"Isn't this really an unexpected discovery?"

In the Central Plains region, radio communication equipment is already quite complete, so the speed of information transmission has also been greatly improved.

After the Geological Survey Bureau of Beishan City received the intelligence information, an application was undoubtedly sent to Luo Ji as quickly as possible.

Originally, there was no need for him to see things of this level in person. Wasn't it just to explore the geology? Beishan City's city hall could just approve it, so there was no need to send it to him.

Under normal circumstances, the Geological Survey Bureau only needs to formally submit a report after it has definitely discovered a new mineral vein.

But this time, the situation is obviously different.

The biggest reason is that it is too far!

Subconsciously pulling up the system map, Luo Ji tried to search, and then quickly locked onto a location.

According to the report, the area where the mineral veins may exist is more than 800 kilometers away from the Winter Fortress.

That area is still the area where their civilization of all realms is bitterly cold, and is not a third-party area filled in by the system. Therefore, the discovery of mineral veins is not a strange thing, it is considered their local resource.

However, this distance is not considered close in modern society.

If he wanted to send a geological exploration team there, he would probably have to mobilize a lot of funds, as well as manpower and material resources.

After discovering the ore vein, it would be even more difficult to set up a mining farm there.

Luo Ji was undoubtedly a little troubled by this issue.

At this distance, if he wanted to connect the territories, he would probably have to build another small city. At the same time, taking into account the subsequent territorial filling issues, it is estimated that two or three more major developments will be needed in that area.

To put it simply, this matter is not as easy as it seems, and the projects involved are quite large.

Luo Ji was weighing the matter in his mind as his thumb unconsciously rubbed the small black fish he always carried close to his body.

But it was useless to think too much now. Before that, he had to confirm whether there were any ore veins underneath, and if so, what kind of veins they were.

In this way, Luo Ji directly issued an order, instructing Beishan City to send a geological exploration team to the bitter cold land to conduct investigations.

After receiving the order, the Geological Survey Bureau quickly formed a team. After almost a week of preparation, transport trucks loaded with exploration equipment quickly passed through the Grand Canyon of Beishan Fortress.

Heading towards the bitter cold land.

During this period, the season quietly turns to summer...

As we all know, summer is a hot season, and it is also a rainy season. Thunderstorms are a frequent visitor in this season. At this time, every city will bring an obvious sense of humidity, heat and boredom.

And in this kind of weather, the sea will become extremely dangerous!

Under the gloomy sky, roaring thunderstorms ravaged the world, setting off huge waves one after another, fully displaying the power and terror of nature.

Facing the roaring sea in the storm, no matter how majestic the steel battleship is, it is like a mayfly at this moment, constantly bumping in the turbulent waves, as if if you don't pay attention, it will be swept over by the next one.

The waves were completely engulfed.

And at this moment, a fleet that had been dormant for a long time quietly appeared in the violent storm...

Since the season entered summer, the commander-in-chief of the fleet has been waiting for this day to arrive.

The dark elves with naval power know very well how to observe climate changes at sea, and they also know how to maximize their own advantages!

The dark sky and pouring rain greatly reduced the surrounding visibility.

At the same time, fleet radar equipment will be greatly affected during thunderstorms.

However, it is useless even if it is not affected, because there is no mechanical equipment on the dark elves' black sail battleships. Facing these 'ancient sail battleships', the radar of this era cannot detect them at all!

The cover provided by nature allowed them to approach easily, and then the dark elf mages cast detection spells, allowing him to successfully locate the target's specific location.

The next second, each Predator ballistae fired in unison, completely kicking off the battle in the midst of a violent storm.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!!"

The Chinese supply fleet was attacked, and alarms sounded loudly. In the command room, the commander-in-chief of the fleet looked ugly for a while.

"Turn on all searchlights and confirm the enemy's position! The supply ship moves back! Be careful to avoid enemy attacks!!"

Only two players can launch an attack at sea in this kind of weather.

One is Pompeii Rand, who has an army of fishmen, and the other is Chris Evans's black sail fleet, which can basically ignore the influence of sea weather!

Based on this premise, judging from the round of attacks just now, it is undoubtedly the latter who launched the attack.

This is bad news for the Chinese supply fleet.

There is no doubt about the naval combat strength of the Black Sail Fleet. Coupled with the stormy weather, it would be extremely difficult for them to escape with multiple supply ships.

But even so, the commander-in-chief of the supply fleet obviously did not intend to just sit back and wait for death.

The escort fleet responsible for performing escort missions adjusted the positions of their naval guns and fired continuously in an attempt to hit the enemy in the distance.

However, in this environment, battleships and heavy cruisers that use naval gunfire as their main means of output are almost the same as engaging in night battles. However, this type of battleship is notoriously not good at night battles.

At this moment, one can imagine how impressive the hit rate of the series of naval gun strikes was, as if they were firing with their eyes closed.

If this scene were placed in a game, you would definitely see a whole series of 'miss' prompts that would make you flip the table on the spot.

In comparison, the Black Sail Fleet relies on the detection spells of the dark elf mages to lock on, and hitting them is simply a hit.

After two rounds of fighting, the fleet commander who was clearly aware of the despair gritted his teeth and ordered that while dropping mines to cut off the rear, the escort fleet and supply ships directly began to separate and evacuate.

Faced with such a battle, the commander-in-chief of the Black Sail Fleet who was far behind at the time, out of caution, directly ordered to chase and kill the supply ship that had evacuated from the other side.

Those frigates are of little significance to them. As long as they successfully cut off the supplies on the opposite side, can the Chinese combined fleet on the opposite side really be able to make a fortune?

As for the mines behind them, it would be no problem to let their black-sailed battleships open their protective shields and forcefully fire a few mines to get over them.
Chapter completed!