Eight Hundred and Ten, After All the Hardships Come Happiness

The power of the Hidden Sword missile is not enough to destroy the entire ship. It would be a blessing if the destruction range can reach one-tenth of the alien warship. Moreover, the degree of damage caused by the shock wave depends entirely on the specific hit position.

Any ship hit by the missile at the rear will have its power system fatally damaged, turning it into space junk without the ability to move. Even if there is a little power left, it cannot drive the huge warship.

The situation is better if it hits the belly of the ship, but there is not much power left. At most, it will fly slowly like a turtle... Well, such an enemy ship is the best live target.

Being hit by a missile at the bow is also fatal. If it hits below the bow, most of the weapons on the ship will immediately fail, and it will immediately become an undefended live target, and it can only run away quickly.

Hit above the bow, that is, the forehead of the ship, is even more serious. The control system of the entire warship is instantly severely damaged. The power system and weapon system are obviously intact, but the warship cannot move.

The warship was not much better when it was hit in the middle. The waist structure that connected the front and the back was damaged, and the warship could be broken if it was not careful.

Although the situation was miserable, the alien warships that were only hit by one missile could not see anything for the time being, but one unlucky warship was hit by two missiles in the forehead and lower abdomen respectively. Perhaps the superposition of shock waves caused the power to increase. The two huge holes almost turned the warship into an S shape, which looked extremely miserable.

Ye Han witnessed this scene with his own eyes, but his first reaction was to rub his eyes subconsciously. Seeing that the picture on the screen remained the same, he immediately clenched his fists excitedly.

Some of the soldiers were dazed, some were surprised, and some were full of incredible eyes. However, in the blink of an eye, all emotions were replaced by ecstasy. Although the battle was not over yet, everyone's emotions were relatively restrained, but the joy from the heart could not be false at all.

Most of the members of the Third Fleet had participated in the Second Expedition. Both officers and soldiers had personally experienced the direct confrontation between the fleets of both sides.

Judging from the previous confrontations between the two sides, the advantage has always been on the human side, and the propaganda to the people has tried hard to exaggerate this point. However, for those who have experienced it, the advantage of human beings has to be discounted.

The advantage of human beings is not fake, but those who are familiar with previous battles know that the advantage of the human fleet is all won by nuclear weapons. Without the pillar of nuclear weapons, human beings are definitely not the opponent of the alien fleet!

The first reaction of ordinary people to this situation is probably to use nuclear weapons to kill them, but the military of various countries will never think so, including the two major military groups of China and the United States.

Why? It's very simple, because they can't afford it!

It looks ridiculous, but it's actually not ridiculous at all, but very serious.

The charge of the atomic bomb is uranium and plutonium. The content of uranium in the earth's crust is higher than silver, but there are few formed deposits and it is very troublesome to extract. Uranium 235 that can make nuclear weapons only accounts for 0.72% of natural uranium!

This thing is small in quantity and troublesome to extract. The price before the insect plague is comparable to gold, and the price soars after the insect plague, which is much more expensive than gold.

Plutonium is a man-made element produced in a nuclear reactor. It is much more expensive than uranium. The price of one gram of plutonium 239 is close to 30,000 RMB. Gold and platinum are all out of the question.

This does not include the cost of other materials and technologies. If all costs are included, the manufacturing cost of an atomic bomb is definitely over 100 million RMB!

An atomic bomb costs 100 to 200 million RMB. Using an atomic bomb to hit an alien warship is tens or hundreds of times more luxurious than using gold to hit aliens, and it is not certain whether it can hit the target.

Not to mention hydrogen bombs. One gram of tritium gas costs 30,000 US dollars, which is several times the cost of an atomic bomb. If the cost of raw materials had not dropped significantly after entering the moon, no fleet on either side could afford it.

Nuclear weapons are good, but using nuclear weapons to hit aliens is more expensive than burning money. Every time a fleet goes on an expedition, the cost of nuclear weapons alone is an astronomical figure.

After several consecutive battles, both China and the United States have used up most of their nuclear reserves.

Even if North Korea and Washington do not care about the cost, they cannot use nuclear weapons on a large scale as they did in the past.

In addition to nuclear weapons, the combat performance of other weapons equipped by humans is not very good, so all countries have recently invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the hope of finding a new weapon that can deal with alien warships.

This matter has never been a secret within the fleet. Any officers and soldiers who know a little about the inside story are looking forward to the performance of the new missile. Now that the Hidden Sword missile has destroyed more than 30 enemy ships in one fell swoop, its significance is far more than the current results. The more important significance is that a new weapon has been found to deal with alien warships!

The entire Third Fleet was excited by the performance of the new weapon, while the aliens facing it were just the opposite. The entire fleet fell into a low ebb, and the advancing fleet suddenly came to an emergency brake.

Losing more than 30 warships in the blink of an eye is nothing, but humans clearly did not use stellar weapons. This made the aliens dumbfounded. Many aliens believed that humans used a new type of stellar weapon and could not risk attacking the human fleet before understanding the characteristics of this weapon.

The aliens thought well, but the Third Fleet had just tasted the sweetness, how could they stop?

The excited Ling Yu gave an order, and the fleet changed from retreat to advance and took the initiative to attack the alien fleet.

The alien fleet had already begun to retreat, and all the ice ships turned around at the same time, preparing to withdraw to Jupiter. But the aliens didn't notice that the structural strength of the warships was damaged at all, and they used the normal speed and overload to turn. How could the more than 30 ice ships that were hit withstand such a toss? They were broken and damaged immediately, and some couldn't move at all. All the ice ships that were hit died on the spot.

The aliens were just dumbfounded just now, but this time they were completely confused. No alien understood what happened.

However, only the warships were lost, and few aliens in the ship were injured. They quickly flew away from the damaged warships, and the nearby ice ships immediately flew over to support them. A life-and-death rescue was about to take place.

Ling Yu's eyebrows immediately raised: "Laser cannon, shoot hard!" His parents died tragically in the mouth of the giant insect. He has always remembered this account on the aliens. If he finally encounters the opportunity for revenge, it would be strange if he would let the aliens have their way!

If the distance was not too far and only the range of the laser cannon was enough, he would never use the useless laser to deal with the enemy.

However, whether it is useless or not depends on the target. Lasers cannot be used against alien warships, but high-power lasers can be used to deal with lone aliens, which is the same as using a cannon to kill a mosquito. Which alien can be safe in high-energy lasers?

Well, guided artillery shells rely on the wing surface to change direction, which is useless in space without air. If thrusters are added to the artillery shells, it is simpler to use missiles directly.