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Hou Dao's eyes had been locked on the big screen, so at that moment, he observed a green dot suddenly disappearing on the screen.

The system did not send a reminder that the troops were under attack, and combined with the fact that the location of the green dot was closer to the depths of the snowfield, Hou Dao immediately determined what the mark of the green dot was.

It was a communication base station, a base station reserved for the gathering place there.

"A natural disaster? Or a man-made disaster?"

Hou Dao began to compare the coordinates of this base station. This change made him a little sensitive: "It shouldn't be the safari team on the Ursus side. This location is too deep for the Ursas people."

While Hou Dao was calculating, he saw with his own eyes that other green dots were extinguished around the disappearing green dot.

It seems that a large net is being cast from the depths of the northern snowfield.

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Chapter 186 The key to modern warfare is air supremacy!

In the swaying multifunctional infantry vehicle, Zhdanov held the leather hat in his hand in a daze, turning his head to look out of the peephole in the vehicle.

After resting for a night, he was thrown back onto the snowy field again, continuing his unfinished work.

Although he was serving Ursus before, now he is serving this iron ambition of guerrillas in the snowfield.

However, Zhdanov was somewhat careless. Even though his identity had changed to a considerable extent, he did not struggle too much and accepted this fact smoothly.

Perhaps it was because those conscripts who went to die calmly resembled the Ursus soldiers who still had faith back then, or maybe it was because the elegy, which was both tragic and passionate, touched his heartstrings.

Or maybe it's because the leader, the big orange cat, gave the green light to his projects, putting the bureaucrats of Ursus who want everything from Naka to shame.

In short, Zhdanov is quite happy. After all, he is alone, where can he live his life?In that case, it would definitely be more appropriate to choose the party that is more agreeable to you.

Zhdanov withdrew his gaze from the unchanging snow scene outside the car, and looked at the soldiers around him and his new colleague called an engineer.

Just like when he first saw these conscripts, they were wearing the same coats, holding weapons similar to Rutland guns in their hands, and the expressions on their faces were completely obscured by gas masks.

A conscript is like a breathing statue, without emotions or thoughts of his own.

But this is only superficial. After this short time together, Zhdanov has already figured out the temperament of these conscripts.

These conscripts actually have their own emotions, and their characters are not serious in the same mold.

For example, the mobilized soldier in front of him seemed to be silent at the moment, only the sound of his breathing fluctuated evenly, and he seemed to be in a state of fighting all the time.

But in reality, the guy was just dozing off because he had a huge hangover from last night's vodka overdose.

The mob captain on the other side, although he said that he looked tall and burly, actually took off his mask and was a perfect Ursus beauty, and he was in a passionate relationship with a political commissar in Hearts of Iron.

Therefore, except for some conscripts who have serious personalities in the true sense, other conscripts have colorful personalities.

It's just that the uniform costumes and masks wrap up their personalities, making others look like they are clones of the same batch.

Of course, Zhdanov also asked insincerely why they didn't like to talk, and the conclusion was that Zhdanov himself was silent for a long time.

——Because wearing a gas mask to speak is not only difficult for others to hear, but also particularly strenuous, and the individual soldier communication channel is under wartime control, so they are too lazy to speak.

Well, I'm just lazy.

All in all, everything in Hearts of Iron seems to be different from the impression when they first met, and Zhdanov doesn't know whether this difference is a good thing or a bad thing.

But... After knowing this difference, Zhdanov felt even more embarrassing when he recalled those sacrifices at the beginning.

The words that the enemy said, the gray souls who yelled that they were nothing but meaningless, were nothing more than complete jokes.

The speed of the vehicle suddenly slowed down, and Zhdanov pulled his thoughts back to reality. He looked in the direction of the front of the car, and saw the mobilization captain stretch out his hand and pat the roof steel plate.

Amidst the clapping sound, the conscript sitting at the rear quickly opened the car door and jumped out smoothly. The subsequent conscripts also filed out, including the conscript who was still dozing before and seamlessly switched to combat status. among.

Only in this case, these conscripts will still give people the feeling of gear parts in a machine.

Zhdanov followed them out of the car, and before he had time to ask anything, he was completely focused by the scenery in front of him.

There was no wind or snow at the moment, and the holes in the layers of lead clouds in the sky allowed the sun to shine on this land of snow.

A mountain peak half buried in the snow stands standing under the light. The snow on its surface reflects the sunlight, and at first glance it seems to be emitting a gem-like luster.

But after getting close to this mountain, people can realize that this is not a mountain...or, this is not exactly a mountain.

One side of the mountain was cut open, revealing everything that was completely hollowed out. White marble covered the inside of the mountain, forming the outer wall of a palace.

Then, an irregular white translucent crystal was floating in the center of the palace. It was obviously in a position where the sun could not reach it. It was also exuding a strange and charming brilliance at the moment.

It's like as long as it can "see" the sky, it can pull down the stars in the sky and hang them on its body.

Zhdanov was fascinated, and he didn't have any other thoughts in his heart at the moment. At this moment, he was like a believer who had walked to the holy place on foot. He was so focused that he seemed to be lost, and walked towards the interior of the temple step by step.

By Zhdanov's side, the mobilizers seemed to have received the relevant instructions long ago. When Zhdanov fell into this strange state, they didn't take action to stop and interrupt him, but just defended him , followed in his footsteps and entered the temple together.

These conscripts were divided into three teams, one was to guard Zhdanov, the other was to cooperate with the engineers to carry out exploration work, and try to accept the temple, and the last one was to fight on foot With the car as the center, a defensive front was formed on the spot.

The fierce woman whom Zhdanov recognized as a strong man at first sight was sitting in the commander's seat of the infantry tank, pressing the earphones with her hands, listening to the sounds on the communication channel, and always observing the people entering the temple. The status of the team inside.

After a while, another internal voice on the same channel was switched over. These special channels that belonged exclusively to Hearts of Iron had strong secrecy, and basically there was no possibility of camouflage.

"Comrade 1172, this is 3124. I am very happy to be able to see my comrades while performing tasks in the snowfield."

The captain of the mobilized troops, known as 1172, pressed the communication button and responded to the other party's words: "Comrade 3124, this is 1172, another round of new patrol routes?"

"No, the patrol route has not changed. Comrade 2131 will enter your naked eye observation range in half an hour. Remember to say hello to him for me."

There is a special noise floor in the 3124's voice, even after noise reduction processing, the 1172 can still hear this slightly harsh sound.

That was the sound of the Rhino tank's engine working, and 1172 knew that the commander was shrinking his defense line and placing all armored units on the side close to Pevek.

At this time, an armored unit was transferred to the snowy field, which was a bit surprising.

"Comrade 3124, can you tell me the mission you received?"

"Of course, Comrade 1172." 3124 did not hesitate, and it could be seen that this was not a secret mission: "We have received a notice from our superiors to conduct armed reconnaissance in the H15 area.

"The comrades of the patrol team rescued some people from here in the snow. According to them, a new armed force attacked them, and this force does not belong to Ursas and players."

3124 paused, as if recalling something: "Commander Tu asked the consultants of the integration movement, and they came to a conclusion after discussion.

"Mr. Bodrocasti said that attacking the existence of those people is an extremely dangerous species, but many years ago, these species should have been completely wiped out by Ursus, and Bodrocasti Mister also personally participated in the extermination battle."

1172 helped the gas mask, a little curious: "Then it seems that the extermination should have failed?"

"Mr. Bodrocasti insisted that they had indeed eliminated all threats. According to Comrade 812, Mr. Bodrocasti could not accept the reality of the resurrection of these species.

"The man-eating barbarians Smash were all slain by Ursus, and the last of them died on my lance!" said Mr. Bodrocasti. "

The captains of the two teams had a discussion on the so-called cannibal barbarians in the communication channel, and finally ended with 3124 leaving the communication range.

Obviously, the two conscripts felt that Bozhuo Kasti hadn't lied, because the man was very powerful and domineering, and he didn't seem like a liar.

So the question is, how did those barbarians appear in this world again?

"I hope their mission can be completed successfully." 1172 sent blessings to his comrades: "I also hope that our mission here can also be completed."

"Comrade Captain, we have it! We have it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the cheers of his own team members came from the headset: "Comrade Engineer has discovered something good!

"He found a technical blueprint of the empty fingers in this ruin!"

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Chapter 187 What is your tribe? My mineral reserves are insufficient.

Each player's system is different, so the way they acquire abilities and improve them is also different.

It's like Zixu's soul travel system is biased towards exploration and fighting. In other words, only by robbing houses can he become stronger and more capable.

On the other hand, Lin Luo's system rules are more general. Basically, most of the players are also in the same way - the main line or the branch line provide abilities, and then find ways to develop these abilities by themselves.

In addition, there is another system rule, that is, the rules of Laohou and Jiuyue.

All abilities have long been encapsulated in itself, and what needs to be done is to dig them out again like archaeology.

September's zerg genome has always been complete, but she does not have the key to hatch the corresponding zerg. This part involves genome sequencing, stable reproduction, and biomass quality issues.

But generally speaking, as time goes by, even if she just sits in the main nest and does nothing, Jiuyue will be able to master the ability to hatch these zerg.

She is like a miner already sitting on a golden mountain, as long as she swings a pickaxe, she will be able to produce something, and the rewards provided to her by the system are closer to an accelerator, so that September can directly find these The stable expression method of the genome, and the output formula of the corresponding biomass.

As for Lao Hou, his situation is very similar to that of September, but there is one difference.

That is, in September, you can do nothing by yourself, and you can unlock technology by eating and drinking every day, but it is a little slower.

But Lao Hou had to act on his own, racking his brains to arrange manpower, so as to ensure that the progress in this area was improved.

Because Lao Hou's system sealed all technology in the MCV, Lao Hou created an additional department called the Scientific Research Department out of thin air.

Lao Hou needs to add technology-related personnel to this department in order to be able to research and unlock technology, which is a bit like some kind of business game.

Anyway, how the scientific research department operates, and how the staff inside achieves output, you don’t need to take care of these things. You just need to fill them up according to the instructions.

And this is a big investment, because the training of a unit like engineers itself is long and time-consuming, and a considerable number of them are needed to run the scientific research department.

For this reason, Lao Hou even considered recruiting local people from Terra to complete the work of the scientific research department, but how could such talents be dug out directly like pulling carrots in the snow?

But fortunately, the Ursas government really gave Lao Hou such an opportunity to get one or two useful talents among the infected group.

But this thing belongs to distant water and cannot save near fire. In addition, with the growth of the scientific research department, it can be seen with the naked eye that it needs more engineers, even senior engineers, to complete the work.

In this case, in addition to completing the main tasks of the system, the accelerators that Lao Hou can rely on are these blueprints that can be produced stably from nowhere.

Just like the gift box in the main game of Red Alert, some rewards will be randomly given after you get it, but this randomness is a little bit unpleasant.

Because this thing is really not an event that provides technology Eureka in the civilization game, it is really given completely randomly.

It is equivalent to saying that in a large prize pool, if you get a blueprint with an extremely low probability, there is no place for you to get a ten-game guarantee after the end.

So when Lao Hou received from the communication channel that the exploration team had found the blueprint, he was ecstatic.

And when he knew that the blueprint he found was still the empty finger, he slapped the whole cat over it, and it looked like he had dazzled two taels of catnip.

Among other things, being able to form an air force with combat effectiveness in the world of Terra, and it is also the kind of air force unit in the Red Police, the strategic value that can be exerted is completely immeasurable.

First of all, in a ghost place like Terra, air defense technology is available but not very developed, and the number of air-to-air forces is even less.

Strictly speaking, apart from a few rotorcraft and ground-effect aircraft, there is no organized air power.

In the original plot, the big guy Kazdel created may be a bit tricky, but in front of the red alarm system, Lao Hou has to put a question mark on how effective that thing can be.

And based on the knowledge of Lao Hou and his group of friends, that thing...isn't it just like an enhanced version of the magical Kirov airship?

With the blessing of Terra Origin Stone technology, the ground-to-ground firepower of this thing is estimated to be able to pass the test, but is air-to-air really good?Or can it be air-to-air?

Lao Hou has at least three question marks on this issue.

After confirming that it was the blueprint of the Air Finger Department, Lao Hou was no longer vague, and directly pulled a team of elites to escort him, and began to adjust the ratio of the scientific research department, preparing to start full-scale breakthrough research as soon as the blueprint was obtained.

After all, only after possessing the Sky Finger Department can you unlock more technological units in the Red Alert system. Its importance is a bit like the elf portal in plant magic.

For this reason, Lao Hou even moved his office next to the scientific research department, ready to monitor the progress of the scientific research department at any time.

The process of recovering the blueprint was very smooth. Of course, only the blueprint has been returned so far, because when the subsequent teams arrived at the temple, Zhdanov still looked intoxicated. It seemed that he would not be able to leave the temple in a short time. .

Under the protection of a group of third-level conscripts, the blueprint was safely sent back to the MCV, and the Air Finger Department took over directly to start research.

After having the blueprint, the first stage of the technology of the empty finger department, or the first requirement, was thrown out by the scientific research department.

"You mean... the mineral reserves are insufficient?"

Hou Dao tilted his neck and looked at the scientific researcher in front of him, his posture almost turned his neck to the level of an upside down: "Many refineries over there are running, and the mineral output obtained is enough to produce hundreds of rhino tanks. Is there not enough empty fingers to use?"

"Comrade Commander, what we need is metal with higher purity." The scientific researcher in front of Hou Dao is also a veteran, and he has no emotion when facing the questions from his superiors: "Currently, the Usa we have collected The quality of Sri Lankan minerals cannot meet the production needs of the empty finger department.

"For the Army, they are qualitatively and quantitatively adequate, but for the Air Force, they are far from adequate."

Hou Dao looked at the scientific researcher, and was tortured by the sense of stop in his heart: "Tell me about your solution."

"Yes, Comrade Commander." The scientific researcher immediately gave a plan: "Expand the scale of the refinery, upgrade the operation level of the refinery, and process a single mineral product multiple times, so that we can obtain enough energy to satisfy the needs of the Air Force. Metal reserves.”

Listening to this confident report, Hou Dao had already vaguely guessed something in his heart: "Then, why don't we do this now?"

"Because our existing power is not enough." The researcher kept his eyes open and held his head high: "Not only is there not enough power, but the existing mineral reserves are also not enough - after calculation, the conversion ratio of minerals and high-grade metals is ten to one. Comrade Commander."

This report directly silenced Hou Dao, and the kitten sat on the chair with its head down, as if it had just been stabbed.

After letting the scientific researcher go back to work, Hou Dao called the existing staff to discuss the conditions in this regard.

Finally, it was confirmed that these problems are actually easy to solve, and there are even two solutions.