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Chapter 532 Railgun Sweep!
Han Niba glanced at him and said:
"I know I can't hurt them."
"But it can distract them!"
"While they are busy dodging lasers, the missile penetration rate can be increased by a few percentage points."
"Even if it only kills a few hundred more low-level demons, it's worth it!"
Without further hesitation, the staff officer immediately issued the order.
A few seconds later, in geosynchronous orbit 36,000 kilometers away, the laser emission arrays of three military satellites were activated simultaneously.
The high-energy beam penetrated the atmosphere and swept back and forth in the airspace above the Freedom.
The extremely fast beam of light posed no fatal threat to those afterimages.
But it does add another thing that they need to focus on dealing with.
Just as a demon lord dodged the laser, he was a fraction of a second too slow and was blown apart by a conventional rocket twenty meters to his side.
It didn't break through the defenses, but the shockwave knocked it off course by more than ten meters.
A small gap was visible in the air raid shelter netting.
The hypersonic missile that was biting behind instantly pierced through the hole and plunged into the pile of monsters on the ground.
A flash of white light, and a mushroom cloud rose from the ground!
"Breakthrough successful! Target hit!"
Han Niba remained expressionless as he glanced at the star chart's orbit:
Where is the "Kuafu" spaceship?
"Near Earth orbit, cutting directly above the Freedom."
"Let it bombard us downwards with its plasma cannon!"
Upon hearing this, the staff officers nearby exchanged glances.
How to shoot a moving target from space to the ground?
Those seventh-tier demon lords move thousands of meters per second, and the plasma bullets falling from their orbits have a delay of at least several seconds, so the probability of them hitting the target...
It's basically like throwing a coin into the ocean with your eyes closed.
Han Niba seemed to see through their thoughts and said calmly, "If you can't hit the big ones, then hit the ground."
"Those little ones won't run away."
"The weapon's just sitting idle anyway; what if I happen to hit a high-level demon?"
The staff officer thought about it and realized that made sense.
Instruction uploaded.
In near-Earth orbit, the massive Kuafu spaceship adjusted its attitude, and the plasma main gun under its belly began to charge.
Blue and white light converged at the muzzle of the cannon.
Seconds later, a thick plasma beam cleaved down from space, tearing through the atmosphere and slamming into the edge of the Freedom wreckage.
They didn't hit any of the level 7 beasts.
But the beam of light that descended from the sky burned dozens of demons who had just crawled out of the ruins to ashes.
Although it's "bonus damage," the effect is quite good.
The Kuafu began firing continuously at fixed intervals, each shot aimed at the densely populated area of demons on the surface.
As for personal safety?
There's no need to worry at all; in fact, they'd love for a seventh-tier demon to come after them.
Once the spaceship gets going, even a seventh-tier being can't catch up.
"Report! The armies of Tianxiong and Tianyong Dungeons have arrived at the target area!"
As the soldier loudly reported, everyone's eyes turned to another large screen.
The friendly forces' blue insignia, resembling a circle, surrounds the several locations where the demons have appeared.
An older staff officer frowned and said:
"It's too risky for the army to just go like this..."
"Those are seven seventh-tier demon lords!"
"We do not have any combat units that can directly confront a Tier 7 enemy."
"What if they stop intercepting missiles and turn to attack our ground troops..."
He didn't finish speaking, but everyone understood what he meant.
The consequences could be disastrous!
This army has a total of 18,000 people, plus various unmanned machines and armored vehicles, making a total of 110,000 combat units!
However, such immense power was no different from paper in front of a seventh-tier demon lord.
Another staff officer shook his head upon hearing this, his tone sharp:
"What can we do then?"
"Are we just supposed to stay holed up in our underground cities and watch helplessly as they spread across the entire planet?"
"Those demons are pouring out of the wormhole every minute. If we don't surround them, it will be too late once they spread out."
Han Niba listened to these discussions and sighed:
"Hopefully, things won't get to the worst."
Upon hearing this, several staff officers seemed to realize something, and their eyes flickered slightly.
They knew what that army had brought with them.
Unlike the various races of Terra, the Great Xia did not have many powerful individuals who could directly confront high-ranking demons.
Humanity's advanced combat capability is zero.
Therefore, other things will naturally be prepared.
That's something that would never be used unless absolutely necessary.
……
Antarctic ice sheet.
The vanguard army's armored columns have completed their final deployment.
Inside the command vehicle, the temperature remained constant at 22 degrees Celsius, a world apart from the hellish, icy winds outside that were below -40 degrees Celsius.
Zheng Jinren, the frontline commander of this large army, sat in his command seat, his military uniform crisp and his gaze calm yet sharp beneath his deep-set eyes.
The two stars on his shoulders flashed briefly in the dim light inside the car.
On the two-meter-long sand table screen, the situation map of the entire Freedom ship ruins is updated in real time.
Our troops' blue arrows have completed the encirclement from four directions.
Four blue arrows circled the four known demonic exits on the ruins of the Liberty, placing them right in the center.
The innermost edge of the encirclement was less than ten kilometers from the central bombing zone.
From afar, one could see dense flashes of explosion light on the horizon, and rockets and meteors were constantly streaking across the sky.
Occasionally, a few missiles streaked across the sky with long trails, and some fireballs could be vaguely seen falling.
Those were the wreckage of a missile intercepted and destroyed by a seventh-tier demon lord.
Zheng Jinren stared at the situation map for three seconds, then spoke, his voice carrying into every combat unit.
"All troops, enter combat readiness!"
"Open fire at will upon detection of demons!"
"We absolutely cannot let any of them escape."
"Understood!" the sergeants replied in unison.
Then, Zheng Jinren added:
"Immediately release underground detectors and deploy them along the entire line to focus on monitoring underground activities."
The Demon race has a unit called the "Giant Drilling Dragon," which is enormous and can burrow at high speed through underground rock formations.
If this thing manages to slip under the encirclement and emerge from behind, then the encirclement is a joke.
After the order was given, the engineering teams in all directions began to move quickly.
One nail-shaped seismic probe after another was driven into the frozen soil, spaced several hundred meters apart, evenly distributed along the inner side of the enclosure.
The detector began working soon after entering the ground, transmitting the collected vibration data back to the command vehicle in real time.
110,000 combat units.
That sounds like a lot, but to stretch it into a circular enclosure with a circumference of tens of kilometers...
To be honest, it's as thin as a sheet of paper.
On average, there are only about two thousand combat units per kilometer of frontal area.
The total number of soldiers was only a little over ten thousand.
After deducting logistics, technical, and command personnel, the number of people who can actually carry a gun is even smaller.
Fortunately, this is not an army that relies solely on manpower.
In the sky, various types of armed helicopters patrolled back and forth inside the encirclement, serving as a rapid response force.
The drone formation maintained a constant altitude of 100 meters, with the reconnaissance drones spread out in a fan shape at the front and the attack drones waiting in the rear.
The two underground cities together have nearly 30,000 mechanical dogs scattered throughout the defensive line, working in conjunction with various armored vehicles, tanks, and soldiers to defend the area.
More than 300 "Rock" six-legged platforms serve as fire support nodes.
As for the fifth-tier robots, they were also dispersed, serving as flexible and mobile units.