Three hundred mecha is not a small number for the White Stone Fortress, this fortress of more than 2,000 people only has more than a hundred mecha in total, and many of them are old models that have been in service for more than five years, and now Liu Yi has brought three hundred in one go, how can he not surprise everyone.

Ye Na looked at Liu Yi one by one, as if looking at a monster, and said slowly for a long time: "Are these mecha allocated to us by the Ministry of Defense?" ”

"No, I brought these mechs myself, and they have nothing to do with the Ministry of Defense, so I can't let these mechs be attributed to the fortress." Liu Yi said lightly.

"Yours? Alone? Three hundred mechs? Ye Na asked incredulously.

"Yes, it's all mine." Liu Yi didn't want to continue to explain, so he directly ordered: "Okay, everyone can disband, and you can do whatever you want." The equipment supervisor took someone to unload the mecha, and Director Ye asked you to send someone to arrange it, let my people settle down first, and then you and I will go through the handover procedures first. ”

Liu Yi's tone was unquestionably majestic, Ye Na didn't have time to think about it, and instinctively replied: "Yes, I'll do it right away!" ”

I have to say that Ye Na's execution ability is very strong, and she quickly arranged everything, and then accompanied Liu Yi to the chief's office.

The handover procedures were quickly completed, and from this moment on, Liu Yi was officially appointed, and then Liu Yi asked Ye Na to introduce the situation of the fortress and its daily work.

"The fortress currently has a total of 2,132 soldiers, and the full strength should be 3,000, but in recent years the soldiers have not been replenished, and many soldiers have had to take on two positions. There are 56 officers, and the full strength should be four, and they also need to wear many hats. ”

"With so many people missing, why didn't they report to the higher authorities and ask for additional personnel?" Liu Yi asked.

"I've reported it many times, but there has been no reply from it, and I don't know what's going on." Ye Na shrugged and replied.

"Okay, you go on." Liu Yi didn't say anything, just asked Ye Na to continue to introduce the situation.

"In terms of equipment, the fortress has one medium warship, three small warships, and one medium supply ship...... There are currently 124 mechs available, most of which are older models that have been in service for more than five years, in addition to 30 sets of mobile armor ......"

Liu Yi listened to Ye Na's report, and couldn't help frowning, the equipment of the White Stone Fortress can be said to be very short, and it has not been updated and replaced for a long time, if it is calculated according to the number of soldiers, it is already very stretched.

You don't need to ask Ye Na Liuyi to guess, this must be the result of departments at all levels, I am afraid that the Baishi Fortress is still full in the accounts of the higher departments, and the equipment must be very complete.

This situation is already a common phenomenon in the imperial army, and on the way here, Liu Yi once talked to Shangguanqi, and the real situation can be said to be shocking.

"No wonder the commanders here were busy transferring as soon as they were promoted, they all knew very well that with the current situation of the fortress, they couldn't cope with the real battle at all, and if they didn't transfer quickly, they might lose their lives at some point." Liu Yi said secretly in his heart.

After listening to Ye Na's basic situation report, Liu Yi already knew how serious the situation of the fortress was now, but he still calmed down and didn't say anything.

"Tell us a little bit about your day-to-day work." Liu Yi said calmly.

"The main job of the fortress is to combat smuggling activities on the shipping routes, and at the same time to monitor the activities of those who are outside the law, in addition to the work in the fortress, it is necessary to regularly patrol the airspace......" Yena said methodically.

After hearing this, Liu Yi thought to himself: "The work of this fortress is really not easy, it is very rare that these people can still complete the work at present, this Ye Na is definitely a talent!" ”

Thinking of this, Liu Yi had the heart to win over Ye Na, but this matter was not in a hurry, and it was easy to leave a bad impression when he first came.

Then Liu Yi asked about the financial situation of the fortress, and Ye Na also answered truthfully one by one, the current financial situation of the fortress is also very bad, and the soldiers can only pay their salaries once in two or three months, and it is not the full amount, and they always have to deduct some each time, which makes the soldiers very angry.

"It's so far away from the Empire, and there are no colonies around, what if the fortress needs some supplies?" Liu Yi asked.

"It's mainly sent by supply ships, and the other ...... We also buy some from passing merchant ships. Ye Na said with some hesitation.

In fact, this is somewhat against the rules, but the geographical location of the fortress means that it is impossible to follow the rules here.

Liu Yi nodded, and looked at the financial information that Ye Na handed over to him, other Liu Yi didn't care, the most concerned was finances.

Liu Yi served as the head of the enterprise, and knew that without money, he couldn't play anything, even in the army, but most of the army did not have financial power in their hands.

Because of the special situation of the White Rock Fortress, the higher authorities have somewhat delegated some financial powers, allowing the fortress to purchase some things on its own.

However, the money allocated by the higher authorities to the fortress was very small, and it was possible to buy some daily necessities, and it was impossible to think of some other supplies.

Liu Yi immediately discovered that this was a loophole that could be exploited, and the higher authorities did not specify in detail what could and could not be purchased, but only restricted the fortress from buying things indiscriminately by controlling funds.

However, the person who set this rule could not have imagined that one day the White Rock Fortress would usher in a wealthy chief with a lot of money.

However, Liu Yi only had a little idea now, and he still needed to know more about what to do, so he didn't immediately tell Ye Na his thoughts.

"Okay, I probably already know about the situation, you go about your work first, I'll go and look around in the fortress." Liu Yi said.

Ye Na asked, "Do you need your subordinates to introduce the fortress to your lordship?" ”

Liu Yi waved his hand and said, "No need, you can find two soldiers to introduce me, and you don't have to bother with the administrative director." ”

Ye Na found a few soldiers who were not on duty and asked them to take Liu Yi to various places in the fortress to understand the situation. Liu Yi summoned Shangguan Qi and several of his own capable men, and the group began to inspect the fortress under the leadership of the soldiers.

The White Rock Fortress can be roughly divided into two parts, the exterior refers to those facilities built on the surface of the asteroid, and the interior of the asteroid is more buildings and facilities.

This asteroid named White Stone has many natural caves inside, and the whole is like a huge beehive, and the holes inside are in all directions, like a huge labyrinth.

The original choice to build the fortress here was precisely because of this feature, which could save a lot of work by using these natural holes.

Liu Yi successively checked the living area, work area, experimental area, and airport area, and what impressed him the most was that there was actually a very good laboratory and a well-equipped production line here, although it could not produce large weapons such as mechas, but some conventional weapons could be manufactured, such as laser guns used by ordinary people and so on.

With the exception of the above-mentioned areas, the rest of the area is all military areas, and since weapons and equipment are located in various places on the asteroid, the military area is actually distributed throughout the asteroid, not only internally but also externally.

After reading it, Liu Yi found that the biggest problem was the lack of enough soldiers, and many positions were vacant.

In short, the current White Rock Fortress is short of both people and money, and the situation is quite bad, if this dilemma cannot be changed, this fortress may not last for a few years and will be abolished.

Although Liu Yi didn't plan to stay here for the rest of his life, he was a serious person, and if he wanted to live here, it was better to let him resign.

"That's the basic situation at the moment, what do you think we should do?" Liu Yi called Shangguanqi and the people he brought to the office to discuss countermeasures.

Shangguanqi said: "The quality of the soldiers here is okay, the key is that there are not enough soldiers, with the current number of soldiers, it is okay to barely hold the fortress, but if you want to go out to fight smuggling, I am afraid it will not work." Although we have brought 300 mechs, there are too few people who can drive them, so we need to find a way to replenish the manpower first. ”

A man named Yan Ming under Liu Yi said: "I'm in charge of maintenance, I don't know much else, but I'm an expert in machinery and maintenance." There is a complete production line for parts processing, and if you use it to repair the ships that come and go, you should be able to make a lot of money. ”

Opinions were expressed in favor of the suggestion that the fortress could also make money from some trading activities to supplement the fortress's financial shortfall.

Liu Yi listened and wrote down these suggestions one by one, and finally Liu Yi concluded: "At present, the most lacking here is first of all enough personnel, including soldiers and ordinary staff, soldiers have no way, we have no right to recruit, there is no limit to the staff, but the fortress needs to pay for itself."

My idea is that our people should take care of the maintenance and manufacturing work first, and let the soldiers do their part, so that the fortress can be up and running first. Next, I plan to eliminate the unusable mechs in the fortress first, and after selling them, I can raise some funds, and then use these funds for trade, what do you think? ”

Everyone looked at each other and didn't have an opinion, this kind of thing is very common in Yaqiu, after all, it is an important distribution center for mecha smuggling.

"We don't have a problem with that, but ...... It may not be easy to convince the officers of the fortress. Shangguanzaki reminded.

Liu Yi also knew that there was a certain degree of difficulty in this matter, after all, it was against the regulations, but such a thing was common in the army, and it depended on whether the officers of the fortress could understand it.