dmims Chapter 212 Continuing the Expansion
Chapter 212 Continuing the Expansion
Looking at the report marked in red everywhere, Lorraine felt a chill run down her spine, and her mind was screaming wildly.
"I've fully adopted unmanned equipment, so why am I still facing a manpower shortage?"
The current situation is very similar to the infrastructure game he played back then. When entering the expansion phase, there is a shortage of manpower, resources, electricity, and everything else. There is almost nothing that is not lacking.
However, things are different now compared to the game; at least he doesn't lack food or electricity.
Four large-scale floating wind power generation systems have been deployed in Ain, and the supporting energy storage arrays have also been completed.
Thanks to the discovery of several ports and the presence of a hydroponic farm on their flagship, they are no longer short of food.
The same applies to Hongfeng Island, where food is plentiful thanks to a large number of durable canned goods, vertical farming, and carbon dioxide-based starch synthesis technology.
The only vessel capable of production at present is the offshore platform equipped with two secondary nanocores, but at this moment, that ship is assisting the flagship in its upgrades.
"Sigh, I'm going to go up on deck for some fresh air, what do you say?"
"Leave the design of the supply ship to me."
Seeing Ouyang Nian's confident demeanor, Lorraine quietly breathed a sigh of relief, then turned around and left the bridge, appearing on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship.
Lorraine took two steps forward and came to the hangar elevator between the two island superstructures, staring blankly at the city not far away.
After sitting on the deck for fifteen minutes with the sea breeze blowing, Lorraine activated the intelligence system.
【1.坐标：-32.463426，137.709332处，地表下方43.2米处有不明生物活动，转移倒计时：7天23小时18分】
[2. At coordinates 138.665981, -34.980195, there is a large reservoir inside the mountain, storing abundant biological resources.]
[3. At 338 degrees northwest, 270 kilometers away, deep in the bay, lies a heavy industrial city. Surrounding it is a large sea salt factory and four mines of varying sizes and mineral resources. The area beneath the mines is safe.]
【4.坐标：-23.024132，132.648926处，巨石阵系统正在被攻击，预计28天15小时42分后弹药耗尽而毁。】
Lorraine looked at the coordinates of the first intelligence report and felt that they looked somewhat familiar. After entering them into the data panel, a dried-up lake appeared before Lorraine's eyes.
After zooming out slightly on the map, Lorraine could clearly see that it was near the heavy industrial city mentioned in the third intelligence report.
Just as he was preparing to send the command aircraft to conduct reconnaissance, the last piece of intelligence caught his attention.
After entering the coordinates again, the blank area around them triggered his memories.
"Stonehenge System"
Lorraine murmured the somewhat familiar word, and memories associated with it surfaced in her mind.
"I hope it's as I think, but if that's the case, the intensity of the attacks it will have to face won't be small."
Looking at the countdown of almost a month, Lorraine wasn't in a hurry. It would be best to wait until the flagship reached its full form before dealing with the problems here.
Bringing her thoughts back, Lorraine focused her attention on the dried-up lake.
He then stepped onto another bridge.
Due to the special role of this type of amphibious assault ship, the bridge near the bow is responsible for commanding naval aviation, while the bridge near the stern is responsible for commanding landing forces.
After entering the command center, Lorraine contacted the airborne command aircraft that was on standby at Airport No. 2 via a high-power antenna. At the same time, Lorraine also instructed the logistics robot to load heavy bunker-buster bombs onto the Qianlong fighter jet.
Once the airborne geophysical pod was installed, the command aircraft took off from the runway and headed straight for the dried-up lake.
Then Lorraine mobilized the PCLD-12 130mm vehicle-mounted electromagnetic guns that were on standby around Aion City, along with some airdroppable unmanned combat units, to the airport.
When the first batch of unmanned combat units was airdropped to the small airfield west of Port Post, the command aircraft had already discovered traces left by the underground creatures.
Looking at the familiar tunnel, Lorraine sighed heavily, then returned to the landing command center and shared the information with Platinum.
"What we saw underground at the naval base before was probably something like this, and it looked like something was moving down there."
Platinum, disregarding his curiosity, decisively gave the mechanical dogs the order to attack.
The unmanned combat group then began emergency mobilization.
On the second day, before sunrise, just as dawn was breaking, 40 vehicle-mounted electromagnetic guns and two connected unmanned combat units totaling nearly 500 had arrived at the scene.
After the sun had fully risen, six mechanical dogs appeared beside the dried-up lake.
The weapons carried by these six robotic dogs did not change much; the most noteworthy aspect was the ammunition transport vehicle that arrived with them.
In addition to kinetic energy penetrators, external rocket pods, and anti-tank missiles, the vehicle also carried a considerable number of white phosphorus incendiary bombs.
Meanwhile, a number of thermobaric bombs were stockpiled in the artillery positions behind them.
Once the unmanned combat group was in position, the airborne command aircraft once again flew over the lake, providing an update on the latest situation underground.
Subsequently, four Qianlong fighter jets fully loaded with bunker buster bombs appeared in the nearby airspace.
[Laser irradiation complete, location confirmed, attack can commence.]
Upon receiving the signal, Attack No. 1 fighter broke away from formation, circled at a low angle, and quickly arrived at the attack starting point.
As the engine noise gradually increased, three bunker buster bombs detached from under the fuselage. The nose-mounted seeker controlled the tail-mounted rudders based on the reflected pulse laser signals, guiding the entire bomb toward its designated location.
"puff!"
Three plumes of smoke rose from the dried-up lakebed as three massive bunker buster bombs, carrying terrifying kinetic energy, easily pierced through the dried-up mud and sand at the bottom of the lake and crashed into the unknown creature below.
0.2 seconds later, the time-delay fuse was activated, and three massive bunker buster bombs exploded 30 meters deep in the ground. The shockwave from the explosions traveled through the dried soil to the bottom of the lake, kicking up clouds of dust.
Meanwhile, the unidentified creature spiraling downwards was also severely injured and rolled around underground.
As the smoke and dust dissipated slightly, three more pulse lasers were pointed at the collapsed pit. Then Attack 2 left the formation and dropped three heavy bunker buster bombs.
This time, however, not only did it kick up a cloud of dust, but it also blasted out an unidentified creature that was severely injured.
However, the creature that sprang from the ground was not as ugly as Lorraine had imagined.
Its body surface is covered with a thick, slightly shiny white keratin layer, beneath which lies pale pink flesh.
Its splattered blood did not cause any abnormality on the ground, unlike when it encountered insects with highly acidic blood.
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