The cruising speed of the UAV formation was 380 kilometers per hour. The straight-line distance of more than 5,000 kilometers could be covered in about 10 hours.
Chen Jin let Alice be in charge of monitoring while he went back to his bedroom to rest.
…
The next night.
He returned to the Base of Operations.
Looking at the virtual projection in front of him, Chen Jin's mouth was wide open. He was dumbfounded.
The intercontinental exploration team had sent back some pictures. They had completed part of the exploration of Europe.
What was the reward?
A large city that was not destroyed?
A complete industrial system?
Or castles, museums, wineries, and other cultural heritage?
None.
There was none of the above.
There were only horrifying craters with a diameter of 100 kilometers.
They were densely packed and evenly distributed. There could be as many as 1,000 of them.
For example, on Pirate Island, which had an area of about 250,000 square kilometers, 32 horrifying craters were arranged in a straight line like bowling pins. On average, there was one every 100 kilometers. There were three to four rows of craters. Be it cities, villages, wilderness, or forests, not an inch of land was spared.
The entire Pirate Island was completely blown up into the sky.
After the UAV formation entered Europe, they discovered that the horrifying craters were also distributed like a grid of latitude and longitude lines. The entire Europe was blown up into the sky.
"First, they used the strong EMP produced after the explosion of the strong electromagnetic pulse bomb to destroy the electronic system of the entire continent.
"Then, they launched a powerful penetrating nuclear bomb with a yield of 50 megatons to carry out a full coverage grid attack.
"This was the Red Empire's strategy of using nuclear weapons. It was also the style of the Slavs.
"The consequence of their recklessness was that the nuclear dust that was stirred up after the nuclear bombs exploded covered more than half of the atmosphere, resulting in a nuclear winter that lasted for 20 years. This caused the average nuclear radiation in the Europa continent to far exceed the normal level. The entire continent could not survive, and they themselves would die in the nuclear winter."
"Crazy. The Slavs were too crazy. They chose to perish together."
Alice ran a simulation and basically deduced the reason for Europe's destruction. They should not have provoked the Red Empire.
Chen Jin was dumbfounded. Ruthless. Wasn't this too ruthless?
How much had they been bullied for the Red Empire to make such an extreme reaction? They did not even care about their own lives. They wanted everyone to perish together.
Then … would Chen Jin still be able to pick up the "hardware industry" that he wanted?
Pick up the heck!
The entire Europe was blown up into the sky. Not to mention the hardware industry, they could not even find a wood processing plant.
They were almost blown back to the Stone Age.
Coupled with the strong nuclear radiation environment caused by the contamination of nuclear dust, Chen Jin no longer needed to guess whether there were any so-called survivor forces on the continent of Europa.
"Surviving such a blow, enduring hunger, disease, killing each other, living like the ancient people in an environment without any electronic devices, living through twenty years of dark nuclear winter in extreme cold, if such a survivor still exists, I will definitely not kill him. Instead, I will feed him well, give him a pen and a notebook, and let him write down his story. I will post it on the website to become a god!"
Therefore, there was no need to worry about the so-called survivors in Europa.
But Chen Jin couldn't get the "treasure" he wanted either.
The entire Europa continent did not seem to have much exploration value.
The UAV formation should continue heading east.
There was one place, however, that Alice suggested sending a robot to search. There might be something there.
"Where is it?" Chen Jin asked.
"The Provence military base … The place where the Norman Republic stores its land-based nuclear weapons."
Alice explained. The geopolitical structure of this world was similar to that of Earth. There were also five nuclear powers, namely the United States, China, the Red Empire, the Pirate Nation, and the Norman Republic. Among them, the countries with the most nuclear weapons were the United States, China, and the Red Empire. Each of them had a nuclear arsenal of 5,000 nuclear weapons. The Pirate Nation and the Norman Republic had a smaller nuclear arsenal. They only maintained a minimum deterrent of 500 nuclear weapons.
After the destructive war broke out, China and the Red Empire joined forces and launched a preemptive nuclear attack. They launched all their nuclear weapons and achieved the greatest destructive effect.
The result was that the United States could quickly retaliate after being attacked. However, the Pirate Nation and the Norman Republic, except for a few strategic nuclear submarines in a combat-ready state, launched a counterattack against the Red Empire. Under the influence of the strong pulse waves, the land-based nuclear weapons would probably lose their effect and would not be able to fight back.
The weak pirate nation did not even have a land-based nuclear arsenal. They only had a few strategic nuclear submarines left to maintain their reputation as a so-called superpower.
The Norman Republic's situation was better. They retained about 100 land-based nuclear weapons … All of them were stored in the Provence military base.
Alice felt that there should be some "gains" in this place.
"More than 100 nuclear weapons?"
Chen Jin's eyes lit up. "Immediately send Flight No. 9 over with 200 robots. Look for the land-based nuclear weapons in the Norman Republic!"
The formation of drones in the sky split into two groups. One group continued to head east to take a look at the Red Empire's territory. The other group turned south to take a look at the Black Mamba Continent.
"Yes, Master!"
Flight No. 9 took off very quickly. A few hours later, it arrived at the Provence military base in the southeast of the Norman Republic.
The base was located at the foot of the Als Mountains. As it was blocked by the tall mountains, the earth shook and the mountains swayed in an instant after it was attacked by a high-yield nuclear penetrator. An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 destroyed most of the buildings on the surface.
However, what was surprising was that the nuclear missile silos in the Provence military base, which were made of high-strength alloy, were still in good condition. They were not damaged by the strong earthquake.
The robots used a laser to cut open the silo covers.
There was a "big sausage" erected in each of the 10 silos.
There were exactly 10 nuclear warheads stored in the head of each sausage.
More than 100 nuclear warheads were picked up!
Of course, not only had this batch of nuclear warheads passed their usable period, but most of the internal electronic components had malfunctioned and been destroyed under the impact of the powerful nuclear pulse wave. Even the "big sausage" could not be launched. They could only lie quietly in the silo. Their deterrent power was not much stronger than a fire stick.
However, to Chen Jin, the significance was completely different.
There was definitely a way to repair these 100 nuclear warheads!
Although it was a little troublesome, it was not impossible … The industrial level of the Base of Operations was already close to the level of manufacturing simple nuclear warheads.
To manufacture more sophisticated "nuclear triggers" and repair these nuclear warheads, he only needed a few key processing equipment.
Or, he could settle for the next best thing. He could take out the high-purity nuclear materials used in the "nuclear fuses" and make them into "atomic bombs" or "dirty bombs" with average power but high pollution. He could also produce three to five nuclear warheads that could be used immediately … as long as Chen Jin needed it.
"In other words, I have a real nuclear deterrent in my hands."
Those forces with ill intentions, please don't provoke me anymore. Don't look down on me. Don't treat me as an ordinary otaku. I am an otaku with nuclear deterrent!
Chen Jin took a deep breath.
It expanded.
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