CHAPTER 322: CHAPTER 145: NUCLEAR FREEDOM UNLEASHED (PART 2)

Lei Jie’s words fell, and Chen Jian nodded thoughtfully.

"No wonder they had Wang He guarding the nuclear arsenal."

"So, with the nuclear warheads we’ve found that are likely still usable, what is the total yield we can achieve?"

"Currently, I see there are a total of 46 warheads still usable."

Lei Jie counted on his fingers as he spoke:

"Among them, there are 4 with yields above 3 million tons, all mounted on the Dongfeng-41."

"There are 6 with yields above 1 million tons, 20 with yields between 200,000 and 300,000 tons, and the rest are small tactical warheads, with yields roughly between 20,000 and 100,000."

"I feel it’s more than enough."

"Damn, are you boasting? No matter how strong the Beast Tide is, can it withstand a 3 million ton nuclear warhead?"

"The comprehensive damage radius of this thing can reach over 10 kilometers, one hit, what monster can withstand that?"

"Now we have 46, plus what Shen Yue brought back from Huangshan and the Air Force Tenth Division Base, probably over a hundred."

"With these warheads, we have more than enough to create a 50-kilometer radius around the Jinling Ruins."

"I don’t believe there’s any monster that can break through this circle."

Lei Jie spoke with confidence, but Chen Jian poured a bucket of cold water.

"Are you underestimating those monsters? They’re not brainless zombies."

"The small Beast Tide attacking the Imperial City is ironclad evidence. It’s obvious that each of their attacks is planned and premeditated."

"We must remain cautious, no matter how many nuclear warheads there are, they must be used wisely."

"Got it, got it."

Lei Jie laughed and said:

"Respect tactically, underestimate strategically."

"So, what do we do now, retreat first?"

"No."

Chen Jian slowly shook his head.

"The second wave of the Beast Tide is already headed this way. If we leave now, the tens of thousands of civilians inside the Imperial City won’t be protected, and the route for migration south won’t be opened."

"We have to solve this problem and conduct an experiment in the process."

"With nuclear warheads in hand, how can we not use them?"

"There’s an ’invisible’ Whale Catfish moving in the south of the Imperial City."

"This ’potentially Rank-1 monster’ definitely deserves a nuclear strike."

"I want to see if we can... give it a big one."

....

The distance from the underground facility to returning to the Holy Blood Temple is by no means short.

Moreover, the Imperial City doesn’t have the large number of mechanical equipment, albeit basic, but at least usable, like the lands ruled by the Mechanical God Sect, making it challenging to transport the enormously heavy nuclear warheads.

After all, a 3 million-ton nuclear warhead weighs nearly two tons, and with its outer containment vessel, the total weight exceeds four tons.

Without large machinery, moving this batch of items isn’t easy.

---- But fortunately, the Holy Blood are never short of strength.

If one person can’t carry it, then two, three, or ten people will.

While the young are naive and don’t know how to use tools, they have immense strength.

After nearly four hours, Chen Jian led the city’s Holy Blood to move out most of the warheads they could carry, then without a moment of rest, immediately used various vehicles from the convoy to transport the warheads to the designated deployment points.

"....According to previous reconnaissance reports, the Whale Catfish is active in the northwest area of Jinmen. Combining this with the activity patterns of this batch of beasts and the Beast Tide, no matter where it is, it should be moving towards the Imperial City."

"The latest discovery by Fu Xi shows a landscape change area around the original Anci District. Based on the line connecting the two areas of landscape change, this monster’s moving speed is roughly 5 kilometers per hour."

"So now, it should be around the Langfang area, moving within a 30-kilometer radius."

"We don’t need to wait for it to show itself a second time. What we need to do now is detonate a nuclear warhead within its possible range and see if a strong electromagnetic pulse can force it out."

"This will be an important experiment. If it proves that strong electromagnetic pulses can affect the monsters in the Beast Tide, our subsequent reactions will be much simpler."

"However, we must also be prepared to fend off the enemy."

"We need to deploy at least four 300,000-ton nuclear warheads in the 50-kilometer area between the Imperial City outskirts and the Langfang line, using four circles with a radius of about 5 kilometers to block the monster’s advance route."

"At the same time, we need to set up howitzers and tank guns within the city, collecting all possible long-range weapons, and pre-aim them in the direction the monster might appear."

"Additionally, all residents within the Imperial City must be prepared to evacuate. If the defense line fails, everyone must quickly evacuate northwards, while we need to maneuver south, drawing the monsters away."

"That’s basically the plan, understood?"

"Understood!"

After Chen Jian’s debrief, everyone immediately took on their respective tasks.

Utilizing the already established mesh network base stations, Huang Meng drove a truck carrying a nuclear warhead, already unlocked with a key, to the designated deployment site, while two other trucks, also loaded with nuclear warheads, remained on standby.

The truck advanced, taking just an hour and a half to reach the deployment site.

Following this, Huang Meng operated the truck to remain on standby, while the others busied themselves making various electromagnetic pulse protection devices in the simplest way possible, preparing to shield all critical electronic equipment in the city.