Nuclear explosions caused great damage to the insect swarm, but the power of nuclear bombs is too limited in space, and there are still more than half of the remaining insect machines.
Each ship has a lot of remaining nuclear bombs, but they are all nuclear artillery shells and not a single missile. But it doesn't matter, the artillery shells also have radio proximity bomb guidance, so just throw them at the location with the most bugs.
However, the aliens had just suffered such a big loss and immediately realized that the density of the insect swarm was too high. The remaining insect machines dispersed immediately, and the overall density quickly decreased.
The next few waves of shells exploded one after another, but the results were very few. At most, they destroyed a dozen or twenty insect drones, and the scene of killing hundreds of insect drones in one blast could never be repeated again.
When Ye Han on board the Leishan saw this scene, he felt a chill running from his head to his heels, and his whole body shivered.
He couldn't see what was going on inside the smoke screen. He could only see that his own firepower was getting weaker and weaker, and he couldn't help but feel more and more anxious.
But with such a long distance, he could do nothing but be anxious, and couldn't even say a word.
The situation of the human fleet is actually not as passive as it seems.
When artillery shells are unable to fight against the swarm, nuclear bombs are the fleet's last resort. No one dares to save ammunition at this time. Any nuclear weapons that can be fired will not be retained.
However, nuclear bombs are ultimately limited. Even if the warships dispatched to the asteroid belt have sufficient supplies, they cannot achieve full nuclear weaponization. Warnings that the nuclear bombs are about to be exhausted are flying towards the Beihai like snowflakes.
Duan Zhiyang, who had just arrived at the bridge, said expressionlessly: "Order each ship to launch smoke bombs. After the smoke screen opens, slowly evacuate the No. 3 base."
Everyone was astonished. The personnel had already withdrawn from Base No. 3, and now the fleet was about to withdraw as well. Is this the rhythm of completely abandoning Base No. 3?
This is a newly built space base, and it is thrown to aliens before it has been used for much. Is this really appropriate?
Several temporary staff officers were hesitant to speak. When one of them was about to speak, Duan Zhiyang waved his hand to stop him in advance: "No need to say anything, just execute the order."
At this point, the staff officers had nothing to say and could only pass on the order.
Each ship immediately carried out the order. Before the smoke bombs flew out of the existing smoke screen, they were already spitting smoke outwards, and the smoke screen area rapidly expanded outwards.
At the same time, the eight warships hidden in the smoke screen retreated one by one and slowly left Base No. 3.
In order to prevent the position from being exposed, Duan Zhiyang even ordered the ships not to fire sideways. All warships must fire forward. Even if the artillery fire is blocked by Base No. 3, they are not allowed to cease fire.
Duan Zhiyang said that all ships have radars. Even if they are in a thick smoke screen, they know where the No. 3 base is, and the possibility of hitting the No. 3 base is almost zero.
However, as the fleet retreats, the rain of flying bullets gradually concentrates forward. Except for the front, there are fewer and fewer shells in other directions, and the possibility of exposing the fleet's position is very high.
In desperation, Duan Zhiyang could only order each ship to reduce its rate of fire. As a result, the barrage of smoke screens that continued to fly became weaker and weaker. Only the nuclear bombs that exploded from time to time still showed that human resistance had not stopped.
However, nuclear bombs could not stop the swarm at all, or in other words, their simple brains did not know what fear and death were at all, so a group of swarm drones crashed into the smoke screen without hitting the south wall or looking back.
Each ship has been using radar to monitor the movements of the insect aircraft, and the monitoring results are shared by all warships.
Duan Zhiyang found that most of the insect planes flew towards Base 3, but about a quarter of them passed over Base 3 and flew towards the retreating fleet.
Thinking of Ye Han's report, the corners of Duan Zhiyang's mouth turned up slightly: "Notify all ships to speed up the evacuation and focus fire on the insect aircraft ahead. Be careful not to use nuclear bombs!"
The firepower of each ship was originally concentrated forward, but this time it was pointed directly forward, completely abandoning the up, down, left and right.
The firepower on the human side was highly concentrated. Although it was conventional firepower, it still completely defeated the chasing insect drones.
Through the radar, it was discovered that a large number of insect aircraft flew near Base 3 and then disappeared. Switching the signal from Base 3, I saw a large group of insect aircraft pounced on the base, waving their forelimbs and digging hard. Some of them landed earlier, and half of them were already there.
The body is embedded in the ground.
That’s almost it!
Duan Zhiyang said this in his heart, raised his head and shouted the order: "Detonate base three."
There was an uproar on the bridge, and everyone looked at Duan Zhiyang with horror in their eyes.
Duan Zhiyang was furious: "Why are you so dazed!"
The relevant personnel immediately came to their senses, carried out the order without hesitation, and sent out the detonation signal.
The signal flew to Base No. 3 via radio waves, turned into an electrical signal when encountering the antenna, and penetrated into the base, eventually activating the super nuclear bomb placed inside Base No. 3.
A ray of light suddenly appeared in the heavy smoke screen, and then the smoke screen dissipated, and the ray of light suddenly strengthened and turned into a dazzling bright light that bloomed!
It is so bright that even the sun is a bit inferior, but it comes and goes quickly, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Although the explosion was short-lived, the first half of the smoke screen had already disappeared, and the second half also quickly dispersed.
The good No. 3 base was completely destroyed in the explosion. None of the insect machines attached to the base or those close to the base were able to escape. The insect machines slightly farther away were also severely burned by the strong light radiation. Only a few escaped.
The bug machine in the distance survived, but its eyes were burned out by looking directly at the nuclear explosion.
They could no longer see their target and had no idea where to fly. The insect swarm suddenly became a mess.
With the technology of aliens, it is not difficult to cure their eyes. The problem at Base No. 3 did not escalate on the spot. Debris from Base No. 3 flew in all directions, and many debris hit the insect machine directly. The insect machine that lost its eyesight did not know at all.
He tried to avoid it, but the unlucky ones were smashed to death on the spot. The luckier ones were hit with a bloody head, broken bones and tendons, and he was left half disabled even if he didn't die.
Not only was the insect machine unlucky, but even the dozens of alien warships were not spared. They were more or less hit by rocks. Several alien warships that were relatively close to Base No. 3 were also affected by the aftermath of the nuclear explosion.
Two ships broke up on the spot, and several others were seriously damaged at least.
This is because the two sides are relatively slow. If the speed were faster, the result would only be more serious.
However, there were not no lucky bugs that were unscathed, but the number was pitifully small, only a few hundred out of a dozen.
This incident not only shocked the aliens, but also shocked Ye Han who was more than ten light minutes away.
Even though everything happened more than ten minutes ago, Ye Han still held his breath involuntarily, secretly praising Duan Zhiyang for being such a smart guy, he actually blew up the No. 3 base in order to deal with aliens.
