Chapter 8 shot

The black dot that appeared in the sky was getting bigger and bigger, and its frightening appearance could be clearly seen. Within a wide range of dozens of kilometers around the point of impact, people feel that the missile will fall directly on their heads, and it seems to land vertically, but it is not the case.It follows a parabolic trajectory from a direction at an angle of incidence of twenty degrees. People were all looking forward to the arrival of the black disaster star with an unexpectedly calm mood.There was no sound around, the yelling, crying, and panting that were so noisy just now were all gone.Now the only thing that rings in people's eardrums is the hissing sound of the slender body piercing the clear sky and shaking the air...

At the moment when the missile is about to hit the target, what are people thinking? ... No, I didn't think about anything, I couldn't think about anything.People's minds have become blank.They neither panicked nor feared nor cried out.Some just wait, quietly and unconsciously, waiting for the end of life, waiting for the coming of the end... What kind of thing is the missile, this terrifying murderous weapon that has been turned into a rage by people, in fact, among the people staring at it, few people can know.Most people only imagine its horror out of a common sense understanding.

In the center of the missile body is a neutron source composed of a mixture of metal plutonium and uranium. In this neutron source, a cadmium rod is inserted as a safety device.Once it is pulled out, it becomes a structure that can explode quickly.Outside of them, there is another layer of isotopes of hydrogen such as deuterium and tritium.When the atomic bomb explodes, it causes the fusion of hydrogen atoms and releases huge energy, generating high temperatures of tens of millions of degrees.All of this happens so quickly that we see the two processes as one explosion. The huge energy released by the sun comes from the fusion of hydrogen nuclei, but it makes human beings feel alive, warm and bright. The hydrogen bomb also releases energy in the same way, but because it is so fierce and violent, it can only give human beings death. and destruction!

How incompetent human beings are.When a metal object made by human beings flew towards their own heads, they were like a group of idiots, they could only watch it, waiting for it to destroy themselves, and could not make any resistance or prevention .It's like a child playing with fire. When the fire suddenly spread, the flames jumped onto his clothes and hair, and the tongue of fire licked his cheeks, but he would only cry and cry in anxiety, looking helpless and helpless. At this moment, all people can do is watch its presence with gaping tongues and dull eyes. The dark and slender body of the missile has already passed the roof of a tall skyscraper...

One second, two seconds, three seconds... Time passed by bit by bit, but people felt a shock from the ground under their feet, and did not see the scorching flames, the huge mushroom cloud rising, and the big explosion that shook the world... People looked at each other—they were still alive in this world!They can see, hear, think, and act! How is this going?Could it be that the missile we saw just now was just a phantom?Could it be that tens of millions of human beings have all become stupid at once?Or had they all suddenly become deranged lunatics? ...this is incredible! The sun has slanted to the west, but the sky is still so deep and bright, the skyscrapers still stand proudly there like giants, the branches are still fluttering in the breeze, and even a group of singing birds appeared on the branches...

"Hey, did you see the missile?" "You can really see it. How about you?" "Same as you. I can hear it hissing." "But……" People are asking and confirming each other in this way.Consciousness returned to people's heads. The missile had indeed landed on the streets of Tokyo, but it did not explode! "We are saved!" Someone yelled.But not many people responded to him at first.The vast majority of people are still in a state of skepticism.It wasn't until their conscience woke up from their hearts and their emotions accepted the message from their reason that they couldn't help but yelled:

"We are saved!" Workers and students, scholars and entertainers, rich and poor, ordinary people and thugs, all poured into the streets from basements, shelters, subways and houses, and they shouted together at the top of their voices: "We are saved!!" This sudden change not only caused tens of millions of citizens in the Tokyo area to be in a state of mixed sorrow and joy, but the whole of Japan, no, people all over the world were also stunned for an instant. In Osaka, the Prime Minister stared wide-eyed and stood in front of his cabinet members in a daze, listening to the news sent from various observation stations, his throat seemed to be blocked by something, and he could not utter a word.

"The missile has landed and did not explode. It is estimated that the detonator failed..." The reports from the observatory rang over and over on the phone. The prime minister has been in a state of high tension, and he can't relax for a while.It is indeed not easy for him to quickly accept the sudden change in front of him with his brain cells that have become sluggish. Surprisingly, even the weapons experts from the Defense Agency and the Science and Technology Agency showed incredible faces.But it's no wonder they.In today's highly developed science and technology, the possibility of detonating device failure for live-fired missiles is almost zero!It is unbelievable that the missile launched from country Z, which is 20,000 kilometers away, hits the target with a deviation of less than two kilometers, but it is a dumb missile that will not explode.

But the fact is that it cannot be disbelieved. "Why didn't it explode?!" The Prime Minister suddenly roared.His tone sounded like he was going to blame the unexploded missile. Experts from the Department of Defense and the Department of Science and Technology began to get busy.They came in and out, nervously collecting the observation results from various places, and making various speculations and judgments from them. "The reason why the missile did not detonate was probably caused by changes in air pressure..." "In my humble opinion, this is because when the missile was launched from the far side of the Pacific Ocean, it rubbed against the air sharply, resulting in an extremely high temperature, which caused the internal mechanical device to malfunction..."

"Another possibility is that the metal cadmium rod used as a hydrogen bomb detonation safety device was not pulled out as expected when it flew down, so the missile would naturally not explode..." "..." Experts are chattering and have different opinions.The prime minister who knows nothing about this can't tell who is right and who is wrong, and can't say a word. "Okay, the details and specific reasons will be studied later. All in all, this is nothing more than a false alarm. Great!" He rubbed his hands excitedly and walked up and down the room with a smile on his face.

Suddenly, the Prime Minister stopped as if thinking of something, and the face that had just smiled suddenly changed color. "Hey, didn't you say that there were two missiles entering our country's airspace? One didn't explode, so what about the other one?" The atmosphere in the room suddenly dropped to freezing point again. The experts are busy again, but they all speculate on this with a hope that everyone will be happy, and no one wants to be the one who stirs things up again and causes panic. "I think the launches may not be simultaneous. Even if they are launched simultaneously, due to differences in the weight and other properties of the missiles, as well as differences in airflow and friction, the two missiles may not arrive at the same time." "According to what you're saying, is it possible that the next missile will land in Tokyo?" The Prime Minister asked in a trembling tone. "It's... hard to say. However, you can ask the observatory first." However, there was no news of the second missile from the Inubokyo ground observation station closest to the invasion area. "The latter missile may have deviated from its original orbit and fell into the Pacific Ocean." The Prime Minister said in a fluke, as if praying. "I hope so!" "However, it seems unimaginable." "But the first missile didn't explode, isn't that unimaginable!" "If the second missile has the same structure, with the same defects, then even if it hits the target, it may have a similar phenomenon and not explode." Experts have expressed their views one after another. The Prime Minister let out a long sigh.He glanced around at the cabinet ministers around him, and said sarcastically in a tone of obvious dissatisfaction. "So, let's talk about it, how should we make a judgment on the current situation?" "..." The cabinet ministers were all crying, and no one could answer. The Prime Minister shook his head and sighed again.He said sadly: "Let's pray..." People in Tokyo flocked to the site where the missile fell. On a tennis court in the entertainment center near the high-rise building area in the city center, a large pit with a diameter of about 12 to 3 meters can be seen.Along the mouth of the pit, the soil was rolled up, and wide radial cracks appeared around it.Some nearby buildings collapsed, cracks appeared on some huge walls, and the glass on the buildings within a few kilometers of the surrounding area was all shattered. People stood cautiously at the entrance of the cave, looking down with their probes.They saw that at the bottom of the deep pit of the black hole, a huge metal part was exposed, reflecting the light of the metal in the weak light. This is actually just a small part of the missile tail.The entire missile is 24.4 meters long and has a total weight of 90,000 kilograms when launched.It has been launched with a distance of nearly 20,000 kilometers. Together with its acceleration, when it touches the ground, how much energy should it have.No wonder its entire body was sunk into the soil, only a short tail was exposed. People gathered around the big pit in fear, driven by curiosity, peeking down, discussing with each other enthusiastically, and no one wanted to leave. It stands to reason that in the current situation, in order to ensure safety, the army and the police should disperse the crowd quickly, at least the citizens living in the area with a radius of 10 kilometers centered on the bomb crater must be evacuated to a safe area, and the entire dangerous area should be completely evacuated. Lock down and keep the scene, so that relevant experts can judge whether it is safe and take necessary measures. But where are the soldiers and the police... Besides, even if the actual situation is found out, how to deal with it accordingly?A few days ago, according to Japan's military technology, it is still impossible to deal with this unexploded nuclear missile, and it is necessary to rely on the strength of the US missile force. In this regard, the Prime Minister who is still stranded in Osaka and does not want to return to Tokyo immediately has thought about it. From the observation planes re-flying over the dangerous area, there were constant reports of the correctness of the situation of the missile down. The Prime Minister summoned experts from the Defense Agency and the Science and Technology Agency. "As we all know, the missile has fallen, but it did not explode. Now, should we consider how to deal with it? Do we have the ability to deal with it? How to deal with it? What do you think, please publish." The Prime Minister glanced at the experts aggressively. "This...at present, it is difficult to deal with this missile relying on our own strength." A weapon expert from the Defense Agency said with shame, "It seems that the US missile force has to be hired to do it for you." "So what are they going to do about it?" The prime minister's eyes widened and he asked dissatisfiedly. "According to my judgment, if it is handled by the US missile force, most of them will use the method of explosion. This is much simpler than digging out from the depths of the ground intact." "What? Let the nuclear missile explode? Are you crazy?!" The Prime Minister scolded angrily. "No, your Excellency may not understand what I mean." The expert from the Defense Agency patiently explained, "This is to use a partial explosion method to destroy the nuclear fusion device of the nuclear missile, making it permanently incapable of detonating. Then use the method of directional explosion to blow it into fragments, concentrate and scatter it to a designated place, and finally clean it up to solve the problem completely. However, if you want to use the method of moving it away intact, you have to walk 20 meters along the missile A deep sinkhole, a large amount of soil was cleared with great effort, and the buildings and roads around 20 kilometers will be messed up, and it may not be safe." "Hmm." The prime minister who knew nothing about this technology frowned and asked again, "So, is it safe and reliable to use this so-called explosion method?" "This...maybe depends on the level of American experts." "However, I have another idea." An expert from the Department of Science and Technology interjected, "This treatment method is to put a large amount of metal cadmium around the detonator of the nuclear missile, so that it can prevent nuclear fusion once and for all. Did the explosion happen?" "Well, that's not bad. Can our country handle it this way?" The Prime Minister asked with a glimmer of hope. "There are still difficulties..." The experts from the Department of Science and Technology blushed. "This requires not only skilled technology and sophisticated instruments, but also a large amount of metal cadmium, which is currently lacking in our country..." The Prime Minister bit his lower lip.He secretly made up his mind that if he can successfully overcome the current difficulties, then in the next interim Congress, even if he will be unanimously opposed by all opposition parties, he will try his best to overcome all opinions and greatly increase national defense. Budget.It appears that this is the immediate priority.In order to achieve this goal, even if it takes half of the total state budget, he will not hesitate... However, it seems too early for the Prime Minister to consider these...