Wasteland Commander-Chapter 426 - 117: Weapons of Mass Destruction

The body rolled on the ground, and Liao Jinhua felt the air burning his lungs as he inhaled.

He couldn’t believe it—all was fine when he arrived, so why couldn’t they go back now?

Since when did aircraft carriers become so fragile, so easily destroyed?

The people around him were either unconscious or truly dead; no one could spare a thought for him now.

Liao Jinhua took a deep breath and struggled to climb up from the cabin, feeling that one of his legs was already useless.

But he was a Level 2 Mutant; he wouldn’t be easily defeated. Dragging a blasted leg, he stumbled and dashed out of the cabin onto the deck.

As soon as he exited, a pungent odor and thick black smoke made him cough involuntarily.

On the deck, destroyed carrier-based aircraft were scattered chaotically. Clearly, the pilots were in their cockpits, ready for battle at any moment, but now not a single plane could take off.

All the planes were charred, as if scorched by intense flames, with the pilots unable to escape, trapped forever in these wrecked aircraft.

"This is impossible! This can’t be possible!"

"How could this be done? How could the Dawn Army’s missiles have such power? How did they manage it?"

Liao Jinhua, dragging his injured leg, couldn’t believe the scene before his eyes.

He wanted to see more, to check if the planes in the hangar were damaged. Without the carrier-based aircraft, the carrier’s existence would lose its meaning; those planes were crucial for attacking Dawn Island.

But before he could act, the Dawn Army’s second missile came.

Not far away, a cruiser launched a dozen missiles in interception.

The familiar missile, the familiar composition, sped up again at the last moment, thanks to the Dawn Army’s tactics!

Boom~~~~!

The second missile struck the position of the carrier’s ammunition depot this time.

Not only did the missile explode violently, but it also triggered a secondary explosion in the carrier’s ammunition depot.

Liao Jinhua could no longer stand where he was, and his body was thrown into the air.

Screaming, he spun and fell into the sea.

In the process, Liao Jinhua glimpsed the condition of the carrier.

After taking two hits, the carrier was now ablaze with raging flames, and successive explosions had turned it into a fiery coffin.

Occasionally, soldiers who weren’t dead ran out, bodies black as coal, engulfed in flames, desperately jumping into the water, unable to be stopped.

Until he fell into the water, Liao Jinhua kept staring at the carrier’s tragic state.

It’s over!

That was his only thought, and it was too late for regret.

If only Crescent Island hadn’t gotten involved in Qin Han’s civil war, how great that would be.

Liao Jinhua didn’t even get a chance to utter any words, falling from a self-destructing carrier into the sea.

The countless mutant fish underwater would be the last creatures he ever saw.

.....

"Oh yeah! Hit it!"

Liu Te excitedly pumped his fist.

The two anion salt missiles did him the biggest favor.

Even he couldn’t believe it; two hypersonic missiles turned a conventional-powered carrier into a ghost ship.

Though the ship seemed unlikely to sink soon, it was already disabled, and the unchecked fire with no rescue efforts proved there were no survivors aboard.

This was the power of technology; otherwise, how could an aircraft carrier be so easily dealt with?

But this was just the beginning of the battle; the opposing carrier was destroyed, but many other warships remained.

Sink those cruisers and frigates, and the remaining transport ships would all be targets, their fate beyond their control.

Liu Te waved his hand, and the electronic warfare aircraft took to the stage.

He intended to completely disrupt this maritime area, leaving Crescent Island with no chance of communication with the outside world.

Soon, radars on the remaining Crescent Island warships started to malfunction.

Songs like "Black Cat Detective" and "Calabash Brothers" began playing through their audio systems and radar channels.

Their technicians rushed for emergency repairs and countermeasures, but it was too late.

The Dawn Army’s aircraft began to appear, and one missile after another, along with fleets of drones, took the stage.

The all-encompassing encirclement and annihilation officially commenced.

The Commander-in-Chief had already issued the order; for any combat-capable ships, surrender was not to be accepted, and escape was not an option.

So until the enemy was utterly broken and lost all combat capabilities, the Dawn Army wouldn’t stop.

When the swarm of aircraft and drones reached the skies above these radar-disabled warships, it was only a matter of time before Crescent Island’s invading forces were eliminated.

......

The enemy on Crescent Island was intercepted and annihilated, which seemed to have little impact on the overall situation as there were only two hundred thousand troops there.

However, in reality, it was of extraordinary significance because this was the only force that could directly threaten the homeland of Dawn Island.

Whether it was Jiangzhou or the Mountain River Base, directly attacking Dawn Island was not that easy.

Especially the Mountain River Base and Huaihai Base, whose three hundred thousand troops encountered their old adversaries again as they marched quickly from the north of the river.

The third field brigade of the Dawn Army had already set up positions here, and with the support of a large drone force, they engaged in a field positional battle with the forces from Mountain River Base.

When these two bases saw such a formation, they immediately felt a chill down their spines.

Back then, they had fought a long field battle against the Dawn Army and had been left with a deep psychological shadow.

Encountering this combat style of the Dawn Army again and hearing the drone’s buzzing, they couldn’t help but want to retreat.

Especially the veterans, who couldn’t help but start to flee, even when facing threats from the overseering squad.

Only some reckless new recruits initially resisted with apparent composure.

But these inexperienced new recruits still believed in concentrating forces, making them easy targets for drone bombings.

These drones were too cheap, costing 10 Gold each, and Ye Fan released them in tens of thousands at once, immediately teaching these naïve recruits a harsh lesson.

Often, an entire squad of soldiers would be completely incapacitated by a single drone.

And in this kind of field battle, the wounded found it challenging to receive timely aid.

The Mountain River Base and Huaihai Base, which had recently gathered some resources, acquired tanks, armored vehicles, and towed artillery; but under drone attacks, they suffered heavy losses and began fleeing in disarray.

Though calling these two bases a "miscellaneous crowd" might be somewhat inaccurate, the word "elite" was definitely beyond their reach.

After several engagements, not only did the alliance army from the two bases fail to breach the Dawn Army’s positions, but they also suffered significant losses to carrier-based aircraft from the Dawn Army’s naval battle group and fighters that took off from Dawn Island.

By around 8 a.m., the alliance army of three hundred thousand from the two bases had turned from a siege attack to a guerrilla warfare mode, much like what they had done in Qi Lu Province.

The commanders of the two bases reported embarrassingly to Chu Yuan, saying they were engaged in extremely difficult combat, not for lack of effort from the soldiers, but because the Dawn Army was too fierce. They hoped Chu Yuan could launch an offensive immediately to alleviate their pressure.

......

"Bah! Useless bunch!"

Chu Yuan was extremely annoyed at this moment as Crescent Island had lost communication and radio calls couldn’t go through, leaving him unaware of the situation there.

The distance was quite far, and he hadn’t reached Dawn Island yet, so he naturally couldn’t know what was happening on the vast sea.

Moreover, conditions at Dawn Island seemed like the Dawn Army had employed electronic signal interference, making all communication untimely. He didn’t even know if Liu Chang’s zombie horde was still fighting.

This feeling of being in the dark made him very frustrated, especially since the only reachable Mountain River Base folks hit him with another blow.

"Young Marshal, what should we do now?"

"Have you scouted the Dawn Army’s defensive situation?"

"The two carrier battle groups of the Dawn Army have set their positions at Celestial River, with aircraft patrolling beyond a hundred kilometers, seeming prepared for a decisive battle with us."

"What about the Army? What’s the current situation of the Army?"

"According to the latest reports, the Dawn Army’s two field brigades, along with an armored regiment and an artillery regiment, have settled on positions in the Jiangnan riverside area and are actively digging trenches, building fortifications with the engineer corps, appearing ready for a prolonged battle."

Hearing this, Chu Yuan felt a bit relieved.

His greatest fear now was a surprise attack from the Dawn Army; he wasn’t too worried about a prolonged battle.

"It seems the Dawn Army is cautious about launching an attack, likely intending to hold us off, concentrating their efforts on resolving the issues with Liu Chang and Liao Jinhua first."

After analyzing, Chu Yuan felt he couldn’t remain conservative any longer.

Now was the most vulnerable time for the Dawn Army. If he missed this opportunity, once the Dawn Army resolved the situations with Liu Chang and Liao Jinhua, his side would be at a disadvantage.

Though temporarily out of contact with those individuals, Chu Yuan wasn’t too worried, given the significant military and zombie force numbers the Dawn Army couldn’t win quickly.

Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of zombies and human troops, even rounding up a similar number of pigs would take the Dawn Army two or three days. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

It seemed it was time to attack.

However, Chu Yuan remained cautious and still refrained from launching an assault from the water route.

On the land side, with the thirty base cities assembling hundreds of thousands of troops, he decided to have them launch an upfront assault first.

"Leader Song, I hear your Army unit is one of the country’s finest. Are you confident in breaking the Dawn Army’s defenses?"

At the temporary battlefield command post, Chu Yuan inquired of Bashu leader Song Yuguo.

Hailing from Bashu, Song Yuguo became immediately excited upon hearing this.

"Rest assured, Young Marshal. I can’t speak for other things, but our Bashu Base’s Army is definitely second to none in the country. This time, in the attack on the Dawn Army’s positions, leave it to us."

"Oh? The Dawn Army is not a simple opponent, are you confident?"

"Young Marshal, I, Old Song, never fight unprepared battles. The Dawn Army has cards, but so do we. This time, I’m bringing Ye Fan a grand gift."

"What is it?"

Song Yuguo let out a cold laugh: "Weapons of mass destruction, gas bombs!"