$1,430 Ice Jam

This project is not complicated at all, but it is too labor-intensive. Two groups of people are not enough. In order to speed up the progress, Ye Han not only sent all the marines on the ship, but also mobilized some of the crew members. More than 100 people were sent into the ice cave.

The space in the ice cave is not small, but there are not so many places to land. The soldiers can only repair a landing point and put a few people in until everyone has entered.

When everyone entered the ice cave, the area between 7.4 kilometers and 7.5 kilometers was already overcrowded. The soldiers attached themselves to the cave wall like ants. The laser beams flew up and down back and forth. Pieces of broken ice were cut off from the cave wall by the laser and thrown into the ice cave by the soldiers. The poor drone was hit by a piece and had long become useless scrap metal.

But it doesn't matter. It's just a drone. Compared with the mission, it's insignificant.

More than 100 people worked for two hours to repair the more than 100-meter-long passage. The broken ice thrown into the ice cave alone filled the bottom of the cave for more than 400 meters.

But this is not the end. After repairing this 10x100-meter ice cave, the soldiers still cannot stop. They leave the upper 90 meters alone and dig deep to the side within the 10-meter range at the bottom. It took several hours to dig out a huge space under the ice, and finally dug out ten cylindrical ice pillars with a diameter of 10 meters and a height of 10 meters.

At this time, the broken ice thrown into the deep ice cave has blocked two kilometers.

At this point, the project seems to be over, but it is only half completed. After ordering all the soldiers to enter the side cave and no one to approach the main cave, Leishan opened fire at Cave No. 1 again, and the laser penetrated directly into Cave No. 1, melting the broken ice accumulated at the bottom of the cave.

The soldiers in the side cave first saw a beam of light accurately penetrate into the main cave, and then a strong steam suddenly rushed out from the bottom of the cave. The airflow was blocked by the place where the diameter was changed, and finally formed a vortex in this 10x100-meter area. The whistling wind sounded more and more urgent, and the scene was shocking.

However, the laser only lasted for a short time, and stopped after clearing the broken ice at the bottom of the cave.

But after the soldiers left the side cave, they found that the 10 by 100 meter section had been deformed by steam, and many places that should have been right angles had become rounded corners.

No problem, repair it, so the soldiers spent another half an hour to re-repair it until all positions met the standards before it was completed.

Finally, everything was ready, and Ye Han and all those who were concerned about the progress of the project breathed a sigh of relief. Most of the more than 100 people evacuated the ice cave, leaving only one combat group on standby.

Before evacuating, the communication team also specially installed several repeaters to keep in touch with the warships after blocking the ice cave.

The No. 1 cave of the Leishan was the first ice cave to complete the engineering preparation. The ice caves of other ships were still under construction and were expected to be completed within three to five hours.

At this time, the belated international fleet finally arrived at Europa. After Halsey contacted the Jizhou, he figured out what the Chinese side was busy with.

Halsey insisted that the aliens must be hiding under the ice, not underwater, and that there was no need for China to break through the ice, let alone scout the ocean under the ice.

Huo Qiang said frankly that it was not my intention to do this, but I couldn't find the enemy in the ice, so I had to resort to this last resort!

As the saying goes, people with different ideas cannot work together, but the two fleets have different views, but they must cooperate sincerely. In the end, no one could convince the other, so they just did their own thing. China continued to dig the ice, and the international fleet continued China's unfinished business, continuing to look for needles in the ice, looking for the shadow of aliens.

After the unpleasant communication ended, Huo Qiang issued an action order to the Leishan. To be on the safe side, Huo Qiang asked Ye Han to make comprehensive preparations, preferably by Ye Han himself.

Ye Han was helpless. Huo Qiang's tone was to discuss, but could he take this as a discussion?

He could only bring all the equipment and the Marines who had just evacuated the ice cave back to the ice cave. After entering the side cave at 7.5 kilometers, he issued an order to start the operation.

The laser fell into the No. 1 ice cave for the third time, and the ice layer at the bottom of the cave melted quickly, and steam rushed into the sky again.

Ye Han didn't know how long it would take to open the No. 1 cave, but judging from the situation in the No. 2 cave, the remaining ice layer was not much thicker.

Just two minutes later, the wind outside the cave suddenly became several times faster. The scattered ice feathers were only considered light snow, but in a blink of an eye, they turned into heavy snow.

Luo Qi immediately reminded: "Boss, it's open!"

Ye Han said: "Got it, one group, go!"

A group that had been waiting at the entrance of the cave immediately pushed the ice column, but the airflow outside was too strong, and the steam kept blowing into the side cave. Coupled with the weight of the ice column itself, the soldiers had difficulty and couldn't push it at all.

"Two more groups!" Ye Han ordered loudly, and two more combat groups rushed forward. More than 20 people worked together and finally pushed the ice column, moving it towards the ice cave little by little.

But after the ice column was pushed to the main cave, it was blocked by the pressure from the outside. It could not be pushed any further after only half of the main cave was blocked, no matter how many people went up.

Luo Qi suddenly said: "Boss, the pressure outside is high and the pressure inside is low. This is not a problem. Should we open up the inside and the bottom? In this way, it will be easier to push if the inside and outside are balanced."

Ye Han nodded immediately: "Let's do it."

Luo Qi immediately called a combat group, and after giving a few instructions, the whole group took out laser guns, found a corner that was not in the way, and fired diagonally downward.

The laser melted the ice and soon made a small hole leading to the main cave, and a gust of wind blew out of the hole.

The soldiers continued to expand the hole. After a while, the small hole as thick as a finger became as thick as a bucket. The air pressure inside and outside was quickly neutralized, and the icicle could finally be pushed again.

A few minutes later, the icicle finally blocked the main hole. Because the size was strictly controlled when digging the hole, although the icicle and the main hole were not perfectly fitted, there was not much gap. The heavy icicle suddenly jumped up under the strong airflow, and hit the top with a bang, blocking the main hole like a piston.

The violent airflow immediately weakened by half, and the ice feathers that were originally rising rapidly fell slowly like snowflakes.

"It's done!" Ye Han smiled: "Quick, fix the icicle and release the drone!"

The soldiers acted quickly, and several combat groups were responsible for the icicles and pushed the second icicle out.

The second icicle was in place, blocking the airflow from below. The icicle that was originally on top actually trembled and slowly descended. The already calm airflow rose again and actually pushed up the second icicle. The two icicles collided in the air, then stuck tightly together, and finally slowly rose to the top.