One Thousand Four Hundred and Forty-One
The Spiders suffered heavy casualties, and the aliens had to stop the attack and readjust their tactics.
Ice blocks fell again in the ice cave, making the aliens feel extremely urgent. It only took a few minutes for a large group of Spiders to rush to the ice cave again.
But the aliens changed their previous violent behavior of not caring about losses. They gathered the Spiders near the ice cave, but no longer attacked the ice cave, but ordered the Spiders to dig the ice tops on their feet!
The cutting power of fine light is much stronger than that of laser. The Spiders kept cutting the ice tops and throwing ice blocks into the water. For a while, the sound of falling into the water was endless.
The soldiers in the cave had no idea what was happening below until a soldier accidentally discovered the picture sent back by the drone and knew that the Spiders were digging the ice tops.
The news quickly reached Ye Han's ears, and Ye Han was also a little dumbfounded: "No way? It's more than 500 meters. No matter how fast the Spiders move, it will take a while to dig, right?"
Luo Qi analyzed: "Does the enemy know our position?"
"Of course, they have been fighting for so long, they must know!" He Lu said on the radio.
Luo Qi ignored him and looked directly at Ye Han: "If the enemy doesn't go into the hole, we can't hit them... It would be better if we brought rifles."
This time the situation is special. The soldiers who went down to the ice layer only brought laser guns. This thing is better than armored rifles, but the accessories are not as rich as armored rifles. Otherwise, they can directly fire rifle grenades into the hole and kill a few spiders.
"What's the point of saying this now?" Ye Han said unhappily.
Luo Qi chuckled: "I'm just anxious!"
"If the emperor is not anxious, the eunuch will die!" Ye Han was too lazy to talk nonsense, and waved Luo Qi aside, "Calling the command center, please answer if you receive it!"
"I am Huo Qiang, please speak!"
"Commander, we have repelled the enemy's attack, but the enemy gathered at the entrance of the cave, and there is no condition to continue reconnaissance, so I apply for evacuation."
Huo Qiang looked at Zhuang Bo, and then at Wu Han: "How long will it take?"
Wu Han said: "Each ship has printed a batch of pressure hulls, but the number is too small, it will take at least two hours to be fully prepared."
Huo Qiang thought for a while and said: "Ye Han, can the soldiers still hold on?"
"Yes!" Ye Han answered without hesitation,
"The enemy is digging the ice layer, and there are 500 meters in the middle. They can hold on for a while."
"How long is a while? I want to be more specific!"
Ye Han wanted to slap himself, and thought for a while and said: "I don't know the situation below, and I don't know the enemy's digging speed, so it's hard to say the specific time."
Luo Qi suddenly gestured to Ye Han, meaning drones.
Ye Han suddenly realized: "Commander, let me take another look!" He immediately mobilized the drone to observe the speed of the spider man's digging.
You don't know until you see it, and you will be shocked when you see it. These things that are neither human nor insect are quite efficient. In just a short while, they have dug a large pit with a depth of no less than dozens of meters near the cave entrance. Groups of spider men are busy, and ice cubes are falling like rain.
Ye Han couldn't help but grin: "Commander, the enemy's digging speed is quite fast. Five hundred meters can't stop it for long."
"Be more specific!"
Ye Han was so resentful that he gritted his teeth and said: "About an hour. If it doesn't work, I will let the troops withdraw a little further up."
Huo Qiang kept silent and kept weighing the pros and cons in his mind.
Zhuang Bo couldn't help but whispered: "Commander, whether the reconnaissance troops withdraw or not, and whether the fleet is definitely not ready... are there any connections between the two?"
Huo Qiang pursed his lips, thought for a moment and said: "Ye Han, I agree with your request in principle, and the timing is up to you."
He originally planned to keep the troops down there to attract the aliens' attention, but then he thought that what Zhuang Bo said made sense. Anyway, the enemy couldn't escape from Europa, so there was no need to leave the soldiers down there to fight to the death.
Ye Han was simply overjoyed and quickly expressed his opinion: "Thank you, Commander!"
"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up."
"Yes!" Ye Han agreed and pulled Luo Qi to his side, "Notify all troops to prepare for evacuation, and everyone stay away from the ice cave... Tell the soldiers to dig the side holes deeper, and don't let their own firepower accidentally injure them."
"Yes!"
The order was issued, and the soldiers immediately took action.
The aliens found that the ice cave began to drop ice cubes, and immediately realized that humans were digging a hole.
They felt that they couldn't let humans go so smoothly, so they sent a group of spiders to surround the cave entrance, raising their arms and firing into the cave... Whether they could hit humans or not was not important, the key was that doing so would prevent humans from causing trouble!
The aliens' good work did cause some trouble for Ye Han, but it was only a minor trouble. However, it was impolite not to return the favor, so Ye Han simply ordered the soldiers to fight back freely.
The purpose of the counterattack was not to destroy how many enemies, but to prevent the spiders from climbing up!
Ye Han didn't know whether the spiders had this plan, but it wouldn't get pregnant if he was on guard!
About ten minutes later, each reconnaissance team reported successively that they had all moved away from the ice cave, and the straight-line distance was at least several dozen meters.
Ye Han immediately switched the communication frequency band: "Bridge, notify all ships to open the ice cave, pay attention to the laser angle, and don't miss it!"
"Understood, don't worry!"
He Lu immediately passed the order to each ship, and all the warships that sent out reconnaissance troops took action and fired lasers into the blocked ice cave.
The ice pillar blocking the hole was very short, and the laser cannon only shone for a dozen seconds or so before it melted the ice between the ice pillar and the ice wall, and water vapor from the ocean under the ice began to rise.
The icicles continued to melt, and after a while, the Leishan was the first to open the ice cave, and the air currents from the ocean under the ice immediately rushed into the ice cave.
The spiders surrounding the ice cave were caught off guard and were instantly swept into the ice cave by the rising air currents. The spiders digging ice nearby were slightly better, but a few who were close to them were unlucky and were swept into the air currents.
The other spiders instinctively dodged, leaving only a large uneven pit, which was still a large pit embedded in the top of the ice.
As soon as the laser of the Leishan stopped shooting, Ye Han received a report from He Lu. He immediately led the soldiers to the ice cave. There were still more than 20 meters away from the main cave, and a black shadow suddenly flashed in the main cave.
Everyone subconsciously stopped, and as a result, several more black shadows flashed by. One of them was quick and actually hooked the edge of the side hole, swinging back and forth in the violent air currents, but refused to let go, like a rag doll hanging in the wind.
Luo Qi raised his gun and wanted to draw fire, but before he could do anything, the spider man could no longer hold onto the edge of the ice and was instantly swept away by the air current.
Luo Qi's eyes almost popped out. What the hell is going on?
No one expected to see such an episode during the evacuation. Just now, the enemy and us were fighting wits and courage, but in the blink of an eye, it felt like a sitcom in a second.
Many people had the same thought in their minds: Isn't this style wrong?