The production of "Base 100" is in full swing.
Not only are there 300,000 "Cross Spider" engineering robots working hard at their jobs, there are also nearly 3,000 workers and engineers!
They are almost the top industry talents in the entire league!
Some of them come from the distant Ideal City, some come from Evernight Port in the Southern Hemisphere, or shelters in the desert, as well as wastelanders who have learned advanced knowledge in Camp 101, etc.
Faced with the threat of doomsday, Dawn City Industrial Center, which gathers the strengths of hundreds of experts, once again demonstrated its shocking and terrifying production capabilities to the major survivor forces in the wasteland.
The "Cross Spider" in the southern industrial park had just stepped out of the assembly line with its front legs. The battery was attached to its back legs and it was directly loaded onto a truck and sent to the foundry well of Base 100.
From the construction machinery welding steel to the screws in the casting wells, every unit running on the production line, both human and machine, is operating to the limit.
The terrifying industrial throughput even once strained the transportation resources of Luoye City, which is a railway transportation hub.
This situation of transportation capacity failing to keep up with productivity never happened even during the most anxious period of the war with the Southern Army.
In the manager's office of the Alliance Building, Song Xuelin, Minister of Industry, reported to Chu Guang the progress of the work during this period.
".\n.\n.\n.\n.\nAt present, all the production units of our No. 100 vertical casting shaft have been started, and the first low-orbit defense platform is in production. The estimated construction period is three months. It will be completed soon.
If so, the delivery can be completed in early June!”
The low-orbit defense platform is a defense countermeasure jointly discussed by professionals from various industries in the alliance, colleges, and companies at a meeting, and is tentatively named the "Trench" plan.
That is, defense platforms equipped with electromagnetic guns and high-power laser weapons are deployed in several low-Earth orbits. These defense platforms are regarded as alternatives to orbital garbage.
Like sampans floating on the periphery of a port, they can prevent medium and long-range strategic weapon strikes through electromagnetic accelerated mass bombs.
Although Chu Guang knew very well that this production speed was already astonishing, he still couldn't help but frown when he thought of the current urgent situation.
"One ship every three months?" Song Xuelin said with a wry smile.
"This is a huge systematic project. It takes three months to build one ship thanks to the help of colleges and enterprises... This speed is actually very fast."
After a pause, he continued.
"At present, the relevant industrial chain is still in the process of adjustment, and the technical personnel on the production line are not yet skilled. The first ship may be slower, but it should be faster once the first ship is completed."
Chu Guang nodded and said nothing further on this issue. The more urgent some things are, the harder it is to push them.
Especially strategic materials.
He knows very well that any pressure he puts on his subordinates will eventually be transmitted level by level and amplified step by step. Once the subordinates really rush to work because of his own pressure, the final result is likely to be a compromise in quality.
This was what he did not want to see. Seeing that Chu Guang did not continue to criticize the construction period, Song Xuelin finally breathed a sigh of relief and continued to report the report while turning over the documents in his hand.
"In addition, there are logistics issues... The railway network in the central part of the River Valley Province is currently overloaded. Although we have a large number of mines and steel plants in the control areas outside the River Valley Province, the area in Dawn City
Transportation capacity is already starting to be stretched."
"The transportation capacity is not enough?" Chu Guang looked at him unexpectedly, and straightened up from the office chair with a little surprise, "Didn't there be a surplus of more than 30% before?"
Railways are the blood vessels of the Alliance's industry. He has focused on developing the Alliance's railways since the Bone Chewing Rebellion. He even planned a Fallen Leaf City specifically to ensure the Alliance's logistics, serving as a hub for material exchange from east to west, north and south.
It was precisely because of his actions at that time that the later alliance had the potential to radiate influence to Luoxia Province, Jinchuan Province and even the more distant Haiya Province.
After all, no matter how far the players can go on just two legs, it doesn't make any sense if the alliance's equipment and logistics can't get by.
In that case, I'm afraid a lot of time will be wasted waiting for resurrection.
Chu Guang even thought that the controllable fusion reactor in Dawn City might be tight, but he never thought that the rows of densely packed railway lines would be tight in capacity.
The products produced cannot be shipped in?
Is this possible in the wasteland?
Looking at the stunned Chu Guang, Song Xuelin said with sweat on his forehead.
"This... is indeed our dereliction of duty. Originally, we judged that the growth rate of productivity could match the speed of improvement of our railway network, but the actual production capacity displayed by No. 100 Foundry Well exceeded our expectations, and its industrial throughput
It is almost equivalent to the entire Dawn City Industrial Zone, and the occupation of transportation capacity is naturally the same..."
Even if the back foot can't catch up with the front foot, it's okay.
Hearing the answer from the Minister of Industry, Chu Guang was dumbfounded for a moment. He didn't know whether to be happy or sigh. However, Song Xuelin was right about one thing. Failure to take this into consideration was indeed a dereliction of duty by the industrial department.
"This kind of thing must be prepared in advance. You can't wait for the problem to happen before you think of a solution. It's time to do a review, but now we still have to think about how to solve this problem."
Song Xuelin nodded with sweat dripping from his back. "Yes..."
Rather than continue to embarrass him about the mistake that had already occurred, Chu Guang tapped his index finger on the armrest of the office chair, thought for a moment and spoke.
"No. 100 Foundry Shaft cannot be moved, we can only find solutions from other places.\n.\n.\n.\nWhat do you think if part of the production capacity is transferred to the coast of the Death Coast in Haiya Province? I
I’ve been thinking about this before.”
Song Xuelin said cautiously.
"I think so too, but considering that the settlement there is still in the early stages of development, I'm worried that the local area cannot afford the relocation of such a huge industry..."
"Don't worry about it." Looking at the hesitant Minister of Industry, Chu Guang said with a smile, "Our Dawn City was originally ordered to be in danger and was built from the wilderness with nothing. Although the current situation is serious, it is still better than it was in the early days.
The past few years have been much better!”
"Moreover, I have personally visited the Death Coast! Although the survivors there come from all over the world, they are not inferior to the survivors of Dawn City and Dawn City. They are even more knowledgeable and energetic than the latter.
I believe they have the ability and confidence to shoulder the mission entrusted to them by the times."
"Since you are so optimistic about them, I have nothing to add," Song Xuelin said with a smile, "I will convene an industry meeting as soon as possible and try to come up with a specific plan as soon as possible."
Chu Guang smiled and nodded. "Let's go." For the alliance, the move of industry southward is actually inevitable, and preparations for this have been made a long time ago.
Container freight has inherent advantages over railway transportation, and industries such as aerospace are naturally better off being closer to the space elevator.
The biggest role of Shelter 100 is actually to serve as an incubation base for the alliance's aerospace industry, just like the seed factory in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City.
Chu Guang's expectations for it were not just to build a few low-orbit defense platforms.
It has the potential to give birth to a forest.
Deep in the great desert, the center of the old world.
Prosperity.
The stacked sand dunes have swallowed up the endless urban agglomerations, leaving only the broken walls and ruins that can be seen everywhere to record the past.
Under the rusty steel structure, a battle-damaged off-road vehicle was speeding on the sand dunes.
After bypassing several space elevator fragments, the off-road vehicle finally stopped at the door of an abandoned building.
Just as the off-road vehicle came to a stop, about twenty soldiers wearing exoskeletons came out from the shadow of the ruins and surrounded the off-road vehicle.
The door of the off-road vehicle was pushed open, and a damaged power armor stepped out of the vehicle. He raised his hands to show that he had no ill intentions, and at the same time, he opened the mask of his helmet, revealing the face of Malik, the captain of the "Desert Scorpion"
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"Don't be nervous, we are on our own."
Seeing Malik's face, the leading soldier did not relax his vigilance. Instead, he raised his clenched fists in alarm.
into a sieve.
The rifles were instantly raised and aimed at "Malik" standing next to the off-road vehicle. They only waited for an order to shoot him.
The medical miracle lying in the trunk saw the situation outside through the gap, and couldn't help but moaned "fuck". Could it be that he was cheated?!
Facing the black muzzles of the guns, "Malik" raised his hands with an indifferent expression, just looking at the leading soldier intently.
"I need an explanation."
The soldier sneered and pointed the rifle directly at the bridge of his nose.
"Explanation? It's you who should explain, Lieutenant Malik. You'd better explain clearly your itinerary for the past week."
Upon hearing this, Zhuang Lan breathed a sigh of relief and continued expressionlessly.
"I was ambushed by the Alliance while performing a mission in the southern part of the desert. I have been evading their pursuit for a week. I will naturally explain the specific situation to my Army Operations Section... But I didn't expect that it would be so difficult for me.
I escaped and came back, but I still had to face the gunpoint of my own people."
These words seemed to have some effect. Several soldiers surrounding them exchanged glances. Although the guns in their hands were not lowered, their murderous intent was obviously weakened.
The same goes for the leading soldier.
He looked at Malik suspiciously, and slowly lowered the muzzle of the gun in his hand.
"You didn't defect? "
"Have you ever seen a defector come back on his own initiative?" Malik looked at him and said sullenly, "I did mess up the matter, but it's not entirely my fault. Who could have imagined that we would meet when we arrived at our destination?
Not the little mice of the watchmen, but a group of regular soldiers with live ammunition."
"We were not prepared at all. Wallen died on the spot, as well as several of my teams. Even I almost told him where it was! Damn... I even suspected that the signal was dug by the alliance itself from the beginning.
The intelligence system must bear at least half of the blame for the trap!" The indignant expression didn't seem to be fake, as if he had really been tricked by one of his own people.
The medical miracle who was hiding in the trunk and watching a good show couldn't help but sigh. Although it wasn't his turn to appear yet, he already felt that way...as if he was really captured.
The leading soldier stared at Malik intently. In the balance of trust and suspicion, the former prevailed in the end.
He waved his hand, and two soldiers wearing exoskeletons came forward to inspect the off-road vehicle. Then they opened the trunk and saw the guy who was tied into a rice dumpling and twisting hard.
"Who is this person?"
"People from the Alliance," Malik said with a sneer on his expressionless face, "I caught this unlucky bastard when I was escaping. Unfortunately, the pursuers were too close and I didn't have a chance to escape."
Something stuck out of his mouth."
By now, the soldier on duty had basically believed what he said.
continued.
He waved to the soldiers standing next to the off-road vehicle and motioned for them to take the prisoners away. Then he looked at Malik and continued
you."
"I just contacted the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They expressed surprise that you came back alive. I guess they have a lot of questions waiting for you.
Malik smiled to himself.
"It seems that I am already dead in their eyes."
"Don't think so, brother," the soldier glanced at him sympathetically, then looked at his raised hands, "put your hands down, welcome home."
Malik put down his raised hands, took the soldier's right hand and shook it.
When he let go of his hand, the soldier suddenly took out a gun-shaped detector and scanned each of his eyes.
identity of.
If you are not familiar with the Enlightenment Society, you may mistake it for a pistol and react excessively, thus exposing yourself.
However, Malik was so familiar with these processes that this level of probing was of no use to him, and actually made him want to laugh.
"Do you believe me now?" "Malik" said mockingly, looking at the soldier playing with the iris scanner gun.
"It's just a matter of routine." The soldier smiled and put away the iris scanner, "Please follow me, Lieutenant Malik."
Malik glanced at the prisoner who was taken down and asked casually.
"Where is the prisoner?"
The soldier said with a smile.
"You don't need to worry about his affairs, just leave him to us."
Malik gave an instruction.
"Remember to interrogate him properly."
The soldier said with a ferocious smile.
"Don't worry, we won't make it easy for him."
Zhuang Lan's heart twitched slightly when she saw that ferocious smile, but she did not intercede for the prisoner.
fail.
It would be superfluous to say anything at this time. Not only would it not be able to help the friend in the alliance, it might actually ruin the entire plan.
She is now Lieutenant Malik, a disciple of the Enlightenment Society, an active officer of the "New People's Alliance" authority, and the captain of the Desert Scorpion.
Without saying another word, she put on Malik's mask and followed the leading soldier with a high head, like a glorious warrior despite defeat, towards the entrance of the legendary Vault 13.
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At the same time, in deep space 36,000 kilometers away from the earth, a silver-gray scientific research ship was slowly passing through an asteroid belt composed of the remains of a space station.
The fragmented alloy structures were like unengraved tombstones, standing silently in a silent cemetery. Compared with the magnificent giant structure, the academy's research ships were like children's toys.
Sitting in the driver's seat, Jiang Xuezhou had a trace of nervousness on his face.
Although the deflector shield can deflect space junk, it still has no way to deal with junk that is larger than a scientific research ship. They were not very lucky. They were about to reach their destination, but they bumped into this piece of debris from the synchronization
The "garbage patch" that passes through the track.
However, they no longer have time to wait for this piece of garbage to drift away, so now they can only bite the bullet. Unlike Jiang Xuezhou who was driving nervously on the edge of the giant structure.
Ye Shizhen, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked like a tourist, opening his mouth in surprise as he looked at the majestic space junk outside the cockpit.
What he saw completely overturned his inherent impression of garbage in the sky.
He thought the space debris was the size of a can, but at this moment, he felt that something like the moon was slapped directly in his face.
This is an exaggeration.
Of course, the wreckage of the space station here cannot be as big as the moon. However, it is still the size of one or two aircraft carriers.
The most advanced spacecraft on earth is like dandruff on a giant's head when placed here, and the so-called "Eye of Humanity" is not even comparable to a slightly larger piece of debris when placed here.
Wonder!
Facing this situation, all Ye Shi could think of was this word. "Woah..."
Jiang Xuezhou, who was sitting in the driver's seat, glanced at him, with a slight smile on her lips. What she admired most was the rare and strange expression on this guy's face.
"Dream City." Ye Shi looked at her confused. "What?"
"Dream City, one of the miraculous buildings of the Prosperous Era," Jiang Xuezhou said slowly while operating the spaceship, "It is said that it is a permanent space station with artificial gravity and day and night rotation... at least that's what the advertisement says.
Yes." Ye Shi scratched his helmet.
"Why does this name sound like the Ideal City Monster?" Jiang Xuezhou smiled faintly.
"Is there a possibility that the name Ideal City was taken from the history of the Prosperity Era and was given to them?"
There are actually many similar situations. For example, the city of Avente.
In the history of the Wilantites, the settlement was named after a soldier who conquered that settlement, but this does not explain why the city of Aventre was also called Aventre before it was conquered by the legions.
According to the history investigated by the college, this settlement was actually named after a pre-war community. The local survivors simply used the previous name for convenience. The so-called special meaning was actually added by the Willant people.
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As the main survivor force in the wasteland, the culture of the Weirant people is actually affecting the People's Lianyu. Ye Shi looked at Jiang Xuezhou blankly.
"...Is there any other way to say this?"
"It's just speculation, just listen to it, don't take it too seriously," Jiang Xuezhou shrugged and said, "I heard that many people on the Zhiyuan are investors who bought off-plan properties in Dream City...because
According to Dream City’s business plan, this space giant will regularly cruise between Earth and Reach.”
Ye Shi couldn't help but sigh. "...This is so crazy."
Jiang Xuezhou nodded in agreement and continued to cast his gaze into the deep space outside the cockpit.
"That's right. But considering the background of the times, graviton technology had made major breakthroughs at that time, the mass delivered by warp engines was getting larger and larger, and the cruising distance of spacecraft was getting farther and farther. It's not surprising that people would think so.
"People in the old era still dreamed of colonizing Mars with chemical fuel rockets, and even almost succeeded. There is nothing ridiculous about this."
"Haha..." Ye Shi laughed dryly, feeling that he had been shot lying down for no reason.
Jiang Xuezhou didn't notice the abnormality in his expression. He just took a deep breath and said in a calm tone, "Notify your teammates to be ready..."
"We're getting there."
This chapter has been completed!