In this way, Xu Jianguo and his family settled down completely in the Dawali base.
Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
In August, the Greater Khingan Range finally felt a bit like summer, with the chirping of insects and birds echoing everywhere.
The entire base has returned to calm from the hustle and bustle when we first arrived, and many previously planned tasks are also proceeding in an orderly manner.
Thanks to the efforts of hundreds of workers and masters, the new 523 Institute is located in a natural cave halfway up the mountain in the northeast corner of the base.
Coincidentally, Xu Jianguo originally planned to move the institute's production workshop underground, but a heavy rain some time ago changed his plans.
Under the continuous erosion of heavy rain, a hole about two meters high and one and a half meters wide was exposed to the sight of the patrolling soldiers.
Due to the heavy rain, several soldiers did not dare to enter the cave rashly. They just shone their flashlights inside and found no signs of any reflection. They knew that the space inside the cave must be very large, so they immediately reported to their superiors.
After receiving the news, the guard battalion commander Chi Changlong did not dare to delay and immediately rushed over with his men. After checking the situation, he arranged for people to surround the cave entrance, and then went straight to the headquarters to report the situation to Ma Guoliang.
After thinking about it, Ma Guoliang called Dong Jixiang and Xu Jianguo to his office.
When Xu Jianguo heard what Ma Guoliang said, his eyes suddenly lit up, and then he expressed his thoughts.
When Ma Guoliang and Dong Jixiang heard this, their eyes widened. So Ma Guoliang made another phone call to call Wang Liang, the head of the barracks section.
So, after the rain stopped, the group rushed to the cave without stopping. Wang Liang led two officers from the barracks section and followed a squad of guards, holding flashlights and entering the unknown cave.
Originally, Xu Jianguo thought that the space inside the cave would not be very large, but they waited for nearly two hours.
Xu Jianguo wanted to go into the cave to take a look several times, but was stopped by the two old men.
After waiting for a while, he heard the sound of soldiers talking and laughing in the cave, and Xu Jianguo rushed over in a flash.
After Wang Liang emerged from the cave, his clean little face had turned pitch black. He didn't have time to wipe it off. Seeing Xu Jianguo waiting at the entrance, he immediately shouted, "It's rich! It's rich! This time it's really rich!"
At this time, Ma Guoliang and Dong Jixiang also came over and asked, "Wang Liang, tell me quickly, what's going on?"
"Commander, we've found Xiao Ben's secret base. There are quite a few things inside, and the cave is very large. We've spent over an hour exploring it and still haven't finished."
"What? You said this cave is a Japanese base? No, how do you know this is a Japanese base?"
"I'm sure there are Japanese corpses inside, Japanese flags on the wall, and Japanese writings. There's no doubt about it!"
After listening to Wang Liang’s report, Ma Guoliang and Dong Jixiang looked at each other and saw excitement in each other’s eyes.
"There are corpses inside? Did you all see it?" Dong Jixiang turned and asked the guards of that squad.
"Report, we saw it, it is indeed the Japanese base!" said the guard squad leader, and the other soldiers nodded in agreement.
"Okay! Lao Ma, this matter needs to be reported to the higher authorities!" said Dong Jixiang.
"You're right. I'll call the old leader now. Let's go back to the headquarters!" Ma Guoliang said, and then he pulled Dong Jixiang back.
Seeing this, Tai Wei and Guo Bin hurriedly followed him, but after they had taken a few steps, they saw Ma Guoliang turn around and walk back.
"Chi Changlong!"
"arrive!"
"Send someone to guard the cave entrance. No one is allowed to enter the cave without my order. Anyone who disobeys my order will be punished by military law!"
"yes!"
After giving the instructions, the group left the cave. Xu Jianguo looked at the four people who were leaving quickly, his face full of helplessness. He thought to himself that these two old men were really disloyal and just left him here.
He originally wanted to go into the cave and take a look, but when he thought of Ma Guoliang's order, he had to give up.
When Wang Liang and his companions saw that the commander had left, they said goodbye to the others and took the two soldiers back to wash their faces.
Xu Jianguo thought about it and did not leave. Instead, he stood at the entrance of the cave, opened the Eye of Time and Space and looked inside.
It didn't matter that he took a look, the scene inside the cave really shocked him.
In his impression, the Peacock Lake Base he saw when he was looking for the scientific expedition team in Bashu was already big enough, but compared with the base in front of him, it seemed dwarfed.
If we really want to make a comparison, the size of this base in the belly of the mountain is only slightly smaller than the Black Mountain base.
"Damn it, I don't know how the Japanese built it nearly twenty years ago!" Xu Jianguo complained in his heart.
Just like that, on the fourth day after Ma Guoliang reported to the old man, an investigation team composed of multiple departments appeared at the Dawali base.
After a week of investigation, the leader of the investigation team determined that this was a strategic material warehouse of the Japanese. By consulting historical documents, he guessed that this should have been built by the Japanese in order to deal with the Su Lian.
There are no signs of artificial excavation at the entrance of this cave. If it weren't for the continuous heavy rain before, it is unknown when this base would have been discovered.
The entrance to the base is near a village at the foot of the mountain on the other side. The gate of the base is three meters high and wide, and is made of a natural boulder. From the outside, it blends into the entire mountain and can only be opened from the inside through gears and hinges.
If one had not entered through the hole created by the rain, no one would have discovered that this huge rock was actually the gate to a base.
The terrain near the base gate is flat, which fully meets the requirements for vehicle transportation.
There was no one living here before. About ten years ago, an Oroqen tribe came here to settle down, and finally the village was formed into its current appearance.
The leader of the investigation team immediately reported the situation to his superiors. Two days later, Ma Guoliang received a call from the old man, asking him to fully cooperate with the investigation team, clean up the items in the base, and designate the Dawali base to fully take over this base in the mountains.
Before hanging up the phone, the old man mentioned that he thought this place could be used to house the 523 Institute.
Ma Guoliang thought about it and felt that what the old man said made sense, so he agreed.
Next, Ma Guoliang called the logistics minister and the commander of the 350th Regiment and asked them to cooperate with the investigation team. It took nearly a week to clear out the Japanese base, check the circuit facilities in the base, and set up communication lines.
After fully considering the safety of the mountain structure, the barracks department expanded and reinforced this cave located halfway up the mountain to facilitate the subsequent transportation of machine tools, milling machines and other equipment.
Thanks to the efforts of the base's officers and soldiers and hundreds of workers and masters, the scientific research office of the 523 Institute and all the manufacturing equipment in the six production workshops were placed in the belly of the mountain.
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