District 9

In the small engineering room inside the large platform, a dozen "electricians" had changed into special work clothes that were resistant to wind and cold, came to the iron gate, and pulled the ropes hanging from the outer cliff one by one, and hoisted them out from mid-air.

On the outside of the large platform is a cliff with a height of 70 to 80 meters and almost no curvature. The platform is facing the north of the three major areas, and below is a very concave depression with snow all year round and no roads.

Outdoors at more than 40 degrees below zero, a dozen workers hung the ropes on the cliff with buckles around their waists. They kept pressing the automatic rope retractors to adjust their positions, gradually dispersed, and began to check the circuit.

The north wind was blowing loudly, and the sound of fireworks exploding could be heard from far away from time to time.

Jiang Xue moved very slowly today and deliberately waited for Meng Xi behind him. After the two met on the cliff, they started talking in a low voice.

"What do you think?" Meng Xi asked.

"It's absolutely abnormal to bring the plane up during the Chinese New Year and give the workers a holiday." Jiang Xue said clearly: "They are likely to carry out military operations within the next two days, and they must be targeting the three major District. We have no time, we must send this information out."

Meng Xi shrank his neck and stepped on the cliff with the nail shoes he was wearing: "...the communication equipment in the engineering area and dormitory building are all for internal use, and it is useless if they are snatched away. And I have observed a lot of them. This time, none of the officers inside had personal communication equipment, which shows that modern communications in the engineering area are completely controlled. It is impossible for us to deliver the message. If we want to notify the outside, we can only rush out."

"Yes," Jiang Xue nodded and said solemnly, "Let's do it in advance."

"How to do it in advance?" Meng Xi asked.

"The plane has already been partially pulled up. The management team will probably not let workers enter the No. 1 and No. 2 project areas for insurance reasons." Jiang Xue said despite the cold wind: "We alone will definitely not be able to get out. We must We have to let Old Qiao and the others who want to cause a riot come in, so that we can take action in advance."

"you mean……?"

"Did you notice during the last few times you worked that there were several independent circuits outside this cliff?" Jiang Xue asked.

"I found it." Meng Xi responded quickly: "The upper tunnel and the lower tunnel are not the same line as the ones we use."

Jiang Xue pointed to a passage below and said, "That passage is sealed, have you discovered it?"

"I know. Last time I took a look outside the ventilation window, it was dark inside. There was no one and no lights on." Meng Xi replied.

"How did the plane get up?" Jiang Xue suddenly asked.

Meng Xi is an extremely smart person. When he heard this, he immediately understood: "The tunnel below is paved with tracks and is specially used to push planes up?"

"Yes, I've seen it outside." Jiang Xue turned around and glanced around: "That place should be completed first, and it must be built with a slope from the lower level upwards, otherwise the plane won't be able to get up. You'll be here soon Cover for me, I'll get in and leave a buckle."

"You're about to go in and you're discovered. What should you do if you can't get out?" Meng Xi asked urgently.

"I'm different from you. I'm a soldier." Jiang Xue tugged on the rope and said, "You should know that if this news about the mining area cannot be sent out, maybe... there will be a national disaster."

Meng Xi was speechless upon hearing this.

"Stop grinding, go down for inspection, I will get in." Jiang Xue turned to look at him: "If it works, it will be done. If it doesn't work... you can find a way to inform my soldiers and let them continue to think of a way to do it."

Meng Xi nodded slowly.

After the two of them finished their discussion, Jiang Xue slowly moved towards the tunnel below under the constant scanning of searchlights in the distance. He and Meng Xi both have certain military qualities, and the former is a military intelligence officer and knows a little bit about everything. Otherwise, if the leaders of this incident were just two people on the ground, they would probably not be able to discover anything, and they would not be alone. Opportunity to be an electrician.

After Jiang Xue came to the small ventilation window of the lower tunnel, while checking the lines in the groove, he said softly: "The searchlight will take about seven to eight minutes to complete a large circle. After I go in, don't wait, go to the side Get closer. If I'm still out before the searchlight comes again, then you can go and leave me alone."

"Okay." Meng Xi nodded calmly.

Jiang Xuewen took out the fusion gun from the work bag on his trouser leg and sprayed it wildly on a screwdriver.

Two minutes later, the searchlight swept over here. After Jiang Xuejian saw that the surrounding area was dark, he directly used a red-hot screwdriver to open the wooden window frame on the ventilation window and pry up the position of the steel buckle.

Within ten seconds, the ventilation window that was locked from the inside was opened. Jiang Xue smashed a lump of ice from the cliff and got directly in.

Meng Xi held his breath and waited quietly while inspecting the circuit.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Meng Xi estimated in his mind that Jiang Xue had been in there for at least five or six minutes, but there was still no movement yet.

"Number, 415-35." In the small engineering room inside the large platform, there were soldiers calling the names.

"Arrived!" Meng Xi immediately responded, pulling his neck.

"Number, 418-6."

"arrive!"

Another worker on the cliff in the distance also shouted back.

Meng Xi glanced anxiously inside the window and saw that there was still no movement inside. He could only grit his teeth and kick on the wall, preparing to hang himself up and leave this place. Because if Jiang Xue's number is called and he doesn't reply, the soldiers will definitely check the place, and he won't be able to explain it then.

Tens of seconds later.

"Number, 408-45." The soldier's voice sounded again.

Meng Xi, who had already gone up some distance, felt his heart skip a beat when he heard the shout. This was Jiang Xue's number.

The empty echo echoed in the valley. The soldier waited for a while and shouted again: "Number, 408-45!"

"arrive!"

In the ventilation window, Jiang Xue came out, pulled his neck and shouted: "It's cold, my ears were covered with a hat, I didn't hear clearly just now."

Meng Xi looked down at him and wiped the sweat from his forehead with relief.

Half an hour later, the line maintenance was completed, and everyone hoisted back to the large platform and returned to the studio.

"Don't go back to the dormitory yet," the guarding officer came over and said, "You will stay here at night and have dinner with the people from the engineering unit."

Everyone was stunned for a moment and nodded slowly.

On the bench, Meng Xi took off his work uniform hat, patted the snow on it and asked, "What's going on inside?"

"There are people inside, just no workers." Jiang Xue replied in a low voice: "I've finished it, I don't know if it will be effective."

…

At around 11 o'clock in the night, the dormitory management distributed dumplings to the Chinese workers, but there was a limit per person, and there was no vinegar or soy sauce, just plain white flour dumplings. But even so, the workers' food was delicious.

At about two o'clock in the morning, in the No. 1 transportation channel in the first area of ​​the project, all the bright lights suddenly flashed several times and then went out collectively.

"Squeak!"

The two track tracks that were running also came to a standstill in an instant.

…

Beifengkou, inside the Wu mercenary group.

Wu Tianyin held the phone and said quickly: "Yes, if you feel suspicious, or there are a large number of military units in the mining base, just keep an eye on it and see the situation."