Chapter 22 Smuggling(2/3)
"Close the gun door, urgent water injection, all powered to hook the spindle."
The first mate reported the operation. "The water gate is closed and the water injection starts, and 15%, 30%, 48%, 61%, 79%, 90%, and the completion is completed. The spindle is well connected and the horsepower is fully opened!"
Ye Zi looked at the voiceprint operator in front: "How is the effect?"
"For multiple hits, confirm that twenty-six direct hits are confirmed. Fourteenth death blasts, there is a critical strike on the water surface, and no propulsion sound is found."
Ye Zi smiled satisfied: "Display the long paddle."
“Expand.”
“Expand and done.”
"Disconnect the main shaft and fire the sound pattern bait in two directions. Steer the left full rudder to 30 degrees. Do not start the forced steering thruster."
"The propeller is disconnected, all external propellers are stopped. The launch port of No. 1 is opened, and the sound pattern bait is launched. The full rudder left...the steering ends."
"Silent sailing, turn on the long paddle thruster and move forward at a quick speed."
"Silent sailing begins, move forward slightly."
"Right rudder, smooth steering 15 degrees."
“Open smooth steering.”
The sound pattern operator suddenly shouted: "Suddenly pronounced. High-speed thruster, 107 yards away, is a torpedo! Going towards our bait." After more than ten seconds, he said again: "The bait was hit and confirmed to be destroyed."
Asu Fude smiled and said, "It turns out to be a master."
Ye Zi stood up and said, "Thank you for your compliment. My mission has been completed. As long as you continue to sail like this, you will be able to reach your destination soon." As she said, she said to the first mate: "Put 500 yards away and increase the speed to a low speed state. After exceeding 1,000 yards, the standard speed will be restored. I will leave for a while, and the command will be transferred to you."
"clear."
We followed Ye Zi to leave the cabin. The crew outside was still sailing silently at this time, and no one dared to speak out. Ashufude and I had just fired a few people. Now everyone knows that we are serious about this matter and no one dares to joke about it.
In fact, many people think that our treatment is a bit too much, but Ashufude and I understand one thing - while maintaining a friendly image, leaders should also have murderous aura. If you are completely together with your subordinates, don’t think about leading them anymore. Appropriate distance is necessary to let them know that you are easy-going, but also to let them understand when you can relax and when you must become nervous.
The quiet sailing soon arrived at the destination. Because the forces in East Timor are too complicated, everyone's ships dare to restrain each other in the distance, and there are no ships along the real islands. The Great White Shark is too huge, and the water depth here cannot be docked. Fortunately, we have a large number of landing equipment.
The Great White Shark is a mobile dock. The interior space is quite large and there are everything inside. Ashufude and their strange excavators were installed on a float by us. Then they were thrown directly into the water, and the two-person submersible speedboats led these big guys slowly to the coast.
Although the scorpion excavator was very large, it was nothing in the water. Ten speedboats pulled a mining machine and quickly brought them all to the shore. The Iron Crusaders dispatched a total of 30 excavators this time, and the lineup was quite large.
I have to say that Ashufude did his preliminary work well. Not only did they find the underground river here, but they even sorted out the coast in advance in order to allow those bulky scorpion excavators to climb ashore.
The coast we chose to land on looked like a pile of rocks, which was not suitable for landing at all. However, if you look at it yourself, you will find that these stones are not simply piled up in a mess. If some of them are highlighted in other colors, you will find that as long as you step on these stones, you can cross this pile of rocks that seem to be difficult to move forward like walking on the road.
The Iron Crusaders not only prepared roads for their personnel, but also had special roads for their large machinery. Walking on the road paved in advance, they could allow the scorpion excavators to move their huge bodies to the land very easily. If they land on ordinary beaches, they might even be trapped in the sand. They were really thoughtful!
Because the underground river is not suitable for landing. The location we chose was not at the exit of the river. After getting ashore we began to walk along the coastline, and the Great White Shark followed us toward the estuary.
After walking eastward for about three kilometers, we reached the estuary. From here it looked like a cave, and it was hidden very hidden, otherwise no one would have noticed it.
It was a little troublesome when entering the cave. The main problem was the excavators. These guys were too bulky and the rocks at the mouth of the river had not been cleaned up. It was not as easy to walk as the specially organized coast. The excavator walked through its eight long legs, deep and shallow, before climbing into the river.
After entering, the situation was very different. There was a pretty good road on both sides of the huge cave tunnel. The top of the cave was quite high and did not affect the excavator's passage.
Going upstream, we soon arrived at the exit of the upstream. We obviously had disguised it here, and Ashufude and others might be afraid of being discovered these days!
After we all came out of the passage, Ashford directed everyone to disperse. "Okay, put everything together and move quickly. It's time to do work."
Scorpion excavators can replace various tools according to different tasks. In order to avoid damage to the tools, they usually do not install operating equipment. Now they need to reassemble the pair of mechanical feet when they arrive at the destination. The crab excavator stands up the front pair of mechanical feet, and then many people put a pair of pliers on the pair of mechanical arms. After a long time, the front two feet are not for walking, but for working cantilevers, otherwise it feels wrong!
After the equipment was over, everyone started to retreat, and 30 scorpion excavators started at the same time. I asked Ah Fude, the next to me: "Is this what you said is the noise?"
Ashufude also replied loudly: "We have installed a silencer, but this is a large machine after all. It is impossible for us to have no sound."
"I hope I won't attract the enemy!"
Ashufude used the Guild Channel to say to the person who operated the excavator: "Go to start."
I saw a digger walking towards the nearest tree, and then it clamped the trunks of the two big trees at the same time with its two big pliers, as if holding the trunk tightly. A trunk suddenly made a sound inside the pliers, which felt harsh. Then the pliers began to stroke up the trunk. Wherever it walked, all branches except the main trunk were cut off, and the rest was a bare main trunk.
The excavator took the big pliers back to the bottom of the big tree and held them. Then a circular saw was inserted from the side of the big pliers and started cutting inside. The saw disc completely entered the middle of the big pliers and cut the tree. However, because it was always held by the pliers, the trunk did not fall down. The robotic arm drove the pliers at the front to lift the trunk up and gently put it on the ground next to it, and then turned to hold the other two trees and started the same work.
These large excavators are really amazing in cutting trees. It seems that they are cut down just by holding, lifting, and pinching the tree, and there are no branches left.
The excavator quickly cuts down trees all the way forward, and we drag the big tree to the riverside and tie it with airbags and throw it into the water. The fragrance tree has a large proportion of weight. It cannot float to the sea with the water alone, so we must tie some buoyancy equipment on it.
I really don’t know how Ashufude and others found this place. This river is simply a natural conveyor belt. Our job is to throw the trunks into the water, which is really convenient. If we hadn’t jumped into the river, we wouldn’t have been able to transport all so many trees out.
During the mining process in advance, we sent a lot of people to go out to clean up various wild monsters. This forest farm is still the leveling point for East Timor players. There are so many monsters like ants, so they must be cleaned from time to time, otherwise they may even be able to eat the excavator.
Because the speed of the 30 excavators exceeded the expected standard, although we were a few hours late, we still filled a boat before dawn. After dawn, there might be more people, so it is not suitable for continued mining here. We decided to return first.
We know the truth about rabbits not eating grass beside their nests, so when they are mined at night, they don’t start to pick them immediately as soon as they come out of the hole. Instead, they start to pick rafts and trees far away from the hole. Anyway, the river flows into the sea, and the distance from the hole has little impact on our hunger workload. After the team is settled, the excavator returns to the tunnel of the underground river first. Ashufude and my demon pets are responsible for cleaning footprints and other traces. Even if the mining site is discovered, the other party can’t find where the wood has been transported, let alone who found out.
After retreating all the way to the entrance of the cave, we used stones to redisguise the entrance of the cave, so that the river looked like it had entered a gap in the mountain. Others would not see that there was a tunnel behind it. In the tunnel, we continued to retreat. When we retreated to the middle of the tunnel, Ashford and others replaced the air hammer for rock drilling for the excavator. After digging a large hole in the tunnel wall, we stopped the excavator and sealed the opening with stones. It was too troublesome to take the excavator away and transport it back tomorrow. If it was not taken away, it would be discovered in the tunnel, so we simply hid it in the dug hole. Even if the tunnel was discovered, others would not know that there was a hole here, so they would definitely go directly outside.
After sealing the hole, we spread the extra stones to various parts of the tunnel, so that it is impossible to see that someone had made a hole here. After concealing it, everyone retreated quickly, and the heavy equipment was in the hole, so the empty people ran faster. When we arrived at the shore, there were already many speedboats waiting for us. Jump on the speedboat and quickly returned to the Great White Shark and then escaped.
We haven't seen anything when we cut down a tree at night. When we returned to the Great White Sharks, we knew how much we cut in one night. The Great White Sharks is the mothership of the White Sharks, a real mobile dock, and the super battleship can be docked inside it. But now, the entire cabin is full of wood. All the places used to store the ships have been drained and used to pile up wood.
Ashufude looked at the large pieces of logs and smiled and said, "Thanks to my foresight that they had let them remove the tree branches in advance, otherwise they wouldn't be able to hold so many!"
Captain Ye Zi ran over and asked, "I've been doing a secret mission for a long time to transport wood? What else do I think of it? But this wood smells so good!"
"Don't underestimate these woods. This one is said to be as hard as steel ground armored wood, and it is less dense than steel, so it is definitely a good material for shipbuilding."
"Hardness is more than steel? Then how did you cut it down?"
Ashufude said intoxicatedly: "This is the power of the machine." Seeing me staring at him, he quickly returned to normal state and said: "Of course, the main reason is that when Liuxiang Wood is alive, it can regulate its hardness by controlling the synthesis of a hormone. Generally, when the tsunami is about to come, they will greatly reduce the synthesis of this hormone, so that the wood will become hard. It can withstand the tsunami. If there is no tsunami, it will synthesize this hormone in large quantities, and the trunks will be as soft as ordinary wood, which will facilitate the absorption of water and minerals. There is no tsunami now. When we start, they will be as soft as ordinary wood, and cut them as they should."
"Then is it useful for you to cut such soft wood?"
I explained: "The fragrance you smell is the place where this hormone forms. They are easy to evaporate. As long as the hormones are left for a while, the fragrance wood with a charming aroma will become armored wood as hard as steel."
"If you use this thing to build a ship, the enemy will sprinkle some hormones on it, will the ship become an ordinary wooden ship?"
I nodded: "What you said is right in theory. But the actual situation is impossible. First, this hormone is perfume itself, and the price is not much cheaper than crystal. If they use this thing to attack the ship made by the fragrant wood, unless they are billionaires. Second, this perfume cannot touch water, otherwise it will be diluted. It will be useless if it is too thin. The sea has the most water. Third, whether it is soft or hard, it is a slow process. Even if it is really sprinkled, it will take at least 48 hours to wait for the armored wood to soften. I think we should have washed it off by then."
"That's a good thing."
Ashufude said to me: "When we go back, we count this thing first and then separate it?"
I said, "These things are already very wet and take up a lot of weight. It is probably not convenient to think about counting them. I think it's better to ship them to my Tianyu City first. Then, after the processing is done, you can tell me what will happen?"
Asu Fude thought about it for a while and said, "Okay. It just so happens that your yin energy is heavy, so it is suitable for doing this kind of thing."
"What does it mean that my yin energy is heavy?"
"What's wrong with your Ditianyu City in the Death Mountains?"
"That's called cold, not heavy yin energy!"
"It's almost the same anyway." Ashufude said: "It's hard to process the armored wood when soaked in water, and it's easy to crack when exposed to the sun. It's dark and dry where you are just suitable for air drying. Also, it seems that conglomerates are produced in your mountain range? After the wood is dry, you have someone wrap the armored wood with that thing, so that the processing wood will not crack even if it's soaked in water and sunbathing."
"Well, anyway, conglomerate is of no use except for mortar. However, the processing process requires a lot of manual and site. This...?"
"Didn't you want to calculate money with me again?" Ashufude screamed exaggeratedly.
"What's the point of normal consumption?" Of course, I also tried hard.
Asu Fude said aggrievedly: "I have suffered a lot from the 30% 30% account. Do you have to settle this little money with me?"
"There is no way! The small business can only be moved to the west, and even small money cannot be wasted! The sea is also gathered drop by drop of water."
"That's not what he said." Asu Fude clearly wanted to pay his debts.
"That's what I said." I clearly said nothing.
Asu Fude finally surrendered. "It is said that the richer you are, the more stingy you are, the more generous you are. Judging from your stinginess, you are indeed the richest man in the world."
Ye Zi next to him asked in surprise: "Do you know each other in reality?"
Asu Fude also knew that he had let go of the words and quickly said with a smile: "I don't know you. I am a poor man. He is so stingy, he must be a rich man. How could he know me!"
I said in my heart: "If you are poor, I will count the rich people in the world with ten fingers." Of course, this sentence cannot be said now. I retorted on my lips: "He is more stingy than me, and even if I really see him in reality, I will walk around."
Ye Zi interrupted: "You two must be rich, one is more stingy than the other." As she said that, she took out two copper plates and handed them to us.
"What are you doing?"
"For you." Ye Zi said proudly: "Look at how generous I am, I am the poor." After saying that, she pulled the copper plates in our hands away. "Okay. Since I am poor and you are rich, these two should be a relief to me." After saying that, she turned around and ran away.
Ashufude and I looked at each other, and Ashufude said blankly: "So there are people who are more stingy than you?"
"Tsk." I got back to the topic. "Then, are you going to get the processing fee?"
"Damn who said I'm going to leave?"
"Then what are you going to do?"
Asu Fude thought for a while and said, "Tell me how much it costs first?"
I stretched out a finger: "No matter how big or small, each log has 5 gold coins processing fees, do you think so?"
"You'd better go rob, it's going to come quickly."
"This is the most reasonable price for me. Are you actually expensive?"
"If you have a reasonable price, then I can sell the yellow mud at the golden price."
It seems that the differences are quite big, so I thought for a while and said, "Then it! I'll be cheaper."
To be continued...