Neither Fang Er nor Huang Taku had any interest in the wreckage of those warplanes, not even bothering to send people to clean up the battlefield.
For an entire night, the "Mao Xiong" (Russian Bear) made no moves.
After the battle ended, they withdrew from "Jia Pen Ji" (Japan) immediately.
Compared to the vast amount of supplies collected by the Volga River, this underground world seemed to have lost its importance.
Simply reverse-engineering those advanced weapons and equipment would keep their scientific researchers busy for decades.
After witnessing the fate of the "Bai Tou Ying" (White Eagle - USA) and "Xiao Niu Niu" (Little Calf - likely another country), the other factions unanimously made the same choice as the "Mao Xiong."
Retreat!
Damn it!
If they didn't retreat now, they wouldn't even be able to take their ashes home...
A few days later, at the summit of Mount Fuji, an elevator system was installed, providing direct access to the underground world.
Tens of thousands of meters of steel cable alone were used!
The underground world was located more than four thousand meters below the surface.
Actually, the simplest method would have been to directly adjust the entry and exit points of the spacetime channel.
However, a suggestion from Huang Taku made Fang Er abandon this idea.
Research!
From the summit all the way down to the underground world.
These elevators were brought back from the future by Fang Er himself, along with a large number of installation and maintenance personnel, as well as research staff.
The elevators were a rather crude type of cargo elevator, with a large load capacity and relatively easier to install.
In the underground world, the pile of Caterpillars that Fang Er had previously dropped was still there, though they had already been mangled beyond recognition by the Di Jiang and Qiong Qi.
The driver's cabins, the vehicle bodies, wherever the eye could see, were covered in scratches.
The four-meter-high tires had been torn to shreds, and next to them lay a pile of corpses, likely killed by the shock when the tires burst.
"Clang..."
"Clang..."
"Clang..."
One by one, the lights flickered on, illuminating the surroundings as if it were daytime. I don't know if this place was closer to the Di Jiang's lair or for some other reason.
These were the first to appear.
"Roar..."
"Thud..."
"Thud..."
A large group of six-legged "stools," wagging their short, stubby tails, leaped forward rapidly, attacking the Tian Huo Army.
"Open fire!"
Fang Er gave the order to fire. Zhuzi, leading the Tian Huo Army soldiers who came down with him, quickly set up defensive positions and launched an attack on the Di Jiang.
AKs were useless against their armor, so this expedition was equipped entirely with Gatling guns!
What kind of scene would it be with over a thousand Gatling guns firing in a staggered volley?
In any case, Xue Rengui fought alongside Zhuzi and his men, having a great time!
Spent casings continuously ejected, piling up at their feet.
In response, the Di Jiang, continuously pouring down from the distance, were riddled with bullets, falling heavily to the ground like sieves.
The corpses of the Di Jiang, piled up about three hundred meters away, resembled trenches.
After more than ten minutes, the figures of the Qiong Qi appeared.
There were more of them than when they were chasing Fang Er before, arriving in groups, one after another, without end.
Seeing this, Fang Er and Huang Taku couldn't help but feel a pang of pity.
Not for the bullets, but for the meat...
Damn it, so many corpses, enough to supply a small county for a day at the meat processing plant!
The slaughter continued, and no one knew how many Di Jiang and Qiong Qi were bred in this underground world.
The underground world had no sky to see, but the wristwatches could still display the time.
After a full three hours, the figures of the Di Jiang and Qiong Qi gradually thinned out, whether out of fear or because the ones nearby had been completely annihilated.
If this news were to reach the future, certain public intellectuals would undoubtedly come out and spout nonsense, but at this moment, neither Fang Er nor Huang Taku had the time to consider such things.
If a base could not be established, the development of the underground world would remain an empty talk.
"Third Division, clean up the battlefield!"
"Gather all the corpses and transport them to the surface!"
"Yes!"
Liu Meng immediately led his soldiers into action. The corpses were dragged back, sent to the elevators, and hoisted to the surface world.
Preparations had already been made above.
One by one, the corpses were thrown into ice water. The armor on the Di Jiang and Qiong Qi softened and dissolved rapidly in the low temperature, falling off.
Then, due to density differences, they settled to the bottom of the water.
The bodies were fished out, skinned, deboned, and cut into pieces. These would be sent back to the country to serve as food for the people.
The years of continuous warfare had created a massive deficit in grain domestically. The delivery of this meat could greatly alleviate the disaster of famine.
With these Di Jiang and Qiong Qi dealt with, the underground world welcomed a brief period of quiet.
The gunshots ceased, and the soldiers began clearing the spent casings from their feet.
After firing continuously for three hours, who knows how many Gatling guns were ruined, and the piles of spent casings on the ground were immense!
It was only because Fang Er, the perfect logistics officer, was present that even Huang Taku, from the Jian Bing Military Region, dared to use them so lavishly!
A command post had already been set up on an open space. Fang Er, Huang Taku, Li Chengzong, and others sat facing each other, discussing the next course of action.
The last time Li Ke was captured by the Qiong Qi, Fang Er chased him for over a thousand kilometers in search of him but couldn't even find the boundary of this underground world.
Who knew how vast this place truly was!
"First Division, First Battalion, six o'clock direction!"
"First Division, Second Battalion, four o'clock direction!"
"............."
As Fang Er issued one order after another, the First, Second, and Third Divisions that had entered the underground world began to act swiftly.
They were responsible for different directions, exploring towards the distance.
Huang Taku, meanwhile, took two carts of armor materials melted from the Di Jiang and returned to the future with Fang Er's help.
These items were to be sent to the laboratory for analysis of their specific composition.
"Mountain Chief, what do you think? Should we call it Tai Jin?"
Li Tai walked into the command post, holding a brand-new Gatling gun, and said to Fang Er with a smile.
Fang Er: ............
Where was his face!
He had casually said something last time, asking him to name this material, and this guy had actually added his own name to it!
Looking at the Gatling gun he had casually placed on the table, he asked with some doubt.
"What is this?"
Li Tai was incredibly smug: "Hehehehe, it's made of Tai Jin!"
"It can guarantee uninterrupted firing for 12 hours!"
Holy cow?!
Fang Er was stunned upon hearing this and tacitly accepted his naming of the material.
Cooler it gets, softer it becomes; hotter it gets, harder it becomes...
The properties of Tai Jin, used as a gun barrel, had to be said, this was a truly good idea!
"Let's go, let's try it outside!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he picked up the Gatling gun and walked outside.
Li Chengzong and the other three military region commanders also became interested. A Gatling gun that could fire for 12 hours uninterrupted.
This was absolutely...
A bug!
An absolute bug!