Chapter 44 Beast Tide (2)


Chapter 44 Beast Tide (2)

Due to the approach of the beast tide, Jiang Chen recalled the SCVs in the mining area and the protective mecha troops to be on the safe side, shrinking his sphere of influence to the limit.

The transmission tower brought from Jiangnan Base City was also erected above the base’s protective wall under the emergency construction of SCV.

After continuous expansion and reinforcement, the scale of the base's protective wall has been continuously increased. It has reached more than ten meters thick and more than a hundred meters high. It is completely composed of high-strength alloy. Even a king-level monster cannot stop it. Penetrate with one blow.

This kind of specification is very close to the protective wall outside the regular base city.

Perhaps lord-level and king-level monsters can still have enough ability to jump over high walls and rush into the base city, while monsters below lord level can only pose a threat to the inside of the city wall by climbing up the wall by stepping on the corpses of the same kind. .

Just relying on this strong high wall gives people a sense of security.

Although, with the current scale of the base, it is a bit of a luxury to spend so much material to build a protective wall, but when it is further expanded in the future, these materials can be recycled and reused, and the loss will not be much, so it is not considered a waste. on waste.

Only by surviving the first wave of attacks can we talk about the future.

In the base city, hundreds of SCVs are standing ready, ready to perform emergency repairs on defense lines, buildings, equipment, and combat mechas.

——Under the control of Jarvis, SCV barely has the ability to repair the [Boxer] mecha in an emergency. Although it is not as useful as a professional 'repairer', it is completely sufficient for emergency use.

Considering that we are facing a tide of beasts this time, rather than hunting high-level monsters, among the 180 combat mechas, except for eight 'guardians' and four 'snipers', The rest are all equipped with [Tearer] rifles, pursuing higher range and rate of fire.

Anyway, among the beast tide, most of them are low-level monsters below the lord level. No matter what weapon is used, as long as it hits the vital point, it will kill instantly with one hit. Range and rate of fire are the most important.

Power is not that important.

It is enough to have a few ‘snipers’ who are responsible for killing possible lord-level or planetary first- and second-level monsters.

If there is a planetary monster of level 3 or above, it will be left to Jiang Chen to deal with it.

The day after Jarvis's report, sporadic monsters began to appear around the base.

Jiang Chen was not polite and gave Jarvis a direct order. There was no need to save ammunition. Once a monster approached within the effective range, he would kill it directly.

In a few days, many ‘heads’ were also captured.

They were all worthless beast-level monsters. Jiang Chen didn't bother to send a mecha team to recover the materials, so he just threw them in the wilderness.

But soon, these monster corpses were devoured by other monsters.

In the room, Jiang Chen saw this scene through the surveillance camera, and immediately showed disdain, muttering: "As expected of a beast, he will eat even the corpses of his kind..."

"Master, Received a call request from Congressman Jia Yi." Jarvis's voice rang. In the past two days, Jia Yi had called more than ten times in a row.

Among the other senior leaders of the major forces, those who were slightly close to Jiang Chen also called many times to inquire about the situation here.

The gathering of a large number of monsters on the central plateau of South America has obviously attracted the attention of many people.

"Please pick it up for me and tell him that if he needs help, I will contact them as soon as possible." Jiang Chen said casually.

At first, Jiang Chen still had the patience to deal with a few words with others, but with dozens of phone calls a day, Jiang Chen really couldn't bear it, so he simply asked Jarvis to imitate his tone and voice to deal with it. . A moment later, Jarvis's voice sounded again: "Master, Congressman Jia Yi reminded us that the beast tide in the eastern rainforest has gathered and is coming here."

"What about the scale? "Jiang Chen asked.

In the rainforest, satellites cannot take clear pictures because the forest blocks the view.

But as long as the beast tide leaves the rainforest, it is not difficult to estimate the approximate size of the beast tide through satellite monitoring.

"Between 500,000 and 600,000, there is currently no trace of the king-level monster in the rainforest, but we do not rule out the possibility that it is lurking and preparing to make a surprise attack in secret." Jarvis quickly reported Said: "According to the speed of the beast tide, it is estimated that one hour Entering the attack range of [Hurricane] rockets."

"Five to six hundred thousand...and the formation is not too dense, the killing effect of [Hurricane] rockets may be reduced..." Jiang Chen looked at the picture on the big screen and suddenly had a headache.

These days, even monsters have become smarter. When attacking human base cities, they often maintain a relatively loose formation to prevent a large group of them from being wiped out by weapons of mass destruction at once.

You don’t need to go too far. Each monster should be kept at least thirty meters away from each other. Ordinary artillery shells and rockets can only kill a dozen or even a few monsters at most.

If you are very unlucky, you may not even be able to kill a single monster.

Even weapons of mass destruction such as cloud explosive bombs and tactical nuclear bombs will have a sharp reduction in their killing effect in this loose formation.

Unless strategic-grade nuclear weapons are used, hundreds of thousands of beasts can be wiped out at once, but weapons of that level are also a big threat to humans themselves, and they are generally not forced into desperation. , rarely enabled.

However, the monster's strategy immediately made Jiang Chen feel uncomfortable.

Jiang Chen has a total of hundreds of thousands of rockets in his hands, which is the main force that causes large-scale destruction to the beast tide.

Of the 600,000 beasts, at least 80% of the beasts must be wiped out to ensure that the remaining number of beasts is within the range that the mecha team can handle.

With less than two hundred mechas, it is already the limit to deal with a beast tide of about one hundred thousand.

No matter how many, the combat effectiveness of the mecha is sufficient, but when it is necessary to protect the base and cannot adopt "kite tactics", the speed of wiping out the beast tide is absolutely not enough.

On paper, it seems that one rocket can kill four or five monsters to complete the task. It does not seem difficult.

But in fact, as the monster tide continues to be eliminated and the density decreases, the killing efficiency of rockets will also decrease rapidly. If you want to suppress the number of monsters to a small enough level, you must do it from the beginning. Just pursue the highest killing efficiency.

"Master, wait until the beast tide gets closer before attacking. Our base is not big. Once the beast tide approaches, the formation will inevitably become denser." Jarvis suggested.

The current base can only be regarded as a small base, covering an area of ​​more than two thousand acres.

This number may seem large, but in fact, in the face of a beast tide of this size, it can only be regarded as a very small target.

If the monster tide wants to attack the base, it will inevitably move closer to each other after reaching a certain distance and change into a dense formation. Otherwise, most of the monsters can only act as spectators.

At that time, the lethality of rockets can be maximized.

Jiang Chen nodded slightly and said: "As you said, wait until the monster gets closer before fighting. However, the maximum distance is 30 kilometers. Any closer and the risk is very high."

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