I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 679 - 577: Defensive Line Retreat

Ultimately, high command approved the application to deploy a tactical nuclear weapon, planning to launch a tactical nuclear missile into the tunnels appearing on Hong Lake, then use the nuclear explosion to destroy all tunnels in the entire lake area.

According to calculations, the shockwave from the nuclear explosion will destroy most of the channels at the bottom of the lake, and the inflow of the melted lake water, after cooling, will thoroughly seal off any channels that might still exist, enough to block the threat from beneath Hong Lake in the short term.

If the alien creatures want to invade again, they would have to hollow out the subsurface of Hong Lake once more.

Meanwhile, traces of alien invasions have also been discovered successively in other regions. According to current detected signs of alien activity, they have already permeated the surroundings of the Dongting Lake Area, and their entire area of activity now covers more than half of the ancient Yunmeng Marsh area.

Even the provincial capital Star City of Xiang Province and the three towns of the provincial capital in E Province, two significant cities, have successively found signs of underground alien activity, causing a considerable level of tension and precaution in these areas.

Other cities in the Dongting Lake Area have also successively discovered alien tunnels being dug underground, with some cities directly becoming new battle zones.

In such circumstances, high command had no choice but to make the decision to have the troops withdraw.

"Withdraw the troops and open the defense line?" Chen Xin didn't quite understand and inquired of the generals in the command center.

They had just received the decision from high command to have the troops withdraw. This order greatly shocked Chen Xin, and he couldn't comprehend why high command would choose to do this. Withdrawing the troops would undoubtedly mean opening a path for the alien creatures, allowing them to drive straight into other nearby cities, which would undoubtedly cause significant losses to these cities.

Although alien creatures have already spread to nearby cities along the underground water layer, Chen Xin still did not see this as a reason to abandon the current defense line.

However, while Chen Xin didn't understand, the commanding general saw the situation a bit more clearly. He explained to Chen Xin, "Academician Chen, it's not that the nation wants to give up; it's that we have to withdraw now to readjust the defense line."

Saying this, the general brought up the map, pointing to the major cities around Dongting Lake that had been marked in red, and said to Chen Xin with resignation, "These cities are all vital economic and industrial cities in the two provinces surrounding Dongting Lake. Once invaded by aliens, the losses would be tremendous!

The withdrawal of the defense line is also to adjust defenses, with a focus on protecting these important large cities. Otherwise, losing these cities would not only mean losing a considerable part of industrial production capacity but would also affect a large number of people, having a very significant impact on the nation."

Hearing this explanation from the general, Chen Xin was able to understand somewhat, but he still frowned and asked, "But once the defense line is pulled back, the range we need to defend will expand. With the current military strength, we cannot fully block these alien creatures, can we?

Once they get past the defense line, with the reproduction rate of these alien creatures, they will expand quickly. What then will we use to stop their invasion?"

Chen Xin's concerns were not unfounded. The frightening reproductive ability of the alien creatures means that once they spread out, they would inevitably spread crazily to other areas, and at that time, the area requiring defense would not be just one but most of the nation.

"The problem is, even if we continue to hold the defensive line, with the current expansion method of the alien creatures, we still can't completely block their expansion!" The general couldn't help but show a wry smile, pointing to the cities marked in red on the map and said, "These cities are behind the defense line, and theoretically, if we block the front invasion of the alien creatures, these cities shouldn't be invaded; yet there are still traces of alien activity detected now.

Academician Chen, it's not that we want to withdraw now! We have no choice but to retreat, because if the alien creatures break through these cities like they did with Hong Lake, do you think we should drop a nuclear bomb in the city, or evacuate people like we did here to other places?"

The general's words left Chen Xin feeling helpless, as he wished he could immediately produce some ultimate weapon to kill all these alien creatures in one fell swoop.

However, the reality was that he couldn't.

Although he could create immensely powerful bombs or other destructive weapons, once such things are used, regardless of whether all alien creatures could be completely eradicated, the damage caused would be severe, and the consequences would have to be borne by humanity itself.

If it weren't the last resort, Chen Xin would not choose to resolve issues in such extreme ways.

Clearly, until things reached the worst-case scenario, there would be no reason to resort to methods that might have huge side effects.

But concerning other methods, Chen Xin had no leads or couldn't ensure the complete elimination of the alien creatures.

After all, the reproductive speed of these alien creatures is too exaggerated, plus they are all hiding underground; if all the mothers and embryos cannot be eradicated once and for all, eliminating the possibility of continued reproduction, it cannot be said that the threat of alien creatures is completely resolved.

This is undoubtedly unacceptable, because even if most individual alien creatures can be exterminated in a short time, given their reproduction rate, in three to two years, they would again reach the current scale or even more exaggerated.

Therefore, Chen Xin must guarantee an effective and lasting elimination of the alien creature threat, even if it does not mean extinction of the species, removing their threat to humanity is imperative.

"If only there was a way to kill them all at once. Even a nuclear bomb can't guarantee wiping them all out," Chen Xin angrily hammered the table, his face showing a gnashing expression of self-resentment for his helplessness in this matter. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The general couldn't offer him much comfort, just shook his head, called over a nearby aide, and began arranging the withdrawal of defenses.

After all, it's a defensive line encircling the entire Dongting Lake Area, determining where to withdraw, where to continue holding, what to withdraw first, what to retreat later, and where to retreat to—

All sorts of issues need coordination and control by the generals and aides, with countless things to do, leaving no time to console Chen Xin.

And Chen Xin was not in need of consolation; after a bit of venting, he regained his composure, left the command center, and headed to the biological research lab. He urgently wanted to get hold of the scientists' research data on the alien creatures to find a way to deal with them from these materials.