1085 Offset, Offset!
The fleet immediately followed, and after the exploded dumbbells were completely separated, the Beihai slowly approached and dropped another super nuclear bomb in the right position and angle.
Immediately after the explosion, the bridge officer reported: "The mass of the No. 1 target has lost 3 million tons, the energy utilization rate of the nuclear explosion is about 52 percent, the speed has increased by 46.8 meters, and the relative velocity of the No. 1 target is 109.8 meters."
More than 100 meters per second? That's not bad!
Duan Zhiyang touched his chin with satisfaction: "Captain George, I'll leave the rest to you." β
"No problem, look at me!" Confident, George ordered the Wharton to move forward, recalculate the impact point according to the direction and speed of the No. 1 target, and then open fire.
The nuclear bomb hit, and the operational staff again reported the relevant data.
In this way, every once in a while, the Wharton planted a super nuclear bomb on the target, like a coachman, driving 700 billion tons of satellite debris through the void.
After the last super nuclear bomb hit the target, the combat staff officer immediately shouted: "Report, the satellite debris moves at a speed of 277.2 meters per second, and the direction deviates by 0.4 degrees. β
"0.4 degrees? It's okay, it's okay. Duan Zhiyang finally put down a big stone in his heart, contacted George to discuss for a while, and decided on a deviation repair plan, and after receiving the bombing data, the Alesia located on the inside of the debris immediately launched a low-yield nuclear bomb at the debris.
Despite the fact that the deviation angle is only 0.4, after flying a distance of nearly a million kilometers, the offset distance of the satellite debris is more than 6,500 kilometers.
Ganymede's radius is only 2,631 kilometers, so it's no wonder how much of the offset is off target.
"Direction correction 0.06!"
The Alesia fired one after another until it twisted the 0.4-degree offset.
At the end of the last trimming, Duan Zhiyang immediately asked, "Debris speed." β
"276.4 meters per second!"
"Estimated contact time?"
"39 days, 8 hours, 41 minutes and 08 seconds."
Duan Zhiyang breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand: "Okay, stay on duty, and everyone else will rest." β
The next task of the fleet is to keep up with the satellite debris, monitor the direction and speed of the debris, and correct any anomalies as soon as they are found.
Don't think that everything will be fine when the satellite debris is on the way, this thing is moving away from Jupiter, Jupiter's strong gravitational pull will definitely affect the flight of the debris, and there are many celestial bodies nearby, and the situation is complicated, maybe it will deviate from the direction for some reason on the way.
In this way, time passed day by day, and the fleet followed behind the butt of the fragments, circling Jupiter again and again, and the time for the rotation became longer and longer as the fragments moved outward.
Everyone's attention was on the smaller fragment of the moon, which exploded and slowly flew into Jupiter's rings.
The second fragment flew faster and faster, penetrating Jupiter's rings in a few days, and finally crashed into Jupiter eleven days later.
The mission to escort the One Fragment continues, and as the fragment gets closer to Ganymede, it gradually enters the gravitational range of Ganymede.
In order to accurately cut into the designated orbit, the closer the debris gets, the slower it moves outward, and every time the two get closer, the gravitational pull of Ganymede is like a pair of powerful arms, holding the debris tightly.
As a result, every time the two meet, the speed of the fragment will be affected by Xiao San, just as it knows the purpose of the fragment and tries to reduce the power of the impact.
However, it is not a big problem, because when the fragments are close, they will accelerate due to the attraction of gravity, and when they leave, they will reduce the increased speed, and between one plus and one minus, the speed of the fragments will basically not change.
The issue that caused concern to the whole fleet was the orbital deviation of the fragments!
On July 12th, the shard, like a mischievous child, was once again adorned with Europa from the side and back.
This happens every two days or so since the debris is close to the orbit of the juniorβthe debris is moving much faster than the junior, and the debris takes enough time to make three revolutions around Jupiter.
The warriors vividly described the relationship between the fragment and the mistress as a tortoise and rabbit race, with the heavy mistress persevering, and the brisk shard surpassing the mistress every once in a while.
For the fleet, every encounter between the two was a painful ordeal, and this time, unlike any other time, the closest distance between the two was just over 3,000 kilometers, and the gravitational pull on the debris had never been stronger.
There was silence in the Beihai, and even the air was about to condense.
A voice suddenly broke the silence: "Here we go, the target enters the danger zone!" β
"The debris orbit is shifting towards Europa, and the speed is increasing!"
"Does it matter?" Duan Zhiyang's face was full of worry.
"It's still under control...... The offset is intensifying, repeating, the offset is intensifying! β
"How's it going, do you need to intervene?" Duan Zhiyang yelled.
The orbit does not affect the debris passing through the triad, but the debris should cut right into Ganymede's orbit after another turn, hitting Ganymede from behind.
If the orbit continues to deviate outward, the debris will drift out greatly after cutting into Xiao San's orbit, and eventually pass by Xiao San.
The entire fleet has been working hard for more than a month, how can it fall short at this time?
"It is recommended to intervene immediately, position thirty-five degrees behind the right, number four!"
Duan Zhiyang immediately gave the order to the battleship with the most suitable position: "Qinghe, have you received it?" β
"The Green River received!"
As soon as the words fell, the Qinghe had already fired four nuclear shells at the designated position, and four nuclear explosions with a yield of 1,200 tons appeared on the fragments.
The light of the nuclear explosion had just dissipated, and Duan Zhiyang couldn't wait: "How is it?" β
"Two more!"
"Come ...... again"
Two more nuclear shells hit, and the battle finally breathed a sigh of relief: "It should be okay, there are still seven minutes before the convergence!" β
Duan Zhiyang shouted loudly: "Pay attention to me, now is the most critical time, keep an eye on me, and be ready to intervene at any time!" β
Every encounter, the fragments have to fly within the gravitational range of the junior for an hour, but only the fifteen minutes closest to the junior will be more obviously affected, as long as they survive this time, the next encounter between the fragment and the junior will be the time to completely end Europa!
At this moment, Duan Zhiyang had only one thought, that is, no matter what, he had to let the fragments out of Ganymede's shackles safely.
It's a matter of success or failure!
The four nuclear bombs in a row corrected not only the offset, but also the offset caused by continuing to get close to the junior in advance, but this time the situation was much more serious than expected, and only two minutes later, the debris shifted again beyond expectations, and the fleet had to bombard the debris again to get the debris back on track in the most violent way.
As the distance decreased, the interval between repairs became shorter and shorter, and in just five minutes, the fleet smashed seven rounds of nuclear bombs in a row, and finally maintained the direction of the fragments within a controllable range.