But in the following period, even Chen Xiaomou was promoted to the rank of captain, and there was no news or trace of the Atlantic Federation. Is it really just a system refresh? Chen Xiaomou thought so more than once.

But that's fine, after being promoted to captain, you have more and more resources at your disposal. Now the maximum number of people in the base can accommodate 200 people, which greatly relieves the pressure on the employment of people in the base. It is possible to appoint officers and non-commissioned officers with the rank of lieutenant, Columbus-class transport ships can be produced.

The Columbus-class is a space transport ship, the main purpose of which is to transport supplies from the Earth Federation Army to the space warship and so on. Large containers are installed on both sides of the hull to transport supplies such as ammunition and food, as well as repair parts. Later, in response to the Principality of Zeon's War of Independence, it was transformed into a ship capable of transporting space fighters. After the container was urgently equipped with catapults and other equipment capable of carrying and operating space fighters, he participated in the Battle of Rum. It is used as an improvised aircraft carrier on the battlefield, accompanying Magellan-class and Salamis-class ships, and used as a carrier-based Saberfish space fighter.

After equipping the Columbus-class, it can be converted into an improvised aircraft carrier, which allows more MS to enter the battlefield instead of being able to defend themselves near the base.

Then, the Alexander-class heavy cruisers gifted by the system also arrived at the base with the first batch of 30 recruits recruited in the third phase. Arriving with the ship was a bridge crew, including Acting Captain Frans Rosen, but there was no other crew on the ship.

Chen Xiaomou once asked Dart if he wanted to be the captain of the Alexander-class, and Dart excused himself by saying that he had retired and had not commanded a warship during the entire war. It would be better to have someone more professional as the captain of the ship.

In the previous period of time, the base was a large-scale training, and many people had mastered the ability of mechanics or MS drivers, and of course, Chen Xiaomou used energy to help everyone learn skills.

The Alexander-class heavy cruiser was named the Grey Goose when it entered service, and is said to be Dart's favorite liquor. And the crew and maintenance division needed on board are still being prepared. If the ship is full, it will require 12 aircraft in one squadron of MS. The Earth Federation Army uses a squad of 3 aircraft, a squadron of 4 squads. Another squadron of MS needs two maintenance squadrons, each of which has 10 people, and two squadrons need a maintenance team of 80 people. This manpower pressure was too great for the base, so after consulting with the captain of the ship, Captain Rosen, it was decided to send 30 people into the ship first, including a 20-person maintenance team. The ship's maintenance chief was recruited for the first phase, and now Lin Wei, who has been promoted to technical ensign. The preparation class is mostly strong men, and according to them, only muscles can help them work quickly. Therefore, in the training class, even the girls are a group of people who talk about exercising muscles and wrestling wrists as daily entertainment every day. Of course, when shopping, I will change another mode, so that my comrades-in-arms can't believe their eyes.

The garrison MS squadron was eventually designated as Second Lieutenant Evans as acting squadron leader and Second Lieutenant Murrell as deputy squadron leader and captain of the first squad. In the rank and position system of the Earth Federation Army, colonels and lieutenant colonels are generally wing commanders, lieutenant colonels or majors are group leaders, captains or lieutenants are squadron leaders, and lieutenants or ensigns are squad leaders. And Evans didn't have any chance to be promoted because he hadn't participated in any battles during this time, and if he was appointed as a squadron leader, his rank was insufficient, so he could only accept the position of acting squadron leader. It was not until after the promotion to the rank of lieutenant that the agent could be removed. On the captain's side, the colonel is generally the commander of the detachment, the lieutenant commander is the captain of an aircraft carrier or battleship, the major is the captain of a cruiser or destroyer, and the captain is the captain of an auxiliary ship. Therefore, Captain Rosen can only organize work with the title of acting at the moment.

After the formation of the Alexander heavy cruiser was completed, it officially set sail to inspect the main asteroid group where the base is located. If there is a transport ship departing or returning, then the Gray Goose still needs to escort for a while, or go out for a distance, and in the process, it also runs in with all the crew members of the entire ship. In the process of patrolling, the experienced Captain Lawson will also choose some support nodes to build some floating batteries, so that the troops can also be supported by fixed artillery when fighting on the outside line.

In the following half a month, Chen Xiaomou produced four Columbus-class transport ships, and converted two of them into MS combat ships, each with short-range anti-aircraft guns and three MS carrying and maintenance capabilities. However, no one has yet boarded the ship, and the candidates are still learning the skills of piloting a spaceship by consuming energy in a systematic training course. The floating turrets were also arranged by the miners in the asteroid group. These floating batteries are all remotely operated, and in order to prevent M-particles from indistinguishing between friend and foe, they are generally wired, directly connected to the command center, and operated by the battery operation team, or set an automatic attack mode to let the battery automatically fire at the target.

Finally one day, the phone on Chen Xiaomou's desk rang: "Hey, I'm Chen Xiaomou." ”

"Report to the chief, the Snow Hare is calling, there are Atlantic Federation escort destroyers following them, but they are not firing at them, presumably trying to find our base." A call from Private Erica Nelson, the little girl in charge of communications. Now most of the communication within the base is video communication, so the little girl's delicate little face appears on the screen. This can be regarded as Chen Xiaomou's bad taste, most of the CIC (Combat Information Center) in the general anime are little girls, but in reality, most of them are responsible for male soldiers. And Chen Xiaomou used his own strength to replace all CIC with girls, so that the young men who attacked could flirt and flirt before setting off to reduce pressure.

"It is estimated that this is just a preliminary reconnaissance, order the Gray Goose, if the enemy does not attack the Snow Hare, do not move, we must hide this trump card." Chen Xiaomou ordered.

"Yes" Private Erica Nelson saluted, immediately closed the communication and contacted the Grey Goose.

The Atlantic Federation ship never attacked, but followed the Snow Rabbit all the way to the asteroid swarm. Chen Xiaomou ordered the floating battery to open fire and drive the opponent away. Although he didn't mind letting the enemy know which constellation he was in, he still didn't want the opponent to know the exact location of the base. The ordinary electromagnetic cannon used by the battery fired several shots. The destroyer probably didn't think it needed to take too much risk and retreated.

After a few days, a fleet of 3 Balton-class heavy cruisers, 6 Wias-class light cruisers, and 10 destroyer frigates appeared within the meteorite zone where the base was located.

One of the ships was loaded with old friends, Lieutenant Colonel Brandt, and Major Taylor Carleton.