Chapter 249: Preparations for War
When Qiao Lu returned to the Shattered Dome base, the entire base poured out to welcome the hero's return, this battle really subverted the imagination of many of them, and it was also the first time that they realized that fifth-level monsters were not invincible.
The applause lasted for a long time, and the crowd was full of happy smiles, and it was really difficult for them to think of a better outcome for this battle of Hong Kong.
At the end of the crowd, Pantcoster slowly came up and said to Qiao Lu and Liu Peiqiang:
"After so many years of fighting, I've never seen a driver like you, no matter where you come from, this time it was an eye-opener for me. Well done! ”
The other mecha pilots behind Qiao Lu also showed admiring eyes, and they had also fought against a fourth-level monster ** in this battle, so they best understood how terrifying Qiao Lu's record was this time.
Not to mention anything else, just at the beginning of the double attack of the ridged turtle and the tailed standing mouse, the others had already been wiped out by the electromagnetic shock wave released by the ridged turtle, how could it be possible to be an anti-guest like Qiao Lu, and in turn hit the two fourth-level monsters in an instant?
As for being able to kill the fifth-level monster poison woman under the sea, that was something even more unimaginable for them.
At the beginning of the celebration, Pantcoster suddenly changed his words and said:
"As cruel as it sounds, we haven't had time to celebrate yet. Each mech has been damaged to varying degrees, with Cherno's Alpha, Dangerous Wanderers, and Eureka Raiders unable to fight again anytime soon, and monsters still gathering around the wormhole, currently numbering nearly three hundred, and once they start moving, we will be helpless. ”
So far, there are not more than 300 monsters that have accumulated on the earth, and all of them are monsters above level 4, and it is not uncommon to see level 5 monsters like the poisonous woman, and what has been repelled in this battle of Hong Kong is indeed an insignificant part of this monster army.
The five-headed monster almost caused the fall of the Shattered Dome base, so if these three hundred heads rushed up together, they would indeed have no power to fight back.
The heavy reality made everyone wake up at once, the crisis is far from being resolved, and the end of mankind has still not been reversed.
It's too early to rejoice, although the battle has come to an end, but the war has just begun!
"Start repairing the damaged mechs now and get ready for the next wave of attacks!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Pantcoster noticed that he was suddenly bleeding from his nose, and he hurriedly left the crowd with a handkerchief over his nose.
People were worried about whether there was something wrong with his body, but Mako, who was his adopted daughter, seemed to know from the beginning that Pantcoster's life was not long left.
On the other hand, Newton and Herman are also nervously dealing with the corpses of the monsters that died in this battle, to see if they can find the right monster brains for neural sympathesy connection, and maybe they can get some key information that will become the last hope for human salvation.
In the face of this apocalyptic catastrophe, the former enemies have come to a rare agreement, working together to find the monster brain that is not yet dead to carry out synaesthesia.
Luckily, there were five monster corpses in front of them this time, which greatly increased the success rate of their plan.
In the driver's lounge, Qiao Lu once again contacted the forward base of the Wandering Earth Expeditionary Force, and after this battle, he had a new understanding of the strength of the pioneer civilization.
An army composed entirely of monsters above level 4 may be much more terrifying than he imagined!
Qiao Lu said to Zhang Zhezhong, commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force: "General Zhang, have you received all the images of the Hong Kong campaign that I sent back?" What are your thoughts after reading it? ”
At this time, Zhang Zhezhong held a meeting with everyone in the staff department to discuss the combat effectiveness of each of the five monsters that appeared in the Battle of Hong Kong.
He said solemnly: "Their abilities are a bit unexpected to us, unlike the original idea that they mainly rely on physical abilities to fight, monsters above level four rely on their own special abilities to cooperate in combat, electromagnetic pulse, corrosive acid, elastic skin, ······ These are not abilities that normal creatures can evolve to. ”
"Yes, that's why they're biological weapons, not just savage monsters!"
Qiao Lu emphasized again: "If they send a few more monsters like the Ridgeback Turtle this time that can emit electromagnetic shock waves, then even I will not have any room to operate, and most of our weapons will be directly paralyzed by this electromagnetic pulse, it is obvious that this is the way that the pioneer civilization found to target human civilization." ”
Once the pioneer civilization found that this trick worked, then they were fully capable of matching one or more monsters that would emit electromagnetic shockwaves in every subsequent attack, which was enough to make humans feel very uncomfortable.
Zhang Zhezhong also realized the seriousness of the matter, he nodded and said: "At present, we will first prepare for electromagnetic pulse attacks, and try our best to continue fighting even when we cannot use computers." ”
Electromagnetic pulse is not impossible to prevent, 9.5 mm thick steel plate or 4 mm thick copper plate made of shielding cover, can provide a high overall shielding effect, the expeditionary force soldiers use steel suits have a special electromagnetic pulse isolation layer, as a very closed individual armor will not be so easily paralyzed.
However, this shielding is weakened by the presence of access doors and small holes for cables, connectors, switches, etc., so it is difficult for a bulky planetary engine fortress to completely isolate the effects of electromagnetic pulses.
As a result, they have to prioritize the protection of important equipment, such as prismatic towers, missile launchers, nuclear silos, and so on.
As for kinetic weapons such as cannons and machine guns, they should be operated manually as much as possible, and even if there is no computer, they can rely on manpower to fire and maintain combat effectiveness to the greatest extent.
It is not known what other killer features the pioneer civilization will have, and the uncertainty of this war has really been raised all at once.
Those monsters don't necessarily rush directly to engage in hand-to-hand combat, according to the biotechnology of the pioneer civilization, it is also possible to use special fourth-level monsters to carry out long-range bombing first, and the acid spitting ability of the tailed rat is a good example.
The combat power that hundreds of monsters above level 4 can form may be far beyond Qiao Lu's imagination at the beginning!