Chapter 4: Please respect your superiors

  "Are all soldiers building the military camp from the army? What about middle and high-ranking officers when the number of troops reaches a certain scale? Do we appoint them ourselves?"

  This question had puzzled Zhong Yi for a long time, but he was too embarrassed to ask in front of his subordinates, it would be too humiliating! He could only hold on until the comrades who were arranged to go on guard duty and rest separately, before quietly asking.

  "Reporting to the superior officer, in response to your first question, these soldiers are rewards given by the base and their military branch is fixed and unchangeable. However, soldiers built in the barracks can choose their military branch, and their random abilities will also change accordingly. Second question, the barracks will equip officers of various levels based on the number of soldiers you have accumulated, and the abilities of these officers are also randomly generated. As the highest commander of the base, you have the right to adjust their duties, but the promotion of military ranks is automatically completed by the base."

  "including my military rank..."

  "Yes, sir!"

  Zhong Yi smiled wryly and pinched his nose, "Then if we build three hundred people, a battalion commander will appear. The battalion commander must be at least a lieutenant colonel, but I, the commander, am still a junior lieutenant. Are you prepared to let a junior lieutenant command a lieutenant colonel?"

  "This question... Sorry, officer, the bird of paradise has no right to answer."

  "Can you dance a beautiful dance?"

  ……

  "Are those soldiers... are they bio-engineered humans? Are they different from normal people like me?" This was actually the question that Zhong Yi had been wanting to ask but didn't dare to, although the loyalty of the Red Alert soldiers wasn't a problem. But if they were just bio-engineered humans who only mechanically executed commands, how lonely would Zhong Yi be in this world? No friends, no family, no brothers... even if he won the world, what could he do?

  "Report to the superior, Red Alert soldiers are no different from ordinary people, they also have birth, aging, illness and death, joy, anger, sorrow and pleasure. After retirement, they can also integrate into normal human life. The difference is that they have absolute loyalty to you, Commander. They can sacrifice everything for the highest commander of the base, including their lives. So, please respect them!" Tian's answer did not disappoint anyone, but the last sentence enraged Zhong Yi.

  "Damn, I'm a new generation of soldiers born under the red flag, not some bandit warlord. Even if I'm a commander, every single soldier is my brother! What the hell do you know about respect, you bunch of dancing girls? Do you even understand what it means to be comrades-in-arms? Do you understand what it means to be brothers?"

  "Reporting officer, Heaven Bird is a base intelligent assistant system, not a girl."

  “…Got it!” Having vented his anger and obtained the answer he wanted in his heart, Zhong Yigang turned around to find Jiang Yunzhi standing behind him, with a standard posture like a green pine, a pair of tiger eyes reddened, wanting to speak but hesitating.

  The lieutenant comrades also found some feelings with their fellow soldiers, but they shook their hands and said, "Old men, don't squeeze tears like women, is there anything? Sergeant."

  "Bang!" With a loud noise, the two legs snapped together and the chest puffed out. "Reporting to the superior officer, the sentry post has been set up and no other human activity signs have been found in the surrounding area."

  Zhong Yi secretly praised them, these Red Guard soldiers' standard standing posture far surpassed his own military school classmates, of course, including himself!

  "Don't be too tense, Sergeant. This is Australia where there are more sheep than people. The base is located on the edge of the Marega Mountains in eastern Western Australia. In this area, you're more likely to find kangaroos than humans."

  The commander thought his remark was humorous enough, but the sergeant's expression showed that he didn't appreciate the joke.

  "Sir, when we arrived at the base, we only brought light weapons and three days' worth of food. We request that you provide us with the rest of our equipment."

  "Any other equipment?" Ah, right! I almost forgot, Zhong Yi suddenly remembered that he had only eaten half a ham a few hours ago and was picked up by Jiang Yunzhi, and indeed felt very hungry.

  Having problems, find Tianyuan Bird. "Bird, how to solve the logistical support problem of the base?" War is fought for logistics, why was the Korean battlefield so hard, and the biggest difference between the volunteer army and the coalition forces was not equipment, but supplies. Even the bravest warriors, with empty stomachs holding empty guns, wearing single clothes lying in the snow, how can they fight?

  "I apologize, officer, I am not authorized to answer this question."

  A woman who can't manage a household isn't a good woman, and a female anchor who can't take care of the back office isn't a good girl either. Zhong Yi viciously commented, it seems that we can only wait for the base to develop and our authority to increase before going to the control room to find out what's going on.

  "Sergeant, we'll be able to resolve the equipment issue soon. The base is under construction and will take some time. Please tell me what you need and I'll arrange it as soon as possible."

  "Alright, sir! We are a standard 10-man army squad, and in addition to the issued Type 56 assault rifles, we also need one squad light machine gun and two long-range sniper rifles. Since we have been designated as a guard squad by the officer, we will also require some special operations equipment such as communication devices and other firepower-enhancing gear."

  Zhong Yi nodded, and as expected, the firepower configuration of a German army squad during World War II was roughly one submachine gun, one light machine gun, and eight Mauser rifles. Our guard squad's firepower is already sufficient after being equipped with standard-issue submachine guns, but long-range attacks are slightly inferior. The 56-style semi-automatic rifle has a shooting distance of only 400 meters, so supplementing it with long-range sniper rifles is necessary. This isn't difficult; just good optical sights will do. In Commander Comrade's consideration, apart from light machine guns, they should also add a rocket launcher. It seems that the 56-style submachine gun doesn't have the function of launching rifle grenades, and even the bayonet is still a three-edged folding type. When it comes to rocket launchers, most people first think of the Soviet RPG, known as the guerrilla warfare godly device. However, judging from the Type 54 pistol on his waist and the guard squad's 56-style submachine gun, most of the equipment provided by the base is domestically produced first-generation weapons. The RPG was introduced to the world from the Soviet Union in the 1970s, so it can't be expected for now. However, there seems to be a 56-style rocket launcher in the 56-style family as well, which, like most domestic first-generation weapons, is also imitated from the Soviet Union. That's good enough; what more could you want? How come the 56-style is even one generation more advanced than the weapons used by various countries during World War II? But the army is easy to deal with; what about the navy and air force? Damn it, in that era, our domestically produced warships... don't even need to be mentioned. There aren't many planes that can be taken out either, right? The ones we used on the Korean battlefield were also from the MiG series, weren't they?

  Right, we have J-5, which is also known as the Type 56 fighter jet. Haha, the J-5 was definitely our country's first generation of domestically produced fighter jets, and it should be a piece of cake to deal with the propeller-driven planes from various countries during the early days of World War II. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it even shot down US F-86 Sabre jets in the Taiwan Strait!

  Zhong Yi stood there, the farther he thought, the more arrogant his expression became, causing Sergeant Jiang Yunzhi to frown. This was not supposed to be the demeanor of an excellent commander. Fortunately, the alert tone from Tian Tang Niao interrupted Commander's awkward behavior, otherwise it would have further lowered his image in the sergeant's heart.

  "Reporting officer, power plant construction is complete, base now has an additional 200 units of power."

  "Huh? Ah! Good!" Finally, it's done. Zhong Yi quickly ran into the elevator and arrived at the control panel on the second floor, leaving Jiang Zhongshi, who was already shocked and stunned, in the hall, not caring about him anymore.

  The power plant icon on the building interface has restored its color, and the power display on the left side of the main interface shows 200, with the power pillar's color also displaying green, indicating sufficient power. The construction site's high wall in the holographic screen is gone, and a cylindrical, black-gold colored power plant matching the base's main building has been built.

  Pinched his nose - this is a habitual action that applies equally whether he's happy or sad, Zhong Yi's fingers continued to point at the mining factory icon that had turned into a colorful picture. Only by building a mining factory would the base have continuous financial income, and it was necessary to have this mining factory in order to continue building other buildings such as barracks. Putting the mining factory on the side of the mountain valley near Aier's Rock, regardless of whether the red stone could be mined or not, was always a good thing. As the icon turned grayish white, a 12-hour countdown appeared again. Well, it seemed that he would have to wait until tomorrow noon to complete it, and there was no use getting anxious, besides, after messing around for half a day, he was really a bit tired. He might as well go to sleep first, Lieutenant had been thinking about the big soft bed on the third floor all along, but unfortunately... Ah, don't think too much, just sleep!

  Also don't know if there will be female soldiers after the barracks are built...

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