Wasteland Commander-Chapter 379 - 70: Satellite Launch Center

After a meeting, Zheng Jinnan successfully won over these foreigners.

The technology to arm zombies was something they all desired, so these countries chose to continue supporting Zheng Jinnan.

It wasn’t ordinary support; they directly provided personnel and technical support.

Many countries’ scientific research teams traveled from afar to Jiangzhou.

They brought technology, and even finished weapons, to help Jiangzhou establish production lines.

Jiangzhou News continuously released headlines to boost the morale of the people.

"Rakshasa Country invested in the construction of a White Bear Bomber production line, guaranteeing the delivery of at least ten strategic bombers before the New Year."

"Shanshen Country provided blueprints for a destroyer and sent a team to Jiangzhou. Without any surprises, we will see brand new destroyers sailing on the Celestial River before February tomorrow!"

"The Bai Yulan Empire presented Duke with a finished Storm Fighter, expected to be in mass production before New Year’s Day!"

"The White Eagle Country invested in an E-16 fighter jet production line, expected to have test flights in two months and achieve mass production before the New Year! Mr. James also stated that stealth technology would be provided to us by Christmas Eve."

"Our joint drone production line with the Zijing Empire has been completed, and Jiangzhou will soon become the main production site for drones."

"Curry Country provided us with designs for the Agni missile. As is well known, whenever Curry Country launches missiles, air defense systems worldwide have to activate because even they don’t know where their missiles might land...."

One inspiring piece of news after another gave solace to the harmed hearts of Jiangzhou’s people.

With these weapons, they would no longer fear zombies or Ye Fan.

.......

After the Jiangzhou meeting, Zheng Jinnan quietly arrived at a secret research facility located within Jiangzhou City.

After passing through three metal doors, he had already descended underground.

Upon entering the research facility, a bloody smell immediately greeted him.

This facility was immense, covering hundreds of thousands of square meters, and was one of Jiangzhou City’s biggest secrets.

Originally, Hua Wushuang was cultivated here, but not only did cultivating Hua Wushuang incur a massive cost, there was also an element of luck involved, so they couldn’t create a Level 3 Mutant again and had to focus on other pursuits.

An emaciated elder saw Zheng Jinnan arrive but did not show much enthusiasm.

Instead, Zheng Jinnan took the initiative to approach the elder: "Dr. Ouyang, is there any new progress?"

Dr. Ouyang glanced at Zheng Jinnan: "The breakthrough in armed zombie research is not progress?"

Zheng Jinnan smiled awkwardly: "You know, the key issue is the research on the Corpse King. If there isn’t a breakthrough in studying the Corpse King, then the armed zombie project is just a castle in the air. We can’t have a controller for every zombie, or those allies might turn against me."

Dr. Ouyang shook his head: "The research on the Corpse King has hit a bottleneck."

"What kind of bottleneck? Tell me, maybe I can help."

Dr. Ouyang sighed: "The principle of arming zombies uses zombies as a base. Through prolonged research, we’ve confirmed a lot of data before we can modify them successfully. The key of this process is to have a suitable base."

"You see, we can handle Iron Armor, King Kong, and perhaps one day even Tyrannosaurus, but where do you get a Corpse King?"

"Without capturing a live Corpse King, this research can’t proceed, so Duke should be mentally prepared."

Zheng Jinnan opened his mouth; this really was a difficult problem.

Capturing a Corpse King alive was nearly an impossible task.

Not to mention it being hard to capture in the first place, even if caught, there have to be more in the surrounding areas.

The zombie horde had already left, and according to follow-up investigations, they plunged into the zombie sea in Zhonghai, making it impossible to find them.

Would they have to go to Zhonghai to capture a Corpse King? Just thinking about it was nerve-wracking.

Zheng Jinnan hesitated for a long time before speaking: "Dr. Ouyang, we can’t stop the research. I’ll find a way regarding the Corpse King. This is our most important card."

Dr. Ouyang snorted: "I know, since I decided to come over to help you, I will help you to the end. I hope you can achieve results one day, which would give me something to answer for, but unless you are hopeless, I will continue to do my best."

"Don’t worry, Dr. Ouyang, as long as I have the technology from these countries, I am sure I can develop Jiangzhou. With advances in our technology and biological technology, no force around us, including Ye Fan, will be able to withstand us!"

.......

When Ye Fan saw these news reports on television, it was harvest time for him.

The issuance of Light Yuan was going very smoothly, and aside from getting huge sums of money, the Dawn Army’s technology had made several breakthroughs.

A group of engineers worked tirelessly day and night, giving Ye Fan a surprise on August 12th.

Two new vehicles were added to the production sequence.

[Carrier Rocket: Can deliver satellites into outer space, cost one million Gold.]

[Artificial Satellite: Can operate in outer space orbit, conducting reconnaissance, data collection, space positioning, etc., cost one million Gold.]

With the appearance of these two vehicles, a new building also emerged.

[Satellite Launch Center, used for launching artificial satellites, recommended to be built in a remote and desolate place, cost two million Gold.]

Seeing the emergence of this technology, Ye Fan knew that he was not far from producing advanced missiles.

The launch of missiles requires satellite positioning support, which is why the construction of the missile laboratory has been delayed.

Now, as long as these are sorted out, the Navy laboratory and the missile laboratory should be unlocked soon.

However, the location for the satellite launch center is not easy to choose; at least there is no suitable place within Ye Fan’s current territory.

The correct approach should be to construct this building in Qin Han’s Western Region.

Ye Fan decided to make a trip to the Western Region, but before that, he wanted to spend some money to continue expanding the Dawn Army.

After achieving this small goal, Ye Fan’s funds accumulated to 105 million.

With a large amount of capital, Ye Fan decided to expand the army again.

Currently, the Dawn Army is already very strong, with four field brigades and the city guard force reaching over eighty thousand personnel.

However, the Navy and Air Force are still somewhat weak; the Navy has only one carrier battle group, and the Air Force has fewer than a hundred fighter jets.

Ye Fan first added the fifth field brigade to the Dawn Army.

Based on its previous scale, the cost of producing a field brigade is approximately 13 million gold.

During his leisurely days, Ye Fan went to the border regions of Loose Province and Qi Lu Province, constructing a batch of barracks to lay the foundation for the production of the fifth brigade.

The fifth brigade chose to enlist here, as Ye Fan planned to use this force to continue northward and capture Qi Lu Province.

Capturing Qi Lu Province is crucial for Ye Fan because this location isn’t just the necessary route north to Divine Dragon Province; its island’s reach can also touch an enemy force, Shanshen Country.

This country has repeatedly antagonized him, and Ye Fan has long wanted to deal with them. Only lack of opportunity held him back. Once the satellite launch center is set up in the West, Ye Fan plans to take action against them.

After incorporating the entire fifth brigade into the production sequence, Ye Fan began supplementing the Air Force and Navy.

First, he added another carrier battle group.

The current carrier group of the Dawn Army consists of ten main warships, including one conventionally powered aircraft carrier, two Divine Dragon-class battleships, four Type 56 frigates, and three dock landing ships.

The previous seven are used for combat, while dock landings are troop transport ships.

A carrier battle group, including the cost of carrier-based aircraft, totals 26 million.

Ye Fan equipped a second carrier battle group, then outfitted the carrier with forty carrier-based fighters, effectively doubling the Navy’s strength.

After supplementing the Navy, Ye Fan increased the Air Force’s strength once again.

The Dawn Army previously had forty Attack-16 fighter jets, twenty Attack-10 fighter jets, and fifteen White Bear Bombers.

The rest consisted of helicopters and drones, refueling planes, early warning aircraft, and others, with not too many fighters in total.

This time, Ye Fan spent a fortune building the Air Force.

The Attack-16, as the current main combat model, was directly supplemented to two hundred aircraft by Ye Fan!

This way, the Dawn Army’s fighter jets can be organized into four Air Force brigades, with fifty aircraft per brigade.

Finally, the Attack-10 model could only be used as a backup, like past Air Force updates, but given the current post-apocalyptic situation, the Attack-10 could still be useful for a while longer. Moreover, most Attack-10s have been upgraded to Three-Star level, and their combat performance is not inferior to ordinary Attack-16s.

At fifteen thousand gold each, supplementing one hundred and sixty aircraft cost a colossal twenty-four million, nearly matching the cost of a carrier battle group.

These fighter jets enlisted in airports on Dawn Island and Loose Province but were not idle; after enlistment, they had to launch their missiles every day to eliminate zombies and increase their star level.

These three investments cost Ye Fan sixty-three million, leaving only forty-seven million in his funds.

But the combat power of the Dawn Army has notably improved, especially with the expansion of the Air Force and Navy, significantly enhancing the Dawn Army’s combat capability in air and sea battles.

With the remaining funds, Ye Fan once again supplemented the Army’s armored and artillery forces.

The Dawn Army currently has four hundred Apocalypse Tanks, three hundred 99 main battle tanks, and approximately five hundred Type 55 and 15 light tanks. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Ye Fan added two hundred Apocalypse Tanks and one hundred 99 main battle tanks, bringing the total number of main battle tanks to one thousand.

The rest are light tanks and multifunctional infantry vehicles, electronic jammer vehicles, etc., with an armored vehicle total reaching around eighteen hundred, forming a massive armored corps.

Previously, the quality of tanks in the Dawn Army was indeed top-notch, but the quantity couldn’t increase due to financial constraints.

Now, with this scale, compared to surrounding forces, they are not outmatched in numbers.

In fact, Ye Fan has many other types of tanks; eliminating Loose Province troops yielded a substantial amount of unmanned and scrapped tanks.

Adding these tanks, the total could even exceed two thousand if repaired later.

However, Ye Fan really doesn’t favor these tanks with average performance that can’t be promoted in star level, so he simply decided to directly sell these tanks and an even larger number of armored vehicles in the arms market.

Only, this requires a process; the arms market needs to be gradually invested for Ye Fan to profit from arms, which requires waiting.

At this point, Ye Fan still has twenty-two million in funds.

Over eighty million was spent like running water.

He decided not to use the remaining funds, keeping it for the expenses of heading to the Western Region.