Take back Wanghai from the mutants?
Needless to say, the proposal was tempting, and it looked like NAC had the ability to do so.
Before the war, Wanghai was not only the economic center of Pan-Asia Cooperation, but it was also an industrial base with high technology as the core. If the entire city was under control, the restoration of pre-war technology from the ruins would be much faster.
But this involved another problem.
It was true that the mutants threatened the lives of the survivors, but the crystals they provided were also the cornerstone of the survivors' industrial development. The Sixth Street's power station required crystals, and the fuel rods from cars to power armors also required crystals. The survivors who couldn't obtain helium-4 from the moon to produce nuclear fusion batteries could only rely on the same type of fuel rods made from crystals to power equipment.
For example, in Fallout Shelter 027, the fuel rods were used.
The Sixth Street's source of income was based on the hunting ground of Wanghai. If the mutants in the steel and concrete forest were cleared, the hunting groups that relied on the forest for survival would have to travel further to obtain more prey.
But Jiang Chen only hesitated for two minutes before he made a decision.
Take back Wanghai.
The reason was simple. From hunting to farming, it was the path from barbarism to civilization. And the first step to civilization was something NAC must take one day. Jiang Chen couldn't continue to provide food here. The total population of NAC was only in the tens of thousands, what if it became hundreds of thousands? What if it reached millions?
As to the farming problem, if he was willing to pay the cost, there was still a solution. With the Garden of Eden project controlled by Lin Lin, with NAC's current productivity, it was not impossible to build an enclosed biosphere in the rural area of Wanghai.
As to the source of crystals, Jiang Chen already had another idea, but to make it a reality, he needed to discuss it with the biologists in Fallout Shelter 027.
After he left the community center, Jiang Chen went to the empty space of the Aerospace Technology Research Institute and found Jiang Lin who just returned to the surface.
Interestingly enough, the guy was playing with a wrench while he circled around the BM-21 rocket launcher Jiang Chen bought. The scene was like a modern rocket scientist in the 21st century, circling around a "fire crow" from the Ming Dynasty.
The soldier on the side looked at Jiang Lin anxiously, afraid that he would dismantle the rocket.
He didn't care about the research. As the gunner responsible for firing the rockets, he only knew that this thing had killed half of the zombies and mutants in the city. Even though two days had passed, the humming might was still fresh in his memory.
"Did you see anything?" Jiang Chen walked beside him and asked nonchalantly.
While nodding, Jiang Lin sighed and said, "It's a very simple design. It can even be described as primitive, whether it's the directional tube or the ignition system. The rockets that were fired did not have any guidance function either. They were purely suppressing the target with saturation coverage. Along with the napalm, a weapon that could kill biological targets, there was nothing more suitable to deal with zombies and mutants. But this thing will put a lot of pressure on the logistics, right? "
Jiang Chen smiled mysteriously and didn't answer his question.
Are you kidding me? Do you think logistics is a problem for me?
"There are logistical pressures, but it's not unsolvable. I need you to help me design a similar cluster rocket launcher. I don't need any heaven-defying guidance ability, I just need to send more than 30 kilograms of combat components dozens of kilometers away. Its power was greater than this old antique's, but the margin of error was smaller. Can you do it? "
"That's easy. You just need to modify the propellant and explosive components. The problem is the material. Finding fuel on the wasteland is more difficult than anything else. If you can solve the material problem, it's not difficult to produce this luxurious weapon. " Jiang Lin nodded. After a pause, he suddenly thought of something and asked, "Then do we still need to build the Dolphin-10 ballistic missile?"
"Of course, I have other uses for the nuclear bomb." Jiang Chen smiled.
Jiang Lin scratched the back of his head and said helplessly, "Okay, if you insist."
Now that the rocket was arranged, the next problem was the crystal production.
The mutant flood had ended. Wang Zhaowu began to prepare to lead the Second Corp back to camp 27. When Jiang Chen came out of the Aerospace Technology Research Institute, the Second Corp's fleet was already lined up in front of the door, waiting for Wang Zhaowu's order to depart.
"General." Wang Zhaowu saluted when he saw Jiang Chen.
"No need to be so polite. Are you preparing to depart for camp 27? "
"Yes, our soldiers are ready," Wang Zhaowu said.
"Then give me a ride. I need to go as well," Jiang Chen said.
"Okay!" Wang Zhaowu nodded and immediately arranged a place for Jiang Chen.
Ten minutes later, the First Corp's fleet finally finished loading the supplies. As the gate of the base opened, the fleet began to move under the watchful eyes of the survivors.
Along the way, there were burnt corpses everywhere. Halfway through the journey, Jiang Chen saw a mountain of meat kneeling in the middle of the road. Its face was ferocious, and its body was darker than black people. Seeing that it blocked the path of the fleet, the armored vehicle Jiang Chen was sitting on turned the machine gun on top. With a few shots, the black mountain of meat shattered into pieces like honeycomb briquettes.
After running over the "cinder", the fleet continued to move forward. The tragic scene along the way made people feel a little nauseous, but for the determined people of the apocalypse, it was just a common sight.
Jiang Chen, who was sitting in the car, turned off the camera and leaned back in the chair to rest.
After an hour's drive, the fleet finally arrived at the gate of camp 27. When they set up the cleanup, the First Corp didn't let go of this blind spot. Therefore, the entire camp was covered in darkness as if it was on fire. But since the supplies on the surface were all moved underground, the remaining cement could be burned.
When the gate opened, it was also a mess inside.
The zombies that smelled the scent of the living wouldn't let this place go just because the Second Corp retreated. The ten-meter high wall was only a few hundred zombies' meat cushion.
The corpses were piled up in front of the elevator. The soldiers jumped out of the car, put on gas masks, and worked for a while before they finally cleaned up the pile of ash at the elevator entrance.
"Fu * k, the First Corp is ruthless." Wang Zhaowu got out of the car with Jiang Chen and couldn't help but laugh.
"They have to be ruthless, or else we would have to face a group of zombies that climbed over the wall." Jiang Chen joked.
"You're right. But the soldiers responsible for cleaning up the battlefield are going to have a hard time. "Wang Zhaowu said goodbye to Jiang Chen and walked to the truck at the back of the fleet.
He needed to immediately arrange for the fixed weapons to be redeployed. When they retreated, the machine guns and electromagnetic cannons on the wall were all pulled back to the Fishbone base. Now that they were pulled back, they obviously needed to be reinstalled.
At the same time, the camp was in a mess. Without a thorough cleaning, it was impossible for people to live in.
Without interrupting the Second Corp's work, Jiang Chen headed straight to the fallout shelter elevator.
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