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Chapter 51 Andy's Military Base
Bottom nest, acid swamp.
The fog still carried a distinctive sulfurous smell, but the terrain had completely changed.
The iron cages that were originally used to imprison the flesh puppets and the large pots used to boil the filthy soup were all bulldozed.
A reinforced concrete wall, eight meters high, was completed two days ago.
The top of the wall was wrapped with barbed wire electrified with high voltage, and there was a twin-mounted automatic sentry turret every fifty meters.
Red laser beams swept back and forth through the fog. As soon as the radar detected any creature without an identification code approaching, whether it was a mutated crocodile or a lost scavenger, the turret would immediately cover that area.
This place is no longer some bird-beaked doctor's drug manufacturing den; it is now Andy's second base.
Or to be more precise, it was a purely heavy industrial military fortress!
Andy stood in the core constant temperature workshop, looking at the behemoth in front of him that had just been assembled and was still undergoing its final self-inspection.
An automated machining center that is over thirty meters long.
Its outer shell was unpainted, revealing the original colors of various metals, some white and some gray, which looked rather unsightly.
But this machine is Andy's most valuable possession right now, bar none!
Andy almost killed Sisyphus in the process of kneading it out!
Although Andy achieved material freedom, precision industrial products require extremely complex processing techniques and photolithography technology; having materials alone is useless.
Therefore, Andy adopted a very simple and crude method—barter.
He ran the reconfiguration machine at full power, producing tens of tons of high-grade alloys and rare earth materials that are extremely scarce in Zhongchao.
Then Sisyphus was sent to the Middle Nest with this hard currency to find Father Zor and his men.
Replace a batch of aerospace-grade aluminum-titanium alloy with a batch of high-precision ball screws.
In exchange for a box of high-purity monocrystalline silicon, you can get a set of military-grade optical aiming components...
By moving house bit by bit, like ants, they displaced the industrial reserves accumulated over hundreds of years in Zhongchao.
Finally, Andy used the blueprints in the STC database to assemble the exchanged parts, along with the frame he built himself, into the "general-purpose precision machining production line" in front of him.
Although by the standards of the golden age, this production line was considered the "most basic version" that even field repair stations might not consider worthwhile.
The processing accuracy can only barely reach the micrometer level, and the yield rate is only 91%.
But it is enough.
It can cut perfect rifling, grind bearings without errors, and weld circuit boards with gaps invisible to the naked eye.
With it, Andy finally filled the last gap in his skills and achieved complete freedom in refining.
The production line started running, emitting a soft and pleasant hum.
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A few days later, Andy arrived at the finished product area.
The first batch of advanced military equipment that rolled off the production line has been piled up here.
The first thing that catches the eye is a row of black metal spheres, about the size of a fist, with six slender mechanical legs folded below them.
【Stealth Server Spider (Codename: Black Spirit)】.
Black Spider, a reconnaissance unit that Andy specifically designed for intelligence warfare.
The outer shell is made of microwave-absorbing material, and the interior integrates a high-sensitivity microphone and a thermal imaging camera.
Most importantly, its six legs are equipped with miniature suction cups, allowing it to walk silently on vertical walls, ventilation ducts, and even ceilings.
Andy made five hundred of them in one go.
He planned to scatter them into the sewers and ventilation shafts of the central nest, especially in the ninth district, which was heavily sealed off by Helios.
Beside the Black Spider were several larger flying units.
【"Raptor" class combat drone】.
Andy modified the version based on those engineering drones from the black box.
Its main armament is a lightweight twin-mounted boomerang cannon, with two miniature shaped charge anti-tank rounds mounted underneath.
Although it's only the size of a washbasin, this thing has extremely fierce firepower and is highly mobile, capable of traversing complex ruins at hypersonic speeds.
Further on, you'll find the heavy firepower ammunition display area.
Several boxes of newly packaged rocket warheads exuded a dangerous aura.
Unlike in the past, a funnel-shaped copper shield has been added to the front of these warheads.
This is the famous shaped charge warhead, commonly known as a hollow charge.
The principle is very simple: it uses the metal jet generated when the explosive detonates to produce a pressure of millions of atmospheres at a very small point.
In addition, Andy's specially made three-base high-energy explosives.
One shot, and even a Space Marine's power armor would be blasted through unless the deflection field was activated.
Andy has been fully implemented on the XPG rocket launcher and CBS high-explosive crossbow.
The infantry in the shelter can now unleash a volley of fire on any tough nut to crack; there's nothing a single blast of explosives can't solve.
If so, then two shots!
To enable soldiers to carry these heavy weapons, individual equipment has also been upgraded.
【T-9000 Heavy Exoskeleton】.
Compared to the previous lightweight version, this one sacrifices some flexibility but greatly enhances load-bearing capacity and armor protection.
The chest and limbs are covered with a full set of composite armor plates, and an auxiliary power pack has been added to the back.
Wearing this thing, an ordinary human soldier can operate a heavy twin-barreled logging gun with one hand.
This is already a simplified version of power armor. Apart from lacking a fully enclosed life support system and neural control capabilities, its combat effectiveness is not bad.
Finally, at the deepest part of the workshop, there were two extremely strangely shaped vehicles.
Instead of wheels and tracks, they have two thick, anti-jointed mechanical legs, making them look like two giant metal ostriches.
【"Iron Ostrich" All-Terrain Self-Propelled Artillery】.
On the back of this "ostrich" is a long-barreled cannon.
Although its rate of fire is not particularly fast, this gun has a caliber of 150 mm and is equipped with a recoil mechanism and a simple fire control system.
One shot could level half a block.
Looking at these heavy weapons, Andy finally felt a little safer.
In this universe where only war exists, only those with powerful weapons and thick armor will have their words heard.
"Sage."
Gamma-9 walked over, holding a data terminal in its hand.
"The first batch of Black Spirit Spiders has already infiltrated."
"Live footage from District 9 has been transmitted back."
Andy took the terminal.
The image is somewhat shaky and noisy, indicating that the signal transmission has been severely affected by electromagnetic interference.
The image shows a huge underground cavern, which is the entrance to the restricted area of District 9.
It's a sea of fire there now.
The mercenaries of the Helios Group are attacking.
It seems they really went all out, hiring the famous "Iron Skull" mercenary group from Zhongchao.
Several Leman Russ main battle tanks were firing into the depths of the restricted area, their massive cannons spewing flames.
But it didn't work.
Before the shells even hit the ground, they were detonated in mid-air by a laser interception net that suddenly appeared.
Immediately afterwards, several missiles of unknown type flew out from the darkness.
"Boom! Boom!"
Both Leman Russ tanks exploded on the spot, their turrets being blown dozens of meters into the air.
"Tsk tsk tsk..."
Andy looked at the screen and shook his head.
"Helios and his ilk never learn their lesson."
"The ship's main control AI has clearly been fully awakened and has taken over the ship's defense system."
"With that level of defensive firepower, how many tanks do you think you can charge through?"
In the footage, the attacking troops begin to retreat, leaving behind wreckage and corpses everywhere.
But in the depths of darkness, something seems to be awakening.
Andy saw several blurry figures moving quickly through the ruins.
It was not human, nor was it like an ordinary fighter servant; rather, it was a mechanical construct that Andy had never seen before.
"Hiss, looks like there's a lot of good stuff hidden on that ship."
Andy turned off the terminal.
In the past few days, Helios not only failed to dig out the ship, but also helped Andy test out the ship's firepower configuration and defensive blind spots.
"Inform Sisyphus."
Andy turned and gave the order to Gamma-9.
"Stop all foreign trade and bring all transport vehicles back."
"Our entire production capacity will be shifted to ammunition production."
"Also, assemble the Storm Squad and the Heavy Armored Guard for preparations!"