Two hours later, the Concorde passenger plane Ye Chen was on landed in Damascus, the capital of Syria.
Wan Pojun and many core members of Wanlong Palace were already waiting at the airport. When Ye Chen got off the plane, Wan Pojun quickly stepped forward and said respectfully: "Mr. Ye, I thought you would return to the United States directly from Northern Europe.
, I didn’t expect that you would take such a long detour to come to Syria, and the preparations were a bit hasty. If I had known that you were coming, my subordinates would have made arrangements as soon as possible."
Ye Chen smiled and said: "The seven people I asked you to bring back still have enough deadly poison in their bodies. If they are not relieved, these seven people will die within a few days."
After that, Ye Chen asked him: "Have all the seven people settled down?"
"It's settled." Wan Pojun said: "In order to avoid any accidents, I left Chen Zhonglei behind and asked him to guard the group with several five-star generals."
"Okay." Ye Chen nodded and said: "These few people are in a different situation from the 547. When they were in Bergen, they had already confessed some information related to that mysterious organization to me. Later, you can tell Inspector Li and the 547
Call Si Qi over and dig deeper for clues to see if we can make any new discoveries."
Wan Pojun immediately said respectfully: "Okay, Mr. Ye, my subordinates will make arrangements as soon as we arrive at the base."
Later, Wan Pojun asked again: "By the way, Mr. Ye, how long do you plan to stay in Syria this time? Do you want my subordinates to arrange accommodation for you in advance?"
"No need." Ye Chen smiled and said, "I'll finish the business, and then I'll go back to the United States for a casual visit. I just happened to take this opportunity to meet old acquaintances."
Wan Pojun said: "Mr. Ye, there are indeed many old acquaintances of yours here. Commander Hamid happens to be at the base. He has been talking about you, but I haven't told him about your coming."
Ye Chen asked curiously: "Why did this old man come to the base of Wanlong Palace?"
Wan Pojun explained: "Commander Hamid has come more frequently recently. In addition to cooperation and exchanges, he mainly wants to learn some experience from Wanlong Palace. Although we started the overall infrastructure construction relatively late, our infrastructure
The scale and propulsion efficiency are much higher than his."
With that said, Wan Pojun said again: "Mr. Ye, let's set off now. We will have to work hard for you to land in Damascus this time. If you come back in two months, our own runway will be put into use and we won't need it at all."
Just transfer in Damascus and land directly on the runway at the base."
Ye Chen nodded and asked him curiously: "The plane bypassed customs and landed directly at the base. What is the official attitude?"
Wan Pojun explained: "My subordinates have all said hello. If it is just people entering and leaving the country, Damascus will basically turn a blind eye and there is no need to go through customs."
Having said this, Wan Pojun added: "Actually, the current situation here is still very complicated. Damascus cannot manage all borders at all. In the past, the entry and exit of opposition personnel and materials was just like playing, so now Damascus
It’s basically okay. Besides, Damascus is generally very friendly to us. After all, with us here, we can mediate the fight between the two domestic forces. Nowadays, it is rare for everyone to have a ceasefire. Everyone wants not to attack each other. Many things are just a matter of course.
a form;"
"Besides this, the more important point is that Damascus is very clear that we came to Syria just to find a place to stay and do not want to gain any benefits from Syria. Unlike the Americans, they only see this place in their eyes."
oil resources, so they are more willing to maintain this cooperative relationship with us."
"That's good." Ye Chen felt relieved after hearing this.
Once an organization like Wanlongdian wants to become bigger and stronger, it will not be welcomed in any country. Now that it can take root in Syria, it can be regarded as solving the urgent need for development and growth.
It is precisely because of the complex internal situation here that Wanlong Palace is given an opportunity to develop with peace of mind.
However, Ye Chen also knew it very well.
After all, relying on others is not a long-term solution.
In the future, we must find a way to actually buy a piece of land so that Wanlong Palace can prepare a permanent base without any worries.
Later, Ye Chen, Wan Pojun and others boarded the helicopter of Wanlong Palace together.
Five helicopters took off almost at the same time and flew towards the Wanlongdian base.
After an hour's flight, the helicopter had arrived over the base.
It can be seen from the air that the base of Wanlong Palace is currently a huge construction site, with buildings under construction and dusty transportation vehicles everywhere.
On the east side of the base, there is an airstrip that has begun to take shape.
Seeing the entire base being under construction in full swing, Ye Chen couldn't help but feel a sense of relief.
Wanlong Palace is currently his strongest strike force besides himself. It will play a very important role in every step he takes in the future, especially in the contest with that mysterious organization. It is of far-reaching significance.
Therefore, he hopes that the strength of Wanlong Palace can continue to grow and improve, and his goal for the first stage of the development of Wanlong Palace's overall strength is to be able to compete with all the dead soldiers of that mysterious organization.
As for the mysterious British Master, Ye Chen planned to keep it to himself and use his own power to defeat him completely.
The helicopter landed slowly in the core area in the center of the base.
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 and transparent void from north to south, and a track that is much narrower than a normal train track runs through it.
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From the void, you can see 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 fortifications. Its current vertical depth is about 120 meters. The first phase of the underground fortifications is currently excavating horizontally at this depth. This
The lifting device is the cage, equipment, personnel and excavated rocks, which basically all come in and out from here."
As he spoke, he pointed to another similar cube building in the distance and introduced: "That one is an auxiliary shaft of the underground fortification, with the same depth as the main shaft. It is mainly responsible for ventilation and drainage of all underground working surfaces."
Ye Chen nodded and said: "Today's spy satellites and drones are too advanced. Even the ground facilities cannot escape Google's satellites, so underground fortifications will be the top priority in the future."
Wan Pojun immediately said: "Mr. Ye, don't worry. In the current infrastructure budget, more than 65% of the budget has been allocated to underground fortifications. The future underground fortifications will not only meet the needs of all personnel, store materials, but also shoulder the burden of
Most of the daily training needs, and we will establish safe energy storage and backup energy systems underground, which are enough to deal with most emergencies."
While talking, the lifting device under the cubic building lifted up a huge square steel cage.
What’s interesting is that this steel cage has two floors. People are standing on the upper floor, and a rail mine car is parked on the lower floor.
After the steel cage came to a stop, more than ten men wearing helmets standing on the upper floor walked out and walked from the second floor stairs to the first floor.
The waiting workers on the first floor walked directly into the steel cage on the bottom floor, fixed the traction rope on the mine cart filled with gravel, and then pulled the mine cart along the track to the loading and unloading dock hundreds of meters away.
At the other end, workers pushed an empty mine car into the steel cage.
Subsequently, the entire steel cage descended into the ground again.
After Ye Chen read the whole process, he couldn't help frowning and said: "Pojun, all relying on this kind of straight up and down cages to transport people and materials, isn't the turnover efficiency too low? This time, at most, dozens of people, or several tons of goods, can be transported up and down.
, even if it only takes a few minutes, the efficiency will be a drop in the bucket in an emergency."
Wan Pojun said quickly: "Mr. Ye, you are right. The current two shafts are actually configured during the construction stage. The underground fortifications are still 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 dig a two-lane road directly from the inside of the hub building for vehicles to enter and exit.
inclined shaft;"
"The inclined shaft will go directly from the ground of the building to the underground works, just like a tunnel with a relatively steep slope. Once it is completed, people, vehicles and equipment will all drive up and down from here. The overall turnover speed will increase geometrically, and the convenience will not be any different from that on the ground.
difference."
Ye Chen nodded: "How many workers are working underground at the same time now?"
Wan Pojun said: "We are accelerating the progress regardless of cost, so including all types of work underground, there are probably five to six hundred people working at the same time."
Ye Chen asked again: "By the way, what are those Sicilian mafias that we brought back from Canada doing now?"
Wan Pojun smiled and said: "Those mafia gangs from Sicily are now all organized into excavation teams and are dedicated to building underground fortifications. Our normal construction team works three shifts a day and works an eight-hour work day. However, these mafia teams
They work two shifts a day and work twelve hours a day. After all, they are a bunch of bastards who are full of crimes and crimes, so we don’t pay attention to any labor laws for them, as long as they don’t die from exhaustion.”
Ye Chen couldn't help but smile and said: "After all, they are more than 800 Sicilian elites. They kill people, set fires, bully and dominate the market. They don't feel tired even if they work for 24 hours in a row. Working underground for 12 hours is definitely not a problem for them."
After saying that, Ye Chen asked again: "By the way, where are those Hongmen disciples?"
Wan Pojun smiled and said, "Mr. Ye, the ship the Hongmen disciples are on hasn't arrived yet."
Ye Chen laughed dumbly.
It is indeed a long way from Hong Kong Island, and it will definitely not be reached within 20 days.
At this moment, the double-layer cage was lifted up again. As soon as the iron fence on the upper floor was opened, Hamid, wearing a red safety helmet, walked out of it accompanied by several Wanlong Palace soldiers.
Ye Chen recognized him at a glance and shouted from a distance: "Commander Ha!"
Hamid showed his increasingly fat belly and looked at Ye Chen following the sound.
When he saw Ye Chen greeting him, he was immediately overjoyed and shouted: "Oh, Mr. Ye, brother Ye!"
After saying that, he walked a few steps quickly and ran towards Ye Chen.
Quickly running to Ye Chen, Hamid gasped and happily held Ye Chen's hand, asking excitedly: "Brother Ye, when did you come?"
"Just arrived." Ye Chen smiled slightly, looked at his bulging belly, and joked: "Brother, you have gained a lot of weight recently. It seems that your life is quite comfortable."
Hamid chuckled, cupped his hands and said, "Thanks to you, brother! Now we are no longer fighting. In addition to sleeping, I eat every day. Not only do I eat well, I also sleep well, so my weight naturally comes up."
As he said that, he turned around and pointed at the main shaft behind him, and said with an envious look on his face: "Brother, your underground fortifications are really awesome! The tunnels are three or four meters high. Compared with yours, I can't
The underground fortifications there are nothing more than a rat hole if they are stretched to death!"
Ye Chen laughed and said to him: "Don't worry, brother, when the construction here is almost complete, I will ask Po Jun to make arrangements and upgrade it for you."
When Hamid heard this, his hands shook with excitement, and he asked him excitedly: "Brother, are you serious about this?"
Ye Chen nodded and smiled: "Of course, when have I told lies?"
After saying that, Ye Chen said again: "Did you see those hard-working Sicilian elites down there just now?"
"Sicilian elite?" Hamid asked curiously: "You mean the Canadian mafia who work down there?"
"Yes." Ye Chen nodded and said with a smile: "These people will also be sent to you when the time comes!"
This chapter has been completed!