Doomsday disaster: Start by building a shelter.

Chapter 331 Drone Loitering Missile
5 month 14 day.

Millions of workers toiled tirelessly through the night.

The four-story farmhouse-style shelter is gradually taking shape.

And at the same time.

Because a large portion of the labor force is directed towards the surface of the land.

The construction team, located underground, has seen its excavation progress significantly impacted.

Efficiency has decreased by more than 30% compared to usual.

“There are also signs of shortages in building materials.”

The control center is located on the first basement level.

Using a reconnaissance drone flying inside a city-level shield.

Su Wu calmly looked down.

Inside the four-story walled enclosure that is not yet topped out, some functional areas are already beginning to take shape.

The standard thickness of the outer walls of current rural courtyard shelters is 3 meters.

Starting from the 4th floor above ground.

The conversion is performed proportionally based on the previous building specifications.

The planting layer and the feeding layer, and the thickness of the underground cement slab should reach 3 meters.

The underground mezzanine in residential areas must reach a height of 6 meters.

However, due to the fact that a considerable amount of space in the middle of the partition layer needs to be filled with hollow pipes or soil for the green belt, etc.

The actual cement used for the interlayer is basically only equivalent to half its thickness.

But even so.

The amount of cement they consume is also staggering.

Just considering the exterior walls and underground mezzanine, more than 6300 million tons of rapid-setting cement will be used.

And even with so many building materials used.

All Su Wu got was an empty four-story space on the ground.

He also needs to build a plantation on the inside that is comparable in size to a city before it is truly finished.

"By recovering the ruins of Jianghe City and the ruins of shelters in the Kuanjiang River basin."

"Accumulated quick-setting cement materials."

“In the past, farmhouses were excavated all the way down to the 14th floor underground, and then a three-story building more than 150 meters high was hastily built on the surface.”

"There's not much left."

"Now we also need to supply the construction of four-story buildings above ground, which consume even more resources."

"Supply shortages are inevitable."

I reviewed the expenditure details for inventory materials.

Su Wu discovered that the main raw material for quick-setting cement in the shelter's general supplies warehouse was limestone powder separated from concrete.

It is declining rapidly at a rate of almost one percentage point per hour.

It is foreseeable that without new revenue...

It will be in a few days at most.

There will never be such cheap construction waste available again.

The only alternative is to use precious, pure limestone mined from limestone quarries.

However, the limited output from the mines is far from sufficient to meet the terrifying demand in the shelters.

Thinking.

Su Wu then turned his gaze to the north of the Kuanjiang River basin.

Today, the earliest of these is the Binghu-class transport ships that departed from the coastal Qingniao Refuge to transport supplies to Zhenhai City.

We have arrived in the steel city.

The last batch of Ice Lake-class transport ships sent to the Bluebird Refuge for transport were still en route.

It will be several more days before we arrive at the Bluebird Refuge.

The whole process.

It is expected to take more than a week.

Only then can nearly 100 million tons of ordinary supplies from Zhenhai City be completely transferred to the Steel City from the Bluebird Refuge.

"The storm is almost over now."

"There is no need for the remaining transport ships to transit through Steel City."

"You can go directly back to the farmhouse."

He reached out and fiddled with the holographic map a little.

The more than 1000-kilometer-long transport line in the north was subsequently cut in two.

The convoy on that short section of the transport line, less than 100 kilometers from the steel city, continued its journey toward the city.

The rest began to change direction and headed towards the farmhouses.

Steel City is a super industrial city.

It also requires a large amount of ordinary resources to produce the robots and other equipment that Su Wu needs.

A small amount of supplies from Zhenhai City were transported there.

You can wait until it's made into a finished product before bringing it back to the farmhouse.

This round trip doesn't count as a waste of transportation capacity.

"Those transport ships that arrived in Steel City earlier."

"After unloading ordinary goods in the steel city, we can load them with a batch of construction waste and return them to the farmhouse."

"This will slightly alleviate the shortage of building materials."

"Then, the 4000 new Ice Lake-class transport ships produced in the last two days."

"We can head south to the Yuhe City area to recycle construction waste."

Even now, we have developed seventh-generation fighter jets and the Morning Light-class transport ships that can break through the atmosphere and enter space.

The Ice Lake-class transport ship is a land transport vessel with an unparalleled 10,000-ton-class carrying capacity and an exceptionally low manufacturing cost.

It still holds an extremely important strategic position for Su Wu.

So.

He has never slowed down the pace of its mass production.

In just two days, another 4000 ships were produced.

For this newly formed transportation force.

Su Wu sent it to Yuhe City, which is located in the south and borders Jianghe City.

They plan to carry out a large-scale demolition operation there.

Whether it's surface city ruins or underground shelters, all the concrete that can be found.

After breaking everything up, pack it up and take it away.

As Yuhe City is still under official control, it is backed by a megacity.

Actions against it.

In fact, this was Su Wu's second large-scale, proactive invasion of official forces, following his invasion of Steel City.

It has considerable reference value.

This will determine whether Su Wu's attitude towards other forces in the Eastern Continent will be more conciliatory or more assertive.

"There are 4000 Icelake-class transport ships, specifically responsible for recycling construction waste from next door."

"I imagine this should significantly reduce the pressure of construction."

Put aside matters related to the Icelake-class transport ships.

Su Wu then looked at the other means of transport.

Currently, he has the largest number of Qingkong-class transport drones.

Its performance is far behind that of newly built ships.

Even if all 4 Qingkong-class transport aircraft were combined, they still wouldn't be able to match the carrying capacity of a single Chenguang-class transport ship.

In addition, they are fixed-wing gliding takeoff and landing systems.

It has high requirements for the venue.

To be honest, it has basically no value left.

"This can be considered the first transport aircraft to be phased out on a large scale."

Su Wu felt a little regretful.

These unmanned transport aircraft were initially...

This provided considerable help to Su Wu.

This created an air transportation network for him that covered most of the entire Eastern Continent.

They amassed large quantities of gold and silver through trade with other refugees.

Su Wu's farmhouse has developed to this extent.

They deserve an undeniable share of credit.

However, although he said he was going to retire.

But that doesn't mean it's completely scrapped.

These drones will complete their final missions.

They gradually returned to their farmhouses.

Enter the assembly workshop on the second floor above ground for disassembly and modification.

Ultimately, it transformed into a loitering drone missile that could fold up its fixed wings and had a second set of rocket engines.

So-called unmanned loitering munitions.

It has a less formal name: the youth version of the smart networked intercontinental ballistic missile.

The "youth version" refers to a version whose performance in all aspects is significantly inferior to the original. "Intelligent networking" means that they can form a network and automatically adapt to appropriate tactics to conduct joint strikes against combat targets.

Intercontinental ballistic missiles are a term used to praise certain extreme performance characteristics of loitering munitions.

The Qingkong-class transport drone was successfully modified into a loitering munition.

The range will increase from the original 1500 kilometers to 3000 kilometers.

It has the capability for intercontinental strikes at medium range.

Although its normal flight speed is still only 165 kilometers per hour.

To truly strike the enemy across 3000 kilometers, one would need to fly continuously for nearly 20 hours.

It took an absurdly long time.

However, once the target is actually reached, the terminal strike procedure begins.

The second rocket engine was installed on it.

It will be instantly awakened and overloaded.

Then, as the loitering munition enters vertical strike mode from high altitude, its speed will increase from the original 165 kilometers per hour to over 700 kilometers per hour in a very short time.

The flight speed is very close to that of a subsonic rocket.

Extremely difficult to intercept.

In addition, 4 loitering munitions were converted from Aozora-class transport drones.

There are no requirements for the launch environment.

It can be activated using any rudimentary launcher, or even by airdropping it directly.

The launch difficulty is extremely low.

They have them as reserves.

Su Wu can be located on the map of Dongzhou, within a radius of 6000 kilometers centered on the farmhouse courtyard.

Simply choose any location and easily move it to flat ground.

If you don't mind the trouble.

Dispatch the Dawn-class transport ships, or sixth- and seventh-generation fighter jets, specifically to transport and drop loitering munitions.

Su Wu was even capable of bombing any place in the world.

"It can be considered that I can still contribute my remaining energy."

"We didn't waste so much of the original manufacturing costs."

Following the Qingkong-class transport drone.

It was a biplane helicopter that was almost contemporaneous with it.

The performance of this helicopter was impeccable given the technological level of its time.

Whether it's speed, load capacity, or defense.

They are all top-tier.

Only megacities are qualified to possess a single-digit number of strategic-level equipment.

But now.

It has a payload of 20 tons and a flight speed of 500 kilometers per hour.

However, it seems somewhat useless.

Even the 75 biplane helicopters belonging to the farmhouses, after a whole day of work...

It is very likely that it is not as good as a Dawn-class transport ship that takes half an hour to fly out.

The gap in transportation efficiency between the two sides has become so large that there is almost no need for them to team up or complement each other.

"Biplane helicopters are too expensive to build and too rare to produce."

"There is no need to get involved in the current air transport system."

"It would be better to withdraw from the front line altogether."

"Transformed into a dedicated scientific research aircraft."

"To conduct investigations and research in various remote and dangerous areas of the Eastern Continent."

"To explore the causes of disasters and their potential future trajectory, so as to provide early warnings."

This was something Su Wu had to do sooner or later.

As long as the end times continue, he will need to obtain as much information as possible about the environmental changes in various parts of the Eastern Continent.

A biplane helicopter that is outdated but still has decent performance.

It thus became the best reconnaissance tool.

"Then, the sixth-generation fighter jet still needs to function normally."

The sixth-generation fighter jet is the culmination of Su Wu's technological achievements, representing his first comprehensive approach to the world's cutting edge.

Its cruising speed exceeds five times the speed of sound, and its transport capacity is 40 tons.

Even today, it remains quite considerable.

They can handle some minor, peripheral tasks that aren't worth the trip that the Morning Light transport ship would make.

However, its original range of activity needs to be adjusted and reduced.

The vertical takeoff and landing capability of sixth-generation fighter jets.

After all, it requires a dedicated airport, which is quite expensive, to be used.

These airports include both fixed and mobile models.

To this day, it has not exceeded 10 sets.

The quantity is very limited.

Our gaze swept over the sixth-generation fighter jet, which had already ceased production and whose final production number was 500.

Su Wu continued to look at the route from Jianghe City to Xiaojiang Province.

A large convoy of merchant cars is heading back to Xiaojiang Province.

These truck convoys were built after the advent of seventh-generation fighter jets and the Dawn-class transport ships.

It then completely loses its greatest function.

Transport population.

Only the remaining combat and transport supplies.

It's barely usable; you could only say it's passable.

under these circumstances.

Commercial vehicle fleets have in fact entered a formal shutdown phase.

Its final number will forever be fixed at 612 columns.

but.

Considering the current number of Icelake-class transport ships, they haven't truly and completely overwhelmed everything yet.

There will be a maximum of five Dawn-class transport ships in the short term.

A fleet of over 600 trucks, capable of rapidly transporting over 600 million tons of goods at a time.

It can still bring Su Wu considerable benefits.

In terms of importance, it is slightly more important than sixth-generation fighter jets.

"The future production focus of the super factory,"

"It includes seventh-generation fighter jets, the Morning Light-class transport ships, and the Ice Lake-class transport ships."

"Then, in order to maximize their transportation efficiency."

"A wireless power transmission network constructed by networking near-Earth orbit satellites."

"It's time to put it into use."

Whether it's seventh-generation fighter jets, or the Morning Light-class and Ice Lake-class transport ships.

Their primary energy source is electricity.

Seventh-generation fighter jets are weapons geared towards combat.

Ultimately, the amount of electricity it carries is very limited.

In solo combat, the electromagnetic protective field can only be activated for less than a minute at most, serving as a defensive measure in emergency situations.

If at this time.

It can be charged via wireless power transmitted from satellite.

Not only does its electromagnetic protective field provide a permanent, uninterrupted defense, but it also provides a constant, uninterrupted defense.

It can also load another energy shield that was originally unable to be activated due to limited battery power.

Battlefield survivability can be increased by more than 10 times almost immediately.

As for the Dawn-class transport ships, due to their limited number, we will not discuss them for the time being.

Icelake-class transport ships, based on the current production of 2000 ships per day.

It won't take more than a month or two.

The number could exceed 10.

With such a massive scale, finding a place to charge the devices is a huge challenge.

However, if a near-Earth orbit wireless power transmission network were available...

So, the Ice Lake-class transport ship was en route to transport supplies.

You can replenish your power anytime, anywhere while traveling.

It achieves a near-perpetual motion performance.

In addition, there is a small side benefit.

With ample power support.

The Icelake-class transport ship can also generate electromagnetic protective force fields and energy shields.

It can also carry a miniaturized beam cannon.

Significantly improves safety during transportation.

(End of this chapter)