Chapter 183: Chapters 180, 181 The Last Resort (Extra for hbhbjibibio, the helmsman, and monthly ticket) Chapter 183: Chapters 180, 181 The Last Resort (Extra for hbhbjibibio, the helmsman, and monthly ticket) “What is that?”
On the front line, the soldiers saw with their own eyes these giant beetles moving swiftly through the minefield they had set up. Even if they stepped on high-explosive mines, getting flipped over or having their bodies blown apart, they still relentlessly charged forward.
“Boom!” A large red beetle crashed into a defense point, just like a big truck slamming into it, directly smashing a huge hole into the structure.
“It’s coming!” The soldiers continued shooting with rifles and heavy machine guns.
Bullets hit its carapace, producing metallic clangs, but only a few armor-piercing bullets could penetrate its outer shell, leaving a bloody hole.
Still, given its massive size and incredible regenerative power, such injuries were simply no problem.
“Help!” A soldier failed to escape in time and was bitten by the giant beetle. Its jaws, resembling industrial-grade pincers, snapped him in two, consuming and tearing at him.
Nobody else had seen such scenes, and they were terrified to the core!
The brave ones continued attacking, while the timid ones had already found places to hide.
“Tanks, armored vehicles, block them all! We must stop them!” Ishii Koji shouted, “Deploy all self-propelled artillery and cannons; focus on the beetles!”
He knew these bugs required artillery shells to be taken down.
Seeing the situation, Jonah ordered with a heavy expression, “Deploy the fighter squadrons for a carpet-bombing on the beach!”
Several fighter squadrons took off immediately, bombarding the beach non-stop. Explosions thoroughly covered the beach near the Rikugun River estuary.
Bai ying’s firepower proved effective, killing many of the subsequent beetles, and they barely managed to hold the coastal defense line.
“Taste this, bugs!” In the sky, fighter pilot Uematsu Yoshi pressed the launch button, dropping numerous bombs on the beach, blowing the beetles into pieces.
“Ammo depleted, returning to base for resupply!” He was about to return to the base when he realized his radar malfunctioned, and the communication channel turned to static.
He looked up to see a dense flock of Mutant creatures flying over, some of them emitting sharp cries, causing electromagnetic interference around him.
“My plane is malfunctioning!” Uematsu Yoshi was terrified.
In modern warfare, electronic warfare aimed to destroy the enemy’s satellites, radars, and communication systems first. The more advanced one’s electronic technology was, the better the advantage in electronic warfare.
Their aircraft had some anti-jamming capabilities, but this time they were fighting the Zerg!
*How did the Zerg manage to conduct electromagnetic interference?*
As he urgently operated his instruments, a Mutant bird flew straight at him.
In the nick of time, Uematsu Yoshi pressed the ejection seat button, propelling out of the plane. His fighter jet exploded violently.
Before he could even feel relieved, another Mutant bird swallowed him whole. In mid-air, he was completely powerless to resist, only able to watch helplessly as he was engulfed by a monster!
“Mutant birds spotted in the sky; fighter squadrons are being interfered with!”
“Beware of evasion; some creatures have electromagnetic interference capabilities!”
“Attention fighter squadrons, we are about to activate the air defense system! Countdown begins at ten seconds!”
“Ten, nine, eight…three, two, one!” As the countdown ended, the ground-based air defense missile systems activated, launching hundreds of missiles skyward, some prematurely detonated due to electromagnetic interference before even approaching the Mutant birds.
More of them hit the Mutant Creatures, making blood rain from the sky!
With such a dense barrage of anti-aircraft missiles, even with an enemy identification system, some fighter jets were still affected. More jets exploded, and pilots lost their lives.
Without air superiority, the giant beetles in the ocean resumed their assault on the beach defense line.
Red beetles could directly topple defenses and tanks.
Meanwhile, blue beetles could spit acid. An armored vehicle standing in front of a blue beetle got its armor, capable of resisting shells, corroded away immediately by a mouthful of acid. The soldiers inside were instantly impaled by its spear-like forelimbs!
“The red beetle is a Level 3 Zerg, and the blue one is Level 4!” He Xingzhou observed the battlefield and announced confidently.
“If this continues, they won’t be able to hold off the beetles!” Qin Peng analyzed, “Once we lose the land, the underwater defenses will inevitably collapse too.”
“Command center, the beach defense line has been breached; the coastal defense line is in danger! Request for fire support!”
“How many beetles are left?” Ishii Koji asked urgently.
“At least three thousand!” As the observer relayed this information, everyone in the command center turned pale.
Each of these giant beetles had combat power comparable to a high-grade armored vehicle, along with other Zerg and Mutant Creatures. With so many, they simply couldn’t hold the defense line!
“General Harvey, please assist us!” Ishii Koji urgently requested.
Harvey nodded and ordered, “All ships, prepare to launch missiles, targeting the beetles and the estuary area!”
At his command, the nearby warships opened fire, launching missiles over dozens of kilometers, precisely hitting those beetles.
Their missile technology was more advanced than Japan’s. Once the missiles from the battleships and cruisers landed, they could instantly blow the beetles to pieces!
“In the ocean—there are monsters there too, breaking through the underwater defenses!” The SOS message came through again.
At the mouth of the Rikugun River, giant eel-like Zergs, over ten meters long and two to three meters in diameter, were assaulting the underwater defenses.
The minefield was constantly triggered, killing many Zergs.