"Damn it, how did these alien beasts dig down to the bottom of Honghu Lake!" In the command post at the rear, an officer with a general on his shoulders was cursing: "With the troops deployed in the Honghu area, there is no way we can stop such a situation. A level of attack!”
In fact, it is not just the defense lines in the Honghu area that cannot stop it. At this time, it is difficult to find a defense line along the entire Dongting Lake coast that can block this dual offensive.
That is to say, the city where Chen Xin is located can withstand this level of attack by relying on the empty city left after evacuating the urban area and fighting alien creatures in street battles. The defense lines in other areas can only rely on heavy firepower and front-line troops. top.
At this time, Chen Xin was also in the headquarters. Hearing the general's complaint, he looked at the map and said: "It should be dug along the underground water layer. The groundwater is not completely frozen, and the soil layer is softer and thicker." It’s easy to dig, and considering the extraterrestrial creature’s no-nonsense approach, there’s no problem at all digging through it.”
"Is there any way to curb their offensive?" the general asked Chen Xin. Chen Xin's miraculous performance has always made the general have special expectations.
"Have you tried ground-penetrating bombs? Or fired missiles into these passages?" Chen Xin put forward his idea.
"The Air Force and Rocket Force are trying, but this method is not very effective." The general shook his head. They had already tried the method proposed by Chen Xin in other places: "Although it is true that the passage can be blown down, these The alien beasts don't care about being blown up, they can quickly dig through the collapsed area, and even if they can't dig through, they will dig in other directions, and the collapsed tunnel will only be blocked for a while."
"Is that so... That's going to be troublesome. If you want to end it once and for all, unless you can blow up the entire underground of Honghu Lake and make it impossible for alien creatures to dig through it in a short time, it will be difficult to change the current war situation." Chen Xin also shook his head. Of course it was possible to blow up the entire Honghu underground, but if he wanted to do that, it was obviously not a decision that he and the general in front of him could make.
The general also understood what Chen Xin meant, thought for a moment and said, "I'm going to apply to the higher-ups for the use of nuclear weapons!"
The military has actually had the idea of using nuclear weapons to deal with alien creatures before, but it was unable to make a decision because it was concerned about the possible impact of using nuclear weapons and that it may not be able to effectively kill alien creatures underground.
Now both the general and Chen Xin understand that the only way to prevent alien creatures from emerging underground in Hong Lake is to blow up the entire lake basin and collapse the foundation to completely block these passages.
To achieve this, only the use of nuclear weapons can achieve such great power.
After all, alien creatures have just emerged in the Honghu area. If the lake basin is blown up, the alien creatures can still be stopped.
Moreover, the area of Hong Lake is much smaller than that of Dongting Lake, and the yield required to collapse the lake basin is not that large. Tactical nuclear bombs can be used to achieve this purpose.
However, while the general was preparing to apply to senior officials for the use of tactical nuclear bombs, Chen Xin was worried about other things.
"Is there a map of the distribution of groundwater in the entire Dongting Lake area?" Chen Xin asked a staff member on the side.
"This... we don't have it, we have to look for it." The staff officer rummaged through the maps in the headquarters before replying to Chen Xin that he didn't have it.
When Chen Xin heard what the staff officer said, he shook his head and did not ask him to find the map. He just turned his attention to the map displayed on the big screen in the headquarters, frowning and lost in thought.
After hesitating for a moment, Chen Xin said to the staff officer on the side: "Let the surrounding areas be inspected. I suspect that alien creatures have not only launched attacks in the Honghu area."
"Not only launched an attack on the Honghu area? Academician Chen, why do you say that?" At this time, the general heard Chen Xin's words and immediately asked a question.
The Honghu area alone has caused such trouble that the entire defense line is now affected. If there is another breakthrough, the general feels that it will really be impossible to defend.
"Since alien creatures can dig along the underground water layer to Honghu Lake, they can naturally also follow the underground water layer and spread to other parts of the entire Dongting Lake water system." Chen Xin said, pointing his finger to the map that merges into Dongting Lake. several rivers.
"Ah! This!" When the general saw the direction Chen Xin was pointing, he suddenly felt frightened and hurriedly said to the staff officer on the side: "Quickly, issue an early warning as Academician Chen said, and the entire surrounding cities of the Dongting Lake water system must be inspected. !”
Chen Xin's concern is undoubtedly that alien creatures will dig up underground water layers along the rivers that flow into Dongting Lake, and then spread to other places.
If this is the case, then the defense line currently established by the military along the Dongting Lake will suddenly become meaningless, just like the bypassed Maginot Line, which has become a useless decoration.
Moreover, Chen Xin's worry is likely to become a reality, not just a groundless worry.
After all, since alien creatures can attack in the Honghu area, who can guarantee that they will not attack in other directions?
Watching the staff deliver the warning, both Chen Xin and the general felt like they were on pins and needles as a storm was about to come.
It's just that they obviously can't just wait here. Although the Honghu defense line that is being attacked has gradually stabilized the defense line after mobilizing other troops to reinforce, this obviously cannot solve the problem.
"Academician Chen, is there any other way besides using nuclear weapons to blow up the entire Honghu Lake basin?" the general asked Chen Xin.
Faced with this question, Chen Xin hesitated and said with hesitation: "Yes, but it is more difficult than using nuclear bombs."
"What is the solution?" The general heard what Chen Xin said and hurriedly asked him.
The current situation does not matter whether it is difficult or not. As long as the problem can be solved, no matter how difficult it is, we must solve it.
In this regard, Chen Xin could only shake his head and said: "According to the previous anatomy and research on alien creatures, we can initially determine that alien creatures are commanded by higher-level nodes. If a force can be dispatched to find this upper-level node, By coming out and getting rid of them, it is possible to contain the enemy's attack."
"Isn't this just beheading?" The general reacted. This was a beheading operation commonly used in modern warfare, where special forces raid local headquarters. This immediately made him eager to try it.
However, Chen Xin shook his head and said helplessly: "The decapitation tactic is indeed a very practical tactic, but the problem is that we don't know where the upper node of the alien creature is, and secondly, none of them can perform the decapitation operation. Special Forces, this method obviously doesn’t work.”
