot Hot was reconnected.

"Shoot down the satellites! Xiao Dong, shoot down two of those American satellites!"

Seeing that the speed of the Hot Shot 5 had dropped to Mach 15.5, Wang Xingguo immediately stopped worrying about internal conflicts and decided to transfer his frustration to the Americans.

"Godfather, don't be anxious."

Lin Dong canceled the afterburner mode of the Hot Air, decelerated and set up automatic cruise, then switched to the flight control interface and entered a series of commands.

Clang clang clang—

The hangar door of the adjacent Xu Ziming assembly workshop suddenly opened.

A short while later, the camera 001, which had been tracking and live-streaming the J-20 air combat a few years ago and had been upgraded with an AI chip last year, rushed out of the hangar with a dedicated super camera built with nine million dollars, taxied for a while, and soared into the sky.

Lin Dong typed in a series of automatic follow commands, then turned to Xu Qingling and said, "Qingling, could you get my laptop for me? I need to take a look at the satellite orbit chart..."

"well!"

Xu Qingling quickly brought over the notebook, and Lin Dong took it, connecting it to Beidou and ground radar, and opened the dynamically captured global satellite orbit map.

On a blue Earth, at various altitudes and orbits, thousands of orbital objects, some relatively stationary and others moving at high speeds, are constantly changing.

As Lin Dong watched the orbits passing through the southwest, marked with the names of American satellites, he began to calculate the orbits in his mind.

For satellites aiming to establish orbits from critical airspace, orbit calculations are fundamental.

After all, with a speed of over 7,000 meters per second, it's impossible to chase and attack; the only option is to wait and attack from the shadows.

"...These two satellites are suitable!"

Lin Dong calculated in less than 10 seconds that he had selected two reconnaissance satellites that were passing through Chengdu but belonged to different American companies.

One of them is an optical satellite in Novosibirsk at an altitude of 424 kilometers, and the other is an all-weather SAR reconnaissance satellite in the Middle East at an altitude of 488 kilometers.

Having identified the satellite targets, Lin Dong located the corresponding analysis report on the intranet based on the satellite model and began analyzing the structure of the two satellites.

Lasers are not annihilation rays. If a satellite is destroyed, two things will happen next.

One option is to scrap the old system and continue operating in orbit. As long as the speed doesn't decrease, it can operate for decades or even centuries without any problem.

Another possibility is that the internal orbit control system is destroyed, causing a high-pressure gas leak or fuel explosion that generates a reaction force, pushing the satellite to undergo random orbit changes or crash.

The first situation should be avoided as much as possible.

Because the satellite is still in orbit even though it is decommissioned, it will be able to capture images of the satellite when it intersects with other high-orbit satellites.

Further analysis of the remaining attack traces on the satellite revealed that it was not struck by space debris or caused a malfunction, but rather attacked by a laser.

The second situation requires absolute attention.

Because of the random trajectory change, it didn't crash immediately, so it would return to the first scenario.

If it crashes, then we must consider the risk that it will not burn up completely in the atmosphere, and the debris will become a meteor falling from the sky and hitting populated areas.

Modern satellite destruction methods involve actively changing orbits to reduce speed and altitude, and then, through meticulous calculations, causing the satellite to crash into the Pacific or Atlantic Ocean. This way, even if debris remains, it will not hit densely populated areas.

If Lin Dong wants to launch a satellite, he should try to select a satellite whose orbit does not overlap with densely populated areas.

A more precise attack would be launched, detonating the satellite's fuel in a targeted manner, causing the satellite to crash at the angle and speed calculated by the attacker...

soon.

Based on the structure of the two satellites, Lin Dong finalized a general plan in his mind. He glanced at the Hot 5 satellite, which still had 38% fuel remaining, pushed the control stick, and lightly pressed the foot rudder.

boom!

Hot Air No. 5 traced an arc in the sky, then changed from level flight to pitch and began to gain altitude.

Whether it's a rotary detonation engine or an aircraft engine, its normal service ceiling is 4 meters. Because the detonation engine has higher thermal efficiency, its range is 11000 kilometers at Mach 5.

It had only just accelerated to Mach 16, a speed that lasted only ten minutes, and the fuel was already mostly used up. But the remaining fuel was enough to complete the next mission.

Di-

Shortly after, Hot Air 5 reached the critical altitude of 40,000 meters, leveled off, and reduced its speed to Mach 1.8.

It exits the ramjet detonation mode, restarts the intake fan blades, compressor, and turbine, and maintains a stable low-speed cruise by utilizing the self-boosting characteristics of the detonation engine in combination with the detonation mode.

"We're almost there..."

Lin Dong looked at the low-orbit satellite that had come first from Novosibirsk, connected the real-time satellite orbit image to the flight control system, quickly input two commands, connected to the tracking image of the camera, and simultaneously activated the satellite's automatic tracking and attack mode.

Di-

The 200-inch screen was divided into two parts. One part showed the satellite hovering and cruising at an altitude of 15,000 meters, tracking the signal in shooting mode.

At this moment, on the northwestern horizon, a bright satellite reflecting sunlight is rapidly rising...

The other half of the screen is the original flight interface, but the window in the middle of the interface has been changed into a satellite orbit map with coordinates fixed in the southwest.

The signal representing HotSpot 5 is hovering in the sky, moving slowly at an altitude of 40,000 meters.

The two satellites selected by Lin Dong are rapidly approaching each other at an orbital altitude of several hundred kilometers, at a speed of more than seven thousand meters per second.

"Dongdong, we're almost there..."

Xu Qingling looked at the optical reconnaissance satellite that had entered the airspace over the northwest of China and whose general shape could be seen through the lens of the camera, and she nervously grabbed Lin Dong's hand.

"At an altitude of 424 kilometers, you need to fire at an angle, and the firing distance exceeds 800 kilometers..."

Wang Xingguo, Xu Ziming, and Jiao You also watched the screen with some tension.

To strike the fuel tanks above the satellite while avoiding detection by the optical lenses below, the shot must be fired at an angle, not at an elevation.

But shooting a satellite that is 800 kilometers away, moving at Mach 23, with a target area of ​​only 4 square meters, from a supersonic mobile platform at Mach 1.8 is beyond imagination... Even if the target's orbit and trajectory can be accurately predicted, the difficulty is beyond imagination.

Di-

The satellite has entered a calculation range of 1200 kilometers.

The system began adjusting the laser angle, aiming at the target and emitting dozens of laser micropulses. Then, the high-precision, high-sensitivity laser detection module captured and collected the reflected laser light…

beep!

An unknown object was detected, followed by more laser pulses being fired in pursuit, and a blurry, mosaic-like satellite image appeared on the attack lock screen...

At first, the satellite kept drifting and would occasionally fly out of the lock screen.

But within seconds, HotSpot adjusted its flight path, aiming at the direction from which the satellite was coming, and flew towards it. The flight path and the satellite orbit overlapped to form a straight line, thereby reducing the drift of the aiming angle.

Simultaneously, the tracking algorithm is adjusted a second time based on satellite orbit data and the motion data of both parties.

Soon, when the satellite entered the 900-kilometer range, a locking marker was firmly attached to it.

"Locked up!"

Wang Xingguo cheered with delight at the first moment. Just as he finished speaking, a bright light suddenly appeared on the upper part of the satellite corresponding to the fuel tank.

A 10-kilowatt laser weapon, launched into space from the critical airspace, delivers almost zero power to the satellite.

The aluminum foil shielding layer on the satellite's surface was instantly vaporized, exposing the 1-millimeter-thick fuel tank inside...

呲——

The entire tracking and firing operation lasted less than two seconds. The satellite's fuel tank was punctured, and the high-pressure fuel stored inside was ejected, creating a twilight effect in space.

Due to the reaction force of the fuel injection, the satellite, which was originally operating stably, suddenly began to tumble, and its altitude and speed rapidly decreased.

hum-

According to the tracking footage captured by the camera, three seconds after the satellite began to roll out of control, several jets of high-pressure nitrogen gas were ejected, the orbit-changing engine was ignited, and the satellite control system intervened in an emergency to try to correct the satellite's attitude.

However, due to the extremely short reaction time, the torque of the uncontrolled roll exceeded the system's processing limit, and the emergency plan was unable to effectively correct the attitude...

call--

In just three minutes.

The satellite tumbled forward while continuously decreasing its altitude, and soon fell into the Kármán line and entered the atmosphere.

Due to intense atmospheric friction, the entire satellite instantly burst into flames, eventually disintegrating into multiple bright artificial meteors that disappeared into the sky...