On the other side, Captain Lu and others were not far from Xin City.
In the base.....
All peaceful.
But amidst this peace, Li Yu is also thinking about how the base should develop in the future.
In this apocalypse, weakness is original sin, and strength is the last word.
No one will talk to you about morality, the rule of law, or relationships. Only by having a hard enough fist can you be confident.
The set of connections, power, and money that existed before the end of the world have become useless now.
Communication between people has become more realistic, a bit cold, but the dialogue efficiency is very high.
No one talks about ideals and freedom, no one talks about dreams and the future, because in this apocalypse, being able to live until tomorrow and have a full meal is already a blessing.
There are now 70 people in the base, and there are more than 60 people who can fight, both men and women.
This number has roughly reached the scale that Li Yu expected.
He had also thought about expanding the number of people, but before his rebirth, he had seen too many large gathering places. Due to food problems, internal conflicts broke out, management was extremely difficult, and they finally fell apart.
In the fifth year before his rebirth, there were basically few large gathering places because they could not afford to support them.
Under the dual threats of natural disasters and zombies, there are all kinds of uncertainties.
He has personally experienced a seemingly extremely powerful gathering place with tens of thousands of people!
But because of a blizzard, crops froze to death under freezing conditions, followed by heavy rain and a wave of zombies.
Food crisis, too many people inside, extremely difficult to manage, different people's hearts, and finally collapsed!
When the nest is overturned, there are no eggs left.
That time, he almost died.
He has never joined a large gathering place since then, because although a large gathering place means being more powerful, it also means that if a problem occurs but cannot be solved, it will be more miserable.
But.
If the base is not enlarged, it also means that the number of people is small, and perhaps some firearms can be snatched by virtue of the advantage of the opportunity, but after all, the bullets will be used up. This is not a long-term solution.
However, if you want to make the group larger, you will also face the biggest problem: food!
He also thought about forming a strong team, recruiting talents, building factories, and developing technology. But to do these things, people are needed, and these people need to be found.
This is undoubtedly extremely difficult.
Let’s take the simplest example. If you make guns and bullets, the bullets alone are enough.
The manufacture of bullets is stamping, which requires a large number of molds. The specific dimensions of the molds are confidential. Generally speaking, workshops do not have such conditions. If you want to make your own bullets, you must overcome the mold size control.
Let’s talk about guns!
The firearm structure can be disassembled into the butt, gun box, barrel, magazine, piston, bolt, firing pin, sight, front sight, trigger, receiver, grip, gun rod, recoil spring, piston barrel, guide
Air hole, trigger sear, bullet in the chamber, muzzle brake, magazine cartridge and safety sear and other parts!
Among them, the most difficult one is the "gun barrel"!
As an important component of a firearm, the barrel leads directly to the chamber.
On the battlefield, when a bullet is fired, the expanding gas generated by the gunpowder explosion or air pressure will push the warhead through the barrel, becoming a high-speed projectile and ultimately hitting the enemy target.
If the high-kinetic energy bullet cannot slide out of the barrel smoothly after the trigger is pulled, it will cause a "bore explosion", which is a potentially fatal risk!
In order to ensure good hardenability, hardenability and processing performance, the grain size of the material must reach level 4-6 and the structure must be uniform!
After solving the material problem, you still need to face the test of the fine and rigorous production process of the gun barrel! Not only do you need to consider a lot of details such as the firing pin and linkage fitting points, but you also have to pull out fine rifling on the inner wall of the barrel, which is very thin.
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Rifling can be said to be the soul of the barrel! Because it is what gives the bullet the rotational force, so that after the bullet comes out of the chamber, it can still maintain the established direction and hit the target!
If you just make something simple, it will require a lot of processes. Maybe you can assemble it by purchasing some parts before the end of the world (this chapter is not finished!)
Chapter 215: Where to go?
Come.
But now in the end of the world, it's a desolate place, and there are no complete parts. It's just too difficult to build it yourself.
To create these things, we must have professional talents, and the number of people will inevitably increase.
Only when it shows scale can we support the ground to do this. It needs some people to protect it, some people to grow crops, and some people to specialize in scientific research and production.
But it fell into an endless loop again.
Too many people - natural disasters, zombie waves, various accidents, insufficient food, can easily lead to collapse.
Too few people - unable to form economies of scale, few talents, not enough strength to resist.
Whether there are many people or few people, it seems that they will eventually perish.
This end of the world is too unfriendly to human beings.
In this apocalypse, it is not just as simple as zombies, but the advantage he has is the prophetic advantage brought by the skill of rebirth.
There is no superpower or system, just that he is fierce enough!
Kill to stop killing! Murderous!
However, as time goes by, not only is he ruthless, but everyone who survives is also ruthless.
This problem still bothers Li Yu to this day.
His original idea at the beginning was not to have too many people, but later he planted farmland in the base and found that it could support more people, so he later admitted more people.
These people were only allowed to join after many inspections.
After contacting him so far, Li Yu is satisfied with these people who have joined.
Li Yu stood on the wall of the base and looked at the mountains in the distance, feeling that the heat was gradually getting less intense.
A breeze blew over, and Li Yu heard footsteps next to him.
It's the second uncle.
The second uncle glanced at him and then stood next to him, neither of them spoke.
Lighted a cigarette.
After taking a puff, let the wind blow the smoke for a while.
The second uncle said: "Xiaoyu, sometimes you can communicate with us more about your thoughts or concerns. Don't hold it in alone."
Li Yu nodded silently and said quietly for a few seconds: "The base must have been exposed now. I have no regrets about the people I killed, but I have been worried about the development of the base. With more people, management will inevitably be difficult.
, food has also become the biggest problem. But there are few people, and it is difficult to survive in this end of the world."
The second uncle pondered for a while and said directly: "What is there to worry about? Then we should carefully select our partners and control the number of people within a certain range that we can bear, right?"
When Li Yu heard these words, he felt as if the clouds had been cleared away. The authorities were confused, and the problem he was always struggling with seemed to be no big problem when his second uncle said it.
That’s right! Since it’s difficult to manage too many people and we can’t afford to support them, wouldn’t it be better to carefully select useful people and join them?