Rebirth of the Flying Era

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

During this time, the Chenla battlefield has stabilized again.

With Wu Ting's letter 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 them to come over.

After surrendering their guns, these more than 50,000 people were 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, just asked him if he could do it.

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

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.

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

Du Fei didn't want to use them on the Zhenla battlefield.

At present, the coalition forces have the upper hand, and there is no gap in strength. Even if the real strength is not there even if they retreat ten thousand steps, Du Fei will not be able to target these prisoners.

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

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

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

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.

Papua Island is currently divided into two parts on the map. The west is Papua, which belongs to India, and the east is New Guinea.

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

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

Du Fei got these Yue people over as a last-minute idea.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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 fight with Ozhou.

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

Ruan Dajiang frowned, feeling hesitant after hearing what Du Fei said.

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

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

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

Ruan Dajiang is really considering what conditions to put forward so that he can gain the greatest benefit.

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After dealing with these matters, the battle came to an end.

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

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 final count, all kinds of materials were seized and piled up like mountains.

In comparison, the losses of the Nanyang Intimidation Force were negligible.

The main reason was that the heavy artillery fire and bombing were too fierce, which stunned the Vietnamese army on the front line. The subsequent intervening troops were too hard, and the Vietnamese army collapsed quickly, and only a few areas formed supporting points to hold on.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

However, this time, if there was no intervention, Du Fei did not dare to think about the consequences.

From Du Fei's point of view, he couldn't 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 was equivalent to doing the questions while looking at the answers.

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.

Preventive measures have been implemented in surrounding areas, including the city.

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

The final target is locked in 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 contrary, Zhu Ting sat up suddenly and shouted "Earthquake"!

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

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

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

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

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.

The shaking continued at this time, but the intensity was very slight and had almost no impact on the house.

After a minute, the shaking stopped completely.

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

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

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

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

In fact, he had sent a team of crows in advance. As long as he thought about it, his vision would be opened, but he didn't want to see it.

Up to this point, he had done everything he could.

Starting from the day before yesterday, a five-day contingency exercise was launched.

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, called to confirm Zhu's father's safety, 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 their posts immediately.

Including Du Fei, who also urgently returned to the fire equipment company for duty.

He started making targeted preparations a few months ago.

Various 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, jacks...

Just for this day.

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

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

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In the blink of an eye, several months passed, and the year was 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 Tang City, Du Fei breathed a sigh of relief.

Without the tragic news that more than 200,000 people died, 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.

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

Du Fei poured a cup 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 didn't answer.

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.

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

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

Yingguo, ranked seventh, has only US$280 billion, which is far behind.

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

But in comparison, 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 also achieved breakthroughs in its military development.

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 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.

What's the use of having ammunition but no gun.

Once we have an intercontinental missile like the Dongfeng-5 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 that, be very careful when saying this.

If you don't have a trump card in your hand, taking the initiative to weaken your weapons is simply seeking death.

Only by grasping the trump card and ensuring that enemies or potential enemies are given a strong enough deterrent can they be 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. As the threats from the southwest and south disappeared, 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, the technical level of weapons is increased and the firepower density of the unit organization is strengthened.

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 in various places.

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

It was originally 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 yuan has just been laid off, and we still need to continue to lay off workers. Is it necessary? Will it affect the combat effectiveness of the troops?

Another important factor is the attitude of SpeedLink people.

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

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It’s Chinese New Year. I wish everyone a happy and prosperous Year of the Dragon.

We will have a day off tomorrow and will update as normal on the first day of the new year.