Wasteland Commander

Chapter 48: The Shockwave of the Mushroom Bomb


Looking at this scene, Ye Fan remembered the use of Mushroom Bombs during last century's wars, with a blast radius of about 1.5 to 2 kilometers.

This radius of 500 meters indeed made it less powerful, but it doesn't matter, as long as you have the money, you can keep bombing!

This explosion's effect was very significant, killing over ten thousand Sea Monsters, making the Sea Monsters under this section of the city wall unable to muster further attacks, drastically reducing the threat.

Ye Fan decided to strike while the iron is hot, prepared to spare no expense in deploying self-destructive trucks, aiming to eliminate and clear out the major Sea Monster forces here as much as possible.

Truck after self-destructive truck quickly exited the city, and upon finding a suitable location where it wouldn't impact the city wall, would decisively explode.

Each time costing two hundred thousand Gold, the speed of burning money is incredible, but so is the enemy-killing effect.

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On the distant sea, several aircraft carriers were parked there.

One of the carriers was flying the flag of Crescent Island.

This carrier originally had thirty-five fighter jets, but after the aerial battle, only fifteen jets remained.

Most of these planes were inside the hangar, and their carrier had another task, which was to receive the planes involved in the Prison Break.

The Commander here had just spoken with someone, and the Prison Break action achieved unprecedented success—every target of the rescue was saved!

This was a great victory, managing to rescue people from under the Dawn Army's nose, they had every reason to be proud.

In the control room of the carrier's island, a Crescent Island officer was conversing with people around him.

On the screen before them, the situation of the sea battle at Dawn Island was being broadcasted.

This footage was captured by a long-range unmanned drone, which used to exist in large numbers before the apocalypse, though most were damaged, some were still functional.

In ordinary times, these drones wouldn't dare approach Dawn Island, but now, with the defense battle at Dawn Island in full swing, nobody was paying attention to their drone, enabling carefree filming and live broadcasting.

Within the footage, it was vaguely visible that some Sea Monsters had climbed onto the Dawn Army's walls.

Although quickly repelled by the Dawn Army, this indicated a very dangerous sign, perhaps next time or in subsequent attempts, the Dawn Army couldn't withstand it.

"Mr. Meng, I think you can inform the Grand Duke that Dawn Island is on the brink of collapse, our mission is about to be completed, and we ask the Duke not to forget his promise."

Mr. Meng, who was Yu'Er's boyfriend Meng Qinghe, was not completely assured, and cautiously replied, "I think we should continue observing, after all forging a Crescent Island as an independent nation is no small feat, and the Duke wouldn't agree lightly."

"No no no! Previously you didn't say that, if not to become an independent nation, why would we exert so much effort? Offending Ye Fan isn't amusing, you must not go back on your word, otherwise, you're throwing us into the fire, if Ye Fan is defeated, that's one thing, but if he still retains power, we might be in trouble."

With a wave, Meng Qinghe reassured, "Island Master Zhang, I think you're overthinking it, after all, Crescent Island has never been aligned with Qin Han, everyone is barely surviving during the apocalypse, and nobody will focus on these matters now."

"Not necessarily, I believe the apocalypse will eventually end, not to mention, the Dawn Army's combat strength is formidable, just looking at those Sea Monsters terrifies me, if they attacked Crescent Island, we would flee outright, yet the Dawn Army holds steady. Give them a bit more time to develop, they might indeed end the apocalypse, and perhaps order will be restored then."

Meng Qinghe snickered, "Indeed, the Dawn Army is too strong, so they must be eliminated, now is the time for their downfall, so don't worry, Island Master Zhang, the Dawn Army's destruction benefits everyone, and you'll get what was promised."

The so-called Island Master Zhang, Crescent Island's base leader, fell silent, his eyes fixed on the screen.

He knew that not just him, leaders from Jiangzhou, Footbath Chicken, Shanshen Country, White Eagle Country, Rakshasa Country, and neighbors of Dawn Island, like Quan Ting Base and Yungang Base, were watching the battle through various channels.

They all hoped to see the Dawn Army's defeat and Sea Monsters landing on Dawn Island.

Ye Fan's power had expanded too fast, messengers of world nations couldn't wait and decided to nip the danger in the bud.

Although initiated by Jiangzhou, Crescent Island folks, Footbath Chicken folks, people from Shanshen Country, and Ye Fan's neighboring bases, Quan Ting and Yungang, had reached a consensus to eliminate Ye Fan and the Dawn Army.

And they were determined to succeed, failure was not an option.

The operation was extremely covert, avoiding use of radio or similar means, even the Military Intelligence Bureau did not intercept any information, indicating their seriousness.

Now, finally the moment of harvest had arrived, Sea Monsters were rampaging, ready to break through the Dawn Army's blockade.

Just as everyone was full of confidence, predicting victory, the unexpected happened, as the surreal occurrence unfolded.

A huge fireball exploded, a terrifying mushroom cloud ascended.

At first, people thought it was an air bomb or a large thermobaric bomb, but soon realized it was not.

Neither of those bombs could cause such vast damage and destruction—a thousand-meter diameter zone was cleared, that terrifying mushroom cloud rose to several kilometers in altitude.

Everyone was reminded of the Mushroom Bomb.

Yet it didn't look exactly alike, as this explosion didn't match the power level of a Mushroom Bomb, clearly two levels lower.

But whatever it was, it left countless people speechless.

"What... what is this thing?"

"No way, no way! Could the Dawn Army have brought out the Mushroom Bomb?"

"It's terrifying. As part of the Foot Basin Chicken, we hate these Mushroom Bombs the most. Why does the Dawn Army have these things?"

"It's not a Mushroom Bomb; this mushroom is a bit small. However, an ordinary bomb doesn't seem to reach this level. What's going on? What are the intelligence department people doing? Don't they know about such major events?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Duke. Maybe the Dawn Army only has one... should not..."

Before the words were finished, the second and third small Mushroom Bombs continued to bloom among the Sea Monster group!

If the explosion of the first small Mushroom Bomb made the surrounding forces quite lucky, then the subsequent Mushroom Bombs completely shattered their slightest feeling of luck.

At this time, the sky was slightly bright, and the explosion of the Mushroom Bombs was particularly conspicuous.

The rapidly expanding fireballs appeared so magnificently on the beach, swallowing up those terrifying Sea Monsters within their range.

From south to north, Dawn Island stretches about twenty kilometers long. Explosions of Mushroom Bombs have already occurred numerous times within such a long range.

One or two may still allow people a bit of luck, but the appearance of so many small Mushroom Bombs completely made people despair.

Such bombs, the Dawn Army could actually mass-produce them!

What consequences would occur if these were dropped by bombers onto human cities?

People couldn't help but shiver just thinking about it.

Some people had already started regretting becoming enemies with Ye Fan.

As for the battlefield situation, after the continuous release of Mushroom Bombs, it finally completely reversed.

These Mushroom Bombs not only have strong destructive power but also have terrifying high temperatures. After ten consecutive explosions, the beach seemed like a barbecue grill.

The air around was filled with a wave of heat that could scald people to death, and oxygen was almost depleted.

This is terrifying for humans, let alone these fish.

Ocean Giant Beasts can leave the water and stay on land for a long time, but they cannot live on land permanently.

Without oxygen, they are fundamentally still fish leaving the water.

In an instant, the beach was filled with thrashing Ocean Giant Beasts.

They struggled desperately, wriggling, trying to return to the sea.

But unfortunately, they were too far from the coastline, four or five kilometers, which has become an insurmountable barrier for them at this moment.

The more they bounced happily, the larger their size, the more disadvantageous they were.

Those huge humpback whales and others flapped a few times and ended up dying due to lack of oxygen!

And those great white sharks, tiger fish, dolphins, walruses, and others soon followed suit.

Then the writhing electric eels and sea snakes couldn't hold out much longer either.

Contrarily, octopus-like soft-bodied animals managed to live longer.

Also, those marine creatures that always lingered by the sea managed to survive.

In just ten minutes, the previously earth-shaking battlefield turned eerily quiet.

On the beach, a large number of Mutant Beast carcasses lay there, some still twitching physically.

The sea breeze blew in, dissipating much of the post-explosion heat wave, and oxygen gradually returned, but these Ocean Giant Beasts could no longer be brought back to life.

The situation behind the city wall was much better. After continuous explosions, Ye Fan quickly realized that oxygen was about to be depleted and immediately ordered everyone to retreat.

Because the city wall blocked most of the impact wave from the explosions, the other side of the wall was not much affected, and the soldiers could still breathe.

Patiently waiting on this side of the wall, listening to the crazy thrashing outside the wall, everyone exhaled deeply.

This also made everyone realize that Ocean Mutant Beasts still have weaknesses: they cannot leave the water for too long, and explosions and burning can have very good effects.

These are experiences, valuable experiences. With these experiences, Ye Fan believes that if they encounter Sea Monster attacks again, their performance will definitely be much better than now!

No matter what, they won this island defense battle!

The Sea Monsters have retreated, and the Dawn Army successfully thwarted the enemy's plot.

As Ye Fan breathed a sigh of relief, he prepared for the next action.

These people plotted against his island, daringly taking part in a Prison Break, really thinking he doesn't have a temper.

The Dawn Army has upgraded to division-level units, requiring a military operation to establish authority.

Next, someone must pay for this incident!

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