Two days later, Shen Rui returned to his warship and set off, aiming directly at the northern inland sea.
This inland sea is vast and protected by ports at both ends. As long as it is cleaned up and the gate is closed, it will be a closed and safe sea area.
In the past, due to serious pollution, it almost became a garbage dumping pit along the coast, and it has long been unable to be used as a fishing ground.
After the apocalypse occurred, this situation changed. Firstly, many large industrial zones were completely destroyed. Secondly, many alienated sea monsters like to eat heavy metals and pollutants, and enhance their own strength through the fusion of particles.
For example, they evolved teeth and bones that were sharper than titanium alloys. This essential transformation turned them into special sea monsters similar to RoboCop.
Human pollution has finally created greater trouble for itself. Sea monsters absorb these pollutants in a much more convenient way than land monsters.
After all, they are soaked in water, safely absorbing those heavy metals in the form of water dissolution and dilution, and slowly strengthening themselves.
Land monsters do not have this convenience. If they eat heavy metals, they can easily exceed the limit.
There are also some sea monsters, like oil rats, that like to swallow oil.
Under this situation, the quality of the seawater, which had been greatly degraded, quickly became clearer. In more than ten years, the pollution problem that took humans hundreds of years to solve has been solved.
This is the main reason why the East Coast Trail Blazers set their goal here.
If you can defend it after defeating it, connect the alienated seaweed along the protruding parts of the two peninsulas to form a Great Wall on the sea.
There are also many castles on the nearby land, which can facilitate the mobilization of manpower and the quick sale of produced materials.
The combination of various benefits led them to choose the northern inland sea area.
Of course, there is another most critical point, that is, it is the closest to their headquarters. The actual distance is only a few hundred nautical miles, and they can move there in two or three hours for support.
There may be better sea areas in other places, but overall, the most suitable place to attack right now is here.
Of course Shen Rui and others will not make irresponsible remarks on the goals of the East Coast Pioneers. Anyway, both sides get what they need.
They help each other conquer this sea area, and afterwards they can obtain alienated seaweed, as well as food quotas at long-term cost prices.
These two conditions are enough for them to reach cooperation with the East Coast Development Team.
You must know that as the number of people increases, the food problem becomes more and more prominent, and it is quite urgent for them to obtain a reliable and large source of food.
If the team is dispersed to various castles to eat, there won't be much pressure, but it will also lose combat effectiveness.
Eating food together creates a big problem just in the process of collection and transportation.
The cavalry has two very large mobile transport warehouses, Xiaoying and Shen Rui. Transportation is not difficult. The difficulty is in purchasing food. In the past, they relied on fighting to support fighting and relying on loot to complete the food supply.
But people can't just eat meat, they also need to eat vegetables and fruits. Especially for these mid-to-high-level body trainers, they need more nutrients to maintain the activity and evolution of the particles.
Every time Xiaoying goes out to buy fresh vegetables, it is a headache for Xia Daxue, who is responsible for logistics and other chores.
You must know that a team of nearly a thousand people, plus twice the consumption of different horses as cultivators of the same level, can eat several tons of vegetables every day!
The pressure on logistics caused by such a huge quantity can be imagined.
Fortunately, we have a warship as a reserve base. With a displacement of tens of thousands of tons, it is still enough to use a thousand tons as a food warehouse.
Otherwise, it would be very difficult for Shen Rui and Xiaoying to carry it around with them. After all, the number of slots in an inventory is limited, and people need to be stored there. One inventory only has a capacity of hundreds of cubic meters.
If the fisheries are well constructed, an abundant supply of sea vegetables will greatly alleviate this problem. Sea vegetables include kelp, seaweed, and various green seaweeds, which are rich in nutrients and even exceed vegetables on land.
For other organizations, when thousands of level 5 and above masters gather together, they need to prepare a large amount of food and various supplies in advance before they can engage in a medium-intensity battle.
After the battle, it is necessary to disband and station in various places, firstly to disperse the pressure on logistics supply, and secondly to protect these production areas nearby.
The main purpose is to reduce the huge consumption caused by transportation. The transportation cost in the apocalypse is unimaginable for ordinary people, which can be seen from the encounters of those caravans.
Shen Rui often encounters caravans in the wild and is very clear about this. Only by resisting the harassment of monsters and bandits and avoiding the threats of various abnormal events can he complete a successful transaction.
Fortunately, this is a modern society, and castle managers are very smart and will not charge excessive taxes. Instead, they have set up special patrol teams to help maintain smooth roads. Otherwise, commercial transactions will be even more depressed.
The warship pulled out a long wave and headed north.
On the warship, Xia Daxue had explained the significance of this operation to everyone, inspiring higher morale.
Needless to say, everyone also has high morale. After all, fighting means income and progress. How can morale not be high?
But after explaining it clearly, their sense of mission will be strengthened. Originally they were just fighting for themselves, but when Xia Daxue said it, it turned out that they also shouldered the important task of improving the food supply for the masses of civilians.
Once people satisfy their basic needs, they pursue spiritual needs.
The current actions can satisfy their spiritual needs and make them pay more attention to this battle.
Each squad leader is making preparations with the team members before going into battle.
The last battle made them understand that when fighting at sea, they cannot rely on the spears and guns they are accustomed to on land, but must rely on harpoons and crossbows. They must first use modern weapons to weaken the enemy, and then launch a fatal attack.
This is completely different from previous land battles. At that time, it was impossible to carry heavy weapons with you. The consumption effect of light weapons was obviously not good. They were often just an appetizer, which was better than nothing.
But in naval battles, large-caliber naval guns, high-explosive torpedoes, and depth bombs can significantly weaken the sea monster.
Ten successes can be reduced to 70% or even 50% by a single bombing. Those with proficient water control skills can retain 90% of their combat power, while novices with unskilled skills can only retain 30%.
This is equivalent to someone trying to kill their remaining health and asking them to make last hits. Who would reject these modern weapons?
They just hate that the displacement of the ships is not high enough and they cannot carry too many naval guns and ammunition.
When they saw the main ship of the East Coast Development Team sailing out in the distance, everyone was filled with envy.
"It would be great if we also had a battleship like that. The combat effectiveness could at least be doubled."
"Why don't you arrange such a capital ship for us? It seems that our contribution is not enough..."
"Don't talk nonsense, the higher ups gave us destroyers for our own good," a squad leader reprimanded.
"Yes, the speed of a destroyer can be easily increased at a critical moment. By activating particle acceleration, you can easily get rid of most sea monsters. The battleship cannot do that. The original speed is much slower than the destroyer. After the particle acceleration, the relative gap will only become larger. "The people above have also worked hard, so don't scold them all the time..." Someone said some fair words.
The few people who spoke suddenly fell silent.
That's right, one of the biggest advantages of Shen Rui's team is its mobility. If it can't be defeated, retreat immediately. Retreat without casualties and come back after strengthening its strength.
If it were a battleship, it would not be that easy to retreat.
After comprehensive consideration, among surface ships, high-speed destroyers are the most suitable for them. The original design purpose of this kind of ship is to use high speed to cover the main fleet, deal with slow submarines, conduct various reconnaissance and early warning, and harass guerrillas.