Tokyo Detective

Chapter 610 Space-Based Weapons Descend from the Sky
"Elsa, I'm leaving this to you."

Seeing that the man was about to leave the command room, Elsa hurriedly asked him what was wrong.

"What do you want to do?"

"I'm going to fly a spaceship and meet them."

"???"

Elsa was stunned. What had she just heard?
spacecraft?

Where did this spaceship come from? Could it be that its owner is an alien?
Naoki Hanyu pinched the female soldier's cheek.

"Trust me, send the air force back to replenish ammunition and fuel, and I will crush the enemy in an instant."

Elsa's eyes were filled with complex emotions. Even as a ghost, she was still frightened by the man in front of her from time to time, such as when he turned her into a ghost, when he pulled out an aircraft carrier strike group from who-knows-where, and now he even had a spaceship.

"I will not betray your trust."

"Ah."

As soon as he finished speaking, their eyes met. Seeing that the atmosphere was perfect, Naoki Yuzuru hugged the other person and kissed their lips. The lips were icy cold, a completely different experience from a living person. He wondered what it would be like inside.

Naoki Hanyu left with a grin as Elsa covered his lips; teasing a serious female soldier was really fun.
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Soon after, an F-35B took off from the aircraft carrier and headed towards Cyprus.

Unfortunately, a relatively stable land surface is needed for a spacecraft to take off, and the nearest island in the surrounding sea is Cyprus, which is 80 kilometers away.
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Meanwhile, on the other side, the tense America's side finally noticed that the enemy planes had left, unsure whether they were retreating or going back to replenish their ammunition.

The deputy commander in temporary command, Ivan, finally relaxed his furrowed brow a little. Although Hanyu Naoki was very dissatisfied with the results, the American soldiers were terrified. Two warships were destroyed in the first round of attacks. How could they survive two more?

Ultimately, Naoki Hanyu was aiming for total annihilation, while Ivan was extremely distressed by the loss of each warship.

"Get the ammunition replenished quickly, and also get the oil-producing countries to provide supplies."

"Yes."

The most critical crisis now is time. In just half an hour, the air forces from Qatar Air Force Base and various eastern bases will arrive with a total of 150 aircraft, not to mention other land-based missiles. They may not be able to defend themselves then.

The headquarters doors suddenly opened, and Commander Nathan, who should have been unconscious, reappeared.

"I heard we withstood a saturation attack from the enemy?"

Ivan sighed; he had a bad feeling.

"We lost a destroyer, a cruiser was rendered combat ineffective, and the USS Ford was also damaged."

"I understand, but the enemy's saturation attack has probably used up most of their ammunition. At first, Cyprus didn't detect that the enemy had a supply ship, so they sent marines in military speedboats to track them."

Ivan was completely bewildered by this.

"Even five submarines are gone. Sending Marines to their surface forces would likely be suicide."

"War cannot be fought with hesitation; we must control the position of the enemy fleet and prepare for a counterattack."

"But."

Nathan raised his hand to interrupt.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything. The enemy ships are definitely out of ammunition, and so are their planes. Get the fleet ready; we can charge in at any time and avenge our defeat."

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Evan eventually gave in, since he was only the deputy commander and the Fivelegs also told him to follow orders, after all, Nathan was the right-hand man of those big shots.
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On the Hanyu carrier strike group, fighter jets calmly landed on the Neptune for a second resupply. The ground crew hurriedly carried large and small bags of tools to repair the fighter jets, such as removing ice and checking if the engines were affected.

The same was true for the amphibious assault ship next door, which Hanyu Naoki had renamed the Seiko. The Seahawk helicopters landed on the deck one after another to replenish their ammunition and fuel, and they would participate in the next wave of attacks.

During the break, several pilots huddled together to chat.

"Have you heard? The main body is going to use that powerful weapon. I really envy those lucky ones. I also want to fly a spaceship instead of a mere trash sea eagle."

"Don't be envious. You might make a fool of yourself the first time you pilot it, so we're just trying not to embarrass the main body. Maybe the spaceship will explode due to a mistake."

Several clones looked at the Jealousy Clone with strange expressions.

"You're being too sour."

"I'm not being sarcastic, I'm just stating the facts."

Just as the clones were about to discuss the spaceship in more detail, the ground crew shouted.

"Sirs, the ammunition and fuel have been replenished, and the aircraft has been inspected. We are ready for takeoff."

"coming."
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Naoki Hanyu, who was being discussed by his own clones, was also feeling unwell.

On a flat area off the remote coast of Cyprus, a spaceship stood upright, like a rocket.

That's because to escape gravity and enter a low orbit, the powerful thrust of the main propulsion system is required. Although this spacecraft can operate at altitudes below 100 kilometers, it is greatly affected by gravity and is not as agile as an ordinary airplane.

It can be said that this is a true spaceship, unable to cope with both atmospheric and extra-atmospheric combat environments, and its best operating area is above 100 kilometers in altitude.

Most satellites orbit at a minimum altitude of 200 kilometers (low Earth orbit), and rely on the balance between centrifugal force and gravity to keep orbiting the Earth. However, Starship has a mature propulsion system, which allows it to operate comfortably at an altitude of 00 kilometers even when gravity is greater than centrifugal force.

Naoki Hanyu quickly went inside and discovered that even a spaceship from 20 years in the future could be found with the same features as the interior of a modern rocket, indicating that it was indeed quite different from the spaceships in science fiction works.

Naoki Hanyu sat in the driver's seat, and then divided into four clones to take charge of other positions: commander, navigator, and systems engineer.

However, although Naoki Hanyu is an ace pilot, he knows nothing about piloting a spaceship.

The four clones sat at their posts making a fuss; none of them had any driving experience.

"Are you sure you know how to operate the main unit? Looking at all these buttons, I don't even dare to touch it."

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What could Naoki Hanyu do? He didn't know how to look at it, so he could only turn on the button with the power indicator and try to figure it out slowly.

As the spaceship's power came on, a projection appeared in view, showing the figure of a muscular man.

"Starship AI at your service. It has detected that the captain may not be familiar with the operation of this ship. I will do my best to assist the captain in controlling the spaceship."

Naoki Hanyu breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that artificial intelligence was assisting him.

How do I start this spaceship?

"This spaceship needs a key to truly activate its power system, or it needs your DNA to unlock it, Captain."

Naoki Hanyu was surprised. Could it be unlocked with DNA?
What if someone steals my DNA?

"Please rest assured, Captain. The activation key requires a password to unlock twice before it can be used, while the DNA lock requires simultaneous detection of appearance, fingerprints, and pupils, so it will not be exploited by criminals."

"I see."

Naoki Hanyu felt something was off about the imposing projection.

Can you change your appearance?

"Of course, Captain, you can design my appearance as anything, men, women, children, humans, animals, insects, or even monsters."

Before Naoki Hanyu could speak, Slaanesh's clone suddenly shouted.

"Tentacle monster."

"Yes, the image is starting to change."

Soon, a disgusting tentacle monster projection startled Naoki Hanyu, causing him to take a step back. It was truly disgusting.

"Don't listen to what others say, just become like this photo."

Naoki Hanyu took out a photo of Seiko Akimoto, and soon the projection changed to Seiko Akimoto's appearance.

"Please issue the order, Captain. Only critical decisions are needed; I will handle 90% of the routine operations, whether it's orbital corrections or environmental adjustments." Naoki Hanyu breathed a sigh of relief; this spaceship was truly convenient.
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Shortly afterward, the spacecraft's main thrusters spewed out large amounts of pale blue flames, fueled by the energy from fusion. (The color of the flames emitted by the thrusters depends on the type of fuel; the classic orange-white is from liquid hydrogen or liquid oxygen.)
As the spaceship gradually ascended, Naoki Hanyu felt a significant turbulence, but it was nothing to him and his clone.

Only a few people saw this launch, and even if they took photos or videos, they were very blurry.

10 km, 20 km, 40 km, 80 km.

The spacecraft gradually increased its speed to 25 kilometers per second, which is enough to achieve high-speed transfer within the solar system. This means that it would only take 40 days to travel from Earth to Mars, and it could fly out of the solar system, or even out of the Kuiper Belt, in just 12 years.

(The Kuiper Belt is the edge of the solar system, located outside Neptune's orbit. It is a disk-shaped region surrounding the solar system, composed of icy small bodies and dwarf planets.)
Soon the spacecraft entered a low orbit of 200 kilometers. This altitude requires a first cosmic velocity of 7.9 kilometers per second to stably orbit the Earth. Otherwise, if the velocity is lower than the first cosmic velocity, the object will fall into the Earth's atmosphere due to gravity.

To escape Earth's gravitational field and travel to other planets, you need the second cosmic velocity, which is 11.2 kilometers per second.

To escape the Sun's gravitational field and fly out of the solar system, one needs the third cosmic velocity, 16 kilometers per second.

The spacecraft continued to ascend until it reached an altitude of 600 kilometers before stopping.

Because staying at an altitude of 200 kilometers is not entirely safe, major powers around the world have anti-satellite missiles. For example, the SC missile of a major Eastern power hit a satellite at an altitude of 860 kilometers in 07.

America also successfully intercepted an intercontinental ballistic missile target at an altitude of 1000 kilometers a few years ago.

Even Bharat can reach an altitude of 300 kilometers, so it's better to be safe.
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The spaceship floated in space, and Naoki Hanyu, standing at an altitude of 600 kilometers, looked down at the entire Earth. He was so overwhelmed by the awe that he forgot to speak for a moment, until a clone pointed in a certain direction.

"Look at that thing, what is it?"

Naoki Hanyu turned his head and saw a familiar figure.

"StarShield Satellite, this guy should belong to America."

Naoki Hanyu observed carefully and discovered that his three satellites were also nearby.

Suddenly he remembered something and shouted at the "Holy Son".

"Holy Son, help me find America's space-based infrared system, one that can be used within the oil-producing country."

"Yes, searching."

"Ding, target found. America currently has two space-based infrared systems monitoring the oil country, one at an altitude of 1200 kilometers and the other at 31200 kilometers."

America's space-based infrared system can operate at an altitude of 3 kilometers, used to monitor half the Earth. The 1200-kilometer altitude system is responsible for perigee operations; it's estimated that the 1200-kilometer system was largely responsible for the success of World War I.

Naoki Hanyu revealed a hint of murderous intent. If it weren't for this garbage system, he would have had 10 fighter jets shot down by America.

"Can it shoot down a target 3 kilometers away?"

"The distance is too far. We need to fly over to destroy it. Otherwise, if we aim directly, it will take 50 minutes for our ship's uranium alloy projectiles to reach it. By then, the target may have already moved to a different position."

Naoki Hanyu was unwilling to give up. It would take about 20 minutes to get there by spaceship, and he didn't have that much time to waste.

"Fine, how about destroying one with a range of 1200 kilometers?"

"can."

"Also, clear out all the surrounding America satellites."

"Yes."

As the spacecraft exposed its internal cannon, a tungsten-uranium alloy projectile, accelerated by a superconducting coil, was launched at a speed of about 10 kilometers per hour, meaning it could hit the target in 100 seconds.

In reality, laser weapons are the most useful in outer space, as live ammunition is too slow. Unfortunately, the laser weapon on the Starship is also not mature, with a maximum range of only about 100 kilometers.

However, the range of over 100 kilometers was quite effective. The laser weapon was activated, and the Starship fired three lasers at the three Star Shield satellites, burning them up without any issues.

Of course, at this time, the Earth could be said to be surrounded by satellites, and Naoki Hanyu had more than three targets.

The laser cannons continued, one, two, ten. Whether it was America, the oil-producing country, or even Little Britain, they were all going to suffer.

100 seconds later, the alloy bullet successfully hit the space-based infrared satellite, leaving only the enemy in Haifa Port.

Naoki Hanyu lowered the spaceship; it was time to let these people know the power of space-based weapons.

Meanwhile, the Five-Legged Building panicked. They had been closely monitoring the situation in the oil country, and only after learning that they had held off the enemy's offensive did they refrain from using those uncontrollable trump cards.

However, in just a few minutes, all of America's military satellites over the oil-producing country were shot down. This shocking scene left both America and the oil-producing country bewildered.

"What's going on? A satellite? A satellite?"

The chief of staff looked grim and offered his guess.

"Perhaps the enemy has anti-satellite electromagnetic pulse missiles, which would enable them to disable satellites on a large scale."

"It's also possible that Zhenxing will develop some special space weapons."

"Space weapons?"

Soon, the five-legged building will no longer be a mystery.

A beam of fire descended from the sky, piercing through the USS Ford and causing it to list.

"Is it really space?"
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On the oil-producing battlefield, Nathan was dumbfounded. He had just been directing preparations for a counterattack when the radar operator said that an object was rapidly approaching from high altitude. Then, the warship was hit by a shell and began to take on water.

"Power system paralyzed."

"Water is taking in from the bottom of the boat."

The string of bad news left Nathan bewildered and unsure how to cope.

The deputy commander, Ivan, had no time to pay attention to his superior. He hurriedly walked off the deck, looked up at the sky ignoring the wind blowing in his face, and sure enough, he saw streaks of meteors falling from the sky. Some of them fell into the sea, while others hit the warship, causing it serious damage.

Ivan felt completely powerless and knelt on the ground.

"Space-based weapons, their power is too great! It's impossible, how could the Revitalization Society have this technology?"

No matter what Ivan thought, he couldn't change the fact that the meteor was falling at a speed of 3.6 kilometers per hour, and a Mach 10 shell simply couldn't intercept it.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom"

Meteors pierced the ocean, creating water columns tens or even hundreds of meters high; any metal was torn apart by the intense heat.

Dozens of shells fell, crippling the entire fleet. The wreckage either floated on the surface or sank. All the American soldiers lost the courage to continue fighting, and those who were not killed retreated to the port of King's Rescue Ship.

Just then, more than 200 missiles came toward the fleet from a distance, and the Haifa air defense system behind them also launched missiles.

But regardless, America's dual carrier strike groups are doomed.

In fact, Naoki Hanyu was very dissatisfied with the power of the artillery. Although it could reach a speed of nearly Mach 30 in space, it only reached about Mach 10 when attacking the ground, which was less than one-third of the power.

Otherwise, given the power of destroying a satellite, it would have been enough to blow through the entire warship, instead of requiring a follow-up attack.

This is unavoidable; any object entering the atmosphere from outer space will be severely affected.

For example, when entering the atmosphere, the air at the front of the projectile is compressed to form a shock wave, and the surface temperature instantly exceeds 3000°C.

Above 80 kilometers, it's fine because the thin air doesn't affect the speed much. But when you enter the atmosphere at around 40 kilometers, the dense atmosphere causes a sharp increase in dynamic pressure. Not to mention slowing down, the projectile itself may even break apart.

Fortunately, the technology of 20 years later was advanced enough that the shells were able to hit the target successfully.

(A major Eastern power once conducted an experiment in which it launched a tungsten rod at Mach 14 from space, but the rod only reached a speed of Mach 3 upon impact.)
Naoki Hanyu tried to forget the heartache of wasting more than 20 shells; he now had another target to strike: oil-producing countries.

"If you dare to help, you must be prepared to be retaliated against."

The cannon slowly pointed at the various air defense systems of Haifa Port, and then the shell was fired. It entered the atmosphere, rubbed against the air, and became a burning meteor that struck the port.

"boom"

(End of this chapter)