After the fleet took off, the soldiers finally had a chance to stop for something to eat and rest.
The airport was still shrouded in poisonous smoke, and the soldiers could only get into the armored vehicles in batches. Then, they waited for the armored vehicle's three-defense equipment to exhaust the poisonous smoke from the vehicle, and then took off their helmets to rest and eat.
The process was a little troublesome, but it was nice to have the opportunity to eat real food. Without armored vehicles, the soldiers would have to rely on liquid food to satisfy their hunger.
However, American soldiers do not like to eat liquid food. In their words, the taste is terrible, and the taste in the mouth is similar to that of salted snot, which is as disgusting as possible.
In fact, the taste of the liquid food used by the US military armor is not that bad. Not only is it full of nutrients and energy, but it also has broth, chocolate, peanut butter, fruit and other flavors to choose from. It’s just that the American soldiers are spoiled by Uncle Sam, so this happens.
situation.
The Pentagon also wanted to improve the taste of emergency liquid meals, but it had no idea how to improve it. Moreover, cost was also a big problem, so soldiers on the front lines had been cursing for several years but could not solve the problem.
As the time got later and later, several rows of emergency lights were lit on the airport, illuminating the inside and outside of the defense line. In the dark night in the distance, the figures of giant ants disappeared and appeared.
Whether at the front or at the base in Djibouti, the atmosphere was extremely solemn.
If the giant ants still maintained the living habits of ants, they would have returned to their nest to rest long ago, but the reality is that the giant ants have no intention of leaving at all. If it were not for the obstruction of the poisonous smoke, the ant colony would still rush to the defense line.
This is not a good phenomenon. The commander ordered the troops to save poisonous smoke bombs as much as possible. At the same time, he strengthened the front-line observation force and ordered the troops to report to the command center immediately if they found the ant colony approaching and apply for air support from the space fleet.
In addition, the construction work of the forward base must be carried out overnight, and machine gun towers, power grids and other defense equipment must be installed as quickly as possible.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night, but in order to ensure that the airport has sufficient defense, the commander arranged for one-third of the soldiers to rest, and the rest were divided into two waves, responsible for guarding and cleaning up respectively.
Under the cover of poisonous smoke bombs, the long and tense night finally ended. At dawn, the forward base built on the airport took initial shape, and the defense equipment was basically installed in place. The soldiers could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Then the soldiers were surprised to find that all the giant ant corpses outside the defense line had disappeared, and even the broken pieces had been picked up, leaving only some broken pieces of ant shells.
People who knew that ants have the habit of collecting corpses began to educate their comrades, and the soldiers couldn't help but marvel.
The climate in Morobeda is hot and humid. In this environment, the corpse of any living thing will decay at an extremely fast speed. If the giant ant corpses outside the defense line are not cleaned up, the result will inevitably be rapid decay and attract a large number of flies.
, breeding massive amounts of bacteria and a series of unfavorable developments.
Even if the ant colony does not collect the corpses, the US military will not sit back and watch the massive ant corpses naturally decay.
Probably because the battle on the first day was too fierce, the multinational forces were not in a hurry to take action. They spent the whole morning consolidating the base. All kinds of defense facilities were piled on the airport without any money. The transport planes and people did not rest.
They flew from night to noon the next day, delivering thousands of tons of supplies to the advance base.
At about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, clouds gradually formed over Morobida. The forward base and the Djibouti command center simultaneously entered a state of combat readiness, and a message requesting air support was sent to the Chinese base in advance.
The message was forwarded to the Tiangong, and the temporary fleet suspended over Africa lowered its suspended orbit and prepared to support the ground.
At around two o'clock in the afternoon, a downpour arrived as planned. The poisonous smoke that had been floating inside and outside the advance base for more than ten hours dispersed in response to the rain. The ant colony in the distance that had been stirring all morning finally found an opportunity and swarmed towards the temporary base like a sea tide.
The moving ants didn't run very far before they came together one by one, and the prototype of an ant ball appeared.
The synthetic aperture radar on the space battleship penetrated the dark clouds and keenly captured the changes on the ground. The commander gave an order, and the three battleships loaded artillery shells at the same time. The fire control equipment calculated the lead time and immediately launched a saturation bombardment on the rolling ant ball.
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The ant ball is still far away from the defense line. Even if the cannonball misses the target, it will not be able to hit the defense line. There is no need to worry about accidental damage. The space fleet exerts all its strength and smashes hundreds of cannonballs in one go.
This is the first time that the space fleet has carried out large-scale ground bombardment. Its density and intensity are unprecedented. If it were just to support operations in Africa, North Korea would not be able to spend such a large amount of money. The reason for this is to support the battle while also detecting the fleet's attack.
Ground saturation attack capability.
The streamlined cannonball fell much faster than the missile, and flew to the ground from outer space in a short while. The ant ball, which was getting bigger and bigger in the heavy rain, was gradually approaching the defense line. The cannonball falling from the sky suddenly hit the side of the ant colony, and the ant ball exploded.
teetering on the edge.
The flames of the explosion had just risen, and dozens of shells all hit the vicinity of the ant ball in a very short period of time. The explosion not only penetrated the ant ball and completely shattered the ant ball, but also the dense explosion that followed also shattered the giant ant ball.
The ants exploded to pieces.
The giant ants near the impact point of the shell suffered heavy losses in the shelling, with numerous casualties.
The soldiers from the multinational force were stunned at first, and then let out loud cheers.
The soldiers on the front line have no mind to care about the dirty things above. They can only see what is in front of them and know that the support of the Chinese Space Fleet is very strong.
The bombardment continues. Each ant ball fires a few shells. If it misses, it will make another round. The more concentrated the giant ants are, the better the bombardment effect will be.
The soldiers couldn't help but sigh, if yesterday's battle could have such precise artillery support, how could it be so difficult?
After the shelling that lasted for half an hour ended, the soldiers suddenly discovered that more and more giant ants were rushing toward the defense line, and new ant balls were forming.
Many soldiers had the same thought in their minds: Why did the shelling stop?
It's strange that the three warships in the fleet fired more than a thousand tons of artillery shells during this period, which has consumed most of the ship's inventory. Before supplies can be obtained, the remaining artillery shells must be left for emergency use.
Statistics after the war showed that the space fleet's bombardment destroyed more than a hundred ant balls, killing countless giant ants. In this half hour, only a few lucky ants had the chance to climb to the defense line.
However, escaping the bombardment is their last luck. As long as they get slightly closer to the defense line, the giant ants will be killed by large-caliber automatic machine guns, and the defense situation of the advancing base has been completely reversed.
The bombardment has not completely stopped. Once a new ant ball is formed, there will always be a shell falling from the sky to scatter the ant ball, but the scattered giant ants must be dealt with by the defense system.
