On the south side of the core area, there is a cubic building. This building is about 20 meters high. At the bottom is a huge hollow that is transparent from north to south, and a track that is much narrower than normal train tracks passes through it. .

It can be seen from the opening that inside the building is a huge lifting device made of steel frames, with a steel cable as thick as a baby's arm hanging in the middle.

Wan Pojun introduced to Ye Chen: "Mr. Ye, this is the main shaft of the underground fortification. Its current vertical depth is about 120 meters. The first phase of the underground fortification is currently excavating horizontally at this depth. The set of lifting devices is the cage, and equipment, personnel, and excavated rocks basically come in and out from here."

As he said that, he pointed to another similar cubic building in the distance, and introduced: "That one is the auxiliary well of the underground fortification, the depth is the same as the main well, and it is mainly responsible for ventilation and drainage of all underground working surfaces."

Ye Chen nodded, and said: "The current spy satellites and drones are too advanced, and the ground facilities can't even escape Google's satellites, so the underground fortifications will be the top priority in the future."

Wan Pojun immediately said: "Don't worry, Mr. Ye, more than 65% of the current infrastructure budget is allocated to underground fortifications. In the future, underground fortifications will not only meet the needs of all personnel and store materials, but also shoulder Most of the daily training needs, and we will build a safe energy storage and backup energy system underground, which is enough to deal with most emergencies."

While speaking, the lifting device under the cubic building lifted up a huge square steel cage.

Interestingly, this steel cage has two layers, the upper layer is for people, and the lower layer is for a rail mine car.

After the steel cage came to a complete stop, more than a dozen men wearing helmets standing on the upper floor came out of it and walked from the second floor to the first floor.

The workers waiting on the first floor walked directly into the steel cage on the bottom floor, fixed the traction rope on the mine car filled with gravel, and then pulled the mine car along the track to the loading and unloading yard hundreds of meters away. At the other end, workers pushed an empty mine car into the steel cage.

Subsequently, the entire steel cage was lowered into the ground again.

After watching the whole process, Ye Chen couldn't help frowning and said, "Pojun, relying on this kind of cage to transport people and materials straight up and down, isn't the turnover efficiency too low? This time, at most dozens of people can go up and down, or a few tons of goods." , even if it takes a few minutes, the efficiency is not enough in an emergency.�

Wan Pojun hurriedly said: "Mr. Ye, you are right. The current two shafts are actually configurations in the construction stage. Now the underground construction is only in the initial stage, so these two shafts are used for underground construction;"

"However, in the next step, we will build a hub building covering an area of more than 100,000 square meters on the west side of the airport runway, and then directly excavate a double lane for vehicles to enter and exit from the first floor of the hub building. inclined shaft;"

"The inclined shaft will lead directly from the ground of the building to the underground fortifications, just like a tunnel with a steep slope. Once completed, all personnel, vehicles and equipment will drive up and down from here, and the overall turnover speed will increase geometrically. The convenience is no different from that on the ground. difference."

Ye Chen nodded: "How many workers are working in the mine at the same time?"

Wan Pojun said: "We are now speeding up the progress regardless of cost, so all types of work in the mine are counted, and there are five or six hundred people working at the same time."

Ye Chen asked again: "By the way, what are those Sicilian mafia that were brought back from Canada before doing now?"

Wan Pojun smiled and said: "The mafia from Sicily are all organized into the excavation team and specialize in the construction of underground fortifications. Our normal construction team works in three shifts a day and works eight hours a day. However, these mafia teams It�s a 12-hour working day with two shifts a day, after all, they are a bunch of bastards full of crimes and crimes, so we don�t pay much attention to labor laws for them, as long as they don�t tire them to death.�

Ye Chen couldn't help laughing and said: "After all, there are more than 800 Sicilian elites. They murder, set fire, and bully the market. They don't feel tired after working for 24 hours in a row. Working underground for 12 hours is definitely not a problem for them."

After finishing speaking, Ye Chen asked again: "By the way, where are those Hongmen disciples?"

Wan Pojun smiled and said, "Mr. Ye, the boat that the Hongmen disciples are on hasn't arrived yet."

Ye Chen couldn't help but laugh.

It is indeed a long way from Hong Kong Island. If it takes more than 20 days, it will definitely not be possible.

At this moment, the double-layered cage was lifted up again, and as soon as the iron fence on the upper floor was opened, Hamid, who was wearing a red helmet, walked out from inside accompanied by several soldiers from the Wanlong Temple.

Ye Chen recognized him at a glance, and shouted from afar: "Commander Ha!"

Hamid shyly looked at Marven Ye following the sound of his increasingly bloated belly.

Seeing that it was Ye Chen who was greeting him, he was overjoyed and shouted: "Oh, Mr. Ye, brother Ye!"

After all, he took a few quick steps and ran towards Ye Chen.

Quickly running in front of Ye Chen, Hamid was panting heavily, while happily grasping Ye Chen's hand, he asked excitedly, "Brother Ye, when did you come?" JrNovels.com