The wheels of time rolled by slowly and continuously, and the Soviets seemed to have acquiesced to the fact of failure.
When they were ambushed by Lister on the eve of the blizzard, almost all the helicopters were wiped out.
Their land aviation regiment could almost be said to have been lost.
All.
They lost the ability to deploy troops.
Facing the complex mountainous area covered with heavy snow, they also chose to accumulate strength and wait for the next spring and a larger troop buildup.
And within this week, the air force from the Siberian Military District and the Bering Strait Military District have used IL-76 military transport aircraft to transport a large number of Soviet elites from various local units, with battalions as the basic unit of calculation.
Soviet troops have also gathered on the Queen Charlotte Islands.
Moreover, most of them are light infantry, light armored units suitable for mountain warfare, and a small number of armed helicopters.
They are completely positioned according to mountain warfare.
But all this is also unpredictable for Lister who is deep inside the cave base, because he has no communication channels with the outside world and has no idea about the assembled troops on the Queen Charlotte Islands.
Of course, this is also the opposite.
Even the size of List's own troops is a mystery to the Soviets and Canadians.
In the current cave base, one week is enough for this group of idle and energetic Marine Corps boys to basically complete all the necessary facilities inside.
As the engineering tasks were arranged, small-scale blasting in full swing appeared deep in the huge Rocky Mountains.
However, their task is not complicated.
After all, they had completed digging various caves and tunnels two months ago.
And the current task is just to make the rough places as smooth as possible.
At the same time, grooves for lines were dug out in tunnels and caves.
Come and connect the thick and long wires to the power storage boxes in each cave.
Gentle lights have also appeared in every corner of the cave.
Thick industrial circuits have been built in the grooves, and the branched out voltage regulators and sockets have also connected large and small lamps.
The lighting lamps in the tunnel and the chandeliers in the cave have also been installed by the group of young men.
After the current is connected, bright light is released, filling the originally dark space.
The light is basically bright.
However, a number of Marines were still wielding pickaxes to dig out the rock walls that had been blasted with detonators, and they were digging and expanding the surrounding caves to make the space larger.
Cave No. 2, which originally covers an area of more than 2,000 square meters, has been listed as the main target for expansion.
A dozen Marine Corps soldiers were standing behind Liszt.
Six chandeliers evenly distributed on the top of the rock wall four to five meters above their heads had covered the cave space of more than two thousand square meters.
The photo is quite clear.
Liszt frowned and looked at the existing underground river in front of him, and couldn't help but asked in a deep voice: "Old sir, are you really sure that this underground river is enough to support the operation of the generator set?"
This underground river, which is more than half a meter deep, used to be just a place to draw water in the cave base.
Apart from daily necessary water and the occasional open bathing water, it didn't have many other uses.
But a younger-looking Soviet expert followed Lister and nodded in his imperfect English: "Yes, although I am not a geologist, according to the trend of the Rocky Mountains, and Regarding the distribution of underground rivers, I am still sure that there is an even bigger underground river below the underground river in this cave."
The young Soviet expert also had affirmation in his tone, and when he looked at Lister, there was also a slight fear in his eyes.
Lister's cold look and his firing without caring about anything directly shocked all the Soviet experts, especially his colleagues who were still lying on the sleeping bag, shaking and moaning in pain, making them feel fearful and uneasy.
And he swallowed slowly, then looked at Liszt and nodded lightly: "Generally speaking, the more than 100 meters long underground river in the upper cave should belong to the underground river in the lower cave, and the water level has risen and overflowed.
"As a result."
He took a few steps forward slowly, bent down and touched the rock formations at the edge of the underground river.
Feeling the moisture on his hands, he nodded and said, "Yes, the sunken rock wall is not smooth. , completely caused by the different water levels in different seasons.”
"If this is the case, after the upper and lower underground rivers are opened, the hydroelectric generating units can be installed."
Liszt nodded slowly.
Although he did not understand geology and had little knowledge of hydropower, the Soviet heavy weapons research expert in front of him obviously had research on these.
He had also considered using the fast-flowing underground rivers to generate hydropower before, but now that the Soviet expert mentioned it first, he explained that from a professional point of view, it was safer than what he had imagined alone. .
"Yes, we must dig out the rock walls on both sides to make the underground river wider.
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At the same time, we must use lifting tools to destroy the rock layers under the underground river, and at the same time allow the water from the lower river to pour up."
With a stiff smile on his face, the younger Soviet expert nodded quickly, put his hand in front of his face, pointed at the underground river that was still flowing rapidly, and expressed to Liszt in stiff English: "We can choose a smaller hydroelectric generator set, which can not only protect the rock structure of the cave itself, but also facilitate installation."
After a slight pause, he nodded softly and said: "And small hydroelectric generators are very useful for logistics and transportation.
It can also be safer.”
The Soviet expert's suggestion was quite scientific and reasonable, and Liszt nodded slowly.
He glanced at the fast underground river in front of him, which almost spanned the entire cave and was about half a meter away.
He also subconsciously glanced at the corner of the wall.
Several rectangular objects as tall as one person.
That was an industrial power storage box for exchange.
With the completion of ventilation, lighting, and communication systems, this expensive exchange item has almost become a consumable.
Squinting slightly, Liszt's retina also showed various generators among daily necessities, whether they were diesel or solar, they were all listed one by one.
But he still looked at the hydroelectric generators, especially the small domestic hydroelectric generator set.
However, the price of 500 points per unit also made him quite excited
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