Chapter 365: Tianmu Mountain Sub-Base
"This adventure was successful!" When Meng Xiang heard that the base car had arrived safely at Taihu Lake, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He looked at the map in the headquarters and checked the situation around Taihu Lake in the area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
This time, Meng Xiang thought about it for a long time, and felt that he couldn't hide it from his eyes smoothly. If it is to be transported abroad, I may turn a blind eye to the ships of Britain, the United States and Germany, but if I want to transport it in the hinterland of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I will inevitably ask about it. With such a large ship, it would be strange if it was to transport weapons and ammunition, so as not to make me nervous. Some time ago, they also knew the news of the establishment of a column of rats, although a column was instructed by Meng Xiang to move towards the banks of the Yangtze River, but the defense of the devils in Suzhou and Hangzhou was still tight.
"Then I'll transport it directly and deliver it above board right under your noses."
The Umbrella and the Umbrella Himself provided this opportunity. The Victory, which was carrying a patchwork of empty shell mining machines, was planned to be transported to the northeast for mining, but as it passed through the Bohai Sea, it was attacked by the Vanguard, and the attack of two huge artillery shells and two aircraft halted the Victory with a small injury. But after two days, they returned.
"They must have been hired by the gangs of copycat bastards to stop us!" Jian 88 said fiercely, so that the accompanying translator Mei Dai and Ji heard it churning in their hearts: "This umbrella is really in conflict with the copycat company, and the empire can use the strength of the umbrella more in the future." ”
"Our Empire's navy can provide escort support to ensure that your machines reach their destination safely." He hurriedly bent down and bowed his head, but in his heart he was unimpressed by the mining machine. The machine may seem big, but the structure inside is simple. The large size is due to the integration of the drive conveyor into the machine, which is no longer open air. I heard that it was made in Italy, but it felt like it was too much. And the workmanship is rough, and the rust on the top has not been cleaned in many places. Two Imperial agents probed carefully for two days before distracting from it. Even he has paid less attention in the past two days.
"No, the Northeast is not our only destination, and there are a lot of minerals in Jiangnan. The headquarters asked us to mine the copper mines in Jiangnan. 88 refused disappreciatively.
"Jiangnan Copper Mine?" Mei Dai and Ji's hearts jumped violently, "They have discovered copper ore, such a large machine mining copper ore, the reserves must be not small." He knew that according to the agreement, the minerals mined by the umbrella in the area occupied and controlled by him had the right of first refusal.
"Wouldn't it be good for the empire if they found a big copper mine?" He immediately passed the news to his superiors. It didn't take long for them to receive instructions from their superiors: they must find out the specific location of the copper mine they found.
With this instruction, along the way, Mei Dai and Ji actively set up the devil posts along the way, and with the pass directly issued by the headquarters, they came to Taihu Lake smoothly from the waterway.
"Sure enough, it's just a show at this time." When Mei Dai and Ji saw that behemoth being carried into Taihu Lake by the raft below, they couldn't help but secretly make fun of this look. According to the two detectives, there were very few key components inside. On the other hand, news has also come that there is also a shipload of key machinery that will arrive before it can be installed.
"When they're installed, take a closer look at what is special about their mining machine, and add a shell to hide some secrets." This is also the instruction of the boss. Most of the intelligence officers' attention had shifted to the ship in the back, the somewhat old hull with nothing to explore.
Unbeknownst to them, the inside of the shell had changed overnight. The base car was stuffed inside.
"It's only a million, and if it's discovered, it'll be a super bomb then." Meng Xiang doesn't have much feeling about one million now. The self-destruct explosion of a base car is also staggering, similar to being stuffed with TNT explosives. Of course, the risk of producing production vehicles is greater, and it is better to produce bombs directly. Otherwise, Meng Xiang really had plans to use the base car as a bomb. It wasn't until he learned soon that after the base car self-destructed, the cost of the new production of the base car increased tenfold. I was secretly glad that I didn't act recklessly.
Fortunately, when turning into the canal from Nanjing, there were devils who forcibly wanted to check it, and Mei Dai and Ji notified their superiors to reprimand him away, so the alarm on the base car did not sound.
"Execute the next step!" Meng Xiang ordered.
That night, the mining machine docked on the lake was attacked, and with a loud bang, the huge empty shell and the raft underneath were reduced to pieces. The base car had already gone ashore and rushed towards Tianmu Mountain overnight.
At the same time, the first column attacked Changxing and other county seats, and a team of 100 clones sent by it escorted the base car to a valley near Anji County.
"I order, the sub-base is built on the spot." Near dawn, as soon as the sub-base arrived, it unfolded with Meng Xiang's order.
The construction of barracks, mining fields, power plants, tank factories, and logistics equipment centers began one after another.
Anji County has a large bamboo forest, known as the sea of bamboo. Tall bamboos obscure the base's tracks.
The next day, Rat Ichi and their first column claimed responsibility for the attack on the mining machine.
"They must have been instructed by the copycat company!" After hearing this, 88 sneered, "They didn't know they were just blowing up an empty shell." ”
Mei Dai and Ji next to him nodded and wrote down all this information by heart.
"I heard you're going to deal with the Vanguard? Then we still have two Nagato, do you want them? It can be provided to you cheaply. 88 suddenly interjected and asked.
"This ...... I'll tell you in time. Medai and Yoshishin exclaimed.
The umbrella company then reprimanded the copycat company for its despicable practices, but the copycat company refused to admit it. The two sides fought for a while, but it revealed the great contradictions between them.
"Really cheap! It's a little cheaper than the two I just bought. Cheaper than we produce it ourselves. Nagano sighed. Although he failed in front of the vanguard army and let him retire temporarily, his influence in the navy made him always pay attention to his every move of the navy.
"It's cheap, but it's costing too much. We also have new ships under construction. Yamamoto sat down on his knees across from him. In his heart, he was actually opposed to the purchase of the Nagato-class, believing that increasingly powerful aircraft were the means of attack of the future, and that aircraft carriers would play a greater role than battleships. Although he also believed that battleships were indispensable, with the future Yamato-class, there was no need to add more Nagato-class. Although Nagato-class Noh is not bad, the Imperial Navy's spending has exceeded the standard, and the Empire's economy is deteriorating. The wealth and resources of the empire are being consumed in large quantities, but the results are not large.
Huaxia is not worth saying that the whole navy is dispatched, and the vanguard army that can attack is also a powerful shore artillery.
"There aren't many opportunities like this, so you have to buy it. We'll tighten our belts for the next two years at most. With six Nagato-class, the entire Pacific Ocean will be ours. Nagano looked at Yamamoto and then out the window, "The empire needs more resources. More oil, rubber. ”
Yamamoto knew he was talking about Southeast Asia. He also supported the offensive in Southeast Asia, but the strength of the Americans was too large. Although their current military strength level is average, once they turn on the war machine, so many factories and machines in their country will soon release huge explosive power.
"It's hard to do!" He sighed in his heart.
"Isn't there still a fund for that floating island project?" Koga Mine next to him interjected. He's talking about the million-ton ship built with lottery revenues. That lottery income was so hot that he couldn't help but buy it once to try his luck.
"That money is earmarked, and no one can touch it!" Nagano shook his head. If it weren't for Hirohito's direct inquiry, this huge amount of money that was targeted by many people would have been divided up a long time ago. Hirohito wanted his sea palace at this time, and no one would be allowed to fight the idea of this money.
The war correspondent did what he promised, and did not ask for a penny from the political axe. Steel was imported directly from outside, and even the hard laborers, many of whom were imprisoned in Yuben, were used by the Chinese. His mind was also wholeheartedly on the construction of the dream-class giant ship.
"Where is the Vanguard?" Koga Mine couldn't help asking.
"North China is the land of the Army, and there is no oil there that we desperately need. The Vanguard's strong army also made it possible for us to gain not as much as we thought. On the contrary, in Southeast Asia, they are too weak. We just have to wait, wait for the Germans to give us a better chance. Nagano cultivated himself and said leisurely.