bookrandom Chapter 438 We need to find a few more fat sheep. A horse cannot grow fat without night grass! Start
Chapter 438 We need to find a few more fat sheep. A horse cannot grow fat without night grass! Start
In order to command the air force battalion, Lin Zhenhua handed over the family affairs to Zhao Gang, and took the last transport plane to arrive at the Ningyuan Town temporary airport at 40: pm. After a brief greeting with Li Yunlong who came to pick him up, he began to help load and unload food. After more than minutes of busy work, he finally released the transport plane before : pm.
Lin Zhenhua followed Li Yunlong out of the temporary airport and took an armored vehicle back to Ningyuan Town. After learning a little about the situation, he said excitedly: "Old Li, you have fallen into a golden nest. If this place is not too far away from us, I really don't want to give up this treasure land. If we can mine a lot of gold and silver, we don't have to worry about money anymore."
"Some merchants don't want medicine, they just want money, which makes it difficult for us to carry out the material exchange plan at Niujiagou Market. If it weren't for Chu Yunfei's transfer, many of our materials would really be unsalable. With this money as a foundation, we can purchase the rare ores that are urgently needed, especially refined tungsten ore. I have been coveting it for a long time, but I have no money and can't open up to purchase it!"
"I'm going to use half of our money to buy rare metals. We need tungsten and nickel ores. As long as the merchants can help us get them, we can afford the price. Even if we spend all our money, we will not hesitate."
"These days, our new armored steel has been put into service again, which has strengthened the protection capabilities of tanks and armored vehicles, and can fully withstand the damage of 50mm armor-piercing shells. In addition, we have obtained a large amount of rubber from Chen Minggeng, and the wear problem of tracks has been completely solved. Even our fighter jets' fuel tanks have a self-locking function after being filled with rubber, and will no longer explode directly after being hit by the Japanese bullets or shells."
"As for what you just said about stopping the nighttime transfer operations, Lao Li, after careful consideration, I think your suggestion is very timely. If there is a problem during takeoff and landing at night, it will have a huge impact on us!"
Li Yunlong had a faint smile on his face, and laughed heartily: "College student, you are receptive to advice, and I am finally relieved. The Air Force Battalion has always been managed by you, and I rarely intervene. After all, you are much more professional than me in the use of fighter planes. If you say you are capable of this, I will never refute you. You have never been a reckless person who does not know the importance of the matter. I believe that my eyes are not wrong!"
"The secret of Ningyuan Town was hidden by the devils for so long, and we accidentally discovered it. The devils will never give up. The Yushan Regiment and the Gaomu Regiment have already exchanged fire with the blocking troops I sent out. Fortunately, I was prepared in advance, and with our fierce firepower, we easily defended our position."
"But the Japanese are not going to give up easily. The battle started at 3 o'clock this afternoon and has not stopped until now. I estimate that the Japanese will not rest tonight. They will definitely find ways to break through the blocking position and recapture the Ningyuan Town gold mine as quickly as possible."
"According to my judgment, the Japanese are likely to send fighter planes to join the battle tomorrow, so we have to make air defense preparations in advance. Transport planes can make two trips a day, and it will take at most four days to transport all the money and food. We will definitely have a fierce air battle with the Japanese tomorrow, which is why I requested that all fighter planes and bombers be transferred here. Without the help of these fighter planes, it will be very difficult for us to defend Ningyuan Town."
"The Japanese only need to bombard the grain warehouse in Ningyuan Town, and millions of kilograms of grain will be burned. The price of this grain is more precious than gold and silver. Gold and silver cannot be eaten, but grain can save lives in disaster years."
"College student, this is a piece of intelligence we seized from the Japanese. The Japanese, like us, discovered the abnormal weather and came to the same conclusion as you, that there will be a drought next. Food will be even more precious in a year of famine. We must now find ways to store more food and never let the Japanese destroy the food we have seized with great difficulty. No matter how much it costs or how much ammunition we have to spend, we must ensure the safety of the food warehouse."
Lin Zhenhua nodded in agreement and said, "It has been half a month since the last snowfall. The last snowfall was very thin and could not meet the needs of this year's spring ploughing. I checked the winter wheat situation a few days ago and found that the growth of winter wheat was not particularly good. The main reason is lack of water."
"This year, there is 12% less snow than in previous years. The water stored in the river in our base is not enough for irrigation. We had no choice but to modify simple excavators and dig a river to divert water to solve the irrigation problem in a month."
"According to my judgment, this year's summer harvest can be guaranteed, but when it comes to autumn harvest, if there is still little rainfall in the summer, we have to find a way to cover the river to reduce water evaporation. Otherwise, relying on the little water we have stored may not be able to meet the irrigation needs."
"These days, the base has been trying every possible way to dig more wells and ditches to store more water. There is a tributary of the Fen River near us, which is very helpful in solving our irrigation problems. I have arranged for people to connect it with the reservoir. Taking advantage of the recent snowfall and the high water level in the Fen River, we stored more water in the reservoir and ditches."
Originally, Lin Zhenhua wanted to use cement to repair the river, but the project was too large, and cement was also needed to build fortifications, so he had to make a compromise and only mobilized 1/3 of the water to repair the river and reservoir.
Li Yunlong didn't expect that Lin Zhenhua had done so many things in these days. He patted Lin Zhenhua's shoulder with a look of disappointment and said in a faint voice: "College student, we have made a lot of preparations now. There are too many people in the base. If we want to solve the food crisis that will break out in the future, we must prepare for the worst in advance."
"With the arrival of natural disasters, there will probably be more victims pouring into our base. We must find a way to expand the base. The current base can only support a million people at most. If there are more, we really cannot afford it. We must make plans for a rainy day."
"In addition, it is also related to our impending fuel crisis. The exploration work in the base has not made much progress in recent days. No oil fields or new mineral veins have been discovered. This has a huge impact on us. If we cannot get a steady supply of raw materials, with our current reserves, the military factory can only operate at full capacity for two months at most."
"Once the time exceeds two months, the production capacity of our arsenal will be reduced to 10% of the current level. We must find a way to take over more territory. Only in this way can we explore more mines to solve the urgent needs in the future!"
Lin Zhenhua was not particularly afraid of the food crisis, but the impending fuel crisis made him feel tremendous pressure. Without fuel, airplanes and armored vehicles would be nothing but a bunch of scrap metal. No matter how many were produced, they would be useless and their combat effectiveness would not be brought into play at all.
"Old Li, the fuel crisis is imminent. We were too optimistic about it before. As we started the mechanization reorganization, the demand for fuel is endless. With our current production capacity, we can't meet the demand at all. Our two air transport lines are already huge fuel consumers. They are almost consuming all the fuel we had in reserve for nearly a month. If I hadn't urgently produced two sets of coal-to-oil equipment, I'm afraid the base would have already suffered an oil shortage."
"If we can find oil, many problems can be solved. But after searching for so long, we still haven't found any oil fields. As for buying from outside, don't even think about it. The price is not something we can afford. Even if we can buy some, it won't meet our needs at all."
"I had wanted to use Chen Minggeng to buy a batch of fuel for us before, but after calculation, I found that the purchase cost was too high. Add to that the transportation cost, and we simply cannot afford it at the moment."
"Chen Minggeng has become the lifeline of our independent regiment. We have obtained 600 tons of rubber, 100 tons of copper ingots, and 3000 tons of daily necessities from him in recent days. However, this amount of supplies still cannot meet our needs. We must reserve enough supplies for a year. Only in this way can we have the confidence to compete with the devils for a long time."
Li Yunlong had anticipated how serious the situation would be, but he had never thought it would be this serious. The price of supplies from Chen Minggeng had risen by 50% again, which was beyond Li Yunlong's ability to bear. But Lin Zhenhua still agreed to it against all odds, raising the price of penicillin to offset the price increase of other supplies. Overall, they still suffered a loss, mainly because they were controlled by others.
"College student, Ningyuan Town is not a place to stay for long. I originally wanted to attack another gold mine of the devils, but now it seems that this is no longer feasible. The devils will definitely guard the gold mine more tightly. The only way we can take advantage now is to attack the devil's base."
"Let our fighter planes do more reconnaissance in the next two days to see if we can find any fat sheep and attack a few of the Japanese's supply warehouses. From now on, our goal will no longer be to annihilate as many enemies as possible, but to find ways to get more supplies back. As for the problem of transportation, don't worry at all. We have hundreds of transport planes, so we can handle any amount of supplies!"