From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 416: Van Fleet Against the Military-Industrial Complex
"Then I will try to pick better spare parts." Under the persuasion of the workshop supervisor Will, Nadel struggled fiercely in his heart for a long time, and finally had to bow to reality.

After all, he did what Will said, and as long as there was no major problem with the machine, he would be fine too.

But if Will's method is not followed, the accumulated continuous production time of the entire workshop will be cleared, and the government inspection team will see rows of new HCPs full of production "defects".
Then he would lose his job immediately.

Thinking about his wife who had just given birth and was still weak and needed recuperation, and then thinking about his child who had just come into this world, Nadel didn't dare to imagine what would happen if he lost this job that the whole family depended on for survival.

When the workshop supervisor Will saw that Nadel finally agreed, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. If Nadel did not agree to do this, he really would not know what to do for a while.

Because Nadel is the production quality supervisor, all products produced on the assembly line he is responsible for must be inspected by him and approved at the work terminal before they can enter the next step of the factory delivery process.

In other words, as long as Nader does not give in, this batch of HCPs that have just come off the production line cannot be shipped away.

So Will now feels that although Nadel is a little stubborn, he is still reasonable after all.

He rummaged through the drawer of his desk, then pulled out a green chip and handed it to Nadel, who looked down and saw that it was a stored-value card from a large federal supermarket chain. There was a line of words printed on the chip - '500 credit points'.

"Don't make a fuss. Use it to buy some supplements and baby food, and stock up some other things for the house."

"Boss, I can't take this." Nadel was a little overwhelmed holding the chip. In his more than 20 years of working career, he had never received such a thing from a colleague - it was even given to him by his superior.

Moreover, the employee code of conduct of Boqi Heavy Industry also clearly prohibits these "little tricks" between employees, and if they are discovered, they will be severely punished.

"Take it, take it, just think of it as a personal gift from me!" Will pushed Nadel's hand, asked him to put the chip into his pocket, and then pushed him towards the office door.

"Remember, find a few people who are tight-lipped and reliable, and don't make this matter public."

"Yes, I understand."
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A week later, the government supervision team led by Lieutenant General Van Fleet arrived as scheduled.

When Will and Nadel saw Lieutenant General Van Fleet arriving outside the workshop gate, surrounded by the chairman of Bochi Heavy Industries and a large group of senior executives, they finally realized that the general might really have something.

Because in previous government supervision team inspections, Boqi Heavy Industries would at most send a few senior executives to accompany them. Today's scene of such a large group of senior executives was the first time.

Will and Nadel were not wrong in their guesses. Van Vleet really had something special, which made the executives of Boqi Heavy Industries feel like they were facing a formidable enemy.

It was unknown where this lieutenant general had gathered a group of experts from, and had them serve as consultants in his own supervision team. Then, when he was supervising the first military-industrial enterprise, he gave all other official enterprises a warning.

This unlucky company that won the first prize failed 90 out of a total of 85 inspection items after Van Fleet's team conducted an almost thorough inspection, which directly led to the federal government suspending all business with this company.

After the first shot was fired, the companies responsible for the production of various federal army equipment panicked.

They originally thought that this general who had suffered a great defeat on the front line was just sent to a logistics post to "retire", but no one expected that this guy was serious. And although Van Fleet had various problems, as a general who had been on the front line for a long time and especially liked to communicate with front-line soldiers, he was very familiar with the real equipment needs of the Federal Army.

So some military-industrial enterprises later wanted to fool him, but ended up being caught and made a public example.

Under such circumstances, the senior executives of Boqi Heavy Industries naturally felt like they were facing a formidable enemy when they learned that Van Fleet was coming with a supervisory team.

After seeing this scene, Will was proud of his decision in his heart. If those problematic products were still in the warehouse, he might be skinned after today.

Lieutenant General Van Fleet walked into the workshop accompanied by everyone. Although his expression was calm, he was actually in a bad mood recently.

Being assigned to the logistics supervision position was one thing, and being pissed off by various federal military-industrial enterprises was another. If he had not been in charge of the supervision work this time, Van Fleet would never have imagined that these private military-industrial enterprises had become so rotten.

The Boqi Heavy Industry workshop, where supervision and inspection work is currently being carried out, seems to have no problems at the moment, but Van Vliet felt a sense of oppression the moment he entered the workshop.

This feeling of oppression made him feel very uncomfortable, and also made him curious about the state of the workers here while working, and whether something would go wrong.

This feeling did not last until Van Vliet was listening to the introduction of the workshop staff, saw the leader of the production quality supervision team, Nadel, and realized that something was wrong with him. This made him completely certain that there was something wrong with Boqi Heavy Industry.

"What does this guy want to say to me?"

Van Vleet thought so in his mind, but he did not express it on the spot, because he knew that some things could not be said openly, so he decided not to alert the enemy first, and let his confidant try to contact him after the supervision was over.
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While Van Fleet was conducting supervision and inspection at Boqi Heavy Industries, the batch of 'Blade Mantis' HCPs previously produced by the general assembly workshop where Will and Nadel worked were also packaged and loaded onto the transport ship and shipped to the front line.

Some of these HCPs will serve as supplementary vehicles for deployed troops, while others will serve as vehicles for newly formed troops, which are established precisely to cope with the upcoming large-scale battles.

Ever since the Federation suffered a defeat in the Pella Galaxy, under the advice of Miller and Trafalgar, the Federation has been actively mobilizing various resources and manpower to prepare for a large-scale joint operation on the front line.

These two military "leaders" set three different goals for this large-scale operation.

The best goal is to achieve an unprecedented victory and lay the foundation for victory in the entire war.

The secondary goal is to hold the current front line and make the currently occupied imperial territory truly become the federal territory.

The worst goal is to kill a large number of the Star Dragon Empire's manpower, so that even if they win, it will be a "pyrrhic victory", and they will be unable to continue to launch a counterattack against the Federation, so that this war can enter the "negotiation table" stage.

This is why during this period, major federal military industrial enterprises have been producing various equipment like crazy, because the military orders can be said to be "time-tight and heavy-duty", requiring them to produce enough equipment, ammunition, and spare parts to be sent to the front line in a very limited time.

This also means that situations like Will and Nadel's do not only happen in this workshop, nor are they just special cases happening in Boqi Heavy Industry, but are a microcosm.

The long-slack federal military-industrial complex has revealed its rotten, dilapidated and obese body from the shadow of peace and prosperity.
(End of this chapter)