Chapter 994 Landing Battle (2)

Tap, tap, tap.

The observation post was filled with chattering taps. Two pairs of terrified eyes stared at the terrifying giant water wall that exploded on the sea five kilometers away. They even forgot to report to the battalion commander in time. There was only one thought in their minds: was this caused by the explosion of a bomb? ! Is this a weapon that humans can make? ! How come it is more like a punishment from God? !

Of course, the explosion of the atomic egg caused more than just a visual impact. After a few seconds, the energy generated by the explosion was exhausted, and the huge water wall crashed back into the sea under the action of the earth's gravity.

At the same time, due to the nuclear explosion, a large amount of seawater was sucked up, causing a vacuum underwater. When the seawater on both sides rushed in to fill the space, it exerted thrust on the seawater outside in the opposite direction. Up and down, millions of tons of seawater and sea sand surged, creating unimaginable power, stirring up waves nearly 100 meters high, sweeping in all directions with overwhelming force!

When the first wave of waves rushed to the shore, it was still 40 to 50 meters high, and the momentum was unabated!

"Oh my God! Oh my God! This, this, this...!" The corporal in the observation post finally recovered and let out a desperate howl. "Run!" But their observation post was less than 500 meters away from the coast. Before the two of them ran a few steps, the surging sea water had already submerged the observation post half buried in the ground.

Although the waves cannot surge forward on land, the waves caused by the explosion of the atomic egg are different from the waves caused by the typhoon. The atomic egg exploded underwater to create a tsunami-like wave, not a thin layer, but a "water wall" of tens of meters or hundreds of meters thick. The kinetic energy contained in it is completely incomparable to ordinary waves.

What is more fatal to the US military is that the terrain here is quite flat, and the defense line they built is not much higher than the sea level. When the remaining waves rushed to the first position of the US military, the height of the waves was still seven or eight meters.

The American soldiers hiding in the underground air raid shelters did not hear the dense explosions that should have sounded above their heads, but instead felt the ground shaking slightly.

"What's going on?!" The soldiers panicked. "Is it an earthquake?!"

"What? It's an earthquake!!"

"Earthquake!!"

"Oh my God, I can't be so unlucky?!"

The western Pacific coastal area of ​​the United States is located at the extinction boundary of the Pacific Plate and the American Plate, and earthquakes are also very frequent, but the central and eastern regions of the United States are located inside the American Plate, and earthquakes are less frequent.

Of course, it's just less, it doesn't mean it won't happen. More than 50 years ago in 1886, a magnitude 3 earthquake occurred in Charleston, South Carolina, and 2,000 buildings were severely damaged.

The Charleston earthquake is the strongest earthquake to hit the east coast of the United States so far. Almost half of the United States was shaken-from Boston, Massachusetts in the north, Chicago, Illinois in the northwest, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, New Orleans, Louisiana in the west, Cuba in the south, and Bermuda in the east. The earthquake was so violent that some people speculated that the Florida Peninsula had already separated from the North American continent.

Isn't this near Charleston? ! If there is another earthquake of magnitude 7 or 8, they will really be buried here!

"Run! We are going to be buried alive!!" I don't know who shouted, and the soldiers' already nervous nerves were instantly ignited. The entire underground fortification exploded, and everyone rushed towards the exit regardless of everything. They can fight the enemy on the battlefield and die without regrets; but they don't want to be buried alive because of the earthquake, which is too cowardly.

The officers tried their best to maintain order but to no avail, and even a stampede occurred.

However, all this chaos did not last too long. A few seconds later, the surging sea water poured into the underground fortification, instantly washing everyone away.

With the subsequent waves coming one after another, the American defense line turned into an ocean.

Washington.

"What?!!"

In the combat meeting room, everyone's face was as if they had seen a ghost; everyone's eyes were focused on the face of the combat staff who came to report.

"Say it again, what happened to our defense line?"

"According to the call from Columbia (the capital of South Carolina) Command..." The combat staff also looked incredible. "The Germans destroyed the H-03-4 defense line near Charleston with huge waves."

"That's all?" Vice President Truman was furious. "Speak clearly! What do you mean by destroying our defense line with huge waves?! Did the Germans invite Poseidon?!"

The staff looked innocent. "That's the content of the telegram sent by Columbia Command, Mr. Vice President." This place is more than 700 kilometers away from Charleston, and he doesn't have a clairvoyance to see what happened, so he can only report the content of the telegram he received truthfully.

Vice President Truman waved his hand. "Go, let them report in detail what happened!!"

"Yes!" The staff quickly left the combat command room.

Everyone in the room had a very grim look on their faces, and Vice President Truman sat limply in his chair, motionless, as if he had aged ten years in an instant. After a long while, he slowly spoke. "Everyone, what do you think is going on? Could it be that the Germans really use magic?"

Everyone was also confused, wondering how the Germans could create a huge wave that destroyed their own fortifications.

But the most important problem now is that the H-03-4 defense line has been destroyed, and the Germans can easily land from there.

Marshall asked anxiously. "Are there any other troops nearby?"

MacArthur, standing in front of the sand table, shook his head slowly with an extremely ugly expression. "Because only that section of the area is suitable for landing, so... the nearest troops there are also on the H-03-5 defense line 100 kilometers away. But once the troops there are mobilized, the defense of that line will become weak. And the reserve troops in South Carolina are 200 kilometers away." The coastline of the United States is too long. Even if they try their best to eliminate those places that are not suitable for landing, there are still thousands of kilometers of defense lines to guard. The length of the Atlantic defense line alone is more than 2,000 kilometers.

What is the concept of a 2,000-kilometer defense line? Even if 500 soldiers are deployed per kilometer, it will take 1 million people. The result is that the defense line they built has no depth and not too many reserves. If there is a problem with a defense line, they can only mobilize troops from nearby defense lines to rescue. Just like the current situation, they can either watch the Germans land, or they can only rob Peter to repair Paul. Of course, no one can guarantee that the Germans will not take the opportunity to launch a landing battle from the H-03-5 defense line.

"We must not let the Germans land easily. Order the troops on the H-03-5 defense line to immediately support the H-03-4 defense line; if the Germans have already landed, they must be driven into the sea!"