Age of Cataclysm: I can light up the technology tree

"Professor, the stability of the electromagnetic coil gun..."

A trace of worry flashed in Yevgeny's eyes, and he said to Lv Yongchang: "Interstellar warfare requires extremely high accuracy."

"Even if there is a slight change in the direction of the projectile launch, it will cause a huge error in the end!"

Lv Yongchang nodded.

He naturally knew this, which was why he chose the electromagnetic rail gun in the first place.

A slight error can lead to a thousand miles of difference. This sentence is perfect for describing interstellar warfare.

Even a deviation of one micron can cause an error of tens or even hundreds of kilometers!

After all, electromagnetic guns are not like missiles that can adjust their direction in real time.

In space, without abnormal conditions, projectiles will only move in a straight line.

Lv Yongchang pondered for a moment, turned his head and asked Zero: "Zero, can you complete this part of the work?"

"..."

After a short wait, Zero responded in a flat voice: "Professor, there is not enough experimental data to judge."

"I need a lot of experimental data to improve the algorithm."

Lv Yongchang nodded thoughtfully.

It seems that there is still hope if it is not directly rejected!

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2037.7

Two months after the establishment of the Starship Weapon System R\u0026D Project.

A 30-meter-long gun barrel with a caliber of 1.2 meters lies quietly in the factory in Mars City.

Next to the gun barrel is a huge base and various parts.

Lv Yongchang stood next to the gun barrel, stretched out his hand and gently brushed the cold gun barrel, with a touch of emotion in his eyes.

"Professor." Yevgeny's excited voice came from the side, "When can we test its power?"

Unlike Lu Yongchang, Yevgeny at this time had only one idea about this giant cannon-when can we fire a shot to test the effect!

Lv Yongchang turned his head to look at Yevgeny, whose face was full of excitement, and shook his head with black lines: "What are you thinking about?"

"This big guy must not be launched on Mars!"

Not to mention its extremely exaggerated recoil, even its abnormal demand for energy can instantly drain the fusion reactor of Mars City.

In addition, there is the extremely exaggerated power of the shells.

Compared with electromagnetic rail guns, electromagnetic coil guns have higher energy utilization efficiency.

Thanks to this, in the simulation calculation, the initial velocity of the projectile reached 6000 km/s!

With a shell velocity of 6000 km/s, if there is any accident, Mars City cannot withstand such a blow!

For safety reasons, the best way is to temporarily transform a Luanniao starship, install it on the Luanniao I starship, and test it in space.

"...Okay." A trace of disappointment flashed across Yevgeny's face, and he nodded gently.

Lv Yongchang looked at the electromagnetic coil gun that had not been assembled in front of him, and the experimental prototype in the laboratory some time ago emerged in his mind.

It is also an electromagnetic coil gun, but as a prototype, its power is not great, and the shell velocity only reaches 10 km/s.

Its main function is to provide Zero with sufficient experimental data samples to improve Zero's algorithm.

Through that prototype, Lv Yongchang discovered a problem.

"The power is too weak..."

Lv Yongchang stared at the gun barrel in front of him and muttered to himself.

"What?" Yevgeny looked at Lv Yongchang with horror, "A 6000 km/s shell is not powerful enough?!"

"No, I'm not saying that a single shell is not powerful enough." Lv Yongchang was stunned, then shook his head and explained.

"I mean that in interstellar wars, this weapon is not powerful enough."

6000 km/s, a metal projectile with a diameter of one meter, Lv Yongchang believes that even in a second-level civilization, there are not many starship armors that can block this shell.

For starships that are hundreds of meters or thousands of meters long, unless they hit key parts, otherwise, this minor injury will not affect the war situation at all.

Unless... it is really as he originally expected, using a saturation attack with a metal storm.

But, in this case, the cost of a war may exceed his imagination.

By then, humans are just a wandering civilization. After a journey of 4.22 light years, can they really have so much ammunition reserves?

Even if there is, such an attack method will only be used at a critical moment.

Who can play Landlord with a direct hit? !

Lv Yongchang sighed slightly and briefly told Yevgeny about his concerns.

"Pah!"

Yevgeny slapped his thigh hard and looked at Lv Yongchang excitedly.

"Professor, you should have said it earlier!"

"I have an immature idea, would you like to hear it?"

Lv Yongchang looked at Yevgeny in front of him with suspicion, thought for a while, and asked tentatively: "You... tell me?"

Yevgeny, who was allowed, became more excited, and he said happily: "Professor, this is what I think."

"Since you think the power is not strong enough, how about we directly transform these projectiles into small nuclear bombs?"

"Our current technology should be able to do this!"

"..."

There was silence in the factory.

Lv Yongchang looked at Yevgeny beside him in disbelief.

Can everything really be nuclear?

However, after thinking about the past incidents of the Soviet Union using nuclear bombs to put out fires and hydrogen bombs to eliminate nuclear pollution, Lu Yongchang suddenly felt that everything made sense.

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly: "Professor Yevgeny, the explosion power of a nuclear bomb in space is not as great as that on Earth. You should know this."

Yevgeny didn't care about Lv Yongchang's objection at all. His upper and lower lips moved quickly and he continued to speak at a very fast speed.

"Professor, we don't need the so-called shock wave to cause damage!"

"Don't forget that the fragments of the projectile explosion can also cause damage."

"In addition, there are nuclear radiation and electromagnetic pulses when the nuclear bomb explodes!"

Lv Yongchang's eyes showed a bit of desire.

It must be said that he was persuaded.

"Cough!" He coughed hard and said with a somewhat unnatural look, "This... Wait for me to verify it. If possible, we can make a batch of projectiles containing miniature nuclear bombs."

Yevgeny's hurried voice sounded: "Professor, don't worry, I have verified it with zero!"

As he said, Yevgeny pressed the watch on his hand.

A holographic projection appeared in front of Lv Yongchang.

Looking at the detailed calculation process and simulation pictures above, Lv Yongchang's eyes twitched again.

Good guy, this is well prepared!

"Zero." Lv Yongchang turned his head and said to the camera beside him, "How is the mining robot working on the earth?"

Zero's virtual image appeared on the side.

"Professor, due to the impact of the environment, only a small part of the mining robots are still working."

"[Tower of Babel] can no longer operate, [Jianmu] can still operate normally."

Lv Yongchang's expression was stern.

"Let those mining robots mine uranium with all their strength!"