Kryptonians: Man of Steel

Chapter 1188: Crisis in Financial Street
"Using nuclear bombs to bomb their own country, especially next to the capital."

The President rubbed his forehead and smiled bitterly.

He understood that this decision would make him a sinner in history, but he also knew that this was their only possible effective response strategy at the moment.

"I will definitely be recorded in history, but I hope it won't be a record that will be remembered forever."

He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, and then gave the order: "Bring in the black suitcase No. 1."

The black briefcase No. 1, a mysterious object symbolizing the country's highest military power, was now carefully carried into the command center by two fully armed soldiers.

The President silently opened the briefcase, and inside lay the key to activate the nuclear weapon.

He stared at the keys, his heart filled with complex emotions - fear of the unknown, loyalty to the country, and desire for peace.

“May the Lord forgive us!”

The President prayed softly, then resolutely pressed the start button.

At this moment, he seemed to hear the whole world's breathing stop.

In the missile silo, rows of huge missiles were like sleeping beasts that were awakened. With a deafening roar, they cut through the sky and headed straight for Manhattan Island.

These missiles are not ordinary weapons, but are equipped with the pinnacle of human technology - hydrogen bomb warheads.

Unlike traditional atomic bombs that use nuclear fission to release energy, hydrogen bombs use nuclear fusion reactions to simulate the energy release method inside the sun. Their power is great enough to destroy a city.

As the missile passes through the atmosphere, its speed gradually increases, and the friction with the air produces dazzling light and intense heat waves.

From the images sent back by the satellite, one can clearly see the missile dragging a long trail at the tail, like a comet across the night sky, foreshadowing the coming disaster.

At this moment, the whole world seemed to hold its breath, waiting for the irreversible moment.

As the missiles approached Manhattan Island, their flight trajectories were precisely calculated and adjusted to the optimal angle to ensure maximum energy release.

Then, deafening explosions sounded, accompanied by strong light, and the whole sky seemed to be lit up. The energy generated by the hydrogen bomb explosion is not only visually shocking, but also an extreme challenge to the laws of physics.

At the center of the explosion, a huge fireball expanded rapidly, with temperature and pressure high enough to melt steel and even change the chemical structure of the surrounding environment.

In the flames, a huge gas shield spread outward from the explosion point. This was a shock wave formed by the combined effects of the sonic boom and high temperature.

The force was so strong that it was enough to instantly destroy all surrounding buildings, trees and even life. Even the air was compressed to the point of almost solidifying.

Just as the missile fell and the gas shield was about to come into contact with the outer shell of Gatanjea, a dazzling white light suddenly burst out from the center of the explosion, instantly expanding to cover the sky, like a real sun rising over the island of Manhattan.

This is not a natural phenomenon, but the strong radiation and high temperature produced by the hydrogen bomb explosion excite the particles in the atmosphere, forming a short-lived and spectacular "artificial sun".

boom!
Almost at the same time, several missiles triggered nuclear fusion reactions. The nuclear fusion devices built into these missiles reached critical mass under the triggering of the fuses, triggering a violent nuclear fusion reaction. A dazzling white light bloomed in the sky, a light that was billions of times brighter than the sun.

These light spots are not static, but are expanding rapidly at an astonishing speed. Their light exceeds the limits of human vision, as if the real sun has descended to the earth and hung in the air above Manhattan Island, illuminating the entire island and even the vast surrounding sea as if it were daytime at noon.

The light is so intense that it ionizes particles in the atmosphere, forming brilliant beams of light, just like a scene from a science fiction movie.

The light was so strong that almost all the surrounding electronic equipment failed, including those carefully designed observation instruments, which were scrapped under the impact of this force.

As the explosion continued, a series of chain reactions followed like dominoes. The first was thermal radiation, which is one of the most direct and deadly killing factors in a nuclear explosion.

In the central area of ​​a nuclear explosion, high temperature and high pressure form an almost unimaginable extreme environment. All surrounding materials, whether solid rocks or flowing sea water, are vaporized in an instant.

Under extremely high temperature and high pressure, these water molecules lose their basic properties as liquids. The hydrogen and oxygen atoms inside are completely torn apart at the atomic level and turned into nothingness. This process goes far beyond the scope of chemical changes and is the physical disintegration of matter under extreme conditions.

Immediately afterwards, the shock wave spread in all directions at an astonishing speed. It was so powerful that even the sea outside the island was forced to retreat, forming a temporary sea wall.

In the face of this disaster, the fragility of human architecture is fully exposed.

Buildings near the coastline collapsed one after another like dominoes, glass fragments, steel bars and concrete flew everywhere, and the air was filled with pungent smoke and burning smell.

The electromagnetic pulse generated by a nuclear explosion has caused a devastating blow to modern society.

Not only did it disrupt all communication systems, including mobile phone signals, radio broadcasts, satellite communications, etc., which were all paralyzed, but even the power system was not spared.

The transformer exploded, the power grid collapsed, and the entire city fell into darkness. Only the light from the distant nuclear explosion weakly illuminated the ruins.

However, after such a shocking attack, what was left was - Gatanjea was completely unharmed!

"Ouch————"

Its huge shell turned black due to the high temperature of the hydrogen bomb, but it did not suffer any substantial damage.

Instead, as the shell cooled, it began to move slowly, letting out a long, deep roar.

"My Lord, with such a large yield and so many hydrogen bombs, they can't kill this monster?"

The President said uneasily.

In the previous attack on the Behemoth, it could be said that the equivalent and quantity of nuclear bombs, dirty bombs and hydrogen bombs were insufficient, but this time, almost all of America's nuclear weapons reserves were used up, especially the hydrogen bomb with the largest equivalent, which was almost the last trump card.

The original plan was that even if it could not be completely destroyed, it would at least be forced to retreat or its strength would be severely weakened to buy time for subsequent ground forces and special operations.

However, reality is far more cruel than planned.

(End of this chapter)