Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 235 The Nuclear Bomb is Free

Chen Jian did not expect that the biggest gain from this Northern Expedition was not equipment, not information, not even "revenge" on Huadu and the so-called punishing evil and promoting good, but something extremely simple, but something that they really lacked.

people.

Highly qualified combatants, and ordinary people capable of agricultural production.

This was completely beyond his plan, and it could even be said to be a huge surprise.

What does the revival of civilization rely on?
Technology? Equipment? Ideas?

To put it bluntly, we are still human beings.

People are the foundation of everything, even though most of the time and to most people in power, "population" is just a cold number.

But it is these cold numbers that constitute the most basic elements of a civilization.

Looking at Lin Shen, who seemed to have let go of everything, Chen Jian spoke again to confirm:

"So what you mean is that you want to lead the Holy Blood Temple and the people under its rule to Jinling to join us?"

"Yes."

Lin Shen nodded seriously.

"This will be an expedition. Just like our Holy Father left the Imperial City, we must also leave here to pursue the soil that can truly allow civilization to continue."

"But the expedition cannot be completed overnight."

"There are more than 100,000 civilians under the jurisdiction of the Holy Blood Basilica. They are scattered everywhere. We can't take them all away at once."

"They need shelter, they need sustainable food, they need safety along the way."

“This is not something that happens overnight.”

“Perhaps, we will need one, two, or even longer time to complete this task.”

“But eventually, we will do it.”

“But the premise is.”

"The beast tide must be eliminated."

Chen Jian interrupted Lin Shen and said.

"Yes."

Lin Shen looked directly at Chen Jian and spoke again:

"So, we have to speed up."

"Go back to the Basilica of the Holy Blood. I have more to give you."

"no problem."

Chen Jian nodded immediately.

In fact, he could fully understand the source of Lin Shen's idea of "migrate south with civilians".

Such an idea is definitely not a sudden impulse, but must have been carefully considered.

To put it another way, why did humans always live together in small, scattered settlements that fought each other before their own team arrived?
Doesn’t the probability of survival increase with larger populations?
This is an intuitive judgment, but it does not conform to the actual situation of the wasteland.

In this world, giant monsters pose too great a threat to humanity.

Although humans already have the initial ability to fight monsters, no force dares to guarantee that the settlements they manage and protect will remain unscathed from a monster's raid.

Just like the previous battle, if Chen Jian and his companions had not returned to support in time, the damage caused by just the three monsters would probably have reached a very dangerous level.

Therefore, dispersed living is the best survival strategy.

Under this strategy, even if a settlement is attacked, humans can complete the transfer in the shortest possible time and move to the next unthreatened settlement.
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Of course, things are different now.

Now, everyone in the wasteland has clearly seen that the Chinese army led by them has absolute advantage over the monsters.

Even with insufficient equipment and manpower, they can easily destroy a group of more than ten monsters.

Then when the size of the settlement continues to expand, the population will no longer be a burden but an advantage.

That's why he made this decision without hesitation.

It must be said that this so-called "Holy Father" is not the same species as the "Saint" of the Mechanicus.

His moral standards are not low and his ability to think rationally is quite good.

Perhaps, the Holy Bloods he leads will become an important ally of the Chinese Army in the wasteland?
Chen Jian did not draw any conclusions immediately.

He knew that Lin Shen could not fully represent all the Holy Blood people, and they still needed to undergo further tests.

At this time, Lei Jie had completed the acquisition of the nuclear weapons secret keys and cooperated in completing the inspection of all remaining nuclear warheads in the nuclear arsenal.

The number of nuclear weapons stored in this underground nuclear facility far exceeds that of the 10th Air Division base, and the weapons' preservation conditions are also much better than there.

"Now the nuclear bomb is finally free"

Lei Jie returned with an unconcealable smile on his face.

"The guy named Wang He in the Imperial Capital Base is really not an ordinary character. I suspect that he was engaged in related confidentiality work before the catastrophe, or at least a scientific researcher in the nuclear field."

"You know what he did? He catalogued all the nuclear warheads!"

"Those who use plutonium 239 are classified into one category, those who use uranium raw materials are classified into another category, and those who use tritium triggers are classified into another category."

"All warheads are managed in different categories, and those that can be disassembled are all disassembled, so as to avoid the problem of complete storage as much as possible."

“The mechanical structures are stored separately and are in very good working condition.”

"Our only problem now is detonating the trigger."

"But this thing is not unsolvable. If it really doesn't work, we can just make do with it."

"Even if we can't detonate it at full power, as long as we control the distance, the radiation problem can be avoided."

"In short, he has taken into account almost all possible difficulties. In addition, after nearly 50 years of careful maintenance, the effect of this batch of nuclear bombs may be much more stable than the one we detonated before."

After Lei Jie finished speaking, Chen Jian nodded thoughtfully.

"No wonder they let Wang He guard the nuclear arsenal."

"So, what is the total equivalent of the nuclear warheads we have found and are likely to be usable?"

"At this point, I see a total of 46 warheads that are still usable."

Lei Jie counted on his fingers and said:

"Among them, four missiles with a yield of more than three million were all used on the DF-4."

“百万当量以上的有6枚，20万到30万吨当量的20枚，剩下的都是一些小型战术弹头，当量大概在2万到10万之间。”

“I feel it is completely sufficient.”

"Fuck, you're just bragging. No matter how strong the beast tide is, can it be stronger than a 300 million ton nuclear warhead?"

"The comprehensive killing radius of this thing can reach more than 10 kilometers. What monster can withstand it?"

"We have 46 missiles now. With the ones that Shen Yue brought back from Huangshan and the th Air Force Division base, we estimate that we have more than a hundred."

"With these warheads, we can create a 50-kilometer radius around the Jinling ruins."

"I don't believe there is any monster that can break through this circle."

Lei Jie's words were full of confidence, but Chen Jian poured a bucket of cold water on him.

"Do you think those monsters are morons? They are not brainless zombies."

"The small beast tide that attacked the imperial capital is irrefutable evidence. It is obvious that every attack by them was planned and premeditated."

"We must remain cautious. Even if we have a lot of nuclear bombs, we must use them where they are needed most."

"Know, know."

Lei Jie laughed and said:

"We should pay attention to it tactically and despise it strategically." "What should we say now? Should we withdraw first?"

"Do not."

Chen Jian shook his head slowly.

"The second wave of beasts is coming here. If we leave now, the nearly 10,000 civilians in the imperial capital will not be able to be saved, and the passage to the south will not be open."

"We have to solve this problem and do an experiment at the same time."

"We have the nuclear bombs in our hands, how can we not explode them?"

"It just so happens that there is another 'whale loach' that we can't see moving around in the south of the imperial capital."

"This 'possibly a level one monster' is definitely worthy of a nuclear bomb."

"I want to try and see if I can give it a big one."

The distance from the underground fortifications to returning to the Basilica of the Sacred Blood is really not short.

In addition, the Imperial City did not have a large number of mechanical equipment, which were rudimentary but at least usable, like the territories ruled by the Mechanicus, so transporting the extremely heavy nuclear bomb became a difficult task.

After all, a three-million-ton nuclear bomb weighs nearly two tons, and with the outer container, the total weight is over four tons.

It's not easy to move all this stuff without large machinery.
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But fortunately, what the Holy Blooders lack the least is strength.

If one person can't carry it, then use two, three, or ten people.

The child is stupid and doesn't know how to use tools, but he is very strong.

It took nearly 4 hours for Chen Jian to lead the Holy Blooders in the city to move out most of the warheads that could be moved. Then, without stopping for a second, they immediately used various vehicles in the convoy to transport the warheads to the designated deployment locations.

".According to previous reconnaissance intelligence, the whale loach is active in the northwest of Tianjin. Combined with the activity patterns of this group of monsters and this group of beasts, no matter where it is, it should be moving towards the imperial capital."

"The latest landform change area discovered by Fuxi is in the former Anci District. Judging from the line connecting the two landform change areas, the monster's movement speed is about 5 kilometers per hour."

"So now, it should have arrived in the Langfang area and is active in an area with a radius of 30 kilometers."

"We don't have to wait for it to show up a second time. What we need to do now is to detonate a nuclear bomb within the range where it may appear and see if a strong electromagnetic pulse can force it out."

"This will be an important experiment. If it is confirmed that strong electromagnetic pulses can have an impact on the monsters in the beast tide, it will be much easier for us to deal with them later."

"However, we must also be prepared to defend against the enemy."

"We need to deploy at least four 50-ton nuclear warheads in an area of 30 kilometers from the outer perimeter of the imperial capital to Langfang, and use four large circles with a radius of about 5 kilometers to block the monster's advance route."

"At the same time, we must also set up howitzers and tank guns in the city, collect all the long-range weapons we can use, and aim in advance at the direction where the monsters may appear."

"In addition, we need to prepare all residents in the Imperial City to evacuate. Once the defense line is breached, everyone needs to evacuate quickly to the north, and we need to move south to lure the monsters away."

"That's basically the plan, is that clear?"

"clear!"

After Chen Jian finished his briefing, everyone immediately took up their tasks.

Using the already laid cellular network base stations, Huang Meng drove a truck carrying a nuclear bomb that had been unlocked with a secret key to the designated deployment location, while the other two trucks that had already completed loading the nuclear bombs remained on standby.

The truck moved forward and reached the designated deployment location in just one and a half hours.

Immediately afterwards, Huang Meng controlled the truck to stay in place and wait, while the rest of the staff were busy using the simplest methods to manufacture various anti-electromagnetic pulse devices, preparing to protect all key electronic equipment in the city.

Orders were issued one after another, and the Holy Blood people in the city were both executors and messengers.

They conveyed the orders from the Holy Father and the Chinese Army to the residents in the city word for word. When they heard from the Holy Blood that "the Chinese Army will take decisive measures to resolve the monsters that threaten the imperial capital", the civilians showed surprise on their faces.

"Decisive measures"?
In other words, the way they rushed into the imperial capital like a tiger and killed more than a dozen monsters like chopping melons and vegetables, isn't that a decisive measure?
So now, what are they going to do?
The civilians gathered together and tried to seek an answer from the Holy Bloods, but their answer was extremely simple and direct.

"Kill the monster. It's that simple."

Kill monsters?

But where is the monster?

No one could see any trace of monster activities. It seemed that after the first round of "beast tide", the surrounding monsters, even the blood skeletons, disappeared.

Looking around, where are the enemies?
However, what they didn't know was that at this time, at least four different monsters had been identified in Chen Jian's intelligent eyepiece.

"This is the second wave of beasts."

Chen Jian took a deep breath and then said:
"These monsters are smarter than the first wave of monsters - or we can say that the first wave of monsters were just cannon fodder used to explore the way."

"Almost every monster has a unique method of camouflage and moves in a very cautious manner."

"If it weren't for the drone's aerial vision, we would have been caught off guard by their surprise attack."

"Fuxi, report the deployment of nuclear bombs!"

"All nuclear bombs have been deployed!"

Fuxi's answer sounded in the headset. Chen Jian nodded slightly and immediately gave the order:

"Everyone, please note that the detonation countdown is thirty minutes."

"Wait for Monster No. 1 to enter the explosion range of Nuclear Bomb No. 1."

"The guests have arrived, prepare to serve the food!"

"understand!"

At the command, everyone's tension reached a new level.

This was not the first time they had faced monsters.

But using a nuclear bomb directly to attack a monster is definitely the first time.

In the distance, through the perspective of the drone, Chen Jian clearly saw a huge monster that almost blended into the surrounding vegetation and was moving slowly.

That was the monster that disappeared near Ender City.

At this moment, it is heading towards the imperial capital, and the trucks on standby are also constantly fine-tuning their positions to ensure that the routes overlap as much as possible.

With this strategy, the monster is getting closer and closer to Nuclear Bomb No. 1.

Less than 6 kilometers.

According to its movement trajectory, it will most likely pass directly within 30 km of the nuclear bomb in 1 minutes.

Chen Jian waited quietly for a few minutes, then gave the order to "evacuate the trucks."

The nuclear bomb was unloaded, and 20 minutes later, the speeding truck left the danger zone and stood by, ready to redeploy cellular network base stations after the first round of nuclear explosions to ensure smooth communications.

At this time, the Ender City monster had approached to within 1 kilometer of the No. nuclear bomb.

Its route changed slightly, but this distance was enough.

Chen Jian took one last look at the aerial reconnaissance images.

What disappointed him a little was that the landform changes caused by the "whale loach" did not appear within their predicted range.

Maybe it hasn't arrived yet?
Or maybe it's still hiding?

It's ok.

The strong electromagnetic shock after the explosion of the first nuclear bomb will definitely cause it to react.

Chen Jian took a deep breath and really intended to give the order to detonate.

And at this moment, a patch of green vegetation suddenly collapsed in the drone footage.

Mudslide!
Whale loach!

Well come.

Without a second's hesitation, Chen Jian gave the order directly:
"Countdown 10 seconds!"

"Detonation!"

(End of this chapter)