Alien Arms Empire

 Chapter 11111112 Cleaning up the Great South Bay

The battle seemed to be over at this moment. The engineers and soldiers of the Tang Army were now ten times busier than the combat troops. There were construction sites everywhere, but there were fewer battles.

Except for the attacking Tang Flying Fortress bombers, there is almost no sign of war here. Everyone is building houses and repairing airstrips.

 The most important thing is to rebuild the port in the Great South Bay. To prepare for a rainy day, the Tang army had already made preparations to repair the Great South Bay before attacking the South Island.

Frankly speaking, the geographical location of Great South Bay in Mirage is really very good, but they really wasted such a good place and did not take advantage of it at all.

The reason why Great South Bay is called Great South Bay is because it is a south-facing "C" shaped bay. The harbor is calm and the waves are calm, and it is also a deep-water port. It is simply a God-given place.

 Because it needs this place as a springboard, Tang State needs to build this port. According to the pre-planned plan, both the South Island and the New Island belong to the Tang people, the main island belongs to the orcs, and the North Island belongs to the goblin private land.

Tang Mo had no reason to drive out all the goblins, and he still had a few important goblin officials who needed to be resettled. After draining all the benefits of the goblin race, they will be exiled to the North Island, where... they will continue to live.

"This is really a nice place, at least... the air is good." Feng Kezhi stepped on the rubble and walked on the streets of Da Nanwan, his leather boots making a clicking sound.

In the distance is the West Fort, where there used to be four 350 mm caliber heavy guns, but the models were too old and could not defeat the Tang Army's 280 mm caliber naval guns.

 Because the Tang Army emphasized the rate of fire, no matter how big the artillery was, the rate of fire was extremely exaggerated. With the support of automatic loaders, many 127-caliber artillery can fire rapidly, and with radio proximity fuses, they are invincible against aircraft.

Now there are not that many cannons on the West Fort. The Tang army destroyed the entire fort. When the Mirage troops abandoned it, they buried some explosives and blew up most of the facilities.

However, judging from the remaining part, it is true that the Mirage also pays great attention to the coastal defense of the Great South Bay. It's just that... their energy is limited, and they really can't build a modern fort while building a huge fleet.

Even though the fort itself is made of reinforced concrete, those expensive cannons are the treasures that make even the navy salivate.

 An artillery piece contains dozens of tons of high-quality steel. If it is used on the turret, there will be no naval warships. The Mirage Kingdom is so poor and there is nothing we can do about it.

 Although only two days have passed, the air in Great South Bay has indeed become refreshing with the sea breeze. The smell of gunpowder smoke has disappeared, and the industry here is not very developed—at least not to the level of Copper City.

　　A few goblin children were cleaning the shoes of Tang soldiers in the open space next to the street. They wiped the shoes very carefully, because only in this way could they get a reward of two copper coins.

 Some adult goblins are carrying stones in the ruins. Their bodies are very slender due to long-term malnutrition. The Mirage defenders burned a large amount of food and supplies before surrendering, so the remaining goblins had to rely on their own abilities to find food.

 Either starve to death, or risk working for the Tang people and become a stutterer. The Tang people did not help these goblins who had run out of food, which was completely inconsistent with their past image of giving away supplies everywhere.

Maybe they never thought about occupying this place for a long time... Or maybe they never thought about coexisting with the goblins here.

Another 130 transport aircraft loaded with supplies and with auxiliary fuel tanks hanging on the wings descended cumbersomely. During Feng Kezhi's journey, he had already seen three such planes landing at a field airport that had been repaired in the distance.

These planes are filled with supplies. When they leave, they will carry away the soldiers' letters and some wounded people.

There are all kinds of boxes piled up around the airport, and cans and instant noodles can be seen everywhere. In February, the South Island can already prepare for sowing, so Tang Guo also sent a lot of seeds and several agricultural experts.

"When will the port be available?" Although most of the personnel of the 9th Army have been sent to the shore, Feng Kezhi is still concerned about the recovery of the Great South Bay Port Terminal.

 Because if we want to continue fighting northward and across the sea, the transportation and storage of materials are the key. It is not an easy task to feed an army of hundreds of thousands, and it is even harder to keep them attacking.

"It's hard to say now. Mirage Wuzhong destroyed the dock very thoroughly. He planted a lot of explosives. We are basically building a new port." Lu Qianshan walked beside Feng Kezhi with some regret and answered the other party The problem.

In fact, it is better to build a new port: the other party not only laid some mines in the Great South Bay, but also many civilian ships and warships sank in the bay.

Tang Jun's divers are trying their best to clear these obstacles, while engineers on the shore are working hard to build several large piers to replace the floating piers on the beach.

 Although floating docks play a vital role in unloading troops, it has to be admitted that these temporary docks cannot always maintain such high efficiency. As the tides continue to erode and twist, these improvised piers will soon become leaky and damaged, and eventually lose their function.

Before these floating docks lose their function, Tang Jun had better repair the Great South Bay Port. If it cannot be done, then the Tang Army on the South Island will have to give up the idea of ​​continuing to fight.

 After all, these Tang Army's oil, artillery shells...almost all consumables were shipped from the mainland. If the transportation efficiency decreases, these supplies cannot be replenished, and the Tang Army's combat capabilities will be greatly affected.

"As soon as possible..." Feng Kezhi continued to walk forward. Half of the bullet-riddled wall had collapsed. A Tang Army supply truck was parked on the other side. The soldiers were distributing chocolate candies and cigarettes. This was a regular ration.

"I used to think that we should not transport these things at first, and mainly supply food, ammunition and fuel. But later I found that it would affect morale too much, so I gave up this stupid idea." Feng Kezhi smiled self-deprecatingly and pointed to the truck. Said to Lu Qianshan.

Lu Qianshan also laughed. He was wearing a white navy uniform, which looked much more fashionable than Feng Kezhi's green army uniform.

The army, land, navy and ocean, the air force are all rich and powerful... There is no way, the high-tech arms are all about being chic and pursuing dignity.

"After all, when the troops are sent to a place one or two thousand kilometers away from their hometown, they need to be given some comfort." Lu Qianshan understood this aspect very well: "In order to maintain the morale of the soldiers, our navy also thought about it. There are many ways.”

 Indeed, compared to the army, the navy's food is simply better. Not only does it include a variety of seafood and meat, but the vegetables are kept as fresh as possible.

What's even more exaggerated is that on large warships, the canteens are often equipped with ice machines and ice cream machines. These gadgets can be described as luxury for the army.

 There is no way, who can make the navy warship not lack of power as soon as it starts up? All kinds of equipment can be installed at will. Even Feng Kezhi was treated very well when he was at sea.

 Let alone the Air Force. I heard that the food standard is higher than that of the Navy. A lot of the food is shipped directly from the mainland, which is very particular.

 In addition, if the air force wants to eat ice cream, it is more convenient: find a fighter jet, fill the auxiliary fuel tank with ice cream ingredients, then fly to an altitude of 10,000 meters, do a few rolls, and the ice cream will be ready when you come back...

While the two people were chatting, a huge explosion resounded across the sky in the Great South Bay. The water column soaring into the sky was clearly visible from where Feng Kezhi was.

The surrounding guards suddenly became nervous. On the truck distributing cigarettes, the soldiers also grabbed their weapons and looked around.

"It's okay! It's okay! Underwater explosions from the divers!" Someone in the distance waved their arms and shouted loudly to the people on this side.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Lu Qianshan smiled awkwardly and said, "The navy was anxious, so some obstacles and sunken ships were directly dealt with by blasting."

Divers will directly get a torpedo or depth charge, fix the heavy object into the underwater sunken ship, and then set the fuse to detonate.

Huge explosions will destroy the underwater hull structure. If you are lucky, you can kill the sunken ship directly, which is faster than salvaging the sunken ship.

Of course, doing this will leave some hidden dangers, and it is very likely that it will not completely clear the underwater shipwreck... but for the sake of speed, give it a try anyway.

The sunken Mirage warship is easy to clean. A large group of sailors who are guest workers are dismantling the gun barrels and valuables on it.

“I heard that the orc workers will arrive soon?” Feng Kezhi suddenly remembered the orc thing and asked Lu Qianshan curiously.

"Yes, that's right. If nothing else, a ship will arrive tonight. They will help build railways and roads, airports and ports here." Lu Qianshan replied: "If necessary, the new island and the main island They will also go to war."

"Huh..." A rougher echo than the roar of a dragon came from the distant sky. It was a J-6 fighter jet patrolling by. Its silver body is very conspicuous, and its terrifying noise often makes people on the ground stop and watch.

Since this type of aircraft began to be put on duty, there have been no mirage reconnaissance aircraft over the South Island... Maybe there have been, but they will be shot down quickly. Because it crashed too quickly, people had the impression that "the Mirage's plane never came."

 (End of this chapter)