Eight Hundred and Seventy-Four It’s Not that Simple
Giant ants have good climbing ability, but they are weak in jumping. They cannot jump onto the tall tracked vehicles, so they can only climb up desperately.
However, the tracks keep turning, giving the giant ants no chance to climb. All the giant ants that get close to the tracked vehicles are crushed under the vehicles.
Giant ants are not stupid enough to drill under the vehicles. They rush to the tracked vehicles in groups and spit formic acid on the tracks. However, the United States relies on tracks to crush the giant ants. That is, there are no guns or cannons. No matter how high the concentration of formic acid in the air is, it will not explode without open flames!
The Nile River Defense Line and the Panama Defense Line have suffered a lot in this regard. The idea of using tracked vehicles to crush ant colonies is probably also related to formic acid.
There are also some spider ants hidden in the large group of giant ants. Their number is relatively small, but their role is not small. In the camera, some spider ants can be seen jumping high from the ant colony and pounced directly on the tracked vehicle to bite desperately... But spider ants have no other means of attack except biting. No matter how hard their jaws are, they are not as hard as the tracks. In the end, they were brought under the vehicle by the rotating tracks and crushed into a bunch of broken insect mud.
Seeing this, Ye Han couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He didn't expect that the way to deal with the ant colony was so simple.
Any method used by humans before, the aliens can quickly find a way to counter it, and they all start from the genes of the giant ants themselves, making the giant ants more and more difficult to deal with, so that the human side has to invest huge manpower and material resources in two lines of defense, but the effect is very limited.
The tracked vehicle directly uses the method of crushing to deal with the giant ants. Even if the giant ants jump over the vehicle, they still have to face the US troops on the defense line... From the current situation, there are very few giant ants that are capable of crossing the tracked vehicle.
Another possibility is to make the giant ants evolve strong enough to resist the crushing of tracked vehicles, but even if the aliens do it, what does it matter? The Americans can design the tracks more complicated, design the flat tracks into triangles, and use the method of reducing the area to increase the pressure and continue to crush the giant ants.
If the giant ant shell becomes harder, spikes can be added to the tracks to turn the tracks into rolling maces... There are always more solutions than difficulties. Since this method has been found, what is the point of continuing to improve the tracked vehicles?
Besides, the offensive of the ant colony is probably not going to last.
This is not Ye Han's fantasy, but the conclusion drawn from multiple observations and analyses!
To put it simply, it is just one sentence: the law of conservation of energy!
Giant ants are a kind of creatures. Even if they are biochemical creatures created by aliens, they must follow the most basic laws of nature. They do not appear out of thin air, but hatch from eggs and gradually grow and mature.
Giant ants are omnivorous insects.
They eat both animals and plants, but both the South American rainforest and the African rainforest are limited. After nearly a year of destructive plunder, the two rainforests have long been unrecognizable. The vegetation in the forest has decreased by 70%, and the remaining 30% will be consumed by the ant colonies in the near future.
In order to increase the source of food, the ant colonies even began to snatch ant corpses near the battlefield. This phenomenon was discovered by the US military not long ago.
The unrestrained predation of ant colonies has made the top leaders of various countries very worried. If the tropical rainforests disappear completely, South America and Africa will inevitably move towards desertification. At that time, the global climate will be affected unpredictably. Many knowledgeable people are heartbroken and strongly recommend that governments of various countries launch a counterattack.
But how can a counterattack be won by just talking? Countries also want to eliminate ant colonies, but the reality is that they can't do it at all. If it weren't for the emergence of tracked vehicles, I'm afraid that the two lines of defense would still be struggling under the attack of ant colonies.
It is not a fluke that the two lines of defense can hold out for more than half a year under the constant attack of giant ants. In addition to the facilities that can be seen on the ground, the ground is also dug up and a blocking wall is poured deep underground like a dam to prevent the giant ants from digging through the defense line.
In fact, it is okay not to dig a blocking wall. The Panama Canal and the Sahara Desert are natural barriers against ants, but there are always people who can't let go of this worry.
In short, the situation on Earth is getting better, and it is expected to eliminate the ant colony before Europa Zero arrives on Earth.
Ye Han knows much more than this. As a soldier, and a soldier who has touched the threshold of senior officers, he knows much more than ordinary people.
The situation on Earth seems to have improved, but the top leaders of various countries have not been dazzled by the temporary victory. They know deeply that as long as Europa Zero exists, the threat will exist. Even if Europa Zero is solved, the aliens left on Jupiter are still a threat to mankind.
In addition to continuing to support the two major lines of defense, countries have never stopped other plans, such as Beidu's westward plan and Washington's shelter plan, which are emergency shelter plans implemented to deal with Europa Zero.
The implementation of the US plan is unknown, but the Westward Expansion Plan has built more than 100 underground cities in the west, and the total number of people who have moved underground is as high as 10 million. There are underground farms, underground mines and various underground industries. There are even unconfirmed news that the country is building an underground transportation network and preparing to connect all underground cities with underground railways.
From what Ye Han knows, if the ground is occupied or destroyed by aliens, the underground city network can at least last for decades while being isolated from the ground!
Even Beidu doesn't know whether the Westward Expansion Plan is a precaution or a worry, but having such a plan is better than having no preparation, right?
Ordinarily, Beiyuezhou and Nanyuezhou are also part of the emergency plan, but without the accumulation of data from several generations, it is impossible to understand the impact of low gravity on humans.
Humans are born and raised on Earth. Only Earth is the most suitable place for human survival. Moreover, the top leaders are very clear that eggs cannot be put in one basket. Therefore, even with the lunar base, Beidu has no intention of stopping the westward expansion plan.
An old general said something rough but true: no matter what time it is, we must leave a root on Earth, right?
Of course, Beiyuezhou is also the top priority of the backup plan. Once there is an accident on Earth, at least humans can still reproduce on the moon. Even if low gravity will cause uncertain effects, it is much better than the extinction of the country.
It is precisely with this development idea that Beidu has spared no effort to build the Qiongzhou launch site. Since the electromagnetic track was put into use, dozens of spacecraft have been launched every day.
Taking a spacecraft into space in hibernation can not only greatly reduce the pressure during the launch, but also save the consumption of materials on the road. Since the Qiongzhou launch site was put into use, nearly one million people have been transported to the moon. At present, Beiyuezhou is sufficient to bear the responsibility of human continuation.
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