Chapter 281: Ice and Snow (02)
In this sky of wind and snow, there is no way to distinguish between night and day, as if all this has been swept into endless chaos, a large number of ship wrecks sink across the ice and snow, silently bearing the devastation of the wind and snow, these former majestic steel giants have lost the majesty of dominating the ocean, only the rusty body is abandoned here, like a huge statue, silently bearing all this, this sentence has worn out the reminiscence of the past glory, as if a veteran of the wind and candles, Although he once fought all his life, he couldn't withstand the ravages of time in the end, and he could never defeat the enemy of time, so he could only bear it silently and wait for the final moment to come......
Standing still on the side of a battleship in the snowstorm and snow, like a hunting wind flag, looking through the telescope at the large wreckage of the ship under his feet, he searched carefully little by little, and found the enemy's hidden position "150 in the direction of 11 o'clock, there are two people in the command compartment of the destroyer, equipped with light and heavy weapons, the distance is 80 in the direction of 9 o'clock, and there is a sniper in the tail of the cruiser......"
"Is there anything new, this is what I have found a long time ago." The ghost shadow is in the command cabin below, looking at the electronic map in his hand and saying, the map has been marked with dense highlights, that is, the hiding place of the enemy's sentinels and dark sentinels, this period of time, they have found more hidden enemies after a little bit of exploration, they are looking for a safe route to advance through the marking of these enemies, and are advancing from the north in a planned way, while continuing to grope forward a little bit while looking for the enemy's sentinels distributed around, In order to get a more complete picture of the situation here, they divided into several groups and started to act simultaneously from different directions.
"It doesn't hurt to make sure, at least to prove that they haven't changed the observation point." "Judging from the traces left above, they are a fixed sentry post, and they haven't changed it for a long time. β
"In this kind of icy and snowy place, it is not so easy to change a foothold, we have roughly determined the location of the entrance and exit according to the route of their sentry changing the guard, and the ships in the middle of the north book, people are coming out of there, there should be an entrance and exit, but so far, we have not been able to determine where the final location is, because the situation there is too complicated, and the ships are intertwined and cannot see the situation below at all, I am afraid that we can only confirm it after the field reconnaissance." The ghost said.
"If it was so easy to spot, they wouldn't have chosen such a place to hide, but at least we have identified one or two approximate locations, there must be more than one entrance to this kind of place, but we also have to find a suitable one for us to dive inside, otherwise there is no practical point." Heavy punch said.
"It stands to reason that there should be a place for vehicles to enter and exit, but in the past few days, we really haven't found anything similar, and although the weather is bad, it's not like even the car doesn't come out, right?" The ghost thought it was strange.
"I don't think their vehicle import and export should be here, otherwise it is impossible for so many days without a single car coming out, maybe in other places we don't expect, don't forget, this is a secret base, how can the secret base built by the Russians back then be too small? It is likely to stretch for several kilometers or even dozens of kilometers underground, and it is normal for vehicles to enter and exit in other places, not to mention, under this glacial landform, the stratum environment is not stable enough, and there is still a certain danger for large vehicles to enter and exit. Worm said.
"That makes a lot of sense." "There may only be an exit for communists to enter and exit here, and of course it is not excluded that there is a vehicle entrance or emergency exit, but it is not used, or it may be just for the sentinels to change the guard and enter and exit, and it is not playing its due role." β
"What you mean is that there may be vehicle imports and exports here, but they are useless now, or they are not used as the main import and export." The worm immediately understood what he meant.
"As a large base, it is impossible to only set up personnel entrances and exits, even if it is an emergency exit, it must also accommodate vehicles in and out, so these exits must exist, but they are not used normally, just like a building, there is a front entrance, a side door and a back door, although the side door is used by fewer people, it must also exist."
"The wreckage of many of the boats here doesn't look like they've been corroded, it's like they've been cut by man, and it's fucking ugly." Aaron said in the headphones.
"Many warships here have been cut and dismantled parts for other warships to use, the Russians don't really throw them all here, a small part of them does play a hot role, but only a small part of them, most of them are still thrown in the wind and sun, some parts of this large hull can be used on other ships, if the cost of dismantling is lower than rebuilding, then they will definitely come to dismantle, of course, there are still a large number of abandoned ships parked in the houseboat, if you want to dismantle them, you have to dismantle them first, It's not a very likely turn to be here. The griffon said.
"This number is inevitably too huge, and the warships that cost a lot of money to build ended up with such a fate, it's really sad, it's really hard to imagine how powerful their navy was back then, this is really a level of force that can make the whole world tremble." The thorn dolphin didn't sigh either.
"A product of the Cold War, that era only considered power, never considered the consequences, built so many warships, that the military expenditure was too huge, and in the end it could not be raised, or did it eventually become this pile of scrap metal that no one cared about? The blind arms race eventually dragged down the empire, and these ships lost their proper role and meaning, and could only be piled up here to rust. "To put it bluntly, or is it your machinations that have caused them to go arming frenzy?" You old Americans have finally reached the strategy of dragging down that empire. β
"I don't comment on this, and I don't know much about it, so I don't talk nonsense." The thorn dolphin is very clever to avoid this topic, this topic is a little sensitive, he doesn't want to say too much, besides, everyone has different views and positions, even if it is argued, it is meaningless, and it is not conducive to the cooperation between the two sides, why bother? It's better not to discuss, and the face that you earn is red, and you end up unhappy.
"There are marks of cutting everywhere here, these things should be sealed for later use, they just threw them here, how much loss is this?" I don't know who stuck a sentence in their headphones.
"Discarding these things in time is the most effective way to stop losses, giving up a ship, it is more economical than raising it, it was a problem for the Russian Navy at that time to eat, how could it be possible to raise such a large fleet? Therefore, retaining the necessary combat strength and abandoning some redundant ships can be regarded as a last resort, no matter what the angle of consideration, at least it can reduce the number of troops, reduce its own pressure, and ensure the normal operation of the army. Aaron said, "At that time, they had enough troops, but what role did they play, it was nothing more than the state to invest all the money in armaments, making the people's livelihood miserable, even if they were used for storage and backup, there were still a lot of weapons to be discarded, after all, the number of weapons they built back then was too large." β
"Now is not the time for us to think about these problems, let's take a look at the present, our work is not very easy to do now, the wind and snow are too big, it is difficult to find those hidden enemies, if I find a random place to lie on my stomach, I can nail you all to the snow between this warship." The griffon had been pushing forward for a long time, but he still had a lot of trepidation in his heart, he knew the threat of a lurking sniper, and he knew how difficult it was for a sniper to be detected when he hid.
"At our current pace, it will take at least two or three days to get close, and if we can't get close enough, we won't be able to observe the route of their sentry changing of the guard in and out and the final position of the interior." Thorn Dolphin said he doesn't seem happy with the progress he is making so far.
"This kind of thing can't be rushed, slow work and careful work, let's work steadily, there is too much space inside this ship, and the enemy has too many places to hide, we still have to be careful, it's still the same sentence, seek stability rather than speed." The heavy punch had already touched another warship in front, at this time, the warship was on the ice, almost half of the body had been sealed by ice and snow, only less than half was still exposed on the surface of the ice and snow, and the cabin was full of thick frost, and he even saw that the early radar had not been removed, it can be seen that when this warship was abandoned, he didn't want to get all the things inside out, just drove the ship here and threw it away, and many facilities were still left on it, including the ship's engine, shipboard weapons and military radar, It's definitely a military scavenger's paradise.
"Among these warships, at least some of them can be repaired and can still be used, and the management is obviously outdated, but they can be upgraded, they can still be upgraded, they can still be upgraded, and they can still exert their residual heat, and it is better to sell them to some backward countries than to pile them up here, I really don't understand what they think." The ghost said.
"It's not much cheaper than building a new one, it's not easy to get out of here, it's completely frozen, and it's not cheap to dig these things out of the ice." The griffin said, "What's more, there is no threat of large-scale war now, so there is no need to get these things out to exert residual heat, as for selling to third world countries, you don't have to do this, you have to start here, they can pick and sell their warships at will, don't look at the number of ships that have been abandoned, the number of their existing fleet is still not a few, for their navy, it is still a huge burden, so if you want to sell, sell the existing one, there is no need to do a reprocessing here, Reuse, a waste of time and effort. β
"There are anti-aircraft missiles on it, all of which have rusted into iron lumps, what a waste." Someone found something more.
"Your spies frequented this place in the early days, getting some weapon parameters and even weapon samples, which helped you get to know your opponents better." The ghost said.
There was a silence in the headphones, and it was clear that those people didn't want to talk about such a topic, regardless of whether the ghost was saying it was true or not, these things were relatively sensitive, so the other party felt that it was wiser to be silent.
"I found out that this place was once used as a sentry post by them, and they lived here, as well as frozen urine and feces." Said the man of the hedgehog.
"Looks like they're in the habit of switching sentry positions on a regular basis." "Let's hope they don't change the position of the sentry while we're here."
"We may be close to our outer defensive circle, so be careful." The griffon reminded.
"Most of the sentinels we can find now are sleeping, and they know that no one will come in such a big snowstorm, so are we being too cautious? The speed should be accelerated, and no more time should be wasted. "Someone said.
"What does their carelessness have to do with us? Are you sure all of their sentinels are already in this state? As long as one person is vigilant, it is possible to find out our whereabouts, we can't leave anything to chance, and there is no harm in being more careful, not to mention that we don't have a second chance, and we can't afford to lose. The thorn dolphin reprimanded his subordinates and said, "Give me some spirits, in the end, anything can happen in the ghost place, and they may hide in any place you don't expect." β
"Who's going to be sleepy in this damn weather, and in a place where it can freeze?" The ghost whispered, but he was just talking to himself and didn't get it out of the Soldier Radio.
"We have approached the position of the enemy sentry and are observing further." The progress on Aaron's side is still relatively fast, "Prepare to enter the distance contact, and enter the combat state at any time." β
"If you can close it, you can close it around your neck, and you don't need to make head-on contact." The griffon reminded him, "This kind of wind and snow weather is quite favorable for us, as long as you don't get too close, it will be difficult for them to spot you, and such a large wind and snow can provide you with enough cover." β
"I also know, it's just that I'm thinking about whether there is an enemy according to the map, I'm worried that we will be discovered, the situation in this kind of place is too complicated, we have to prepare, once discovered, we can only successfully kill the periphery of this place, and promise not to reveal our identity, at least we can ensure that our existence will not be known to insiders in a short period of time, maybe we still have a chance." Thorn Dolphin said.
"You're too naΓ―ve, once we are discovered, we can't have a second chance, they will definitely report the situation as soon as possible, at that time, even if we can clear out the sentinels here, it is impossible to have a chance to infiltrate the interior, at that time we can only turn the infiltration mission into a strong attack, that is probably not a situation that any of us are willing to face......"
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