Chapter 283: The grand defense plan
Even so, everyone understood that this was already an extraordinary achievement.
Tao Xingzhi paused briefly, then continued.
"Almost all construction sites are operating at full capacity around the clock. With three times the usual number of workers, they are running three shifts, making extensive use of prefabricated materials and welded metal components to avoid poured construction wherever possible, or staggering work across sections..."
"Encouragingly, after accumulating experience in overcoming technical challenges during the early stages, construction on these megaprojects is gradually accelerating, and efficiency is steadily improving. As long as we can maintain a relatively stable environment next year, hundreds of construction projects will reach their final inspection stage!"
Everyone in the conference room agreed with this. Given Huaguo's current circumstances, along with its deepening exchanges with the international community and the Dawn Association, this goal was entirely achievable as long as no wildly unexpected crisis arose.
"But there still aren't enough..."
An official from the housing and construction department sighed from his seat.
There was no helping it. As the world's most populous country, even with the hundreds of satellite bases planned for subsequent construction, Huaguo still could not shelter its entire population.
Naturally, priority protection would go to specialists in advanced fields and the families of combat personnel.
"That's right. But without knowing how far the situation might deteriorate, we first have to ensure that we retain the ability to fight back even under the most extreme conditions. Besides, we do have several supplementary plans."
Everyone knew what those supplementary plans were.
The "City Defense Ring Plan."
In essence, however, it merely involved establishing dense networks of defensive positions around key cities, while conducting sweeps inside them for "periodic disinfection."
"The City Defense Ring Plan, and its key component, developed based on