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Accompanying the armored units of the Self-Defense Forces to the processing plant, there was also a "big man". Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Yohei Yamasugi is the general manager of the business department of the "Wamura Mining Company" and the head of the processing plant.

The company is not large, and it was not related to the big five consortia before, but it was jointly acquired by the main families of the big five consortia three months ago. The company's sole business was to mine gold in Afghanistan and bring the dissolved gold and silver back to their capital, where they were deposited in the secret vaults of the five major conglomerates.

Mining has been carried out smoothly, mainly thanks to the United States.

After Naoto Kanno proposed to send more troops to Afghanistan, Kazumura Mining approached an American company that owned the exploration rights of the mine and offered to purchase the exploration rights and a complete set of exploration equipment. With Toichiro Fukuhara as prime minister, it was a foregone conclusion that U.S. companies would send troops to Afghanistan, and American companies sold exploration rights and equipment at very low prices.

It's called exploration, but it's actually poaching.

The Afghan authorities are not a problem, and the officials who oversee the exploration work have long been bought off by American companies, and the benefits of village mining are even greater.

After several months of preparation, Hecun Mining transported a lot of mining and refining equipment in the name of supporting the garrison.

During this period, the mineral exploration personnel of Yuben also conducted a comprehensive survey of the gold ore veins buried under the copper ore, and basically determined the course of the ore veins and the approximate reserves.

Similar to the results of the exploration of American enterprises, the mineable gold reserves will not be less than three thousand tons.

After removing the hundreds of tons that were stolen by American companies, there are about 2,400 tons left.

Although from the perspective of market value, 2400 tons of gold is about 130 billion US dollars, excluding exploration and mining and other related expenses, it is said that the maximum profit can be 120 billion US dollars, but the value of gold is not reflected in the market price, but its major strategic value.

As the only precious metal that holds its value, gold is of great strategic importance.

How tall exactly?

Before the collapse of the Bremerton Woods system, the U.S. Congress passed a bill that is still in effect to this day banning the export of gold from strategic reserves. In other words, other countries can buy gold from the US Federal Reserve Bank vault, but they must keep the purchased gold in the United States.

Although in the international market, the US dollar is also a hard currency, and the emerging euro also has a hard currency surname, but as long as the international situation is turbulent, the currency of any country will lose its hard currency surname, and the only hard currency is precious metals, of which gold is the mainstay.

In wartime, 2,400 tons of gold was the real "family foundation".

Obviously, it is not the will of the enterprises themselves, but the secret support of the US authorities and major US conglomerates.

It is said that the five major consortia are not stupid, and they know that the situation is likely to take a sharp turn for the worse, and it is the right thing to do to seize the mining.

Yohei Yamasugi comes once or twice a month to review the shipment list of the processing plant, grasp the mining situation of the mine, and the maintenance status of the mining and processing equipment.

This time was no exception, after checking the shipping list, Yamasugi Yohei followed the miners down to the bottom of the mine and learned about the mining progress of the veins.

The gold veins are beneath the copper deposit, sandwiched between rock formations, in a stepped shape, extending downward.

Mining is gradual, with one vein being mined and then extending downwards to mine new veins. The mined waste is used to fill the tunnels above, and the gold ore, mixed with large quantities of quartz ore, is transported to the surface on conveyor belts. The degree of automation of the mining equipment is so high that a single miner can do it. Because the mining operation is very labor-intensive, two miners are assigned to work in eight-hour shifts.

Yohei Yamasugi spent four hours in the cave and learned more about the mining of the veins.

He is both a business manager and a mining expert.

This time, I came mainly to learn about the mining of ore veins. The first layer of ore has been harvested by American companies, and they are mining the second layer of ore veins. In a few days, the second vein will be finished, and the third vein will have to be mined. The problem was that the third vein, about fifty meters below, exceeded the lifting limit of the belt conveyor, and a new conveyor had to be used, which required additional workers.

Installing new equipment, it will definitely take time.

In between, silver can be mined and processing plants will not stop, but the value of gold is greater, and it would be nice to be able to mine the third vein as soon as possible.

After grasping the situation, Yohei Yamasugi will reach the ground.

At this time, it is late at night, and the workers who will go to work in the early hours of tomorrow morning have already gotten up. The chef prepared a rich supper, but there were only a few guards in the cafeteria who had just been replaced, as well as the officers and soldiers of the Self-Defense Forces who had come with Yohei Yamasugi. Once he has inspected the machinery and equipment at the processing plant, he will return to the SDF station.

After eating something, Yohei Yamasugi changed into a special protective suit and entered the processing plant.

The silver slag in the dissolving tank has long been removed, the pulverizer is running at full speed to feed the processed gold ore powder into the dissolving tank, two workers are inspecting the sprinkler equipment, and two workers are inspecting the filling equipment. The vehicles transporting the gold solution are parked in the filling area, and the delivery pipeline has been connected to the first truck. Two hours after the start of processing, the first drop of the gold solution flows into a special container in the truck.

Yohei Yamasugi walked around and found two senior mechanics to ask.

He is an expert in the mining industry, but not a mechanical expert, so the technical problems of the processing plant mainly depend on senior technicians.

The processing equipment was inspected and maintained yesterday and is in the best condition. It's just that the wear and tear of the crusher exceeds expectations, and the service life will be shortened by at least one-third, and the senior technician recommends replacing the new equipment as soon as possible, otherwise the powder yield is too low, which will definitely affect the processing efficiency. In addition, the degree of corrosion in the dissolving tank was much more severe than expected, and the senior mechanic made two suggestions, one was to build a new one, and the other was to spend a few days renovating the anti-corrosion compartment of the dissolving tank.

After talking about these issues, Yamasugi Yohei was already sweating profusely.

There is no other reason: in order to maximize the activity of the solvent, the temperature in the processing plant must be maintained above 26 degrees Celsius, which is more than 30 degrees Celsius higher than the outdoor temperature!

In addition, the special protective clothing is completely sealed, and the heat cannot be dissipated.

Yamasugi Yohei was about to leave, when the ground shook violently, his feet slipped, and the senior mechanic next to him grabbed his arm with a hand, otherwise he would fall into the dissolution pool.

Explosions followed, and seven people in the processing plant were immediately stunned.

When the first missile came, the little devils didn't notice it until the Type 90 main battle tank parked behind the gate of the processing plant was hit by a missile, and more than a dozen shells stored in the tail compartment of the turret were detonated by a high-temperature metal jet, throwing the more than 20-ton turret into the sky, and several officers and men of the Self-Defense Forces nearby reacted.

The attack came so suddenly that for a moment the officers and men of the Self-Defense Forces could not judge which direction the enemy was in.

The turret of the tank flew more than ten meters and hit the toilet behind the sentry box.

At this time, a violent explosion sounded in the processing plant, and five Type 89 infantry fighting vehicles neatly parked between the warehouse and the dormitory were blown up into the sky like a salute.

The little devil finally reacted.

Another Type 90 tank was parked on the other side of the warehouse, and three tankmen, who were inspecting the rubber plates on the track sheaths, immediately threw away their tools and got into the tank.

The tank shook a few times and roared out of the stop, its turret pointing at the burning infantry fighting vehicles.

The little devil's tanker took it for granted that the enemy who blew up the Type 89 infantry fighting vehicle was nearby, and he definitely didn't run far, maybe he was still looking for an opportunity.

A few seconds later, the little devil's tanker paid for this assumption.

A second Tao missile flew in about the same direction, entered the processing plant through the gate, and eventually exploded above the head of the Type 90 tank, which was already exposed to the clearing. This is a "Tao" 2B, the first self-forging warhead has already pierced the top armor of the tank, killing two tankers in the turret, and the sputtered metal fragments have killed the driver in front; Immediately after that, the second self-forging warhead burrowed into the ammunition compartment at the rear of the turret, detonating the shells inside, and throwing the entire turret forward more than ten meters away.

Judging by the destructive effect, the second missile is not much different from the first.

In the face of this kind of anti-tank missile with the ability to attack the top, not to mention the Type 90 tank, which is not thick enough, even the "Challenger" and "Merkava", which are known for their protection, cannot afford it. At this stage, with the exception of the main battle tank equipped with a terminal interception system, no tank is capable of effectively defending against overhead anti-tank missiles.

At this time, the officers and men of the Self-Defense Forces finally knew which direction the enemy was coming from.

What awaited them was a steady stream of machine-gun shells.

The M3 "Bradley" came out of the darkness and rushed straight to the processing plant. The US military has long proved that the "Big Viper" machine gun is an ideal weapon for attacking fortifications, and the opponent's general fortifications are more than enough. Even in the case of fortifications, the M3 can use anti-tank missiles.

Seeing the chariot, the morale of the little devil fell to the bottom.

Although the reinforcements carried AT-4 anti-tank rocket launchers and Milan anti-tank missiles, they were all placed in the bombed-out tanks.

The living little devils only have all kinds of firearms.

Dealing with the M3 with firearms is simply self-defeating.

A few of the slightly more daring little devils also rushed out and tried to use the M203 grenade generator attached to the rifle against the tank, but before they could get close, they were killed by bullets fired from the side.

There were only three people in the chariot, namely Liu Wei, Zhou Fen and Bao Liuqing.

Liu Wei was in charge of driving, Zhou Fen was in charge of controlling weapons, and Bao Liuqing was in the commander's seat, guiding them in the direction and attacking targets.

Kotone Takeuchi and the others had already gotten out of the car and accompanied the attack on both wings.

Although the tactics are a bit complicated, the little devil has already messed up the formation, and there are not many challenges.

When the chariot came, the processing plant also bloomed.

Zhou Yulong and Mobei Wolf first marked the two main battle tanks with a shimmering agent, and then loaded the remote-controlled bomb under the belly of the Type 89 infantry fighting vehicle.

Because there were still many devil soldiers in the processing plant, the two of them did not rush into battle after blowing up the chariot.

It wasn't until Liu Wei and the others came to kill and diverted the attention of the devil soldiers that the two of them came out and began to take advantage of the fire to rob.

(To be continued)