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Chapter 485: Fall

There was a slight accident when the thruster was cut off. This accident was that we found that there was a linkage device on the thruster. As long as the thruster was cut off, the power compartment where the thruster was located would be automatically closed, and then it would be automatically cut off the hull after one minute.

This setting has no problem with the original use of the spacecraft, because the final cutting method of the power chamber should normally be controlled by the central computer. We thought that after forcibly seizing the power chamber, the connection line was cut off, so we could only control it manually. If according to the designer's idea, since it is controlled by a computer, the personnel inside should be evacuated in advance before cutting off the thruster, and then discarding the thruster and then automatically throwing away the excess power chamber. Anyway, the thruster is gone, so it is also a burden to have the power chamber. Therefore, this design has no problem with the original use.

However, we set it up manually, which means that once we confirm that we have to leave the thruster, we have to leave the power compartment within one minute. However, when the thruster is cut off, the power compartment will be closed, which means there is no time for us to leave the power compartment.

This setting is quite annoying, but we have to find a way to solve this problem.

I don’t know if it was a quick idea. However, we discovered this linkage device the moment the first thruster was cut off, but because the entire power cabin would be cut off in one minute, the time to think was almost zero. It was at this critical moment that Xiao Chun, who was in charge of this cabin, suddenly thought of a solution.

In fact, Xiaochun's solution is quite exaggerated, and normal people can never do it. However, none of us are normal people, so we can do things that normal people cannot do.

After the thruster was cut off, a continuous explosion occurred at the base of the fixture under the thruster. This was a preset explosion point designed to cut off the thruster. After these explosion points exploded, all connections between the thruster and the spacecraft would be cut off. After the explosion, the insulation layer and protective armor at the bottom of the power bilge also experienced a series of dense blasts, directly blowing a large piece of shell outside. Due to high-speed airflow, the exploded shell disappeared instantly, and the location of the thruster at the stern of the spacecraft turned into a big hole.

Because the power compartment itself has air pressure and the outside is a high-altitude and low-air pressure environment, when the shell explodes, the thruster, which is already separated from the hull, was immediately lifted out. Xiaochun jumped off the thruster when the thruster was automatically blasting the connection device, but she soon discovered the linkage device. Then, without thinking, she directly reminded Jingjing at the door and rushed back to the thruster. Then after the thruster flew out of the hull, she, Jingjing and the Hydra soldier who came to reinforce, kicked the thruster under her and jumped back with the help of the reverse thrust.

Of course, they didn't want to jump back to the power cabin, but jumped to the main structure in front of the spacecraft and hung themselves on it.

Although the speed of the spacecraft has dropped significantly at this time, its speed is still as high as twenty-three times the speed of sound. The wind pressure outside is astonishingly strong. If it weren't for wearing power armor, normal people would have been torn to pieces by this powerful airflow. Of course, our people can do this even without power armor, but they will feel a little uncomfortable.

When Xiao Chun and the others jumped onto the main shell of the spacecraft, it was soon a minute, and the power compartment actively cut off.

In fact, the power cabin is only left with a shell and some fragments. However, cutting off this thing can indeed reduce the weight of the hull a lot, because this part consists of a large number of support beams and load-bearing structures. Even a shell is quite heavy.

After the spacecraft threw away this burden, the control became much more flexible. Xiao Chun, Jingjing and the Hydra soldier climbed back to the gap left after the power cabin was cut off. This part seemed to have made special preparations for cutting the power cabin, and there were actually heat insulation and fairings. However, because the power cabin was connected to the power cabin before, there were several entrances here. Xiao Chun and the others found one of the closest ones and forced the gate to return to the ship.

With this role model, we basically used this method to safely return to the spacecraft, and there were no accidents.

After throwing away the two thrusters in one breath, we threw down the damaged thrusters together. On the sea below, the recovery team that had been waiting for a long time rushed to the airdrop position to rescue the fallen thrusters. However, whether they were intact or fragments when they were caught was taken, it could only depend on luck.

After almost ten minutes of cutting off all the thrusters, the spacecraft was shorter, but it did not fall directly at this time, because although the alien super thrusters were thrown down by us, there were more than a dozen super electromagnetic engines working in the bow and middle section of the hull, so the spacecraft did not fall directly.

The characteristic of a super electromagnetic engine is that it can directly convert electric energy into propulsion kinetic energy, and its energy consumption is not high, but its disadvantage is that its limit output is low and cannot support the spacecraft to escape from the gravitational circle. Because of the working principle of the super electromagnetic engine, it can theoretically accelerate the spacecraft to the speed of light. This is not possible for the rocket engine produced by humans to do this, because the rocket engine relies on the reaction force to propel. That is to say, if the speed of the spacecraft is equal to the movement speed of the high-speed particles emitted, the power of the injected thruster will be completely equal to zero, and in fact, as the speed increases, the power of the rocket thruster will continue to shrink. Therefore, even if there is an infinite fuel rocket engine, it actually cannot reach the limit speed at the moment of fuel explosion, because the relationship between propulsion force and speed is a functional curve that is infinitely approaching but never reachable. The faster the speed, the smaller the power.

However, the ultra-electromagnetic engine is different. Its propulsion force will not decrease with the increase of speed. That is to say, in addition to its own power loss, it can completely convert its output power into the kinetic energy of the spacecraft. Therefore, theoretically, as long as the energy is sufficient, this thing can be said that the spacecraft will accelerate to the speed of light.

However, there is a problem on the earth. Because of the existence of air resistance, the faster the speed, the greater the resistance. However, the characteristic of a super electromagnetic engine is that the output is very low. If it is in space, there is no air resistance. Moreover, the space is wide enough that it can accelerate slowly and sooner or later it can reach very high speeds. This is why we need a super electromagnetic engine as one of the power systems of immigration ships. Because this super electromagnetic engine can reach a very high speed in the universe, but the acceleration time may last for several years.

However, due to air resistance on the earth, this acceleration will be limited, and even the tiny output of the super electromagnetic engine itself causes it not only to be unable to resist air resistance. Even the hull's own weight cannot be fully borne. Therefore, the spacecraft needs a kind of power to allow it to enter space before it can accelerate with the super electromagnetic engine.

However, now the alien thruster on this spacecraft has been thrown out, and only the ultra-electromagnetic engine and some small rocket engines for emergency steering and emergency landing. In this case, the power of the spacecraft is lower than its own weight. Therefore, after all the alien thrusters in the city, the spacecraft is falling towards the ground.

Of course, although the ship has lost most of its power, because we don’t want it to fall into a pile of debris, we have completed attitude control and slowing for the spacecraft before throwing away the alien thruster. So at present, the spacecraft is still barely supporting it to fly forward under the action of the ultra-electromagnetic engine, but at the current speed, it is estimated that it can’t fly far.

"Nuwa, calculate our movement trajectory." After gathering again, the first thing I did was not to ask about the engines, but to let Nuwa help us figure out the current status of the spacecraft.

Nuwa is famous for being multi-minded. So while taking care of the salvage team at the sea, he is also helping us calculate the flight trajectory. I just asked Nuwa and gave us our flight trajectory.

"Have we arrived over Japan?" Emmenis asked the first questioning route when he saw the map and flight trajectory.

Hans suddenly said, "According to this trajectory, wouldn't we fall into Tokyo Bay? Have you notified Japan to take shelter?"

Nuwa's voice answered very quickly: "When you first entered Chinese airspace, I notified the Joint Conference of the World Summit to notify the Japanese government to pay attention to the disaster warning. When you flew out of the Chinese waters, I had already given them the latest prediction of the landing point. Now most of the Tokyo city is busy evacuating, so there should be no people on the sea."

"That's fine." Hans is a soldier. He is not a murderer. He is a German. He regards discipline and honor more than life. Of course, he will not allow a large number of people to die and injured due to our mistakes.

In fact, according to the current landing point prediction, we should not have much impact on Japan this time. Of course, there must be some impact. According to our calculations, the final fall of the spacecraft is Tokyo Bay, and the final speed before the fall is about three times the speed of sound.

The hull is about six aircraft carriers. It is conceivable that such a large thing can be hit by three times the speed of sound to the sea. However, luckily, we flew from west to east, and the east of Tokyo Bay is basically a low-development area. The downtown Tokyo area is located in the northwest of Tokyo Bay. The huge waves we set off after we fall into Tokyo Bay will be pushed eastward. What Tokyo needs to worry about is the aftermath of the recoil. If something on the spacecraft explodes, this is also a troublesome. There is not much problem with the others. Even if there are casualties, it should not be too exaggerated.

To be honest, if we and some angry young people in China were slow, the other party might wish that the spacecraft would fall into the center of Tokyo. However, we would never have any idea about this. First, we are dragon clans, not murderers, and massacre civilians is not our hobby. Second, although we are wearing power armor, if the spacecraft hits the ground with three or four times the speed of sound, the impact force is not something we can resist. Therefore, falling into the sea is actually a means of self-protection. Finally, and most importantly, it is for the safety of people all over the world.

Don’t forget that the joint meeting of world summits in the United States also includes representatives from Japan. In other words, if we deliberately cheat Japan, the leaders will immediately turn against us.

Although our country almost started a war with Japan before, and even saw the war mobilization preview plan for the highest level as a member of me, the senior management finally rejected the decision because the solar system killers were ahead of schedule and everyone no longer had the energy to fight again.

If you wait for the new colony, you can start over again. At this time, you may get rid of it and then all human beings will be ruined. At this time, no leader dares to cause trouble at this time. This is why the relationship between countries seems to have suddenly improved recently, because everyone knows that if you don’t let go of the conflicts between those countries at this time, the next moment is the extinction of human beings.

In fact, after hearing that the fall was in Tokyo Bay, leaders of various countries also breathed a sigh of relief at the joint meeting of the United States. At this critical moment, if the wreckage of the spacecraft hit Tokyo, the fun would be great.

"All people pay attention, we have entered Japanese airspace now." We were arranging missions after occupying a separation cabin, and the enemies outside seemed to ignore us. No one came to attack for a long time, just like we were the only ones on this spacecraft. Of course, I knew they were actually still there, but I just didn't know what they were busy with and didn't have time to care about us.

Taking advantage of the rare free time, I told Hans, Ling and the others about the arrangements for a while.

"The spacecraft should be located somewhere east of Tokyo Bay, but we will not fall with the spacecraft."

Hans asked: "Do you jump out halfway? Our power armor can fly anyway. We can still control the flight attitude to achieve a controllable landing at two or three times the speed of sound."

"I know everyone's power armor is great, but we can't do it now." I said, "Hans, don't say it, listen to me. Our mission is not to save our lives. In fact, with our current equipment, it's hard to die. However, many enemies may survive after the spacecraft falls. Those guys have put a lot of effort into their own life. The life support system on this spacecraft is so advanced that you can't imagine, so the other party has a great chance of survival after landing. And there will definitely be many people left."

"What should we do?" Hans asked.
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