Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 245 Waiting for the Encirclement

The wildly popular novel "Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet," a heartfelt work by author Qingkong Xingchen, is available on Cola Novels.

At this time, the three newly built warships had already deployed their mirror armor, and the surfaces of all the warships were now completely shiny.

"Assisted power system activated."

After Lorraine gave the order, a piece of metallic hydrogen entered the dissociation chamber. After reduction, the hydrogen gas was piped to two pure hydrogen gas turbines to provide power to the ship.

[Power supply is normal; the ship has entered self-sufficiency mode.]

"Disconnect the external power supply."

With a "click," the cable connected to the bottom of the ship was severed, and then a heavy tractor came and towed away several cables from the bottom of the warship.

"Main engine ignition."

Upon receiving the order, the engines of the three warships began to perform self-checks.

The judgment and detection device has completed its self-test and is now activated.

[Vacuum system, magnetic confinement system, and cooling system are initiating self-tests.]

Following that, several small spider robots crawled out of the maintenance tunnel and began inspecting the surface cleanliness of facilities such as vacuum chambers, the integrity of the coatings, and the fatigue condition of various components.

At the same time, the emergency procedures have also completed pre-running and simulation testing.

All systems and subsystems have completed self-inspections; material cleanliness and coating integrity are good; pre-ignition preparations are complete.

Once all the small robots have returned to the maintenance corridor, a vacuum environment is established inside the reactor.

The vacuum pump starts and begins to extract air from the reactor, eventually reducing the gas pressure inside the reactor to a near-absolute vacuum.

The spider robot then began its work, checking the sealing components for leaks.

Once the vacuum layer was confirmed to be stable, all the spider robots were evacuated.

[The vacuum layer is stable, and a magnetic field is beginning to be established.]

Next, the reactor begins to supply power to the room-temperature superconducting magnet, activating the stellarator's spiral magnetic coils and providing a stable magnetic confinement region.

[Magnetic confinement successfully established; plasma injection commencing.]

The gas supply system is activated, and a small amount of hydrogen isotopes are injected into the vacuum chamber as fuel for the plasma.

Then, energy is injected into the gas through ion cyclotron resonance heating, causing the gas to ionize and form a low-density plasma.

Next, the temperature will be further increased, still using ion cyclotron resonance heating technology, to gradually raise the plasma temperature to the fusion ignition temperature (approximately 1 million degrees Celsius).

Then, by injecting gas and modulating the ion beam, the plasma density is adjusted to ensure that the product threshold of "density-temperature-confinement time" generated by the reaction is reached.

Magnetic confinement optimization is carried out simultaneously, using a three-dimensional magnetic field generated by an external helical coil to dynamically optimize the plasma shape and reduce instability.

The diagnostic system uses neutron detectors to monitor the plasma boundary in real time to prevent breakage or escape.

[Preparations for ignition are complete.]

"ignition!"

"Buzz!"

A total of 20 nuclear fusion reactors on the three warships started up simultaneously, and 20 dazzling artificial suns began to shine and release energy.

[Active cooling system activated, polarizer activated.]

Active cooling systems rapidly remove heat load from the reactor wall using water cooling or liquid metal cooling technologies, preventing localized hot spots from causing material failure.

Polarizers utilize multiple polarizer strike points or randomly optimized magnetic field topology to separate boundary plasma heat flux and protect the polarizer wall.

The diagnostic system is functioning normally, and the AI ​​control program is operating normally.

[Heating power adjustment complete, magnetic field configuration and fuel injection rate calculation complete, plasma steady state maintained.]

[Shielding layer is normal, radiation monitoring is normal, reactor has entered self-sufficiency state.]

[Main control program connected, power output normal, grid connection initiated.]

Fifteen seconds later, Cleveland continued the broadcast.

[Grid connection complete, fusion reactor array operating normally, power supply initiated.]

A surge of electricity began to be transmitted into the ship.

[Weapon systems are online, radar systems are online, sensor arrays are online, carrier-based aircraft catapult systems are online, propulsion systems are online...]

[All systems are online, ships are ready. Commander, please give your instructions.]

Lorraine's gaze passed over the screen in front of her and landed on Platinum, who was sitting in front of her at the driver's seat.

Noticing Lorraine's gaze, Platinum turned her head slightly, extended her left hand, and gave a thumbs up.

"Anti-gravity unit activated, warship takes off."

Immediately afterwards, Lorraine sent a message to Lin Shu.

"I'm leaving the house to you. The mechanical dog team will assist you in completing the defense mission. Finally, please help me calm down Ouyang Nian."

"Understood. I wish you a successful start and a triumphant return."

"Fleet, set sail."

Immediately afterwards, a dazzling blue light shone from the stern of the flagship, and the entire warship began to fly out of the bay.

Five minutes later, the three warships assembled outside the bay, and then blue lights lit up below the bows of the three warships, causing the entire warship to slowly take off.

With the powerful thrust of the plasma thrusters, the fleet quickly reached a cruising speed of 300 kilometers per hour at an altitude of 10,000 meters.

However, it is curious that neither the aerial geophysical aircraft nor the unmanned ship has detected anything unusual in the area surrounding the organism.

"That's strange. Could it be that this biological warship possesses self-repair capabilities?"

"But that doesn't make sense either. Don't those insects provide supplies for their own warships?"

Lorraine frowned and began to think.

At this moment, Lin Shu, who was still on the communication channel, spoke up.

"Perhaps these insects, which communicate using pheromones, are unaware of this?"

After all, seawater can indeed block the transmission of pheromones.

But Lorraine didn't believe that these interstellar-capable insects had no other way to transmit information.

After some deliberation, Lorraine decided to send two aircraft equipped with aerial geophysical survey equipment from Airport Two to fly along the coastline of the Red Earth Federation and search for any anomalies underground.

He then ordered four fighter jets that were waiting at Jask Airport to be armed with bunker buster bombs and to assemble at Airport 2, where they would await further orders.

Immediately afterwards, Lorraine ordered Yao Guang to send out drones with electronic reconnaissance capabilities to patrol the coastline closest to the biological warship.

"Don't worry, it's all arranged. But now that you mention it, I'll add another two-plane squadron to patrol together."

At this point, there were still 4 hours before the fleet arrived at the designated sea area.

During this time, Lorraine kept watching the information provided by the intelligence system and the information transmitted back by the various drone groups.

Seeing the repair speed getting slower and slower, Lorraine was both happy and worried, fearing that something unexpected might happen and he might get a "surprise" in the end, which would be troublesome.

Strangely, no suspicious circumstances were found along the coastline, not even a single tunnel.

After some deliberation, Lorraine could only replace four WF-01 drones with ground attack payloads, retaining only four anti-ship payloads.

The flagship arrived at the vicinity of the target sea area smoothly with two escort ships.

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"Fleet self-check, radar and sensor arrays activated, ammunition loading, missiles powered on."

1 minute later.

[Fleet self-check complete. All systems are operating normally. Radar and sensor arrays are running at full power. Enemy target signals detected.]

[Main gun armor-piercing high-explosive shells loaded; plasma generator ready.]

[Secondary gun armor-piercing projectiles loaded, supercapacitors ready, electromagnetic gun ready.]

[Missile powered on, target signature detected, lock-on procedure activated.]

[Mirror Reversal Armor activated.]

At this point, the flagship is hovering at 2,000 meters, with a maximum visibility of 160 kilometers. The remaining 40 kilometers are enough for the flagship to reach its maximum speed.

Lorraine carefully observed the images transmitted back via the data link.

The image shows a gigantic biological warship, tilted and resting on the sea surface.

The ship is covered in white, scale-like material. It is about 600 meters long, about 120 meters wide, and 50 meters high above water.

The underwater portion is unknown, and all the unmanned vessels sent to investigate lost contact within 40 kilometers of it.

However, aerial geophysical exploration revealed the existence of three huge cavities in the seabed area, but there were no tunnels connecting them to the mainland.

Meanwhile, no zombies transformed from aquatic organisms were found in the surrounding area.

Lorraine tapped her fingers lightly on the armrest as she pondered the significance of this intelligence.

Suddenly, Platinum came up with an idea.

"Is it possible that this ship is the source of the zombie crisis?"

Lorraine paused for a moment, then turned to look at Platinum.

Platinum activated synchronization mode, revealing the three massive holes beneath the warship.

"From the external structure, this shape is somewhat similar to the insect nests that were discovered before, but it is almost exactly the same as the zombie nests that were discovered before."

"Moreover, the electromagnetic signals from this nest are similar to, but different from, previously discovered insect nests."

"However, due to the unknown internal structure, the nature of the nest cannot be determined."

[Verification complete. The probability of the cavity being a zombie lair is 87.5%, and an insect nest is 12.5%.]

After thinking for a moment, Lorraine informed Yaoguang.

"Yaoguang, I need support. Could you deploy enough sonar buoys around this biological warship?"

"Yaoguang received. It is estimated that the second round of sonar buoy deployment will be completed in 1 hour and 20 minutes at a distance of 40 kilometers from the biological warship."

"receive."

Immediately, Lorraine deployed four unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) equipped with ground attack modules.

[Electromagnetic catapult system activated; capacitor bank charging.]

"Xu Ling, transfer control of the warship to Cleveland. You will be the lead pilot."

"receive."

Subsequently, the holographic imagery from the cockpit switched to the perspective of the WF-01 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), serial number 20001.

After a brief adjustment, Xu Ling quickly adapted to the perspective of the unmanned combat aircraft.

[Capacitor charging complete, electromagnetic catapult ready.]

Then, two heavy hatches on the front half of the ship opened inward, revealing a deep passageway inside that shimmered with a pale blue light.

Under the traction of the towing vehicle, the two fighter jets numbered 20001 and 20002 slowly entered the catapult track.

"click"

[Catapult locked successfully, launch countdown: 10, 9, 8...]

The engines of the two fighter jets roared as they entered afterburner mode.

[3, 2, 1, eject!]

With a low hum, the two fighter jets were launched.

Two fighter jets began to climb 2 kilometers away from the flagship, circling at an altitude of 3000 meters, waiting for the remaining two fighter jets.

During this period, Xu Ling connected to the fighter jet's control system and began to adapt to the fighter jet's performance and operation.

By the time the remaining two fighter jets rejoined the formation, Xu Ling had already become familiar with the fighter jets' operability with the help of AI.

Then, the four-plane formation turned and flew towards the northwest coastline.

Accompanying it will also be a reconnaissance aircraft and an airborne geophysical survey aircraft.

The 100-kilometer distance was quickly reached. Following Lorraine's instructions, Xu Ling, along with the two newly joined aircraft, cruised along the coastline at an altitude of 8,000 meters.

At the same time, Xu Ling remotely activated the look-down mode of four fighter jets, using optical observation modules and synthetic aperture radar to search the ground.

Twenty minutes later, the group of aircraft, which was cruising at subsonic speeds, suddenly detected an anomaly on the ground.

[Abnormal infrared radiation signal detected.]

Xu Ling looked at the location indicated by the system notification.

There was a sparse grove of trees.

"Unit 4, prepare to drop glide bombs."

[Unit 4 received. Attack route planned. Begin disengaging from formation.]

Then, Unit 4, located on the outermost side of the humanoid formation, rolled and broke away from the formation, flying towards the target forest.

"Click".

The pylon located in the center of the fuselage was unlocked, and a gliding cluster munition was launched.

Immediately afterwards, the screws connecting the heavy pylon to the fuselage burst open, and the pylon was thrown out.

The aircraft, with its wings extended, flew towards the target forest. At a distance of 100 meters from the target area, it opened its bomb bay and began dropping submunitions downwards and to the sides.

"Boom!"

A series of dazzling flashes of light erupted in the woods, followed by a violent shaking of trees within a radius of several hundred meters around the bomb's impact point.

"ah!?"

"Captain, that's way too powerful!"

"It's just a thermobaric weapon. Besides, how can we force the enemy hiding in the woods out without some heavy-duty stuff?"

As expected, the synthetic aperture radar detected several abnormal areas.

Immediately afterwards, five composite guided bombs detached from the racks and hurtled toward the anomalous area.

After a violent explosion, the onboard optical observation equipment captured the scattered remains of insects.

Then, information on three entirely new species popped up on the data panel hanging next to Lorraine's seat.

[Needle-piercing insect - Analysis progress 0.5%]

[Fire Ant - Resolution 0.5%]

[Laser Bug - Resolution 0.1%]

"Xu Ling, push the price up!"

Xu Ling didn't know what had happened, but her ingrained obedience made her instinctively pull the control stick, leading the fighter jet and the group of aircraft to climb upwards.

Almost instantly, two slender green lasers shot up from the ground, grazing the edge of the aircraft.

[The direction of the attack has been confirmed and marked.]

Xu Ling glanced at the screen, then quickly assigned a target using the stick-on-hand system with her left hand, and immediately pressed the launch button on the joystick with her right hand.

Six air-to-ground missiles detached from their racks, and the rocket engines at their tails ignited, propelling the missiles toward their targets at Mach 1.2.

The aircraft then turned and flew toward the flagship.

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