One Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty

Ningwu Pass.

Ye Han floated into the bridge, sat in his seat and buckled his helmet. The helmet automatically switched to the image outside the ship. A huge blue planet appeared under Ye Han's feet, the blue sea, the green and brown earth, and the clouds floating in the atmosphere. Everything was so peaceful.

But under the peaceful surface, it was a life-and-death struggle between humans and aliens.

Ye Han sighed softly and switched the image back to the bridge: "Lin Yi, is there any movement?"

"No." Lin Yi said, "It's still the same."

Ye Han raised his eyebrows and murmured: "Too quiet!"

That's right, it was too quiet, so quiet that it made people panic, just like the strange tranquility before the storm.

Lin Yi heard what Ye Han said, but did not answer, and did not know how to answer.

Operation Thunder has lasted for a week. After the initial raid failed, the US military regrouped and successively captured other strategic targets in Washington.

Although Washington has extraordinary significance to the Americans, it doesn't really matter whether or not to recapture Washington at this point in the war. The reason why the Americans continue to insist on Operation Thunder is because there is intelligence that the high-level officials in Washington who defected to the aliens are still in Washington. The new American government headed by Franklin hopes to put pressure on the high-level officials in Washington through uninterrupted military operations and not give them the opportunity to escape from Washington.

Ye Han thought for a while and asked again: "What is the current situation of the American army?"

"Nothing, it's still the same." Lin Yi said, "The young soldiers of the United States have performed well."

"It's a bit unexpected." Ye Han agreed.

The US military has not yet been able to catch the tail of the high-level officials in Washington, and the continuous military operations have made the US soldiers very tired. Based on Ye Han's understanding of the US soldiers, the participating troops are close to the high-voltage line of collapse. If it were ordinary US soldiers, I'm afraid some of them would collapse under the pressure.

After all, the young soldiers of the United States are not the domestic troops known for their strict training. The mental endurance of ordinary American soldiers is indeed not as good as that of their domestic counterparts.

Only elite troops like the Hell Paratroopers, which only require volunteers, can persist until now under such circumstances.

Lin Yi flipped through the communication records: "The reinforcements from the United States should be coming soon, right?"

The situation in Washington is becoming increasingly unfavorable to the new government of the United States, but the Moon has no intention of stopping the Thunder Operation. Instead, it has frequently contacted the United States. It is unknown what they discussed specifically, but the relationship between the US military and the international base is ambiguous. It is estimated that it is only a matter of time before the US military surrenders to the new government, or the two jointly form a new government.

Beidu is happy to see this. Under the current circumstances, a unified United States will only benefit Beidu, not harm it.

It is based on this point that Lin Yi made the judgment that reinforcements will soon arrive in Washington.

Ye Han pulled his mouth corners noncommittally: "Who knows... Forget it, the Americans don't want to say, why should we bother?"

Lin Yi was about to speak, and the American warship not far away suddenly started the engine. The light in the warship engine flashed, and the heavy warship slowly accelerated and changed its track to the southwest.

Ye Han also noticed the changes in the US army and couldn't help but feel a little curious: "What's the situation?"

Lin Yi looked at the communication record and raised his head blankly: "I don't know!"

At this time, the second US warship started the engine and formed a double-ship formation with the previous warship.

Ye Han frowned deeply.

The United States sent a total of four warships, and suddenly transferred two of them. What's the situation? And it seems that there is no intention to change the track, which is very intriguing-the orbital height is one of the important combat data of the warship, and the combat intention of the warship can be judged by the height.

Take the Ningwuguan, for example. Its current orbital altitude is 400 kilometers, and it is always hovering over Washington, D.C. It has no altitude and no speed, and is obviously performing ground support missions.

In other words, the two American warships that left are still performing ground support missions, but there is no notification from above. Where exactly do warships need support?

What you think is what you get.

At this time, Lin Yi received an emergency communication from Beiyuezhou. He didn't even dare to ask a question and directly transferred the communication to Ye Han.

The signal was connected, and the lifelike Wu Han appeared in front of Ye Han. Ye Han immediately saluted: "Chief!"

Wu Han returned the salute and said solemnly: "In an emergency, turn around immediately and follow the American warship!"

"Yes!" Ye Han agreed and passed the order to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi immediately sounded the alarm, then started the main engine, and the Ningwuguan accelerated to follow the side and rear of the American warship.

After conveying the order, Ye Han immediately asked: "Chief, what happened?"

Wu Han said: "We just received a report from the international base that the Zerg attacked Oak Ridge and captured a group of experts. The US military has launched a rescue operation and asked us to send troops to help rescue the captured experts and scholars."

"Oak Ridge?" Ye Han blinked, "This place sounds familiar!"

Wu Han sighed helplessly: "Oak Ridge National Laboratory was originally part of the Manhattan Project, researching nuclear weapons. Do you have any impression?"

Ye Han suddenly realized: "Yes, it turned out to be that place!"

He was indeed not familiar with Oak Ridge, but how could he not know the famous Manhattan Project? That was a super project that invented nuclear weapons, changed the course of World War II, and then affected the global situation.

How big is its impact?

Due to their huge nuclear arsenals, the United States and the former Soviet Union both had the power to destroy the earth, thus forming a cold war pattern of confrontation between the East and the West, which lasted until the disintegration of the former Soviet Union.

If there were no nuclear weapons, the confrontation between the two major camps of the East and the West would probably develop into the Third World War.

Although war has not disappeared, peaceful development has been the main theme after World War II. In more than half a century, human science and technology have made rapid progress.

Let alone other things, let's talk about space battleships. The engine is nuclear technology; the energy is nuclear technology; the nuclear warheads in missiles are still nuclear technology!

It is not an exaggeration to say that without nuclear technology, there would be no space fleet, and the source of all this is the Manhattan Project!

Of course, nuclear technology is not omnipotent, but without the support of nuclear technology, humans would never have reached this point today. Even if they entered space, they could not establish a permanent base on the moon, let alone make the moon what it is today.

Fight against aliens? Don't think too much. Let the aliens enslave you and you may still survive.

Everything flashed through Ye Han's mind quickly, like a bolt of lightning striking his heart - Oak Ridge started out as a nuclear weapons research center, and the aliens captured a group of experts and scholars...