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1.1043 Return to Apennin

"Mr. Commander, ahead is the Messina Cross-Sea Bridge." The female secretary Coco made a new discovery: "Oh my God, I didn't expect that the 'multi-world' Italy has really accomplished this feat that spans 2,000 years."

The dream of building a bridge from the Messina Strait can be traced back to the ancient Romans. According to the records of the ancient Roman writer Pliny the Old, in 251 BC, a "bridge" composed of ships first connected Sicily and Italy. The Romans transported 140 war elephants captured from the Carthaginians back to the European continent.

Sicily and Italy are very close to each other. In fact, the Strait of Messina on the Sicily side is only 19 kilometers away from Italy's native Reggio Calabria. The widest is only 3 kilometers, and the shortest is only 3 kilometers. However, this Bay Strait has not yet waited for the first cross-sea bridge connecting the European continent and Sicily.

Two thousand years later, Mussolini, the notorious fascist dictator in Italy, had also imagined the establishment of a Sicily cross-sea bridge, but it was constrained by the difficulty of construction and technical conditions at that time, and it was finally left unresolved. After World War II, the new Italian government also proposed a plan to build a suspension bridge in the 1990s, but the project was delayed. Finally, in 2006, due to astronomical budget problems and the government's financial difficulties, the plan to build the Messina cross-sea bridge was cancelled. It is said that in 2021, the Italian geological community found in a scientific study that the seabed of the Strait of Messina was above an earthquake fault, so the location of the planned bridge was one of the highest earthquake risks in Europe, and it undoubtedly put a big question mark on whether this ill-fated cross-sea bridge was built.

In fact, the problem of this cross-sea bridge that cannot be built for two thousand years is not only technical reasons, but the core difficulty is economic interests. The interests of Sicily are not enough to convince previous Italian governments to spend high budgets to build this cross-sea bridge that is destined to be unable to recover costs for a long time.

However, with this Pan-Mediterranean railway, everything was different. North Africa's minerals, crude oil, and labor were continuously transported to the Apennine Peninsula through this railway. When Messia got the cross-sea bridge in Reggio Calabria, it was naturally spliced ​​by fat people.

Having said that, considering Africa's rich resources, sufficient labor and geographical advantages around the Mediterranean Sea, if this pan-Mediterranean railway really appears, it will provide huge impetus for the economic integration of the Eurasian continent. The China-Europe Express follows the Apennine Peninsula, directly connects North Africa from Sicily, connecting Egypt and Libya. Build an Eurasian-Africa railway network, highway network, electrical network, Internet... Is there any return of land rights to the world island?

It has to be said that the plot collage of Fatty Guy is full of imagination that only big players have. By the way, it is not impossible for the infrastructure maniac to build a Messina cross-sea bridge in Italy as a souvenir. It can be seen that the plot collage of Fatty Guy also has certain practical significance.

Wu Chen nodded gently: "The large railway connecting North Africa from the Apennine Peninsula will definitely pass through Sicily. Then this Messina cross-sea bridge will inevitably exist."

"Please note that there is the next traffic light intersection in front of you." Coco's relaxed tone immediately became solemn: "After passing the Messina Cross-Sea Bridge, we will return to the Apennines. Perhaps, this is the end of our journey."

"Okay, cocoa." The Times girl in the car responded in unison. Wu Chen vaguely felt that the relatives and friends of Times girl boarded the bus and seemed to have completed the last puzzle required for "consistency". This is understandable. Being able to take the Fiat family that he cares most together to complete the only redemption journey. It is obviously a powerful emotional and spiritual support. The Times girls without "hidden worries" can finally move forward lightly. So the "consistency spiritual power" began to accelerate. From quantitative change to qualitative change, perhaps only one "key plot point" is left to advance.

Wu Chen and the Times girls agreed that the Bozalo Railway Station, which is the fifth safe stop, is likely to be the last safe house for this special project.

"Who else didn't get in the car?" Wu Chen asked during closed-circuit video in the team.

"Mr. Commander, all the contact groups of relatives and friends have boarded the car." Elizabeta, a female tour guide who monitored the closed-circuit video of the entire vehicle in the second section of the Ducato concept armored camper in the Fiat section 1, is Wu Chen's second female assistant. She is also responsible for operating the "double-person coaxial turret" with the female secretary Coco. The third section "Security Carriage" and the upper "Armored Shooting Tower" collage of 5+1 6x enhancement is the preparation carriage of 11 Rocket Girls.

"Okay, Elisabeta." Wu Chen asked the construction progress of the jet helicopter in the open "multi-purpose boat garage" of the Fiat 2nd section: "Is 7002 built?"

"The project progress has been completed and pilots are being developed for 7002: Katerina gamma (gamma) type."

"Okay, Tomoto. Officially named the three sisters Katerina (a, β, γ): Alpha, Beta and Gamma."

"As for orders, Mr. Commander. For Caterina Type A service robot, Caterina β-type transport robot, and Trina γ-type air crew robot, they are named: Alfa Caterina, Beta Caterina, and Gamma Caterina." The female engineer Tomoto immediately entered the core command set.

"Thank you, Mr. Commander." With an exclusive name, it is actually the same importance to robots as humans.

The three Caterina sisters who have completed the most advanced mechanical automation of Nx collages, each of them can stand on their own. When they return to the Broken City, they will use the biochemical robot technology in the 0326 Star Cube Base to perform a comprehensive upgrade. The three Caterina sisters will also become the right-hand assistant of the female housekeeper Ai. As the same thing, what Wu Chen has to consider is whether he can bring back a lot of people in the car.

Another thing that Rocket Girls have already thought of. That is Nx collage enhancement. The reason why the weapons and armor in their hands have powerful attributes that surpass the times is that they have obtained the same collage enhancement together with the "collage materials". This is also the biggest reason why the machine gun in Rocket Girls' hands can easily tear the train monsters apart like paper.

This means that ordinary ammunition supply cannot exert the maximum power of the Fiat. The most correct step to obtain "collage materials" is to first splice the vehicle carrying ammunition supply on the Fiat, and then perform Nx collage to obtain the enhanced attributes. And what's even more amazing is that no matter when it is collaged on the Fiat, as long as the collage is completed, it will automatically obtain the strongest 5+1 6x enhanced collage of the Fiat at present. Just like the automatic matching mechanical automation and the self-extended robotic arm track.

"Suddenly", the Fiat drove away from the Messina Cross-Sea Bridge.

Street scenes seamlessly connect to the Apennines.

Wu Chen subconsciously looked at the reversing mirror. The Messina Cross-Sea Bridge that was leaving was dismantled like building blocks and flew into the air one by one.
Chapter completed!
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