I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 665 - 563 Logistics

Will the war last a long time? Chen Xin was not sure about this, but he felt at least it was necessary to prepare for a protracted war.

Moreover, developing corrosion-resistant armor, even if the armor is completed after the war ends and becomes useless, can still serve as a technical reserve and not go to waste.

What's more, Chen Xin, who felt he had systematic assistance, did not believe that developing a corrosion-resistant armor would have to wait until the war was over.

After tasks were assigned, the researchers under Chen Xin did not waste any time and quickly started research and development work on anti-corrosion coatings and corrosion-resistant armor.

Chen Xin himself also participated in the process and started the design of a new model Titan.

At this time, the entire Dome City was already running efficiently, with various tasks being conducted in an orderly manner. Although Chen Xin still had many things to handle, after entrusting most of the work to Tang Tang, he could focus most of his energy on the design of the new Titan.

The widespread application and field testing of the universal model Titan on the battlefield allowed this model to have a prominent showing, but also exposed many problems.

Firstly, just like the Iron Cross's zoo in the old days, although indeed advanced and useful, the maintenance of the Titan remains a troublesome matter.

Up until now, the entire war zone only had the Titan maintenance chambers left by the original Research Center and the Titan Training Base to provide comprehensive Titan maintenance services; other regions could only set up temporary repair points for simple repairs like resupplying ammunition and replacing consumables.

However, this level of maintenance obviously can't guarantee the usage of Titans on the battlefield.

Running out of ammunition is quite common in the battlefields against alien creatures, after all, when a swarm of alien sub-creatures like locusts comes at you, the only thing you can do is either turn and run or pull the trigger without letting go, sending all the bullets in the chamber out.

But aside from replenishing ammunition, the biggest problems for Titans are still the wear and tear of external armor and joint parts.

The issue of joint parts wear was exposed the first time Chen Xin took Titans to the Southwest Region for disaster relief.

He tried to solve this issue and indeed made a lot of improvements, replacing parts with better quality ones, adjusting the structural design, trying to minimize wear...

However, these parts are still easy to damage under high-intensity use, albeit this is relative to other parts.

So, in a previous improvement, Chen Xin and the researchers simply designed these parts to be easily detachable and replaceable, so once damaged to a certain extent, the whole part could be directly removed and replaced with a new one.

The old parts won't be discarded either; the worn-out parts can be repaired while other intact parts can be reused.

But the work of replacing damaged parts requires professional technicians to execute and also needs specialized facilities.

Previously, since there weren't many Titans in use and not in a combat mission with such high-intensity, almost all Titans were concentrated at the Titan Training Base and the Research Center, overall, two maintenance points were entirely sufficient.

But now, with the fierce battles on the battlefield and Titans having heavy combat tasks daily, drivers can rest most of the time while the body is maintained and then swap out for new personnel to continue.

While this maintains the number of Titans on the battlefield and ensures that there are enough Titans to fight, it results in wear and tear that is much higher than normal usage.

The consumption of replacement parts is enormous, and many recoverable and reusable parts that have been replaced can only be sent to the training base and the Research Center, which has now become the headquarters, for restocking, which undoubtedly affects Titan maintenance efficiency greatly.

Therefore, Chen Xin intends to adopt a more maintenance-friendly design in the new Titan designs, not only making parts easier to replace but also allowing simple front-line repair points to complete Titan maintenance, reducing its reliance on logistics.

Although up to now, Titans' performance on the battlefield can in no way be described as "over-reliant" on logistics. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

The real key reason causing such maintenance challenges is because Titans are a new equipment still in the stabilization, development, and trial use stages; they haven't been massively equipped in the military or used extensively, thus there hasn't been a complete logistics support system established yet.

It is precisely because of all these factors that has led to Titans performing excellently on the battlefield but facing great difficulties in maintenance logistics.

In fact, for modern warfare, it is no longer about competing with numbers or territories or relying on a battle victory for the overall war win.

What truly decides the victory of a modern war is more about logistics, even as far back as the Napoleonic era, the key to military victory had already shifted to whether logistic support could succeed.

This point, even on the battlefield against alien creatures, is also evident.

In fact, from the comparative perspective of the combat capabilities of both sides, although the human army does not have the advantage in individual strength, the military power and various advanced weapons mastered by humans are enough to beat the alien creatures completely.

However, the speed at which alien creatures replenish their sub-bodies far exceeds that of humans replenishing equipment consumption on the battlefield.

Humans can take a week to make a bomb and transport it to the battlefield to kill a bunch of alien creatures, but during that week, alien creatures can hatch more new sub-bodies than the bomb can kill and send them onto the battlefield.

This is the most straightforward comparison of logistical supply capabilities between humans and alien creatures at present.

Therefore, for Chen Xin, the design of the new Titan must consider whether the logistics can keep up and whether the country's production capacity can meet the needs of mass production.

Besides, another crucial point is compatibility.

The new Titan design needs time. While Chen Xin will quickly be able to come up with a suitable design plan, arranging production, equipping the front line, and forming combat capabilities all need time. Before that, it is undoubtedly necessary to produce the original universal Titan in large quantities.

And this will lead to the military being equipped with more of the original universal Titan once the new Titan is designed.

If there are significant differences in piloting, parts used for maintenance, or repair methods between the two types of Titans, it will certainly cause various usage issues to arise.

Although not insurmountable, as the designer, having thought of these problems means they should try to avoid their occurrence.