The next morning.
It was July 12, 1920.
"Commander, Li Yunlong from Linyu has sent a telegram saying that we have successfully taken down Linyu City. Please instruct us on the next step.”
Lin Shu did not sleep the whole night. He was really sleepy in the early hours of the morning. He lay on the sofa and fell asleep.
However, when Zhang Xingzhong pushed open the door and entered, he was still the first to wake up.
"Oh? You got it?"
Lin Shuyi jumped up from the sofa bed and rubbed his sore eyes. He got up and went to the map.
"Xingzhong, aren't there still seven thousand soldiers in the city that haven't been equipped yet? Give them the guns they seized and send a regiment to Lin Yu.”
There was no other way. The production could not keep up, and the merit points required to exchange from the system were too much. The gains did not make up for the losses.
"Call back Li Yunlong and tell them to rest for half a day. After half a day, we don't need to check if anyone is going to take over the defense.”
As he spoke, Lin Shu gestured on the map." Also, inform Bai Shan to immediately send out his army. He will go north to Chengde. After taking it down, he will continue to attack Chifeng in the north and then go south to suppress Chaoyang.”
"Tell them not to worry about whether or not they have received any defense. Now that the war in Zhiwan has begun, no one can take care of us for the time being.”
" Yes, sir." Zhang Xingzhong obeyed the commander's orders unconditionally. He saluted and strode away.
After he left, Lin Shu stood rooted to the ground. He held his head in his hands and no one knew what he was thinking.
"Sigh, our military strength is too little!"
"The gun factory isn't doing well either!”
After the end of the Zhi-Wan War, it was impossible to have enough troops to resist the counterattack of the two warlords of the Direct and Feng Lineages in a short period of time.
If they didn't have enough people, they could only use weapons to make up for it.
The mobility of tanks did not support rapid movement support at all, so the only way to truly defend the occupied territory was to rely on aircraft.
The strength of the P-51 was unquestionable. Even in the Second World War that broke out 20 years later, it was still a unique existence that dominated the sky.
However, it was obvious that there was too much performance at the moment.
Most of the planes in the world were made of wood. They weighed about 1000 kilograms, flew at a speed of 230 kilometers, and had a combat radius of only 100 kilometers.
Their weapons were only two small machine guns. Their mobility and altitude were not to be mentioned. These were things that only the traditional major powers could make.
The number of people in Zhongxia who knew about airplanes was less than one in a hundred thousand.
It was even more impossible to have it. Even if he had a few cats and dogs, it would be useless.
Lin Shu planned to build a large airport in the Tang Shan government and deploy a considerable number of fighter planes to guard against or intimidate the warlords.
If the ground forces did not have the upper hand, then they would have to rely on the air forces to win.
The P51 fighter jet had too much performance. It was obviously a waste to use this time to bully the warlords.
"Which one should I choose?"
Lin Shu browsed the fighter production page. He was dazzled by the variety of excellent fighters.
Firstly, they had to have a sufficient combat radius. Secondly, their weapons couldn't be too trashy. Lastly, their prices couldn't be too expensive.
Of course, before the emergence of jet fighters, the cost of fighter jets was far less than that of tanks.
After much selection, Lin Shu finally chose the equipment developed by the Americans in the future.
The P-36 had a flying speed of 480 kilometers per hour and a combat radius of 500 kilometers. It was equipped with two 12.7 mm machine guns and two 113 kilogram bombs on its wings.
35 contribution points were required to produce one.
This price was very suitable. Even if the pilot and the various ammunition and fuel required for a battle were included, it would only cost 42 contribution points.
Lin Shu now had more than 17,000 merit points.
"This is it!"
Comparing the left and right, although the P-36 was not the strongest, it was the most suitable for the current stage.
After making up his mind, Lin Shu did not directly order the production. Instead, he took a car to the Tang Shan government.
To be honest, in terms of Urban area construction facilities, as a city, Tang Shan was far inferior to Luan County under its jurisdiction.
How could the effect not be obvious if he invested more than three million dollars a month?
After a brief chat with Li Kai in the Tang Shan Prefecture, Lin Shupoo came to an extremely empty place.
"System, build a large airport here.”
System: " Mission initiated. Large airport requires payment of 500 merit points, including 500 runways x 5, 1000 meters runways x 3, and 2000 meters runways x 1.”
"Yes, after the airport production is completed, let the fighter jet factory produce 150 P36 fighter jets and summon 300 pilots to exchange for 1 million rounds of 12.7mm bullets and 10000 tons of aviation fuel.”
The System replied," The mission has begun. It will take 300 minutes."”
A fighter jet costs 35 merit points, a pilot costs 4 merit points, 12.7mm bullets cost 10000 merit points, and fuel costs 1000 tons per merit point.
In this era, oil was extremely cheap, about 0.8 to 1.2 US dollars per barrel. Eight barrels were a ton.
This operation cost Lin Shu more than 7000 merit points, leaving him with 9833 merit points.
But this was not enough.
Lin Shu exchanged 50 MG42 machine guns, 20 75mm cannons, and 5 155mm cannons from the system. He also gave them to Li Kai with sufficient ammunition.
This cost him another 700 to 800 contribution points.
He told him to be vigilant and be careful not to be affected by the war that broke out in Tianjin. At the same time, no matter who dared to invade, he would beat them up ruthlessly.
After that, Lin Shu returned to Luan County.
"Xingzhong, what has Big Tree Construction Company been doing recently?”
"Part of them are building roads, part of them are building the war chariot manufacturing company's factory, and part of them are expanding the Siying village school.”Compared to the identity of a soldier, Zhang Xingzhong was obviously more suitable for the position of an assistant. He could remember most things.
"Hmm…"
Lin Shu pondered for a few minutes after listening. He picked up his pen and wrote eight big words on the paper," The school in Siying Village will be expanded two to three times the original plan. It will be officially named as the National Defense University of Technology and will recruit suitable students from all over the country.”
The official name change of Siying Village School was just a whim of Lin Shu. He mainly planned to set up an Air Force University to train pilots and teach air combat, ground maintenance and other aspects of knowledge.
This was also the reason why he had summoned 200 pilots for the first production and 300 pilots for the second production, but the total number of fighter planes was only 180.
There were a total of 500 pilots and only 180 fighter planes. Lin Shu planned to send all the remaining pilots to the Air Force University that was about to be established to train more people to become excellent pilots.
"Xingzhong, transfer some of the construction company's personnel and recruit a large number of people from the society to build the Big Tree Air Force University in Tang Shan Prefecture.”
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