472: Chapter 472 The Ice Age is Coming

The mechs were delivered in the afternoon, by which time the Bright Armored Scorpions had already reached the city gates.

Training drivers now would definitely be too late.

All mechs were uniformly transformed into armored vehicle and aircraft modes, using their automatic attack function for defense.

The other functions of the mechs could only be used after the drivers were trained.

Since two cities, Sunlight City and Naqu City, needed defense, each city could only be allocated 10 warships and 50 mechs.

This firepower was certainly not enough.

The Soldiers' weapons were unusable, and Oriental Chen's production of electromagnetic cannons for city defense also required time, so how would they hold on during this period?

Yan Zhengping thought of the gasoline exchanged from Russia.

Baili Ji had not yet gathered enough crystalss, so the gasoline was still with him as collateral.

He immediately ordered all the gasoline in the city to be collected and hoisted outside the city using the hoisting machines used for the Scorpion, then poured entirely onto the bodies of the dead Scorpions.

Finally, the gasoline was ignited.

A raging fire broke out.

The Scorpion bodies, ignited by the gasoline, all caught fire.

A fire defense line was thus formed.

However, to prevent the Scorpions from splitting off to the sides, leading to an extended front, Yan Zhengping ordered a 200-meter-long passage to be reserved in the middle of this fire line.

This way, all the Scorpions could only come through this passage.

Not only would their movement speed be greatly reduced, but firepower could also be concentrated to eliminate them, killing two birds with one stone.

Oriental Chen also had the Bee Queen of Sunlight City decompose a Bright Armored Scorpion to analyze the composition of its bright armor, in order to determine if this type of Scorpion could be directly used as feed.

The analysis result was yes.

Their surface bright armor was also a type of keratinous armor, very thick.

However, a very thin alloy layer composed of elements such as iron, chromium, and manganese would form on the surface of the armor.

This reflective layer was many times smoother than a human fingernail, and it was also covered with a layer of liquid grease.

This resulted in their armor being highly reflective and not easily scratched.

Oriental Chen couldn't help but praise repeatedly when he saw the analysis results.

The evolution of living things is truly ingenious; such an idea is not something an ordinary person could come up with.

Since the existence of the armor did not affect the production of feed, it certainly had to be recycled.

Otherwise, if it was purely consumption, Yan Zhengping would not be able to last for a few days at all.

Let alone Yan Zhengping, the entire Huaguo would not be able to.

War is about spending money, burning large sums of money.

Only by sustaining war with war is the fundamental way to achieve a protracted war.

Fifteen days later, all the electromagnetic cannons urgently produced by Oriental Chen were in place and successfully deployed on the city walls of Sunlight City and Naqu City.

Furthermore, to increase the speed of ammunition supply, he also had the Bee Queen build a bullet production warehouse underground in each of these two cities, fully supplying bullets.

These two cities were originally major crystals producers, and after purchasing bullets, there was still half of the surplus, so the protracted war could continue.

November 1, 2056 AD.

For the north, temperatures usually only started to drop in this month in previous years.

But this year was completely different.

It had already started snowing in the sky.

This was the first snowfall in the areas north of the Yangtze River this year, much earlier than in previous years.

This snow was very heavy, extremely heavy.

In just one day, the average snow depth had already reached a terrifying 40 centimeters.

The surface temperature dropped sharply within a single day.

Winter had arrived.

Within Huaguo, everyone knew that this was not an ordinary winter, but an ice age whose end was unknown.

The Blue Star's ecosystem was really not as resilient as imagined.

The hottest it got this year was only around 20 degrees, so next year, it was highly probable that summer would not arrive.

The snow accumulated in winter would likely not melt next year.

In that case, the entire ecosystem would truly collapse.

Under Huatong Construction's vigorous efforts this year, most of Huaguo's important Settlements had completed the construction of underground survival bases.

Of course, there were still many Settlements that lacked the conditions for construction due to their remote locations or smaller populations.

Now, they only had one path before them: to rely on nearby large Settlements.

Besides this, there was no other way.

Oriental Chen revealing the severity of the ecological crisis to the council was one thing; everyone witnessing this day with their own eyes was another.

The council collectively fell silent on this day.

Everyone only now realized what the situation would be like without the Huatong Chamber of Commerce.

They now believed that without these underground bases, most people would die.

Three days, at most three days, and most people would freeze to death.

Three days!

How ridiculous; before this, they were still contemplating how to weaken or even resist the Huatong Chamber of Commerce.

Everyone is the same; until they personally experience it, they truly don't understand what survival is all about.