In the early morning of October 5th, Helang Yabo was no longer as noisy as before.
Every street corner in the city is guarded by armed gods, and heavily armed troops shuttle through the streets and alleys, searching for suspicious persons house by house.
All navy ships set sail and blocked the entire Subic Bay, prohibiting all ships from entering or exiting the port.
The city's telegraph office was also controlled by the army and police, and no message could be sent out from the city.
The atmosphere of roaring winds, cranes, and soldiers made ordinary people in Helang Yabo panic. Before the morning passed, people were already spreading the news that Mr. Lin was assassinated last night.
In order to stabilize people's hearts, Lin Youde set out with great fanfare to inspect the bombed factory, and then returned to continue the meeting with his staff.
"After last night's rescue, most of Zhu Rong's special parts were confirmed to be intact. However, some parts of the burned general mechanical structure need to be customized. It is expected to take at least three months to resume production." Du Qifeng said with a bloodshot knife
Scanning the report at hand, he said, "The torpedoes in stock have all been cancelled, and it is basically impossible to replenish them before Zhurong resumes production."
"Didn't the Navy install some new torpedoes?" Chen Haihui asked.
"Haizihao's two armored cruisers have been refitted, with 12 actually installed. The four self-made torpedo boats have installed 16, plus the 24 equipped for the battle crab troops, that's all."
"Why are there only 24 of the eight battle crabs?" Lin Youde asked puzzledly.
Johnnie To immediately replied: "Because 8 were used in training."
In the eyes of outsiders, Lin Youde had no idea about the number of such valuable materials to such an extent that he was afraid of being labeled as a person who loses his mind by playing with things. But this is what Lin Ji's management system is like.
Seeing that Lin Youde had no other questions, Du Qifeng continued to report: "Except for the raid on the restricted area, other key departments were not attacked. There was a Japanese Shinji who planned to raid the power plant, but was used by our military guards.
Intensive firepower blocked it, and then the Shenji was killed by the armed Shenji battalion. Our army's guard troops killed 371 people and wounded 510 people in the battle. The backbone of the entire guard regiment was basically destroyed. Now it is controlled by the Nanyang Army's first town.
The Second Mixed Industry Association took over the defense of the power plant area. The power plant is fine and power generation resumed at 5 o'clock this morning."
"What about the air battle last night?"
"The Armed Shenji Battalion confirmed that it shot down four Jijis, and there were no casualties on our side. The body of another Jiji was found near the mouth of the Karakang River this morning. After examining the body, the military medical officer believed that she died of poisoning."
After Johnnie To's report, the room fell into silence.
In the end, it was Lin Youde who spoke first: "Are those pretty high-level goddesses?"
"Yes," Tomoe nodded, "The relics found so far can confirm their identities. They are all high-ranking concubines of Kasuga Taisha Shrine and Ise Shrine."
Chen Haihui glanced at Ba and asked: "Isn't there another one who survived? What is that person's background?"
"That is Kagetorahime, the shrine maiden of Hachiman Taisha Shrine. Although I have never met Kagetorahime in person, I will definitely not mistake the seal and heraldry of Hachiman Taisha Shrine, and her sword is indeed Shoshu Goro Masamune." Bar paused before speaking.
He continued, "If the Imperial Princess is at the top of the Divine Princess management system and represents the will of all Divine Princesses, then the Divine Priestess of Hachiman Taisha Shrine is at the top of all Japan's War Priestesses and represents the highest combat power of all Japanese Divine Princesses."
"Wow," Chen Haihui made an exaggerated expression of fear, "Is it okay to put her in the base camp? Will she kill us all once she recovers?"
Regarding Chen Haihui's words, Ba just sighed and glanced sideways at Lin Youde.
Lin Youde pretended not to see Tomoe's expression, coughed twice and said: "Continue, next question. What did Naito Hunan say? What does this attack have to do with them?"...
"Wait a minute," Chen Haihui interrupted Lin Youde, "Did something key get confused just now?"
Lin Youde stared at Chen Haihui for two seconds, and finally shook his head: "I was the one who stopped Ba and Josephine from killing the goddess last night. I think she has no intention to fight anymore."
Chen Haihui opened his mouth exaggeratedly.
"Ah...oh! Got it! Continue."
"What did Naito Hunan say?" Lin Youde repeated the question just now.
Du Qifeng immediately replied: "He rushed to the base camp early this morning and wanted to personally apologize to Brother Lin for the crimes committed by his compatriots. I arranged him in a guest room in the annex and sent military police to guard him."
"Well," Lin Youde paced the room thoughtfully, "What's the opinion of the intelligence department? Is there any sign that they are also accomplices?"
"I haven't found it yet. But..."
Lin Youde glanced at Du Qifeng who was about to speak strangely, and asked: "But what?"
"A young man from the Medical Bureau reported to me over the top that when he was collecting evidence from injured personnel, too many people clearly reported that they heard the attacker speaking Japanese. He thought there was something fishy in this."
Lin Youde thought for a moment and agreed: "It makes sense. What is this young man's name?"
"Qiu Jingxiong is an international student who returned from Japan."
Lin Youde yelled "f*ck" in his heart, but on the surface he remained calm and told Du Qifeng in a deep voice: "Very good, absorb him into the Intelligence Bureau, and he can be reused after passing the inspection."
At this moment, the phone in the room rang.
Lin Youde motioned to Baba not to move, then walked over and answered the phone personally: "I'm Lin Youde, please."
"Sir Lin, the British Minister in Langgabo, the French Minister and the American Minister jointly requested us to inform them of the current situation."
"Tell them everything is OK and I will meet them in person later."
"yes."
After putting down the microphone, Lin Youde turned back and glanced at his senior staff.
"There is nothing else to do for the time being. You will separately grasp the situation and respond within your own authority. We will make a summary in the afternoon. In addition, all of you must have Shen Ji by your side today."
…
After Lin Youde came out of the conference room, Sophie immediately greeted him.
"dad……"
Lin Youde picked up his daughter and kissed the little girl's face - no, she was no longer a little girl in terms of age.
"Can't I leave the base camp yet? I have several experiments..."
"No, Sophie." Lin Youde said decisively, "The situation is very dangerous now."
"I think it doesn't matter if I go." Lan's voice broke into Lin Youde's ears, "Because I will protect the two eldest ladies."
Lin Youde raised his head and met Shang Lan's nonchalant face - her expression seemed to say that everything that happened last night was "nothing."
Victoria stood next to Lan, the expression on her face was the same as usual.
For a moment, Lin Youde thought it would be okay to let them go to the laboratory, but in the end he firmly shook his head.
"No, Sophie and Viktoria are not allowed to leave the base camp until we regain control of the situation. Lan, please keep an eye on them."
Sophie pouted unhappily, but she did not refute what her father said.
Lan shrugged: "I don't care, the money I get is the same anyway... remember to make up for my leave later. However, I really didn't expect that you were unscathed when you were attacked by that Kagetora Princess..."
As he spoke, Lan looked Lin Youde up and down and smacked his lips.
"Tsk, tsk, I can't tell."
This time it was Lin Youde's turn to shrug.
Speaking of which, Lin Youde thought that it was time for him to go see the only prisoner last night.