Chapter 365 A Night of Communication (3200 Words)

Every step he took, Ji Chenlin was in agony.

Indeed, this was the best time for him to go to war with Zhuhai Commercial Association.

But what happens after the war breaks out?

Can this war that burns the entire East and West Continents be fought in a short time with such a hasty outbreak?

How can so many ordinary Oran people survive this long winter?

They are the Navy Department, not the administrative agency. Once the war breaks out, how can they help these ordinary people of Oran survive until next spring?

This is just a problem that the East Continent needs to face. What about the West Continent?

The strength of the Navy Department of the West Continent is not as good as their East Continent.

Even if there is a figure like the Iron-blooded General Li Hongjun in the West Continent, can the Navy Department of the West Continent really compete with the Tomahawk Military Industry, which has already begun to prepare for war?

And don't forget that the main snake of the West Continent is the Tianou Group, which monopolizes the transportation and logistics between the two continents.

This is a more terrifying enemy than the greedy and violent Tomahawk Military Industry.

During this period, he has made a detailed study of the intelligence of the five major consortiums of Zhuhai Commercial Association.

As early as the era when the connection between the East and West Continents of Oran was established, the Tianou Group had already existed, and in history, the Tianou Group had never suffered a major setback.

Whether it was war, coup, or competition among new business enterprises brought about by the changes of the times, the Tianou Group, a fence-sitter, could always find its most appropriate position.

Even if mistakes occasionally occurred, the Tianou Group would always correct them at the fastest speed.

The most terrifying thing was that there had never been any exceptions to all of this in the hundreds of years of historical records of the Tianou Group.

This gave him the feeling that there was a pair of invisible eyes always watching all the situations in Oran, controlling the Tianou Group to always make the most correct choice.

He even doubted that even if the Zhuhai Business would perish, the Tianou Group would still change its identity and continue to exist in Oran.

Moreover, the Siren seemed to have not launched a large-scale offensive against them for a long time. According to the rules of the past few years, the Siren should have launched a large-scale attack before the winter of the East Continent.

But this year, he had not waited for the Siren's attack, which made him even more worried.

Unknowingly, Ji Chenlin had walked to the desk and stood in front of the black landline.

"Opportunities are rare, and they will never come back..."

"Even if I don't start a war, I can't change the fate of so many compatriots being frozen to death or starved to death. Why not take this gamble and have a chance to win a future..."

Ji Chenlin kept mumbling in his mouth, as if he was talking to himself, and slowly stretched his hand towards the black landline.

Just as his fingertips were about to touch the phone, the phone in his navy uniform pocket suddenly rang.

"Who would call me at this number?"

Ji Chenlin was slightly stunned, and took back his hand that was about to touch the landline, and took out the phone in his pocket in confusion.

This phone was his private phone when he worked at the Hongye Naval Academy. Only his colleagues and students when he taught at the Hongye Naval Academy had the number of this phone.

Since he had only been in office for a month at this time, and there was still some work in the academy that had not been handed over, he had been carrying it with him during this period.

As he took out his phone, Ji Chenlin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. This call came at a very timely time, allowing him to temporarily get rid of the torture and suffering just now.

"Xiao Lin? I remember that this guy seemed to be the focus of the Tianxing Consortium. I arranged for him to go to the Western Continent for internship?"

Ji Chenlin was stunned when he saw the number on the screen of his mobile phone, and then he answered the call without thinking too much.

"Hello? Teacher Ji, this is Lin Lan. How are you doing recently?"

Ji Chenlin felt warm in his heart when he heard the familiar voice of his student coming from the mobile phone.

Although he was very curious about why Lin Lan came from the Western Continent, he also believed that Lin Lan was not a student who would escape at the last minute.

It should be that he received some special commission from the Western Continent Navy Department and returned to the Eastern Continent.

Ji Chenlin was quite fond of this student of his.

Especially in the year when he was teaching, although Lin Lan was repeatedly plotted against by the Tianxing Consortium, he still guaranteed his attendance rate and successfully completed his studies.

Otherwise, he would not have sent Lin Lan to the Western Continent, far away from the power of the Tianxing Consortium, for internship in order to protect her when dispatching her to the internship location.

Speaking of which, Lin Lan didn't seem to know that he had been transferred back to the fortress headquarters from the academy and became the leader of the Dongda Road Navy, right?

But for some reason, he always felt that his student's voice sounded so weak, as if he had not rested well, with a strong sense of fatigue.

Ji Chenlin thought about it and it was not difficult to explain.

After all, it takes a week to cross the ocean from the Western Continent. It may be that Lin Lan encountered Siren on the way here and fought and did not rest well.

Thinking of this, Ji Chenlin laughed, and a smile that had not been shown since returning to the fortress appeared on his face. He joked:

"Why don't you do your internship in the Western Continent well? Why did you come back so hard? Are you a deserter?"

As he spoke, Ji Chenlin also pulled out a chair and sat on it, ready to have a good chat with his student.

At this time, Lin Lan was wearing a cotton jacket and a uniform of the Navy Department on the outside. He stood on the deck of the White Eagle mass-produced destroyer and sailed towards the Red Leaf Navy Fortress against the biting sea breeze and snowflakes.

On his shoulder stood a majestic bald eagle, with fluffy feathers to help his cheeks block a lot of sea breeze.

On his military cap, there was a brown owl sleeping with its eyes closed.

He looked like a human bird frame.

And his face was slightly pale, obviously caused by excessive physical exhaustion.

As for why he, who had the power of a brave, would become like this, we have to ask the owners of the three big birds on his body who were still sleeping in the cabin bedroom at this moment, what they did to him last night.

After all, it is well known that the free White Eagle ship girls have always played more unrestrainedly than the ship girls of other camps.

And there are many White Eagle ship girls, and Lin Lan is a philanthropic commander, so it is impossible for him to treat his wedding ship differently.

So, a night of in-depth exchanges was inevitable.

Even Enterprise and others who came back from the guard shift did not miss the joyful party last night...

Of course, the White Eagle ship girls who were on duty did not slack off on his guard work.

On the sea around the mass-produced White Eagle destroyer he was on, Washington, South Dakota, Baltimore, Bremerton, Wichita and others all opened their own ship equipment and carried out escort alert.

Fortunately, just as he expected when he set out, they did not encounter any decent Siren attacks on the way from the artificial island, only a small number of Siren mass-produced models on standby.

Hearing the long-lost teacher's teasing on the phone, Lin Lan smiled awkwardly and said:

"Teacher, don't you know who I am? How could I be a deserter?"

"It is a special mission of the Western Continent Navy Department, which requires me to return to the Red Leaf Fortress to report to the senior navy officials, and the situation is more urgent, so I must report directly to General Wang in person."

"So I want to ask the teacher, is General Wang in the Red Leaf Fortress recently?"

General Wang is the highest authority in the Eastern Continent Navy Department in Lin Lan's impression, and he usually stays in the Red Leaf Fortress.

However, just in case, and because he really missed the teacher who took good care of him in the academy, he called to ask.

After all, communication between the East and West continents is really inconvenient, and it is impossible to notify in advance.

Therefore, many Navy personnel who travel between the East and West continents to report work also confirm the news in this way.

"Is there anything important? Just tell me directly."

But when Lin Lan heard the words from the teacher on the phone, he was stunned.

No, why didn't his teacher play by the rules?

He knew that his teacher Ji had a high status in the Dongda Road Navy Department and had served as a senior official in the Navy Department.

But he just said that he would report to the highest authority in the Navy Department in person. Could it be that his teacher Ji was in the fortress at this time and could help him convey the message to General Wang?

This is a bit bad.

"Ahahaha... Teacher Ji, it's like this. General Li Hongjun specifically told me before I set off that I must report this information to General Wang in person, so..."

Lin Lan tried to get away with it by laughing, but he suddenly found that his teacher had fallen silent.

Time passed in silence for a few seconds. Just when he thought that his words had revealed something, the voice on the phone came slowly:

"So that's the case... Xiaolin, General Wang is now in Hongye Fortress. How long will it take you to arrive? I will contact the fortress in advance to let you in."

Lin Lan was relieved when he heard Ji Chenlin say this.

He thought his teacher had found something wrong.

"Teacher, I'm almost in Hongye City now, and I should be at the fortress at noon. I'll trouble you for the fortress. I also brought you some specialties from the Western Continent. I'll come to the academy to deliver them to you in person later, hehehe."

Lin Lan didn't lie about the specialties from the Western Continent that he sent to Teacher Ji. There were still many props from the Teaching Country in the storage space of the little profiteer Mingshi.

For the East Continent, the so-called specialty of the West Continent is just the stuff from Yunhai City.

"Hehe, then I'll wait and see, Xiaolin. That's it. I'll hang up first."

After saying this, Ji Chenlin hung up the phone.

However, the expression of Ji Chenlin, who was sitting on the chair at this time, was no longer relaxed, but became solemn.

"Li Hongjun wants to report to General Wang?"

"But doesn't Li Hongjun already know that General Wang has retired and I am now in charge of the Navy Department of the East Continent?"

"Xiaolin, what are you... doing in the fortress?"

But before Ji Chenlin had time to think carefully about the purpose of his students returning to the Red Leaf Fortress from the West Continent, suddenly, the shrill sound of sirens resounded throughout the fortress.

"Boom! Boom!"

The deafening explosion sounded suddenly, shattering the glass of the window in his office, and the ground of the entire fortress also shook violently.

After the explosion, Ji Chenlin, who had suffered a brief tinnitus, covered his head in pain and stood up on the desk.

He looked out the window, and the rising black smoke had blown in from outside. The thick smell of gunpowder mixed with the snow made him suddenly feel like he was back on the battlefield.

At this time, the door of his office was pushed open, and a navy soldier in a white uniform rushed in in a panic, shouting:

"General Ji! Siren, Siren is invading!"

"What did you say?!"