Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 137: Saint Petersburg Training

The day after Teddy Bear left, the St. Petersburg finally arrived.

The military submarine was parked on the pier in Yalong Bay and signaled to the Red Falcon.

"Friends, your warrior St. Petersburg is here!"

"I was delayed because of the annual inspection in Heping City. But don't worry, St. Petersburg will never let friends suffer. I will add two more months of service after the end of this year as an apology."

"But it's really hard to find here. There are too many rapids and high-pressure areas to the east. I took a lot of detours to get here. No wonder I didn't see other submarines nearby."

Zhou Yi arrived at the pier on the Ridgecrest.

On the cigar-shaped black submarine, the sound coming from the bridge was clearer and louder than before, obviously it had been repaired and replaced.

It switched to a serious and cold tone: "Soldier St. Petersburg, reporting to the commander! Please give your orders!"

Zhou Yi thought that this professional spirit was pretty good.

"My first order is to talk to me as a friend first."

"Yes! Commander!"

The St. Petersburg immediately became enthusiastic: "My friend, long time no see! This place seems to be well located and well managed. There is no war, no large group of light nano species threats nearby, and it is not in the core area of resource competition. It looks very stable."

Zhou Yi told the other party: "It will be fine here in the short term, but after a month and a half..."

After hearing about the forbidden weapon ruins, the St. Petersburg immediately responded: "Please rest assured, Commander, I will adjust myself to the best condition within this month and a half to ensure the safety of this outing at sea."

Upon learning that the Poseidon had been activated, it was both surprised and happy: "This is important good news. I was originally worried that I, as a single naval unit in the Dead Sea, would not be able to take care of both defense and offense. Combat requires formations."

"Now that we have a second submarine unit, it and I can escort in a single column, taking into account both offense and defense."

Zhou Yi also felt the same way.

In the battle outside Shell City, if there was no cover and assistance from Buildings 2, 3, and 4, Building No. in Emerald City would be besieged. A large amount of light-blocking oil and iron chains would be concentrated on it, and the battle would be much more intense and difficult.

Baili Gong adopted a system of combat, with the seahorse archers on the city wall providing cover, the phantom fish spitting out death bubbles as heavy firepower blocking, the thorn birds dropping bombs in the air to harass, and the sea warriors as the core ambushing and pulling the space.

The joint operations of multiple combat units caused Zhou Yi considerable trouble.

If at that time Baili Gong had not chosen to flee, but instead led all the soldiers to fight a desperate battle, the outcome of the battle would have been hard to say.

The lord of the sea should not be underestimated.

It was also because of this operation that Zhou Yi realized the need to add more building life to form a more three-dimensional urban attack and defense system to prevent disasters before they occur.

Soon, the two submarines began joint training in the Dead Sea.

The St. Petersburg was very unhappy with the Poseidon.

"A single column is a formation where the bow and stern of each ship are in a straight line, the queue line coincides with the course line, and the speed and spacing must be consistent. Otherwise, a sudden change in the environment or an unstable speed will cause a collision."

"Do it again! Spacing, pay attention to the spacing!"

"Now, under the premise of maintaining the speed and spacing, we will conduct the first simple coordinated combat exercise. The target is 20000 degrees 90 meters away!"

"Too slow! If it was a real fight, the enemy would have run away long ago! Every round of attack is very important! In a battle, sometimes the difference between life and death is just one more effective strike!"

"Do it again! What are you dithering about!"

"..."

Kestrel fell into the torture of being scolded by the old soldier.

Although it was in control of the Poseidon, rescue and combat were two completely different fields. The drone was just a rookie in combat, relying entirely on its speed and firepower. It knew basically nothing about professional Dead Sea submarine combat.

However, Hong Xun remained silent and continued to practice hard.

Seeing that St. Petersburg actually had the ability to train troops, Zhou Yi found Lie Hai and handed it over to it.

"No problem. The more diverse the combat units, the better. This will allow us to create more offensive space and more maneuverability in battle."

Zhou Yi suddenly thought: "Can the warrior crab participate in the training?"

"Warrior crabs? Of course. But they are a species that is difficult to coordinate with, and they are flesh-and-blood creatures, so communication and integration may be difficult."

"Don't worry about that. Our company's warrior crabs have been raised from childhood, and collaboration has become a habit for them. It's just that they can only understand sounds..."

The St. Petersburg said that was not a problem: "I have a translator installed, and they can understand the commands issued by me."

"They are common in the Dead Sea, and they are a natural camouflage. They usually stay in my body, and when needed, I can send them to sneak in, ambush, and place some strategic props. They are very good engineers, very good, very good!"

Zhou Yi felt relieved.

The St. Petersburg led the team in training every day. It used the controlled coastal area of Yalong Bay as the training site and started projects such as beach landing, long-range simultaneous attack on targets, infiltration, deployment, and three-dimensional combat.

The spine hunter was so tired that he complained bitterly.

It secretly came over to complain: "Chairman, you have to take care of the St. Petersburg, please save me! Its requirements are simply impossible. It requires me to hit the target at the extreme distance, and to extend the attack window and synchronize the angle..."

The standard of the St. Petersburg is to complete targeted precision strikes while moving at high speed, and to learn to fully deploy the attack of each side of the prism to break through the siege.

Zhou Yi said: "Increase the efforts!"

He angrily scolded Lie Hai: "Watch carefully and learn well. Now you have such a good teacher to teach you. You must stand up straight. If you slack off, I will show you how I will deal with you!"

"..."

"You will have to go with me to the Dark Domain Cross-Border Operation in the future. Can you do it with your current level? Even if it is to avenge your mother, you have to stand up!"

Crying and complaining were fruitless, so Liehai could only bite the bullet and practice hard. But it was also a strange thing. When it was crying, it looked like it was in a bad state, but when it was put under pressure, it was able to quickly adapt to the high-intensity training.

High-intensity training also consumes a lot of energy.

The St. Petersburg estimates that it will consume around 1000 light seeds every month, which is very expensive.

This made Zhou Yi realize that it is difficult to maintain troops and even more difficult to train them.

Fortunately, he now has a lot of financial resources and savings, so he is not stingy with these investments.

Enough logistics!

Zhou Yi pays attention to the military training situation in the Yalong Bay area every day.

The St. Petersburg is indeed a good one.

Under the high-intensity training, the shells of the warrior crabs are continuously turning black - this is the evolutionary effect that fighting has on them.

The Poseidon finally caught up with the speed and offensive and defensive rhythm of the St. Petersburg, and cooperated and covered each other with it, forming a tacit understanding.

Among this group of new recruits, the spinehunters underwent the most intense training.

Every day it has to fly back and forth at high speed over the Dead Sea, and after being exhausted, it is ordered to attack a designated area, requiring it to ensure the destruction of the target even when its body is in poor condition.

Then there are shooting, defense, and tactical penetration.

Later, the St. Petersburg let it fight against itself, often shooting it down from the air and into the sea.

The mechanical and electrical veteran said: "Flesh and blood life has a very high growth potential, and the Spine Hunter should not be limited to this level. As far as I know, there are Spine Hunters among the A-level Skywalkers."

"So I must stimulate its potential, let the sea hunter get used to high-pressure confrontations, and learn to develop conditioned reflex attacks, so that I can overcome its fear and lack of confidence in high-intensity combat."

"Combat ability is like any other skill. It requires a lot of experience to develop."

The St. Petersburg turned out to be correct.

After the initial embarrassment and injuries, Lie Hai has become visibly calm in actual combat confrontations, and is adept at attacking, defending, chasing and dodging with ease.

Before, it was just a small gangster who needed his own support. After a month of formal and high-intensity training, Lie Hai has developed the temperament of a disciplined warrior.

……

While the military training continued, the farmland area also welcomed the spring harvest.

The second season of sweet potatoes and peanuts is now ready for picking.

The fields were filled with farmers busy picking and loading crops. Two trucks were constantly moving back and forth, delivering the crops from the land to the Emerald City base.

Tiema proudly handed in his report card.

"Chairman, the spring harvest has been counted."

"The 1000 mu of sweet potato fields produced a total of 21.12 kilograms of sweet potatoes, and the 1000 mu of peanut fields dug up 12.33 kilograms of peanuts."

"In order to reduce damage to the soil, it is necessary to leave the land fallow now. It is best to let these 2000 acres of land rest for the entire summer and then start a second round of cultivation in the fall. This will maintain the fertility of the soil and will be more conducive to producing high-quality food."

Zhou Yi said: "We'll do as you say in this regard. Then we'll take a break in the summer."

It continued: "Tong Niu and I plan to try to plant some beans while taking care of the melon field to see which kind of beans are most suitable for the soil here. Beans can also be grown in the Shagang area. They can survive in the barren and arid environment."

"Chairman, although the melons we planted are late-ripening and will not be fully mature for another month, they can actually be picked now. Would you like to try some? A human farmer tried the damaged melons before and said they were sweet and crisp."

Tiema becomes excited when talking about crops.

Zhou Yi suppressed the urge to eat the melon: "Wait a little longer, eat it when it's fully ripe, a good melon can stand the wait."

"it is good."

After Tiema finished his report, he went back to work.

……

Zhou Yi found Zheng Tao and proposed a peanut oil extraction plan.

He said: "Before, the peanut quantity was insufficient, and I didn't say anything about it, so we just digested it internally. How much oil can be produced with this quantity now? Does oil extraction require high technology?"

Zheng Tao thought for a moment and said, "The oil yield from peanut oil is 30%-40%, depending on the process and equipment. If we buy a press from Mechanical and Electrical City, the yield can reach 45%."

"According to the current inventory, if all of it is used for oil extraction, at least 3.69 kilograms of oil can be produced. Oil is a product with higher output value and can be stored for a long time by sealing it in a can. The residue after oil extraction tastes good and is also a high-quality food needed by precious livestock."

He said: "Oil is an important raw material, but I still need to confirm the pricing."

Zhou Yi shook his head: "We will use the oil for our own use first. For example, we can fry peanuts, deep-fry chicken skeletons, and deep-fry chicken coated with sweet potato flour... These finished foods are more valuable than simply selling oil."

Delicious food cannot lack fat.

Now that he has oil, Zhou Yi can finally eat the things he wants to eat.

After listening to his description of these delicacies from the Age of Gods, Zheng Tao's eyes lit up: "Good, good, they are all good things! Except for fried peanuts, the other two are not even available in the city of Jin."

The two of them split up.

Zheng Tao took the funds allocated by Zhou Yi and drove to Shagang to buy equipment for oil pressing.

Zhou Yi dug out pots and pans from the warehouse, took out a gourmet book and began to learn cooking techniques on the spot.

(End of this chapter)