Chapter 275: The Helpless Yingjiang Country

Before the battle had even begun, everyone in the combat command room felt a heavy pressure.

Brewster said with a dark face:

"Wait a while before attacking."

"Wait until all the fighter jets have arrived, then surround and attack together with maximum firepower."

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, the messenger wearing a headset immediately relayed the order to the combat squadron.

After giving the order, Brewster could only watch helplessly as the streets in the video feed were bombed, clenching his fists in anger.

But he knew he had to endure for now.

If the Ninth Fighter Squadron, which had arrived first, attacked now, there would be only two possibilities.

Either they would be unable to break the opponent's Energy Shield, in which case the attack would be meaningless.

Or they would be able to break the opponent's Energy Shield, which would be even worse; once the Alien Spaceship saw the situation was unfavorable and began to fight while maneuvering, it would cause even greater damage to Yingjiang Country.

Therefore, they had to gather as much powerful strike force as possible while the opponent was arrogant, striving to annihilate them in one fell swoop or subdue them.

Although he knew the hope was slim, it was still better than attacking prematurely and alerting the enemy.

Another two minutes or so passed.

Two other fighter squadrons arrived at the combat zone one after another.

Brewster immediately ordered:

"Pass on my command! Use the strongest firepower directly! All fighter jets, attack together!"

"Yes!"

The messenger began to relay the instructions.

On the large screen, more than thirty fighter jets opened fire one after another, and dozens of cruise missiles flew through the air, trailing long tails of flame.

These cruise missiles had multiple guidance methods; even without radar guidance, there were still laser guidance, satellite guidance, and other methods.

After all, the spaceship was stationary in the sky, practically acting as a target for them on purpose.

As long as the pilots locked onto the general direction of the target with their naked eyes and pressed the missile launch button, the rest could be left to the guidance system.

This was not the end.

After the cruise missiles were launched, the various fighter jets successively fired rockets and machine guns.

The dense attacks almost completely enveloped the spaceship hovering above the city.

In the video feed, multiple missiles landed on the Energy Shield and exploded silently, turning into smoke that completely shrouded it.

Before the smoke could even dissipate.

One cruise missile after another fell and exploded in succession.

Inside the combat command room, everyone stared nervously at that mass of white smoke.

At this moment.

A beam of crimson light pierced through the smoke and blasted toward the ground just as before.

"Damn it!"

Brewster's expression changed.

This scene made them understand that the series of attacks just now had absolutely no effect on the spaceship, and the Energy Shield had definitely not been broken.

Sure enough.

As the smoke cleared, everyone could clearly see that the Energy Shield on the surface of the spaceship remained intact, as if it had never suffered any attack at all.

What made everyone's expression change even more wildly was—

Three gun barrels silently extended from the side of the spaceship, and crimson light clusters began to brew on them.

"Watch out and evade!"

Brewster shouted hurriedly.

And just as his voice fell.

Three crimson beams of light blasted out, accurately hitting three fighter jets in supersonic flight, instantly blowing them to pieces.

The light clusters began to brew again.

"Retreat! Have all fighter jets retreat!"

Brewster shouted loudly.

Then he picked up the landline phone on the side and dialed his superiors.

"Sir! Fighter jet attacks are ineffective, requesting to execute Backup Plan One!"

"Approved! Execute immediately!"

"Yes!"

Brewster hung up the phone and arranged for several messengers to contact the outside world simultaneously.

A few seconds later.

In military bases located all over Yingjiang Country, various missile silos opened one after another.

Huge missiles, each dozens of meters long, rose into the air one by one, trailing long tails of flame and flying through the air at several times the speed of sound.

These were all Medium-to-long-range Ballistic Missiles; in terms of power and yield, they were far superior to the cruise missiles carried by fighter jets, and could be said to be the most direct manifestation of a country's military backbone.

The reason Yingjiang Country treated these Medium-to-long-range Ballistic Missiles as a backup plan, rather than attacking with full force from the beginning, was to preserve the wreckage of the Alien Spaceship and the aliens as much as possible for subsequent research.

Since even the most advanced fighter squadrons could not break the opponent's Energy Shield, they could no longer care about that much.

First consider defeating the opponent.

Then consider the matter of preserving the wreckage.

No matter how arrogant Yingjiang Country was, they knew that the Alien Spaceship was not easy to deal with, so naturally, they could not keep holding back on purpose.

However, the flight speed of these Medium-to-long-range Ballistic Missiles is mostly around Mach 10; to cross over a thousand kilometers or even several thousand kilometers to attack the Alien Spaceship hovering above the city, the flight time alone would take more than ten minutes.

And during these ten minutes.

Every television channel across the globe was broadcasting the Alien Spaceship's every move as it destroyed the city, also witnessing the invincible feat of the opponent sweeping through the Yingjiang Country fighter squadron.

At this moment, no one doubted the reality of the aliens anymore, because many online news headlines had already begun reporting on the alien incident.

Countless people on the internet were discussing it frantically.

"My God! The aliens have really invaded!"

"How can the Alien Spaceship be so powerful?"

"Those are Yingjiang Country's fifth-generation fighters! With so many fighters attacking together, they couldn't even break the spaceship's Energy Shield?"

"The opponent's attacks are also terrifying; every shot can easily destroy a fighter."

"The entire city has been destroyed! My God! The aliens are too brutal! It's simply a massacre!"

"This is Sotu City in Yingjiang Country, with a permanent population of over two million; looking at the level of destruction, I'm afraid not a single person could have survived."

"The most critical issue is that even Yingjiang Country's most advanced fighters cannot break the Alien Spaceship's Energy Shield, which means no city in Yingjiang Country can stop the Alien Spaceship's invasion. Once they completely destroy Sotu City, where will they attack next? How many more people will they kill?"

"If even Yingjiang Country can't stop them, other countries have even less of a chance."

"It's over!"

"Blue Star is going to fall!"

"We won't be sold as slaves to other planets, will we?"

"Maybe they'll make us work eight hours a day, five days a week, cram two of us into a fifty-square-meter dormitory, and only let us have three meat dishes and two vegetable dishes per meal..."

"What kind of daydream are you having up there?"

"It's a damn alien invasion, and you still have the heart to joke? Are you really not afraid of death?"

"Whatever, we ordinary people can't change anything anyway; just keep living if you can, die if you must, it's no big deal."

No matter the time, there are always optimistic and open-minded people, as well as pessimistic and depressed ones.

But the vast majority of people still felt panicked.

Even if there was only one alien and only one spaceship, such a powerful display truly made many people feel despair.

Especially in Yingjiang Country, which was being attacked.

Riots had already begun in many cities; people were frantically grabbing things in supermarkets, not even bothering to pay.

Some vehicles without an Intelligent Driving System were speeding recklessly on the roads, causing many accidents and leading to congestion on many routes, which in turn caused even wider-scale riots and panic.

Some people, in order to urge others to move out of the way and to vent the panic and anxiety in their hearts, even took out guns and fired wildly, causing many casualties.

Just at this moment.

All online platforms suddenly cut to a new live broadcast feed, where an elderly man known to everyone in the world appeared on screen, announcing the news of the ballistic missile launch with a solemn face.

He also declared that they would certainly eliminate the aliens, defend Yingjiang Country, and avenge the fallen citizens!

This made everyone's mood calm down slightly.

Especially when everyone learned that two of the missiles were equipped with a Nuclear Warhead, people felt a little more relieved.

In such a critical moment facing an alien invasion, people could not be bothered to condemn the act of deploying nuclear weapons on their own soil.

Eliminating the aliens was the most important thing.

Even if it might cause collateral damage and have serious radiation problems later, the victims would be in Sotu City, not the cities where everyone else was.

Since no one in Sotu City was objecting, naturally, no one else would condemn it.

Of course, in Sotu City right now, people were either already dead or frantically fleeing, and had no time to learn about news from the outside.

In short, over a dozen Medium-to-long-range Ballistic Missiles, amidst the anticipation of countless people around the world, flew toward the location of the Alien Spaceship.

Until a few minutes later.

When the Alien Spaceship had completely destroyed the entire city below, those missiles arrived one after another from all directions.

People naturally could not see the flight trajectories of the missiles, and other countries could not possibly detect these specific images of Yingjiang Country's airspace.

Everyone only saw.

The television screen suddenly switched to a certain angle, clearly showing a huge missile flying through the air, with a streamlined crimson Plasma Layer at the front of the missile and a long tail flame at the back, just like a meteor falling from space, showing its terrifying speed.

Those in the know who saw this scene were instantly stunned by the footage.

But before they could think about how magical this high-definition real-time live streaming technology was under such supersonic conditions, they saw an even more shocking scene.

A red light flashed.

The missile, which was flying at over ten times the speed of sound, exploded directly in mid-air.

Then the screen switched again.

Another missile wrapped in a Plasma Layer entered everyone's sight.

The red light flashed again, and the missile exploded once more.

Just like that, after the video feed flickered over a dozen times, all the missiles were completely destroyed; not a single one could get close to the Alien Spaceship, let alone cause it any damage.

The ballistic missiles, all wiped out!

Everyone who saw the video fell silent.

If even the simultaneous launch of over a dozen ballistic missiles from Yingjiang Country couldn't hit the target, what other means could they possibly have to deal with the opponent?

None.

Even the highest-yield Nuclear Warhead would still need a missile to deliver it to the target location.

But since the Medium-to-long-range Ballistic Missiles were easily intercepted by the opponent, launching other missiles would be meaningless and would only cause harm to their own country.

Besides missiles.

Yingjiang Country actually had quite a few advanced weapons.

For example, the Solar Weapon, Space-based Weapon, Weather Weapon, and other new concept weapons currently under development were all extremely powerful, capable of destroying the world, and in some respects, even stronger than nuclear weapons.

Furthermore, among these weapons, some are already barely capable of being put into use.

But the problem is, when facing a single small Alien Spaceship from the enemy, these weapons either cannot strike accurately or are not suited for single-target attacks, making it impossible to inflict any actual damage upon the opponent.

Therefore, at this moment, Yingjiang Country is indeed already at its wit's end.

Seeing these video images, the various countries likewise feel a sense of despair.