Chapter 475 - 446 Gellekayu Naval Port

"Today, the commander of the Sixth Fleet announced that it had entered Third Level war readiness,"

"The Defense Command established an automated robotic combat unit, reporting directly to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. President Ellis claimed this move aimed to secure the surroundings of Aden Bay and sternly criticized the African Union for supporting terrorist organizations,"

"Critics argued that this action bypassed Congress, going openly against the legislative tendencies exhibited in Bill AMF-13,"

"General Ross has returned to his homeland. Local voters welcomed the hero’s return and lined the streets, unaware of how he was treated by the barbarians,"

"To date, General Ross has not offered an explanation for the video of attacks on civilians, and he has not even granted an interview, with the military remaining silent on the issue,"

"Some international relations scholars believe that the African Union’s action was intended to calm the situation, but clearly our president does not think so, which affects the maritime routes through Aden Bay, Mandela Strait, Suez Canal, and the western part of the Indian Ocean,"

"It is estimated that 10% of the global trade supply will be affected by this, especially including the petroleum and natural gas resources transported from the Middle East to the Western Europe and America,"

"A major disruption in supply chains is expected to slow down economic growth in major economies, potentially exacerbating the situation..."

Robots walked at the port of Gellekayu.

The African Union released Ross, which may have somewhat eased the situation, but the exact extent remains unclear.

For the situation still appears to be deteriorating.

As a country that has not had a stable government and environment for decades, the housing here is already dilapidated, and the so-called ports rely solely on natural conditions.

The current situation requires the transformation of this place into a modernized port.

Engineering robots and exoskeleton workers are collaborating, with several berths already preliminarily completed, showing clear grey-white outlines.

A multitude of engineering robots and large equipment operated orderly onsite, while gigantic cranes towered high like the arms of a giant beast, firmly grabbing huge precast structures and precisely placing them on the bases.

Groups of concrete mixer trucks moved along the dock’s outline, connecting the berths into a network.

Dragon Gate Cranes, bulldozers, wheel loaders, dump trucks, cranes...

All engineering equipment was now electrified, the structure of electrically-powered equipment being far simpler than that of internal combustion engines.

And the designers of this equipment included not only the scientists and researchers from Atlas Group but also the broadly recruited university research teams during this period.

The rise in the price of petroleum fuels and the formation of super-large monopolistic conglomerates exerted pressure, and the far-sighted had long turned their attention to this technology.

Electric technology had always been hindered by the problem of battery energy density, but graphene solid-state batteries significantly alleviated this issue. Additionally, with the pressing situation, even Rocksen would probably be surprised by the current scene.

Compared to Zhu Ya City, Gellekayu’s short-term construction goal is a military-grade frontline base, and the atmosphere here is tougher.

Lille walked at the port, estimating progress,

[Little Octopus: Brother, the progress of designing electrification for common siege equipment has exceeded expectations.]

[Little Octopus: 76 types of engineering machinery, 26 types of transportation equipment, 20 types of lifting and hoisting equipment, 70 types of auxiliary and drone equipment, 70 sets of resource collection and smelting facilities.]

[Little Octopus: Brother, it must be said that the power of the masses is enormous; currently, 150 research teams have officially supported and achieved direct collaboration, and there are many more providing indirect help.]

[Little Octopus: We might need to consider adding more reactors.]

Although the design of electrification facilities and equipment is not a overly difficult research topic, engineering issues always require a lot of time and energy.

Such massive international support has given Atlas Group tremendous assistance.

The world is vast; some hope to rule the world by relying on old capitals, while others seek new paths—

The performance and environmental friendliness of SCFR reactors are astonishing. Atlas Group, relying solely on nuclear power and other clean energy sources, has supported urban construction, ensuring continuous economic progress in Africa, which is convincing enough.

However, the performance of SCFR reactors has not yet reached its limit,

The current performance is primarily limited by Africa’s backward industrial capabilities.

If the sturdiness and density of the entire system’s materials were increased, and if radioactive elements with higher theoretical energy release, like Plutonium-239 and Curium-252, were added to raise the fuel purity to above 5%, a 10-hectare SCFR power station could easily provide over 2000 megawatts of power.

The most powerful memory of the SCFR core was indeed striking, as the core could be regarded as a super reactor constantly undergoing small-scale nuclear explosions.

It had only been used a few times in some extremely large-scale projects because it was not designed with the goal of long-term use in mind.

[Lille: Wait a minute, why haven’t you mentioned the issue of money?]

[Little Octopus: Big brother, don’t we have plenty of money?]

Little Octopus appeared in the air, wearing a large gold chain and sunglasses.

Lille opened the financial interface with a skeptical look.

The intuition derived from his management experience proved him right:

Atlas was quite wealthy, backed by the credit of the entire African Union and the debts squeezed out by the Mayor of New York City.

But this money was not infinite.

Now with the heavy responsibilities on Atlas Group, the monthly operating costs and various project expenditures easily surpassed ten billion US dollars.

This month had just passed halfway and had already exceeded ten billion.

This was still with a top-tier research team: if a group of ordinary people were to research the projects studied by Marvel scientists, not to mention the possibility of needing to invest dozens of times more money, the time cost would be even higher.

Looking only at the group’s existing businesses, the company was guaranteed profitable, but with the expansion projects, a deficit was likely to appear soon.

Of course, these investments were all worthwhile.

[Industrial Transformation in Progress]

[Engineering Electrification, Mass-Scale Brain-Computer Interfaces, Unmanned Engineering, Energy Innovation...]

[Multiple fields undergoing transformation.]

[Reward Technology Points: 4000]

[Current Technology Points: 13500]

The electrification retrofit of each device might just be an afternoon’s work for Lille, but such large-scale changes seemed to have reached the threshold for earning a system reward.

It seemed that promoting a not-so-overspec technology to an industry also had the chance to trigger a system reward.

Robots headed to the port, where three ships were docked.

The African Union had sent all the people back, but not the ships.

Three frigates formerly belonging to the Mei Army’s Sixth Fleet, along with a small destroyer, had been completely transformed.

Two of the frigates had been turned into larger destroyers, while the destroyer had been converted into a real cruiser.

It must be said that the Mei Army was pretty good; the ships sent to Somalia were new.

The bold curves reflected the brilliance of the sun, and the newly promoted navy crew, half excited and half nervous, familiarized themselves with the ships.

These three ships were also the reason why Lille had been "brainstorming" nonstop during this time.

Perhaps his scientists were brilliant, and new inventions might be ready in a matter of minutes.

But when it came to real weapon design, they always felt somewhat uneasy.

Lille was different—he had once been part of designing nuclear-powered military equipment.

Now, he could independently design these behemoths.