HCB Chapter 1069 New Weapons and Equipment
Chapter 1069 New Weapons and Equipment
Over the past week or so, Commander Zhou's wariness of Zhang Yunhe has deepened, a fact that Zhang Yunhe is well aware of.
Therefore, after landing at Jiangzhou Airport on his return trip, Zhang Yunhe stayed there for one night before driving the B29 back to Ganggang, taking the other B29s with him.
Commander Zhou breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the news. The main reason was that the B-29s were too intimidating. Once they took off and dropped their bombs, the terrifying destructive effect would be a nightmare.
These past few days, the Japanese intelligence department sent several agents to secretly infiltrate the airport for reconnaissance, but they were discovered as soon as they entered the outer hillside, resulting in a tragedy for them.
Three people were arrested. At the beginning of the interrogation, all three lied about their identities, but it was quickly found that their identities were false, and then a more severe and brutal interrogation began.
Under torture, even the Japanese spies couldn't withstand it and had no choice but to confess their identities as Japanese spies.
Upon receiving the telegram from Qin Jian, Zhang Yunhe, who had already returned to Hong Kong, immediately ordered someone to reply, instructing him to send someone to hand over the three Japanese spies to the Blue Shirts Society for processing.
Although the port was completely blockaded by the Japanese and blocked by both land and sea, at least the air route was open. With the continuous replenishment of a large amount of supplies, it had gradually recovered its vitality.
Order has been restored on the streets, with vehicles and pedestrians moving about in an orderly manner, and businesses, street vendors, and companies have all recovered at least 6% of their former vitality.
Primary and secondary schools and universities have resumed classes, and children have returned to school. University scholars and researchers in scientific research institutions continue to work at their posts.
Because of the Japanese blockade, some previously neglected wastelands on various islands have now been reclaimed and planted with crops such as rice, sorghum, and sweet potatoes, and the mountains are covered with fruit trees.
Because of the improved air defense capabilities near the coast and the growing strength of the air force, the Japanese aircraft did not dare to come for a long time, and the Japanese warships did not dare to get too close. Fishermen living by the sea also began to row their boats to fish in the nearby waters, which gradually restored the supply of seafood in the port market. The economy was slowly recovering, and the lives of the residents were gradually returning to normal.
After returning, Zhang Yunhe made a special trip to inspect the defense line north of the border river. With the current troops and weapons at his disposal, he could launch a counterattack to a certain extent. However, if he hurt the Japanese too much and angered them, it might attract more troops. But if he was just defending, with the size of his three divisions of nearly 50,000 men, even if the Japanese came with 200,000 men, they might not be able to break through.
As long as he firmly grasps air superiority, Zhang Yunhe is not afraid of the Japanese at all; no matter how many come, they will die. He has no shortage of fighter jets and bombers; if he loses some, he can immediately fly to the Americans to "borrow" a batch.
However, you can't go too often. After all, if things keep going missing, even the dumbest American will guess there's something wrong. If he's on guard, it won't be easy for him to borrow things from you again, and he might not even come back.
Therefore, one must be strong oneself to not need to ask others for help.
In order to strengthen himself, he invested more and more in military industrial companies, and devoted the most energy to them.
Modern military companies have completed the design and manufacture of a range of weapons, including not only light weapons such as pistols, rifles, and automatic weapons, but also several products of large-caliber self-propelled artillery and tanks.
Zhang Yunhe, of course, did not overlook rocket artillery, a weapon capable of sweeping large areas of land. He has already developed two models, both vehicle-mounted rocket artillery: one with 24 rockets and a range of 40 kilometers, and the other with 36 rockets and a range of 60 kilometers.
In peacetime, it would be quite difficult to test the actual combat performance of these weapons. But now, with the Japanese defense line to the north, these weapons developed by the military companies are being tested in actual combat against the Japanese.
Once these weapons were deployed to the battlefield, the Japanese soldiers were repeatedly beaten so badly they cried for their mothers and begged to go home.
Shortly after the Spring Festival of 1943, Zhang Yunhe was handling official business when Ai Cao came over with a cup of coffee. "Have a cup of coffee and take a break!"
"Okay!" After reviewing an official document, Zhang Yunhe put down his pen, picked up his cup, and took a sip of coffee.
Ai Cao walked behind him and stretched out her hands to massage his shoulders.
Zhang Yunhe asked, "Where is the child?"
"She drank the milk and is sleeping now!" said Ai Cao.
Just then, the phone on the desk rang: "Ring ring..."
Zhang Yunhe answered the phone: "What is it?"
The secretary's voice came through the phone: "Sir, Director Fan from the Weapons Research Institute has arrived!"
"Bring him here!"
"Yes!"
A moment later, the large office door was pushed open, and the secretary stood in the doorway and said to the middle-aged man outside, "Director Fan, please come in. You only have 10 minutes."
"understand!"
Director Fan walked into the spacious, bright, and solemn office carrying his briefcase. "Good morning, sir. Good morning, fourth madam!"
Zhang Yunhe stood up and pointed to the sofa: "Come sit here!"
"Yes!"
As the two walked toward the sofa, Ai Cao had already gone to make tea.
"You're the kind of person who never comes to my door without a reason. So, what brings you here this time?" Zhang Yunhe asked, handing me a cigarette.
Director Fan was flattered and accepted the cigarette, lighting it with the lighter Zhang Yunhe offered.
After taking a couple of puffs, Director Fan said, "Sir, someone in our institute has designed a new type of weapon called a helicopter. A few years ago, an American aircraft company also designed and manufactured a helicopter, but it wasn't used for military purposes. The helicopter designed by our expert is designed entirely for military operations!"
"Oh? Is that so? Did you bring the documents?" Zhang Yunhe asked.
"We brought it, and we even built the first prototype!" Director Fan said, putting his cigarette, which he had only taken two puffs of, on the ashtray and preparing to open his briefcase to get the documents.
At this moment, Ai Cao brought over coffee, placed it on the coffee table, and said, "Director Fan, have some coffee!"
Director Fan quickly stood up and said, "Thank you so much, Fourth Madam!"
"No trouble at all, I'll go check on the child, you two chat!" Ai Cao said and turned to leave.
After Ai Cao left, Director Fan took out design drawings and some information about this armed helicopter from his briefcase.
Zhang Yunhe took the design drawings and materials and began to look at them. The shape of the armed helicopter in the drawings was extremely similar to the Apache of later generations.