After solving the problem of food, Tang Yu was very clear about the industrial layout of his territory.
The whole of Southampton had changed a lot. More than half of the former ruins had been cleared away, replaced by neat workers' houses and towering factories. Southampton's port area had already been transformed when it was occupied by Butcher. At that time, Butcher planned to build it into a heavy industrial center, and Tang Yu continued this practice.
There used to be some production lines for T-600 robots here. Now, these production lines had all been moved to the manufacturing center, leaving only some production lines for G-1 engineering robots. Now, the factories in Southampton were producing some advanced construction machinery, including heavy trucks, excavators, cranes, concrete tankers, bulldozers, and so on. After the railway was laid, two train factories were also built.
Of course, these projects were much simpler because of the existence of a large number of robots. For example, the installation of railway tracks. Normally, special vehicles would be needed to erect the tracks, or cranes would be needed. But for Tang Yu, two T-600s could easily install a section of railway track neatly.
In addition to these civilian equipment, Southampton also began to mass-produce 155mm howitzers. Although artillery, especially ordinary field artillery, had gradually been eliminated by rocket launchers and tactical missiles, it was still very effective in the war against Skynet. Skynet's Terminator Army never had any tactics. They did not have much long-range support in the air and ground. They basically just advanced head-on. Under such circumstances, the role of the artillery would be even greater.
Currently, production was still not enough, so most of Southampton's production was still field artillery, not self-propelled artillery.
Three months after the end of the Second Battle of Xinzhou Province, the first Horned Dragon Tank rolled off the production line in Southampton! Although the production of Horned Dragon Tanks was still very low, the emergence of this tank also marked the beginning of the establishment of the Guardian Group's own armored forces! After producing three Horned Dragon Tanks, Tang Yu specially arranged for these three tanks to accompany the Basalt self-propelled artillery modified from the Hunter Tank to parade in several cities under his control, showing off their strength to the people.
As expected, the millions of people under Tang Yu's rule were seething with excitement. Everyone rushed to the streets to see this armored army that belonged to them, an armored army that was not inferior to Skynet in any way!
In the manufacturing center occupied by Tang Yu, it was a different scene. If Southampton, where a large number of workers were still working, still had a trace of humanity, then the manufacturing center was completely a terrifying city of steel. The entire city was filled with robots. There were huge warehouses, complicated production lines, towering charging towers, pyrolyte fusion reactors that glowed purple, and advanced database centers and host clusters.
When Skynet built this manufacturing center, it was originally to support the attack on New Lanzhou, so most of the production lines here were used to produce T-600 and T-800 Terminators. Tang Yu also took over the whole thing and made some slight changes to make it his own. After Skynet's attack was repelled, countless robots expanded the manufacturing center several times. Dozens of production lines were produced day and night, and countless robots were walking down the production lines at all times.
The commanding AI of the manufacturing center, Bishop No. 1, was also upgraded and its database was expanded. In addition to operating the manufacturing center, this AI would also become a second command center during wartime, assisting Tang Yu and Frans in commanding the battle.
After Skynet's forces retreated north, an empty area of hundreds of kilometers was emptied to the north of the manufacturing center. Now, Tang Yu's robot army was advancing north. The Skynet airport that was previously occupied by Luo Cheng was now being used. Tang Yu planned to use this airport as a foundation to plan a new city here, called the Steel City.
The huge wreckage of the FK Titan Siege Tank was also occupied by Tang Yu. Tang Yu hoped to obtain some technology from the wreckage, mainly the technology of the plasma cannon. He felt that this kind of plasma cannon would be a technology that could replace gunpowder cannons in the future.
In the farthest corner of Tang Yu's sphere of influence, New Atlanta was full of humanity, unlike Southampton and the manufacturing center that were like a steel jungle. It was completely different from the previous refugee camp. The neat and clean buildings and lush greenery made it a paradise in the apocalypse. In addition to settling the old, weak, and sick, it was also Tang Yu's research center.
In the outskirts of the city, an advanced biological laboratory was specially built for Kara Ladames. There were also a few pharmaceutical factories. Aside from producing enhancers, they could also produce large amounts of antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, and other drugs. These were all urgently needed in the apocalypse.
In the large open space in the north of the city, a huge airport was built. There was also an aviation laboratory here. The air force that Tang Yu dreamed of was being nurtured here. The two Commander's aircraft were also set up here. After the new Commander's aircraft was transferred over, the Commander's aircraft that had been working before would be fully overhauled in this airport.
At the same time, in order to protect the Commander's aircraft, Tang Yu took great pains. Before his Skynet Interceptor imitation fighter jet entered production, he first made some improvements to the Dragonrider II small drone, increasing the power of the electromagnetic levitation engine equipped on the drone, as well as redoing the outer shell of the drone, sealing the exterior of the drone so that it could fly at an altitude of 10000 to 15000 meters.
The White Goose Transport Aircraft had also been modified. The Dragon Rider II drone's landing bay was fixed to the transport aircraft as a permanent piece of equipment, and the transport aircraft's command system was strengthened. In this way, the White Goose Transport Aircraft was completely transformed into a small aerospace drone mothership. Of course, the name was no longer a transport aircraft. This modified aircraft was named the Honeycomb Drone Carrier.
In the future, this kind of drone carrier would be around the Commander's aircraft. Each drone carrier was equipped with 100 Dragon Rider II drones, which could interfere with the incoming Skynet fighter. Although this small drone cluster was not expected to pose much of a threat to the supersonic Skynet fighter, at least it could interfere with them and buy time for the Commander's aircraft to evacuate. Moreover, the small laser gun on the Dragon Rider II drone could also intercept missiles launched by the opponent.
In addition to these key facilities, Tang Yu also placed the two most critical production lines, nuclear fusion batteries and CPU chips, in New Atlanta. This became the core area of Tang Yu's forces, but because it was located in the rear, it could guarantee that it would not be attacked by Skynet.
In New Chengdu, in addition to being a material transfer station for Tang Yu, two large barracks covering an area of 300,000 square meters were also built here for the training of soldiers. At the same time, an officer school was also opened. Unlike the apocalyptic world that had lost most of its information due to the nuclear bomb, Tang Yu had a full set of officer training materials in his hands, including the five gangsters. After strengthening the education, the quality of the officers at the grassroots level would be greatly improved, so that they could play a better role in battle.
Now, all the troops in Tang Yu's hands were operating well and growing. After the initial scale, Tang Yu began to send troops to patrol the area 100 kilometers north of his sphere of influence, and began to build a strong line of defense. Skynet's next attack would be very fierce, which could be seen from the frequent military movements in the rear of the Commander's aircraft.
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