vrcanaries Chapter 588 If you hadn’t prepared in advance, the sweet potato vines would have been eaten up by lo
Chapter 588 If you hadn’t prepared in advance, the sweet potato vines would have been eaten up by lo
Lin Zhenhua's order was finally carried out. Everyone was a little confused, but they knew that Lin Zhenhua could not bear to see the soldiers sacrificed, and in terms of caring for the soldiers, Lin Zhenhua had never let them down. They always felt that Lin Zhenhua had another trick up his sleeve.
In fact, they were completely wrong this time. Lin Zhenhua made such a decision out of helplessness. The emergence of Shuiquan Oilfield had a great impact on the situation in the entire Shanxi Province. Previously, due to the shortage of fuel, the Japanese air force had been unable to carry out long-term bombing operations on the Zhaojiayu base. But with this oilfield, the Japanese 12th Army no longer had to worry about fuel problems. They could even make simple oil barrel bombs to attack the arsenal in the Zhaojiayu base.
Previously, due to the shortage of fuel, the Japanese's means of attack were relatively simple. But after there was sufficient fuel, or even a large-scale surplus, the Japanese's advantage would be greatly enhanced, not to mention that they did not have a fighter jet that could truly compete with the Japanese's Zero fighter.
A two-plane formation of Thunder fighters and Lightning fighters can only deal with the Japanese Zero fighters that are about to reach service time. Facing the brand new Zero fighters, they don't have even the slightest chance of winning. This is the fundamental reason why he decided to launch the production capacity surge operation.
Facts have proved that Lin Zhenhua's prediction was not wrong. Last night, 24 brand new Zero fighters arrived at the Taiyuan temporary airport. During the air battle this morning, they achieved an impressive record of 8 to 0.
The Jinsui Army was forced to stop its advance on Guxian County, and the two sides fell into a standoff in Guxian County. After receiving the battle report from his old superior, Chu Yunfei also felt the difficulty of the situation. He sent three telegrams to Li Yunlong in succession, asking Li Yunlong to immediately send an air force battalion to participate in the battle, otherwise the Shuiquan operation would most likely be terminated early.
"Damn it, Chu Yunfei has set his sights on me, but I'm not stupid. The situation in Gu County is very delicate. Our air force battalion has suffered huge losses before. If we attack rashly, it will be difficult for us to get away with it."
"I told Chu Yunfei before and asked him to find a safe transit station for our fighter jets to transfer and increase their airborne time. But Chu Yunfei has been shirking his responsibilities on this matter, and I don't know what he is up to. Three days have passed, and he hasn't done anything about it. Instead, he keeps urging me to send the air force battalion over. I'm starting to wonder if there's something fishy going on here?" Li Yunlong cursed angrily.
Lin Zhenhua put down the telescope in his hand, took a look at the defense situation of Ping'an County, and replied without turning his head: "Old Li, there is no need for you to be angry about this matter. Chu Yunfei is now trapped in Niujia Village by the devils. He is not very clear about the situation on the front line."
"According to the intelligence we obtained from our reconnaissance aircraft, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's counterattack was originally intended to deal a head-on blow to the Japanese, but it turned out to be a stalemate. After nine days of fighting for a county town, it has not been taken down yet. There are even signs of a long-term confrontation."
"In order to achieve a breakthrough as soon as possible and to solve the hidden danger of Shuiquan Oilfield, it is reasonable to ask us for help. Not to mention this time, we can't shirk it. The threat of Shuiquan Oilfield to us is also very great. If we don't take control of this oilfield or blow it up, we won't be able to sleep at night."
"Yesterday I flew a Goshawk reconnaissance plane and checked the situation at Shuiquan Oilfield. I found that the Japanese had deployed two artillery battalions there and built two temporary airports. The two airports are now halfway completed and are expected to be fully built in another half a month. Not to mention that there are tens of thousands of Japanese troops stationed near Shuiquan Oilfield. They have surrounded the entire Shuiquan Oilfield. If we send troops to attack, even if we use all our resources, we may not be able to take it down."
"I'm not trying to encourage the Japanese to be more ambitious and destroy my own prestige. The situation is much more serious than we imagined. Not to mention that the Japanese 17th and 18th Air Divisions are already fully staffed, with more than 200 fighter planes. The fighter planes we have are only a fraction of theirs. This battle is really impossible to fight."
"Our arsenal's production capacity expansion plan has just begun. It will take at least half a month to see the real effect. This means that in the next half a month, we can only take a defensive stance. I estimate that in half a month, the Japanese may have successfully smelted gasoline. I am also very anxious about this matter, but it is useless to be anxious. Without the strength, we can only watch!"
Li Yunlong also felt very aggrieved, but he knew that what Lin Zhenhua said was the truth. The Japanese used all their tricks to delay them.
There are more than 60 disaster victims, who are slowly approaching the Zhaojiayu base under the guidance of the Japanese with ulterior motives. Kong Jie, who is going to support them, will be able to connect with the vanguard of the disaster victims in two days. Now Zhao Gang is worried about the housing problem of hundreds of thousands of disaster victims, not to mention the security problem of the base. After all, it would be a real strange thing if the Japanese did not infiltrate some spies among the victims.
"College student, I never thought that you could predict everything in advance. But even if we knew, we would have no way to deal with it. The initiative is now in the hands of the devils, and we can only bear it. I always wanted to attack the Shuiquan Oilfield before, and I also encouraged Lao Kong and Lao Zhao to join me. Now I am very glad that I didn't insist on doing it alone, otherwise we would have suffered heavy losses."
"We have been busy planting crops in the base area these days. Fortunately, the locust plague has passed, otherwise we might have missed the farming season. But it's a pity that the spring sweet potatoes we planted were eaten clean by locusts. Fortunately, you, the college student, arranged for people to move the sweet potato vines indoors in advance, otherwise we would not have any sweet potatoes to eat this winter."
"The spring sweet potatoes have been harvested and stored in the past two days. Half of them are reserved for food rations, and the remaining half is processed into vermicelli and stored for use as emergency food rations. Before, you, as a college student, always had a special liking for food, which I couldn't understand. Now I finally understand your painstaking efforts."
"It is urgent to reopen the air transport line with Chen Minggeng. No matter what, we must open this air transport line in ten days and transport the food in Chen Minggeng's hands back as soon as possible! Before, I planned to ask Chen Minggeng to raise more rice and flour for us, but Chen Minggeng and Tom thought that rice and flour were too cheap. They were only willing to sell us canned food and compressed biscuits, and they didn't send us the chocolate they used to send us. These profit-seeking guys are completely obsessed with money."
"If other merchants could not provide us with such a large quantity, I would have changed people long ago. However, penicillin has appeared overseas, which has caused the price of penicillin in our hands to be affected. Fortunately, the international demand for penicillin is endless, and the price has recovered a few days ago."
"I estimate that the price of penicillin will not change much in the next one to two years. We must quickly take advantage of the high price to exchange for a large amount of canned food and compressed biscuits to solve the food crisis in our base."
Li Yunlong actually considered using land transportation to transport the canned food and biscuits in Chen Minggeng's hands to the Zhaojiayu base, but the distance in between was too long, and they had to pass through many Japanese checkpoints. In addition, there were countless bandits. It was too costly and time-consuming to transport these things back by land, so he had to give up.
As the cost of air transport is too high and the Zhaojiayu base has not discovered any oil fields, the number of coal-to-oil equipment they have increased to 20, which barely meets the base's fuel consumption. With the surge in aircraft production capacity in the future, the demand for fuel will rise to another level, and the difficulty of large-scale production of coal-to-oil equipment will become greater. It is not that they cannot produce so many coal-to-oil equipment, but that they cannot produce the coal needed for these coal-to-oil equipment. The fuel crisis has never been resolved, and even Lin Zhenhua is very troubled by this.
"Ding Dong, congratulations to the host for signing in successfully. You have obtained a small oil field with a reserve of 100 million tons of crude oil. The host can specify the location of the oil field."
While listening to Li Yunlong's chatter, Lin Zhenhua performed the routine system check-in in his mind. He didn't expect that the system would send him a big gift package this time. He was so happy inside. In order to avoid being noticed, he acted very calmly and couldn't wait to return to the base.
"Old Li, I'll find a way to solve the fuel problem. Starting tomorrow, I'll conduct a second exploration of our Zhaojiayu base. If I'm lucky, I might be able to drill an oil well. After all, this thing is really a bit mysterious. The Japanese had been busy in Shanxi Province for several years and didn't find an oil field. But who would have thought that a bomb dropped by the Japanese casually would actually blow up an oil field? This is really too incredible, even I don't understand it now!"
"In short, I promise you that no matter what method is used, the impending fuel crisis in the base area must be eliminated! I always keep my word and have never broken my promise. Old Li, you just need to guard the new market in Ping'an County and deliver more food to our base area. This is your most important task right now!"