10:27 AM.
An office in the Blue Kingdom government building.
The lights flickered a few times and then went out. The man looked at the ceiling, put down the papers in his hand, rang the call bell on the desk, and waited for a moment, but no one came in. So I pressed again, but again no one came in.
He called in the direction of the door, "Ruth."
A moment later, a woman came in and said, "Mr. President, did you call for me?"
The man was none other than Noah King, President of the Pale Blue Kingdom
"The light tube is broken, it seems that the bell is not working, please find someone to repair it."
"Yes, Mr. President, I'll take care of it right away."
Beep ~ beep ~ beep ~ The phone on the desk rings.
Noah King looked at the phone, the red line, the Department of Homeland emergency line, and immediately grabbed the phone
"Hello, Mr. President, this is Shi Shan, I have an urgent military situation to report to you."
"Hello Shi Shan, go ahead."
"Many of our satellites have been lost, ground radars have been strongly interfered with, parts of the power system have been disrupted, and wireless communications and Internet networks have been almost disrupted. Only some lines can be used, the reason is unknown, still investigating, please instruct."
There hasn't been a war in the world for 50 or 60 years. And Noah King took over as president of the Pale Blue Kingdom 16 years ago. Even though he was already familiar with everything about the country. But in the face of the sudden news, my mind went blank.
After dozens of seconds of shock, he gave a seasoned order: "Enter the level one combat readiness, all armed forces stand by, find out the cause as soon as possible, and report to me as soon as possible."
'Yes!
Noah King continued to shout, "Ruth."
Ruth came in and walked over to Noah King's desk. Then another phone rang on the desk and Noah King picked it up.
"Hello, Mr. President. I am Cordier [Prime Minister] and I have an urgent situation to report to you." Noah King realized things were getting more complicated.
"He said, frowning. "Hello, Cordier. Go ahead."
"I have just received an urgent report from the Ministry of Information, the Ministry of People's Livelihood, the Ministry of Energy, there is a large-scale network communication failure, the power system is also a large area of paralysis, the reason is unknown, and the most seriously affected is the Ministry of Aviation, a number of airlines reported that many passenger planes lost radio contact, is still investigating, please make instructions."
"Cordier, this could be more serious than you think. Just now, I have received a report from the Minister of Security that some military satellites have lost contact, and the power and Internet have been disabled. It seems that the "enemy" is not only targeting military forces, but probably targeting the entire country. I have declared the army to be on standby, at a level of operational readiness."
"It's really bad."
"Now it looks like these things can go together. You will immediately inform the establishment of a temporary combat command center, and all department heads will be in place as soon as possible."
"Yes"
Ruth was still standing at the table, where the president had called her to prepare for the meeting.
Noah King turned to Ruth and said, "You heard me. Go get ready for the meeting."
"Yes! Mr. President."
10:50 a.m. Interim Operations Command Center office.
A dozen officials plus a retinue of secretaries were already in place, a noisy discussion that gradually quieted down as Noah King entered.
"It's urgent. I'm sure you all have a general idea of what's going on. Let's report the results of the investigation."
Shi Shan (Security Minister) : "At present, the initial cause has been investigated, it is a strong electromagnetic interference, which caused the network power and wireless communication system to be paralyzed, like an electromagnetic bomb, but not like an attack.
No country has yet declared war on our country. Nor did it turn out to be an electromagnetic bomb explosion, more like an indiscriminate attack that would almost instantaneously cover the entire country, no, even space.
At present, no other country can produce such a powerful electromagnetic weapon. I personally believe this attack came from space. But almost all of the radar that was working at the time of the attack was damaged. The radar that has been deployed since then has been unable to detect the signal, and that's all we have so far."
Minister of Information: "So far what we have investigated is similar to that of Minister Shi Shan, maybe not so comprehensive, most of the satellites used for communication have malfunctioned." Some electronic components should suffer some kind of overload breakdown, causing power and network failures."
Energy Minister: "The power system is also, a part of the sensitive electronic components were broken down, resulting in a power outage."
"That means the current findings point to the same result - that the 'attack' came from space," said Noah King, frowning.
The following began to whisper:
"Someone deploying an electromagnetic weapon in space?"
"What kind of weapon could have such power?"
"Akaishi Kingdom is at war again."
"Or aliens?"
...
The conference room is busy, and now it is really to the point where the army is blocking, the water is covered, here is the country's highest command center, in the face of this unknown emergency, they are now like the lantern bearer in the night, the following constantly feedback new problems and information, and the leaders are also temporary discussions on various issues.
A secretary came in with a paper, passed it to Avonk, and whispered something to him.
But there were so many people in and out of the headquarters that the room was so noisy that almost no one noticed.
Evink briefly opened the document, his eyes lit up and he blurted out "good news.
The whole room was quiet, originally said to myself or the secretary to listen to, may be nervous and repressed for too long, said a little loud.
The whole room looked towards Evink.
Foreign Minister Evenk was stunned by the sudden silence, then looked back at the crowd, looked at his papers, and handed them to the president.
"We have just received news that we have made special contact with the Kingdom of Donglin, the Kingdom of Yeongju, the Kingdom of Akishi, and the Independent Kingdom of Hongdao, and at present these countries have encountered the same attack as us at almost the same time." The damage to the East Forest Kingdom was relatively minor, perhaps because at midnight few people were aware of the Internet and power outages, which means that they are basically in the same situation as us, and no country has yet identified or announced the cause of the incident, "the foreign minister explained
"This can only show that the" attack "is directly against the global, more proof that the" enemy "is very strong."
"Yeah, that's not really good news."
"It's not just our country that's under attack."
... There was a continual murmur of voices from those who heard the news,
Noah King: "No, it's probably good news, it's almost certain that it's probably not a war, or at least it's certain that the war is not coming from Issa, although there are still two countries, the Thousand Islands and the Sands, but it's almost impossible for them to start a war against the five countries at the same time."
Hearing the president's words, the atmosphere in the conference room lightened slightly.
Immediately, the people discussed the deployment, continue to strengthen the contact between countries, seek cooperation, share the results of the investigation, and hope to find out the cause of the accident as soon as possible...
However, this still takes some time, presumably every country when such a thing happens, will set up the highest command center, a foreign diplomat wants to directly enter such a top command center is impossible, wartime document transmission requires parliamentary review, so it is impossible to immediately see the effect. So people don't have much hope.
The conference room was in a frenzy again...
"Chaos breaks out in the city of Deb as people loot stores and supermarkets."
"Hua An, Terry, Dob... In other cities, the police force is understaffed, requesting assistance."
"A satellite landed in Sangye City, causing casualties..."
"Satellite crash sparks fire in El Monte Mountains"
"... "
Listening to the noise, watching the people coming in and out, it was almost an hour since the incident.
There are more and more problems being reported in various departments all over the country, and it's not getting any better.
"Mr. President, there has been a crash at Blue Ocean Airport. Flight CL8895 has missed the airport and crashed in the East domestic Sea, 13 kilometers off the coast."
Noah King expression solemn, hear this kind of news venue atmosphere also immediately dignified up "immediately command the blue sea city rescue team to search and rescue personnel."
"Yes"
Noah King realized that this could not continue: "There are more and more problems, and although we cannot find out the cause, we must do something." If this goes on, the country will fall into chaos. We can not have an in-depth discussion on every problem in order to solve, the two are less harmful, if there is a way to say it, we weigh the pros and cons and choose one to implement, rather than your words and my words here. Are we the final decision makers, picking out the problems for God to solve?" .
The meeting room became quiet as everyone gathered their spirits.
Noah King continued: The most urgent issue now is to reassure the people and maintain security, it may be a war for us, but it may not be a war for the people, and it seems certain that it will be impossible to investigate the reasons for this for some time.
I propose that the troops far away from the cities remain on standby for war, and that all the troops near the cities be transferred to internal security maintenance, enter the cities to maintain order with the police, and participate in emergency rescue missions to ensure the safety of the people.
Authorize the use of light defense weapons to counter the threat of out-of-control satellites to cities.
Forced control of materials, and all-out assistance to victims... Each task is discussed roughly, the outline can be implemented, and the detailed rules are formulated or modified according to the actual situation in the implementation process.
Cordier: One other thing that is also important at this point is that the confusion of the people is mainly caused by the unknown and panic, and we need to make an official announcement to calm them down, but right now the TV and the Internet are still mostly down
Noah King: This is a really urgent problem. Do you have any ideas about how to solve it?
...
After entering the era of multimedia network, shortwave radio seems to be obsolete, many cities still retain radio stations, because there is almost no cost for operation and transmission, and even many people operate their own channels, and now cars, mobile phones, etc., basically retain the function of radio stations.
Noah King: That's a good thing, so we're going to talk about making a public announcement on the radio.
...
14:30, two hours after the incident.
Although the conference room is busy, but many things have been basically handled, or reached opinions, various departments are also in the urgent implementation of their own tasks, and people continue to begin to discuss the cause of the incident.
Shi Shan: "The strong wave only lasted for a short time. We have used backup military satellites, radar, and so far we have not recorded any electromagnetic wave bursts. Maybe radar is not suitable for detecting this kind of electromagnetic wave.
Electromagnetic wave detector... Space... Astronomy Institute, scientist, these names flashed through Cordier's mind
"Yes. Maybe we should turn the question to the scientific community and look to the academy for answers, "said Prime Minister Cordier.
(In the face of a sudden attack, most people will trigger a sense of self-protection and seek safety. In countries, too, leaders tend to focus on military security and do not first think of scientific explanations.)
At this time, everyone also suddenly understood that, yes, unknown questions should be left to scientists to answer.
After a little discussion, Noah Kim issued an order: "As soon as possible to open up the communication network of the Academy of Sciences, mainly contact the national electromagnetic wave, aerospace, astronomy, space and other related research institutes, universities, the General Institute of the Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Astronomy of the Blue Sea can directly send people to go."
Although the Academy is directly under the government, it is not directly involved in government affairs such as people's livelihood security, so there is no military-grade line between the government and this level of meetings, even ordinary lines are not available, and people can only wait anxiously...