Chapter 8 No Power

Of course, it was happy to have a gain, but due to nearly half an hour of fierce fighting, 2 dead and 7 wounded in the team, the shadow of death was shrouded for the first time.

One of the eighty-four people who died, Zhang Kejia, was beaten beyond recognition by a machine gun. When he first passed through the battlefield, he was a little sluggish in the face of fierce gunfire, but he did not turn around and run away, which can be regarded as some results of training. He no longer had any family, so Meng Xiang had to choose to be buried.

The other one who died was Tiger Si, who was the captain of Zhang Ke's squad, and was also swept by a machine gun because he wanted to save Zhang Ke's family. Although he finally destroyed the machine-gun position in pain, he lost too much blood and died. Clones are not superhumans.

In accordance with the local customs at this time, Meng Xiang adopted a burial.

Although Zhang Ke's family only had 18 oceans in his pocket, Meng Xiang personally went to pick the two best coffins. Under the guidance of a local feng shui master, Meng Xiang chose a place that is said to have good feng shui, built a martyr's cemetery, and erected a huge stone monument. The names of the two people were solemnly engraved.

The whole burial process, except for a few guards, all participated, solemn and solemn.

The names of Zhang Kejia and Hu Si were engraved on the huge stone tablet, which caused the other eighty-three people to sigh a little in their hearts.

At this time, people's lives are as cheap as dogs, and they pass by in an instant, how many people can leave their names and pass them on?

When the gunshots rang out, the eyes of these people had already changed solemnly. All of a sudden, everyone's mood was even higher.

Although the name of Tiger IV looks more like a code name, it is much better than the numeric numbers of many clones. On the surface, his name didn't seem to make much of a difference among the stereotypical clone troopers. But Meng Xiang still adheres to his principles, not to win people's hearts, but to commemorate the martyrs who gave their lives.

From this slightly larger offensive and defensive battle, many problems have been revealed. Clone troopers are not born well-known, but their fighting instincts are stronger than others. Although the awareness of the combat concept instilled through the follow-up procedure, it was not a flexible and skillful mastery after all.

It takes time to get used to it.

However, another big problem exposed in the battle made Meng Xiang hesitate for a while. Minor wounds in battle were bandaged and treated by the Rabbit Clone Warriors, but there was no way to do anything about the slightly more serious injuries. Tiger Four died of his injuries.

Hospital!

Hospital needed! Doctor!

When asked about the cost of 50,000 yuan for the construction of the hospital, Meng Xiang hesitated for a second. The cost of construction is equivalent to the production of nearly 500 clone soldiers, and the construction is not suspended. But then, he categorically gave the order to build.

The wounded soldiers who survived on the battlefield can already be regarded as experienced veterans after the test of life and death. This is an intangible wealth that is far from being comparable to the eggs of a recruit. Besides, the barracks are still a little slower to produce cloned soldiers.

Now that he has money after all, as soon as Meng Xiang comes back, he starts to build a mining plant, plus a hospital, and the money from this robbery is all at once. However, with the mining plant, the economy may be much better.

The mining plant is located almost ten kilometers away from the base, which is close to the maximum extent of the first-class base. This is also a helpless move, because not far from there there is a well-known aluminum mine in the country, and a few kilometers to the northeast there is a later largest iron mine in the city, which is also counted in the province, and the iron ore is also accompanied by precious metals such as gold and silver. There are also two or three coal mines in the vicinity.

The construction of mining plants in mineral-rich zones is more suitable. If it is further away, it will be out of the jurisdiction of the base, and construction will be a big problem.

The problem of security was slightly worse, and a newly built barracks was not far away. Unified by clone soldiers and dogs.

Within the direct jurisdiction of the base, there are construction robots for module assembly, which is very fast.

When building a barracks, it can be built in a day. But the construction of the mining plant is very slow, and Meng Xiang also specially asked Zhi Brain. After understanding, I regretted that I was careless and didn't know enough about the base.

Although within ten kilometers is also the direct management area of the base, it can be built with construction robots under the guidance of engineers. But the farther you go, the slower the pace of construction.

In the core one-kilometer area, most buildings can be built in a day, but the farther away from the core area, the longer it will take to complete the construction. Originally, the mine only needed 1 day, but at nearly 10 kilometers, it took 10 days, a tenfold increase, which is basically a multiple of the distance from the base compared to the core area.

In fact, Meng Xiang asked Zhi Brain, and it is true, the multiple of the distance between the building and the base compared to the core area is the multiple of the extension time of the building. Before, the barracks built by Meng Xiang were all in the core area for defense, and they didn't notice it for a while.

The cold electronic voice of Zhi Brain made Meng Xiang not like to talk to it before, and it seems that in order to avoid some low-level mistakes in the future, he will have to communicate more with Zhi Brain.

Now I have no choice but to wait. Fortunately, ten days is not too long, and during this time, Meng Xiang also needs to reorganize the team.

In the process of continuous adjustment and run-in of the team, the construction of the mining plant was completed.

A mining plant with its own first-class armed mining vehicle.

The weight of the first-class mining vehicle is only 10 tons, and the speed is only 10 kilometers per hour, which makes Meng Xiang, who is full of expectations, a little disappointed.

Meng Xiang inquired about the base, and according to the market at that time, a ton of coal could only be exchanged for 3 yuan from the base.

The mining speed of the first-level mining vehicle is basically an hour, and the car can be automatically fully mined, plus it takes 2 hours to go back and forth, and it can only run 8 times a day.

At the end of the day, he could only earn a total of 240 yuan, which was not cost-effective, so Meng Xiang directly rejected the plan to mine coal.

Iron ore can be exchanged for more, a ton can be exchanged for 10 yuan, and aluminum ore can be exchanged for 20 yuan. However, because there are a lot of precious metals associated with that iron ore, it is worth more than a few choices when converted in this way.

But when Meng Xiang asked how to refine precious metals, the base responded that there must be an ore refining center and needed to spend another 100,000 yuan, and Meng Xiang couldn't help but emit black smoke.

As a last resort, we can only mine relatively valuable aluminum ore first. A day and a full day of work can only be exchanged for 1,600 yuan, which is not enough to maintain the regular expenses of production. We can only wait for the upgrade to improve the production capacity in all aspects. In addition, if the mining plant is not built, some buildings lack the relevant resources and cannot be built. While all buildings can be redeemed out of thin air from the base for money, they also require prerequisites like in the game.

Therefore, the mining plant must be built in advance, at the very least, there is money to produce. And Meng Xiang also found a trick, some looted items, the mining plant can recover resources, and the price is also very fair, which is a lot more convenient.

The hospital was built in the core area, and the construction was very fast, and it was completed early in one day.

After the construction was complete, Meng Xiang checked it and felt that the money was too well spent.

In fact, it should be called a medical center, which not only functions as a hospital, but also produces all kinds of medicines.

Although the first-class hospitals are only at the level of the First World War, some of the drugs produced in them, such as aspirin and iodine, are now in short supply, especially in China, where there is a shortage of medical treatment.

It's just that many expensive drugs were invented after World War I, such as penicillin, etc., and even sulfonamides were attributed to the post-World War I and needed to be upgraded by medical centers before they could be produced. Let Meng Xiang have a resentment.

Fortunately, medicines such as aspirin can be produced, and all kinds of medical equipment are in place to be produced. According to the calculation of the low cost of the base, compared with the domestic and even international prices at this time, it can be said to be extremely cheap. At this time, many of the pharmaceutical markets were still priceless.

"Sell medicine!" Meng Xiang had only one thought at this time, "No wonder they used to say that medicine is profiteering." ”

But when Meng Xiang wanted to produce drugs on a large scale, he found that there was no electricity.

"How can there be no electricity?" Meng Xiang asked the base loudly. He himself knows that without the construction of a power station, the electricity is not very abundant. But all of a sudden, it was gone, which did make him feel a little annoyed.

"The main base has its own energy of 300,000 kilowatts. The base center needs to consume 100,000 kilowatts; Each barracks needs to consume 10,000 kilowatts, for a total of 30,000 kilowatts; 50,000 kilowatts are required for the full operation of the logistics equipment center; 100,000 kilowatts are needed for the mining plant; 50,000 kilowatts are needed for the medical center. The base's own energy equipment has been overloaded, please solve the energy and power problem immediately. The electronic voice of Zhi Brain is still so calm, but Meng Xiang's heart is very depressed. I used to play a lot of real-time strategy games, and my level should not be a rookie, but at this time, I made a mistake that only rookies would make.

Some time ago, when the production and consumption of the base center was consumed, there was a shortage of energy. The logistics equipment center has already begun to reduce production. Zhi Brain has already prompted, but he knows that the energy is already a little tight, but he always holds a little luck, thinking about saving a little expense, but he didn't expect to delay in the end.

At this time, the mining plant and the hospital did not have a chance to play a huge role, because the barracks and logistics equipment center were still operating at full capacity.

As a last resort, Meng Xiang had no choice but to slow down the manufacturing speed of the logistics equipment center, first supply the power supply of the medical center, and produce medicine to sell for money.

Anyway, a lot of guns and ammunition have been accumulated recently, and armaments are armed, so it doesn't matter if you slow down, but the speed of the barracks is still the same, after all, there are still too few people.

The reason why Meng Xiang did not build a power station earlier was because the price of building a power station was higher, and it also required 100,000 yuan. At this time, after another round of expenses, Meng Xiang only had less than 40,000 yuan in his hand. It's still a bit far from building a power station.

It seems that for a period of time in the future, only power rationing measures can be taken.

Fortunately, the mining plant did not need to run at full capacity at the beginning, and a mining truck could afford to supply the relevant energy, and 1,600 yuan was received every day.

However, as the future progresses, the power shortage will become more and more serious and must be addressed as soon as possible. But 100,000 yuan is like a hurdle there, but it is not gathered up in a while.