Ah Le had just returned to Sunset City, and he had spent the past two days in the wilderness, patrolling between Sunset City and the Black Swamp, and he had barely found any zombies. In the area shrouded by the declaration of war signal, in addition to the extremely silent life, the dark blood qi is extremely active, and there is no abnormality at present.

Ah Le called Chen Dalei and went up to the city wall to inspect the defense of Sunset City, after Ji Guosheng's reconstruction, in a small city like the border, Sunset City's city defense is undoubtedly strong, looking at the entire border, it is a well-deserved first, but it is a big project to enhance another level.

The core of the urban defense system of large and medium-sized cities is one of the electric power towers, and the other is a variety of large-scale defensive weapons launched by relying on electric energy. Either of these two things is expensive to build, and the requirements for resources and technicians are quite high, and the current economic conditions in Sunset City are not affordable for the time being.

Therefore, Ah Le decided to adhere to the Bright Empire's consistent crowd tactics and recruit a large number of new troops and adventurers to fill the gap in the city defense. Fortunately, Sunset City has received a large amount of military expenses from the Lord of War, and the current material reserves are still sufficient. But if the Great Patriotic War lasts a few years, then it's another matter. Ah Le called Chen Dalei to inspect the city defense, preparing to demarcate some less important sections and hand them over to the new army for defense. After inspecting half of the city defenses, Ah Le asked, "How many soldiers have we recruited now?"

"There are more than 2,000 people in total, and if there are more, I am afraid that the military expenditure will not be affordable. Chen Dalei replied softly.

Ah Le frowned slightly: "It's only more than two thousand, I'm afraid it's not enough." ”

Ah Le still has some fangs in his hands that kill the earls and viscounts during the mission, so he doesn't have to worry too much about military expenses for the time being, but the army of the Bright Empire is all based on war to feed the war, and the amount of investment must also take into account the value of the defense area. Ah Le learned about the scale of the Great Patriotic War from Liu Yuxiu, and knew that this battle was dangerous, but Chen Dalei had not yet reached the level of being able to keep it so secret, so when arranging the requisition, it was inevitable that he would be a little tied.

Ah Le thought for a while and said, "It's okay, someone will send the troops over." ”

Chen Dalei's expression was a little unnatural, Ah Le saw it, and smiled: "Don't worry, someone will come to help." ”

Chen Dalei immediately looked a little embarrassed, coughed a few times, and asked, "Where did the new troops come from?"

There is no obvious danger at the moment, but it is the psychology of people that has the greatest impact. Few of the urban natives moved away, but only the brave rangers and adventurers who made their homes stayed behind, and there were not a few who flocked to the interior, making the originally always abundant manpower also become strained. Ah Le looked at Chen Dalei and said: "Other Far East Army units from the east, they will provide troops and military expenses, although it will not be much, but at least it is a supplement." ”

"Far Eastern Army? It would be good if they didn't stab us at a critical time, and they would still support us?" Chen Dalei said angrily, he had a clear understanding of the habits of the Far Eastern Army.

Ah Le smiled and said, "Don't forget, this is the border, and it is the forefront of the war. ”

However, Sunset City's geographical location is very bad, it is an unrelated territory of the Empire, except for a few giant fortresses, once the territory is lost, it is impossible to expect the military department to send troops to recover it. How long this Great Patriotic War will last and what will happen in the meantime, no one can say. Just like Sunset City, the defense zone on the border is actually the private property of the city lord, if the Sunset City City in front of it can't withstand it, the next thing to be exposed in front of the dark zombie battle line is the adjacent war zone and city.

In the face of interests, there are no eternal enemies. After speaking, Ah Le walked to the next city defense section. The next place he was going to inspect was a key point in the city's defenses, where a fort was built.

Originally, there was an old-fashioned small-caliber cannon on the battery, which relied on the power of machinery to throw shells to bombard the enemy. Now it has been replaced by an Italian cannon, although compared with the top high-tech electronic cannon in the front-line position of the empire, this Italian cannon is also a second-hand old product that is decades behind, but it is also many times stronger than the original small-caliber cannon that is hundreds of years behind.

Sunset City has a total of eight Italian cannons, and these Italian cannons are all obtained by relying on the military merits of Ah Le and Kuroko to fight side by side. The defensive tactics arranged by Ji Guosheng were based on these eight Italian guns.

These defensive locations are the core of Sunset City's city defense, and Ah Le naturally can't ignore it, and he has to see it with his own eyes to rest assured. However, when the fort was in sight, he couldn't help but be taken aback. There were dozens of people on the turret, and the shell of the Italian gun had been removed, revealing the parts inside, and it seemed that many of the parts had been removed.

The Italian Cannon is different from ordinary combat vehicles or trucks, and its structure is extremely complex, which is completely beyond the ability of ordinary pilots to handle. Especially for ease of maintenance, many parts inside the Italian gun were closed and combined together to form modules. When repairing and replacement, the entire module is usually replaced together, and only in this way can the repair be completed without a senior pilot, and at the cost of high costs. Even if only one small part is broken inside the module, it must be replaced entirely.

Ah Le looked around and saw that the Italian cannon had not only dismantled a few modules, but even some modules had been opened. It is important to know that in order to prevent imitation by major arms dealers, this kind of module has anti-disassembly measures, as long as it is not opened in a specific way, it will completely damage the device in the module. The modules were disassembled, and apparently the Italian gun was scrapped.

Ah Le was taken aback and jumped onto the battery, "Stop! What are you doing!?"

Most of the forts were craftsmen and technicians sent by Liu Yuxiu. One of them raised his head. Seeing his face, Ah Le was shocked and couldn't close his jaw, this person was Zhang San and Zhang Qiming who he had seen a few days ago.

Zhang San is the second heir of the Zhang family, and the Zhang family naturally set up a perfect battlefield for Zhang San, and a young genius like Zhang San wanted to make a name for himself in the Great Patriotic War. Now that Zhang San actually appeared on the fort, he still looked busy, how could Ah Le not be surprised?

He looked around, and sure enough, among the technicians and craftsmen, he saw a lot of old and weak soldiers. These are all familiar faces, all of them are the veterans who sat idle in the Zhangjia Barracks on the outskirts of the city a few days ago.

Hearing Ah Le's roar, a small figure came out of the inside of the fortress cannon, it was Zhang Qianqian, although she hadn't seen her for a few years, Ah Le could still recognize her at a glance. She was covered in oil, her little face was black and white, and she was holding a module that had just been dismantled, and looking at the logo on it, it was the hub center of the core of the Italian artillery.

Ah Le's eyelids jumped, "Qianqian, what are you?"

"That's right, I think these fortress guns are very old, and there are problems with the design. I want to transform them so that I can improve some performance" Zhang Qianqian's voice became softer and softer, as long as she stood in front of Ah Le, she would be inexplicably nervous, but her words did give Ah Le a surprise.

First of all, the biggest surprise was how Zhang Qianqian came to Sunset City under Ah Le's nose, and he had never heard of Zhang Qianqian being particularly good at mechanics. The most critical surprise is that although Ah Le himself likes Zhang Qianqian, the temper of the third grandfather of the Zhang family is as great as his ability. If he knew that Zhang Qianqian was an engineer in Sunset City, it wouldn't be just a kitchen knife and cut Ah Le. The second is joy, if what Zhang Qianqian said is true, then Sunset City's defense can be upgraded to a higher level.

"And it can improve performance? Isn't this Italian military model? It's been designed for more than 70 years. If it's the latest model, there's really no room for improvement, right? If it can really be improved, how much can its performance be improved?" If it was usual, Ah Le would definitely take Zhang Qiming and Zhang Qianqian to have a good time, but now that the war is about to break out, Sunset City's defense has not been strengthened by a point, so the lives of these thousands of people will be guaranteed.

When it comes to professional issues, Zhang Qianqian's words are fluent. She raised the black metal module in her hand and said, "This is the core hub of the Italian cannon, I will redesign a hub, and then replace some parts, so that you can add an acceleration template to the Italian cannon." When needed, increases power by 50% and rate of fire by 20%. The only problem is that its lifespan will be shortened. ”

Ah Le's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Isn't the upgraded launch data comparable to the latest model of the Empire's SA1 gun?"

Zhang Qianqian said from afar: "It's just equivalent to the smallest new electronic cannon." ”

Ah Le was overjoyed and said, "That's enough!" No matter how small the electronic cannon is, it is the latest high-tech in the Empire, and it is definitely overkill to install it in a place like Sunset City. Zhang Qianqian was able to modify the Italian cannon to this extent with only some old-fashioned parts, no wonder she would become the pearl of the Zhang family, but the more precious Ah Le was, the more worried she was, if Zhang Qianqian had a mistake in Sunset City, what would it be like? Ah Le's eyes rolled, and he just talked to Zhang Qianqian about the transformation of the Italian cannon, and he almost forgot that there was a big man by his side. Ah Le looked at Zhang San and said with a smile: "I don't know that the gust of wind blew Sanshao here, which really made this little sunset city shine." After speaking, Ah Le stepped forward and hugged Zhang San tightly.

Zhang San teased: "Those technicians under your command are not easy to use, you have to teach a lot of basic things, and they learn very slowly." Really, if I could study seriously with my three young grandmasters, it wouldn't be like this. ”

Those craftsmen sent by Liu Yuxiu stopped in shame when they heard it, the most unspeakable thing in the world is the rich second generation who was born with a golden soup spoon, the rich second generation who is not honest at home as his rich second generation, but he has to rely on his strength to eat. Not to mention anything else, Zhang San's mechanical ability makes these craftsmen who usually have low eyes admire the five-body throwing to the ground, not to mention the young and beautiful little girl.

Zhang Qianqian looked at San Shao with a disdainful expression and said, "Even if you have a slight level, you are embarrassed to call yourself a great grandmaster? ”

Zhang San smiled awkwardly and said, "Old sister, can't you let the third brother pretend to be here for a while?"

The conversation between the two brothers and sisters immediately caused everyone present to laugh.