Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 329 Planning
"Nuclear suppression has taken effect."

Outside Base 011, Chen Jian looked at the reports coming back from the front lines with satisfaction and said to Lei Jie beside him:

"As it turns out, my plan worked."

"With a maximum of four nuclear warheads, we can achieve continuous electromagnetic pulse suppression from a distance and then deliver the final blow."

"If we can continue to suppress it in the same way, we can maintain the disabled state of the mountain city for a long time and strive for a window of opportunity for development."

"However, the biggest problem now is that we don't know when the mountain city will recover."

"Four days - four days is the longest timeframe we have currently determined."

"We should all be safe during this time."

"But is it possible that this timeframe could be extended further?"

"Is it possible that even if such bombing were to be carried out once every 15 days, it would still be effective?"

"Not too possible."

Lei Jie shook his head and said:
"Let's put ourselves in their shoes—even 011, after suffering a nuclear attack, we were able to quickly recover our retaliatory capabilities within a few days."

"City of mountains is a larger, more complete, and more systematic city with production capacity, so its recovery should be faster."

"In fact, I now even doubt whether our nuclear explosion actually destroyed their ability to retaliate."

"Perhaps, all we've accomplished is... disruption?"

"Not really."

Chen Jian hesitated for a moment, then said:
"Although the message sent back by Lin Yu indicates that there are indeed still humans living in the mountain city, it is clear that this is not a city dominated by humans."

"It is highly dependent on electronic systems and network systems."

"Even if only one link in the chain has a problem, it could lead to a complete system failure."

"Therefore, a nuclear explosion should be effective."

"However, we cannot rely on such nuclear explosions to maintain our suppression of them indefinitely."

"So, shouldn't we start preliminary reconnaissance now?"

"If I told you I'm planning to go to the mountain city, what would you say?"

"This is not something I can decide."

Lei Jie shrugged and pointed to the construction site in the distance where ground was being broken up, saying:
"Look, we have so much to do now."

"The incinerator is under construction, the explosives production line is under construction, and the shell and bullet production line is also under construction."

"What does it mean to rebuild from ruins? This is what it means to rebuild from ruins."

"Furthermore, what we are doing now is mainly focused on the military industry."

"What about civilian industries? We need agricultural machinery factories, fertilizer plants, mines, and even larger smelting and processing plants."

"There's such a huge pile of stuff, we can't just leave it unattended."

"I definitely can't get away, right?"

"As the number of staff increases, the management becomes more and more difficult, and Shen Yue can't leave either."

"He Shuo goes without saying; he's busy managing Jinling City."

"So, whether you go to the mountain city or not is entirely up to you."

There was a hint of helplessness in his tone, and Chen Jian could clearly hear the implied "dissuasion" in his words.

Yes, there's a lot going on at the 011 base right now.

The process of industrialization, the subsequent acceptance of migrants, agricultural self-sufficiency, and the construction of trade routes.
Each problem requires a significant investment of effort, and most importantly, with a severe shortage of industrial workers, every step in these major processes will be extremely difficult.

This place truly cannot do without people.

But can the mountain city just ignore this?

It is both a real threat and a real opportunity.

After a few seconds of silence, Chen Jian took a deep breath and continued:
"No matter what, I still have to go."

"The situation there is too complicated. If I don't go, it's hard to find another force in the world that can accurately assess the true situation there."

"Inaccurate judgments will only cause trouble for our subsequent exploration operations."

"I will depart as soon as possible and return as soon as possible."

"Conduct only one close reconnaissance mission, obtain preliminary results, and then quickly disengage."

"can."

Reggie shrugged and continued asking:
"But how do you plan to cross the outer defenses of the mountain city?"

According to Lin Yu, there are at least four different level one monsters around the mountain city.

"Furthermore, that level one monster is different from the whale we encountered before."

"The monsters near the mountain city are extremely aggressive, and their destructive power is far greater than that of support-type monsters like the whalefish."

"They were able to enter the mountain city partly because of the interference from the nuclear explosion, but more importantly, it was due to luck."

"What's wrong? Are you also planning to gamble with them?"

"of course not."

Chen Jian shrugged.

"I'll fly there."

"parachute."

"Too risky, I disagree."

Lei Jie decisively shook his head and said:
"As of now, we know absolutely nothing about the overall defense system of the mountain city."

"We cannot be certain whether there are any anti-aircraft weapons there that can withstand electromagnetic pulses."

"Jumping over there so recklessly is suicide. Don't do something so stupid."

"Nonsense, do you think I'm stupid?"

Chen Jian rolled his eyes.

"Here's the plan."

"Let's wait a few more hours and see if Lin Yu can re-establish contact with us."

"If possible, then we will conduct the parachute jump under their guidance."

"If that doesn't work, we'll organize aerial reconnaissance, drop decoys, and simultaneously deploy unmanned reconnaissance and communication equipment."

"After completing the initial reconnaissance and confirming that the risks have been eliminated, the airdrop operation can proceed."

"If this approach proves to be unfeasible in the end..."

"Then pretend I didn't say it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lei Jie looked at Chen Jian with amusement and said:
"I thought you absolutely had to go."

"There's no rush."

Chen Jian laughed heartily.

"What we're about to do is inherently a long process."

"Although it seems like we've done a lot, even now we're still in the exploratory stage."

"The real challenge comes after things have truly settled down and you start to move up in the ranks."

"take it easy."

"Civilization takes time, and so do we."

Of course, Chen Jian said that he needed to take it slow, but in reality, the various tasks at the base did not allow him to take it slow at all.

He is now the de facto leader of the entire 011 base and the entire Chinese army, and there are far too many issues that need to be addressed by him.

At 9 a.m., after finishing his discussion with Lei Jie, Chen Jian returned to his office and began working on the paperwork for the day.

The first thing to do is to approve the resource applications for each project.

Previously, this work did not actually exist.

The 011 base has ample resources, including raw materials, food, and various equipment, which can meet the needs of all projects.

However, after a major battle with the beast tide, the base's resources were severely depleted and had fallen below the safety threshold.

Chen Jian had to carefully review all the resource requests for the projects and prioritize allocating them to the more important ones.

With Fuxi's assistance, this has seemingly become a "data game." "The daily consumption of the artillery shell production line is 3.6 tons of metal materials: 1.2 tons of copper, 1.4 tons of crude steel, and 0.2 tons of zinc alloy."

"Bullet Production Line"

"Explosives."

"Nitric acid."

"Let's reduce the production capacity of the artillery shell production line first."

Chen Jian dragged the slider on the approval form to reduce the existing fixed production capacity to 50%.

He then increased the production capacity of nitric acid.

After all, the importance of the three acids and two alkalis to subsequent industrialization is far greater than that of the finished artillery shells.

Furthermore, it is unlikely that the Chinese army will engage in large-scale conflicts with other forces in the near future, thus reducing the priority of weapons and ammunition.

Even if needed, it can be obtained through trade routes.

After making the adjustments, Chen Jian turned his attention to the manpower adjustment module.

Currently, there are 800 registered workers at the 011 base, including 150 volunteers who are part of the non-military force.

With only 800 people, the construction of the entire 011 base was stretched thin. No matter how Chen Jian adjusted or optimized the plan, it was impossible to take care of every project.

After a moment's thought, Chen Jian first transferred some of the workers who were originally used to maintain the gun factory's production to the second steel blast furnace project to ensure that the project would proceed smoothly according to the planned schedule.

Following that, he transferred 50 fishery workers to supplement the agricultural production process.

Due to the continuous fighting, spring plowing has been severely delayed.

Now he has to invest more manpower to catch up on the progress that was previously delayed.

Looking at the forms filled with red warnings indicating "insufficient manpower," Chen Jian frowned and asked Fuxi:

"Are there any more manpower available?"

"Nothing."

Fuxi replied:
"At present, all manpower has been put into production. There are still 150 migrants waiting to be received in the migrant planning camp, but these people need to undergo at least two days of epidemic prevention, disinfection and naturalization training before they can be gradually put into production."

"Two days is acceptable."

Chen Jian nodded slightly.

What are the current trends in population movement?

"Currently, the average daily net inflow of people is around 30, most of whom come from surrounding areas."

"We expect to see a surge in population inflow within two to three days, primarily from refugees from Nanjing."

"At that time, we expect to be able to replenish the population by about 400 people."

"good."

Chen Jian nodded in satisfaction.

What about the dynamic balance of grain production?

"Current grain reserves can sustain the consumption of a population of 2000 for 6 months. Taking into account the output of arable land, water, forests and trade routes, a total self-sustaining system for a population of 4000 can be achieved."

"That's pretty good. However, 4000 people, at the current rate of population inflow, will reach the limit in at most two months."

"It's time to start planting high-yield grains."

"Potato ripening cycle?"

"The fertilizer plant takes about 70 days to reach stable output, but this can be reduced to 50 days once stable output is achieved."

Fuxi replied.

"There's enough time."

"Plant first, and don't rely entirely on chemical fertilizers."

"We still have a 200-person Holy Blood Warrior squad available, right?"

"Yes, this squad has no other combat missions at the moment."

Fuxi presented the team's intelligence to Chen Jian. After a brief moment of thought, Chen Jian spoke:
"We must push forward the construction of the incinerator with all our might, and I want to see smoke coming out of the incinerator within two days."

"At the same time, a new mission was assigned to this team."

"Led by Ji Xing, the team will carry heavy machinery to dismantle and clean up the monster corpses around the base."

"After the cleanup is completed, the waste will be transported back to the base and incinerated in an incinerator for harmless treatment. The residue after incineration will be used as waste material in the farmland renovation project."

"Understood, the tasks have been outlined and are ready to be issued."

"Have you squeezed every last drop of resources out of the place?"

Chen Jian leaned back slightly, took a long breath, and asked.

After a brief pause, Fuxi's voice rang out in the office.

"If we need to pursue the ultimate resource utilization rate, we can also reorganize the existing standing forces and temporarily put them into production."

"Need not."

Chen Jian shook his head and said:
"We still need to maintain a team with basic combat capabilities."

"Furthermore, I have other uses for the infiltration company and the assault company."

"Next task."

"Military mobilization!"

"clear."

Fuxi switched the interface in response, and the interfaces for two regular armies, one expeditionary force, and one volunteer company appeared in front of Chen Jian.

He first checked the equipment status of all four teams and replenished them with the remaining equipment and ammunition in the 011 base.

He then switched to the map interface and began assigning tasks to the four teams.

"Judging from the current enemy situation in the surrounding area, the biggest threat we face has been eliminated."

"Even if we encounter a threat from the Cult of Machines later, we can easily complete the defense by using the power of the Holy Blood Temple in conjunction with the unmanned combat units in Base 011."

"Therefore, all four teams must be put to use."

"The volunteer company will remain in place for now."

"The inter-unit will depart from Base 011 and proceed along the line of Yanling, Liangxi, Suzhou, and Shanghai for a two-week exploration."

"The ultimate goal is the ruins of Shanghai, to open the O020O disaster recovery base in Shanghai, and to transport the useful materials stored in the base back."

"If other high-value goods are discovered during the journey, they can be transported in advance via trade routes."

"The assault company departs from Base 011 and heads to Tongling and Chizhou."

"The goal is to control the metal mineral resources in both locations, organize manpower to establish and construct mines, and supply primary mineral resources to Base 011. This will be completed within two weeks."

"The expeditionary force has dispatched a portion of its personnel to explore southwards along the Han River, with the objective of reaching the Yinshuidong Nuclear Power Plant."

"That place is said to be the lair of the Qinyuan monster, and there is evidence that the Yinshuidong nuclear power plant is still well preserved."

"The objective is to clean up the Himsudong Nuclear Power Plant, restore its power supply network, and transmit electricity to Hansu City."

"This task is not so simple, but we must complete the exploration and clearing within a week, and strive to restart the first transmission line within a month."

"All right."

"The task list is clear, let's prepare to distribute it."

"understand!"

Fuxi responded immediately.

Immediately afterwards, orders were quickly issued and transmitted to every executor via communication networks.

Everyone in the 011 base immediately sprang into action, and at that moment, Chen Jian received a message from He Shuo.

"Remember to have a chat with those three Imperial Guards."

"Leave them here!"

Chen Jian rubbed his temples.

After a moment's thought, he gave the order:

"Call Jin Zhong here."

"I need to think of a way to find some work for these three Imperial Guards."

(End of this chapter)