Liu Huaidong had given the order to Geng Lei a long time ago. Geng Lei was completely free to decide the launch timing in this situation, so a series of missiles were launched into the air one after another. After making a nearly ninety-degree turn in the air, they plunged directly above the submarine.
Into the water.
The torpedo is indeed a deadly weapon that has been used underwater for more than a century. After entering the water, it rushes towards the alien submarine at an extremely fast speed. Soon after, several huge water columns rise into the sky.
However, after the water column subsided, Liu Huaidong was shocked to find that there was nothing unusual about the alien submarine underwater!
This made him very angry. Didn't all the torpedoes explode?
"Check it for me!" Liu Huaidong could hardly suppress the anger in his heart.
The staff department's investigation was very fast, and the results were sent to Liu Huaidong within a short time.
It was a video from the Qionghe. From the video, you can see that although the torpedo rushed towards the enemy ship, it did not hit the target, but exploded some distance away from the target.
Liu Huaidong couldn't believe his eyes: "What on earth is going on?"
Chief of Staff Zhang Chen said: "After analyzing the video, we found that after the torpedo entered the water, there was a blurry shadow blocking the torpedo. It should be the anti-torpedo method of aliens."
Liu Huaidong had a headache: "When did aliens know how to counter torpedoes? Are they... uh, are they insects?"
The aliens definitely don't have decoy bombs or anything like that, but they do have giant bugs, and they are giant bugs that are 100% obedient and will never compromise on orders.
The giant shrimp is extremely fast and flexible underwater, making it a natural anti-torpedo giant insect.
Liu Huaidong sighed helplessly: "Is there any news about the Qionghe?"
"Yes!" Zhang Chen said, "The Qionghe said there was no guarantee of destroying the enemy boat."
Liu Huaidong's head hurt even more: "Then let's fight as planned, but the orbital elevator should stop for a moment and ask the superiors immediately for instructions. The aliens have brought light bugs. Should we evacuate the orbital elevator first?"
"I think it's okay." Zhang Chen said, "It's only been twice today, and again and again, and not again, and again, and again. If the enemy really destroys the orbital elevator, we won't be able to explain it."
The Equator Base cannot be said to be impregnable, it is even impregnable, and it will not be easy for aliens to break in.
But the orbital elevator is different. This thing is high above the sky, and the cable leads all the way to outer space. As long as a thin light is swept over, it will immediately break.
The purpose of the Equator Base is to guard the orbital elevator.
Liu Huaidong immediately contacted Beidu, explained the situation of the base in the most concise language, and finally requested the evacuation of the orbital elevator.
Beidu had long known about the situation at the Equator Base and was also considering whether to evacuate the orbital elevator. While hesitating, they received a request from Liu Huaidong.
Realizing that the situation was worse than imagined, Beidu decisively ordered the evacuation of the orbital elevator.
There was also a sky train on the elevator at this time. After receiving the order to stop running, the train immediately turned off the brakes and was firmly fixed on the cable.
At the same time, the ground began to unlock, the huge locks were unlocked one by one, and the space station in the synchronous orbit started its engine and began to change its orbit to a higher orbit.
The heavy ground end slowly rose under the pull of the cable, and the speed became faster and faster. After a while, it became an inconspicuous dot outside the clouds.
There is one person in the base, even an ordinary soldier can breathe a sigh of relief and put his heart hanging in the air back into his stomach.
The first task of the base garrison is to protect the orbital elevator. Now that the elevator has been withdrawn, this task automatically ends. The current task of the garrison is to defend the base.
There is one base in the entire Equator, and no one thinks that aliens can invade.
It's not that the soldiers are too confident, but that the Equator Base has the confidence.
Let’s just talk about the fierce fighting at Sidan Port. Although the fighting was fierce on the walls and below, in fact, the defenders did not use their full strength at all. Except for a few rounds of artillery fire when they first landed, they didn’t even use cannons now.
In addition to the small weapons on the wall, there was also the Qionghe's laser, which worked seamlessly with the air and ground to suppress the insect swarm on the beach.
Want to rush into the port? Okay, first rush to the beach, then wade through the minefield, and then fill in the moat... Well, at this point, the insect swarm can probably jump on the protective wall, but can it jump on it?
It's hard to say. The soldiers on the wall don't live for free. Maybe the aliens have to use the corpses of giant insects to level the wall before they have a chance to set foot in Xidan Port.
But building a protective wall is the most difficult task. There are cannons in the base, grenade launchers, mortars and massive amounts of explosives in the port. Why can't we blow up the piled-up bugs?
It doesn't matter even if the insect swarm attacks the port. Sidan Port is not only a port, but also a satellite city of the Equator Base. The interior of the port is the same as the base. Defense issues were given priority when designing. There is no shortage of bunkers and bunkers in the port, as well as underground passages.
The scattered underground fortifications are connected together, and the battle can continue after retreating underground.
Also, aliens are better at digging holes than humans. Taking this into account, all underground fortifications are reinforced with reinforced concrete and composite armor, and there is even a layer of high-voltage power grid added to the outer layer. Want to dig through the concrete layer? Difficult!
Having said that, the aliens' target is the equatorial base. They can completely bypass the Sidan Port and attack the base directly.
Well, anyone who thinks this way must not know the situation here.
The core of the Equator Base is the orbital elevator. Everything revolves around the orbital elevator. With the ground station as the center, a radius of five kilometers is the absolute control area of the base.
Within this range, all vegetation has been cleared, and not even a blade of grass grows.
The military has built various permanent fortifications, trenches, bunkers, communication trenches and various living facilities in the controlled area... Mentioning these, anyone who has a certain understanding of the military will definitely think of the Maginot Line.
Yes, the base's defense system does refer to data from the Second World War. It is said that these things have long been abandoned by human wars and are all outdated and unsuitable for modern warfare.
However, nothing is absolute. During the alien invasion of Europe, many Gauls withdrew to the Maginot Line of Defense, relying on the defense line to resist the insect swarms and achieved astonishing results.
This battle example also provided new ideas to countries around the world. What is practical is the best. The Maginot Line did not achieve anything in World War II, but it does not mean that it cannot resist the swarm of insects.
Therefore, all countries have more or less built permanent fortifications at important strategic nodes, and the Equator Base is the product of this idea.
Moreover, all countries are more thorough than the Gauls in history. Take the Equator base as an example. The fortifications alone are not enough. The open spaces between the fortifications are all buried with mines. The dense mines almost cover the open space, and you can't even find a place to set foot.
The transportation between the fortifications is entirely through underground passages.
An underground tunnel that can withstand nuclear explosions!