On September 23, the autumnal equinox, the sun shines directly on the equator, and day and night are equally divided around the world. At eight o'clock in the morning in the east, the rising sun is still making its final sprint under the horizon, and has ignited a large area of clouds on the horizon, scarlet morning glow and golden morning light.
The ground was reflected as if it were sprinkled with blood.
The western sky is still shrouded in a thin veil of darkness, and the white light of dawn has just lifted a small half of the night covering most of the sky. On this dividing line that seems to be nothing, the torrent of spore groups and broken ice belts
It rushes toward the ground like a Milky Way rushing down a cliff.
Just as the rolling torrent was about to break through a few thin clouds in the sky and hit the earth, it slowly fell into the shadow of the west. The torrent passed through the mid-air in the east and plunged below the western horizon.
The torrent of broken ice and spore clusters entered low-Earth orbit from above the palm trees covered with golden sunlight on the beaches of Kalimantan at an altitude of 500-1,000 kilometers.
They headed west along the equator, passing the Honununu volcano sleeping under the moonlight, passing over the dimly lit Golden Gate Bridge, flying over the Amazon rainforest as the sun set, and crossing the Kenyan savannah under the scorching sun.
The Great Rift Valley of East Africa.
Finally, on a sunny and crisp autumn morning, the torrent surged out from between the mountains where the sun was rising, rushed into the sky, and merged with the spore groups and ice fragments that were still entering low-Earth orbit.
, connected into a closed loop in low-Earth orbit.
As more and more torrents continue to pour in, the size of the star ring above the equator continues to expand. When the dark red sunset struggles like a drowning person among the mountains to the west of Beijing, it comes from Titan and Jupiter.
All the spores and broken ice from the moon's remnant have entered low-Earth orbit.
Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the majestic star ring across the sky exudes a halo like cinnabar, like a bloody noose around the necks of the earth and mankind.
High-pitched battle sirens resounded in every city on the planet. Crowds of aircraft were cruising in the sky. The muzzles of automatic close-in defense guns and militia anti-aircraft guns on the roofs of buildings were already pointing to the sky. They could be seen everywhere on the roads and squares on the ground.
Fighting mechas holding electromagnetic cannons high and soldiers wearing power armors.
At the exit of every underground garage and civil air defense project, rows of armed citizens and leading soldiers are ready to participate in the upcoming battle.
Night has fallen over Jinghua City. The whole city is brightly lit, with countless spotlights waving in the night sky. The dim star ring flows silently in the sky like a turbid Milky Way. Except for the occasional twinkle of starlight,
The bright light that passed by was not a meteor, but a man-made orbiting spacecraft that was falling into the atmosphere.
Chai Shizheng arrived at the Ground Combat Command Center located underground under the Ministry of National Defense. When he pushed the door in, everyone stood up and gave him a military salute. Although the Space Force under his command had been completely destroyed more than ten hours ago,
No one could blame him because he had done everything a commander could do.
He came to the chair in the back row of the command center and sat down. Zuo Mingyi, the Army Chief of Staff, handed him a cup of hot water:
"Brother, you haven't had a good rest in a few days. Let's go eat something and get some sleep. I still need your advice on many aspects of the upcoming battle."
Chai Shizheng took the water glass and shook his head slightly, his eyes full of loneliness and unwillingness. He did not speak, and Zuo Mingyi knew that he was unwilling to leave the underground command center to rest at this moment.
"Then just sit here for a while and call me if you need anything," Zuo Mingyi said.
Chai Shizheng nodded silently.
"Report! 60% of the communication satellites and other spacecraft in orbit have been lost, normal satellite communications can no longer be maintained, and communications with Europe and North America are about to be interrupted!" a staff officer reported loudly.
Zuo Mingyi looked back at the large screen in the command center, which displayed a model of the earth and countless small dots moving around the earth. They were various communication satellites and spacecraft made by humans. The small dots were rapidly turning red and then disappearing from the screen.
disappeared.
"Sure enough, as we expected, they will destroy all communication satellites and orbiting spacecraft after entering low-Earth orbit." Chai Shizheng said angrily.
The commander issued the order:
"Switch all communication network frequency bands to ground mode, and switch the main detection mode to ground radar!"
Zuo Mingyi said to Chai Shizheng:
"Yes, fortunately we have predicted this situation. We have laid a large number of communication optical cables in advance and built a large number of radio communication towers. Although the communication efficiency and information flow are definitely incomparable with satellite communication, communication will not be lost.
"In times of crisis, in addition to expanding the number of armaments and troops, the EDA Army Ministry also spent considerable resources to build the 'Chisel Shield' and 'Pave Claw' air early warning phased array radars in various places. This type of air early warning phased array radar is like a pyramid.
There are more than 2,000 giant phased array radars built around the world with four sides tilted at 40 degrees toward the sky.
They are evenly distributed around the world, with an air detection distance of up to 5,000 kilometers, completely covering low-Earth orbit. The star ring simulation shown on the big screen is based on the 'Chisel Shields' and 'Paving Claws' spread all over the world.
Produced from radar data.”
"Have all ground troops entered combat status?" Chai Shizheng asked.
"When they entered low-Earth orbit, ground forces and air forces around the world entered combat mode. But as all the spores and broken ice completely entered low-Earth orbit to form a star ring, radar showed that their status stabilized. We
This put most of the troops back on alert temporarily.
After all, there is no way to keep all the planes cruising in the sky and keep all the soldiers on the ground tense. If we continue to be tense like this, we will fall down from exhaustion before the enemy comes down. And the enemies are all under radar surveillance now.
, if there is any trouble, we will know immediately."
After Chai Shizheng drank some hot water, the paleness on his face faded a bit:
"Well, it's best to go all out in one go, then weaken again, and then let the troops go into battle with the fullest spirit. The Academy of Sciences has also made rigorous inferences that the main components of spore groups and broken ice belts are organic matter and water ice.
According to their current size, they cannot penetrate the atmosphere. Unlike on the moon, ice cubes the size of fingernails can kill a person..."
At the end of his words, Chai Shizheng's voice gradually became lower.
Zuo Mingyi gently patted Chai Shizheng's shoulder and comforted:
"Brother, you have completed your mission very well. Before you, humans have never had the experience of fighting enemies in space, so don't blame yourself too much. When the enemy is so powerful, the moon base and the third
It’s already very difficult for the Thirty-Eighth Space Army to still be alive.”
Chai Shizheng let out a long sigh:
"Hey! Ground combat is our last hope now."
Zuo Mingyi looked firmly at the star ring on the big screen:
"We have thousands of years of history of conquering each other, and in modern times we have experienced brutal armed struggles. Fighting on the ground will not be so easy.
Moreover, we now have hundreds of millions of well-trained and well-equipped troops, and four billion armed civilians who are ready to defend their homes. We have no way out but to fight tooth and nail. It just depends on when these invader bastards will come down!
"
Chai Shizheng looked at the star ring slowly rotating around the earth on the big screen and said nothing. He did not want to express his worries to Zuo Mingyi. Because he was afraid of affecting the fighting spirit of Leon Yang in the command center, but it took twelve years to build
The space force only scratched the surface of the alien invaders and was completely destroyed.
They haven't even been able to figure out what the organic creatures that alien civilizations have created on Titan and Europa over hundreds of years look like.