Chapter 279: Steel City, the Capital of Resources
Chapter 279: Steel City, the Capital of Resources
At the same time, this also leads to.
A real large-scale battle taking place on the surface.
There will only be that one time when you break through the first line of defense.
Next.
The so-called second line of defense.
The enemies Su Wu faced were no longer these direct armed forces.
Instead, there are bombs and automatic fire platforms hidden throughout the city, as well as underground shelters for logistics.
A torrent of hundreds of thousands of machines.
They crossed the first line of defense in a mighty force and broke into the magnificent urban area of the steel city.
Compared to previous battles with humans.
The battle after entering the city.
It became even more silent and tragic.
Because both sides of the war have been completely transformed into steel mechanical bodies.
There is no longer any concept of surrender and death.
All participants will fight to the last moment.
And in such a high-intensity battle.
Even the artificial intelligence in charge of commanding Su Wu's side has an overwhelming computing power advantage.
Still, it was inevitable that some losses would begin to occur.
Every now and then, there's a spider robot, or a robot dog.
Hit by proximity mines hidden in the ruins and buildings along the street.
There will also be some combat drone hovering in the air.
Suddenly, they were hit by anti-aircraft machine guns from several automatic firepower platforms.
Then, with no escape possible, it was torn into a ball of burning scrap metal by the intersecting fire network.
[The combat damage rate of the No. 3027 area has increased significantly. It is estimated that there are 10 high-altitude firepower platforms in this area.]
[Begin to dispatch three combat drone clusters nearby to clear them out.]
[Area 0102, an excessive number of active-seeking mines have been detected.]
[Disband all combat units in the area.]
[Electronic bait is deployed.]
[District No. 7516, enemy heavy artillery has caused heavy casualties.]
[The overall threat ranking rises to 10th on the battlefield.]
[Long-range rocket strikes begin.]
As the battlefield unfolds.
The entire battle area of Steel City.
It is divided into tens of thousands of partitions by artificial intelligence.
At the same time, these divisions are not fixed, but will be dynamically adjusted with the advancement and transfer of the mechanical army.
The most intense moment.
The adjustment time is even calculated in milliseconds.
And specific to each partition.
The AI will also classify and mark the enemies in this zone.
Target higher threat targets.
We will prioritize gathering our forces to destroy it.
If it is judged that the losses in the battle may be heavy, they will even call for heavy fire support from outside the field.
that's it.
With huge computing power support and absolute numerical advantage.
Despite some losses in the process.
The overall advancement speed of Su Wu's side on the entire battlefield was still very rapid.
It took less than half an hour in total.
They attacked the underground shelters that served as central nodes of the defense line.
And there.
Engaged in close combat with the Steel City coalition forces.
In an underground shelter.
A Storm II military power armor appeared at the corner of the corridor.
Trying to support the Steel City Coalition team that was in danger not far away.
But the moment he appeared.
The spider robots that were originally besieging the coalition team.
He immediately began to turn the gun around.
He is equipped with a new electromagnetic rifle that is comparable to a military sniper rifle.
Focus fire on him.
There were dozens of rockets.
Several spider robots that were specifically responsible for long-range attacks were ignited and started one after another.
Rushing towards the Storm II military power armor.
So within a full 15 seconds of appearing.
This Storm II power armor was firmly confined in place by the fierce firepower.
Unable to make any effective movement or counterattack.
Until it was finally locked by the electromagnetic cannon of a heavily-armored main battle spider robot.
Two shots fired.
The defense was broken on the spot and turned into a pile of expensive metal garbage.
And at the same time.
Another battlefield.
The Steel City Alliance assembled more than 60 combat robots.
Finally managed to seize an opportunity.
Surround a lone Heavy-Armored Battle Spider Robot.
Just when they concentrated their fire and attacked.
A large blue arc of light suddenly appeared around the heavy-duty main battle spider robot.
All the high-powered rockets that have been fired.
They were all detonated prematurely by those blue arcs of light.
The flames from the successive explosions licked the cold metal armor of the spider robot.
It didn't cause any harm to it.
Instead, it gives it time to rotate the muzzle of its own electromagnetic cannon.
With the companions who came to support nearby.
Launch a counterattack.
The third hour of the war.
The entire southern part of Steel City, all areas designated as the second line of defense.
Basically, they have all fallen into a state of collapse.
More and more shelters were completely occupied by the spider robot army.
at this time.
The final outcome is already clear.
The difference is just a matter of time.
Steel City Joint Command Center.
Liu Qing stood in front of the huge map of Steel City.
His expression changed from shock when he first heard that the invaders from Jianghe City had completely defeated the first line of defense in less than half a minute.
Later, they discovered cutting-edge weapons from the pre-apocalyptic military, including power armor and annihilation-class tanks.
They failed to perform their intended function and quickly fell to the hands of the invaders.
Now, I feel completely hopeless as I see almost the entire South City District fall.
There was no fighting spirit in his eyes anymore.
At this moment, he recalled the high spirits he had felt a few hours ago.
I just felt like everything was a dream.
The gap between the two sides is too big.
It was so big that once the war broke out, there would be no room for him to command.
All they could do was wait for surrender.
And those who lost their fighting spirit along with him.
There are also hundreds of people throughout the command center.
It is the place with the most access to frontline intelligence in the entire Steel City camp.
The people here can also most directly experience Su Wu's power.
It was a giant that made it impossible for anyone to resist.
Jianghe City.
Farmyard, underground control center.
Su Wu overlooked the holographic map of the Steel City battlefield built with real-time monitoring data from hundreds of reconnaissance drones.
The expression didn't change much.
Victory in the war was a matter of course.
If this can fail.
Then all the spiritual and research resources he invested in science and technology would be meaningless.
At this time, Su Wu was commanding the artificial intelligence fighting on the front line.
There is only one requirement.
That is to complete the occupation as soon as possible.
It doesn't matter how many things are broken in the process.
In the eyes of Su Wu, who has mastered the arc furnace technology and invested a lot of spiritual energy to max out the recycling technology.
It doesn't matter whether a small amount of resources is intact or damaged.
Anyway, even if it's scrap metal.
He could also easily restore most of its value.
Three hours after the war began.
The main force of 200,000 spider robots began to disperse completely.
In the form of independent teams, they quickly spread from the southern city area on the front line of the battlefield to other directions.
This change in formation.
This means that artificial intelligence has confirmed that there is no longer any large-scale, organized threat force in Steel City.
You can speed up the capture of the entire city by taking a slightly bolder approach.
Do not give the local forces in Steel City, who realize that defeat is inevitable, too many opportunities to escape and transfer supplies.
And at the same time.
In the newly pacified Nancheng District.
Artificial intelligence has begun to integrate resources.
Let the 30 caravans parked outside the city disembark.
Enter in batches to load supplies.
Each caravan has a transport capacity of tens of thousands of tons.
The 30 caravans combined are enough to bring back most of the rare resources in the entire South City area to the farmyard at one time.
"I have somewhat underestimated the value of Dongzhou's largest industrial production base before the end of the world."
"Even after such a long time."
"There are still so many high-quality supplies here."
Quickly browse through the list of supplies compiled by artificial intelligence.
Looking at the high-end materials which were several times more than previously estimated.
Su Wu couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction at having harvested a rich harvest.
Don't say anything else.
As long as this first batch of 30 tons of precious materials is transported back.
He did not hesitate to threaten the Dongzhou government and forcibly occupy the steel city.
The investment has been fully recovered, and you can still make a huge profit.
“There are these resources.”
"We can immediately start building 20 Iceborne-class land frigates and 10 biplane helicopters."
"Two more Pioneer-class land destroyers can also be built."
"Well, this is still not enough."
"The remaining funds can be invested in the transformation of the base vehicle and the research project of the Land Cruiser."
There is no need to explain the importance of the Icebound-class land frigate.
One machine can support a caravan that can travel across the entire East Continent and transport tens of thousands of tons of supplies to any corner.
It is the cornerstone for Su Wu to grow rapidly to his current level.
And as a more powerful Pioneer-class land destroyer.
There is only one Su Wu so far.
Building two more would mean that his high-end military force would be expanded by two times in one go.
In addition, we built biplane helicopters, modified base vehicles, and researched land cruisers, etc.
These are also extremely resource-intensive projects.
With the addition of this batch of resources.
It can greatly reduce Su Wu's pressure in related aspects.
"Sufficient resources are the key."
"With this, the overall strength of the entire farmyard has obviously leaped forward by a large margin."
Turn off the statistical material list.
Su Wu stood in front of the holographic projection map.
Reach out and maximize the proportion of the southern part of the steel city.
Watching a caravan slowly driving into a shelter there.
30 tons of rare materials is just the beginning.
Wait until later to count all the resources of the entire Steel City.
Su Wu couldn't even imagine it.
To what extent will the military armament in his hands expand by then?
It took a few minutes to calm the turbulent emotions in my heart.
Su Wu shifted his attention away from the direction of Steel City.
Moved to the Qinling Mountains, the Kuanjiang River Basin and the surrounding areas of Yu'an City.
At this moment.
These two places are equally important to Su Wu.
Nearly 50 and 20 spider robots were also deployed respectively.
The former formed dozens of defense networks to block the purple crystals.
The latter is responsible for maintaining the safety of the large-scale transfer of convoys from the surrounding areas of Yu'an City and the Kuanjiang River Basin to Jianghe City.
Just from the perspective of deployment scale.
Su Wu actually opened up three large-scale battlefields of the same level at the same time.
However, thanks to the strong productivity of the Gigafactory.
Su Wu had basically no pressure in maintaining these three large war zones.
And for the foreseeable future.
After occupying Steel City, a city with unimaginably rich resources, more weapons and equipment will be produced soon.
Su Wu had even less pressure in this regard.
"For now, there are no problems in other places. Production and construction are proceeding as planned."
"It's the purple crystal."
"I didn't pay much attention to it in one day, and it seems to have evolved a little bit."
Su Wu suddenly discovered.
Every time he wants to relax or encounters something happy.
Just look back at the purple crystals in the lava canyon of the Qinling Mountains.
You're guaranteed to be poured with a basin of cold water.
There has never been any good news over there.
Retrieve the monitoring data from the fire platforms on both sides of the magma canyon.
Su Wu made some calculations with the help of artificial intelligence.
Discover the present day amethyst.
Some of them seemed to have evolved the rudiments of wings.
Not only can it jump, it also has the ability to fly for a short period of time.
and.
the first time.
They seemed to have the intention to fight back.
Looking at several winged purple crystals on a certain firepower platform trying to break into the ammunition storage area.
Su Wu was silent for a long time.
The final decision was to use the only Pioneer-class land destroyer currently available.
And the crystal detector it carries.
Sent to Qinling Mountains together.
And stay there permanently.
"We must continue to strengthen the defenses of the Qinling Mountains."
"in addition."
"Both production and scientific research should continue to accelerate."
"Can't be left too far behind by the Purple Crystal."
2 month 6 day.
Thick dark clouds once again covered Jianghe City.
In the pitch-black sky and howling snowstorm.
Above the surface of the core area of the farmyard.
A row of bright, almost dazzling indicator lights slowly lit up.
Dispel the darkness around you far away.
With the help of these indicator lights.
Can see clearly.
The 10-meter-thick layer of soil and rock that was originally located above the underground shelter in the farmyard.
At this time, it had been completely eradicated.
Instead, there is a 1-meter-high circular turret base made of quick-cast cement directly on the top outer wall of the first underground floor of the shelter.
"Always."
"All the work on the shelter is being done at a depth of 10 metres below the ground."
“This was true when the farmyard was first weak.”
"The ten-meter-thick soil and rock layer was enough to protect the shelter, which was only a few hundred square meters in size."
"Protected from the violent winds, extreme heat, and extreme cold of the surface."
“But later on the scale of the shelter became larger and larger.”
“Keep this structure in place.”
"In fact, the comfort factor has gradually begun to outweigh the practical factor."
"The top of the shelter is a 10-meter thick layer of soil from the ground."
"Its true defensive power."
"It may not be as strong as 10 centimeters of quick cement."
"And after Amethyst has the ability to dig into rocks and soil."
"These layers of soil have even less meaning to exist."
"Not only will it not bring safety, but it will also cause some trouble to the defense of the shelter."
(End of this chapter)