"call……"

Lu Yongchang took a deep breath and opened his eyes.

A strong sense of fatigue came from the depths of my eyes.

This is the sequelae of getting a "tip".

Although it is a bit uncomfortable, it is much better than the result of being unconscious directly than before.

"professor?"

Wilson's voice came from the side: "Are you okay?"

Lu Yongchang raised his head, looked at Wilson's worried look, chuckled, waved his hand and said, "It's okay."

As he said that, he stood up with his hands on his knees.

"Particle Beam Weapon!"

Lu Yongchang glanced around the researchers and suddenly spoke in a deep voice.

"What?" Wilson didn't react for a moment and asked subconsciously.

"Our next research direction." Lu Yongchang said, walking straight out of the laboratory, "Wilson, come with me."

Looking at the figure gradually fading away, Wilson was slightly stunned and quickly followed.

...

"Particle Beam Weapon?" Wilson looked at the holographic video data presented in front of him, frowned and murmured to himself.

Lu Yongchang, who was standing beside him, nodded and said, "To be precise, it is an ion beam weapon."

"After all, we can't accelerate electrically neutral particles like neutrons."

"This is also one of the directions we need to study in the future."

"Imagine it." Lu Yongchang's tone of speech suddenly became a little excited, "If we could manipulate a large number of neutrons and let them attack the enemy ships accurately."

"We can completely cross the armor and directly strike the people inside the enemy ship!"

"Like... neutron bullets." ъìqυgΕtv.℃ǒΜ

Wilson took a slight breath of cold air.

"Of course, this is just my idea." Lu Yongchang shrugged, with a little regret in his eyes. "At present, this technology is still a bit far from us."

"We can only accelerate charged particles now."

Wilson pondered for a moment, a little hesitation appeared on his face.

"Professor, I have learned about weapons in this area before."

"It's just... compared to lasers, the range of ion beam weapons seems to be closer."

"Affected by the dispersion effect, once the ion beam leaves the emitter, it will begin to diffuse itself."

Faced with Wilson's doubts, Lu Yongchang nodded with a wry smile: "I know this too."

"But ion beams have more advantages than laser weapons."

"For example?" Wilson's eyes became more confused.

"First, lasting." Lu Yongchang breathed a long sigh of relief, "Laser weapons can't compare to it in this way."

Wilson's face suddenly filled with a bitter smile.

He reached out and touched the tip of his nose awkwardly, and nodded repeatedly.

As a researcher and developer of laser weapons, he naturally understands the biggest disadvantages of laser weapons.

"Secondly, although the speed is not as good as that of lasers, the sub-light speed ion beam has an advantage that laser weapons cannot match."

The corners of Lu Yongchang's mouth raised slightly and continued, "It has quality."

“You can understand it as a weapon that combines the advantages of laser weapons and kinetic energy weapons.”

Wilson couldn't help but stand still.

That's right.

This is the biggest difference between laser weapons and ion beam weapons, and it is also the biggest advantage of ion beam weapons.

e=mc2, the mass-energy formula is destined to carry a lot of energy!

Compared with the attack method of laser weapons burning the surface, the way ion beam weapons cause damage is more brutal and weird!

The specially modulated ion beam can completely "pass through" the starship armor and directly attack the internal facilities or personnel of the starship!

When it is impossible to "pass through" the starship armor, its main damage is similar to that of a laser - it releases a large amount of heat and burns through the armor directly!

"Then... what should we do?" Wilson asked with a slightly brisk breathing.

"It's very simple." Lu Yongchang smiled and reached out to swipe through the air, opening a holographic projection.

"What we have to do is reduce its dispersion effect and extend its range."

...

2037.12

In the laboratory, Wilson sighed slightly and turned off the small particle accelerator beside him.

"Professor, failed again."

Wilson shook his head with a wry smile: "I think we chose the wrong direction."

"Changing the type of ions is not the right direction for research."

Lu Yongchang didn't say anything, but just frowned and looked at the experimental data in front of him.

During this period, they tested a large number of different types of ions, trying to find an ion with the weakest dispersion effect.

At present, the best performing ions can maintain an effective killing distance of about 500km in space.

This distance is obviously not enough.

However, the experiment has not been without any gains.

At least, after so many experiments, Lu Yongchang has roughly understood what type of ions to choose to act as "ammunition".

They are not protons or electrons, they are too "light".

Heavy ions.

Simply put, it is an ion with a larger atomic weight than a helium atom.

Of course, the heavier the better.

On the one hand, the heavier the ions, the weaker the dispersion effect and the longer the range.

On the other hand, the heavier the ions, the more energy the acceleration consumes, and the slower the ion beam speed, and the killing effect will even decrease instead of increasing.

In addition, light ions are more likely to penetrate starship armor and cause damage to the inside, while heavy ions are more likely to cause damage to the starship armor.

This requires them to find a balance point in the middle.

"Tsk..."

Lu Yongchang paused a little irritated.

There are too many things to consider, and more importantly, they have not solved the most basic problems.

Range issues!

You can't just touch the face and output, right?!

Just when Lu Yongchang was irritated, Zero's holographic image suddenly appeared.

"Professor, there is one thing that needs to be reminded."

Lu Yongchang, whose thoughts were interrupted, looked at Zero impatiently.

He frowned and asked, "What's the matter? If it's not an important thing, just look for Fang Xu."

Zero's tone did not fluctuate at all, and he said calmly: "Professor, in a week, the sun will completely swallow Mercury."

“…”

In the laboratory, it fell into silence again.

Wilson looked at Zero's holographic image in horror.

Although I know this is a phenomenon that will inevitably occur during the process of the sun red giant, but...

When the moment the incident really came, Wilson had to admit that this news was still too shocking for humans.

Lu Yongchang sighed vigorously, reached out and rubbed his cheeks, and stood up from his seat.

“Time flies so fast…”

"Zero, you can start preparing various protective measures." Lu Yongchang said in a deep voice, "In addition, monitor the conditions of Mercury and the Sun at all times."

"receive."
Chapter completed!