Chapter 215 Where to go?

On the other side, Captain Lu and others were not far from Xin City.

in base

There was peace.

But in this peace, Li Yu is also thinking about how the base should develop in the future.

In this apocalypse, weakness is original sin, and strength is the last word.

No one will talk to you about morality, the rule of law, or relationships. Only when your fist is hard enough can you have confidence.

The set of contacts, power, and money before the end of the world have become useless at this moment.

Human-to-human communication becomes more realistic, a bit icy, but efficient in dialogue.

No one talks about ideals and freedom, no one talks about dreams and the future, because in this kind of apocalypse, being able to live until tomorrow and have a full meal is already a blessing.

Now there are 70 people in the base, and there are more than 60 people who can fight, both men and women.

This number has roughly reached the scale expected by Li Yu.

He had also thought about expanding the number of people, but before his rebirth, he had seen too many large gathering places. Due to food problems, internal conflicts broke out, management was extremely difficult, and they finally fell apart.

In the fifth year before his rebirth, there were basically few large gathering places because he couldn't afford it.

Under the double threat of natural disasters and zombies, it is full of various uncertainties.

He has personally experienced a gathering place that obviously looks extremely powerful, with tens of thousands of people!

But because of a blizzard, the crops froze to death under the freezing conditions, followed by torrential rain and a wave of zombies.

Food crisis, too many people inside, extremely difficult management, different people, and finally, collapse!

When the nest is overturned, there are no eggs left.

That time, he almost died.

He has never joined a large gathering place since then, because although a large gathering place means being more powerful, it also means that if a problem occurs but cannot be solved, it will be more miserable.

But.

If the base is not enlarged, it also means that the number of people is small. Perhaps by virtue of the advantage of the first opportunity, some firearms have been snatched, but after all, the bullets will run out. Not a long-term solution.

However, if you want to expand the group size, you will also face the biggest problem: food!

He also thought about building a strong team, recruiting talents, building factories, and developing technology. But to do these things, people are needed, and these people need to be found.

This is undoubtedly extremely difficult.

Let’s talk about the simplest example. Make guns and bullets, and the bullets alone are enough.

The manufacture of bullets is stamping, which requires a large number of molds. The specific dimensions of the molds are confidential. Generally speaking, workshops do not have such conditions. If you want to make your own bullets, you must overcome mold size control.

Let alone guns!

The firearm structure can be disassembled into buttstock, gun case, barrel, magazine, piston, bolt, firing pin, scale, front sight, trigger, receiver, grip, gun wiping rod, recoil spring, piston barrel, guide Air hole, trigger sear, bullet in the chamber, muzzle brake, magazine cartridge, safety sear and other parts!

Among them, the most difficult one is the "gun barrel"!

As an important component of a firearm, the barrel leads directly to the chamber.

On the battlefield, when the bullet is fired, the expansion gas produced by the explosion of gunpowder or the air pressure will push the bullet through the barrel, become a high-speed projectile, and finally achieve the target of the enemy.

If the high-kinetic energy bullet cannot slide out of the barrel smoothly after the trigger is pulled, it will cause a "bore explosion", which is a potentially fatal risk!

In order to ensure good hardenability, hardenability and processing performance, the grain size of the material must reach level 4-6 and the structure must be uniform!

After solving the material problem, you still need to face the test of the fine and rigorous production process of the gun barrel! Not only do a lot of details such as the firing pin and linkage fitting points need to be considered, but also fine rifling must be drawn out of the inner wall of the barrel, which is already very thin.

Rifling can be said to be the soul of the gun barrel! Because it is what gives the bullet the rotational force, so that after the bullet comes out of the chamber, it can still maintain the established direction and hit the target!

If you just make something simple, it will require a lot of processes. Maybe you can assemble it by purchasing some parts before the end of the world.

But now in the end of the world, it's a desolate place. There are no complete parts and components, so I just made it myself. The difficulty is too high.

To come up with these things, we must have professional talents, and the number of people will inevitably increase.

Only by showing scale can we be able to stand up and do this. Some people need to protect it, some people need to grow crops, and some people need to specialize in scientific research and production.

But it fell into an endless loop again.

Too many people - natural disasters, zombie waves, various accidents, not enough food, can easily lead to collapse.

Too few people - unable to form economies of scale, few talents, not enough strength to resist.

Whether there are many people or few people, it seems that they will eventually perish.

This end of the world is too unfriendly to humans.

In this apocalypse, it is not just as simple as zombies, but the advantage he has is the prophetic advantage brought by the skill of rebirth.

There is no superpower or system, all he has is that he is fierce enough!

Kill to stop killing! Murderous awe-inspiring!

However, as time goes by, not only is he ruthless, but also everyone who survives is ruthless.

This problem still bothers Li Yu to this day.

Originally, his initial idea was not to have too many people, but after planting farmland in the back base, he found that it could support some more people, so more people came in later.

These people were only allowed to join after many inspections.

After contacting him so far, Li Yu is satisfied with these people who have joined.

Standing on the base wall and looking at the mountains in the distance, Li Yu felt that the heat was gradually getting less intense.

A breeze blew over, and Li Yu heard footsteps next to him.

It's the second uncle.

The second uncle glanced at him and then stood next to him, neither of them spoke.

Lighted a cigarette.

After taking a puff, let the wind blow the smoke for a while.

The second uncle said: "Xiaoyu, sometimes you can communicate with us more about your thoughts or concerns. Don't hold it in alone."

Li Yu nodded silently and said quietly for a few seconds: "The base must have been exposed now. I have no regrets about the people I killed, but I have been worried about the development of the base. With more people, management will inevitably be difficult. , food has also become the biggest problem. But there are few people, and it is difficult to survive in this end of the world."

The second uncle pondered for a while and said directly: "What is there to worry about? Then we can carefully select our partners and control the number of people within a certain range that we can bear, right?"

When Li Yu heard these words, he felt as if the clouds had been cleared. The authorities were confused, and the problem he was always struggling with seemed not to be a big problem when his second uncle said it.

yes! Since there are too many people to manage and we can’t afford to support them, wouldn’t it be better to carefully select useful people and join them?