Rebirth of the Flying Era

 Chapter 1444 Go to Sulian

 After meeting Wu Ting, Du Fei stayed in Zhenla for more than half a month.

 During this period, the Chenla battlefield has stabilized again.

With the letter from Wu Ting and the fact that the situation was over, the besieged Vietnamese army no longer resisted, and the organized troops surrendered.

 For these people, Lin Tiansheng originally planned to build a centralized resettlement point in the rear, but Du Fei asked him to come over.

After surrendering their guns, these more than 50,000 people are still waiting in the original encirclement for further resettlement.

At this time, in a small village on the outskirts, Du Fei met Ruan Dajiang mentioned in Wu Ting's letter.

Compared to this majestic name, Ruan Dajiang is short in stature, just over 1.5 meters tall. He has a bandage on his shoulder. He must have been injured in a previous battle.

Du Fei looked at the people in front of him, but he did not judge people by their appearance. He said calmly: "Comrade Ruan Dajiang, if I ask you to reorganize you prisoners, can you do it?"

Ruan Dajiang was stunned and frowned: "You want to recruit us?"

He had never dared to think about this before. After all, there were tens of thousands of people. If he really wanted to recruit them, wouldn't he be afraid of betrayal at a critical moment?

Du Fei didn't answer, and just asked him if he could do it.

 Hence had to quickly capture these two islands and set up a stronghold in Papua to confront Austria.

Ruan Dajiang thought for a while and said: "I can do it, but..."

Du Fei’s real purpose is to transport all these prisoners to Papua.

As for how to fight, there is no need to worry about it, Du Fei only wants the result.

Du Fei understood what he meant. Since he wanted to use them, they must not be used in vain. Since ancient times, the emperor has always been hungry.

Dufey didn't want to invest too many men and energy there, so he just got these people over and let them fight from west to east.

Even if he doesn't agree, I don't know how many of the captured people are willing to obey and cooperate.

 It's a pity that he didn't understand what Du Fei meant.

  What conditions Ruan Dajiang is really thinking about can bring him the greatest benefit.

 At present, the island of Papua is divided into two parts on the map. The west is Papua, which belongs to India, and the east is New Guinea.

 The coastline, including nearby islands, is in coalition hands.

  In the end, the coalition casualties in this battle totaled only more than 17,000, of which only 4,700 were killed.

 Previously, New Guinea in the east was handed over to Austria by England. Now it is nominally independent, but it is only in name.

On this day, the news reported that a strong earthquake had occurred in the border area between Italy and South Korea.

 Mainly because the heavy artillery fire and bombing were too violent, which stunned the Vietnamese army on the front line. The subsequent penetration of the troops was too hard, and the Vietnamese army collapsed quickly. Only a few areas formed strongholds to hold on.

 He was not considering whether to agree or not, because he had no choice at all.

But this is not something that can be accomplished overnight. After all, there are tens of thousands of people~

Ruan Dajiang frowned and felt hesitant after hearing what Du Fei said.

 …

When encountering such a place, the intervening troops did not attack hard. They just left the troops to contain it, and the main force went directly around it.

 As for these people losing control afterwards, Du Fei was not worried.

 Compared with this, the losses of the Nanyang Intimidation Force were negligible.

A total of 93,000 enemies were annihilated, including 62,000 prisoners, 796 cannons, 143,000 guns, and more than 300 cars were captured... In the end, all kinds of materials were counted and captured.

After the battle, the two sides formed a new dividing line. The Nanyang Weihe troops advanced for more than 120 kilometers, and the territory of Chenla returned to a state where each side occupied half.

Du Fei got these Yue people over as a temporary move.

If these Vietnamese can be overcome this time, with their combat experience and numbers, they will definitely be able to sweep across Papua New Guinea.

　　Du Fei is not going to use these people on the Zhenla battlefield.

As long as you hold on to your equipment and supplies, you won't be afraid of these people turning into waves.

 The reason why Du Fei came to him was because of the letter from Wu Ting.

  All that needed to be paid was a small amount of guns, ammunition and logistical supplies, and most of the rest of the food was left to them to find their own solutions.

 After handling matters here, it was already May when Du Fei returned to the capital.

 Neither Du Fei nor Lin Tiansheng had any particular obsession with this city, and even deliberately avoided unnecessary political risks.

 After dealing with these matters, this battle is over.

However, because of the war in Chenla, it was impossible to invest too much energy on the eastern front. In the end, they could only set up two strongholds in the west of Papua and spread more than 2,000 people.

At present, the coalition forces have the upper hand, and there is no gap in strength at all. Even if the real strength is not there after retreating 10,000 steps, Du Fei will not be able to target these prisoners.

It can be said to be a great victory. Although the actual fighting only took a few days, the results were astonishing.

 Up to now, Du Fei has not yet figured out his attitude towards the local forces in Chenla.

 As the original capital, it is still in the hands of Wu Ting today.

 Because of the struggle between the East and the West, the living space of local forces has been almost drained.

 The island’s valuable minerals are controlled by foreign companies.

Besides, Du Fei didn't expect to be able to control these people. The purpose of releasing them was to clean up the Papua area in advance. It would undoubtedly be better if they could be allowed to fight with Austria.

Because Ozhou's intervention disrupted Du Fei's plan to gradually encroach on the Sulawesi Island and Maru Islands in the east.

This made Du Fei's heart tremble, and he couldn't help but think of Tangshi.

  What happened in Liao Province last year, due to advance prediction, the loss was minimized.

 However, this year, if there is no intervention, Du Fei does not dare to think about the consequences.

From Du Fei's point of view, it was impossible for him to just sit back and watch.

 In fact, since last year, he has privately sent people to contact the scientists who successfully made predictions at that time.

 Because of a successful experience and some important tips given by Du Fei, it is equivalent to looking at the answers and doing the questions.

By early July, various signs indicated that the Pacific Rim crustal movement zone was extremely active.

By mid-July, the situation became more serious.

 With lessons learned from the past, no one dares to ignore this situation.

 Including the city, the surrounding areas have implemented preventive measures.

 Until the end of July, various signs appeared more and more frequently, which further confirmed the previous judgment.

ˆThe final target is the city...

That night, Du Fei was lying on the bed with his eyes open. At about three o'clock in the middle of the night, there was a sudden sway, and the electric lamp hanging on the roof began to sway.

Du Fei was shocked and realized that there was an earthquake.

He didn't panic, knowing that the center of the earthquake was not here.

On the other hand, Zhu Ting sat up suddenly and shouted, "There's an earthquake!"

 There has been a lot of publicity recently, so that people have an idea in their minds, so that they will not be like a headless fly when encountering this kind of situation.

 Then Du Fei and Zhu Ting hurried to Zhu's mother's house.

 Zhu’s mother is getting older and is a light sleeper. She wakes up when she notices shaking.

 The two children slept like little dead pigs, one "squealing" and the other "squealing".

Dad Zhu didn’t come back from work too late today, so there’s definitely nothing to worry about on his side.

Du Fei and Zhu Ting each held a child and took Zhu's mother downstairs and outside.

At this time, the shaking continued, but the intensity was very slight and had almost no impact on the house. Until one minute passed, the shaking stopped completely.

　　Many people who had reacted quickly and ran away took a deep breath and said it was a false alarm.

Only Du Fei knows that at this time, more than a hundred kilometers to the east, it is probably in ruins.

I just don’t know how effective Du Fei’s efforts will be.

Thinking of the world before the time travel, Du Fei couldn't help but sigh in his heart and looked to the east through the dark night sky.

 Actually, he sent a team of crows in advance. As long as he thought about it, he could open his vision, but he didn't want to look.

 Up to now, he has done everything he can.

 A five-day contingency drill started the day before yesterday.

 According to the requirements of the exercise, each unit entered a first-level combat readiness state to respond to possible disasters.

Du Fei returned to the house. After calling to confirm Zhu's father's safety, he took a deep breath and prayed silently in his heart.

 A few minutes later, the news spread through various channels, and all the duty phones in various departments rang.

 In an instant, the relevant staff returned to work immediately.

 Including Du Fei, he also returned to the firefighting equipment company for duty.

 He started making targeted preparations a few months ago.

 The factories affiliated to the fire-fighting equipment company freed up part of their production capacity and produced a large number of machinery and equipment.

  Large ones include excavators and bulldozers, and small ones include hydraulic tongs, hydraulic shears, and jacks…

 Just for this day.

 After a week of intense rescue, Du Fei breathed a sigh of relief at the preliminary feedback results.

 According to statistics, the data currently available are more optimistic than Du Fei expected.

 …

 In the blink of an eye, a few months passed, and it was already 1977.

Du Fei was sitting in the office of the fire equipment company, looking at the falling snow outside the window, holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, admiring the New Year's snow.

 Since the earthquake in Tangshi, Du Fei breathed a sigh of relief.

 There is no sad news about the death of more than 200,000 people. It seems that some things have changed slightly.

At this time, a figure came over from the window, stamped his feet at the door, opened the door curtain and came in.

"Sister Jianing~" Du Fei put down his tea cup with a smile, stood up and went over to greet her.

Shen Jianing took off his military coat and held his cold and red hands.

 It has been extremely cold in Beijing these days, with temperatures seven or eight degrees lower than in previous years.

Du Fei poured a glass of hot water and handed it over: "Sister, keep it warm."

Shen Jianing was not polite, took it and took a sip: "It's been too cold these days!"

Du Fei said: "You know it's cold but you still run outside."

Shen Jianing said: "Help my godmother get some changes of clothes. She has been taking care of her there recently and has no time to go back..."

Du Fei did not respond.

 In the world before he traveled, an era had ended.

Although my health is not very good now, I can still manage to survive.

 Last year's economy, although affected by two disasters, generally developed quite well throughout the year.

 Industrial added value reached 15%, and when calculated as gross domestic product, the annual growth rate was 9%. Adding exchange rates and other factors, when converted into American dollars, it reached 350 billion US dollars.

 It is only US$20 billion away from Faguo, which ranks fifth.

The seventh-ranked Yingguo has only US$280 billion, leaving it far behind.

According to this situation, next year it will surpass Faguo and become the fifth in the world.

 Comparatively speaking, it is still far away from the fourth-ranked Dokoku and the third-ranked Dongyang. Their GDP is more than 500 billion US dollars. If they want to catch up, they will have to develop steadily for six or seven years.

In addition to economic achievements, Huaguo's military industry development has also achieved breakthroughs.

 The Dongfeng-5 project launched in 1965 conducted its first full-range test and achieved complete success.

Due to the good economic situation in recent years, the project has sufficient funds. Last year, through negotiations, a large computer was imported from America, making the project progress four years ahead of schedule.

The success of Dongfeng-5 marks the first time that Huaguo has an ultra-long-range intercontinental missile that directly threatens Wanshengtun and Moscow.

 This is a landmark achievement.

 With intercontinental missiles, mushrooms and super mushrooms have strategic deterrence.

 Previously, although there were mushrooms in Huaguo, neither Wanshengtun nor Mosco considered them to be a threat.

 Having ammunition but no gun, what’s the use?

 Once we have the Dongfeng-5, an intercontinental missile with a range of more than 15,000 kilometers, everything will change.

Even after the successful missile test, some people suggested that conventional troops could be appropriately reduced to free up more resources to accelerate economic development.

 Before this, you should be extremely careful when saying such things.

　　With no trump card in hand, taking the initiative to weaken the armed forces is simply seeking death.

Only those who have the trump card and ensure a strong enough deterrent to their enemies, or potential enemies, are qualified to ask this question.

 Coupled with Danbei controlled by Li Yuanchao and Nanyang controlled by Du Fei and Lin Tiansheng, two external vassals were formed to completely solve the threats from the south and southwest, allowing the country to view security issues more pragmatically.

 In fact, this work was started last year, that is, in 1975.

 For some reasons, the total number of domestic troops at that time reached 6.3 million. With the threats from the southwest and south disappearing, it was urgent to reduce redundancy.

 The goal in the first step is to reduce the number of troops by 20% and control the total number of troops to about 5 million.

 And while reducing the number of people, increase the technical level of weapons and strengthen the firepower density of the unit organization.

 Because of the optimistic economic situation, there was no resistance to the reduction of troops this time. The more than one million people who came out of the army were quickly absorbed by factories everywhere.

In this era, all the people who come out of the army are talented people. They not only have strong discipline, high ideological consciousness, strong learning ability, but also often have special skills.

 Originally, it was planned that after this time, the number of troops would remain at the level of 5 million for a period of time.

Unexpectedly, the plan did not change quickly. With the successful test launch of Dongfeng-5, troop reduction was proposed again.

 However, unlike before, the differences this time are relatively large.

 After all, 1.3 million people have just been laid off. Is it necessary to continue layoffs? Will it affect the combat effectiveness of the troops?

 Another important factor is the attitude of Sulian people.

Under this circumstance, Du Fei boarded a plane to SMU in mid-April to attend the commemoration of the 107th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Ulyanov as a special representative.

  ………

 It’s Chinese New Year. I wish you all good luck and prosperity in the Year of the Dragon.

 There will be a day off tomorrow and we will update as normal on the first day of the new year.

 (End of this chapter)