Steel Steam and Flame

The most contacted thing in the mission is firearms, their power is amazing, no matter what type of caliber, what kind of bullets are, they are deadly threats to humans. But compared with the armored vehicles in the middle of the basin that are being drilled, guns as mainstream weapons can explode with the power of a one or two hundred kilograms of shells that can tear all human bodies within a few meters of the surrounding area into pieces.

The impact of the blast wave on the surgeon may be small, but the steel fragments produced are compared with the used steel bombs. The two have always been things in different stages. The number of such armored vehicles is good, but the number is large enough. The power of the fire-focused launch, comparing the speed of the shells and the locking mechanism of the differential engine control analysis, the surgeon faces these things except that they hide in hard enough like ordinary humans. With his head shrunk behind the rock, it seems that there is not much way to deal with it.

"That thing can be regarded as one of the main firepower of the army on the ground. There are a lot of them. The volcano base has a special storage room for those armored vehicles. And in order to allow these armored vehicles to smoothly and quickly leave the volcano base, they are arranged. Going to the front, a lot of huge tunnels have been drilled into the rim of the basin on the opposite side. They are only used to pass these armored vehicles and tanks. Those land-borne aerial vehicles can also pass, but not many." Doe Er said, “I’m sure I didn’t know anything when I first came here, which place is where, what is it for, etc. It’s just a few days away, and it’s not really important.”

Then Doyle led Cassia from the spiral staircase on the side to the flat ground of the basin, walked a few steps to the railway station in the base just seen, and took a free ride for the freight train. Carry them into the building surrounded by huge trees. Most of the facilities for living, command, monitoring, and communication are there, and the rest are several buildings scattered in the warehouse base.

On the way, I passed the airport that could be described as empty. The landing gear damping devices that went deep into the ground were all wrapped in layers of turquoise rainproof fabric. There were only a dozen airships parked there without knowing the specific level, and the navy blue body was not painted with the model and code. The length is far longer than the cruiser-level commercial spacecraft, about 600 meters. . More than a dozen airships lined up there, it was a metal wall that could not be crossed, and the pressure and the mottled and old erosion marks on its body could be felt from a long distance. ,

Now I don’t know if it’s under repair or maintenance. There are vehicles on the side, and a ladder and a robotic arm are erected. Hundreds of people are climbing on it, using instruments to fiddle with something. A few square meters of steel plates were dismantled in many pieces, revealing the complicated transmission mechanism inside, and all the twisted pipes and lines were exposed. Those people were dealing with these things. From a distance, the logistic personnel wearing blue clothes lying on it, compared to the airship, is a pile of ant-like organisms that can be ignored.

The area of ​​the entire airport in the basin cannot be ignored, but now it is completely empty. At first glance, it is difficult to see what is available, except for the dozen or so airships.

"This is the time when the number of airships is high. The number of airships stationed here is usually less than three. The extra ones are still flying from which base I don’t know recently, but they stopped. Flew into the sky." Doyle continued to introduce the normal state of the volcano base. "The airport has always been empty, saying it is an airport, but most of the soldiers here treat him as an open space. I have been here for more than ten years. , They have been left empty, and those rain-proof cloths are also replaced every two years. If they are rotten, they will be replaced. By the way, they will put the anti-rust oil on the lifting shelves of the packages and check and maintain them. I don’t know how the emperor thinks about these airports, It’s just here in the volcano base. I’ve heard others say that the same is true for airports in other places. The construction specifications are extremely high, various standards and conditions, and the cost is extremely expensive, but the number of times of use is almost zero. I think it’s definitely not because of flying. Isn’t the number of empty boats not enough? It may not be necessary to send a large number of airships here. If there is one day, the light in front of you suddenly becomes dark, and then you look up and see a neat formation in the sky. The aligned airships are parked in the air, so it should be time for the war to begin."

This time will not be far away, Cassia answered silently in her heart. Looking at the empty airport in front of him, there was only air, and he had the same questions as Doyle.

"And those airships don’t go out to perform missions. Every period of maintenance is extremely enthusiastic. When air support is needed, or air power is dispatched to search something, it is also a cheap airship with hydrogen. The power is also steam driven, but it’s not very useful. I’ve been up there before, and it feels light and light. A little bit of the weather appeared, that is,'crash landing! Crash landing!' After that, I never tried to go on an airboat again. ."

Seeing Doyle's uncomfortable face, Cassia could roughly imagine what it would be like.

It took about half an hour. The two were pulled by the train to the edge of the building complex ~www.ltnovel.com~ passing through a quiet forest area with a width of hundreds of meters, and then there was an exquisite low-rise building.

With the information and detailed arrangements printed out by the Ministry of Communications, Doyle had no specific tasks, so he personally took Cassia to the accommodation management building to get the passcard corresponding to the room number, and led him to find his room.

This scene reminded Cassia of the feeling of just entering the military school, and the experience seemed to be the same.

"It's still one person and one room, Cassia, your identity seems to be special too." Doyle said on the road, "the emperor's designated personnel will give advance notice, and you should also carry optically encrypted files. And every time There are also a bunch of people here. Come here with you alone. I have only seen a few times at the base of the volcano, but they also came with dozens of people. Maybe your situation is similar to those people. ,,,"

After this word stopped, Doyle remembered the reminders and advices many times in the past years, and now he suddenly realized that Cassia's identity would be nothing but military special personnel. But it’s rare to see someone he really wants to say a few words to. Doyle probably also has a itchy mouth. He feels that in some common "things" on the front, out of the goodwill of the first meeting, he still has to remind him. Sentence is good. Dead people here are very common, and the enemy has not always come from the common country of distant seas.