Chapter 418. Legacy (5)
Alright, I'll give you a day off. Astrid waved her hand with a headache, and when she saw that the female students who had succeeded in betraying their lust, they immediately clapped their palms and cheered loudly, almost throwing her high. But the instructor is the instructor, and he naturally knows that most of the people who fall down are not answered, and his feet are slightly forked, and he is stunned as if he has taken root.
Astrid squinted at the girl who was trying to hold one of her legs, and under the stern gaze, the big girl immediately pushed to the side. Astrid clenched his fists and coughed: "It's a holiday tomorrow, after the lunch break until five o'clock in the evening, mecha martial arts!" I'll check on everyone in the evening! ”
So the instructor hummed an unknown pre-war minor tune and walked away, and the group of students walked back half-crying and half-laughing.
Frankly speaking, Astrid didn't have the time to really take a lesson, and almost all of these Fort Benning mecha trainees, who were mostly children of the Southern Bay Base Military Department, had a blood relationship. If it weren't for the fact that Astrid was an only child, her mother died young, her father died of illness during the Total War, and there was no one in the family to plan for the Upper South Vault, otherwise there would be a lot of people who called her aunt, but they were older than their faces.
Astrid was only a mere captain most of the time before the war, but her family ties still gave her a lot of insider information. Especially after she withdrew from the Minsk front and insisted on returning to Mosros to attack the fortified again, and finally stuffed it directly back to her homeland on the eve of the Imperials' forced counteroffensive with tactical nuclear bombs, she realized that since she was in the "Poseidon" plan, it was another clothing that had to be fulfilled.
As far as she knew, one of the most important aspects of the Poseidon Plan was the Officer Seed Project, which, as the name suggests, selected the elite of Monica's pre-war army and moved her family into various military shelters secretly built in the south to reorganize the post-war army base. With Astrid in contact with her work before and after her awakening, a nuclear explosion on the day of the verdict was entirely a worst-case scenario. With the exception of Level 1 Vaults, 80% of public Vaults are reduced to ashes. However, the South Gulf region is much better than the inhuman radiation environment in the north. There is no doubt that the Reich must have used the super-hydrogen bombs stored during the Union period.
Maybe we're not doing a good job of intelligence. She laughed to herself.
"Sir." Everyone in the mechmaster knew about her, and Astrid hurriedly returned the salute, with a constant and fast pace. In the blue pupils, the projection of the magnificent aircraft carrier of the Maypot base turned into a surging forest. Since the last time she had a dream, Astrid had been deliberately teasing the wound on her arm in order to realize whether it was right or wrong.
"Major." Several exoskeleton soldiers walked in front of them, a force of dust and iron blood, obviously just off the battle line, and the leader was a lieutenant, but he did not raise his face with his hands raised. In an instant, Astrid could make out the small wolf head badge in the second button of his shirt.
The wolf's heart will.
All the shelters that survived to the post-war period, including Poseidon, had to face a serious and awkward problem: population.
Poseidon's largest and most well-equipped headquarters is none other than the Half Moon Bay headquarters. Originating from the military's submarine weapons test project in Nanfang Bay, it was disguised as an offshore drilling platform at first, and then simply concealed by ionizing optical camouflage, and the deep-dug submarine project provided a good foundation for the headquarters of Half Moon Bay, and its majestic nuclear fusion reactor was not only more than enough to cope with the lifting of power by a 10,000-ton destroyer in a dry dock in the sea, but also supplied two sets
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Ecosystem. Half Moon Bay's maximum population capacity has reached 500,000, but after 60 years of survival, it has only just crossed the 300,000 mark. The daily maintenance of the base occupies most of the manpower, and the arms, engineers, and personnel available for dispatch are really stretched. Poseidon maintained the old marriage system, and it was true that the forced couple had children. If it weren't for Lieutenant General Williams' face, otherwise Astrid would have to have a husband as soon as she woke up, whether you want to or not, solve the great cause of human reproduction first. Screaming for a change of taste, an officer of the same rank could literally line up from Half Moon Bay to Mayport.
Astrid tightened her neckline slightly, and the sea breeze on her cheeks after autumn turned into a prelude to the next round of winter. Even in a VR environment that simulates a mecha, the violent flipping and movement makes her feel like she is fished out of water. When the wind blows, you don't have to tremble, but it's not very pleasant. There were too many men who paid attention to her along the way, but she was by no means a girl who needed to borrow a shirt to spend time in the rain.
Astrid swiped the identification card from the roadside drink machine and took a few sips of a can of Coke as he watched as the brand-new, unpainted "Marine Lord" exoskeleton from the next production line was sent here for final calibration, and then sent to the warehouse by a transparent pipe after the system was injected.
Fort Benning adheres to the principle of tightening on the outside and loosening on the inside, and most of the facilities are accessible even by ordinary privates. Although the civilian system that was implemented gave the Poseidon soldiers civilian freedom, it was limited to before and after demobilization, so there was no shortage of youth groups led by real technicians in the specially planned youth training area of the maintenance plant.
She finished her Coke with a straight posture, and the glass bottle was inserted into the recycling bin. Hold your arms and wait until 12 o'clock. Immediately, the workers poured out of the maintenance plant, and they looked at the officers in autumn spotted camouflage training uniforms with surprise, and drew a clear line with them. Yes, it is not easy for the undersea oil exploration of the headquarters in Half Moon Bay to maintain the operation quota of the major bases, and the surplus squeezed out of the teeth must also be used as fleet savings. All unnecessary fuel consumption is strictly limited in Poseidon, and mid-level and high-ranking officers such as Astrid are still delusional about private jeeps. Unless you are the head of the department, you will be transported by commuter bus.
Outside the car window were the hills and mountains that towered like dragons, and every time she saw this, Astrid naturally had a string of numbers popping up in her head. Only a handful of succulents and cacti can take root in the unusually poor soil of the post-nuclear war. Liberated from natural competition, each of them is extremely majestic. However, it is estimated that the lower layers of radiation-proof lead plates are one of the main reasons, and the Fort Benning Army Shelter is under this, maintaining the last dignity of the Monica Army.
Unlike the heavily guarded entrance to the submarine cave in Mepott, the elevator in the semi-open cave only requires a swipe of the identification card. Astrid squinted at the fluorescent lamp on the roof of the cavern, barely visible eight hundred meters underground. This is the entrance and exit of personnel, the explosion-proof door has been open for a long time, and on the other side of the conveyor ladder, the bustling crowd gathers in a long queue.
"Let's go in~" The guards didn't care who was high-ranked, stretched out their hands, and tried their best to maintain the long queue, at this time Astrid was squeezed out of the elevator with his chest against his back, just like the subway before, until he reached the stairs and did not let go
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Tone.
Hundreds of stone ladders are smoothed out of the edges and corners, and when you step out of the pass, you suddenly have the meaning of cheerfulness. The artificial sun is embedded in the top wall of the curtain panel, which automatically changes the background color over time, and the light shines without a trace of heat. The asphalt is purely bicycled, and the occasional trams and buses that pass by are all keeping passengers' feet on the ground. Shelters are inadequate, and naturally tend to be more concentrated in a small number of areas.
Compared to Half Moon Bay and Meport, which are only two or three poor baba and surrounded by flea markets in the ration center, Fort Benning, which regularly engages in wars, trades, and plunders at the same time as the natives of the mainland, and establishes one-way connections with the natives of the mainland, is obviously much more open. A large number of military service houses have been set up in the streets of the shelter, and when there are abundant daily supplies, they are allowed to sell foreign furs and tanned products, and indigenous food that has been sterilized but has lost its flavor. For example, the most popular sour plum and red mulberry, rotten wolf jerky, etc. Astrid glanced at the price, a kilogram of plums cost a tenth of the value of her monthly labor, but the small handicrafts full of gems were extremely cheap.
The construction of surface buildings made it possible for the Poseidon soldiers, who were included in the captains, to have two dwellings underground and above ground. The apartment to which Astrid is automatically assigned is located right next to the transfer station and the "Wehrmacht" market. It is said that a certain guy with eyes and hands in the sky was trying to get a Wal-Mart to open it a few decades ago, but he was waved by the general. "Then the Wehrmacht."
The assembly line directly fed boxes of ammunition into the wagon, and the supervisor raised the blue flag to signal that it was correct. Astrid covered her ears consciously, and the steam locomotives roared off the tracks, making hundreds of laps in underground tunnels before being escorted down to the nearest Atlanta by the Fort Benning Railroad Garrison.
The standard apartment building built before the war was not renovated at all, and it was much worse than the rooms in Half Moon Bay, and water leaks and cracks abounded. Fortunately, the side where Astrid lived was urgently repaired and redecorated. That's right, there are only three families in this "prime location" in this building, and there are more houses than people, and if an officer couple has children, they will enjoy a single house.
Astrid didn't take off her boots, she stepped into the kitchen and took out a bag of instant beef mashed potatoes, turned on the gas stove and boiled the water, and before the water boiled, she picked up the living room phone and dialed the keys 1 and 3.
"This is the Fort Benning Communications Center, what can I do for you, Major Josephine."
"Please transfer to the Mech Division Liaison Office at Mayport Base."
"Wait a minute." After the bee sound, a rich male voice came: "This is the liaison office of the First Mecha Division in Mayport, what are you doing?" ”
"Oh......" The kettle whined, and Astrid said, "Wait for me for a minute." Hang up the phone, pour the mashed potatoes into the boiling water, which is only one-third of the depth of the kettle, pick up the phone, lean against the plywood wall, and calmly.
"I'm Major Astrid Josephine, and I'm letting Secretary Paltrow speak."
There was a busy sound, and the little cow was definitely a wheezing sound that had not gone away, and replied: "Miss, what do you command?" ”
"I want you to pass on all the information you have to me through the mech master passage now, and tell the club ......"
Astrid raised her lips and said, "It's time to do it." ”
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