Orbital Bombardment Mining

Well, although it's said to be "even a planet," in reality, both the captains of the warships and the fleet Commander understand that planets are really huge.

As the saying goes, it's easier to go to heaven than to go to earth. Imagine the Earth Era, when humans could already build Space Station in space, but they still knew very little about the Earth's underground world. The deepest point that has been dug by human hands has not even penetrated the Earth's outermost layer.

Not to mention the mantle and core below.

Don't be fooled by the scenes of stars being destroyed with a single punch that we often see in TV shows and movies. To actually destroy a planet, even detonating all of Earth's nuclear weapons wouldn't be enough. A global nuclear explosion wouldn't even make Earth sneeze.

The same applies to humanity as Level 2 Civilization. With our current technological capabilities, it's impossible to destroy a planet the size of Earth. Even if we aimed all our weapons at one point and concentrated them on one bomb, at most we could only unleash a force capable of causing the extinction of the dinosaurs.

We're still a long way from destroying a planet.

This is why humanity understands the power of the civilization that destroyed the sun and the Alpha Centauri Triple Star System.

Of course, humanity is no longer a novice. After encountering the Awakeners, humanity asked Awakeners this question and received the answer: Level 5 Civilization.

The Awakeners told humanity that to destroy a star, they would need at least the technology of Level 5 Civilization, but for some reason, the Awakeners didn't specify what that technology was, perhaps thinking it would be pointless.

As for what kind of technology or what level of civilization would be needed to blow up a planet, humanity has no idea. After all, back then, humanity was only preoccupied with the hatred of blowing up the sun.

Perhaps it's Level 3 Civilization, perhaps it's Level 4 Civilization. The answer will become clear once humanity reaches Level 3 Civilization and masters all the derivative technologies of Level 3 Civilization.

If humanity is not capable of destroying a planet by then, then the power to destroy a planet would be something only Level 4 Civilization could master.

There's no rush.

Let's get back to the main topic.

After receiving Yue Yuan's approval, Man Yuemei gathered her people and went to coordinate with the resource exploration and mining departments for the purpose of conducting the Orbital Bombardment experiment.

After getting to know her, Man Yuemei had a better understanding of the situation.

First of all, since the main purpose is still mining, the resource exploration and mining departments need to provide data such as the detonation location and detonation depth.

On the military side, this involves formulating specific bombing plans. These plans cover various terrains, such as a specific location on a continent, a mountain peak, or a valley, and determine the appropriate weapons to use, including Positron Cannon, conventional Electromagnetic Railgun, or Electromagnetic Railgun with Nuclear Bomb warheads, and the required yield of ammunition to achieve the desired effect.

After the plan was finalized, the next step was to wait for the Five Space Elevators to be completed, and then start blasting the mines.

This period of time was not too long. With the support of highly mechanized manufacturing technology, all five Space Elevator were completed in the eighth year after the bombing plan was finalized.

This day marked the day the plan would be implemented.

Because of the need to conduct Orbital Bombardment and mining experiments, all personnel who had previously carried out various missions on the planet have returned to space.

Inside the bridge of the Lyra, a group of people gathered together, all their curious eyes fixed on the large screen projecting the progress of the plan.

"Report: All one hundred Lake-Class Warship of the Eighth Squad of the Second Fleet are in position and are currently adjusting their attitude in synchronized orbit. The first round of bombardment is expected to begin in three minutes!" Just like in combat, the observer's voice rang out inside the Lyra.

As the Commander of the bombardment experiment, Man Yuemei, after hearing the observer's words, lightly parted her red lips and said, "Alright, have the captains of each ship use the preset weapons to strike their respective targets according to the Latitude and Longitude coordinates provided by the exploration and mining departments."

"Clear!"

"Receive!"

The command was transmitted to each warship via Neutrino Communication.

At the same time, the various Lake-Class Warship in the planet's orbit also completed their Attitude Adjustment and bombarded their respective targets according to factors such as the planet's gravity data, firing angle, and orbital distance.

As seen on the large screen, each of the Lake-Class Warship in planetary orbit is in a different posture at this moment. Some have their main gun barrels perpendicular to the cross-section of the planet's sphere, some are tilted at an angle, and some are directly parallel to the cross-section of the planet's sphere.

The reason for such a variety of states is that the weapons used for Orbital Bombardment are not powered precision-guided missiles, but Electromagnetic Railgun shells equipped with different warheads.

Some of these shells have extremely strong ground penetration capabilities and are equipped with time-fused warheads, while others are simply ordinary alloy projectiles.

The warship captain adopts different postures according to the target's location, and then uses precise scientific calculations to ensure that the shells fired from the gun can accurately land on the target point under the influence of planetary gravity.

These were the first batch of warships, and they mainly conducted Orbital Bombardment from geosynchronous orbit. However, since bombing experiments were to be conducted, they naturally could not be limited to geosynchronous orbit.

There is also a second batch of warships randomly assigned to high and low latitude coordinates, and a third batch of warships deployed in distant orbits.

Humans will evaluate the results of the three waves of bombing to determine which trajectory would be more efficient and accurate for bombing.

As for the massive earthquakes and dust storms that might occur on the planet after the bombing, that doesn't matter. Humans don't breathe on the planet anyway, and this planet is already desolate, so we can just go ahead and create whatever we want.

In the universe, terms like "garbage" and "pollution" don't exist. After all, the energy sources of technological civilization are far too clean; for example, Heavy Nuclear Fusion can use rocks as fuel.

In fact, this is the current situation on human -Residential Spaceship. Some waste that doesn't need to be recycled, such as household waste, is filtered to remove iron and other metallic elements, and then directly thrown into the Heavy Nuclear Fusion Furnace for incineration.

At this moment, the warships opened fire, and Electromagnetic Railgun with different functions were fired from their barrels, then fell toward their respective targets under the influence of planetary gravity.

Soon after, a bright spot of light appeared.

Everyone aboard the Lyra knew that an Electromagnetic Railgun shell with a hydrogen bomb warhead had exploded a dozen meters above the ground.

While some people were admiring the first bright spot of light, others had already turned their attention to the target on another split screen.

That was a mountain.

People only saw a dark shadow shoot into the mountain from the sky at a 45-degree angle, and then in less than a second, soil and rocks flew off the surface of the mountain, and then the entire mountain exploded.

By slowing down the video footage, people finally saw what was going on.

The flying earth and rocks are the effect of Drilling Shell penetrating a mountain, while the mountain exploding is a process. First, cracks like spider webs appear on the mountain, then intense light shoots out from the cracks, and finally the mountain is leveled.

Seeing this effect, some people couldn't help but look at the shell's data, probably wanting to see what kind of shell could withstand such a powerful impact and pierce into the mountain before exploding.