Night pointed to the officers below who were thinking, and asked Smith, "Among the people below, are there any officers in charge of engineering construction?" ”

Smith nodded, and pointed affirmatively to a lieutenant sitting next to the ugly captain, "Lovell. Lieutenant Scott, who is in charge of engineering construction, has a platoon of engineers under his command, and is the only engineering unit in our base. ”

"Okay, thank you." After thanking the night, he turned and walked towards the lieutenant, leaving Smith and Richard with confused expressions on their faces.

"Lieutenant Laffel." Night came to Lieutenant Ravel and said with a smile, "May I ask if you are in charge of the only engineering unit in our base?" ”

"Sir." The lieutenant, who looked to be in his twenties and had messy brown hair, immediately stood up and saluted, "Yes, I'm in charge of the engineering corps, do you need my help with anything?" I will do everything in my power to help you, sir. ”

Night returned the salute, patted the lieutenant on the shoulder and motioned for him to sit down, and then said, "I need you to build three more defensive turrets and three watchtowers in the base in one day, can you finish it?" ”

Without even thinking about it, the lieutenant said, "No, sir." ”

After hearing the negative answer, Night's brows couldn't help but furrow, and asked, "Is it difficult, Lieutenant?" ”

"Yes, sir. Although we have abundant resources at this time, my soldiers lack heavy construction machinery. In one day, it seems like we were able to complete a turret and thank goodness. The lieutenant didn't want to offend the young man in front of him, but duty told him he had to tell the truth.

"Understood, Lieutenant." The night is to know the situation of the 209 base. The only building equipment in the base is a small truck crane. This piece of equipment is okay with mobile mech ammo. But to build a turret, it seems that it can't even lift a barrel.

"But, sir." The lieutenant saw the look of disappointment on Yeman's face, and finally mustered up the courage to whisper, "If we can get the help of the mecha troops, I can build three turrets." It's just..."

In the military, pilots are usually reluctant to use mechs to carry things. Most pilots saw this as an insult to their closest comrade-in-arms, the mech. It is for this reason that Lieutenant Ravel is the strongest pilot in front of him, and in his opinion he is the leader of the pilots.

However, to Ravel's surprise, there was no trace of a slightly angry look on Ye's face, but a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he said, "Can you build three turrets?" Why didn't you say it earlier, hehe. There's no problem with mechs to assist, Lieutenant. I'll arrange it for you right away. If they don't agree, I'll kick them in the ass. After saying that, he left Ravel with a look of disbelief. Turn and walk to the podium in the briefing room.

Ye, who was standing on the podium, clapped his hands, concentrated everyone's attention, and said: "Everyone present, I heard many people complaining about the orders of the command in front of me, hehe, I can understand this feeling. But I would like to say that since this has happened, and the order of the High Command has been issued and executed, there is no need for us to argue here about the correctness of this order. What we need to consider now is how to defend our base until our army recovers its combat capability. ”

Hearing the words of the night, the group of officers below nodded like chickens pecking rice. The officers of some of the inner combat units had an almost blind trust in the night, while the officers of the inner logistics units had to rely on the night.

"Sir, we support your decision." Captain Mickey and Lieutenant Sen spoke on behalf of all the combatants, and then Captain Brista and Captain Guy also expressed their support for Night.

"Okay, I'll give you the order." After glancing at the pilots sitting on the left side of the briefing room, Night said, "From this point on, all the mech units will cooperate with Lieutenant Ravel to build defensive turrets. ”

Night's order immediately caused a commotion among the pilots, and then Captain Mickey was elected by the pilots, and came to Night's face with a hard head, saying, "Sir, this is not good. As you know, defensive turrets play a very small role in real combat, so you might as well not build them. ”

The captain avoided the topic of pilots' reluctance to use mechs to carry things, because using that as an excuse would be tantamount to negating the previous words in support of Night, which all pilots did not want to see. So the clever captain turned to describe the shortcomings of the defensive turret, trying to discourage the night from building a turret.

But to his disappointment, Ye said to him in a very resolute tone: "Captain, our troops cannot be mobilized at this time, and the Imperial troops on the front line are eyeing us. Our situation is dangerous, so I have to build as many fortifications as I can in this base. I know that a defensive turret may not be useful for a commando, or even a mech, but can we get mech reinforcements now? No, we don't even get reinforcements from a mammoth. And in the warehouse of this base, in addition to a large number of Imperial mech parts that we don't need, there are only six 280mm howitzer barrels, which is why I built the turret. However, we simply don't have the equipment to lift the barrel here, and the giant crane used by the Empire in the past has been completely destroyed by us and cannot be repaired. The only thing in our base that can move the barrel is the mech, which is why I asked you to help Lieutenant Ravel, do you understand? ”

Night's words shook many pilots, but they remained silent, and no one was willing to be the first to support Night's actions that had subverted almost all pilots' creeds. All of a sudden, there was an eerie silence in the entire briefing room.

Richard, who was standing behind the night, suddenly took a deep breath, walked up to the night, and said, "Sir, on behalf of myself, I support your ideas and am willing to cooperate with Lieutenant Ravel's actions. ”

Richard's words made Joe and Smith unhappy, and the three of them immediately rushed to Richard, and Joe said loudly, "Captain." How can you do that. ”

Richard smiled wryly at Joe and said, "Didn't I just speak on my own behalf?" and did not agree to the commander's request in the name of the commando. ”

"That's why we said how could you do that." Smith squeezed his eyes at Richard. "When we formed the commando team, we said that we would never give up, how could you leave me and Joe behind? If you want to say yes, you need a commando team to say yes together. ”

After saying that, Joe and Smith also saluted the night: "The Duke of Snowy Night commando team is willing to cooperate with Lieutenant Ravel to complete the turret construction task. ”

Someone took the lead, and it was Red Cloud's most famous ace commando team who took the lead, and the pilots below also expressed their willingness to help Raffle complete the construction task. This made Raphor feel quite moved, after all, in normal times, it is almost impossible to kneel down and beg these pilots to help deliver something.

"Alright. The first task was to build turrets and watchtowers. We tried to complete the construction of three turrets and three watchtowers in one day. However, all mechs involved in the construction must carry a certain amount of ammo, just in case. During the construction period, the guard duty on the perimeter of the base was handed over to Captain Brista, Lieutenant Sen. Ye said with a sigh of relief, he was originally afraid that some pilots inside would not be able to turn around, but he could rest assured at this time.

"Understood, sir." The three people who were named immediately stood up and took orders.

"As for the logistics department, hehe, don't let our people suffer from heat stroke." Night said to the logistics officer who seemed to have nothing to do.

"Understood, sir. I pledge with my life that not a single soldier will fall because of our negligence. "See the night and talk to yourself. Captain Guy immediately assured loudly.

"Then I'm sorry for you. Alright, ladies and gentlemen, please give me a plan for the defense of the base by eight o'clock tonight. Let's get to work. The Empires don't wait for us to be all done before attacking us, they may be on the horizon here and there at any time. Night pointed to the west and beckoned everyone to go back and organize their men.

"Thank you, Richard." After seeing everyone leave, Night turned to the Germans who were standing behind him. If he hadn't stepped forward to support Ye, it seemed that the cold scene at that time would have continued, and in that case, Ye Ke wouldn't have been able to get off the stage.

"Nothing. Your decision is right, there is no need for us to put our lives on the edge of a cliff for the sake of some inexplicable creed. The corners of Richard's mouth hooked slightly, and he waved his hand to indicate that this was what he should do.

"But the captain is not kind." Joe grinned and put his hand on Richard's shoulder, "Actually left me and Smith and slapped the chief's ass alone." ”

Smith also smiled and put his hand on Richard's other shoulder, and said, "Captain, your behavior has deeply broken my hearts and Joe's hearts, so next time I go back to Tris..." Here Smith paused deliberately and winked at Joe, and Joe also winked to indicate that he had received it.

"Let's go to the Federation Star once, please." The three of them said in unison, this is probably the first time that the three of them are so united.

"What? I'm poor. Hearing that his subordinates blackmailed him to go to the Federal Star, Richard's face immediately pulled down, and he cast a plea look at the night for help.

Night's heart has always been very soft, and he immediately relieved Richard: "After I go back, I will try to let Qiao Jia treat you to a meal, a big meal." ”

"Hooray, sir, you can't settle the bill." Joe and Smith immediately shifted their targets, and Richard's eyes lit up, Joe and General are his idols, real idols!

Base 209 was in full swing at this time, and all the soldiers were mobilized to work for a more solid defense of the base. Except, of course, for those who were assigned to work the night shift, because they had to force themselves to fall asleep at this time, so that they could be replaced by their colleagues who had been working twelve hours at night and devote themselves to the construction of the base.

As the temporary commander, the night also began to inspect the base and supervise the progress of some of the engineers inside. The guy hid in the shadow of the building and walked towards the first turret site.

In the desert, the soldiers wore hats, protective goggles and masks when they traveled in the morning, or the sand and dust splashed by the movement of some war machines would cause the soldiers to suffocate to death by inhaling too much dust, which is a disgraceful way of death. In addition to the extreme heat and dust in the desert, there is another non-lethal damage that causes a lot of non-combat attrition, and that is Daylight. In the new colonies, people on the ground also commonly refer to their stars as the sun, a nostalgic nostalgic place for their birthplace, although in the universe, people still call their stars by their real names. Daylight can bring life to all things, but in the Red Cloud Desert, daylight brings the pain of blindness. The soldiers' eyes are not like the monitor devices of the mechs, which can automatically adjust the brightness of the image. Therefore, when the soldiers go out, they must wear light black protective goggles, otherwise the fragile eyes will be pierced by the reflection of the desert, in case the neck is tilted to let the sunlight pierce the eyes, then the unlucky people will be temporarily blinded by the strong light, and the lucky people will also have a temporary feeling of vertigo. As for the ratio of good and bad luck, it was about one to two, and at least three of the three guys who didn't wear protective goggles were sent to the infirmary, and then teased as fools by their colleagues around them.

I have been wearing a pilot's helmet at night, but it is the first time to wear protective goggles, compared with the expensive, lightweight pilot's helmet, this kind of desert protective goggles seems a bit large, and quite inconvenient, when in the dark you have to manually lift the sunglasses, compared to the pilot's helmet automatically recognizes the intensity of external light and chooses the brightness of the protective glasses. However, if the Federation could equip all soldiers with equipment similar to the pilot's helmet, the cost of money would not be enough to sell all the councillors tenfold.

"Whew, it's time to go back to the hangar and get the helmet for once." Night muttered as she put her sunglasses down. However, when he arrived at the turret construction site, he was immediately attracted by the scene in front of him.

I have to admit that the mecha is too advantageous in terms of construction compared to ordinary construction tools. Compared to ordinary cranes, mechs are more agile and precise, and less affected by the environment. I saw the 177 base building turret at night, when a crane needed at least ten ground crews to assist in putting the gun barrel into place. Because of the stability of the crane's steel cable, the bulky barrel is very susceptible to desert winds in the air, and as a result, the ground engineering commander can only suspend the operation due to strong winds. A group of people immediately stayed away from the scene, watching the cannon barrel swing back and forth in the air, for fear that the steel cable would not be able to break under the force and smash such a large steel pillar to the ground. (To be continued......)