I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 790 - 688 Passing By Once Again

Chen Xin’s return to the country was swift. After he completed all his work handovers, the Land Ship carried him back along the route he originally came.

This route has now become an important line for resource transport between Europe, the Flame Country, and Lucia. Resources from Europe are transported into the Flame Country via this route, while various goods produced in the Flame Country are sent to Europe along the same path.

Lucia, as an intermediary node, benefits greatly from its advantage in communicating resources between the two places, in addition to having its own resource production.

Especially since Lucia also needs to build the Eastern European Defense Line, a large amount of resources are gathered in Lucia. Constructing the defense line requires substantial manpower and materials, and with the support from the Flame Country and Europe, this has greatly boosted local prosperity in Lucia.

This resulted in the complete construction of the Eastern European Defense Line by the time Chen Xin returned home, and fortifications had been established at several key points, appearing grand and majestic from above.

"This defense line looks much sturdier than the European Defense Line." Standing on the lookout outside the bridge, Chen Xin admired the brightly lit Eastern European Defense Line below and remarked with admiration.

"It was your work in Europe that secured the time for them to build and fortify this defense line," explained the political cadre to Chen Xin, complimenting him in the process: "Without your stabilization of the European Defense Line, we would probably be building fortresses and fighting at the same time now."

In response to the cadre’s compliment, Chen Xin simply smiled and said, "Preventing all of Europe from turning into a battlefield was precisely what I came to do in Europe, wasn’t it?"

With a smile, as he looked down from the sky at the endless defense line below, Chen Xin couldn’t help but feel a surge of pride in his heart for his contributions to the defense line’s establishment.

How can one not feel proud and emotional when looking at the magnificent defense line established under one’s influence?

"The entire Eastern European Defense Line comprises thirty-seven large fortresses. The entire line is based on these thirty-seven large fortresses, divided into thirty-seven different districts. Each large fortress sets up several small forts as strategic support depending on the district range," the political cadre explained as Chen Xin looked at the defense line below, "Each small fortress is built in a blockhouse-style structure, incorporating all possible defensive structures from the city defense era, while the defense line outside the forts borrows from trench construction experiences from World Wars I and II.

In addition to trenches for soldiers and enemy frontal combat, there are preset heavy machine guns, dual-purpose gunfire points, artillery positions, tank assault positions, underground transit trenches, underground barracks, ammunition depots, and a series of facilities. This makes its defensive capabilities several times that of the European Defense Line. Given the current attack intensity encountered by the European Defense Line, it’s absolutely impossible to breach this defense line!"

Hearing the political cadre’s introduction and evaluation, Chen Xin was very satisfied with this defense line before him.

Humans may not possess the powerful bodies and terrifying reproductive abilities of extraterrestrial creatures, nor their resilient life force capable of intergalactic species invasion, but humanity has its own strength.

We can build our homes with our own hands, and we can unite to erect a solid defense line.

Thinking of these things, Chen Xin suddenly became filled with confidence in the complete eradication of alien creatures.

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It was once again Stalingrad, the place they had visited before, serving as the midpoint of the entire route. Land Ships traveling between the Flame Country and Europe would always choose to replenish here.

Chen Xin and his companions did the same, with the Land Ship landing on the specially built berth.

Because Land Ships travel daily on this route, the busy route led to an increase in their supply operations.

Thus, people in Lucia built specialized berths for docking Land Ships, making it convenient for loading and unloading goods and resupplying.

"Looks like this city has improved quite a bit since we last visited. If it had been like this last time, I might have wanted to stroll around the city," Chen Xin joked with the political cadre beside him as he looked at Stalingrad before him.

Responding to Chen Xin’s joke, the political cadre also laughed: "If Academician Chen wants to take a stroll in the city, we can stay here for a day."

"Forget it, there’s no need. Since the country is urging me to return quickly, I better not delay," Chen Xin declined with a smile, but he still looked at the city before him with a strange longing.

It wasn’t a longing for the city itself, but a yearning for human urban life before the disaster.

Streetlights lit up the streets of the city before him, the snow on the roads seemed to have been cleaned, there was light from buildings, and people and vehicles were on the streets. Although much was still covered in snow, a strong sense of life could be felt.

This city is alive, it exudes vitality; it is a city full of life.

"This is truly beautiful!" Chen Xin marveled, also expressing his sentiment to the political cadre: "Don’t you think so? A city full of life and vitality, despite the blow of disaster, has risen from the ruins again, and this feeling is so beautiful!"

"It truly is beautiful!" The political cadre sincerely echoed Chen Xin’s sentiment.

If one only looked at Stalingrad from the outside, it wouldn’t be reasonable to call it very pretty or beautiful; after all, under the night, the city had only streetlights and light from windows, far from the beautiful cities before the disaster.

Yet, the scene before them was equally beautiful, as it represented the reignition of the flames of human civilization.

"I wonder how the construction in the country has been in the year I’ve been away?" Chen Xin reflected for a while, then turned to discuss domestic issues with the political cadre: "With resources diverted to military production and supporting the European battlefield and Eastern European Defense Line construction, domestic development might have been delayed significantly?"

Spending most of the year accompanying Chen Xin and having only skimmed some brief reports on the domestic situation, the political cadre could only speculate in response: "Domestic development probably hasn’t been greatly impacted, right? Those at the top wouldn’t neglect this point.

And in the brief reports sent from the country, aren’t there also announcements of achievements in domestic development? I believe they must have made commendable progress this year.

Even the Lucia people’s Stalingrad is thriving like this; how could it be worse in our country?"

"That’s true, so let’s hurry home and see what the country looks like early!" Chen Xin smiled.