Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 313 Combining Two Bombs, Preparing for Strike!
"Are you kidding me? Your open-chest wound hasn't even healed yet, and you want to go to the battlefield now?"

At the entrance to the residential area inside Base 011.

Lei Jie looked at the remaining money in his hand, with an IV drip still hanging on it, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Do you know how serious your situation is? Do you really think you're all better?

"Right now we've only suppressed the explosive infection in your body with antibiotics, and there's still a long way to go before you're fully recovered."

"Furthermore, your current injury does not allow you to engage in high-intensity exercise."

"Forget about fighting, let me ask you this: can you even lift a gun right now?"

"I can carry it, Commander!"

Yu Qian's tone was resolute. He raised his right hand and waved it in front of Lei Jie, then said:
“I really can, Commander.”

"If I remove this IV bottle, my left hand will be able to move freely."

"Please rest assured, I won't hold you back."

"This isn't about whether I'm holding others back!"

Lei Jie frowned.

“You’ve already fought one battle in the infiltration unit and you’re already wounded. There’s no need for you to go back to the battlefield, and we can’t let you continue.”

"A veteran like you is a valuable resource to us. Take good care of yourself and wait until you are fully recovered before leading the team. That would be much more useful than blindly going to the battlefield now!"

"The key thing is, Commander, I really think I'm fine!"

The remaining money is still being used.

"I've already come so far, Commander!"

"At first, I carried a gun to survive. Later, when I joined the infiltration company, it was also to earn military merit so that my children could have a better life."

"Now, I am doing this for the entire base, for our Chinese army."

"The beast tide hasn't been completely wiped out yet, and we're already short-handed, Commander!"

"Of course I know I need to rest, but if I don't go, who will? Sending those new recruits to the battlefield might not end well!"

"Commander, I don't want to join the infiltration company again."

"I just want to join the volunteer army to defend Nanjing."

"I want to defend Jinling City—because if Jinling City falls, our Jinling New City will be finished too."

"You're not going to tell me to lie in a hospital bed and watch helplessly as Jinling New City is destroyed by monsters, are you?"

"This is my home now, Commander!"

A very convincing reason.

Lei Jie could completely understand Yu Qian's feelings. To be honest, if it were him, he would probably be just like him, crying and begging to go to the battlefield.

To be honest, if Yu Qian's injury had been even slightly less severe, he would have agreed right now.

But according to the records, he had just undergone open-chest surgery, and his ribs were still broken.

How could a wounded soldier like this be sent to the battlefield?

Just stay in the hospital ward!

Lei Jie wanted to say a few more words, but just then, a blood-stained, travel-worn figure suddenly walked into Base 011.

"team leader!"

Lei Jie raised his hand, and Yu Qian turned around, instantly straightened up, and saluted the person who had come.

"Captain!"

"Ah."

Chen Jian returned the gift to Yu Qian, then went straight to Lei Jie and asked:

"How are the preparations for the takeover at the base going?"

"In this round, the number of refugees migrating from south to north will reach at least 4000, a large portion of whom are heading towards Jinling New City."

"Based on the timing, their arrival time at the base coincides with the arrival time of the beast tide from the southwest. Do we have any countermeasures?"

“I gave Jin Zan the proposed solution, and Fu Xi and I have both reviewed it. So far, there don’t seem to be any major problems.”

Reggie paused for a moment, then continued:

"Currently, the base's carrying capacity is limited to around 5000 people. If we exceed this number, our food and supplies will fall below the safety line, leading to a vicious cycle."

"However, we do not accept all refugees indiscriminately; we have choices."

"So, overall, there shouldn't be any major problems."

"That's good."

Chen Jian breathed a slight sigh of relief, only then noticing Yu Qian, who had been standing to the side the whole time.

"What are you doing here?"

He asked, puzzled.

"You came just in time."

Lei Jie pointed to the remaining money and explained:
"He just had open-chest surgery for pneumothorax, and it's only been two days since the surgery."

"He wanted to apply to join the volunteer army to support Nanjing, but I refused."

"He's refusing to leave now, and I can't handle it. What do you think we should do?"

How is the injury currently?

Chen Jian asked decisively.

"Reporting to the commander, I feel great now, I..."

“I didn’t ask you, Fuxi, report.”

Chen Jian interrupted Yu Qian's report. A moment later, Yu Qian's physical assessment report was transferred to the smart eyepiece. At the same time, Fu Xi also introduced Yu Qian's physical condition in the most concise terms.

"Closed pneumothorax, treated promptly and without serious consequences."

"The rib fracture has been fixed and is currently in the recovery period."

"All physical indicators are normal."

"clear."

Chen Jian nodded, then looked at Yu Qian and asked:
"Have you considered?"

"Are you sure you want to go back to the battlefield?"

“I know you. You have two children. If you die on the battlefield, your two children will be orphans.”

"Following the Chinese army, they will not be orphans."

Yu Qian nodded firmly, his mind filled with the image of his daughter drinking "milk" from who-knows-where in his son's arms.

His daughter has never drunk milk since his wife died.

And now, at the Huaxia Army's base, she is drinking milk again.

This was originally just a trivial matter.

But Yu Qian could tell that these leaders of the Huaxia Army really took good care of their children.

He had no concerns.

He was even willing to pay more so that his children could continue to enjoy such treatment.

Seeing that Yu Qian showed no hesitation whatsoever, Chen Jian nodded slightly and then said:
"can."

"If you really want to go, then go."

"This time we plan to send two hundred volunteers to Nanjing to provide assistance, but we are currently short of a commander with front-line combat and command experience."

"This position is now in your hands."

"From this moment on, you are the company commander of the volunteer company!"

"I??"

Yu Qian was shocked, and Lei Jie, who was standing next to him, also stared in astonishment.

But soon, Lei Jie realized that Chen Jian's arrangement was correct.

Judging from previous records, this soldier named Yu Qian has improved rapidly in both combat skills and command ability. It would be inappropriate to continue to send him to the front line while he is injured, but as a commander?

Just right!
With that in mind, Lei Jie stopped wasting time.

"Go to the recruitment office at the entrance and report to Fuxi. He will then assign you specific tasks."

"Oh right, let's go back to the medical room and remove your IV bag first!"

"understand!"

Yu Qian suddenly stood at attention and saluted. Chen Jian nodded briefly and then immediately led Lei Jie toward the operations command room.

"Let's have an online meeting."

"Synchronize the equipment status; we must decide today whether or not to launch this missile!"

A few minutes later, in the operations command center.

All members of the core decision-making team of the Huaxia Army were present, and those not at the base also accessed the online meeting via cellular network.

Chen Jian sat in the middle of the conference room, with the "remote control equipment" that he had just seized from the "monster commander" on the table in front of him.

The outer casing of the equipment has been destroyed, the radio module has been removed, and only the quantum communication module remains operational.

Looking at the quantum communicator that was still flashing a faint blue light, Chen Jian asked:
"First question, can we confirm that this is a quantum communication module?" "I've also seen the quantum communication equipment at Base 011, and its size is significantly larger than this one."

"Can such a small device really maintain quantum stability?"

"can."

Fuxi's voice rang out in the command center.

"If only one-way communication is required, existing quantum technology can completely eliminate interference and decoherence problems by using a multi-photon redundancy strategy. In theory, at the 32-bit scale, a signal receiving device can be guaranteed to be effective for 18 months."

“We can do the same thing now.”

"clear."

Chen Jian nodded.

"Therefore, we can now be almost certain that this is a quantum communication device used to control the beast tide."

"Then, second question."

"Is it possible for us to use this device to trace back to the transmitter and interfere with it?"

"No."

Fuxi spoke again:
"As mentioned before, this is a purely one-way receiving device. Even if we disregard quantum encryption protocols and are able to crack the device, we still cannot trace back the signal."

"Because this set of qubits in our device has not been modulated by a modulator, although it still has entanglement with the qubits at the transmitting end, the encoding in its 32 qubits is random and real-time."

"With our current computing power, we have no way to modulate and decode its encoding, so it is impossible to influence the output in reverse."

"The person who designed this device clearly considered the most extreme scenarios—and his considerations are clearly meaningful."

"That's very strange."

Chen Jian frowned deeply.

"This plan is clearly designed specifically to target forces with similar technological capabilities—so, did they design the equipment after they knew of our existence?"

"Do not."

Fuxi's voice had a somewhat anthropomorphic, deep quality.

"The person who designed this device wasn't trying to defend against the Chinese army, but rather against me."

"Fuxi."

".Reasonable."

Chen Jian nodded again.

This makes perfect sense.

Who is the biggest threat to AI?

It's clearly another AI.

Although, so far, most of the information about the mountain city comes from speculation.

But these speculations are almost beyond doubt.

There's no need to discuss any more meaningless "loopholes" and "evidence".

That is the source of everything.

There are only two options to end the catastrophe caused by that source of the beast tide.

Talk, or fight.

The avenue of "talking" has been blocked.

What's the point of talking to an AI that's not fully functional?
The only option is to fight!
Thinking of this, Chen Jian spoke up:
"In fact, considering the current situation, we have no way out."

"If the Holy Army of the previous Mechanicus can hold the northern defense line, we still have a fighting chance."

"But now, the pressure from the beast tide on the north side is also weighing on us."

"What we are facing now is that the production of artillery shells has not kept up, and the stockpiles of ammunition and equipment have been almost emptied."

"We can only deal with one of the remaining two waves of beast tides."

"Whether we leave the wave on the southwest side or the wave on the north side behind, it will be a catastrophe for us."

"We will have to use nuclear weapons on a large scale, and their effectiveness is actually quite limited unless they are used in a situation where monsters are charging in large numbers."

"It's not impossible to win."

"However, a Pyrrhic victory that results in mutual destruction is also difficult for us to accept."

"so."

"You mean we need to launch nuclear missiles as soon as possible to create a deterrent?"

Before Chen Jian could finish speaking, Lei Jie suddenly raised his hand to interrupt him.

That's what I mean.

Chen Jian nodded solemnly.

"But here's a new problem."

How can we be sure that the other side doesn't have a nuclear counterattack capability?

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire command center fell silent.

Only Fuxi spoke with a firm tone:

"Artificial intelligence cannot have the power to control nuclear weapons."

"Even I have never been granted the authority to unlock nuclear weapons."

"This conflicts with our design logic, I..."

No, you don't understand.

Chen Jian interrupted Fuxi and then said:

“The real concern of Lei Jie is that the mountain city is not devoid of humans.”

"Instead, humans are being controlled by AI in various ways."

"For example, brain-computer interfaces."

"Such a system can obviously bypass the restrictions on unlocking nuclear weapons."

"And once they possess nuclear retaliatory capabilities, it will be a complete catastrophe for us."

"The entire 011 base could be destroyed."

"and many more."

He Shuo, who was online, suddenly interrupted Chen Jian.

"If the other side wanted to use nuclear weapons, they should have started using them long ago."

"I think we don't need to consider the issue of nuclear retaliation."

"Because for us, the result is the same."

"If we can't stop the beast tide, we'll have to detonate nuclear bombs on the perimeter to clear the area."

"In the end, we can only retain one 011 base with nuclear protection capabilities."

"If we were to suffer a nuclear attack from the enemy, wouldn't we only be able to preserve one underground base?"

"What's the difference between the two?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Jian suddenly understood.

Indeed, there is no difference.

Now, only one question remains.

"Do we still want the things from this mountain town?"

Chen Jian asked.

"No more."

Shen Yue answered immediately.

"What others create is ultimately theirs. If those things have already posed a threat to us, the only correct way to deal with them is to destroy them completely."

"The 011 base is doing well."

“We can rebuild the broken jars and pots ourselves.”

"agree!"

"agree!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone immediately expressed their opinions.

Chen Jian also raised his hand.

After looking around, he solemnly began to speak:

"So, the result is that the vote passed."

"Then let's do it."

"Begin the integration of the two bombs."

"Prepare for a long-range nuclear strike!"

(End of this chapter)