Interstellar Soldier

Chapter 442 Negligence
When he came to the bottom of the fortification and saw the scene, Carlson's mood calmed down.

The engineering officers and soldiers did not slack off, nor did they lie.The progress of the project was much slower than expected, and the responsibility was not on anyone else, but on Carlson.

Simply put, Carlson didn't think carefully when arranging the tasks.

That is, the location for the construction of the fortification is not ideal.A huge pothole appeared at the bottom of the fortification, and the bottom could not be seen at all, which caused the foundation of the fortification to be unstable, which affected the subsequent construction, and even had to be overthrown and restarted.You know, this is a military fortification, not a civilian facility.Besides, even for civilian facilities, unstable foundations will also cause quality problems.If the legion suffers serious losses in battle due to poor construction quality, the person in charge of the construction will be fully responsible, and in severe cases will be punished.More importantly, if the fortifications are not repaired, they are likely to be destroyed by the enemy when they are subjected to heavy construction.

Seeing this situation, Carlson was very overwhelmed.

The construction time was already very tight, and now there are quality problems, which is really troublesome.

In fact, this is not the first fortification with quality problems.

Before coming here, Carlson had already dealt with several similar situations, and the only way was to overthrow and start over, and the quality of the project must not be neglected because of the rush.

Now, it can only be reworked.

Obviously, this will take a lot of time. At least this fortification will take half a day longer, which means that the construction team can complete one less fortification within the specified time than scheduled.If you count the problems in other places, the current manpower is simply not enough.

Thinking of this, Carlson couldn't help but sigh.

Although he knew that complaining was useless, Carlson still couldn't help complaining secretly.

Carlson knew that no one else could be blamed for this matter, but that he himself was too negligent to ignore a key issue that no engineer should ignore.

This is, the geological structure.

Although the slag star is a planet, both in mass and size, it is very ordinary and nothing special, but the slag star is very different from similar solid planets.That is, Slag Planet was mined without restraint for 200 years before being abandoned.Although there is no exact statistical data, according to relevant records, the crazy mining behavior has caused at least 15.00% of the quality of the slag star to be lost.

What is this concept?
Any other planet would have collapsed long ago due to changes in the gravitational field caused by the loss of so much mass.The slag star did not collapse, not because of the special geological structure, but during the crazy mining, in order to ensure safety, the miners used various methods to strengthen the mine tunnel, which made the inside of the slag star a typical honeycomb structure, and it was stronger. No collapse due to mass loss.

However, this unnatural structure cannot be maintained for a long time.

To put it bluntly, man-made facilities have a period of use.

More importantly, the prosperity of the slag star did not last long, and it was abandoned after the resources were mined, and it has been thousands of years.

What kind of man-made structures can exist for thousands of years?

Even if there is, it is not considered strong.

What's more, the mine road was strengthened at the beginning, just to be able to mine resources safely. During large-scale mining, no matter how large the ore vein is, it will be mined quickly. Therefore, when strengthening the mine road, there was no long-term plan at all, and no Some people are stupid enough to spend a lot of money to strengthen the mine tunnel to last thousands of years.

The mines on Slag Planet are still there today, only because they have not been damaged in the past thousands of years.

To put it simply, the current Slag Planet is actually a loose sand-like planet.Although it will not collapse due to a little external disturbance, when the external influence is too obvious, it will definitely cause geological disasters. The collapse of the foundation is actually only the smallest geological disaster.

This is what Carlson ignores.

In fact, strictly speaking, the responsibility does not lie with Carlson.

That is, the information provided to Carlson by the Fleet Command is not accurate at all, all of which are thousands of years ago, and Carlson made the construction plan based on these information.Obviously, the slag star thousands of years ago was not what it is now, so there would be no such problem.

However, Carlson is still blaming himself.

He is not only an officer of the engineering unit, but also a geological expert.Anyone engaged in engineering must understand geology, and definitely count as an expert.Even if the information provided by the Fleet Command is inaccurate, as an expert, Carlson should have thought about these issues in advance.What's more, as an officer of the engineering force, he should be well prepared.You must know that legion battles are irregular, and it is common to set up camp in unfamiliar places.If there are various problems in the construction of the camp because of the lack of understanding of the local situation, it obviously does not make sense.Besides, the commander of the headquarters will certainly not think that the person in charge of engineering is not responsible for this.

Of course, responsibility is responsibility, and the question now is how to make up for it.

Fortunately, Carlson is experienced.

In fact, the problems encountered now are only temporary. When the camp is completed, these problems will disappear.

That is, as long as the camp is completed, to be precise, the large original energy converter used to maintain the camp arrives and starts operating, the original energy can be used to stabilize the foundation.If necessary, a huge energy barrier can even be made to protect the entire base.Under the protection of the energy barrier, even if the foundation is unstable, it is not a big problem, so these problems encountered now are not problems at all.

Just, when will the camp be completed?
According to the standard procedure, the fleet will send over the large-scale original energy converters that maintain the normal operation of the camp after the outer defenses are built.This construction procedure made sense, that is, the security of the camp could only be ensured by the completion of the perimeter defense deployment, and it would be possible to complete the entire construction work.If the perimeter defense is not in place, then there is no security at all in the process of building the camp.

Furthermore, large primary energy converters are extremely expensive.

The only one that can maintain a fortress-level barracks that can support a hundred legions is an SSS-level primary energy converter. Even the Leiling clan is not rich enough to use the SSS-level primary energy converter at will.What's more, maintaining a military camp requires not only large-scale primary energy converters, but also a lot of supporting equipment, such as generators used to make energy barriers, ecosystems, and so on.In order to bring out the value of large-scale primary energy converters, these devices must be delivered together, and the installation and commissioning must be completed simultaneously.To put it simply, the resources consumed to build a fortress-level barracks are equivalent to, or even more than, the resources consumed to build a warship of the same level.

The peripheral fortifications have not been completed, and the Fleet Command may not send over equipment such as the original energy converter.

In other words, Carlsen first had to complete the outer fortifications.

Of course, it is not without room for discussion.

This is Slag Star, far away from the front line, and there are no residents, so there is no danger.The standard building procedure for legions is for war, not peacetime.Since there are no enemies here, there is no need to care too much about the deployment of peripheral defenses, and it will not be a big problem to install large-scale original energy converters in advance.Besides, if this camp is really needed, the fleet commander will certainly not embarrass Carlson on this issue.

To put it bluntly, embarrassing Carlson won't get anywhere.

If Carlson couldn't fix those problems, so could sending anyone else.The problem is real, and we can only find a way to solve it.

After careful consideration, Carlson made a decision.

After getting the engineering staff ready for rework, Carlson activated the communication equipment he carried with him, and reported the problems he encountered and the solutions to the Fleet Command, including sending large-scale original energy converters and other equipment in advance, so that The camp is up and running as quickly as possible.

In fact, this is also Carlson's greatest authority.

Although he is the person in charge of engineering here and the supreme commander of the engineering troops of the three legions, he is only a mid-level officer, and at best he can only report the situation to the fleet headquarters and propose solutions to the problem.In his capacity, he still cannot report directly to the fleet commander.

This is also understandable, if any mid-level officer goes to the fleet commander if he encounters trouble, even if the Wanluo War Emperor is in command, he will be dizzy with too much work.According to the command procedures of the fleet, the problems reported by Carlson will be evaluated by the staff officers of the Fleet Command, and then sent to the senior staff in charge of related affairs, and the senior staff will deal with them in order according to the evaluation level, that is, the degree of urgency.Only matters of particular importance will be transferred to the fleet commander, who will make the decision.General affairs cannot reach the fleet commander at all, and are handled at the fleet headquarters.Although the procedure is a bit complicated, relying on the powerful optical brain and numerous staff officers, the problems reported by the commanders of the grassroots units will be dealt with immediately and properly, but whether they can get a reply in time is another issue.

Regardless, Carlson did what he was supposed to do.

Of course, he also believed that since the construction of the barracks was so important, the problems he reported would definitely be taken seriously by the staff of the fleet headquarters, and might be sent to the fleet commander.As long as the fleet commander still thinks it is necessary to build a military camp here, he will give an immediate reply.Of course, the so-called "immediately" does not mean immediately, but does not wait for a period of time like ordinary affairs.

Maybe, just these few days.

Thinking of this, Carlson couldn't help laughing bitterly.

1000 years of peace and prosperity made everyone slack off.If it were 1000 years ago, in the Fifth Greenwich War, such problems would have been dealt with immediately.In some major battles, senior commanders will even personally deal with the problems reported by the officers of the grassroots units.

Only now, Carlson can only wait patiently.

Of course, in the past few days, the engineering troops under his command can still complete the construction of some fortifications, and by then the outer defense line will almost be formed.

Sighing is sighing, Carlson didn't waste much time.

This was just a fortification, and there were hundreds of similar fortifications on the perimeter of the barracks. Carlson didn't intend to stay here.

However, when he was about to leave, the ground shook, and it was extremely violent.

(End of this chapter)