There was no problem in the upper reaches of the Huangsha River. Ye Han turned his attention to the lower reaches and unsurprisingly found a group of wolves on the north bank. He couldn't help but worriedly asked on the radio: "Old Bian, can the lower reaches be defended?"
"I don't know either." Bian Ge replied, "Just do your best and follow fate."
Deployment of defenses along rivers is nothing new. As early as the beginning of the insect disaster, the military used naturally formed rivers to build an insect-proof network to firmly limit the expansion of giant ants' power and prevent the ant colony from getting out of control.
In order to defend against giant insects, the military conducted a comprehensive understanding of river systems across the country and formulated corresponding defense plans. For this purpose, the military blew up not only 10,000 but also 8,000 bridges, except for the main bridges.
No discussion on dropping it.
However, the basis of all the military's river bank defense lines is that the water volume of the river system is large enough. Even if it does not reach the level of natural chasms like the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, it must at least be a hundred meters wide and a water depth of five feet. Otherwise, hard conditions must be met.
Insects can cross the river wherever they want. What is the use of the so-called river bank defense line?
Bian Ge never thought that he would encounter such misfortune one day. How could a shallow river stop a swarm of insects?
The problem is that these words are too depressing. Even if everyone is like a mirror in their hearts, he, the leader, cannot say it publicly. Even if he really can't hold it back, he has to wait until he can't hold it back.
The insect swarm arrived so suddenly that many citizens living on the north bank had no time to evacuate. Staying by the river could buy residents on the south bank enough time to evacuate.
Furthermore, there are deserts everywhere to the north of Shayuan, and there are almost no cities or villages. However, there are many densely populated towns in the Huangsha River Basin. Once it is fully attacked by the insect swarm, it will suffer heavy losses.
The troublesome place is not just the source of sand. To the south of the Huangsha River Basin, the desert gradually decreases, the vegetation becomes more and more, and the density of the city becomes higher and higher. More importantly, it cannot be found within more than 300 kilometers to the south.
Any river with hydrological conditions suitable for defense deployment.
Once the insect swarm breaks through the Huangsha River defense line, the insect swarm will be able to gain strategic depth of more than three hundred kilometers wide from north to south and five to six hundred kilometers long from east to west, posing a huge threat to this area.
Ye Han's current military rank is lieutenant colonel. He is considered to be a high-ranking officer in the army, but he is still a mid-level officer. Even though he only understands the tactical command of small units due to the special organization of the uniformed troops, he also understands some strategic aspects.
considerations.
How can we stop the swarm?
Even if the insect swarm is successfully covered with firepower, it is impossible to drive it all out. It is unrealistic to completely wipe out the insect swarm. Looking at the current situation, the most appropriate way is to prevent the insect swarm from moving south.
While Ye Han was thinking about it, he moved his gaze upstream. When he saw the construction machinery in the middle of the river, an idea suddenly flashed in his mind: "Old Bian, is there a hydropower station upstream?"
Bian Ge was startled for a moment, then suddenly realized: "I'm busy, please contact the garrison headquarters!"
"Okay!" An excited Ye Han sent a message to the garrison headquarters: "Commander Yu, is there a hydropower station in the upper reaches of the Huangsha River?"
"Yes, there is one." Commander Yu replied in surprise.
Ye Han was so excited that he almost jumped out of the car: "Commander Yu, immediately contact the hydropower station to open the gates and release water to raise the water level of the Huangsha River to prevent the swarms of insects from crossing the river!"
Commander Yu was happy and surprised at first, with a grimace on his face and speechless.
There was no movement on the radio, but Ye Han was anxious: "Commander Yu? Commander Yu?"
"I'm here!" Although Commander Yu was bitter, he still decided to tell the truth, "Captain Ye, we are in a semi-desert area."
Ye Han was slightly startled: "I know, what's wrong?"
"If the reservoir is drained, what will so many people drink?"
Ye Han was speechless. He couldn't solve this kind of problem.
It is said that the insect swarm is pressing closer, and the northern capital will probably evacuate all the people in Shayuan City. However, no one dares to take this guarantee before the order is issued. What if there is no place in the north to accommodate the evacuated people, or the military guards the Yellow River?
What about the Shahe Defense Line?
When hundreds of thousands of people are without water, who will bear the blame?
Ye Han changed his mind and asked again: "What about the inflatable dam? Is there any more?"
"I don't know. You have to ask the city government about this..."
A dull whistling suddenly penetrated Ye Han's ears. He suddenly raised his head and looked in the direction of the whistling. He was not sure whether the sound came from a rocket or a missile.
The possibility of it being a plane is very small. It's not that Ye Han is smart and can hear the difference with his ears, but the time is too short. The airport takes time from receiving the order to arranging the plane to mount the bomb. From reporting the situation to now
In less than ten minutes, it would be considered good if the bomber could be dragged out of the hangar.
Those on combat readiness duty are all fighters. Although they also have ground attack capabilities, the ammunition load of the fighters is limited. Unless a fleet is dispatched, the ammunition they carry will not be enough to cover the insect swarm on the north coast.
Ye Han's sharp eyes quickly caught several fast-moving black spots in the sky. He activated the telescope function of the armor and took a closer look. Sure enough, they were a group of slender things. Unfortunately, missiles and rockets looked similar, unless they were launched.
I had seen it before, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to tell what was flying above.
To be honest, he didn't care about what was in the sky, he only cared about whether it could kill the bugs.
The unknown group of things in the sky were extremely fast and flew over the sand source in the blink of an eye. Insects have never had air defense capabilities, so the rockets and missiles used to deal with giant insects have no terminal maneuverability at all. More than a dozen big ones can
Then they fell straight from the sky, and they didn't smash them together, but dropped one at a certain distance along the north bank of the Huangsha River. The bullets broke into two halves before they hit the ground, and the bullets hidden inside were scattered in the wind.
The distance was getting closer and there was a suitable reference object. Ye Han understood the size of those things as soon as he saw them. These were missiles and not rockets!
Nothing else, these big guys are too thick, long-range rockets are thinner and longer, much slimmer than missiles.
The first bomblet fell into the insect swarm. Ye Han suddenly saw an inconspicuous explosion in the insect swarm. Then the place where the explosion occurred was filled with fire rain, and every raindrop dragged a white smoke trail towards the 480
The main spread is like a huge white chrysanthemum suddenly blooming on the battlefield. Every wolf hit by the raindrops jumps up and down like ants on a hot pot, and even bites its companions and jumps into the river to commit suicide.
Ye Han blurted out: "White phosphorus bomb!"
A large piece of white phosphorus bomb fell to the ground. On the north bank of the Huangsha River, countless white chrysanthemums were in full bloom. The fire rain representing death enveloped the insect swarm. The insect swarm ran away like wolves and wolves. However, there were fireworks left by incendiary bombs everywhere on the north bank, and countless people had no way out.
The escaped wolves died miserably on the north bank, and the burning smell even crossed the Huangsha River and penetrated into the nostrils of the defenders on the south bank.
