Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 26 Deploying Troops
At the current stage where there is no ability to produce hot weapons, cold weapons are the only type of weapons that can quickly improve one's own combat effectiveness and can be produced in a short period of time.

I have to rely on cold weapons to protect 10 important bases, the main base and the railway lines, and rely on cold weapons to buy time to develop hot weapons!
Against so many strange birds, only firearms can offer a chance of victory!
Under Li Qingsong's order, the next moment, all the steel produced from the steel plant, which had high hardness and toughness and was suitable for making cold weapons, was diverted and then urgently transported to the metal processing plant.

Thousands of clones who were originally carrying out other work all ran forward, rushed into the metal foundry with serious faces, and rushed directly to their work stations.

Production began immediately.

A large number of metal processing equipment began to operate. Amid the harsh sounds of cutting and grinding, in just one hour, the first long sword was produced.

This long knife is about 70 cm long and 6 cm wide. It is slightly curved and has a sharp blade, suitable for chopping.

With the appearance of the first long sword, it was as if a switch was turned on, and this production line began to flow out long swords one after another like water.

An hour later, 200 long swords were produced.

A small truck specially used for transportation drove over and delivered the long swords to the front line at lightning speed.

The 200 clones threw away the steel pipes in their hands and immediately took the long swords in their hands.

Li Qingsong felt a little relieved.

At least there are official weapons.

But this alone is obviously not enough.

It doesn't matter, there are more factories producing more types of weapons at this moment.

In a factory that urgently switched production to shield production, hundreds of clones stood in front of various equipment, operating them non-stop.

The steel is heated to the appropriate temperature one moment, the forging and forming equipment comes on line the next, and the subsequent processing stage comes the next.

At this moment, these hundreds of clones seemed to become one person. The production line seemed to possess spirituality as they operated it, running extremely smoothly.

So a large number of shields were produced continuously. In just one hour, 200 shields were produced and sent directly to the front line.

Then there are those who produce spears, short swords, knee pads, elbow pads, gloves, and armor, all of which are working at full capacity.

At this stage, it is clearly too late to produce space suits with sufficient protection. In this case, we can only produce some external protective gear for the time being.

At this moment, the hundreds of factories within the main base were all connected. Tens of thousands of clones, all under Li Qingsong's control, worked with unwavering dedication, their coordination and efficiency reaching peak levels.

In just two days, a total of 4000 sets of combat equipment, enough to equip all combat personnel in the main base, were transported to the front line and worn by each combat clone.

Subsequent production is still continuing without any pause.

Producing only 4000 sets was not enough. Li Qingsong wanted to produce sets, sets, and arm the clones in the other bases as well.

Even that wasn't enough. Li Qingsong had to produce 100,000 or 150,000 sets, so that all spare clones would be immediately equipped once they were activated. Furthermore, he had to account for equipment loss and replenishment.

In that case, let’s produce 200,000 sets!
Hundreds of huge factories roared day and night, tens of thousands of clones busy going back and forth between their workstations and collective dormitories. Steel mills, power plants, chemical plants, agricultural bases...

Li Qingsong mobilized every factory that made up the main base to join in the preparations for war.

After completing the equipment needed by the main base combat personnel, the train roared and began to transport the equipment to the 10 core mining bases.

In addition to cold weapons, there are also a small amount of explosives.

They were originally used for industrial construction, but now, there is no time to worry about it. Let's take them out and use them first.

Under such circumstances, 8000 clones were armed in just four days.

And at this time, the clones who were spread out as scouts and closely monitoring several nearby strange bird clusters finally brought bad news.

These strange birds were moving slowly, searching for food as they advanced. As luck would have it, they were moving towards their own base.

Or perhaps, it is the large amount of complex organic matter present in the base cluster that attracts them?
Li Qingsong didn't know the details, but it didn't matter, they were bound to come anyway.

The total number of these strange birds was probably over 7. Furthermore, they came from all directions. It was estimated that after a while, all 11 important bases, including the main base, would face the impact of the strange birds.

Especially at the No. 1 copper mine base located at the outermost edge of the base cluster, it is expected that a flock of strange birds will arrive in just five hours!
"Five hours? That's enough!"

After receiving this latest information, Li Qingsong began to deploy troops again.

At this moment, there were only 500 fully armed clones in the No. Copper Mine Base. Facing the more than strange birds in this direction, it was obviously not enough.

There are many clones in the main base at this moment, but there are only 5000 sets of equipment.

Li Qingsong directly mobilized 3000 clones, took a train, and headed straight for the No. Copper Mine Base with food, oxygen, drinking water and other supplies.

At the same time, Li Qingsong, who had completed the early emergency production and finally had a little more energy, specially mobilized half of the remaining armed clones in the main base, that is, 1000 clones, to fight directly on the desolate and silent land of Luoshen Star.

Of course, this wasn't a real fight, just a drill. If the opponent's life was truly threatened, the clones would stop immediately.

In the fight between a total of 500 pairs of clones, Li Qingsong experimented with various fighting and defensive methods, including the attacker's chopping, slashing, and stabbing, the defender's blocking and shield raising, as well as the connection and changes between various actions, and so on.

As a result, a huge amount of fighting skills were quickly generated and summarized in Li Qingsong's mind. Then, through Li Qingsong's control, they were instantly expanded to each clone.

At the same time, Li Qingsong also mobilized the remaining one thousand people, divided them into teams of 500 people each, and started a collective battle.

During this process, he also began to experiment with various fighting styles, such as one team specifically responsible for defense and another team specifically responsible for offense.

(End of this chapter)