Lord of Industrialization

"Can you climb up?"

"No problem! There is no way for an amateur to climb straight up and down, you have to climb diagonally."

Ziker was rubbing his hands at the bottom of the cliff. This nearly 400-meter-high cliff seemed difficult to climb, but there was a way to climb diagonally.

Metzger patted him on the shoulder and said, "Do a good job, don't be afraid of falling, we will catch you."

Ziker nodded, tightened the backpack behind him, did a warm-up exercise, and started climbing.

He jumped onto the almost vertical rock wall, reached out and grabbed a protrusion, and the whole person was like a gecko lying on the wall.

Several magicians at the bottom of the cliff were ready to catch people immediately if they fell.

Ziker followed the route he had seen at the bottom of the cliff, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right. The whistling wind did not have much impact on him. It took him half an hour to climb to the platform halfway up the mountain.

More than ten minutes later, the intercom in Metzger's hand rang: "Captain, can you hear me?"

He immediately replied: "I can hear you, the voice is very clear."

Ziker said: "Captain, I have a type of intelligence report."

Metzger was shocked. Type 1 is the highest level of intelligence. He immediately walked aside, lowered his voice, and said: "Go ahead."

After Ziker finished his report, Metzger's eyes widened and he immediately said: "You rest well and start installing the rope ladder immediately. This matter is confidential. I will report it immediately."

The platform area is about the size of a football field. There are several large rocks near the mountain. They fell down at some point and piled together.

Ziker took out several bundles of relatively thin ropes from his backpack, tied one to the two largest rocks, and then connected several bundles of ropes end to end, and finally lowered the last bundle down the mountain.

The rope was long enough, and Krom immediately tied the winches and hangers that had been packaged separately to the rope in batches and asked Ziker to pull it up.

This winch is made of steel and connected with screws and nuts. Because they were worried about losing them during transportation and installation, they transported twice as many screws and five screwdrivers.

Zikel installed the chassis of the winch and the hanger, chose a flat and solid ground, drilled holes in the ground with a magic drill, and then fixed the chassis with expansion bolts.

After the entire winch was installed, he coiled a part of the rope up and pulled up a thicker, stronger, and heavier rope.

The next step was to arrange the safety rope, then hoist Zopel and fix the ladders to the cliff with expansion bolts.

Metzger and Krom's class climbed up the ladder, first hoisted up various materials, and built an observation post and a radio station.

Metzger asked Zikel: "Where is it?"

Zikel pointed to the fallen rocks and said: "Behind the fallen rocks."

There was a gap of one person's width between the fallen rocks and the cliff, and there was a cave behind it.

Metzger went in first with a light in one hand and a pistol in the other, and Zikel followed behind.

"Hiss..."

Metzger took a breath.

This is a mine. After walking more than ten meters, the rock wall of the cave in front is covered with light blue magic crystals.

"You have done a great job!" Metzger patted Zikel on the shoulder, "This is an unmined magic crystal mine. It may have been abandoned due to war. It is exactly what we need."

Wesen's air guns, mortars and implosion machines all use wind magic crystals as energy. With this mine, the logistical pressure is greatly reduced.

Zikel said: "Captain, do you think the other side of the mine will be at a lower position?"

Metzger took out a tissue from his pocket, rolled it into a strip and lit it, then held it horizontally to reduce the impact of breathing, and carefully observed the direction of the flame.

"There is no wind coming out from the depths." He frowned, "Maybe the other side was blocked by a landslide, and the ventilation hole has been blocked for too long."

"Don't worry now. Wait until the main force arrives and get some ventilation equipment to ventilate, otherwise the poisonous gas in the depths will suffocate people."

"You can set up the camp at the entrance of the cave, so you don't have to be exposed to the wind."

After he went out, he called Krom and told them not to go too deep.

There is still air exchange near the entrance of the cave, but there is no air flow deep inside, so there may be poisonous gas.

Metzger reported the situation to Eugene, and Eugene immediately reported it to Frederick.

Frederick was studying the original iron and wood structure container in Lacobriga City. After receiving the news, he didn't even have a meal, and immediately took turns driving to the front line with Tony.

Later, someone asked a question, is there a Wesson army where there is a mine, or is there a mine where there is a Wesson army.

Frederick also thought about this question on the way.

When Frederick arrived, Eugene had arranged for people to install a lot of ventilation equipment in the mine.

That is to pull the light engines and propellers of the Air Force Experimental Group and motorcycles over, and then find a way to build a rack to blow air in.

The person walking in front carried a chicken coop with a rope tied around his waist. If the chickens in the coop got impatient, they would retreat immediately. If someone fell, the person behind would drag them out immediately.

The surveying team followed behind, constantly calculating the distance, angle and drop of the mine tunnel, and also made a proportional model with clay.

This matter was not hidden from Archduke Suarez, but he did not say anything else, just said that the Wesson Army would survey first, and he would have people look through the old papers.

Now the main force has not arrived at the fortress area, Eugene came first with the front-line headquarters, and was also responsible for the survey.

Frederick climbed onto the platform, shook hands with everyone in Krom's class, and encouraged Zikel, and then entered the tent next to the mine.

The rocks in front of the mine have been dealt with, so you can go in directly.

The tent was not big, and Eugene and the surveying team technicians were almost full. Frederick felt a little crowded after entering.

"How is it?" Frederick asked, "Are there many mines?"

Eugene said: "Report to the principal, we speculated based on the direction of the existing mine tunnel that the other end of the mine tunnel is at the foot of the mountain on the back side of the mountain. It is initially judged to be buried by a landslide."

"According to the exploration of Sir Dennis, this is a rich mine with extremely high mining value."

"Sir Dixon found traces of the road on the back side of the mountain and will soon find another entrance."

"We found several scattered gold coins in the mine. Princess Penelope identified it as the currency of the pagan country about five hundred years ago."

Frederick nodded, went down to the mine to take a look, and shook hands cordially with every officer and soldier who participated in the survey.

When he walked to the deepest part and asked about the mental state of the two chickens, Eugene ordered everyone to withdraw through the intercom.

Eugene said to Frederick: "Mr. Dixon has found the location of the mine, which is covered by the collapsed mountain. He wants to cut a passage."

Frederick scratched his head. What a guy. He sent the sword master here to keep the place under control, but he didn't expect it to become a mine.

He communicated with Dixon through a large intercom. The collapsed mountain opposite was nearly 100 meters.

Frederick ordered him to cut an inverted trapezoidal passage with a gentler slope to avoid secondary collapse.

After more than ten minutes, a strong airflow blew out of the mine, and the surrounding was filled with the smell of decay, which was soon blown away by the strong wind.

An hour later, Dixon, who was supposed to be on the other side of the mountain, walked out of the cave and reported to Frederick: "Commander, the mine has been opened."

Frederick asked him: "How is the road inside? Can we pull up the artillery and build an artillery position?"

Dixon replied: "I'm afraid it won't work. The road in the mine tunnel below has been deliberately destroyed. There are obvious defenses along the way, and magic crystals have formed in many places."

"If you use drastic methods to open the road, it is likely to trigger a chain explosion of magic crystals, and half of this mountain will be blown away."

Frederick nodded and told him to have a good rest.

He had already thought about it and was ready to tell Archduke Suarez that he could use this mine as collateral to build a railway.

At the same time, he looked to the west and could see the woods and castle in the distance.

"Eugene," Frederick suddenly said, "Prepare some medicines and easy-to-sell goods for me, I'll go over and take a look tomorrow."

Eugene glared at Metzger and said to Frederick: "Principal, this is too dangerous."

Frederick smiled and said: "It's okay, I'll run back if I see something wrong."