vrcanaries Chapter 407 Captain Chu, I cannot make the decision on this matter. You should go and talk to Li Yun
Chapter 407 Captain Chu, I cannot make the decision on this matter. You should go and talk to Li Yun
Lin Zhenhua listened to Li Yunlong's brief introduction of Chu Yunfei's purpose and his response. Lin Zhenhua supported Li Yunlong's decision very much. The material trade between him and Chu Yunfei should be further expanded. Only in this way can the arsenal start production at full capacity.
"Old Li, I have asked someone to deliver a radio to Wang Tiezhu. I have already contacted Wang Tiezhu this afternoon. We will fly directly to Shitoushan tonight and should be able to arrive at 7:30 tomorrow morning."
"When we go, we will bring more fuel and no cargo, so that we can use the fuel carried in the cabin to return to the transfer station. I haven't been to the transfer station for more than half a year. After this visit, I have to re-plan it."
"In order to improve the efficiency and safety of the air transport line, I plan to set up two more transfer stations and deploy Thunder fighters in the transfer stations to escort the transport aircraft formation. If it were two months ago, I really didn't have this idea. After all, according to my estimate, the raw materials stored in the arsenal should be enough for three months of production, but in fact, it only produced for one and a half months before it had to stop production due to lack of raw materials."
"We received hundreds of tons of rubber from Chen Minggeng before, which is a huge amount, but compared with our consumption, this amount of rubber is far from enough. I have considered using synthetic rubber technology to solve our rubber shortage problem, but we have to shelve this plan because we lack the most important raw material, petroleum."
Li Yunlong was also very troubled by rubber. He really didn't expect that natural rubber could only be preserved for three months. This was completely beyond his expectations. If it weren't for the fact that there were so many places where the independent regiment needed rubber, making it impossible for rubber to be passed down, and Li Yunlong didn't have to worry about preservation, otherwise the difficulty in preservation alone would be enough to make Li Yunlong very angry.
"College student, we have stored a lot of rubber waste these days. I heard you say that these rubbers can be refined again. Is it true or false? You have to give me a definite answer this time!"
Lin Zhenhua replied seriously: "Old Li, I did not lie about this matter. These discarded rubbers can indeed be refined a second time, but only 30% can be extracted, which is simply not enough to meet our future needs. With the implementation of our fighter aircraft expansion plan, the demand for rubber will increase sharply."
Li Yunlong agreed with this and said, "College students, now we not only need to expand fighter planes on a large scale, but also tanks, armored vehicles, tricycles, and trucks on a large scale. I plan to take this opportunity to complete the mechanization of all troops in the base area to improve the reaction speed of the troops."
"Since the construction of 16 roads in our base, cement roads can directly reach every village, and the construction of the highway system has been basically completed. No matter where the enemy attacks, the nearby troops can arrive within half an hour. In the future, if Yamamoto's special forces dare to launch a sneak attack on our base again, it will be wishful thinking if they want to escape as they did before."
As the two were talking, time passed quickly and it was time to set off. Li Yunlong and Lin Zhenhua had already prepared themselves and took a four-engine transport plane, which took off successfully from Maoershan Airport and flew towards Shitoushan.
At night, Chu Yunfei came to see Li Yunlong, but learned that Li Yunlong had left. He curiously asked about it. Zhao Gang was vague about this matter, which aroused Chu Yunfei's interest. He told Zhao Gang that he wanted to buy canned food and compressed biscuits, which made it impossible for Zhao Gang to conceal it any longer.
"Captain Chu, this transportation line involves too many people and is extremely dangerous. The cost of transportation is very high and it is difficult to support with Captain Chu's current financial resources. Even if it is a barter price, Captain Chu will find it unacceptable. If we had no other choice, we would not have spent such a huge cost to transport compressed biscuits and canned beef. There are some things we cannot decide." Zhao Gang revealed vaguely.
Chu Yunfei was sure that most of what Zhao Gang said was true, but a small part was probably false. Through this test, he confirmed that the independent regiment did have an air transport line, but the cost was too high, so high that even the independent regiment could hardly afford it, which was consistent with his previous speculation.
The canned beef and biscuits should have been purchased by the Independent Regiment on its own initiative in order to feed more people. Otherwise, the Independent Regiment's limited food reserves would not have been able to feed 700,000 or 800,000 disaster victims, even with the help of the Zhangjiazhuang market.
"Brother Zhao, I will take your transport plane back to Niujiagou tomorrow morning, and I hope to settle the matter tonight. I want to buy 20 cans of beef and compressed biscuits from you. You can name the price, and I will pay with the ore and salt I have."
Zhao Gang didn't expect Chu Yunfei to ask for so many canned goods and biscuits at once. If it was tens of thousands, he could agree, but hundreds of thousands were really beyond his current ability. Negotiations with Chen Minggeng hadn't started yet, and no one could guarantee whether this transportation line could continue. We could only take it one step at a time.
"Captain Chu, the quantity you want is too large. I have no way to answer you for now. You should wait until Li Yunlong comes back and then discuss this matter with him in person!"
Zhao Gang's refusal was also within Chu Yunfei's expectations. What he wanted this time was not a small amount. If calculated based on one pound per portion, that would be a full 30 pounds. If converted to tons, it would be a full 150 tons. The independent regiment would have to dispatch nearly 80 transport planes to transport it all at once, and it would take three days of round-the-clock transportation to complete. How could Zhao Gang agree to it directly?
"Brother Zhao, I will go back first. I will talk to Brother Yunlong about this matter after he comes back!"
After saying this, Chu Yunfei left the independent regiment and went to the residence arranged by Zhao Gang for him. Looking at Chu Yunfei's back, Zhao Gang shook his head with some melancholy. He decided to let Li Yunlong handle the negotiations with Chu Yunfei. Zhao Gang was already quite busy, and with Chu Yunfei's matter, he became even busier.
Accompanied by Chief of Staff Fang Ligong, Doctor Wang Xuecheng, after observing the sick soldiers of the 358th Regiment, was basically able to confirm that there was indeed a plague in the 358th Regiment, but it was still on a small scale at the moment. As long as it was properly controlled, it could be resolved quickly.
"Chief of Staff Fang, I need to observe for another day. If the two medicines I brought are not effective by this time tomorrow, then it can be confirmed that there is indeed an outbreak of plague in your 358th Regiment, and the situation is much more serious than you think. The only good news now is that the plague has just appeared. As long as it can be controlled, the threat can be eliminated within a month."
"This is the treatment plan I developed. Chief of Staff Fang, please arrange for doctors to treat according to my plan. At present, I cannot guarantee whether this plan is effective. I will follow up in the next two days, adjust the dosage of the medicine at any time, and do my best to treat patients infected with the plague."
"We asked the medical staff to do a good job of disinfection, and they must wear double masks when entering and leaving the hospital. The hospital must also be isolated from other places. When I came, the college students gave me a complete set of temporary emergency response plans. Chief of Staff Fang can implement them according to the requirements of the plan!"
Fang Ligong took the document handed over by Wang Xuecheng and read it carefully. He didn't understand many parts of it, but he could understand the deep meaning. He closed the document in his hand and promised seriously: "Doctor Wang, I will give orders according to the requirements of the plan without any discount."
Fang Ligong wanted to say a few more words but heard Qian Bojun's call. He immediately turned his head and saw Qian Bojun waving at him eagerly and greeting Wang Xuecheng. Then Fang Ligong hurried to meet Qian Bojun.
"Captain Qian, why are you yelling so loudly?"
Qian Bojun didn't care about Fang Ligong's unhappiness at all, but reported anxiously: "Chief of Staff, half of my brothers in the Fourth Battalion have developed fever. Please send someone to check it out. Our Fourth Battalion has been stationed in Yujia Town these days to provide security for the transport team, but for some reason, many soldiers caught colds and fevers three days ago. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but I didn't expect that a moment of negligence would lead to the current situation being somewhat out of control."
"I just went to look for the regiment commander, but the people at the regiment headquarters told me that the regiment commander went to the independent regiment. I can only come to the chief of staff for help and ask the chief of staff to save our Fourth Battalion."
Chief of Staff Fang Ligong had not expected that something had gone wrong in the Fourth Battalion. He no longer cared about Qian Bojun's concealment of the matter. The key issue now was to control the situation, otherwise something serious would happen in the Fourth Battalion.
"Captain Qian, I will immediately approve a batch of medicine for you and send you two doctors. You must take the people back immediately and gather all the sick soldiers for treatment according to the doctors' instructions. As for the other soldiers who are not sick, let them live in the upwind area. They are not allowed to leave without permission."
"We have received assistance from the Independent Regiment and obtained a large amount of medicine. Doctors from the Independent Regiment are helping our soldiers with treatment. This is an initial treatment plan and will be promoted soon. You must calm down. You must not panic at this time. You must also strictly block the news and never let panic spread!"
"I will transfer some people from the Fifth Battalion to guard the transportation line. You must stay in the camp honestly for the next few days. Don't go anywhere and wait for orders from the regiment headquarters at any time. I have arranged for the communications company to set up telephone lines, and it is expected to be connected before the end of the year. If there are any problems, just call me directly!"