Ye pointed to the officers who were thinking below and asked Smith: "Are there any officers responsible for engineering construction among the people below?"

Smith nodded, pointed to a lieutenant sitting next to the ugly captain and said, "Lt. Lafel Scott, responsible for engineering construction, has a platoon of engineering soldiers under his command, and is the only engineering unit at our base."

"Okay, thank you." After Ye thanked him, he turned around and walked towards the lieutenant, leaving behind Smith and Richard with confusion.

"Lt. Lafel." Ye came to Lieutenant Lafel and said with a smile, "Are you the only engineering unit in charge of our base?"

"Sir." The lieutenant who looked only in his twenties and had a messy brown hair stood up and saluted, "Yes, I am in charge of the engineering army. Do you need my help if you have anything to do? In my ability, I will do my best to help you, sir."

Ye replied a greeting, patted the lieutenant on the shoulder and signaled him to sit down, and said, "I need you to build three more defensive turrets and three watchtowers in the base within one day. Can it be completed?"

The lieutenant said without thinking: "It's impossible, sir."

After hearing the negative answer, Ye couldn't help but frown and asked, "Is it difficult, Lieutenant?"

"Yes, sir. Although we have abundant resources at this moment, because my soldiers lack heavy construction machinery, it seems that we can complete a turret in one day, thankfully." The lieutenant didn't want to offend the young man in front of him, but he told him that he had to tell the truth.

"I understand, Lieutenant." Ye Shi knew about the situation at Base 209. The only thing that was calculated in the base was a small truck crane. This piece of equipment was just a good fit for mobile mecha ammunition. But it was used to build a turret, as if it could not even lift a barrel.

"But, sir." The lieutenant saw Ye's expression of disappointment, and finally plucked up the courage to whisper, "If we can get the help of the mecha troops, there are only three turrets, and I can build them too. Just..."

In the army, pilots are usually unwilling to use mechas to transport things. Most pilots think this is an insult to their closest comrades and mechas. It is precisely for this reason that Lieutenant Lafel stutters. The night in front of him is the strongest pilot, and in his opinion, the leader of the pilot.

But to Rafre's surprise, Ye's face did not show a slight look of anger, but instead a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, saying, "Can you build three turrets? Why didn't you say it earlier? Haha. There is no problem asking for mecha assistance, Lieutenant. I will arrange it for you immediately. If they don't agree, I will kick them in the ass." After Ye said that, he threw down Lafre, who looked in disbelief, and turned to the podium in the briefing room.

Ye, who was standing on the podium, clapped his hands, focused everyone's attention and said, "Everyone here, I heard many people complaining about the command of the command, haha, I can understand this mood. But what I want to say is that since things have happened now and the command of the command has been issued and executed, there is no need for us to argue here whether this command is correct or not. What we need to consider now is how to defend our base before our army restores its combat capabilities."

When he heard Ye's words, the gang of officers below nodded like chickens pecking at rice. The officers of some combat units were out of almost blind trust in Ye, while the officers of some logistics units had to rely on Ye.

"Sir, we support your decision." Captain Maich and Lieutenant Sen made a statement on behalf of all the combatants, and then Captain Brista and Captain Guy also expressed their support for Ye.

"Okay, I'll order now." Ye glanced at the pilots sitting on the left side of the briefing room and said, "From now on, all the mecha troops will cooperate with Lieutenant Lavre to build a defensive turret."

Ye's order immediately caused a commotion among the pilots. Then Captain Maich was elected by the pilots and came to Ye with a tough bullet and said, "Sir, this is not good. You also know that the role of the defense turret plays a very small role in real battles, so why not build it."

The captain avoided the topic of the pilot's unwillingness to use the mecha to carry things, because using that as an excuse means denying the previous words that supported Ye, which was something that all pilots did not want to see. So the clever captain turned to describe the shortcomings of defending the turret and wanted Ye to give up the idea of ​​building the turret.

But to his disappointment, Ye said to him in a very firm tone: "Captain, our troops cannot be mobilized at this moment, and the imperial troops on the front line are eyeing us. Our situation is very dangerous, so I must do all my resources and build more fortifications in this base. I know that the function of a defensive turret may not be a commando, or even a mecha, but can we get reinforcements from mechas now? No, we can join a mammoth

The reinforcements were not available. In the warehouse of this base, except for a large number of Imperial mecha parts that we cannot use, there were only six 280mm howitzer barrels. Because of this, I wanted to build a turret. But we have no equipment to lift the gun barrels here. The giant crane used by the Empire has been completely destroyed by us and cannot be repaired. In our base, the only ones that can move the gun barrels are mechas, so I asked you to help Lieutenant Lafel. Do you understand?"

Ye's words made many pilots a little shaken, but they remained silent. No one was willing to be the first to support Ye's behavior that almost subverted all pilot creeds. Suddenly, a strange silence appeared in the entire briefing room.

Richard, who was standing behind Ye, suddenly took a deep breath, walked to Ye, and said, "Sir, I only represent myself, support your ideas and are willing to cooperate with Lieutenant Lafel's actions."

Richard's words made Joe and Smith unhappy. The three of them rushed to Richard immediately. Joe shouted: "Captain. How could you do that?"

Richard smiled bitterly and said to Joe: "Didn't I just express my opinion on my behalf? I did not agree to the commando's request in the name of the commando."

"That's why we said how could you do that?" Smith shook his eyes at Richard. "When we formed the commando, we said we would never leave each other. How could you leave me and Joe? If you want to agree, we have to agree together."

After saying that, Joe and Smith also saluted Ye: "The Snow Night Duke Commando is willing to cooperate with Lieutenant Laffle to complete the turret construction mission."

Someone took the lead, and Hongyun's most famous ace commando, the pilots below expressed their willingness to help Lafel complete the construction mission. This made Lafel quite moved. After all, it was almost impossible to kneel down and beg these pilots to help transport something.

"Okay. The preliminary task is to build the turret and the watchtower. Let's try to complete the construction of three turrets and three watchtowers in one day. However, all mechas involved in the construction must carry a certain amount of ammunition just in case. During the construction period, the warning task outside the base will be handed over to Captain Brista and Lieutenant Sen." Ye Ru said with relief. He was afraid that some of the pilots in the inner circle could not turn, so he felt relieved.

"I understand, sir." The three people named stood up and took the order immediately.

"As for the logistics department, haha, just don't let our people get heatstroke." Ye said to some logistics officers who seemed to have nothing to do.

"I understand, sir. I promise with my life that a soldier will not fall down because of our dereliction of duty." Captain Guy immediately promised loudly when he saw Ye talking to himself.

"Then I'll bother you. Okay, please give me a plan for base defense before 8 o'clock tonight. Let's start working now. The imperialists won't wait until we've all done it before attacking us. They may come out of the horizon at this time, anywhere." Ye pointed to the west and called everyone back to organize the manpower.

"Thank you, Richard." After seeing everyone leaving, Ye turned around and said to the Germanic man standing behind him. If he had not stood up to support Ye, it seemed that the cold situation would have continued at that time. In that case, Ye would not be able to get out of the stage.

"Nothing. Your decision is right. We don't need to put our lives on the edge of the cliff in order to make some inexplicable creeds." Richard curled his lips slightly and waved his hand to indicate that this was what he should do.

"But the captain is not kind." Qiao smiled and put on Richard's shoulder. "He actually left Smith and I and flattered the chief alone."

Smith also smiled and put it on Richard's shoulder and said, "Captain, your behavior deeply hurts Joe and me, so next time I go back to Tris..." Here Smith deliberately paused, blinked at Joe, and Joe also blinked to him to say that he received it.

"Please go to the Federation Star once." The three of them said in unison. This was probably the first time that the three of them were so united.

"What? I'm very poor." Hearing his subordinates blackmailed himself to the Federal Star, Richard's face immediately pulled down and looked at Ye for help.

Ye's heart was always soft, and he immediately rescued Richard and said, "When I go back, I will try to ask Joe to invite you to a meal, a big meal."

"Long live, you can't be sir." Joe and Smith immediately changed their target, and Richard's eyes also lit up. Joe and General are his idol, the real idol!

The base 209 is now in full swing, and all the soldiers are mobilized to work hard for the base's more solid defense. Of course, except for the guys who are arranged to work on night shifts, because they must force themselves to fall asleep now, so that they can replace their colleagues who have worked for twelve hours at night and devote themselves to the construction of the base.

As a temporary commander, Ye also began to inspect the base and supervise the progress of the engineering soldiers in the interior. The guy hid in the shadow of the building and walked towards the first turret construction site.

In the morning, soldiers always wear hats, protective glasses and masks when traveling in the desert. Otherwise, the dust splashed in the war machine when it moves, so that soldiers will die of suffocation due to inhalation of too much dust. This way of death is not glorious. In addition to the heat and dust in the desert, there is another non-fatal damage that will cause a large amount of non-combat attrition, that is sunlight. In the new colonies, people on the ground usually call their stars the sun, which is a kind of nostalgic recollection for their origin. Although in the universe, people still call the real name of the stars. Sunlight can bring vitality to all things, but in the red cloud desert, sunlight

Light brings the pain of blindness. The soldiers' eyes are not like the monitor device of the mecha, which can automatically adjust the brightness of the image. Therefore, when soldiers go out, they must wear light black protective glasses, otherwise their fragile eyes will be hurt by the reflections of the desert. If they tilt their necks and let the sunlight penetrate their eyes, then people with bad luck will temporarily blind due to strong light, and people with good luck will also have a brief sense of dizziness. As for the ratio between good luck, it is about one to two. At least three guys who do not wear protective glasses are sent to the medical room, and then they are teased as fools by their colleagues around them.

Ye, who has been wearing a pilot's helmet, is the first time he wears protective goggles. Compared with the expensive and lightweight pilot helmet, this desert goggles seem a bit large and quite inconvenient. In the dark, you have to manually lift up the sunglasses. This is much worse than the light intensity of the pilot helmet that automatically recognizes the external light intensity and chooses the light and darkness of the protective glass. However, if the Federation can equip all soldiers with equipment like the pilot helmet, the money spent will probably increase the value of all members of the parliament ten times.

"Huh, it's time to go back to the hangar to get his helmet." Ye muttered while putting down his sunglasses. However, Ye, who came to the turret construction site, was immediately attracted by the scene in front of him.

It has to be admitted that mechas have too advantages in construction than ordinary construction tools. Compared with ordinary cranes, the mechas appear to be more flexible and accurate, and are less affected by the environment. After watching the turret at 177 base construction at night, a crane required at least ten ground crew members to assist on the ground. Because of the stability of the crane steel cable, the bulky gun barrel is very susceptible to strong winds in the air. As a result, the ground engineering commander had to suspend operations. A group of people immediately stayed away from the scene and watched the gun barrel swing back and forth in the air, for fear that the steel cable would not be able to break with force and smash such a large steel pillar to the ground. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!