Chapter 33 – Construction begins

The execution power of Great Xia has always been second to none.

By that afternoon, the entire Ludong coast was already in full swing!

Various videos flooded the internet, showing engineering vehicles filling the entire beach, stretching as far as the eye could see, with more vehicles continuously streaming in from the rear like an endless river of steel!

Eighty million tons of dense steel, urgently dispatched from the national treasury in the capital, had already arrived. Every hundred miles, there was a mountain of steel piled up like a small hill, accompanied by construction resources like concrete and sand!

Every highway at this moment was like a river, with civilian engineering vehicles from all over the country rushing to Ludong, trucks loaded with various building materials forming a long steel dragon!

The roaring steel dragon surging towards Ludong made the earth tremble!

Along the entire 2,000-kilometer coastline of Ludong, whether on cliffs or beaches, the Iron Great Wall was fully parked at this moment!

Those tiny figures shuttled among them, appearing as insignificant as ants on the vast ocean's edge.

Yet it was these ants who were to confront the ocean!

The engineering vehicles roared, excavators broke the soil, drills pierced the rocks, and every construction team, whether civilian or state-owned, was united in their determination to fight against the vast heavens and earth!

Under the scorching sun.

The steel dragon born from Great Xia was building a Great Wall to block the ocean with a will harder than steel!

"Listen up, follow the plan, and don't cut corners!" shouted Old Wang, the foreman, sweating profusely. "This time, we're not working for money. If we cut corners, we'll be the ones to suffer later!"

"Leave it to us, don't worry!"

"We'll definitely complete the task!"

"We're not fools; we're working for ourselves, so how could we cut corners!"

"Cutting corners here would be shooting ourselves in the foot!"

"We can't slack off; we don't want the other construction teams to look down on us!"

Strong voices echoed.

Behind them, red flags fluttered.

At this moment, the shouts of these humans, as small as ants on the ocean's edge, silenced the ocean!

This was Great Xia's resistance!

Resistance against the Deity, against the heavens and earth!

The Deity invaded Great Xia with the power of the heavens and earth, so the people of Great Xia would use the power of steel to show the Deity what a forbidden zone for deities truly was!

The machinery roared.

Great Xia was roaring!

At this time.

Old Wang, the foreman stopped by Lin Fan on the highway and reluctantly let through, was assigned to oversee a 500-meter section of the Iron Great Wall due to his ability to read blueprints and good discipline.

This 500-meter distance seemed insignificant in the initial 2,000-kilometer construction of the Iron Great Wall.

But for Old Wang, this 500 meters was more significant than the heavens!

In just a few hours, Old Wang's specially chosen work shoes were worn out, but he continued to sweat profusely, pacing back and forth within his 500-meter responsibility area, as if possessed, sometimes shouting instructions, sometimes bending down to place flags on the beach according to the blueprints, marking areas with red ropes, muttering to himself.

"Er Zhuzi, be careful, dig a hundred meters deep here. The sandy soil is loose, so reinforce it immediately after digging."

"Old Fifth, pay attention here, build a watchtower, 110 meters high, with dimensions of ten by twenty meters, not a meter more or less! The foundation needs to be reinforced twice!"

The workers assigned to him took careful notes, fearing any mistakes.

Scenes like this appeared at every construction site, with everyone forgetting their identities, tirelessly working. Even foremen who usually had conflicts put aside their differences to cooperate.

Because they knew, they were contributing to Great Xia, to the safety of all its citizens!

The hundred meters, dozens of meters they were responsible for might seem insignificant.

But a thousand-mile dyke can be destroyed by an ant's nest!

Any slight negligence could render everyone's efforts in vain, and the 2,000-kilometer Iron Great Wall along the Ludong coast could vanish in an instant!

This was immense pressure.

Enough to crush anyone.

But Great Xia never lacked resilience and steadfast will!

"It's all assigned, now we can work hard." After countless rounds, Old Wang finally breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the 500-meter long, 100-meter wide area, feeling exhausted, almost faint.

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Old Wang, fighting the dizziness, continued, "Now, there's another issue to report."

"We're short on manpower... at this rate, it'll take at least five months, not three, to complete..."

And just then.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Roaring sounds came, as military green trucks stopped along the coastline.

Under everyone's astonished gaze, young soldiers, still with youthful faces, jumped off the trucks and quickly lined up!

The vast sea of military green was overwhelming, numbering four to five million.

Looking out, the original color of the beach was almost invisible, replaced entirely by the green military uniforms!

These young soldiers in uniform said nothing and directly entered the construction sites! Just in Old Wang's 500-meter range, over a thousand rushed over.

"You..." This sudden change startled Old Wang.

"Reporting to Officer Wang!" A slightly older officer leading the group saluted and quickly said, "These are new recruits from all over, and the Commander-in-Chief said to train them on the construction site, with each participating in the Great Wall construction for eight hours a day as physical training! To support the Iron Great Wall construction!"

"This!" Old Wang was stunned, "Great Xia's conscription just started yesterday... and already four to five million?"

"Eight million now." The officer seemed proud, "And more recruits from distant provinces are on their way here."

"Hiss..." Old Wang couldn't help but gasp.

What followed was a surge of pride!

Pride in being a citizen of Great Xia!

When Great Xia announced the goal of conscripting twenty million in a week, foreign countries were skeptical, and even some domestic 'elites' were ready to watch the spectacle.

But who could have imagined?

In just one day, eight million were conscripted!

At this rate, not only was the expansion task exceeded, it was practically doubled!

"Great Xia people have always believed that the rise and fall of the nation is everyone's responsibility!" The officer, seemingly knowing what Old Wang was thinking, said with respect, "Aren't you and these brothers also civilian construction teams who came here voluntarily?"

"You guys are even tougher, arriving with over twenty million in just one day, and with state-owned teams, a total of thirty million!"

Old Wang couldn't help but laugh, "Haha, you're right."

"The rise and fall of the nation is everyone's responsibility!"

"Now, please assign us tasks." The officer pointed to the young recruits behind him, chuckling, "These recruits are quite raw and need good training."

"Don't worry about wearing them out."

"Their future enemies are far scarier than moving bricks."

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