PFC Chapter 302 There is only half an hour left until dark, we must find an open space for landing!
Chapter 302 There is only half an hour left until dark, we must find an open space for landing!
Fan Yunfeng's mouth twitched. Many merchants had sent salt before. After all, salt was more valuable than grain and easier to transport. As a result, the Independent Regiment had not collected much grain until now, but had collected a lot of salt. Ding Wei immediately tightened the belt, which led to today's conversation.
"Manager Ding, I need to think about this matter carefully. I can't make a decision yet. After all, I also need to talk to the people behind me about this matter. Let's set the time for our next meeting to be tomorrow night. I'll host the party then, and we can talk while eating!"
Ding Wei also knew that Fan Yunfeng could not make a decision directly. The two exchanged a few more pleasantries, and then Ding Wei began to meet with other businessmen, trying to find ways to raise more supplies for the base. According to Kong Jie's news, it has not rained in the Central Plains for a long time, and it is very likely that a drought will break out in the entire province. He has led more than 10,000 disaster victims to the independent regiment, and it is expected to arrive in three or four days.
Ding Wei did not expect that the Central Plains would be hit so hard by the disaster. Compared with its huge population, two or three hundred thousand people were just a drop in the bucket. In order to accept more victims, he had to lower the exchange price of salt so that merchants could transport food over to cope with the impending food crisis.
Next, he turned his attention to Lin Zhenhua. After leaving Maoershan Airport, Lin Zhenhua ordered the fleet to climb to an altitude of 6,000 meters, accelerate towards the southwest, and leave the dangerous airspace as soon as possible.
On the route they were taking, the Japanese deployed six airports. The first airport was Yangmingbao Airport, which deployed more than 30 fighter planes, posing a huge threat to the transport aircraft group.
"Everyone, please pay attention. We have arrived at the airspace near Yangmingbao. Follow me and turn northwest immediately. We need to make a big circle and fly through this dangerous airspace. For safety reasons, we must climb to an altitude of eight thousand meters and increase the distance between transport planes to about one thousand meters. This will effectively reduce the noise heard on the ground. We must fly at the maximum speed and open the throttle to the maximum. We must go faster. We must leave this dangerous airspace within an hour!" Lin Zhenhua gave the order through the transponder.
Led by transport plane No. 1, the fleet climbed rapidly. After reaching an altitude of 8,000 meters, the transport fleet shifted to the northwest, made a large circle, and safely passed through the Yangmingbao airspace.
"Comrades, we have safely passed the Yangmingbao airspace. If we continue flying along the current route for two hours, we will encounter another Japanese field airport. We must be extra careful about this." Lin Zhenhua said worriedly into the transponder.
In the next six hours, they passed through the airspace of four airports in succession and rapidly approached the last Japanese airport. The reason why Lin Zhenhua was so bold was mainly because he judged that this airport should have been abandoned by the Japanese. After all, if fuel was to be transported from other places to here, the loss would be very large. More importantly, this place had lost its strategic value to the Japanese, which was why he was so bold.
The situation was just as he expected. The Shijiabao Airport had been abandoned by the Japanese. Located in the Gobi Desert, water supply alone was a big problem. Coupled with the influence of wind and sand, the airport was abandoned not long after being used.
Lin Zhenhua carefully observed the Shijiabao Airport through a telescope. He originally wanted to make use of the ground facilities built by the Japanese, but after seeing the situation on the ground, he shook his head helplessly. This airport had lost its value. More importantly, the wind and sand would have a huge impact on the takeoff and landing of aircraft, and there was no way to use it as a transit station.
"Attention, all aircraft. We will reach our target in another three hours. The regiment commander asked Wang Daniu to find a landing site for us, but it is impossible to do so. We have no way to communicate with each other so far. We have to choose the landing site by ourselves."
Under Lin Zhenhua's command, the transport fleet flew forward for another three hours. In order to find the landing point as quickly as possible, the transport fleet began to descend and observe the ground. Originally, Lin Zhenhua planned to land on the Stone Mountain, but now there was no reference point on the ground. He could only use a telescope to find a flat ground and arrange the transport fleet to land.
"For safety reasons, you must be careful when observing. There must be no human habitation around, let alone obvious buildings. The safety of our transfer station is the top priority. The next supplies will be delivered by transport planes. Once human habitation is seen, our transfer station may be leaked and attract the attention of the Japanese, which will bring a huge threat to our air transport line!"
"If there is a problem with the fuel we store in the transfer station, we will have no way to return to the base. In addition, we must pay attention to the wind and sand on the ground. If there is no shelter around, this place cannot be used as a transfer station. For safety reasons, the distance between the fuselages cannot exceed three kilometers. We must ensure that we can communicate normally and search according to what I said. Now there is only more than an hour left before dark. We have to speed up, otherwise we can only force ourselves to find a piece of open space to land!" Lin Zhenhua gave the order with a serious face.
In the next hour, the transport planes began to look for a place to land, but found nothing. The sunset glow had appeared in the sky, making everyone anxious. If they could not find a place to land, the consequences would be disastrous. Even if the transport planes were loaded with enough fuel, it would be very difficult to land safely at the Maoershan Airport in the base.
There was also a trace of worry on Lin Zhenhua's face. He kept scanning the ground with a telescope. Suddenly, he found an excellent open space. From the sky, this open space was surrounded by earthen walls and the area was very large. It was very likely an ancient city.
"Xiao Liu, immediately descend to a thousand meters. There is an ancient city three kilometers ahead of the transport plane. At present, it seems to be a perfect location. I need to observe carefully to see if there are people living inside."
Under Lin Zhenhua's command, the transport planes followed and descended to an altitude of one thousand meters and began to observe the ancient city wall. This time they could see very clearly that no human habitation was found inside the ancient city wall and the road looked very flat. This should have been the residence of a tribe for hundreds of years. However, after they left, the city became more and more dilapidated.
"Attention all aircraft, for safety reasons we are landing on a grassland north of the ancient city. It is very safe there and there are no obstacles. Although the ancient city is relatively large, it is easy for there to be rocks and debris, which will have a huge impact on our landing." Lin Zhenhua shouted on the transponder.
As transport plane No. 1 gradually lowered its altitude and landed safely on the grass in the north of the city, the other seven transport planes followed suit and landed safely on the grass.
"We have landed safely now. One pilot will stay behind to ensure that the transport plane does not shut down. Open the cockpit of the transport plane. The other seven people will follow me and carry weapons to check the city. After confirming that there is no danger, we will enter the ancient city!"
Under Lin Zhenhua's command, seven pilots quickly got off the transport plane, carrying submachine guns and two light machine guns, and headed towards the ancient city. It took them an hour to enter the ancient city.
"From the traces, there should be no human habitation here. We haven't found any human footprints so far, but we have found some wild animal footprints. This proves that my previous speculation was correct. This ancient city has been abandoned for a long time. In addition, when we checked from the sky before, we didn't find any human habitation within a radius of 200 to 300 kilometers, not even grazing."
"We need to clear a place to stay in the ancient city. Liu Qingshan, take two people to get the tents and call the rest of the people over. Don't forget to bring food. Tomorrow we will clean up the debris in the city and build a simple runway for the transport plane to park and land."
"According to my observations from the sky, this ancient city is very large. It is very likely not built by a tribe, but may be the garrison of a large army in history. The number of people is definitely not less than 50,000, and may even be several times higher than this number. After entering the ancient city, I found that it is so large, with a radius of two or three kilometers. This is just my rough estimate. In fact, it may be much larger than what I said, and it can fully meet the docking and use of our air transport team!"
"This place is very secret and there is no one around. There is really no better place than this place. I have made up my mind to make it my first stop!"
More than two hours later, it was already completely dark. Under the light of electric lights, Liu Qingsong and the rest of the people rushed over, carrying a large amount of daily necessities, and everyone immediately got busy.
"We must set up a gathering point as soon as possible. We need to allocate half a squad to set up tents, half a squad to heat food, and the remaining squad to guard the perimeter and build fortifications urgently. We must first block the gate, otherwise we won't feel safe sleeping at night. We also need to conduct some exploratory shooting inside the ancient city to alert the enemy in advance. Only in this way can we sleep peacefully at night!"
Under Lin Zhenhua's arrangement, all affairs were carried out in an orderly manner. After everyone had dinner, they blocked the gate that had not been blocked yet again, and began to shoot at the ancient city with their weapons. Under the fierce firepower attack, the poisonous snakes and beasts fled frantically.
"Increase the firepower output and nip all these threats in the bud. Throw out the Molotov cocktails I prepared. They are very effective against poisonous snakes and beasts. Tomorrow we have to burn the ancient city. Only in this way can we guarantee everyone's personal safety in the future. We cannot afford to be careless or we will suffer a great loss!"