industrial lord

Chapter 610 Wherever there are mines, there are Weisen troops
"Can you climb up there?"

"No problem! There's no way for an amateur to climb straight up or down. You have to climb diagonally."

Ziker was rubbing his hands together at the foot of the cliff. The nearly 400-meter-high cliff seemed difficult to climb, but there was a way to go up diagonally.

Metzger patted him on the shoulder and said, "Do your best and don't be afraid of falling. We will catch you."

Zikel nodded, tightened the backpack behind him, did some warm-up exercises, and began to climb.

He jumped onto the almost vertical rock wall, reached out and grabbed a protrusion, and stuck to the stone like a gecko lying on the wall.

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

Ziker followed the route he had seen at the foot of the cliff, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right. The howling wind had little effect on him, and 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 heard it, the sound is very clear."

Zikel said, "Captain, I have an intelligence report."

Metzger was startled, and it was clear that this was top-level intelligence. He immediately stepped aside, lowered his voice, and said, "Go ahead."

After Zikel finished his report, Metzger's eyes widened and he immediately said, "You should rest well and start installing the rope ladder immediately. This matter should be kept confidential. I will report to my superiors immediately."

The platform is about the size of a football field. There are several large rocks piled together near the mountain, having fallen down at some unknown time.

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

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

The winch is made of steel and connected with screws and nuts. Due to concerns about loss during transportation and installation, twice the number of screws and five screwdrivers were shipped.

Zikel installed the chassis of the winch and hanger, selected 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 up part of the rope and pulled up the thicker, stronger and heavier rope.

The next step was to arrange the safety rope, then hoist Zopel and secure the ladder sections to the cliff with expansion bolts.

Metzger and Krom's class climbed up the ladder, hoisted up various supplies, and set up observation posts and radio stations.

Metzger asked Zikel, "Where?"

Zikel pointed to the rockfall and said, "Behind the rockfall."

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 Zirkel followed.

"hiss……"

Metzger gasped.

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've 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's exactly what we need."

The Wesson Army's air guns, mortars and implosion machines all use wind magic crystals as energy. With this mine, the logistical pressure will be greatly reduced.

Zikel said, "Captain, do you think the other side of the mine is at a lower level?"

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

"There is no wind coming out from the depths." His brows furrowed. "Maybe the other end was blocked by a landslide. The ventilation hole has been blocked for too long."

"There's no rush now. Wait until the main force arrives and get some ventilation equipment. Otherwise, the poisonous gas deep inside will suffocate people."

"You can set up your campsite at the entrance of the cave so you don't have to worry about the wind."

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

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

Metzger reported the situation to Eugene, who immediately reported it to Frederick. Frederick was studying the original iron and wood structure container in Lacobriga. After receiving the news, he did not even eat, and immediately took turns driving to the front with Tony.

Later someone asked a question: are there Wesson’s troops where there are mines, or are there mines where there are Wesson’s troops?

Frederick also thought about this question on the way.

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

Just pull over the light engines and propellers of the Air Force Experimental Brigade and motorcycles, and then find a way to build a rack and take turns blowing air into it.

The person walking in front carries a chicken cage with a rope tied around his waist. If the chickens in the cage become impatient, they will immediately retreat. If a person falls down, the people behind him will drag them out immediately.

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

This matter was not concealed from Archduke Suarez, but he did not make any other comments. He just asked the Wesson army to conduct the survey first while he had someone look through the old papers.

Now the main force has not yet arrived at the fortress area, so Eugene came first with the front-line command and was also responsible for surveying matters.

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

The rocks in front of the mine have been removed and you can go in directly.

The tent was not big, and was almost full of Eugene and the technicians from the surveying team. It felt a little crowded when Frederick entered.

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

Eugene said, "Reporting 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. It is initially determined that it is buried by a landslide."

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

"Lord Dixon has found traces of a road on the back side of the mountain, and will soon find another entrance."

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

Frederick nodded, went down to the mine to check it out himself, and shook hands cordially with every officer and soldier who participated in the survey.

When he reached the deepest part and asked the two chickens about their mental state, Eugene ordered everyone to evacuate 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. Oh my god! I sent the Sword Saint here to keep the situation under control, but I didn't expect it to turn into a mining operation.

He communicated with Dixon via a large walkie-talkie. The collapsed mountain on the opposite side was nearly a hundred meters away.

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 from the mine, and the smell of decay filled the air, 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 that won't work. The road in the mine below has been deliberately destroyed. There are obvious defenses along the way, and magic crystals have formed in many places."

"If we use drastic methods to clear the way, 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 it through and was ready to talk to Archduke Suarez about using the mine as collateral to build a railway.

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

"Eugene," Frederick said suddenly, "give me some medicines and merchandise that can be sold, and I will go and see it tomorrow."

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

Frederick smiled and said, "It's okay. If I see something is wrong, I will run back."

(End of this chapter)