There were only about nine thousand captives who were rescued. When the NAC soldiers rescued the pitiful people shivering in the rubble, they were so emotional they almost cried.
Freeing the captives of the Defenders was just a side mission, it was not the First Corp's duty. Therefore, in the final bombardment, Cheng Weiguo didn't care about the captives of the mutated humans.
It was understandable that Cheng Weiguo wouldn't risk the lives of his soldiers for these strangers. To be able to save them from the mutated humans was more than enough.
After they occupied the Seventh Area, Cheng Weiguo ordered the soldiers to station there. While the supply trucks returned to Shenxiang Town to load up ammunition, the teams all reported the casualties. The collected weapons and ammunition were recorded. The ones that could be used were taken, and the ones that couldn't be used were stored together with the C, B, and A steel stockpiles, waiting for the trucks to transport them to Shenxiang Colony.
As to the rescued captives, Cheng Weiguo ordered the soldiers to place them in temporary camps. He provided them with nutrient supplies and recruited soldiers and engineers who were willing to join.
Many of them were soldiers of Jia City's Defender Alliance. All they needed was a rifle, and they didn't need to do any extra training to become a combat force. When they heard Cheng Weiguo planned to attack Jia City, take revenge on the mutated humans, and liberate their home, they joined the NAC without any hesitation.
It just so happened that the First Division had obtained a lot of weapons from the Mutants. Cheng Weiguo split the 1,400 soldiers into various infantry squads, while the rest formed their own infantry squads. The 1000 engineers were also in the team. They could be used as backups and could also build fortifications.
After the reorganization, the 1st Army instantly expanded to more than 4000 people.
The next morning, the 1st Division continued their journey towards Jia City after they finished their preparations.
As for the rest of the rescued captives, after Cheng Weiguo asked Jiang Chen for his opinion, he temporarily placed them in the Seventh Area and promised to send people to pick them up after Jia City was captured. Then he led the troops away from the Seventh Area.
The real battlefield was in Jia City.
The mutated humans in the Seventh Area were just the appetizer.
…
"Five power armors, 31 kinetic skeletons, 110 light infantry dead, 132 heavily injured. A total of 210,000 rounds of ammunition and 2200 shells were consumed. "Standing in the office, Han Junhua reported the results of the First Division.
Sure enough, once the cannon was fired, ten thousand taels of gold would be produced. The cost of the first battle was more than 350,000 crystals. Even Jiang Chen, who earned nearly ten million crystals from the food business, had to admit how much money the war burned.
Of course, the crystals were not paid by him but by the war funds collected by the Sixth Street.
"What's the situation at the Sixth Street?" Jiang Chen stared at the holographic map.
"The reinforcement of the wall is almost complete. At the same time, we found traces of throwers outside the Sixth Street, "Han Junhua said.
The observation of throwers outside of the Sixth Street meant that the zombies and mutants outside of the city center had already spread to the rural area.
Was it the calm before the storm?
Looking at the red dot on the holographic map, Jiang Chen fell into silence.
At this moment, as the marshal, all he could do was sit at his desk and wait for the good news from the frontline. With the expansion of the NAC's power, there were fewer and fewer things that he needed to do. All the losses and results of the battle were presented to him as mere numbers.
Just then, there was a sudden knock on the door.
"Please come in." Jiang Chen looked at the door.
The door opened and the director of the Aerospace Science and Technology Research Institute, Jiang Lin, walked in. His face was full of joy, unlike the other people in the base who had a bitter expression.
"Everything you need has been prepared."
Hearing Jiang Lin's words, Jiang Chen looked at the clock on the wall and then stood up.
"Take me to see it now."
"Okay." Jiang Lin nodded and immediately walked out the door.
Jiang Chen looked at Han Junhua.
"I'll leave this place to you."
"Mhmm."
Her response was as concise as always.
…
Jiang Chen arrived at the launch site of the Aerospace Science and Technology Research Institute with Jiang Lin. A few workers were busy working around a four-story tall rocket. A mechanical arm the height of several people was connected to the tablet by a data cable. A technician continuously tapped on the screen, manipulating the mechanical arm to extend a welding torch and weld the already connected steel plate together.
Other than the useless people sent to the wilderness, out of all the scientists in Fallout Shelter 027, only the people from the Aerospace Science and Technology Research Institute hadn't entered the fallout shelter yet. Ever since Jiang Chen ordered Jiang Lin to establish the Aerospace Science and Technology Research Institute, the scientists moved to the Fishbone base with their families.
At first, they were a bit unwilling, but did Jiang Chen care about their unwillingness? They were provided with good food and drinks, but they didn't want to talk about it. Seeing that their protest was ineffective, they had to contribute their knowledge and design the rocket for Jiang Chen.
"Dolphin-10 intercontinental ballistic missile, developed at the end of the 21st century and used until now. It is probably the most deployed ballistic missile in PAC territory." Jiang Lin looked at the rocket with pride on his face.
In order to create this missile, he had put in a lot of effort. Although he didn't understand why Jiang Chen wanted to design a weapon that could hit the western hemisphere, he still followed Jiang Chen's request.
Just this missile alone used up one million crystals worth of materials. In the past few months, Jiang Lin received a lot of disdain from Wang Qin.
Out of the entire base's project department, only the Aerospace Science and Technology Research Institute spent the most money. Because a lot of the parts couldn't be produced by themselves, they had to pay expensive hiring fees to the exploration teams outside the province.
For example, the propulsion engine of the missile was transported from the Taipei Launch Base (ruins) six hundred kilometers away from Wanghai City. In order to transport the propulsion engine, the mercenaries risked being torn apart by mutated sharks, so the cost was obviously not small.
But disdain was disdain, the funding still had to be approved since it was a project personally ordered by the general.
"Why is it called Dolphin? Such a weird name. "Jiang Chen couldn't help but ridicule.
"Deployed under the sea, Peace Messenger, you know." Jiang Lin used the welding torch to knock on the base of the missile as he grinned.
Jiang Chen paused for a moment before he understood the meaning of his words. He also laughed.
Peace Messenger, Nuclear Peace Messenger.
[Tsk tsk, this person from the future is quite humorous.]
"The missile is 11 meters in length, 1.55 meters in diameter, 35.1 tons in launch weight, and 2088 kilograms in maximum launch weight. It can be deployed to a missile silo at a depth of 1200 meters with a maximum range of 21,000 kilometers. The launch ring on the side of the missile is an underwater propulsion device. If it's used on land, there's no need for that. "
"The launch mechanism is a non-separated three-stage propulsion mode. The underwater propulsion ring will propel the missile to 100 meters underwater before separating from the missile. The missile's engine will ignite and push the missile to near-Earth orbit before the engine stops. Relying on the earth's rotation to move above the target, the engine will reignite and strike the target area vertically. "
"The shell of the missile is coated with an anti-radar material that can reduce the reflected radar signal to the size of a seagull. In theory, only the 'passive coherent positioning system' can detect the launch signal of the missile. "
In terms of size, the 11 meters long compared to the twenty to thirty meter long intercontinental missiles of the five thugs was undoubtedly like a pocket toy. But without a doubt, anyone who dared to doubt its combat power would pay the price.
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