Between the rocky walls of the craggy cavern, two figures shuttling on the improvised path are constantly spiraling down along the rugged road. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Originally, this was just an ordinary mountain mine, and I didn't want to find out that it had a large amount of high-purity Aojin ore after exploring it one day. Since then, the cave, which stands in the cliffs of the Cayman Brac Mountains, has become more and more empty day by day.

The lonely cold wind blowing from the far distance swirled between the stone caves, completely different from the dry heat caused by the scorching sun outside, and the two of them, who had not prepared too much, also felt the inexplicable chill here.

Perhaps the journey was too long, and the young man at the back began to ask:

"Mr. Bingham? Can you confirm that the downtime was only due to wear and tear on the equipment? ”

Walking among the cliffs, the sturdy middle-aged man was carrying a huge package, but after hearing the young man's question, he did not pause, and replied casually:

"According to the previous maintenance time of mechanical equipment, this time it should only be caused by normal wear and tear...... However, I had previously reported to the town guard office that I needed to renovate the equipment, but for some reason it was not approved. Bingham replied in a deep voice.

Young people don't know how to deal with it. During this time, he not only had to complete the work of teaching the three reserve commanders, but also carried out the report analysis of the surrounding sea and the town guard's mansion, and the busy official duties forced him to take care of some chores, knowing that some time ago he had refused the girl's invitation to concentrate on his work.

The middle-aged man did not observe Trix's expression, but he had a clear look:

"I forgot that you recently had to take on the assigned teaching tasks, and those three children are students of the academy." Bingham, who is also part of the Navy, is not under the jurisdiction of the Georgetown Warden, but he has his own channels to know about these things.

"You're right." After a slight sigh, Trix replied after crossing a collapse.

"I just hope it doesn't wear out too much...... Otherwise, the repair time will be greatly lengthened by ......", before arriving at the scene of the accident, the middle-aged man had already begun to think about several types of questions that would arise, and no longer asked Trix, who was a little embarrassed.

As the two of them continued to descend, they gradually saw a large number of empty nests and caverns formed by mechanical mining, and these things densely packed on the rock wall added a touch of mystery to the place.

Trix looked at the gray-brown rock face, but he didn't take it lightly.

It is one of the key locations in the Cayman Islands and is the only source in the Cayman Islands that has a large amount of natural ore ore. The mines, which have a long history of mining, contribute significant resources and financial support to the Georgetown Admiral every year, and drive the development of air transportation in the Cayman Islands.

Otherwise, it was just an ordinary accident, and he didn't need to come to inspect and deal with it in person, as a naval colonel.

As we continue to go deeper into the mine, the original unchanged gray-brown scene has become more innovative. The silver specks scattered all over the ore are eye-catching, and with his past knowledge, Trix naturally knows that it is the original ore of Aojin here.

In the distance, in front of a cavern, a red-and-white painted mining machine is parked, in stark contrast to the slightly oppressive gray-brown color of the surrounding area.

Bingham needed to overhaul the machinery as a whole, so it began to inspect and repair with a lot of tools and electronics. With nothing to do, Trix naturally turned his attention to the bottom of this mine, which contained a lot of resources.

This is the largest known source of ore in the Cayman Islands and the surrounding waters, and the amount of ore that can be mined in the open-pit sea mine on a daily basis is only a drop in the bucket compared to here, and at most it is only to maintain the production of some unimportant commodities.

As the young man pondered these and worried about the situation of Wenyue, who had been away from him for a long time, a faint tremor suddenly made him turn his gaze to the direction where Bingham and the other drivers were.

The others who were also aware of the tremor also looked at the mining machinery that had not been started, and were a little suspicious when the second tremor was transmitted again.

There is no doubt that this is not due to the normal chatter caused by the start of the excavation machinery.

Bingham and the rest of the staff looked at Trix with puzzled eyes, and the sudden connection to the psychic link gave him some kind of bad premonition.

Just when the young man was also a little confused, the thought of Phoebe from the Ground Garrison Fleet made his face solemn again.

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Time turns forward a bit

The small port in Cayman Brac did not have the buildings and streets that a human settlement should have in the port of Georgetown, and the only thing that could be called a large building was the large warehouse built at the port. Around the warehouse are the homes of local residents.

Debris is haphazardly thrown along the paved road, and the scattered piles of building materials are already covered in dust, giving the impression of an unfinished defect.

In front of the port warehouse, several girls stopped in place rather boredly, as if waiting for something.

The chestnut-haired girl and a blonde girl sat together and seemed to be chatting, and not far away a girl with short lilac hair was happily teasing a half-sized cat, and two girls were whispering.

"Phoebe-san? Why do you need to lay mines on the perimeter? The previous minelaying mission is over, right? The girl with the long maroon hair asked as she leaned next to the blonde girl.

The girl in the sleeveless corset skirt stroked the forehead of the girl next to her, looked at the sea not far away and said slowly:

"I always think it's safer...... Well, the weather has been a little bad these days......", looking at the low and dim clouds in the distant sky, a certain throbbing in the girl's heart became more and more intense.

"Huh? It seems like it's going to rain~", the chestnut-haired girl seemed to agree with her, but she didn't notice the uneasiness hidden in Phoebe's heart.

"But the Admiral is so slow...... It hasn't come out yet. After waiting for a while, Wen Yue seemed to be a little impatient, and stood up again and walked around Phoebe.

Phoebe, who witnessed this scene, didn't say much, she knew that it was indeed normal for the girl in front of her to have such a reaction.

Recalling some things in the past, as well as Wen Yue's very different temperament from a long time ago, even Phoebe, who was in a better mood and kung fu, frowned a little.

"It should take a little longer, and there should be a lot of ...... on the Admiral's side," Phoebe was trying to get Wenyue to take care of her a little when she was stunned by a dull popping sound from a distance.

At the same moment, the other four seemed to stop their movements for a moment, turning their attention to the place where the popping sound was coming from farther away.

"Is it a voice from a minefield, Phoebe? Do you want me to go ......", a young girl in charge of the Cayman Brac Bray mission today, seemed to ask Phoebe's opinion.

"Wait!" Phoebe, who still has some experience coping, stops the tide of requests and begins to connect with Trix's spiritual network.

Since none of them had the authority granted temporarily, the command at the moment naturally needed to be assumed by their commanders.

After a slight adjustment of mindset and a quick and accurate report of what had just happened, the advice of young people came from the other end of the spiritual network:

"Is it Phoebe? I also felt the shock from the explosion just now, please check it before eliminating the danger, and at this moment you have the command of the combat mission. Although Trisk suspected that it might just be the result of a mine that had exploded by accident, he still stressed that he should focus on the investigation.

I hope so

Phoebe prayed in her heart, and began to adjust her mind and lay out a series of commands:

"Shio and Tama will go with me to the minefield to check the specific situation......," she looked around as she got up again, and began to assign tasks based on the experience she had gained from her previous role as the captain of the escort mission.

"The tide will work hard." , like Phoebe, the tide of the ship's outfit stood up, as one of the few three-level and experienced in actual combat, she couldn't deny this arrangement.

"What's that?" , Tama who had just put the cat down didn't seem to expect that he was also called on this kind of task.

Perhaps because it was the first time she came into contact with such a sudden incident, she continued to give instructions to the other two in order to pursue safety:

"Fumitsuki and Mochizuki please inform the other residents and evacuate, and avoid the danger of shelling the harbor if the deep sea is coming......"

"Woo~ Okay" "Okay, let's attack." Wenyue and Mochizuki, who were staying on the side, also seemed to be very satisfied with this, and soon began to carry out the task.

After releasing the ship, Tama released the water scout, and cooperated with the radar carried by Phoebe to confirm the situation in the surrounding waters.

The trio carefully bypassed the mine-ridden waterway and headed out of the harbor through a special safe passageway.

"Spot that deep sea meow! It seems to be just a light cruiser class meow! Tama, who reports the results of his observations from a distance with a special habit of mouth, does not seem to be worried about the attack of the deep sea.

"The radiant energy level is confirmed to be two, and the three of us should be able to solve it." Phoebe, who communicates with Trix through a spiritual link, also seems to be relieved.

"Please be careful." At this time, Trix, who was still at the bottom of the mine, could only give such wishes.

Phoebe is still quite confident in this, and she is quite sure that she should deal with these lone deep seas with previous experience in escort missions.

"Please pay attention to support me, and solve this deep sea as soon as possible." , Phoebe said before giving the battle order.

With temporary agency, Phoebe decided to take the initiative. Shio and Tama, who are taller, are grouped together to intercept and pinn down, while she is in charge of the main battle.

Although she doesn't like the endless fighting, she still has to work to protect her Admiral and her allies.

After bypassing the mine barrier, the three of them headed towards the deep sea as fast as they could.

Relying on shipborne radar and marine reconnaissance observations, Phoebe also noticed that the mines placed on the periphery did indeed cause some trouble for the deep sea.

"It seems that the deep sea, which has little experience, has not been able to avoid the damage caused by mines......," said Tide of Mine-laying Mission.

As the distance between the two sides narrowed, a total of fifteen naval guns carried by Phoebe and Tama began to project scorching artillery fire into close proximity of the enemy.

Perhaps the firepower projected by the three salvos was too fierce, and even the deep sea, which did not have much wisdom, felt a strong crisis coming from behind him. Knowing that simply increasing the speed of the ship could not escape the interception of Tama and Shio, the deep-sea cruiser, which was already a little crazy, aimed its eight main guns at Phoebe and fired several times.

The blazing fire and debris burned and extinguished on the turquoise waters, but the shelling between the deep sea and the ship never stopped.

Due to the absolute superiority in firepower projection and support, the three shipwives who gradually gained the upper hand were preparing to kill this deep sea that had been hit several times in one go, but they didn't want to interrupt this plan instantly by several cannon sounds in the distance.

Even the tide, which is weak in radar effectiveness, can sense a strong radiation response faintly emitted from a distance.

And Phoebe, who has a radar bonus, knows even more that it is a deep-sea heavy cruiser with third-level strength!

"Phoebe? How's the battle going over there? Since no one in the crowd had carried out the flagship renovation, Trix could only rely on the relays of the three people present to know the battle situation.

"Admiral! An unknown three-class deep-sea heavy cruiser has appeared! Phoebe asks for a tactical retreat! Almost at the same time, Phoebe, who noticed the anomaly, began to convey her thoughts.

Through the radar, she could feel a vague radiation reaction in the distance, and under the hold of a certain fear, she gave the order again:

"Release torpedoes to hinder them! Return to port from the safety of the water immediately! ”

She didn't dare to tell her admiral that she vaguely felt the radiation signal of a three-level deep-sea battleship, and at the moment she just wanted to take her teammates away from this dangerous sea.

The three of them did not sit still in the deep sea when they retreated, but continued to project fire with naval guns, and Phoebe, who had been hit by two bullets and had fallen into a state of breakdown, continued to insist on throwing some mines to hinder them when retreating to the minefield.

After suffering continuous fire, the three girls who hurriedly laid mines to block the safe waterway immediately retreated to the port, and at this moment Shio and Phoebe were already in a state of middle break, only Tama was only in a small state.

After learning about the battle, Trix was shocked at first, and then his mind fell to the bottom.

Relying only on the island's five frigates and the mines on the periphery, it is impossible to stop the deep sea that is about to move outside Cayman Brac.