boyutpedia Chapter 214 The Army in the Apocalypse
Chapter 214 The Army in the Apocalypse
After the siblings left, Li Chenglong felt that his place was much quieter. The two children were still very active every day. Although they hadn't stayed in Dawn City for long, they were welcomed by everyone, especially the Dawn City Air Force and Rocket Force soldiers, who often called them "little teacher".
General Sun Tianlong and several officers from the Qianyun Base came to observe and learn today. Li Chenglong, Zheng Yong, and Feng Tian personally went to greet them. Their main purpose was to visit and learn about the various departments of the Dawn Army. After the last Dawn Army meeting, many departments were further subdivided, making the Dawn Army headquarters more streamlined and its operational efficiency much higher.
一行人先是来到曙光城新建造不久的空军基地，目前空军基地一共有武装直升机12架，民用直升机3架、歼20两架、美拉尔星β星宇宙飞船3艘、基尔星人γ型飞船2艘、宇宙战机5架、外宇宙通用型战舰1艘。
Although Sun Tianlong had long known that Dawn City had developed an air force and had even sponsored Li Chenglong with a batch of supplies, he did not expect that in such a short time, Dawn City's air force had developed to this scale. Now, the pilots of Dawn City's air force can skillfully use interstellar language to communicate with and control the artificial intelligence on the spaceship. As for the dazzling array of buttons, they have long since mastered them.
Besides practicing on the spaceship every day, they also conduct simulated flight and combat training in the training cabin. The training cabin records the pilots' various physiological indicators and training data for reference by the pilots and staff. Sun Tianlong said excitedly, "Li Chenglong, could you let them fly around for a bit, so we can all see what it's like?"
Li Chenglong smiled and said, "Why not?" He immediately called over Air Force Regiment Commander Yuan Ang and Political Commissar Zou Yang: "General Sun Tianlong wants to see some of the results of your training. Are you confident in demonstrating them?" Yuan Ang and Zou Yang exchanged a glance and said in unison, "We are already prepared and can demonstrate at any time."
The group then got to work. The helicopters weren't shown, as General Sun Tianlong had seen plenty of those. The main attraction of this demonstration was the β and γ type spacecraft. As for the space fighters, since the interaction had been brief and only preliminary cockpit training had been conducted, they hadn't actually flown yet, so they wouldn't be shown this time.
Looking at the two types of spaceships flying in the sky, Sun Tianlong said happily, "Good. In the current battle, once we can gain air superiority, we can reduce a lot of unnecessary sacrifices. You don't know, a while ago, one of our Qianyun base units went to fight several thousand zombies, but because there were too many flying zombies on the other side, we suffered heavy losses at the beginning."
After leaving the air force base, General Sun Tianlong and his entourage visited the Rocket Force, the Information Support Force, the Logistics Support Force, and two combat divisions. Throughout the visit, he was deeply moved, repeatedly calling the Dawn Army the number one army in the final days of China. Noticing that the Dawn Army still consisted of two divisions, Sun Tianlong asked curiously, "I remember the Provisional Committee of China gave you another division last time. Didn't you expand your forces?"
Li Chenglong shook his head: "No, right now, our Dawn City, including those soldiers, only has a little over 12 people. Currently, there are two combat divisions with 2500 people, the logistics support department with 1500 people, the information support department with 1000 people, the air force with 600 people, the Young Pioneers with 1500 people, and people from other departments, which makes more than 3 people. For the ratio of military to civilians in Dawn City, that's already quite a lot."
After visiting the military departments and taking a midday break, Li Chenglong and Sun Tianlong's group went to the Shuguang City Commercial Street and the Shuguang City Light and Heavy Industrial Zone. In the heavy industrial zone, Sun Tianlong's group focused on visiting Li Chenglong's military production line. There were several crystal bullet manufacturing machines and Type 20 rifle manufacturing machines that Li Chenglong had exchanged. The employees put various materials into the machines according to the prescribed ratio, and then put in the required crystals. In no time, crystal bullets and Type 20 rifles were produced.
After the crystal bullets are manufactured, they are individually placed into a testing machine. Once they pass the test, they are handed over to another group of people to be stacked and boxed. During the boxing process, there is a special count, and after confirming that everything is correct, the person in charge signs off before the boxes are sealed and sent to the logistics support department. As for the Type 20 crystal rifle, after passing the machine test, it must be test-fired, disassembled, tested for strength, and subjected to various environmental tests by specialists. Only after passing a series of tests will it be sent to the military.
Shen Menghua said from the side, "We can manufacture 1 rounds of ordinary bullets, 3000 rounds of crystal bullets, and 300 Type 20 crystal rifles every day. In addition, we can also manufacture 200 to 300 crystal grenades and other throwing weapons every day. However, with the increase in equipment rate, some production lines are not operating at full capacity."
Li Chenglong had previously gifted Sun Tianlong's Qianyun base a crystal rifle manufacturing machine and several superalloy knife manufacturing machines. Upon seeing the crystal battle knife manufacturing machine this time, Sun Tianlong smiled and said, "This knife is quite good. I wonder if Li Chenglong has any extra manufacturing machines? We'd like to buy them at a higher price." Li Chenglong replied, "Old Chief, there's no need to pay a higher price; cost price is fine. When you leave, I'll have someone help you load them onto a truck and deliver them to your base."
The delegation stayed in Shuguang City for a total of 5 days. During this time, Sun Tianlong visited the military zone multiple times and also went to the residential area to see the living conditions of the people. What pleased him most was the dozens of schools of all sizes in Shuguang City, ranging from preschool to high school, with a total of nearly 20,000 students.
Later, at Li Chenglong's invitation, Sun Tianlong visited the children in the compound. These children were all orphans and widows of martyrs. Li Chenglong had always attached great importance to this place, providing them with free food and lodging, and even sending them to school for free. Supplies were plentiful, and gifts were distributed during holidays. In addition to material support, there were also dedicated life teachers who provided them with psychological counseling and care.
Sun Tianlong repeatedly praised this, though he felt somewhat ashamed, as his own base wasn't developing very well, and they hadn't done much for these children. Currently, many children at the Qianyun base were homeless, lacking proper care, let alone being sent to school. Li Chenglong suggested that if possible, some orphans under the age of 14 could be sent to Shuguang City for them to manage and raise. Sun Tianlong was overjoyed and said he would arrange it upon returning.
On the last day before his departure, Li Chenglong convened a meeting of senior officers from Dawn City and the Dawn Army, with Sun Tianlong and others also invited to attend. At the meeting, Li Chenglong, Zheng Yong, Feng Tian, Sun Tianlong, and others spoke in turn, elaborating in detail on how to build, develop, and enhance the combat effectiveness of the army in the post-apocalyptic world, which was unanimously agreed upon by the participants.
The next day, Sun Tianlong led the tour group away from Dawn City. Li Chenglong dispatched a troop to escort them, along with the supplies they had purchased. Li Chenglong had initially said the price should be at cost, but Sun Tianlong insisted on 1.3 times the cost price, which resulted in Li Chenglong acquiring a considerable amount of high-grade crystals.
However, Li Chenglong is still very lacking in higher-level crystals. For example, he only has 10 level 9 pink crystals. He only has one level 10 cyan-orange crystal, and he has none of the higher-level ones.