Chapter 328: Visiting the Base
The aircraft carriers of the U.S. Third Fleet were sailing at sea at this time, and the world was changing too fast, and the chrysanthemum beasts invaded, and it was extremely easy to destroy two aircraft carrier formations off the coast of San Francisco.
After that, people understood that in the ocean, Kaiju Beast was almost invincible, and even mecha hunters, if they wanted to fight Kaiju in the deep sea, they would fall into an extremely disadvantageous state.
Especially after the Mecha Hunter was created, the navy was in a state of gradual abandonment, only occasionally doing some symbolic escort work.
It's like this time, it's used as a transport ship.
At this time, Locke was standing on the bridge of the ship, looking at the huge object that lay on the flight deck, fixed with countless steel cables, and covered with canvas.
At this time, General Scott was standing by his side, he was the deputy commander of the Third Fleet, and when he saw the axe causing the Third Fleet to suffer heavy losses, and even the commander of the Third Fleet, Nora Tyson, was killed in battle, he vowed to destroy all the chrysanthemums, and even the pioneers who sent the chrysanthemums to Earth had to die!
To this end, he joined the Combined Pacific Rim Defense Force with enthusiasm, and it seemed that it was going well at first, and the Hunter program was advancing quickly.
But with the in-depth study of the chrysanthemum beast and the wormhole, human beings are more and more aware of the difficulty of the enemy, and unlike the optimistic ordinary people, the higher-level people who know more know know that not to mention the fourth-level chrysanthemum beast, even if the number of third-level chrysanthemum beasts is increasing now, it will overwhelm the PPDC.
As the wormhole became more and more stable, the attacks of the chrysanthemum beasts became more and more frequent, and now the interval between each chrysanthemum beast's appearance was less than three months.
Faced with the current situation, some people like him are determined to fight to the end, but many more people choose to give up on themselves, start to get drunk and dream of death, enjoy the last hours before the 'countdown to the end of humanity', and no longer invest more resources in PPDC.
Luckily, after a continuous reduction in appropriations, Mecha Hunter stopped increasing his blows, and at this moment he saw a silver lining.
Locke used the entire Lee Group, which is now a world-class giant, as a bargaining chip, and pressed it on the front line against the Kaiju Beast.
The key is that he brought a series of plans, as long as they succeed, they can greatly enhance the strength of the human side, prolong the time that humans can hold on, and it also means that there is more time to come up with a way to deal with the chrysanthemum beast or even close the wormhole.
At the same time, the Li Group has also developed crops that can filter out the pollution of chrysanthemum beasts, which gives him hope, which is enough for him to fully cooperate with Locke.
At this moment, the fleet is transporting two mecha Horizon Warriors, which are trying to be mass-produced for the first time, from Los Angeles and Hong Kong to the Kuda base in Malaysia.
Once at the base, the two Horizon Warriors will undergo a fully automated transformation and will also be upgraded as an experimental project for a fully automated mech.
Since PPDC has paid such a price, Locke also promised that once the transformation is successful, the two upgraded mechs can be delivered to PPDC for use, even if it fails, whether it is the loss of one or two, Locke is willing to build a new mecha hunter within three years to compensate PPDC.
Of course, General Scott would not refuse such a good thing, and at the same time, because that country joined Locke's plan, although under the guise of the Shaw Group, sent a team of experts, and also provided material support.
But anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is impossible for Shaw Brothers to have so much energy, gather so many experts and technical talents, and come up with so many materials.
And this also made him see the opportunity for PPDC to get more support, and General Scott felt that maybe he could try to talk to those countries one by one alone, not to mention the funds, even if he could get some convenience in private from people who were willing to fight against the chrysanthemum beast.
Similarly, the fully autonomous mecha project just announced by the Li Group has also attracted some attention, and many reporters have appeared outside the Kuda base in Malaysia, wanting to interview more information.
Naomi Sokolov is a BBC reporter but is more familiar with PPDC than the others.
She's been a big fan of Mech Hunters since they appeared, and she chased them after them two years ago when she was still in college.
By chance, she met the Beckett brothers, who were training at the Hunter Academy at the time, and became Jancy Beckett's girlfriend.
But later, by chance, Raleigh Beckett also had some relationship with Naomi, and this triangle made the two brothers fight fiercely and almost turned against each other.
In the end, under the strict orders of General Steck, Naomi was expelled from the Hunter Academy, but she never gave up, and through her ambiguous relationship with the Beckett brothers, she was still able to get some interview convenience after joining the BBC.
It seems that this time, it was also Jancy Beckett who asked Locke for help, so that he was allowed to visit some unimportant parts of the Guda base this time, and there was also the opportunity to interview Locke alone.
To be honest, Naomi originally didn't have much good impression of the Li Group, after all, it was originally a military-industrial group, and few ordinary people in the United States would like the military-industrial group.
Until the advent of the Mecha Hunter Program, the Li Group provided a lot of help in all aspects, promoting the formation of the Mecha Hunter Program, and the reputation of the Li Group improved slightly, but it was still only at the level of 'not too annoying'.
However, Naomi, a fanatic of mechas, has developed a great curiosity and partial affection for Rock Lee, who is now at the helm of the Lee Group.
Of course, no matter what the perception is, there is still a basic professional ethics, and if she can get this exclusivity, it will be a stepping stone for her promotion and salary increase.
After tidying up her attire, she smiled and faced the camera and said: "Hello audience friends, I'm Naomi Sokolov from BBC Radio, and now I'm about to take you to unveil the mystery of PPDC's latest Guda base." ”
Next, what came into the camera lens was a jungle of steel, all kinds of tall buildings were neatly built in the base, and countless iron men marched in the base in an orderly manner according to the law, and the sound of metal footsteps was uniform.
Further on, they saw a flat flying machine flying over their heads, and if you looked closely, you could see that a robot was sitting in the cockpit.
The plane is actually designed to be piloted by humans, but the robot still doesn't have any sense of disobedience when it is controlled.
In fact, there are not a few such aircraft in the base, most of which are hoisted with different items, rising and falling on the tops of various enclosed buildings.
"We can see that this vast site is completely automated.
The fully automated driving mecha hunter plan announced by the Li Group not long ago, from the robots in the base, it can be seen that it is not just a sensationalism as some people speculate. ”
As you move forward, you can see more and more robots, they perform their own duties, all of them are busy in an orderly manner, and there is no other sound in the whole scene except for the sound caused by the machine, and the biggest difference between these robots and humans is that they don't know tiredness at all, and can keep their full attention at work.
After a quick visit, the person in charge of the guidance did not intend to let Naomi report too much about the situation in the base, and led the people to the base port, waiting for Locke, who was about to arrive.
(End of chapter)