Wasteland Survivalist: A Scientific Guide to Post-Apocalyptic Survival

Adhering to the principle that a thief should never leave empty-handed, Gu Lang searched the surrounding area for supplies for a while before leaving.

I found several large bags of unopened potting soil, dug up a bag of gravel myself, and dismantled a large number of PVC rainwater pipes, as well as matching elbows, plugs, and fixing clips.

Only then did they start the Lynx assault vehicle and drive along the coastline toward the initial landing point.

When that familiar breakwater came into view, Gu Lang's heart sank.

Within his line of sight, there was nothing; his small boat had vanished.

"Oh no, was it stolen, or did it float away because the rope wasn't tied properly?"

A chill ran down his spine. The small boat wasn't important; he had originally planned to return in the Lynx assault vehicle.

What you really need to worry about is the yacht, which is your own sea sanctuary.

He immediately activated the drone, flew towards the distant sand ridge, and anxiously examined the footage.

After searching for a while, along the familiar sand ridge channel, he finally found his yacht covered with camouflage netting on the vast mudflats.

My heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down, and I let out a long sigh of relief.

"Thankfully, my home is still here."

After lowering the drone's altitude, Gu Lang switched the camera to thermal imaging mode.

The yacht's temperature was basically the same as the ambient temperature, confirming that the engine was not started.

There were no signs of human activity on board, and all the equipment was in the same condition as when he set off.

Only then did he finally realize that his old nest hadn't been taken advantage of because of his unexpected trip.

Gu Lang then turned the car around and looked for a suitable spot to go into the sea.

Although the Lynx assault vehicle uses an 8x8 all-time drive system and is designed with a low ground voltage ratio.

By maximizing the contact area between the tires and the ground, the overall pressure of the vehicle on the ground is greatly reduced, allowing it to obtain sufficient support even on soft mud and sand.

However, the vehicle is currently loaded with a large amount of supplies, and if it enters a deep silt area with extremely poor load-bearing capacity, there is still a possibility of the vehicle getting stuck.

If this happens, you'll have to wait for the tide to rise before you can get out.

After walking several kilometers north, he finally found a river estuary.

After entering the water from the riverbank, the Lynx switched to floating mode and began to propel itself forward on the sea using its tires.

The waves were quite high today, and since it was an open-top vehicle, seawater kept pouring into the cabin.

Fortunately, the Bobcat was designed with water ingress in mind, and it has sufficient buoyancy reserve.

Even when fully loaded with passengers, ammunition, and fuel, the train will not sink if the carriages are filled with water.

Gulang also activated the drainage pump linked to the engine to promptly drain the accumulated water.

After a rough ride through the waves, the assault vehicle finally arrived at the yacht.

After deactivating Sentry Mode with the key, he boarded the yacht and inspected it; everything was as before.

Surveillance video captured by the camera shows that no boats passed through the nearby area during the few days they were away.

So he immediately moved everything from the car onto the boat.

Gulang lost quite a few things during this expedition.

The bulletproof vests and helmets, which were originally brand new, have become riddled with holes and pitted due to the intense fighting.

It also consumed all the aluminum foil life blankets, one flame signal transmitter, and two flame burners.

The homemade gun that had accompanied him through countless life-and-death situations was completely lost due to the aftershocks of the suicide drone explosion.

Fortunately, they eventually returned safely and brought back a large quantity of weapons and ammunition.

The most powerful of these is the 12.7mm heavy machine gun that he is currently disassembling.

After removing the heavy machine gun, Gu Lang weighed it and found that it was much lighter than he had expected.

So I opened the bound volume of military journals on my phone, searched for it, and found out the specific model number.

This is a QJZ-171 heavy machine gun, weighing only 18.5 kilograms.

Gu Lang also took out a 6-kilogram carbon fiber tripod from the lynx's storage box.

With the ammunition box containing 60 rounds of ammunition installed, the fully assembled unit weighs just over 30 kilograms.

According to the parameters listed in the magazine "Light Weapons", this gun has an effective range of up to 1500 meters.

It can penetrate 10 millimeters of homogeneous rolled armor steel at a distance of 800 meters, which is roughly the thickness of the armor on the door of a military jeep.

Li Zheng must have used this heavy machine gun when he fought the Berserkers.

There are currently 3 ammunition boxes remaining, containing approximately 150 rounds of ammunition, all of which are armor-piercing incendiary rounds.

When this type of ammunition hits a target, it doesn't just drill a hole; it also produces no fewer than 18 fragments.

Armor-piercing, incendiary, and explosive—completed in an instant; it is a hero among heavy machine guns.

It is very effective against the equipment and personnel inside vehicles; even if a shot misses, it can still blow the target into the air.

From the magazine, Gu Lang also learned an interesting anecdote about the gun.

It is said that during the design phase, China heard that Russia had developed a heavy machine gun with a combat weight of only 25 kilograms.

The military industry enterprises were determined to surpass their counterparts, but no matter how hard they tried, they could not achieve this goal.

After using titanium alloy and carbon fiber composite materials and going to great lengths to reduce the weight to the point of questioning life itself, the weight of the 171 heavy machine gun was finally reduced to 24.5 kilograms.

I later learned that the 25 kilograms weight mentioned by the Russians referred to the weight of the bare gun without a tripod.

Despite their frustration, the researchers successfully developed a heavy machine gun that allowed soldiers to carry around the mountains with one hand.

With this heavy machine gun, the berserkers piloting ordinary boats could no longer pose a threat to Gulang at sea.

Gu Lang found the bulletproof shield in the warehouse; he had made the toy on a whim.

The basic frame is a regular transparent blast shield, with hard bulletproof plates glued to the outer layer using resin.

It was only later that I realized it was too heavy; I couldn't carry it very far, so it wasn't very practical.

He estimated at the time that he would need a powered exoskeleton to be able to carry a gun in one hand and a shield in the other, just like a Gundam.

However, this shield is perfect for fixed defense if left in place.

Gu Lang used a saw to cut open the polycarbonate material at the bottom of the shield, splitting the original shield in two.

After further cutting and shaping, the bottom half of the shield became a U-shaped machine gun shield.

He then installed a metal connecting plate on the shield as a shield adapter.

The machine gun tripod already has ready-made bolt holes. Simply use bolts to fix the shield between the rotating base and the connecting shaft at the rear of the gun body, and you can quickly assemble and disassemble it.

The machine gun also comes with a Picatinny rail. After installing a red dot sight, Gu Lang began testing it.

"Da...da...da..."

He fired several shots at the sea, and the machine gun shield successfully withstood the recoil.