"Beep, Air Command construction complete!"

Ye Fan, who was groggy in the residence, woke up immediately.

He quickly put on his clothes and ran out. As soon as he emerged, Zhuge Yunxue, Xiao Jing, and He Xiaoting also followed him out.

It was their duty to protect the Commander at all times.

Running outside, they saw Shen Ruihui, who seemed to be perpetually feeding Xiaoba by the pond.

Upon seeing Ye Fan come out, Shen Ruihui promptly called the nearby soldier to take over his task.

"I must go protect the officer; this honorable task is now yours."

Without further ado, he handed over several big baskets of steamed buns to the soldier and followed Ye Fan out.

Ye Fan arrived at the largest open space in the entire core area.

This open space was two kilometers long and five hundred meters wide, taking up a substantial area.

This place was reserved for the construction of the Air Command.

Upon reaching here, Ye Fan clicked to place the structures.

A miraculous scene occurred again.

The long runway began to spread out beneath his feet, extremely smooth and flat.

One runway appeared, followed by a second one.

At the end of the runway was a large apron.

This runway and apron are for fighter jets, transport planes, and similar jet aircraft to take off and land.

Besides this large apron, there was also a small apron.

Several helicopter landing pads were present above it.

Along the edge of the runway, a row of hangars emerged.

Aircraft cannot be parked just anywhere; they need hangars.

There are fifteen hangars here in total, eight for fighter jets and seven for different types of aircraft.

Among them, two transport plane hangars were particularly large.

The runways, aprons, hangars, a control tower, and a maintenance center were generated.

The control tower is for landing guidance, while the maintenance center is for aircraft inspection.

There is also a terminal building, but since this isn't for civil aviation, the terminal is not as large; it's just a standalone small building.

In addition to these infrastructures, there are many supplementary things.

Such as small airport transport vehicles, airport engineers, maintenance personnel, and staff.

A total of one hundred people!

The airport personnel's organization belongs to the Air Force ground crew, and this unit will be incorporated into Ye Fan's team structure.

Watching the buildings rapidly form, Ye Fan sighed inwardly.

Especially the runway design left Ye Fan marveling.

Each runway is a kilometer long, a length typically insufficient for large transport planes to take off.

However, this runway was designed with a curve.

The end of the runway directly connects to the city wall.

Aircraft can take off directly out of the city there and then ascend smoothly.

Much like how aircraft carriers launch carrier-based aircraft, utilizing the deck's curvature to lift off.

Of course, even aircraft carriers cannot accommodate large transport planes taking off and landing.

Finally, the airport construction is complete!

Ye Fan glanced at the newly unlocked building.

In the game, the building unlocked after Air Command should be the Combat Laboratory, which is high-tech.

But in reality, it's different.

The building unlocked first is called the Heroic Battalion.

Heroic Battalion (Army): Price twelve thousand gold, includes six hero training slots, allowing Three-star Army units to upgrade to Hero units.

Note: Heroic units include but are not limited to soldiers; they can also include military dogs, vehicles, etc. Different types of units require the commander to add varying amounts of money for training.

Heroic Battalion (Air Force): Price fifteen thousand gold, includes six hero training slots, allowing Three-star Air Force units to upgrade to Hero units.

Note: Heroic units include but are not limited to soldiers; they can also include planes, airships, etc. Different types of units require the commander to add varying amounts of money for training.

Ye Fan observed the Heroic Battalion and thought this building didn't seem to exist in the game.

"Nana, where did the Heroic Battalion come from?"

"Commander, the Heroic Battalion is the training center in the game."

Ye Fan suddenly remembered that this building does exist in the game.

It was a small building with a flag; putting starless soldiers in there would elevate them to Three-star Soldiers when they emerged.

But Ye Fan thought this feature wasn't very practical. After all, soldiers can star promote through combat; there was no need to set up a separate building.

And the Red Alert System had clearly improved this.

The training center transformed into a Heroic Battalion, allowing the training of Hero units.

The Air Force's Heroic Battalion wasn't a consideration for now, as Ye Fan's Air Force wasn't in operation yet.

Even if it were, they couldn't immediately upgrade to Three-star, so the Heroic Battalion wasn't necessary for construction.

However, the Army's could be constructed.

But this thing is a bit expensive; twelve thousand to build the Army's with only six slots. This retains the game's characteristic, as it also has six slots there.

However, additional funds are needed to train each unit into a Hero, which could increase costs.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. The Heroic Battalion can train not only soldiers but also vehicles.

If there were a Three-star Apocalypse Tank trained into a Hero vehicle, it would be immensely powerful.

However, Ye Fan didn't immediately construct the Heroic Battalion; he still wanted to see what kind of Air Force units would emerge.

First, he opened the soldier page for a look.

Ye Fan suddenly discovered that the soldier page had also increased.

Airborne Soldier: Cost 200 Gold (requires production of transport plane first).

War Hawk: Cost 500 Gold.

Ye Fan understood that Airborne Soldier is the paratrooper unit in the game.

In the game, paratroopers are free, but there's no such good fortune in reality.

"Nana, is the Airborne Soldier an army soldier or a conscript?"

"Commander, neither."

"Airborne Soldiers, also known as paratroopers, primarily fight on battlefields by being air-dropped, equipped with lightweight gear, strong mobility, and the soldiers are elite units that can easily penetrate into the enemy's rear for attacks."

"All-weather, no-blind-spot operations are what 'gods descending upon the battlefield' refers to, which is precisely Airborne Soldiers. It can be said that the quality of each Airborne Soldier is close to that of a scout, making them a cost-effective combat unit."

Ye Fan listened with interest: "Then can I mass-produce Airborne Soldiers?"

"Airborne Soldiers are not produced indefinitely. When the commander sets the unit's staffing, the air force can only have one battalion's organization, and besides, if you produce so many Airborne Soldiers, you also need that many transport planes, otherwise the airborne troops and army would not differ much."

Ye Fan understood that the production of Airborne Soldiers requires transport planes as a prerequisite.

Having observed Airborne Soldiers, Ye Fan then looked at the War Hawk.

"Nana, what's up with this War Hawk? I remember it wasn't in the game."

"Yes, this War Hawk is specially added to cope with the difficult post-apocalypse. The commander should know that there can't be large bird flocks where planes take off and land, and they even need to be dispersed during departure to ensure flight safety."

"In the post-apocalypse, bird flocks are more harmful, especially with Mutated Birds appearing. And the way our Red Alert Team disperses bird flocks is by using the War Hawk."

"War Hawk is also a Mutated Bird, possessing capabilities beyond ordinary Mutated Birds. Not only can it proceed forward to disperse nearby bird flocks, but it also has powerful reconnaissance and combat abilities, and the commander can switch perspectives to the War Hawk."

Ye Fan's heart was pleased: "Isn't that essentially a radar by sight."

"It is."

"This is great, I'll produce some to see."

Containing his excitement, Ye Fan went to check the mechanical page again.

The biggest purpose of the Air Command's establishment is to produce aircraft, and this is what Ye Fan anticipates most.

Upon opening the mechanical page, new units indeed appeared.

A total of three new kinds were added.

"Female Deer Helicopter, Cost 5000 Gold."

"Combat Helicopter: Cost 30000 Gold."

"Transport Plane: Cost 100000 Gold."

Looking at these three newly added aircraft, Ye Fan was previously familiar with the Female Deer.

The Female Deer is a small helicopter, capable of seating at most three people, and doesn't have any powerful weapons.

It's pretty much a civilian model.

But the WZ-9 is obviously added into the system later.

This is a typical combat helicopter, belonging to aircraft independently produced and designed by Qin Han.

U-9 is even more so, also one of the large transport planes exclusively produced by Qin Han.

Neither of these aircraft is the most advanced, yet they are quite practical.

Ye Fan thought for a moment, transport planes are essential.

Transport planes are necessary for producing Airborne Soldier units.

Helicopters are also a must-have; one WZ-9 needs to be produced, but it's best to produce one Female Deer as well.

After all, you can't always fly the combat helicopter around; this big guy surely consumes more fuel.

Thinking about it, Ye Fan decided to produce one of each.

Female Deer comes at 5000, one unit, WZ-9 at 30000, one unit too.

Even though U-9 costs a whopping 100000, it is worth its value, so he produced one unit.

In total, 135000 Gold was spent, and Ye Fan's funds dwindled again.

But saving money is meant for spending, especially since the air force is being developed, Ye Fan wouldn't be stingy with his spending.

Currently, with no transport planes produced, he still can't manufacture Airborne Soldiers.

But War Hawks can be manufactured.

Each War Hawk costs 500, Ye Fan produced ten at once.

First, check if the War Hawk is useful. If so, the scale can be expanded.

Another 5000 Gold went out, and Ye Fan began to patiently wait.

Five minutes later, the first War Hawk appeared.

The Eagles Ye Fan had seen before were not actually large, essentially, they were about the size of a big rooster.

Only some Golden Eagles or Sea Eagles were slightly larger, generally appearing bigger only when their wings were spread.

However, when the War Hawk appeared, Ye Fan realized there were birds this large in the world.

Standing there, its height was a full 1.4 meters!

A body covered in golden feathers, sharp eyes, a massive beak, and talons as sharp as knives!

Judging by its size, the weight was at least seventy or eighty pounds if not a hundred.

This far exceeds the typical size a bird should have, but Ye Fan could understand, after all, with the apocalypse, animals mutated as well. Without tremendous size and power, they couldn't deal with other Mutated Birds.

After appearing in front of Ye Fan, the War Hawk's giant wings made a salute gesture.

"Caw caw~~~!"

Ye Fan somewhat ceremoniously returned the salute, and the War Hawk approached, nudging Ye Fan with its big head.

"Go on, prepare to fly to the sky, shoulder to shoulder with the sun, let me see, I'm switching to your view."

The War Hawk walked two steps, leaped vigorously, its wings flapping, directly ascending into the sky!

This marked the Dawn Army's first ascent.

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