"This transformation really expanded the interior space quite a lot!" The officer and Chen Xin entered the Mobile Base together, and seeing the obviously widened interior space, couldn’t help but express their most direct admiration.

"After removing some unnecessary structures, the available internal space naturally increased significantly, and making the space a bit more spacious is just the inevitable result of optimizing the structure." In response to the compliment, Chen Xin offered a polite remark, then brought up another issue: "These two Mobile Bases have been remodeled and can be taken back, but each requires at least fifteen people to operate. Do we have enough personnel with us?"

For this question, the officer was quite confident: "Since we considered bringing back three land cruisers when we arrived, we assigned twenty members to each land cruiser, each from the tank crew of the armored units, so they can definitely drive these back."

For the previous land cruiser, the officer didn’t have too many ideas about bringing it back, but now that Chen Xin had transformed it into a Mobile Base, its significance was entirely different, hence it was natural to drive these freshly baked Mobile Bases back.

The two continued to explore inside the Mobile Base while the officer also asked Chen Xin some questions about the Mobile Base.

"Academician Chen, what are the main functions of this Mobile Base? Where can it be used?" This was the officer’s most concerned question because such a large piece of equipment certainly wasn’t intended to be used as a mere transport vehicle.

"Currently, these two are blank slate models, that is, prototypes without specialized functions. At present, they mainly have limited functions like helicopter landing and maintenance, rapid ground and air deployment of action groups, logistical support, combat command, and fire support," Chen Xin said as they reached the common space in the crew cabin, pulling out a chair to sit down while projecting a three-dimensional image of the Mobile Base onto the table for the officer to see more clearly.

In the projection, Chen Xin simulated the process of an all-terrain transport vehicle quickly deploying an action team under the cover of an all-terrain vehicle, as well as the landing and takeoff of helicopters and vertical take-off fighter jets.

Seeing this, the officer nodded knowingly. These are very practical functions, and for a Mobile Base vehicle, having such features is indeed worth the price.

In fact, the Mobile Base is quite similar to an amphibious assault ship equipped by the navy, only much smaller. Whether in tonnage or length, it falls short by a lot.

However, functionally speaking, the two are quite similar, both having quick support and deployment capabilities.

But compared to the navy’s ships that are often tens of thousands of tons heavy, the Mobile Base is undoubtedly much lighter and more flexible, making it easier to deploy and use.

To the officer, this type of large land vehicle is not intended for transportation use but to carry action groups for rapid deployment via helicopter.

The civilian model could be specially modified, turning the hangar and crew cabin into a hospital, achieving regional rapid rescue through the onboard helicopters and ambulances, which would be very useful for earthquake disaster relief.

While the military version could carry armed helicopters and combat teams, transforming into a regional combat support platform that could also serve as a mobile operation center, enhancing firepower to provide fire and logistical support for regional combat.

On the battlefield, having such a center that can rapidly deploy special forces and armed helicopters at any time can certainly ensure regional control effectively.

Chen Xin did not forget to inform the officer about the Mobile Base’s missile carrying capability, which further made the officer feel that the Mobile Base was an appealing piece of equipment for the military.

Yet, the mobility of the Mobile Base and the difficulty of deployment somewhat reduced its practicality.

After all, even though it is supported by six tank chassis with twelve tracks to ensure its movement speed and not crush the road surface, this couldn’t hide the fact that it weighs more than two hundred tons when empty after Chen Xin’s remodeling.

According to Chen Xin’s estimation, the full-loaded weight of the Mobile Base could reach over three hundred tons not including the vehicles.

When accounting for helicopters, all-terrain transport vehicles, and the spare parts, fuel, and ammunition prepared for them, the total weight could exceed four hundred tons, approaching five hundred tons.

This is an astonishing weight for the army. If it weren’t for Suyia’s initial design of the land cruiser using a cannon base, particularly enhancing the load-bearing capacity and support structure, and Chen Xin’s deliberate improvements to the load-bearing system during upgrades, three to five hundred tons of weight would be enough to collapse any road surface.

However, even so, such a heavy Mobile Base can only move on relatively solid ground. In the current extreme cold environment, although the snow is solidly frozen and can support this vehicle, it certainly cannot be driven about wildly at will.

Thus, how to use the Mobile Base and transport it to the needed area is a crucial question.

Generally, speaking, this kind of Mobile Base itself does not belong to the rapid deployment equipment type. It can be transported in parts to the area where it needs to be assembled, or it can be produced and driven to where it is needed.

Although the latter is indeed a maddeningly slow process, if deployed by region once done, the rapid support capability of such a Mobile Base is still considerable.

"According to my vision, this could be used as a disaster relief command center, though it overlaps and is somewhat similar to the Airbag Ark in functionality and lacks the rapid deployment capability of the Airbag Ark, it also has advantages the Airbag Ark does not possess." Chen Xin seemed interested, discussing the utilization of the Mobile Base with the officer: "If we can transform the Mobile Base into a mobile hospital, by deploying it to the disaster area, we can quickly provide aid and treatment, saving more lives."

"That may be true, but the movement speed of this Mobile Base..." The officer chuckled wryly, tilting his head: "After all, this is a several hundred tons thing, making it drive itself to the disaster area would be quite the slow affair."

"That is indeed a problem..." Chen Xin also nodded in acknowledgment, but still said: "According to my design, the Mobile Base’s theoretical mobility speed in conventional circumstances can reach 30km/h, and in a fully loaded extreme state 50km/h. As a Mobile Base, this speed is sufficient, and it’s nuclear-powered, so there’s no need to worry about stopping.

As for the quick deployment problem... have we obtained the data on the Suyia’s Mi-12 helicopter from back then?"