It was indeed mind-boggling to find a military base that did not belong to one’s own country in one’s own country.
However, the logic behind the commander’s judgment was extremely reasonable, and the fact that the other party could obtain a heavy weapon such as the close-defense missile proved that the other party was not an ordinary person but was definitely a militant who possessed strong practical combat experience.
As a place where militants used close-defense missiles to defend the copper mine, it was very likely that this was indeed a military base. Even if it was not really a military base, this place had to contain huge and unknown secrets!
The commander said somewhat nervously, “No, this is a matter of great importance! I must report this matter to the President immediately!”
Soon, the commander contacted the President directly. After giving the President a detailed report, he hung up the phone respectfully and then instructed the few people beside him, “Gentleman, the president has given the order. The matter of the collapse of this copper mine is likely to cause unrest, so we have to keep it strictly confidential, and we’re not allowed to reveal any information to the foreign media. This is especially so for the matter relating to the close-defense missile. We must not mention a word about it!”
Everyone exchanged glances with one another, and the adjutant said, “Commander, it’s not a big problem for us to block the news from the public, but it’ll be difficult for us to cover it up with such big movements going on here. What if there are doubts in the country?”
The commander said, “I will notify the people in charge of the surrounding cities immediately and ask them to announce to the people in the area that the copper mine has been exhausted and has reached its designed service life. Moreover, due to the over-exploitation of internal mining, there is a tendency for it to collapse, so this was a planned man-made abandonment of the copper mine in order to prevent losses caused by an uncontrollable collapse. All personnel in the copper mine had been evacuated, so there is no need for anyone to panic.”
This was a reasonable explanation, and everyone felt that there was no major problem with it. After all, only one person’s DNA was found here, which proved that everyone else had been evacuated before the explosion and collapse, so there were no casualties involved.
Since there were no casualties, this matter could naturally be suppressed. Everyone was relieved again.
The commander then instructed, “You will pass down the order to stop all excavations and fixed-point drillings immediately. Withdraw all heavy equipment and mobilize the fence to enclose the entire copper mine. At the same time, outsiders should be strictly prevented from approaching!”
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