Chapter 39: Chapter 39: New Company Troop Types
When Ye Fan saw this blueprint, it felt somewhat familiar, but he still picked up his car keys first.
Commander’s Vehicle (Company Commander Level): Fierce Dragon Bulletproof Off-road Vehicle, known as the King of Off-road Vehicles, with a length of 6212mm, width of 2344mm, height of 2160mm, weight of 8 tons, fully bulletproof, capable of withstanding shots from calibers below 10mm. It is equipped with a bumper, tires with explosion-proof effect, and an onboard machine gun using 12.7mm bullets, with an ammunition capacity of 3000 rounds, capable of striking targets in low-altitude within 2000 meters and ground targets within 1500 meters.
The vehicle can accommodate a maximum of 15 people, and the bullet quantity recovers every 24 hours, with no mechanical failures in the gun itself.
Note: The vehicle will not upgrade.
Ye Fan was slightly stunned; he had only heard of this car and had never seen the actual thing.
In terms of reputation, it might not be as famous as the Fierce Tiger, but its practicality surpasses the Fierce Tiger.
In terms of size, weight, personnel capacity, or off-road capability, it surpasses the Fierce Tiger.
Moreover, the Red Alert System equipped this one with bulletproof features, making guns like Type 81 and semi-automatic rifles incapable of threatening this vehicle.
Especially with the machine gun mounted on it, its firepower can almost rival that of a mining vehicle.
Compared to this Fierce Dragon, the Fierce Tiger can’t be called trash, but it is just a little brother.
"Sir, your new car has appeared, but the Fierce Tiger is currently outside radar range, so the recovery function cannot be used for now."
Ye Fan understood this but felt a little regretful; if he could recover the Fierce Tiger, he could get a squad of infantry.
"Where is my car then?"
"There are many survivors nearby, so it’s inconvenient for the Fierce Dragon to suddenly appear. Once you’ve completed soldier production and achieved the Company Commander level, the vehicle, driven by the soldiers, will slowly make its way here."
"Oh, that’s great, it should be arriving soon."
Ye Fan looked expectantly out the window and even saw a huge off-road vehicle slowly moving in the distance.
Suppressing his urge to rush out to see it, after all, he’s a Commander and needs to be more composed.
Finally, he saw the blueprint.
"Why is there a blueprint? Seems like some kind of design.....? Hmm!"
Ye Fan’s eyes widened suddenly!
This vehicle, why does it look somewhat familiar?
But it doesn’t quite seem right, what’s going on?
Nana provided an answer.
"Sir, your feeling is correct; this is indeed the construction blueprint for the Base Vehicle!"
"Base Vehicle? Is this really a Base Vehicle?"
Ye Fan was a bit excited; after getting the Red Alert System, if he had any biggest dream, the first step would be to obtain the Base Vehicle.
Only by having a Base Vehicle would he be qualified to construct a base, to produce mines, and to build various physical structures.
At that time, he would not be like a rootless duckweed and would truly be qualified to say that he has gained a foothold in this apocalyptic world.
Without a Base Vehicle, without physical structures, everything is just a castle in the air, unstable.
However, this Base Vehicle seems slightly different from the Red Alert version, and if he wasn’t a Commander with this Red Alert System, he definitely wouldn’t have recognized it as a Red Alert’s Base Vehicle.
"Sir, the Red Alert System has made improvements; both in vehicle form and expansion state, it differs from before, and even if seen by others, they won’t recognize it as a Red Alert Base Vehicle."
"I see."
Ye Fan looked at the blueprint, but soon felt dizzy.
The various element symbols, complex formulas, rare metals, and intricate technology, made him, a college student, feel like an illiterate.
"Can anyone understand this thing?"
"The Engineer can understand it, and only the Red Alert Engineer can understand it."
"Alright, Huang Jie, come here for a moment."
Nana immediately informed the Engineer Huang Jie to come to the room.
"Understand this blueprint, bring up what you need, strive to manufacture this vehicle as soon as possible, it’s our current top priority."
"Sir, I will start researching immediately, but my research speed alone might be slow. If the number of Engineers increases, the research progress will definitely speed up greatly."
"How long do you need alone to come up with a plan?"
"Alone, it’d take about two months, increasing by one Engineer will halve the time; construction will also require Engineers, the Commander should best equip more personnel."
Ye Fan nodded; Huang Jie’s words were very reasonable, but he was indeed strapped for resources at the moment, and his sister’s side required urgent attention too. Once that is resolved, he will strongly push the research speed of the Base Vehicle.
"You can go now, I will equip you with an assistant as soon as possible."
Huang Jie left with the blueprint, currently, on the second floor among a few private rooms, only Ye Fan and Huang Jie resided in single rooms.
He originally wanted his parents to move up too, but they firmly refused, saying not to engage in special treatment. Knowing his father’s temperament, Ye Fan did not force it.
After viewing the Commander’s Big Gift Bag, Ye Fan reopened the Red Alert page.
Somewhat different from the game, in the game, unlocking units and upgrading buildings required the construction of the previous building to achieve.
But in reality, these became two lines, construction, and military rank advancement.
The firepower configuration of a platoon, of course, has to be much stronger than that of a squad, such as more Engineers, Snipers, and Scouts.
And a company’s firepower configuration must be even stronger than that of a platoon.
Ye Fan looked at the construction page, and this page remained unchanged, the only virtual building he could construct now was the Tank Factory, as Nana had long clarified.
There was also no change in the defensive page buildings, as the Company Commander did not unlock defense permissions.
Originally, Ye Fan did not hold much hope for buildings; the main thing was the soldiers.
Opening the soldier page, Ye Fan’s eyes lit up.
Indeed, the company’s configuration is different from the platoon, with several new additions.
First, the quota for Scouts and Snipers increased.
In a platoon, there was only a single spot for Scouts and Snipers, but at the company level, these two types of troops have expanded to three members each.
Aside from this change, three new types of soldiers were added.
Logistics Support Team Soldier, costing 100 Gold.
Flamethrower Warrior, costing 500 Gold.
Rocket Launcher Warrior, costing 1200 Gold.
The Logistics Support Team was something Ye Fan knew about for a long time; the platoon levels do not have a Logistics Support Team, but with the large number of soldiers in a company-sized combat group, eating becomes a big issue, hence a Logistics Support Team is necessary.
Despite Ye Fan now being among survivors, human nature is unpredictable, and no one can assure a particular survivor doesn’t have other intentions.
In Ye Fan’s heart, besides his parents and sister, no one was more important than his Red Alert Soldiers.
Disease enters through the mouth, and the food consumed is also crucial, so members of the Logistics Support Team are extremely vital.
Possibly, the food prepared by the Logistics Support Team Soldiers might not be as exquisite as those made by well-known chefs, but it is definitely superior to those compressed biscuits and canned meat.
And the Flamethrower Warrior is even more powerful; the Flame Gun’s power is not something humans can resist, during wartime, this kind of weapon repeatedly achieved great success, often turning a dozen enemies charging forward into charcoal once the flamethrower is fired.
Although the main enemy now is zombies, zombies are still flesh and blood and cannot survive for too long under the attack of a flamethrower, even the Mutated Zombies can only resist for a little longer.
As for the Rocket Launcher, it’s needless to say, aside from anything else, the Rocket Launcher’s nozzle alone, resembling a cannon barrel, already proves that this weapon’s power is unparalleled by any firearm.
Ye Fan believes, whether facing Armored Zombies or heavily armored vehicles, or light tanks, or even walls, the Rocket Launcher can play a huge role.
Moreover, Ye Fan felt that the look of the Rocket Launcher Soldier somewhat resembled the Air Defense Infantry from Red Alert.
But the prices are vastly different, probably due to adjustments.
The Air Defense Infantry costs only 300 Gold, while this one is as high as 1200.
Gold is currently the highest single unit cost among all Red Alert Units Ye Fan has, but absolutely worth the value.
Only that Ye Fan is tight on resources, after reinforcements, he is left with only 700 Gold, unable to afford the Rocket Launcher Warrior.
Looking at these 700 Gold, it seemed pointless to hold onto them, might as well spend them.
"Nana, produce two more Logistics Support Team Soldiers and one Flamethrower Warrior for me, make them born inside the Fierce Dragon Vehicle, and bring them over together!"