While Chen Xin was working with weapon experts to study how to build escort ships that could accompany the land aircraft carrier, the alien creatures seemed finally to have recovered from the storm's impact and launched another attack on the Dongting Lake Region defenses.
This was, of course, anticipated by the high command and military. In fact, the surprise for the military was that it took this long for the aliens to resume their offensive.
After all, although the previous storm caused significant damage to the aliens, what was lost were merely the alien combat subunits that had broken through the ground.
Despite their large numbers, the military felt that the losses were not significantly different from the regular losses incurred by aliens during their attacks.
Thus, the fact that the aliens delayed their renewed assault for so long surprised the military, worrying them that the aliens might be plotting some other scheme or attack plan.
