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

Chapter 380 Airport Project
While Huang Meng, Yu Qian, Guo Xu and their teams were pushing forward the road network plan at full speed and doing their utmost to connect the ground passages, a discussion about "transportation" was also taking place in the mountain city.

Chen Jian sat in the operations command room, quietly listening to Lei Jie's report from the 011 base.

"Therefore, considering the current situation, it is not impossible for us to promote the construction of large-scale ground transportation infrastructure, but the cost-effectiveness ratio is relatively low."

"Currently, the situation facing the entire country is consistent with the situation faced by the United States before the catastrophe."

"That is, the land is vast and sparsely populated, the ground environment is complex, the construction is difficult and demanding, and there is a serious shortage of equipment and personnel."

"Therefore, it is actually impossible for us to rebuild a nationwide transportation network."

"Based on the current population, resources, and equipment, I have instructed Fuxi to conduct a precise calculation."

"If we want to build a nationwide transportation network that can accommodate large equipment, it will take more than 50 years."

"This is still based on the premise of rapid population growth and high level of education."

"If we settle for second best and only require the construction of basic unpaved roads to ensure road safety, it will still take more than 10 years."

"And this 10-year timeframe is based on our investment of more than 20% of our available workforce."

At this point, Lei Jie paused for a moment, then continued:

Will these costs be recouped?

"To be honest, yes."

"However, the expectation of recovering costs must be based on the long-term survival and development of humankind."

“A simple calculation: suppose it costs 50 yuan to build a road, and we can recover 1 yuan in revenue every year thereafter. It would take at least 50 years to reach the break-even point.”

“According to the outline of the Spark Program, we actually don’t have 50 years.”

"Therefore, my view is that this kind of large-scale infrastructure work is not very meaningful to us."

After he finished speaking, Chen Jian slowly nodded.

It really makes no sense.

In reality, even his proposed "Netway Plan" was nothing more than an attempt to create a relatively safe environment for lightly armed civilian groups to migrate by utilizing existing simple roads.

As for what kind of large-scale infrastructure projects we should undertake?

Don't take this as a joke.

Given the geographical environment of the country, let alone undertaking large-scale infrastructure projects, even repairing the infrastructure built before the catastrophe would be an almost impossible task.

Otherwise, the Chinese army wouldn't have chosen to build its own roads instead of utilizing the existing transportation infrastructure.

Some bridges are impassable, and some roads are impassable.

It's so bad that it can't even be repaired.

Do you really think building a bridge is easy?
This is something that cannot be achieved simply by having a large population, strong industrial capacity, or strong organizational capabilities.

It can only be done if all three are present at the same time.

Why don't we take a look at that great Eastern power next door?

Therefore, Chen Jian had no objection to Lei Jie's judgment.

After a brief silence, he asked:
"So your suggestion is to build an airport?"

"That's right!"

In the video, Lei Jie nodded solemnly, and then answered:

“Building a large airport is our best option at present.”

"First of all, in terms of purpose, the main purpose of our urgent need for transportation infrastructure construction, and even the only purpose for the foreseeable future, is to carry out large-scale population transfer."

“And ‘people’, a ‘divisible’ commodity, is perfectly suited for air transport.”

"If it can fly, pull more; if it can't fly, pull less. It's very flexible."

"Secondly, the technological approach to developing airports is consistent with the technological approach we currently possess."

"Objectively speaking, we have established a relatively mature aircraft manufacturing process system."

"Furthermore, once the piston engine is developed, the fault tolerance will be even higher."

"Our initial estimate is that, starting this month, we can complete the production of three of the proposed electric-powered aircraft per month."

"Once the piston engine is implemented, at least five long-range, heavy-load transport aircraft can be manufactured every month."

"In just three months, our air transport capacity can be expanded to more than 30 aircraft."

Is this a rather conservative figure?
In fact, according to Fuxi's report, the production capacity of 5 aircraft per month is far underestimated.

If the industrial manufacturing capacity of Chongqing and Base 011 were fully unleashed, not to mention 5 units, even 10 units could be manufactured.

The only problem is that there aren't enough pilots.

Of course, this isn't really a big problem.

With full network coverage, takeoff and landing can be handled roughly by ant colony robots.

Furthermore, the training speed for pilots is constantly accelerating because they do not need to perform too many complex flight missions.

Totally doable!

Thinking of this, Chen Jian asked:
"Based on your estimate, what level of transport capacity can we achieve within three months?"

"That mainly depends on the site construction."

Reggie replied:
"From a capacity perspective alone, 30 transport aircraft can provide us with the ability to transport an average of 1600 to 1800 people per day."

"Of course, not all the population and all the regions need to rely on air transport. We can supplement it with water and land transport. The daily passenger volume should be able to reach more than 3000."

"The relocation of 9 people can be completed in a month. Given the current population size, that should be enough, right?"

Totally enough.

The total population of the country is only around one million, and the airport's capacity is sufficient to cover it.

There's nothing wrong with this plan.

There is only one problem left.

Fuel and supporting facilities.

Chen Jian let out a soft breath, then said:
"It seems we need to resume oilfield production as soon as possible."

"Or, we need a large oil storage facility."

"No, large-scale oil storage facilities probably won't work."

"The storage conditions in large-scale oil reserves are far superior to those in underground disaster recovery facilities. The oil that can be found will probably be difficult to use again."

"We still need oil fields."

"You'll solve this problem?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lei Jie nodded solemnly and said:

"I'll take care of it!"

"Oil production isn't that difficult, and the equipment isn't actually that complicated."

Give me two months.

"Resume oil production in two months!"

Half an hour later, all the work was arranged.

As Chen Jian stepped out of the temporary command center, he saw a thriving scene in the mountain city.

More and more merchants began flocking to the city. Although the absolute number was still not large, compared to its previous lifelessness, the city had completely come alive.

Meanwhile, order was gradually being established in the city.

The volunteer company urgently drawn from Base 011 has joined the city's defense forces and is responsible for maintaining public order.

Under their overwhelming pressure, no one dared to cause trouble in the city.

With so many people and so many opinions, conflicts frequently broke out between the followers of the Mechanicus and the so-called "free residents," but no one dared to take up arms against the other.

Because from their previous experiences with conflict, they already knew that arguing was one thing, fighting was another, but if knives and guns were used, it would be a matter that could not be resolved peacefully.

Chen Jian was very satisfied with this order.

He doesn't need a democratic or harmonious atmosphere; at this stage, what he wants is order.

An order born from the strictest laws, possessing absolute bottom lines. After watching for a while, witnessing a verbal battle between an ordinary merchant and a bishop of the Mechanicus Church who was obstructing trade, and seeing the Volunteer Corps intervene and take both sides away to calm down, Chen Jian withdrew his gaze.

Immediately afterwards, he beckoned Ji Xing over, and together with her and Li Shi, they drove off in a direction away from the city center.

The destination was, of course, Jiangbei Airport near the mountain city. Sitting in the car, Chen Jian said to Ji Xing:

"We need to restore the entire Jiangbei Airport to its original function."

"This area will become very busy in the near future."

"But now, we have a problem."

"This airport is not within the coverage of the central area's defenses, and there are few natural shelters available in the surrounding area."

"If attacked by monsters, the airport is likely to be shut down."

"To be honest, our aircraft have a very limited margin for error."

"Under high-intensity operation, if even one aircraft fails to land on time, it could cause a serious scheduling accident."

"Therefore, I need to establish a ring-shaped defensive line extending outward around the airport."

"Or rather, it's an alarm line."

"I want to entrust this task to the Holy Blood One."

Do you think it's possible?

After he finished speaking, Li Shi opened his mouth in a daze, but didn't say anything.

His idea is simple.

Can it be done?
Why can't we do it?

Seeing his expression, Chen Jian could only shake his head helplessly.

Anyway, I didn't actually bring up this question with him, so I'll just leave it at that.

He turned to look at Ji Xing, who, after a slight silence, replied:

"I think it's feasible to use this area as a place to settle our Holy Blood warriors."

“They are indeed capable and suited for this job.”

"Essentially, this is still a position similar to that of a 'scout'."

"Settling them into their positions will also make it easier for us to manage them in the future."

"However, if the initial implementation is too fast, I am worried that there will still be a backlash."

"So my suggestion is to establish a rotation mechanism."

“Holy Bloodline members are born to take risks—just like me, I would quickly become impatient if I were to do a job that doesn’t change.”

"Why not integrate them into the network plan and rotate them with airport security duties?"

"In this way, this group of Holy Blood members can finally settle down completely."

After Ji Xing finished speaking, Chen Jian nodded in satisfaction.

Otherwise, why would you say she's a smart person?
All he had done was suggest "guarding the airport," and she immediately understood his true intentions.

Guarding the airport is not the goal; if you want to protect the airport, there are countless ways you can do it.

The real purpose is to find a relatively independent and isolated place for those with holy blood, but not separate from their main living area.

This is the necessary path to stabilize and assimilate these bloodline members, and also a necessary means to gradually dissolve this organization.

"Then let's do it this way. You take charge of this matter."

Chen Jian let out a soft breath, then suddenly changed the subject and asked:
"Don't you think this arrangement is a bit unfair to you Holy Bloodline members?"

Ji Xing's expression remained unchanged, and he said in a slightly low voice:
"This stage is always necessary."

"Commander, times have changed."

"Just like you said, after the beast tide ended, the main conflict in this world was no longer the conflict between humans and monsters."

"So, is there really any need for the Holy Bloodline to exist?"

"If not handled properly, the conflict between us and humanity will immediately become the dominant force."

"I've heard of that too!"

Li Shi suddenly interrupted, and Chen Jian gave him a speechless look and said:

"Just drive your car!"

Li Shi immediately shut up and obediently gripped the road in front of him.

Chen Jian continued speaking to Ji Xing:

"So, this is one of my biggest concerns."

"Monsters are actually a non-renewable resource."

"At this stage, they can even be said to be a lubricant for the contradictions between various forces."

"But this lubricant will eventually run out."

"How should you handle this situation?"

"I'm not worried about myself anyway."

Ji Xing shrugged and suddenly laughed.

"Commander, don't you think I no longer seem like a Holy Bloodline?"

"That's true"

Chen Jian said thoughtfully:

"You don't jump around anymore."

"Was I used to jump around like that?"

Ji Xing asked blankly:

"Why don't I remember?"

".I remember."

Chen Jian said with a laugh:
"Back then, I always felt that the world was different in your eyes than it was in ours."

"For example, steps seem completely unnecessary to you."

"That's still necessary, after all, we—"

"boom!"

Before Ji Xing could finish speaking, a loud crash suddenly came from the window of the Mengshi vehicle.

At the same instant, a small mark appeared on the car window.

"Attack!"

Li Shi immediately stepped on the gas and dashed toward the cover ahead.

Chen Jian quickly pulled up the drone footage and observed the surrounding area.

At this point, they were less than a kilometer away from the airport.

Although it is far from the core urban area, it can still be said to be within the sphere of influence of the Huaxia Army.

In a place like this, someone would actually launch a reckless attack!
Chen Jian was completely dumbfounded.

He didn't know who was so bold—or rather, so brainless.

The drone's footage was quickly transmitted back, and the anti-sniper radar directly indicated the location of the gunfire, making it extremely easy to locate the enemy.

However, when Chen Jian saw the group of people who had fired at him, he immediately frowned.

"these people"

"Are they refugees?"

"No, why are they hitting us?!"

(End of this chapter)