NOVEL NEXT Chapter 271: Lies
Mountain City, Ground.
Standing on the rooftop of the tallest building, overlooking the surging Yangtze River below, Chen Jian asked:
"Is the demolition point arranged?"
Hearing his words, He Shuo replied beside him:
"Everything has been arranged."
"Two nuclear bombs of the two-million-ton class, one near the Changchun Bridge on the Jialing River, and the other near Wangjia Creek upstream on the Yangtze River."
"The explosions at these two locations can simultaneously damage the above-ground and underground water systems. According to estimated effects, it can at least reduce the water supply inside Mountain City by 30%."
"However, the effect is limited in duration."
"Two days—or at most three days, and the flow will recover."
"Nature's resilience is still very strong...this is our limit."
As the words fell, Chen Jian slowly nodded.
"It's enough."
"A 30% reduction in water volume, resulting in a cooling effect decline of at least over 50%."
"Theoretically, Mountain City should lose over 40% of its computational power, which would be devastating for them."
"Taking advantage of the window period of computational power loss, we can also try a strong attack underground."
"Regardless of the result, at least we clear the path first."
"Understood."
He Shuo slowly nodded, then said:
"I will let Guo Xu handle it—this batch of Church Protection Army can be put to use."
Chen Jian's eyes flickered slightly, he looked at He Shuo and asked:
"Will it cause unnecessary casualties?"
"I mean, those Church Protection Army lack experience in close combat and are not easy to adapt to new weapons."
"Sending them in is almost no different from filling the line to die, right?"
"There is still a difference."
He Shuo spread his hands and replied:
"I will arrange for the expeditionary force to cooperate with them, to maximize combat effectiveness and enhance safety."
"This is also a refinement for them, sacrifice is necessary."
"Understood."
Chen Jian slowly nodded.
Then, he ordered:
"Then prepare for demolition."
"We can't afford to delay—quickly solve the problem in Mountain City to quickly enter a period of rapid development!"
"Received."
He Shuo saluted solemnly, then turned away.
Chen Jian stayed in place for a while. Through the drone's perspective, he saw the expeditionary force executing the hoisting and demolition placement tasks at the actual scheduled demolition point.
Most of these people didn't really understand the massive destructive power of the weapon they were setting up.
Even those who did understand didn't grasp why the commanders of the Huaxia Army wanted to place such a weapon in such a location.
But they had cultivated the habit of following orders.
No need to ask why, just follow the orders!
Executing orders is the most effective way to survive.
The speed of everyone was very fast, completing the deployment of the nuclear bomb in less than an hour.
The detonation device was tested and good to go, then everyone withdrew back into Mountain City.
Two hours later, the team's personnel all arrived.
Led by He Shuo, the group orderly entered the underground civil defense works serving as temporary shelters.
This was the most dangerous moment, if Mountain City launched a sudden attack during this gap before the nuclear bomb was detonated, everything underground might not escape unscathed.
Therefore, Chen Jian didn't waste any time.
Once he confirmed the personnel were all present, he didn't hesitate for a second, immediately pressing the detonation button with He Shuo.
A moment later.
"Boom----"
The sound of a violent explosion came from afar, the strong shock wave causing the isolation doors in the civil defense works to bang loudly.
The Church Protection Army, who had never seen such a grand scene, gathered together in fear, chaotically discussing the big explosion unfolding outside.
However, Chen Jian didn't give them time to panic.
He just silently watched the time on his watch, counting two minutes, confirming that the impact wave had dissipated, then he immediately gave a new order.
"He Shuo!"
"Count the personnel!"
"Prepare to organize an attack!"
"Understood!"
He Shuo's voice came from a distance, followed by a series of command orders being issued.
Guo Xu, long prepared, called each by name, quickly mobilizing a team of nearly 50 people.
At the same time, the expeditionary force led by He Shuo also split off thirty people as a spearhead squad neatly arranged at the exit of the civil defense works.
"Move out!"
At Chen Jian's command, the unmanned combat units used for reconnaissance set off first.
The expeditionary force followed closely, while the Church Protection Army, in a loose formation, fell behind.
Everyone made their way out of the underground works. When they returned to the surface, what they saw had already changed in appearance.
In the distance, the large-yield nuclear bomb had blown open two large gaps at the weakest points of the riverbank.
Water flowed out through the breached river channel, spilling into pits at the side of the river channel, then flowed further to lower points.
Under the erosive action of the water flow, the high-speed water continuously expanded the breach, while the displaced and pushed soil and rocks aptly compressed the original river channel, forming an almost "natural" earthen dam.
For a time, the downstream of the two rivers was almost cut off.
Seeing this scene, everyone was dumbfounded.
For them, this was the power of moving mountains and filling seas.
But now, such power was truly displayed before their eyes.
The team they were in seemed to have also become a part of this power.
He Shuo deliberately had everyone reform into ranks on a platform, and conducted detailed combat deployment.
He wanted everyone to see the process of the river waters gradually drying up, that was the effect he wanted.