Half an hour later, the last task team evacuated. On the map of southern South America, there were 23 more detonation points marked in green. In just half an hour, the number of detonation points where nuclear bombs were successfully placed reached 23
, more than one-third of the planned total!
When formulating the plan, the problem of resettlement failure has been considered. Let alone one-third success, even only one-fourth can still meet the minimum standard of the plan.
On the afternoon of November 21, 2028, local time, the coalition command gave an order and more than 60 nuclear bombs placed at 23 blasting points were detonated simultaneously. All blasting points instantly caused landslides and ground cracks, and strong shock waves immediately spread in all directions.
, not long after, seismic networks around the world successively detected earthquake waves from South America.
The lowest magnitude of the earthquake was 7.3, and the highest was 8.5. The areas south of the Tropic of Capricorn in South America were all within the scope of the earthquake!
According to the plan of the joint command, the maximum magnitude should be controlled below level eight. Analysis believes that the excess magnitude of 0.5 comes from the superposition of shock waves.
After the earthquake, the swarms of insects hiding underground swarmed to the surface, and the number of giant insects on the surface increased more than tenfold in a very short period of time.
The space fleet was very busy now. Various artillery fires were launched at the same time, repeatedly covering the insect swarms with intensive firepower, and dozens of nuclear bombs were thrown out at one go.
At this time, the earthquake was not over yet, and the swarm of insects had no place to hide, and they suffered heavy losses immediately.
According to subsequent statistics, only one fire coverage was enough to kill 30% of the giant insects. Although the following several coverages did not achieve such good results, all the results were added together, and the continuous air strikes wiped out at least 70% of the giant insects!
Due to the continuous fire coverage, especially the large-scale use of nuclear bombs, the entire insect-occupied area was in a mess. It was not until two hours later that the South American coalition forces, which had long been prepared to march, began to arrive on the battlefield one after another. The coalition forces, advancing both by land and air, advanced hundreds of kilometers in one go.
, wipe out all the remaining giant insects on the ground, and there will be no insect swarms left on the ground.
This battle was the largest number of giant insects that humans had wiped out on the battlefield in South America. It was also the turning point in the complete decline of the entire South American insect swarm.
Not only were the swarms of insects on the ground severely hit, but the insects that didn't have time to crawl out were not much better either.
Aerial monitoring found that the first ground collapse occurred in the earthquake area 21 seconds after the nuclear explosion, and the second one occurred 13 seconds later. After that, a large or small collapse occurred every once in a while, lasting half an hour.
During the period, the entire earthquake zone collapsed more than a hundred times.
Analysts believe that under normal circumstances, earthquakes would never cause so many collapses. The reason for this result is that the insects hollowed out the ground, and every collapse is a collapsed insect nest.
The collapsed insect nest must have buried a lot of insects, but the insect swarm originally evolved from ants, and they are naturally masters at digging holes. Burying them may not kill the insects.
In order to eliminate the insect swarm as much as possible, the space fleet launched nuclear bombs into all the pits. The nuclear bombs dropped from the sky and went straight to the bottom of the pit. Hundreds of consecutive nuclear explosions caused a wave of small-scale earthquakes of about magnitude 6.
However, everyone knows that nuclear explosions are powerless against underground targets, and the coalition forces do not expect the collapse to do anything to the bugs. They only hope that the aliens will be buried underground, and that they will never be able to crawl out again.
Due to the insufficient magnitude of the earthquake and the failure of the earthquake area to cover the insect-occupied areas, many people were not optimistic about this action, but with the idea of taking a hit, no one stood up to oppose it.
Even if we fail to bury the aliens alive, we can make them aware of the danger underground and force them to the surface!
Although the idea was good, the aliens never showed up from beginning to end. This aroused the vigilance of the South American coalition forces. In order to prevent the resurgence of the insect swarm, the coalition forces comprehensively monitored the South American insect-occupied areas from four aspects: sea, land, air and space.
Then, there is no more.
The remaining giant insects on the surface have suffered heavy losses in the comprehensive siege by humans. They are getting worse day by day. It is only a matter of time before they are completely wiped out.
The underground insect swarms launched several small-scale counterattacks, but each time they were bombarded by the space fleet before they even made contact with the ground forces.
A few days later, not a single giant insect could be seen in the entire South America, not even a giant insect that did not belong to the insect swarm. No matter how you look at it, the anti-insect situation in South America has achieved a fundamental reversal.
However, the coalition forces did not dare to take it lightly and still maintained a tight defensive attitude. However, the situation was calm for more than ten days in a row. It seemed that the South American insect swarm and the aliens occupying South America might have been really killed.
This was a very unexpected result for the coalition forces. Many people could not believe it at all. So after waiting for more than a week, there was still no sign of recurrence. The coalition forces finally let go of their worries, and the coalition troops stationed in South America began to arrive one after another.
After the evacuation, in just a dozen days, the millions of South American troops stationed in South America were quickly reduced to 200,000.
Although the number is small, they are all quick reaction forces. With reasonable station distribution and the assistance of the space fleet, 200,000 people are fully capable of controlling the entire South America.
Unless the insect swarm suddenly breaks out on a large scale.
Some of the troops who left South America returned to the country, and some rushed to Africa.
The coalition forces really want to carry out a seismic operation in Africa, but the entire Africa except the Sahara is controlled by the insect swarm, and there is no way to replicate the success of the Americas. In the short term, humans have no hope of defeating the African insect swarm.
However, a combat plan against the African insect swarm is also being planned. The core content of this plan is to advance steadily step by step, concentrate troops starting from the north, and squeeze the living space of the insect swarm all the way south.
In order to deal with the insect nest, the coalition forces have also thought of many ways. The simplest is to detonate a nuclear bomb in the insect nest; you can also pour water into the insect nest near a water source; it is even simpler for places near the sea, just divert sea water directly.
Some people have even studied the situation in Africa and believe that all insect nests are located below the sea level, and it is completely possible to divert seawater back into Africa...
A very imaginative plan, but also too whimsical. The coalition would rather use asteroids to hit the African continent than use sea water to turn most of Africa into a salt-alkali land.
In addition to force, various countries are also actively seeking assistance from resistance organizations, hoping that the resistance organizations can provide a batch of biochemical viruses targeting giant insects.
This proposal has been proposed before, but the resistance organization did not agree due to various reasons. This time the resistance organization finally relented, but required humans to provide living giant insects, otherwise it would be difficult to provide viruses specifically targeting a certain species.
In order to obtain the virus as soon as possible, the delegation hoped that the resistance organization would send several biochemical technology experts to Beiyuezhou to study and manufacture it on the spot. Unfortunately, the resistance organization refused.
In desperation, the coalition forces had no choice but to order troops stationed in Africa to conduct a hunting operation and captured dozens of living giant insects. They were then sent into space as soon as possible and sent to Europa as quickly as possible.
