Chapter Sixteen: Scientists and Engineers

  Through interrogation of Ruin, Zhong Yi learned that the so-called Australian Army's Third Cavalry Division was actually an outdated unit still stuck in World War I tactics. Swords and short rifles were their main equipment, and those who came to Uluru to carry out search tasks were not the main force of the division. The division headquarters was located in Adelaide on the southern coast, and only a regiment had come here. Ruin was the chief of staff of this regiment because several reconnaissance teams sent by the regimental headquarters had mysteriously disappeared without sending back any news. Colonel Hebal, the regiment commander, was furious and ordered Ruin to lead a team to investigate the wall that suddenly appeared in the desert, and promised that if there were no more messages, the entire regiment would be mobilized.

  Cavalry regiment, no heavy weapons, only rifles and cavalry swords, the main force of the division is stationed hundreds of kilometers away from here. After summarizing these important information, Zhong Yi's face seemed to smile but not quite, looking a bit sly. The black face of Jiang Lianzhang opposite him also trembled slightly, "Commander, do we want to defeat this unit?"

  "No!" Zhong Yi's expression was like that of a Jianghu master, "Lieutenant, it's not about defeating them, what I want is... annihilation!"

  "Annihilate?" Jiang Yunzhi was quite surprised. With the base's current equipment, a dozen or so Type 59 medium tanks facing cavalry without heavy weapons, the numbers were no longer an issue. Did they expect the cavalrymen's sabers and knight swords to chop through the tank armor? But to annihilate? No matter how hard Jiang Yunzhi thought, he couldn't think of a better way. A regiment of cavalry, even if it was a thousand pigs, couldn't be caught all at once, let alone a thousand knights.

  "Right, annihilate them all, don't let a single enemy escape. Let the Australian military command remain unaware of this unit's disappearance and think they are still carrying out their mission in the desert. This way, we can buy some more development time for our base."

  "But... " Jiang Yunzhi was still puzzled, where did the officer get his confidence? Can guarantee to annihilate the enemy in this desert terrain, mainly because our side has only 100 tank drivers, including me, can we capture ten prisoners per person on average? Captain Jiang scratched his head and couldn't figure it out.

  Over the next two days, Zhong Yi issued a series of somewhat strange combat orders: First, the high-angle machine guns on three anti-aircraft wheeled armored vehicles were modified to low-angle machine guns and an additional light machine gun was installed. Then, carrying the guard squad, they left the base for outdoor training; Second, all tanks that had been equipped with armor-piercing shells replaced them with fragmentation shells and stopped training. They formed a tank array in front of the buildings outside the mountain valley of the base, with each tank crew member digging a slope-shaped bunker behind the tank within two days. After the tank reversed into the bunker, the turret could fire, but the front view was blocked by the vehicle as a reference; Third, the second and third squads of the infantry company built a blocking position at the gate of the base wall.

  Was Commander Zhong going to use these two companies of infantry to block the enemy's cavalry brigade? After giving the order, Commander Zhong returned to the main building without any explanation.

  The War Laboratory has been completed, and Zhong Yi's heart beats faster with excitement in front of the control panel. The building interface remains unchanged, except that the laboratory is now complete, and the icons for other buildings have returned to their colorful constructible state, but the icon for the War Laboratory remains gray, indicating that it is a unique building. On the defense interface, a new 55-style 37mm anti-aircraft gun icon has been added, another imitation of Soviet weapons. No choice, most domestic first-generation weapons are from the Soviet Union. The anti-aircraft gun is said to be one of the three major inventions during World War II, but it's not needed for now. Without looking closely, Zhong Yi switches back to the character interface, and Su Yi's eyes light up:

  Recruiting unit: Scientist

  Raised funds: 10,000

  Mobilization time: 24 hours

  Note: The essential personnel in the war laboratory, the ability and number of scientists will determine the outcome and speed of self-developed weapons.

  Nothing to say, it's all tears now. To bid farewell to the imitation Soviet-made weapons, we have to rely on these big shots. The 10,000 yuan recruitment fee didn't scare Su Yi away, no matter how expensive it is, it's worth it. It's just that the 24-hour recruitment time is a bit of a headache, so Commander Comrade hasn't hurriedly clicked the recruitment order yet. Let's take a look at something else, and there's an extra colorful icon on the side.

  Employer: Engineer

  Raised funds: 1000

  Recruitment time: 1 hour

  They don't have too many combat skills, they are professional personnel in the army.

  Types that can be strengthened:

  First type, Army Engineer Type;

  Second type, Navy Base Type;

  Third type, Air Force Ground Support Type.

  This is reasonable, the outside excavation of tank trenches requires engineers, so let's call them first. After that, we can study the scientists' affairs. Because after the construction of the war car factory, the military card and jeep icons on the logistics interface have been activated, we cannot let the engineers carry goods by hand, even if they are short of oil. Four military cards, two jeeps, also need to consume 20,000 funds, these days four mining cars earn 12,000 per day, it's really not enough anywhere. Making money is difficult, but spending money is like flowing water. If we didn't have those gold bricks that were seized, I'm afraid we wouldn't even need to study what to build now. With just that little money, building anything would be insufficient, being able to meet the needs of logistics would be good enough.

  Now we can only look forward to the emergence of a mineral refining plant or... find an opportunity to make another fortune, nothing is as quick as plundering.

  With the arrival of the sappers, whether it's digging tank trenches or repairing gate fortifications, everything is much faster and the quality has improved a lot. This further solidified Zhong Yi's idea that professionals should do professional work. Of course, specifically speaking, he wanted to seize the opportunity to cultivate a professional team that dares to fight and can win battles, to achieve the goal of never leaving empty-handed and getting rich every time they go out on a mission.

  Click to produce eight mining trucks, now the base has a total of four ore processing plants, each plant can accept three mining trucks for transportation. Taizu said: The right path in the world is vicissitudes. Robbery is after all a side door, getting rich and wealthy still needs to take the right path. Before the appearance of the ore refining factory, it could only increase the income by increasing the number of mining trucks.

  An unexpected surprise was found in the logistics interface, and a technological oil well icon was discovered. Unfortunately, there is no oil field within the base's control range, so we can only wait for the base's exploration range to expand later. But petroleum is a problem that must be solved in the near future. Relying solely on the reserves in the logistics warehouse will eventually lead to depletion. Where can we get a large amount of fuel? Do we need to attack Perth, the capital of Western Australia?

  "Report to the superior officer, there are enemies attacking the base, activate the military rank promotion task!" The female anchor's voice suddenly came, and Zhong Yi, who was deep in thought, was startled, then ecstatic. There were enemies attacking, which was not unexpected, if Rui Ni didn't lie, thinking about it, the time was also about right. What made him ecstatic was that this enemy attack actually activated the military rank task. Lieutenant Colonel, haha, I'm going to get promoted too!

  Promotion to Lieutenant Colonel mission:

  Task duration: one week

  Activation condition: The base is attacked by enemies and the number of enemies exceeds twice that of the base troops.

  Mission objective: The number of enemy troops killed or captured is more than twice that of the base troops.

  Mission Success Rewards: Commander promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, base detection radius expanded to 1000 kilometers, base recruitment of soldiers increased to battalion level, activation of repair factory building.

  Penalty for mission failure: prohibition of promotion within one year

  Mission countdown has begun.

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