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

Chapter 593 I agree to build an anti-aircraft artillery group in the base, so you can go ahead and d

Li Yunlong traveled for a day and a night before returning to the Zhaojiayu base. Without even a sip of water, he took a three-wheeled motorcycle to the first underground air defense headquarters. After a simple breakfast, he started talking about the main topic directly. After all, it was already hot now, and Mei Mao had no time to exchange pleasantries.

"College student, I just came back from Ping'an County. I don't know much about the situation in the base. Can you tell me first, how should we deal with it next?"

It was a bit stuffy in the underground air defense headquarters, and Lin Zhenhua was sweating all over his forehead. After he finished the big bowl of mung bean soup in front of him, he replied calmly: "Everyone, I actually considered this situation before and proposed two plans. But the first plan didn't pass at the time, and the second plan had no chance of passing. As a last resort, I could only seal up the second plan."

"Now I will focus on my second plan, which is to build an anti-aircraft artillery group in our base to deal with the air raids of the Japanese fighter planes. This is a very huge project. Not only will it consume a lot of manpower and material resources, but we will also need to prepare a large amount of ammunition for it. The cost is really too high, far beyond what we can afford."

"At that time, our need for air defense was not so urgent. In addition, the Japanese had only a few hundred fighter planes at most, but that was not the main reason. The most fundamental reason was that the Japanese lacked oil, which prevented them from deploying their fighter planes on a large scale. But now the situation has changed dramatically. The Japanese have found an oil field in Shuiquan and have successfully mined and smelted oil. In the short term, the Japanese will no longer have to worry about the problem of oil shortage."

"I have made a vivid analogy before. If the Japanese had enough fuel, their war machines would be able to start quickly. But many people don't believe what I said and think I am exaggerating. That's because none of you realize how much impact fuel has on a mechanized army. The Third Reich and the Japanese have always been short of fuel. If they had sufficient fuel supply, the combat effectiveness they could unleash would be at least twice the current level."

"I'm absolutely not exaggerating. The Third Reich and the Japanese have a huge annual fuel shortage. They have to convert coal into oil to gasoline. The quality of this converted gasoline is generally low, which has a great impact on the performance of weapons. Just take fighter jets as an example. We have a deep understanding of this. It is because our fuel quality is too poor that our engine power has always been insufficient."

"According to the intelligence we received earlier, the oil produced by Shuiquan Oilfield is high-quality, low-sulfur, light crude oil with very few impurities after refining, which can fully meet the oil needs of the Japanese Zero fighters. In the ground-to-air battle the day before yesterday, we should have been able to clearly feel this subtle difference. After fighting for such a long time and using so much anti-aircraft firepower, we only shot down a total of 11 Zero fighters."

"Data won't lie. The truth is very cruel. We really can't deceive ourselves. The current situation is already very critical. I think the anti-aircraft battery group plan must be approved immediately and full-scale construction must begin this afternoon."

"The Japanese have set their sights on our base. Yesterday, they bombed our arsenal and destroyed one of our aircraft assembly plants. This has seriously affected our production of fighter planes."

"Since we started the production capacity expansion plan, we have produced a total of 13 fighter planes of various types. The production capacity has indeed increased significantly compared to before, but it is still far from the target I require. I have issued a death order to the arsenal, requiring them to only produce three types of weapons now: fighter planes, anti-aircraft guns, and ammunition."

"The production of armored vehicles and tanks has been suspended, the production of various infantry artillery has been suspended, and even the production of light and heavy machine guns has been suspended. The reason why I have to emphasize this to everyone continuously is to tell you a cruel truth. We should not think about attacking the Shuiquan Oilfield now, but should think of ways to protect ourselves first. Don't have those unrealistic dreams, look up and look down at your feet first, not to mention that we still have a large number of disaster victims who need to be resettled. If we cannot provide them with a stable living environment, then there is a real possibility of large-scale civil unrest in the base, and the base may really collapse without being attacked!"

"I can tell you clearly that I am very anxious now. I find that everyone does not realize how much of a change Shuiquan Oilfield has brought to the current war situation. Don't think that we are safe with solid fortifications. That's because the Japanese have fewer fighter planes and fewer bombings. If the Japanese directly carry out carpet bombing, we will not be able to stop it even if we have more fortifications."

"I still reiterate my previous point of view. The anti-aircraft artillery group must be built, even if it means risking everything we have. We have no way out. Don't have any more fluke mentality, unless you really want to escape to the mountains and fight guerrilla warfare, and hand over all the military industries we have built with great difficulty to the devils, then you don't have to care about it!"

Lin Zhenhua had never spoken as mercilessly as he did today. He was really forced into a corner. He really didn't want to lose the military industries he had worked so hard to build. He knew very well that once he lost these, let alone saving more victims, he might not even be able to guarantee his own safety. The situation that would follow would be much more serious than anyone imagined.

No one expected Lin Zhenhua to say this, even Zhao Gang did not expect Lin Zhenhua to be so direct, but when he thought of the decisive battle between the ground and the sky the day before yesterday, he finally understood Lin Zhenhua's painstaking efforts. Some things can be abandoned, but some things cannot be abandoned. Once some things are broken, it will be very difficult to rebuild them, not to mention that many soldiers and civilians will have to sacrifice themselves. This also made him determined to support Lin Zhenhua's decision.

Zhao Gang did not wait for anyone to speak, and immediately stood up to express his support, saying, "I, Zhao Gang, fully support the college students' proposal. We are indeed at the most dangerous moment now. If we cannot be alert, the more than 10,000 soldiers who died will have died in vain!"

"I watched our arsenal being built up bit by bit, which was not easy. College students also built small arsenals before, but the scale was too small at that time, and we couldn't even produce rifles. We could only produce some reloaded bullets and grenades. But now we can produce airplanes, cannons, tanks and armored vehicles. This shows how much effort the college students have put in, not to mention that many soldiers have sacrificed their lives. I, Zhao Gang, will never agree to give up our arsenal."

"There are now 800,000 people living in the Zhaojiayu base. Once our base is breached by the devils, they will never let these people go. We have no way out now and can only fight the devils to the death. My opinion is to defend the base at all costs, and then find an opportunity to blow up the Shuiquan Oilfield, but the time is not now, and we may have to wait for a while!"

Li Yunlong slammed the belt on the table and cursed angrily with a livid face: "The damn Japanese are bullying us too much. Even if we fight to the last man, we must not let the Japanese succeed. Since our anti-aircraft firepower is insufficient, we should increase the production of anti-aircraft weapons and ammunition, and build a large number of anti-aircraft artillery positions in the base according to Plan No. 2 provided by the college students."

"If one is not enough, we can build two. If two are not enough, we can build three. At most, we can build hundreds of them. I don't believe that we can't protect the airspace security of the base."

"Before, college students said that they wanted to start a plan to increase the production capacity of fighter jets. I was quite critical of this. Now it seems that my vision is indeed not good. In terms of the production and use of new weapons, we all need to learn from college students. Before, college students told me that in mountainous combat, our backward fighters would not be at a disadvantage when fighting against the Japanese zero-time fighters. On the contrary, we would be at an advantage."

"I didn't believe it at the time, but the previous Xiaosongling air battle once again proved that the college students were not aimless. In terms of air force command, no one, including me, Li Yunlong, is qualified. Only by handing over the air force battalion to the command of college students can I, Li Yunlong, really feel at ease and ask the air force battalion for firepower support when commanding the battle on the front line!"

"The Ping'an County market is continuously collecting food for us, and now we have rushed to plant seeds in the fields. We can mobilize the people in the base area and our soldiers to build anti-aircraft batteries and air-raid shelters. Next, we will work 24 hours a day to complete the construction work in the shortest time possible."

"Once our anti-aircraft battery is built, we must beat the Japanese hard. We must not let them know how powerful our anti-aircraft battery is!"

Ding Wei did not remain silent, but immediately expressed his support: "I also support the college students' proposal. The arsenal cannot have any problems no matter what. I, Ding Wei, am used to a good life now, and I don't want to go back to the days of lack of guns and bullets. Since the Japanese want to blow up our arsenal, let's fight them. I, Ding Wei, want to see how many fighter planes the Japanese have to fight a war of attrition with us!"

"College student, just go ahead and do it. The three of us will fully support your work. We will select a location at noon today, and start construction this afternoon. We will work hard for half a month to complete the anti-aircraft artillery complex and let the Japanese see how powerful we are!"