afterglow

Chapter 221 The airdrop is a wonderful thing; it is uncomfortable not to complain
When visually observing that the aircraft fleet was approaching, the people who had been prepared for a long time lit half of the oil barrels filled with wood.

Flames shot up, and black smoke shot straight into the sky. The leader of the Type [-] torpedo bomber shook its wings, corrected its course, and then slowly descended.

In order to maximize the use of transportation capacity across the country, the airdrops for the disaster-stricken areas were concentrated in Kaifeng and Fushan. The former is in charge of the Air Force and the latter is in charge of the Navy.

The first batch of supplies came from the [-]th Squadron of the [-]nd Thunder Squadron, a torpedo bomber unit, which took off from Fushan Naval Base.

On weekdays, the pilots who trained to identify the direction at sea and throw torpedoes with strict requirements dropped the airdrop boxes this time.

Soon, white circular parachutes bloomed in the sky, like large dandelions slowly falling.

"This accuracy is not good. Two-thirds of it is far behind. After all, a temporary cameo is not as good as a professional." Zhou Changfeng waved his hand and ordered: "According to the previous plan, organize people to recover to prevent being robbed."

Each Type 900 torpedo bomber can carry 448kg of ammunition, usually with one 200mm aviation torpedo, but now with four [-]kg cylindrical airdrop boxes.

More than forty twin-engine torpedo planes flew by in four echelon formations. Since the flying altitude is only 300 meters, the visual effect on the ground can be described as shocking and exciting.

All of a sudden, cheers came from the city.

After these two days of thunderous means, the order in Caozhou City has been restored to a good degree, and the remaining bandits either disbanded wisely, or hid in desperation, and did not dare to do anything wrong again.

"Stupid, aren't you? You just play the piano like crazy!"

Zhou Changfeng came to check the airdropped relief supplies with great interest. The first few boxes were not bad, but the contents of the fifth box made his head full of black lines.

Thick cotton jacket and cotton trousers?

It's still the kind of big padded jacket used in cold regions that can hold four catties of cotton!
In the south of the Huaihe River in the Qinling Mountains, one catty of cotton for cotton jackets can keep out the cold; further north, but within Shanhaiguan, two to three catties are enough; only from Shenyang to the north, you need a large cotton jacket with four catties of cotton.

It's August now, with [-] degrees during the day and more than [-] degrees at night. Although the previous two days were a bit cold due to the continuous rain, what is the operation of sending a big cotton jacket?
I'm really worried that the victims will catch a cold, so it's enough to send some thin blankets. The same weight can be shipped several times more. Airdropping a thousand cotton jackets and trousers is simply outrageous.

In addition, there are many boxes of cans that lack matching can openers, folding camp beds, small latex umbrellas, etc. that make people unable to complain.

Without a can opener, how do you open this iron can that is so strong that it won't break if thrown from the third floor?
What's the use of a bulky and space-consuming camp bed?Can't it be replaced by food and medicine?
Latex umbrella, this...Zhou Changfeng couldn't figure out what to do with this thing.

Feeling speechless, he couldn't help stomping his feet and said: "I must go and see later, who the hell can come up with the idea of ​​bringing these things here!"

Gao Senbai at the side said with relief: "It's not bad, at least it's a real deal. In the past, when giving relief, someone would always take the opportunity to cancel the debt, and it was easy to erase the things that were resold in the past."

"Hey, some strange things happened." Luo Fu also sighed, and said with emotion: "I don't usually see it, only the critical moment is the most test of the government's functions. This time the airdrop was arranged by the Fushan Naval Base alone. The same goes wrong..."

"A qualified government has a self-correction mechanism. It's not a big deal if there is a moth. The key is to see if it can be dealt with in time." Zhou Changfeng poked the sturdy iron can with a knife very depressed, but only a few appeared. dent.

Looking back on the history of ancient and modern China and foreign countries, there will always be all kinds of weird and weird things in countries that are going downhill. It can only be said that reality is often more magical than stories. Regarding the current situation of Ming Dynasty, Zhou Changfeng feels that he is already mentally prepared.

After all, sometimes it is really bad, the steel data of the American nuclear submarine is falsified, the video made by the female officer of the British nuclear submarine, the British Air Force's ingenious "welcome" ceremony with mortars, etc., many things are really eye-opening .

Although there are many tasteless and outrageous things, with the arrival of several rounds of airdrops, the shortage of medicines in Caozhou has finally been sufficiently replenished.

High-protein, high-calorie foods such as canned meat and candy greatly improved the lives of citizens.

Under such circumstances, what could be more satisfying and satisfying than eating meat and sugar?

On the basis of several private medical clinics and large government-run hospitals, a total of three temporary medical stations were established in the urban area, and the injured were transferred in time for centralized treatment and care.

Now it's really "everyday will get better".

The unbroken gramophones dug up from the ruins of the store were distributed among the various parties.After nightfall, accompanied by melodious music, many men and women who can play musical instruments took all the instruments available around them and played them.

The sounds of pipa, erhu, violin and other musical instruments are intertwined, and they are still on the ruins, which gives people a different feeling.

Zhou Changfeng was quite pleased with people's spontaneous joy in bitterness. He moved a bench outside the tent of the command office, lit a cigarette and sat alone.

Looking at the bright stars all over the black screen, he was so full of thoughts that he quickly lost his mind.

"Although it is said 'born in sorrow and died in peace', I always feel that God has sent too many disasters to our country. Throughout the ages, a small disaster every year and a big disaster every three years are the norm." Luo Fu also said He moved the bench and sat next to Zhou Changfeng.

The latter, whose thoughts were interrupted, was silent for a few seconds, and said quietly: "Natural disasters cannot be avoided. As for the sufferings suffered, in fact... they are relatively small."

He took a deep breath, changed the subject, and said, "By the way, the Nanyang region is hot and humid, so air-cooled engines are more likely to overheat there. Have you considered this?"

Luo Fu was wondering what Zhou Changfeng said just now that "suffering is rare", but now he heard this question that was separated by hundreds of thousands of miles, he couldn't help being stunned for two seconds.

He thought for a while and replied: "There are gains and losses. The air-cooled structure is simple and easy to maintain, and the performance will indeed be inferior. Nanyang... For example, in Java, the daytime temperature in summer is more than [-] degrees. Continuous driving at noon and afternoon is prone to overheating and failure, so it is recommended to avoid driving during hotter hours of the day.”

Zhou Changfeng said "hmm", "That's okay, service reliability is also very important."

From August [-]th, Caozhou began to improve day by day after the situation stabilized.

The patrolling security team has also become more stringent. When queuing up to distribute food every day, some people wait in line repeatedly with a fluke mentality.If this kind of behavior is not discovered, it's okay. Once it is discovered, it will soon be tied to a nearby pillar with a rope and displayed to the public for a day and a night.

When rescuing survivors buried under the ruins, dead citizens can often be dug up. There are also people who are obsessed with money and secretly take the watches on the wrists of some corpses for themselves.Some thieves who were caught and shot had their sleeves rolled up and had six or seven watches all over their arms.

Inhumanity is inhumane. In troubled times, only heavy codes can be used.

On August [-], the troops who came from multiple directions arrived at Dongming County in the west and Dingtao County in the southeast, only a few dozen miles away from Caozhou.

On August [-]th, when the sun was setting in the western mountains, a platoon of the Scout Battalion of the [-]th Infantry Division of the Army trekked through the rough fields for an afternoon, and successfully arrived at the unrecognizable urban area of ​​Caozhou.

The next morning, one battalion after another arrived one after another, and the divisional engineer battalion went all the way to repair the dilapidated official road for the subsequent carriages and horses carrying supplies to pass.

"The staff department was ordered to arrive in Caozhou on the twelfth, and we must arrive on a certain date." A major clasped his fists at Zhou Changfeng and said, "Mr. Zhou, hand over."

The latter breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, after working for more than ten days, I can finally rest."

"Where are you going to rest? There should be a communication plane landing later, and you can drop by later..."

"I, of course, go back to prison to recuperate."

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August [-]th was destined to be an extraordinary day. On this day, the Red Eagle Corps officially withdrew from the battle and began to withdraw from Spain.

Although the international brigade has not received clear instructions, I am afraid they will not stay for long.

The strategic decisive battle between the National Army and the Republican Army, which lasted more than a month ago, finally ended in a draw with mutual gains and losses. However, military observers and intelligence agencies of various countries believe that the latter has actually embarked on the road to failure.

In this decisive battle, even without considering the international brigade, four divisions of the Republican Army with relatively rich combat experience suffered heavy losses, and the remaining dozen divisions and brigades participating in the battle also suffered losses to varying degrees.

The troops that the Germans spent more than half a year helping to train were unwisely wasted in this way. Apart from the loss of personnel, the gap in weapons and equipment also expanded rapidly.The gold and silver were exhausted, and Daming suspended the follow-up ordnance transaction. The Deshe was half-selling and half-giving away the unfinished ordnance, but after that, it no longer accepted other forms of purchase.

Also on August [-], the battleship Longshuo of the Eastern Fleet, accompanied by three destroyers, an oil supply ship, and a food supply ship, set sail from the Hangzhou Naval Base and set off for the British Three Kingdoms thousands of miles away. island.

Also accompanying the ship were the right minister of the Ministry of Rites and the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, who were sent by the emperor's imperial envoy to attend the coronation ceremony of the British king, as well as various gifts presented by them.

Due to the earthquake in Caozhou, the Navy Department suspended preparations for departure a few days ago, and only resumed in the past few days. Therefore, the fleet of the Ming Navy participating in the ship review was three days later than the scheduled departure time, so it had to be in the Increased speed during the flight.

"I haven't seen you for a whole month, welcome back, Mr. Zhou."

At the gate of Qixia Prison, the warden Yuan Huai, who came to greet him in person, smiled and cupped his hands as soon as they met.

Welcome back to prison?Zhou Chang heard the rumors and almost kicked him.

When passing by the lobby, he caught a glimpse of a platform scale in the corner, so he stopped by to weigh it, only to find that he weighed 130 a catty.

I was imprisoned more than a month ago and still had 130 six catties from time to time. The effect of this weight loss is quite obvious.

"Being on the front line and sharing weal and woe, it must be hard work." Yuan Huai sighed, and then ordered: "Let's also pay attention to it, and make a small talk for Chief Zhou these few days, and make up for it."

The people next to him immediately agreed, claiming that they would make a special trip to purchase some high-quality tenderloins and hooves, and promised that Zhou Changfeng would gain five catties within ten days.

Returning to prison life did not affect Zhou Changfeng's mentality much. The combat experience summary report and proposal that he had been writing before was only a draft, and there were still some things that needed to be revised.

In addition, he was also thinking about various things during the disaster relief in Caozhou, especially the two members of the Advisory Council and the road patrol who wandered around after the plane landed.

Seeing that Zhou Changfeng specially wrote a document complaining about these two people and the strange things about airdropping supplies, Mu Yu couldn't help persuading: "Isn't it worth it? Isn't this just looking for trouble for nothing? It's very offensive to be so serious."

"I'm just talking about the facts. Those two people are disgusting, can't others sue?" Zhou Changfeng shook his pen lightly, "I've inquired about that congressman. He pioneered the Radical Party. These guys are not very popular. They should be It is not a big problem if other people follow suit.”

This is the largest right and extreme right party in Ming Dynasty. In recent years, due to the internal causes of the development of capitalism, class conflicts have inevitably intensified. The theory of pioneering the Radical Party has been sought after by many people in Ming Dynasty. The Republican Party and other parties have been jointly suppressing it.

"As for the sub-road inspector, damn it, as a supervisory officer, he can't even control himself well, so he expects to control others? Hurry up and be an asshole."

Seeing his firm attitude, Mu Yu couldn't persuade him anymore.

Zhou Changfeng paid more attention and called Zhu Lingjing to ask for instructions.

Rao, the latter is in a good mood today, and he was very speechless after learning about it. Can't you be more honest after co-authoring you and going back to prison?If you can do less toss, you can do less toss.

However, considering that this matter itself is considered justified, and both the emperor and the crown prince believe that the growth of extreme right forces should be curbed to a certain extent, and the multi-faceted suppression is also in line with the holy will, she did not express any objection.

"...The wording can be exaggerated, but don't involve others, understand?"

"Clear." Zhou Changfeng agreed very readily.

Zhu Lingjing on the other side of the microphone hesitated for a few seconds, but finally couldn't hold back, she complained: "I know you don't intend to grandstanding, but can't you stop for a while?"

Zhou Changfeng, who was also a little helpless, was choked, and he replied after a while: "But, Your Highness, I don't want to make a high profile, I can only say that under the great environment of Ming Dynasty, it will appear high-profile if you actually do something down-to-earth..."

"You take care of yourself. Well...literally."

In fact, the dignitaries of Ming Dynasty are not very interested in the extreme right forces that have been in full swing in recent years. It is generally believed that these guys are a group of instigated liars, but it cannot be denied that they can indeed divert certain contradictions, which is beneficial to maintaining the rule.

Therefore, the emperor and the crown prince have been treating it with caution, maintaining it at a level that is influential but not out of control.

　Well, the transitional plot is over, 2 words shouldn't be too much.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)