bullyxtreme Chapter 694 Repairing the Airport
Chapter 694 Repairing the Airport
Yuan Shuai's eyes suddenly lit up, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he gave Tie Xiaogang a thumbs up.
"Xiaogang, you're right! But the most powerful weapon of the Japanese, besides artillery, is airplanes!"
"According to intelligence, the Japanese planes should be near this area in the north. As long as we find a way to destroy their airport and planes, we can at least ensure that the planes cannot come to bomb us within a certain period of time, and we can also provide indirect help to the national army in the south!"
Hearing this, Fu Yidao frowned and retorted.
"Boss, your idea is indeed a good one, but we don't even know where the Japanese airport is right now. Besides, the north is all Japanese territory. It would be very difficult to move around in the Japanese territory and find the airport!"
"Yes, I object too. The Emerald River is a major hidden danger right now. You can't leave Xincheng! You must stay!"
Tie Xiaogang also refuted.
They all knew that if they wanted to bomb the Japanese planes, Yuan Shuai would definitely lead the team personally.
But now, they are facing an attack from a brigade of more than 10,000 Japanese troops at any time.
This does not include the puppet troops in Qingshan City and Qingfeng City, nor the number of people at the Feicui River Base.
If all are added up, the estimated number is over 15,000.
Moreover, the Japs have various long-range artillery, tanks, and airplanes.
If Yuan Shuai left, the Japanese would launch a strong attack on them, and they were worried that they would not be able to withstand it.
Because their biggest problem now is ammunition.
If they could solve the ammunition problem, they would be able to hold their territory even if Yuan Shuai led his men to rush out.
Yuan Shuai glanced at the two of them and thought.
"That's right. The biggest problem now is not food or military pay, but ammunition! This generation has a lot of sugarcane. We can use sugarcane to make sugar, and use sugar to make explosives to make mines, explosive packs, and flying thunder cannons!"
Fu Yidao and Tie Xiaogang looked at each other in astonishment.
"Damn it, why didn't we think of this!"
"But this is far from enough. We need more long-range artillery shells! Such as 75mm field guns, 105mm howitzers, and even 150mm shells, as well as various infantry guns, mortars, and grenades! Tank shells, etc.!"
After being surprised, Tie Xiaogang raised his concerns again.
Yuan Shuai pondered.
"Perhaps, we can ask the British and American troops for help!"
"Looking for them? Brother, it's daytime now, not night!"
“Even if they have it, will they give it to us?”
"Even if we use gold to buy them, if the transportation routes are not open, how can we deliver the gold to them, and how can they deliver the ammunition to us!"
Tie Xiaogang and Fu Yidao shook their heads helplessly.
Of course they knew that the only ones who could provide them with ammunition now were the British and American armies.
However, such a long traffic route was blocked by the Japanese, and they had no way or ability to open up this traffic route in a short time.
Yuan Shuai smiled.
“A plane!”
"As long as we build an airport that is big enough for their planes to take off and land, they can fly over to negotiate with us, or even transport ammunition directly over!"
"Originally, I wanted to build an airport runway near the Emerald River, but I didn't expect that bastard Zhong Teng to betray me and even surrender to the Japanese! Now there is no other way but to build a simple airport and runway in Xincheng, and the anti-aircraft guns here are enough!"
Fu Yidao said worriedly.
"But now they are eager to make us fight the devils so as to weaken our strength. Will they help us?"
Yuan Shuai smiled disapprovingly.
"No matter what era, in the business world, there are no eternal enemies or eternal friends, only unchanging interests! We do business for them and let them make money, so how can they just leave the money unmade!"
“But they will definitely raise the price!”
Fu Yidao reminded immediately.
"Price increase?! The British and American troops are not in the same group. We can negotiate separately! If the British army raises the price, we will contact the American army. If the American army raises the price, we will contact the British army!"
“But what if they work together to raise the price?”
"It's not impossible. If that's the case, then we won't buy it. We'll fight on our own! We'll take it from the devils! We'll let them know that even without them providing us with ammunition, we have enough to get it!"...
That afternoon, Yuan Shuai took his men to survey the terrain, draw blueprints, and make preliminary preparations for building an airport.
The next day, Fu Yidao arranged people to start work.
When they heard that an airport was going to be built, many people came forward to support it.
Fu Yidao only sent 500 reinforcements, intending to have the team take turns to build the airport.
But who would have thought that the people in the county would come to support us.
Soon, there were more than a thousand people helping out at the entire construction site.
This made Fu Yidao and others extremely happy.
Of course, Yuan Shuai was still very polite. He invited all the people to dinner and even paid them wages.
As a result, more people came on the second day than on the first day.
Yuan Shuai directly asked these people to work in three shifts, taking turns to rest and work.
Those wealthy businessmen also donated supplies and money to the airport.
In just half a month, an airport was built, and even two take-off and landing runways were built.
Even the control tower and hangar have been built.
When the work was completed, Yuan Shuai held a banquet at the airport to entertain all the participants. At the same time, he asked Tie Xiaogang to send a telegram in plain text again to notify the British army to come and discuss business.
Because it was a telegram sent in clear text.
Not only the British and American troops, but also the Japanese received the news.
"Baga! Yuan Shuai actually built an airport in Xincheng?"
"We're even going to invite the British Army to discuss business?!"
"Baga, they must want to buy weapons and ammunition from the British army!"
"In that case, they must be running low on weapons and ammunition!"
"General, this is an opportunity. We can take advantage of it to attack Xincheng!"
For a time, many Japanese officers thought that General Yuan did this because he was short of weapons and ammunition, so he thought of building an airport and letting British planes airlift weapons and ammunition to them.
If we attack Xincheng at this time, Xincheng will definitely not be able to hold out for long.
However, some people have also refuted this.
"Impossible! There are already a lot of weapons and ammunition stored in Zhacheng, the Emerald River Base, and Xincheng. With the weapons and ammunition they have seized, even if they are short of weapons and ammunition, they have enough strength to resist our attack!"
"That's right. The British and American troops have been silent. They are just waiting for us to fight with General Yuan and his men! We absolutely cannot give them such an opportunity!"
"General, this opportunity is too good to be missed! If we wait until they get the weapons, they will pose a greater threat to us!"
"General, this guy Yuan Shuai is too cunning. We cannot engage in a head-on battle with him right now! This is very disadvantageous to us!"