Chapter 61: 350 Billion
Time went back more than eight months.
After the fleet of cargo ships disguised as warships departed, Tom dedicated himself to the task of producing special bullets and firearms with all his might.
Although they were special, they were only unique in specifications, not in technology, so there were no technical difficulties whatsoever.
For Tom at this moment, manufacturing these special bullets and firearms was still a very simple matter, falling within the scope of primary industry.
Over 900,000 Clones threw themselves into the production of these primary industrial products with all their might, working tirelessly, even having backup Clones immediately take over when someone went to the restroom, ensuring that over 900,000 Clones were on the production line at all times.
The entire base, at all levels, had absolutely no internal friction or communication costs; everyone was perfectly coordinated.
Under such circumstances, how much output could be unleashed?
Tom found the answer to this question through half a year of all-out production.
The answer was that, in that half-year period, Tom produced a total of 350 billion bullets.
Calculating at 10 grams per bullet, the total mass reached 3.5 million tons.
Calculating at two grams of propellant per bullet, the chemical gunpowder alone consumed 700,000 tons!
At the same time, Tom also produced 1 million firearms specifically designed to fire these "large body, small head" bullets!
After this, Tom spent more than ten days deploying all 1 million firearms and all the bullets to various locations on the surface of Loshen Star.
That’s right, on the surface of Loshen Star, not in space.
Moreover, all these locations were specially calculated and deliberately set up.
After completing all this, while the first batch of cargo ships disguised as warships had not yet reached God-Enemy Star, Tom conducted some weapon tests in space.
Numerous heavy missiles and bombs, each loaded with several hundred kilograms of explosives, exploded in certain pre-calculated spaces above Loshen Star.
The explosions created a large amount of smoke, dust, and fragmented debris, successfully forming a "fog" that obscured this area of space.
Under the cover of the fog, on the surface of Loshen Star, the first batch of 45,000 firearms, installed on automatic firing and automatic loading devices, simultaneously pulled their triggers.
The firing speed of these special firearms reached 900 rounds per minute.
Thus, in the first minute of firing, a total of approximately 40 million bullets flew out from the surface of Loshen Star and into space.
Because of the special "large body, small head" design, the propellant load was greater compared to ordinary bullets, and the warhead mass of these special bullets was only about 0.5 grams, they achieved a higher muzzle velocity, reaching approximately 6 kilometers per second!
This speed was already sufficient to break free from Loshen Star’s gravity field.
Furthermore, through observation, calculation, and precisely adjusted muzzle directions, these bullets, after flying out of Loshen Star, would directly fly towards God-Enemy Star.
And because the fog was set up in advance, enemy detectors hiding around Loshen Star could not detect these bullet clusters!
Thus, without the opponent’s knowledge, in the first minute, over 40 million bullets flew along their predetermined trajectory towards God-Enemy Star.
The second minute saw another 40 million, then the third minute, the fourth minute...
After continuously firing for 5 minutes, with each of the 45,000 firearms having fired 4,500 bullets, these firearms stopped firing.
But the bullet torrent did not stop.
Tom deployed approximately 1 million firearms in total.
At this moment, the next batch of firearms seamlessly took over the firing task, instantly beginning to fire, similarly pouring out tiny projectiles, each weighing only 0.5 grams, into space at a rate of over 40 million per minute.
In numerous firearm firing bases, next to each firearm participating in the shooting, bullet belts were rapidly fed in, then in the vacuum environment, the warheads flew out, and the casings were ejected, soon piling up into a small mountain nearby.
The Clones responsible for collecting casings were busy, driving small excavators to directly dig away the mountain-like casings and stack them in temporary warehouses.
The Clones responsible for maintaining the firearm bases were busy, carefully checking the status of each firearm.
The Clones responsible for power supply closely monitored the status of the generators, not daring to have any delay.
After all, the automatic firing system was powered by electricity, and at this moment, no mistakes could be made.
When each batch of 45,000 firearms, a total of 20 batches, completed one rotation, 100 minutes had passed.
Thus, the first batch of firearms also completed cooling and inspection, and then the first batch of firearms began firing again, followed by the second batch, the third batch... all the way to the 20th batch.
The remaining 100,000 firearms served as reserves.
When there was an emergency, they would step in.
Regardless, at every moment, 45,000 firearms would be firing bullets at a rate of 900 rounds per minute, and at every moment, projectiles would be flying into the sky towards God-Enemy Star at a rate of 40 million per minute!
Tom knew that precisely aiming at a dwarf planet 40 million kilometers away and making these bullets hit a specific location was an extremely difficult thing to do.
Even with his current Deep Space communication network, which could accurately determine the gravitational relationships and positional coordinates of planets, and the gravitational influence of the Sun and the Eight Planets, it would still be almost impossible to achieve.
But...
When the quantity reaches a certain level, does precision still matter?
I don’t care if these bullets can hit the target, as long as they generally fly in the direction of God-Enemy Star!
Your technology is advanced, your precision is high; you can build high-speed ion thrusters, nuclear fusion reactors, and electromagnetic cannons.
My technology isn’t that advanced, but my industrial power is strong! I don’t need precision, I don’t need technology; I only need quantity!
I will overwhelm you with quantity!
This was Tom’s true purpose in modifying a large number of disguised warships and painstakingly delaying for more than eight months.
Without enough time, how could I build so many bullets and firearms? How could these bullets fly to your planet?
On Loshen Star, the continuous bullet firing lasted for a full three days.
In three days, one million guns fired a total of 350 billion bullets into space, towards God-Enemy Star.
The warheads of these 350 billion bullets flew through space for nearly three months, finally arriving near God-Enemy Star shortly after the second batch of disguised warships were completely annihilated by those unknown warships.
At this moment, the first batch of bullets was still tens of thousands of kilometers away from God-Enemy Star, with a few hours of travel remaining.
But here, Tom had no way to provide cover.
Thus, as expected, these bullet clusters were finally discovered by the opponent.
But it doesn’t matter; with so many bullets, let’s see how you stop them!