coobybook Chapter 313 This kid is definitely setting a trap for us. Just the target practice alone will take t
Chapter 313 This kid is definitely setting a trap for us. Just the target practice alone will take t
On September 9, Maoershan Airport was busy from 27am to 12am, completing all preparations for takeoff. The air transport fleet had been expanded from 16 to 3.2, and this time it carried tons of fuel as usual, plus tons of supplies.
Lin Zhenhua led 23 pilots on today's flight. They needed to open up the last section of the air transport line within three days. Li Yunlong and others did not come today. They talked until about nine o'clock last night, and then they were busy. Even if they were still busy at this time, they could be said to have not slept all night last night.
"Comrades, it's already four in the morning, it's time to go. After boarding the plane, perform the three pre-takeoff checks and take off on time in 15 minutes. Today we will take the third route, which is the longest route and will take nearly 13 hours. If it were usual, I would never choose this route, but today we have an important mission and we must not take any risks!"
Lin Zhenhua gave a few instructions before boarding the plane, and then asked the pilot to start boarding. After boarding the plane, three pre-flight checks were carried out, and the plane took off on time at 4:15. Today's takeoff was very smooth, and the 12 transport planes took off in just 15 minutes. Even Lin Zhenhua did not expect that the road built for takeoff and landing was used as a runway this time, which greatly accelerated the takeoff speed.
"Attention, all aircraft, turn off all lights in the aircraft, keep the communication radio on, and follow me!"
Under the leadership of Lin Zhenhua, the transport aircraft formation flew towards the ancient city. Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were discussing the road construction and happened to mention Maoershan Airport.
"Old Zhao, the number of runways built at Maoershan Airport was too small, with only two runways in total. Once fighter jets need to take off and land on a large scale, the situation at Maoershan Airport cannot meet the demand at all. Today, the transport aircraft formation was forced to use the airport's cement road for takeoff and landing. This is a pressing matter for us, and we must hurry to find a way to solve this problem." Li Yunlong said with a worried look on his face.
Zhao Gang also noticed this situation and had to block the road today to allow the transport planes to take off and land. If the airport is attacked by the Japanese in the future, once the runway is bombed and the fighter planes cannot take off, the road currently built by the independent regiment will not be able to meet the conditions for emergency take-off and landing.
"Old Li, I understand your concerns. I just checked the cement road after the transport plane took off and landed, and cracks have appeared. It may not be a problem once or twice, but if the number of takeoffs and landings increases, it is very likely that there will be big problems!"
"When these two cement roads were built, no gravel was added. All they used was cement, with a little bit of river sand added. Now it seems that the emergency road construction plan at that time can't meet our future needs at all."
"The college students told me that tank tracks are more damaging to roads. We may need to build a dirt road next to the concrete road to allow tracked armored vehicles and tanks to pass through. Only in this way can we avoid causing a major impact on the road."
"This is a new road construction plan given by college students. It uses reinforced concrete casting to complete the overall casting of the foundation and road surface. A groove is left every 100 meters or so to release internal stress. I was worried about the manpower problem before, but now with the help of the new victims, road construction has become simpler than before. At least in terms of manpower, we don't have to worry anymore!"
Li Yunlong felt that what Zhao Gang said made sense, and the two discussed it for a while. Then Li Yunlong went to the arsenal and took out all the weapons and equipment that Lin Zhenhua had instructed him to do. It took six trucks in a row to finish pulling them all. At the same time, two Rabbit armored vehicles and Bull tanks also slowly drove out of the arsenal and drove into the camp of the newly built armored battalion under the cover of night. Training will be carried out here next.
"Old Ding, this training ground plan developed by college students is indeed very far-sighted. We should create the terrain and topography that may appear on the battlefield in advance, so that the soldiers can train more, so that they will not panic when they go to the battlefield. The troops expanded blindly before, and the combat effectiveness declined very quickly. I heard that Old Xing has recruited two battalions of new soldiers from the new disaster victims these days. If he continues to recruit like this, the strength of our three regiments will be restored soon. However, we really need to work harder on combat effectiveness, otherwise these rookie recruits will suffer heavy casualties on the battlefield."
"More sweat in peacetime, less blood in war. This is indeed a wise saying, and it fits our current situation very well. As for the large amount of ammunition consumed in training, I have a way to deal with this. Our two magic drugs can be sold in large quantities and used to purchase bullets, which will definitely meet our future consumption!"
"These days, college students told me that our arsenal can produce up to 50 rounds of bullets per month, but I think this amount of bullets is far from enough if we really fight the Japanese. My previous idea was to kill one Japanese with one bullet, but this idea doesn't work on the battlefield. We need dozens or even hundreds of bullets to kill one Japanese each time. With our current bullet reserves, we can't bear such a large consumption if we really fight the Japanese."
"The ammunition consumption of machine guns and light and heavy machine guns alone is terrifying. This is also the biggest confidence for us to defend the base. If we can't gain an advantage in firepower, we really can't defeat the Japanese. This is not because I am cowardly. I am telling the truth. I am not a god. I don't have the ability to turn fools into soldiers. I can only cause huge damage to the Japanese by delivering a large amount of firepower."
Ding Wei knew that what Li Yunlong said was the truth, and replied with worry: "Old Li, with the current combat effectiveness of our troops, three of us can't beat a small Japanese soldier. This is really not because I, Ding Wei, want to boost the Japanese's morale and destroy my own prestige. The truth is that we were all crippled before. To be precise, the three regiments were basically defeated, without even a skeleton. The team is full of new recruits. Anyone who was a veteran before is now a platoon leader. From this, it can be seen that we are short of veterans, and to what extent!"
"I, Old Ding, have led the team for many years. You and I both know the combat effectiveness of the new recruits. It is very difficult to expect them to fight the Japanese to the end. Not to mention that these new recruits were severely malnourished before. The new recruits recruited by our team were in good health, but now they have been fed for almost two months and still haven't recovered."
"Last night, Old Xing complained bitterly, saying that he had encountered a lot of trouble in training the new recruits. The lack of fuel alone is a real headache for us. Now we can only think of ways to increase the nutrition of these new recruits and train them quickly. According to what the college students said, we will have to fight the Japanese again in two months, and a big war will be inevitable, and we are not fully prepared now."
"I also took a look yesterday. Our current ammunition reserves only have more than 30 rounds of various bullets combined. Including anti-aircraft artillery shells, there are only more than 6000 shells left. Next, we will conduct live-fire shooting training for new recruits. Artillery training will also consume a large amount of shells. I roughly calculated that it may not be possible to use up all these stocks."
"It's not that I, Old Ding, don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are. I've become extravagant. The training outline drawn up by college students has been discussed with us. Soldiers must master basic shooting skills. Each person should have at least 20 rounds of ammunition for training. We can't skimp on this. There are more than 20 troops now. Just for live ammunition shooting, we need rounds."
"The remaining hundreds of thousands of bullets cannot be saved either. They have to be used to train machine gunners. If you want to train a qualified machine gunner, you can only feed them with bullets. There is no room for shortcuts. I, Old Ding, do not rule out people with talent in this area, but they are only a minority after all. Among our army of more than 10,000 people, we can only find a dozen at most. But the remaining machine gunner training bullets cannot be saved at all."
"According to the training outline we developed previously, each machine gunner must fire 1000 rounds of ammunition, and only if the hit rate is more than half is qualified. If we want to train more than 100 machine gunners, we will have to spend more than rounds of ammunition, and we can't save these bullets. When I saw this number, I felt a headache."
Li Yunlong couldn't help scratching his head and said, "We asked college students to formulate the training outline before, which was definitely a trick of this kid. This is not training at all, it's just a waste of ammunition! But the college students are right. If we want new recruits to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time, we can only use this method to let them form muscle memory so that they won't panic on the battlefield. Otherwise, they won't even be able to shoot when they go to the battlefield, which is equivalent to sending them to the battlefield to be used as cannon fodder. We definitely can't do such a thing!"
"There is no good solution at the moment. Let's see the situation of this air transport line first. We can't let a living person die from holding his urine. We can always think of a way. Anyway, follow the outline first. Lao Zhao has already taken out all the good stuff in our inventory to fill the soldiers' stomachs. The next training should be much better!"
Just when the two were worrying about the next training, Lin Zhenhua led the transport plane formation to land safely in the ancient city, and the 12 transport planes were parked steadily in the center of the city.
"Ma Xiaoliu, immediately notify the garrison company to unload the fuel we are carrying. We have to leave early tomorrow to find a meeting place. Everyone should have a good rest tonight!"
With the help of the garrison company, the fuel and supplies were unloaded. For safety reasons, Lin Zhenhua brought a ton of drinking water when he returned. Although the garrison company had already dug a well, he still used precious transportation capacity to transport water over.
"Captain Zhou, this is a ton of drinking water. Hide it in the cellar immediately and use it as backup water."