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Chapter 555: The New Lend-Lease Act (Part 2)
🕑 Added 2023-09-09 07:13:12 +0000 UTCTransformers Begin : Table of Content/Chapter List
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When it came to supplies, Bumblebee, who had initially wanted to say something more, suddenly lowered his head.
The Autobots were severely lacking in supplies, and this was no secret at all.
When Optimus Prime reached an agreement with the United States Government to cooperate in combating the Decepticons, it was because they keenly sensed the United States Government's greed for Cybertron Planet's technology.
In order to gain as much control as possible in the cooperation, they didn't accept even the slightest bit of supplies from the United States.
It's important to note that the wars of the Cybertronians consumed a significant amount of resources. The battles between giant mechanical warriors, some several meters tall and weighing several tons or even dozens of tons, were resource-intensive. Even a small-scale battle involving three to five Decepticons and Autobots that lasted half an hour would consume enough energy converted into electricity to power a small county with tens of thousands of people for several days or even longer.
Most Autobots and Decepticons preferred close combat. During close-quarters combat, getting limbs severed and having dozens of scars on their mechanical bodies were commonplace.
When it came to post-battle treatment, repairing their mechanical bodies not only consumed a significant amount of energy from their internal Sparks but also required various alloys that matched their mechanical bodies to heal wounds.
Optimus Prime refused to be dependent on others. Since cooperating with the United States Government to combat the Decepticons, all the energy and other supplies they consumed were brought in by Autobots dispatched from outside the Solar System.
After the Skytiger Legion occupied Cybertron Planet entirely, there were often shortages in supplies due to the consumption by the guerrilla forces scattered across the planet.
As Optimus Prime led the campaign against the Decepticons on Earth, the Autobots' supply shortage became increasingly severe.
To the point where dissatisfaction with Optimus Prime, the new leader, began to emerge within the Autobots.
Optimus Prime fell silent for a moment before nodding slowly.
"You're right!"
Although the Autobots were not the Skytiger Legion, once opposition voices arose internally, the Autobots' power could no longer be concentrated in one place.
"Eliminating the Decepticons is our goal," Optimus Prime quickly made a decision. "We can have limited cooperation with Frenzy, but we must also be cautious. Earth belongs to humans, not us!"
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"Earth belongs to humans?"
In the Republic of Solia, a turbulent nation located southwest near Kenya, on a desolate piece of land that didn't stand out.
Sun Cheng landed here and looked at an underground entrance not far away, a cold smile playing on his lips.
He was mocking Optimus Prime or, more accurately, the hypocrisy of the Autobots, who clearly considered Earth as their second home, one by one, despite coming from distant stars in the Milky Way.
Did they really believe in the humanitarian assistance praised by the people of Earth?
At least Sun Cheng didn't believe it!
The underground entrance was established on a plain in the southwest of Solia. It was about five meters long and around ten meters wide, a sloping passage leading downwards.
There were no hard rocks or hills around, just sparse low shrubs.
However, Sun Cheng had arranged camouflage nets nearby in advance, and even if satellites took aerial photographs from high altitudes, they wouldn't easily discover the secret here.
That was enough because this underground structure was not prepared for himself.
"Master, the warehouse has been organized."
Sun Cheng had just walked a short distance into the entrance when he was discovered by a Forerunner stationed there.
He nodded and walked along a corridor that stretched for nearly thirty meters, with a height of about five meters and a width of around ten meters. At the end of this corridor, a very large space suddenly appeared in Sun Cheng's field of view.
This was a rectangular-shaped enormous space, measuring two hundred meters in both length and width, and about twenty meters in height.
The underground structure was constructed using high-strength concrete, with walls that were a meter thick, reinforced with some steel bars sourced casually from China's construction materials. It was located about ten meters below the ground, with sixteen massive support pillars inside. Ordinary shells would find it hard to destroy this place, but it wasn't something created with too much care. Some of the large underground drilling missiles created by Humans could easily destroy it.
This underground structure, codenamed 'Warehouse,' was prepared by Sun Cheng for the Autobots as a reserve location and also the place where he would donate supplies to the Autobots.
This underground structure was completed by the Forerunner under Sun Cheng's supervision in the past two days.
Sun Cheng brought a total of twenty groups, consisting of 160 robots with various functions, under his command.
Forerunner had a much more delicate and rational mindset than typical Decepticons. In North Dovinsk, he had already commanded a larger number of robots in a significant amount of siege work.
So, constructing an 'unpretentious' underground structure was a simple task. With sufficient material support, the robots he commanded completed the work in two days.
Rapid-setting cement was used for the construction of the 'Warehouse,' and given the shallow depth underground and the high temperatures in Solia, the ground and walls had completely solidified.
Sun Cheng took a look around inside the 'Warehouse' and was generally satisfied.
He had carefully selected this location for the Autobots because most parts of Africa had sparse populations, and harsh environments like deserts had minimal impact on Cybertronians. There were no powerful nations like the United States in this region, and Africa also had various abundant resources and minerals.
If it weren't for the fact that South America hadn't been completely dealt with yet, Sun Cheng would have had plans for Africa long ago.
As for whether the Autobots would be tempted by the large piece of meat he was offering, Sun Cheng believed in human nature!
Optimus Prime might be able to resist, but not every Autobot, who had been driven out of Cybertron Planet and lost their home, could resist the temptation to migrate to Earth, a beautiful planet suitable for life.
Arriving at one corner of the warehouse, he waved his hand, and the Forerunners retreated willingly a short distance.
Looking at the cleared space in front of him, blue lights flickered in Sun Cheng's eyes, but his will quietly communicated with the Spherical Space.
Soon, massive containers appeared rapidly in the warehouse.
In a short while, he had almost filled one corner of the warehouse with the containers he had selected.
"Almost done!"
Suppressing his reluctance, Sun Cheng looked at the containers filled with various supplies in front of him, while his thoughts were rapidly turning.
Since acquiring Frenzy's Body, with its powerful information processing capabilities, he had accessed the internet multiple times, downloading various books and data from the "Transformers Universe" on Earth.
Digesting these books and data in his leisure time had become one of his few pastimes.
And historical books had undoubtedly taught Sun Cheng many things.
For example, the 'Lend-Lease Act' implemented by the United States during World War II.
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