I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 721 - 619: Demand from National Defense

"Academician Chen, could you design a small Mobile Base that accommodates a company of soldiers equipped with Power Armor, Titan, armored vehicles, tanks, helicopters, and other carriers, possessing sufficient self-sustainability, capable of executing long-term missions behind enemy lines?" a military representative asked Chen Xin, which was a spontaneous idea he had. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

If it is possible to use a small Mobile Base-type carrier to transport a company-sized special task force, equipped with Power Armor, Titan, tanks, armored vehicles, helicopters, and other carriers, while possessing the ability to remain behind enemy lines for long periods, this would undoubtedly be highly attractive in warfare.

After all, deploying such a force deep into enemy territory can deal significant damage to the enemy, as long as it remains undiscovered.

Compared to the traditional use of special forces for sabotage behind enemy lines, this special task force with heavy weaponry and vehicle support could play a more substantial role.

However, after some consideration, Chen Xin shook his head and said, "Of course, it can be done, but there’s not much point! A small Mobile Base of this kind, no matter how small it is made, would still be the size of a large destroyer, and if it were deep within enemy territory, it would virtually be impossible to conceal.

Of course, considering the current environment, it does have certain practical value. After all, everyone has lost satellite reconnaissance capabilities, making hiding behind enemy lines not much of an issue. However, aren’t we currently facing aliens? Do we need to use these against them?"

"No, no, Academician Chen, you misunderstood." The military representative quickly shook his head upon hearing Chen Xin’s words, explaining to him, "This small Mobile Base was indeed conceived to place soldiers behind enemy lines, but what the military currently needs it more for is small-scale troop movements."

Upon hearing the military representative’s words, Chen Xin was somewhat puzzled, which made him look toward the other party, waiting for an explanation.

"Believe me, Academician Chen, the harshness of the current environment needs no explanation from me for you to understand; the cold climate and harsh environment are now enemies we must face." Chen Xin originally thought the military representative would explain the future intended use of this small Mobile Base, but instead, the other party discussed the environment: "The coastline is frozen, the entire country is frozen, and the original border outposts are all buried under ice and snow; naval vessels were also frozen by disasters before the tsunami. In this situation, our military cannot patrol or protect the national border.

Although no one can cross the border in this environment, the snowfields where people can be seen are hundreds of kilometers away, our national border must not be neglected, even if there isn’t a demand, we still need to maintain border patrols.

Especially at sea, the alien creatures from Europe invaded from the Mediterranean, possibly related to the location of the meteorite impact, but no one can rule out the invasion of these alien creatures being water-related, so the military is currently trying to restart maritime patrols and border patrols.

But you know, Academician Chen, the environment is too terrible, even with equipment like Power Armor and Exoskeleton Protective Suit, it is challenging for our soldiers to conduct field patrols in the current environment.

If the entire Blue Planet were still under darkness that perhaps wouldn’t be too much of a problem, but now since our country’s environment has changed, especially since we have sunlight again, neighboring countries are inevitably coveting our country’s territory.

Even if the environment hasn’t changed much, living in the sunlight and living in the darkness are completely different survival states, these neighboring countries will absolutely not pass up the opportunity to live in the sunlight, so we must strengthen our border defenses!"

The officer’s words helped Chen Xin understand his thoughts.

He knowingly nodded, picking up the officer’s conversation and continued, "But aside from the harsh environment, we still need to fight alien creatures, which engages most of the nation’s and your military’s power and energy, making it impossible for the military to dispatch more manpower for border patrols and national border lines, not to mention a virtually non-existent maritime defense.

At this time, I brought out the Mobile Base and land carriers, you probably had plans before to use the Mobile Base to reconstruct boundary line defenses, it was just that at that time the military still had enough capacity to cope, so the demand for the Mobile Base wasn’t particularly high, you planned to take your time.

But now, on one hand, we are at war with aliens, on the other hand, our country has sunlight again, greatly increasing its attraction to outside forces, in this situation, the military’s demand for boundary line defense has also intensified.

So you hope to have a mobile outpost that can be stationed at a point, simultaneously covering a large surrounding area; it also possesses certain combat capabilities, can detect enemy invasions, and can withstand an attack or delay the enemy’s advance for a period, providing time for large troop movements, am I right?"

"That’s roughly the idea. We originally just wanted a Mobile Base, but now, Academician Chen, you’ve presented 3D printing technology, which is incredibly useful!" The military representative at this point looked towards the 3D printing equipment beside them, appearing very excited, and said to Chen Xin: "With this, even if our soldiers are stationed in desolate places, they can receive sufficient logistical support. As long as enough blueprints are inputted, they can build a whole base themselves!

As a result, as long as they establish three to five strongholds around themselves and then roam with the Mobile Base, it is enough to ensure the actual control of a large area, which is extremely useful for our country now!"

This conversation with the military representative helped Chen Xin understand their needs.

This is not something difficult for Chen Xin to accomplish, and the requirements put forward by the military representative are also urgently needed at the moment by the country.

So Chen Xin did not reject this but simply said to the military representative: "You need smaller Mobile Bases, that’s no problem. However, I need you to provide more detailed requirements, such as how many people it needs to accommodate, how many people’s supplies it needs to bear, how long its self-sustainability needs to be, and what equipment it needs to be fitted with...

These issues all need to be confirmed by you; once you’ve confirmed all these requirements and provided them to me, I’ll then design accordingly.

This task is not difficult; smaller Mobile Bases are easier to handle than larger ones. For now, let’s handle the land carriers and support for the European Battlefield first."

The military representative did not oppose hearing Chen Xin’s words, nodded, and then left.