CHAPTER 652: CHAPTER 543: INVENTORY THE GOODS!

Li Yu’s face lit up when he heard the words, and he said to Dapao, "Speed up, let’s hurry over there; Tianlong’s group said there’s no issue."

Dapao was also very happy, pushing the gas pedal all the way down, and the loader traveled at its fastest speed.

Ten minutes later, they saw Yang Tianlong and others’ vehicles by the roadside.

At that moment, Yang Tianlong was adding fuel to the Unimog with a hose.

This was a Level Two gas station, generally storing between 60~120 cubic meters of fuel.

One cubic meter of diesel weighs about 0.83 tons, and gasoline is slightly less dense.

Li Yu got out of the loader and walked up to Yang Tianlong, asking, "How much diesel is left?"

All the vehicles they brought out, whether it was Unimog or loaders, were diesel-powered, not to mention tanks and armored vehicles.

The loader’s 4000-liter tank was now nearly empty.

Yang Tianlong pointed at the markings on the tank and said, "This 70 cubic meters tank was more than half full when we arrived here, about 45 cubic meters."

Li Yu quickly calculated in his mind; 45 cubic meters, roughly about 36 tons.

Converted into liters, a thousand liters of fuel weigh about one ton.

Just filling up the loader would need four tons.

And for a tank to fill its tank, including the two towed tanks at the back, it totals 4160 liters of diesel. Three tanks would need about 12 tons.

Additionally, a few armored vehicles, each needing about 500 liters, three vehicles in total would need 1.5 tons.

There are also three Unimog off-road motorhomes, which still have fuel but need about 8 tons.

And those four heavy trucks loaded with munitions, each truck’s 1500 liters, four trucks need about 6 tons!

Just to fill these 14 vehicles with diesel, about 32 tons of diesel are required.

The fuel consumption is indeed terrifying!

After Yang Tianlong and others finished refueling several vehicles including Unimog, Luo and others started refueling the tanks.

Even though in this post-apocalyptic year, whenever they reached a new place, the first thing to do was look for a gas station to refuel.

From last year, after obtaining a 25-ton tanker, they also found two 50-ton large tankers, along with four more 25-ton tankers.

The base usually has about 225 tons of reserve fuel stocks.

And it’s mainly stored in the underground parking garage, sealed.

They had no choice; these large vehicles naturally consumed a lot of fuel.

Even though they acquired dozens of new energy electric vehicles, these mainly included cars or SUVs, which are not strong in riot protection, to put it simply, they’re not durable.

They took a full 30 minutes to add diesel.

Perhaps because the diesel smell was too strong, masking their scent, only very few zombies appeared during these thirty minutes.

By the time everyone had filled up with diesel, the oil tank was almost empty.

Li Yu looked at this oil tank and fell into deep thought.

Nowadays, every time they go out, they need to refuel outside.

And as time goes by, there’s less and less fuel in these gas stations.

Initially, they could find fuel in any gas station, but now they mostly need to search three or four stations to find one with diesel.

Today they were lucky; they found diesel in the second station they checked, and also, there was still quite a bit left.

Energy is also a considerable issue for them now.

Looking at these fuel guzzlers, Li Yu felt that unless necessary, it’s better not to bring out so many vehicles together; otherwise, refueling itself is a major issue.

Electric cars have less protective ability, that’s a downside.

But they also have a benefit, at least they are much quieter.

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These thirty minutes.

They didn’t just sit around.

Instead, they checked the four military vehicles they had acquired.

The first vehicle contained approximately hundreds of thousands of bullets, all of the same type and caliber as the ones they currently used.

The second heavy-duty truck was filled with assault rifles, initially estimated to contain at least two thousand based on a single box.

After calculations, a smile appeared on Li Yu’s face.

Then, he pushed open the rear door of the third vehicle.

Opening the sealed boxes, there revealed 125mm tank cannons equipped for tanks, 30mm autocannon shells, and some smoothbore shells used on armored vehicles.

Packed full, all were shells.

It is known that the 125mm tank cannon uses a long barrel of about 32.75 calibers, has long range, high precision, and great power; it can use various shells to deal with different targets.

Moreover, with this tank cannon, the minimum range is no less than 5 kilometers, with a maximum range greater than 18 kilometers. Using long-range high-explosive shells, the maximum range can reach up to 22 kilometers.

The other equipped 30mm autocannons can penetrate armored transport vehicles, and other light armored vehicles from a distance of more than 1000 meters.

They can attack enemies at relatively close range.

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Furthermore.

In the last vehicle, 20 mortars were found, each equipped with corresponding 82mm shells.

The 82mm mortar is an excellent curved infantry cannon, weighing only 69 kilograms, and the whole body uses a detachable and assembly design; the heaviest part among the three components weighs only 30 kilograms.

The firing range can reach five to six kilometers.

With these shells, whether it’s close range, from a few hundred meters to one or two kilometers; medium range of four to five kilometers, or long range of several kilometers, they can effectively strike the enemy.

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All four vehicles, one filled with bullets, one filled with assault rifles, one filled with shells for tanks and armored vehicles, and one filled with 82mm mortars and shells.

Even Luo, who had been worried on the road, said with a smile, "I was just thinking that the twenty shells in the tank wouldn’t be enough. I didn’t expect there to be so many in this military truck."

Everyone was very excited, having obtained the tanks, but without shells, it would be nearly useless.

But with shells, it was a completely different story.

The group drove away.

Fourteen vehicles, lined up in a row, slowly moved towards the base under the scorching sun.

On the tank, the long cannon barrels, their cold metal material, were intimidating to behold.

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Inside Big Camphor Tree Base.

The construction of the base was in full swing.

With the labor of hundreds of people each day, the construction changed daily.

The underground planting area hadn’t started yet.

But in Second Outer City, originally an empty spot, now a building emerged from the ground.

Second Uncle always stayed on the walls of the base; he liked walking.

Even under the hot weather, he enjoyed walking around the base with his hands behind his back to inspect for any abnormalities.

The solar panels on the two mountaintops were still operational.

In the center of the mountains, the Mountain Pond had much less water evaporation after Li Hang and his group spread black spheres.

The flat fields, patches of paddy fields, golden and ripe, the grain-heavy rice bending.

The entire base was filled with a strong sense of harvest joy.

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