Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 326: It’s good to have something useful. Even if it’s not useful, it’s better than having no

Lin Zhenhua met with Chen Minggeng again the next day, and the two sides finalized the details of the next transaction. Chen Yuandong took the opportunity to express his apologies, and Lin Zhenhua accepted his gift, and the relationship between the two sides became more harmonious. After the goods were loaded, Lin Zhenhua took a transport plane back to the transfer station.

In the evening, Lin Zhenhua called Duan Peng and the monk over and said solemnly, "Monk, Duan Peng, the transfer station will be very busy in the next half month. In order to speed up the transfer of materials, I decided to start segmented transfer to improve the speed and efficiency of the transfer."

"It only takes three hours to get from the transfer station to the trading location, and there are three routes from the transfer station to the base. The first route is the safest and takes 13 hours. The second route is the shortest and most dangerous and only takes 11 hours. The third route is moderate in distance and relatively safe, and takes 12 hours. I plan to change the first route to the third route, which can shorten the journey by one hour. I will set off at : in the morning every day and arrive at the base at : in the afternoon."

"I decided to split the transport fleet into two. Twelve transport planes will be used to fly from the base to the transfer station, and the other five transport planes will fly from the transfer station to the pick-up location. This will greatly increase our transportation speed and ensure that supplies can arrive at the base every day."

"When I return to the base, I will find a way to increase the production of transport planes to ensure that we have at least 30 transport planes in half a month. This way we can transport 48 tons of supplies every day, greatly improving the transportation capacity of the air transport line."

"The transfer station will be extremely busy in the next month. You must ensure the safety of the transfer station and ensure that there are no problems with the storage of various materials at the transfer station. Once everything is back on track, you two can return to the base!"

The monk and Duan Peng had no objection. There was nothing for them to do in the base now, so they might as well build the transfer station, improve its transportation capacity, and ensure the supply of materials to the base.

Early the next morning, Lin Zhenhua led 12 transport planes back to the base and landed safely at Maoershan Airport at five o'clock in the afternoon. He called Zhao Gang on the airport phone and asked him to arrange for someone to take the supplies away. Then he went directly to the regiment headquarters.

"Lao Li, I just came back from the transfer station. I have good news for you. Fan Ming has brought us hundreds of tons of rubber and thousands of tons of daily necessities. We have also received the bullets we mentioned earlier. We have bought all the stocks from an arms dealer. We expect to be able to meet at the end of the month in ten days. It is very difficult to transport all of these 1000 tons of supplies back."

"In particular, our demand for canned beef and compressed biscuits is very high. Once Operation Boomerang is launched, this air transport line is likely to be interrupted in a short period of time. We must prepare for the worst in advance, so I decided to double the current transport capacity to ensure that hundreds of tons of supplies can be transported every day. Only in this way can we stockpile a large amount of urgently needed supplies in a short period of time. Even if this air transport line is forced to be interrupted for a few months, we will not have a shortage of supplies again."

Lin Zhenhua had just finished speaking when Zhao Gang and Ding Wei came over. After saying hello to the two, he continued, "If we want to double our transport capacity, we can only use the method of keeping the planes running while the people rest, transporting materials back day and night. At the same time, we must also increase the capacity of transport planes to increase the number of transport planes!"

Before Lin Zhenhua could continue, Zhao Gang interrupted him and said, "College student, there is indeed room for improvement in our current transport aircraft production capacity, but I completely disagree with your plan to carry out night transport. Our pilots do not have much experience in night flying or night landing. I think you are being too hasty. You have to eat bite by bite. No one can eat a fat man in one bite."

"During the time you were away, we produced five more transport planes, which will be incorporated into the fleet tomorrow to transport supplies. Even if it's slower and we have less supplies in stock, we can't risk flying at night. In my opinion, safety is the top priority. Flying at night is too difficult and dangerous. Once something goes wrong, our losses will be huge, which is definitely not something we can afford at the moment!"

Ding Wei also stepped forward to persuade him, "College student, you and Lao Li both like to take risks, but I think what we need most now is prudence. As long as we increase the number of transport planes to 30 in a short period of time, we can transport 48 tons of supplies every day, and more than 1000 tons of supplies a month. We can fully deliver the supplies you gave us before the war. There is really no need to be so anxious. We are not in such a dangerous situation yet."

Li Yunlong did not stand on Lin Zhenhua's side this time, and took the initiative to persuade him: "College student, I know you are very anxious. Now our daily cargo transportation volume is only more than 30 tons, which is indeed unable to make up for the food gap we are facing. But the situation we expected before was the worst case scenario, and things may not be that bad. The risk of flying at night is too great. Unless you can guarantee that there will be no problems in the process, I will not agree with you to do this!"

Lin Zhenhua did not expect to provoke the opposition of the three people. He took a sip of the tea bowl on the table and explained earnestly: "I know that taking off and landing at night is very dangerous, but reality forces us to do this. When we were rationing food before, we calculated the consumption of soldiers and civilians exactly the same. In fact, the two sides are completely unequal. From the food consumption figures given by Lao Zhao, it can be seen that each soldier needs to consume one and a half kilograms of food every day, which is 500 kilograms a year. The extra 200 kilograms, calculated based on 400 people, means an extra million kilograms of food, which is not a small amount!"

"Now we have finally opened up the air transport line, and obtained a large amount of canned beef and compressed biscuits through Chen Minggeng. If I can't transport these supplies back, then everything will be in vain."

"In order to increase the speed of transfer, I adopted a strategy of segmented transfer. Now our transport fleet has increased to 22 aircraft. Eight are used for short-distance transfer, which can be transferred twice a day, and 8 are used for long-distance transfer. We use the fourth route without any detours. If we fly at full speed, it only takes nine hours. If we fly two round trips, the time is definitely enough."

Zhao Gang didn't expect that Lin Zhenhua actually had this idea. He knew how dangerous this fourth route was. It had to cross four Japanese airports. Once discovered by the Japanese, the consequences would be disastrous.

"College student, wasn't this fourth route rejected before? Is it really time to activate it now?"

Lin Zhenhua nodded heavily and replied with a bitter face: "Now it has come to the most critical moment. I decided to change the twin-engine transport plane to a four-engine transport plane. This will not only increase its range and load capacity, but more importantly, its speed will also be greatly increased. At that time, there is no need to go through the transfer station. The materials can be directly loaded and transported back to the base, which will greatly increase our material transportation speed and store more materials before the war."

"Lao Li, you are in charge of the rest of the arsenal's affairs. In the next month, I will focus on producing transport planes and bombers in the arsenal. Lao Zhao, you will be responsible for the transportation of materials. Here are the two schedules I made. Choose one to execute based on our situation. If you have any questions, call me. It's already the end of October, and we don't have much time left."

Lin Zhenhua's last words left the three people present silent. They finally understood why Lin Zhenhua took such a risk. He was really forced to make such a choice.

Li Yunlong slammed his fist on the table and said angrily, "Damn it, there are still more than 40 days left, but we only have 40 days left. It's time for a decisive battle. Starting tomorrow, everyone will be busy for me. Double the current workload. We must fill all the loopholes in the base within days."

"Old Ding, you have to pay attention to the construction of the fortifications on the battlefield. You also need to make more efforts at the market. Those damn merchants have a lot of food in their hands. This year's autumn grain has been harvested and the price of grain has begun to fall sharply. When you go back, ask the market to increase the price of grain by another 10%. I will make these damn merchants crazy. Only in this way can we store more food!"

"Lao Zhao, the logistics of our base are now in your hands. The three main roads are almost finished, so hurry up and start building the eight auxiliary roads. The six cement plants in the arsenal are already in full operation. I have plenty of steel bars and cement, and I'll provide you with as much as you need. You can use them as much as you want. I don't plan to keep them in the warehouse, as they will only take up space!"

"I'll be in charge of the arsenal. Eight tanks and eight armored vehicles have been delivered to the simulation training ground this afternoon. We can start the real infantry-tank training tomorrow. I've already arranged for Old Xing to be in charge of this!"

"The only thing our base lacks now is 88mm anti-aircraft guns. There is a huge loophole in anti-aircraft firepower. College students can do some research these days. It would be best if we can solve the problem of producing heavy artillery for our independent regiment. Without heavy artillery, I always feel a little uncertain. Even if we can make a batch of emergency supplies, it is better than nothing!"

Lin Zhenhua nodded in agreement and said, "Old Li, I will treat the imitation of the 88mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun as a major event. As for the emergency production of heavy guns above 105mm, it is not very difficult for the arsenal, but the life of the gun is only 30 rounds, so you have to be mentally prepared in advance. It only takes one month to manufacture a batch of emergency heavy guns. I guarantee that 24 105mm heavy guns and 18 150mm heavy guns will be delivered in one month."