I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 806 - 704: The East Wind Brings Warmth

When Chen Xin was perplexed as to why someone among the top brass chose the conservative strategy of building a defense line in the Himalayas, the military’s offensive went rather smoothly.

Through seismic monitoring of the entire Dongting Lake Region, the military discovered that all extraterrestrial creatures were converging toward the far end of the tunnel, turning it into the battleground’s center and the most intense part of the conflict.

Thanks to the effective use of laser weapons and the unobstructed terrain inside the tunnel, Flame Country’s military quickly halted the alien creatures’ frenzied counterattack and gradually began to push back.

However, the alien creatures showed no concern for casualties. Despite shocking losses, they relentlessly broke through the tunnel walls, only to have their heads burned through by laser weapons the moment they emerged.

The tunnel was piling up with countless corpses, even reaching a point where the extraterrestrial creatures’ bodies blocked the tunnels they had dug around the tunnel itself.

In fact, the tunnel’s top was not breached, and since the alien creatures hadn’t dug through from that direction, countless bodies piled up there, showing a trend of accumulating upward after being filled to capacity.

One can imagine how many alien creatures died in this battle.

If this were above ground, it would be difficult to see the literal "pile of bodies like a mountain" scenario. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

But in this tunnel, even though Chen Xin initially considered the military’s advancement issues and expanded the tunnel diameter to twenty meters, it still got filled swiftly due to the high casualties of alien creatures.

With piles of corpses blocking the passage, the alien creatures were continually digging new tunnels along the tunnel path.

In response, the military took advantage of the situation by forcefully counter-pushing, then deployed their long-waiting counterattack forces into the tunnel, launching a counter-offensive along the paths dug by the alien creatures.

Although the military successfully pushed back, they still felt their strategic intentions were being hindered.

Their original plan was to dig through and access a large underground cavern located about fifteen hundred meters below ground, identified as the alien creatures’ nest via reconnaissance, and then destroy their breeding grounds to cut off troop replenishment.

But now, affected by the alien creatures’ reckless counterattacks, the military could no longer continue digging. Over fifty meters of the tunnel’s bottom filled with bodies, and the walls were full of openings made by the alien creatures.

Under these circumstances, it’s clear the original strategy cannot be continued.

Yet, the military was unwilling to give up on their initial plan, as they considered it far more effective than using ammunition to exhaustingly compete with the enemy’s reproduction rates.

However, it was now obviously impossible to continue digging as planned, forcing the military to modify their current plans.

Given the current situation, the military strategists could only think of continuing conventional tactical offensives, leveraging the advantages offered by laser weapons to break open the situation.

After all, even if someone plans to keep digging down, there are currently no suitable digging tools. It’s not feasible to put a tunnel boring machine back into the tunnel with nearly a hundred meters of corpses filling it and continue digging downwards, is it?

Apart from the corpse issue, the alien creatures periodically breaking through the tunnel walls and flooding in were an excruciating challenge.

If it weren’t for the effective combat performance of troops pushing back inside those tunnels and achieving substantial advantages that suppressed the enemy assault and improved situations where tunnels were periodically breached, the military’s offensive might have been affected by now.

However, there was another issue with conventional tactical attacks: the time factor.

Even though the tunnel had reached fourteen hundred meters underground, leaving only a hundred meters to the alien creatures’ nest, following through with the original plan to attack the nest would take the military at least a month to counter their way through the surrounding tunnels.

This is assuming a smooth offensive, but given the current insane counterattacks by the alien creatures and any hidden tricks they might have, an unexpected incident was almost a foregone conclusion.

Under these circumstances, the military had to consider an alternative route.

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"What? You’re asking me if there’s a way to get an object at least the size of a DF missile to penetrate the last hundred meters of soil and reach the alien creatures’ nest?" Faced with the inquiry from military officers, Chen Xin was taken aback: "What do you plan to do? Surely you’re not intending to drop a nuclear bomb down there, right?"

The military officer did not deny Chen Xin’s guess, simply responding, "That’s beyond what I can answer."

Hearing the officer’s response, Chen Xin could only pinch his nose bridge, giving up on finding an answer from him.

After all, even if the military did intend to deploy a nuclear bomb, it wouldn’t be known by ordinary officers, even if this officer was involved in important preparations for using nuclear weapons.

Yet, from the officer’s question, it seemed the military really was considering this idea.

Instead of spending a month slowly advancing, why not just send down a nuclear bomb and solve the problem directly?

Analyzing the current situation indicates that continuing with conventional tactical attacks would surely consume vast resources, valuable troops, and waste a lot of time.

If a nuclear bomb could be used, as long as it could successfully reach the alien creatures’ nest, its strategic power could effectively resolve the problem, saving on those consumptions.

Chen Xin put down the work in his hands, rhythmically tapping a finger on his desk, lost in thought.

The officer did not urge, standing in front of Chen Xin and waiting for his answer.

Chen Xin’s contemplation did not last long. He was merely weighing the potential consequences of using a nuclear bomb on the alien creatures’ nest, not pondering how to get a DF missile into the aliens’ nest.

"Modifying a DF missile to penetrate a hundred meters of earth isn’t too difficult. I can meet the military’s requirements," Chen Xin confirmed, emphasizing to the officer, "But the consequences and impact of a nuclear attack must be carefully considered. After all, the entire Dongting Lake Region’s underground is full of caverns and tunnels dug by extraterrestrial creatures. Whether they have damaged the area’s geological structure and whether a nuclear explosion might trigger geological movements...

These issues require careful consideration, as triggering large-scale geological activities would have unimaginable consequences. I hope you understand this point."