Chapter 1348
Li Yunlong Can Fly, 5 vs. 2, P4 Laboratory Site Selection
"Yangtze River, Yangtze River, this is the Yellow River."
"Yangtze received."
"Wind force level 3, requesting airborne deployment."
"Airdrop!"
Upon hearing the voice coming from the communicator, Staff Officer Chen abruptly stood up and made a hand gesture.
The paratroopers, who were already prepared, quickly organized their weapons and equipment. As the hatch slowly opened, a gust of wind rushed into the cabin.
Without hesitation, the paratroopers jumped out of the hatch, and then, parachutes bloomed in the air.
Staff Officer Chen stood at the hatch, watching this scene, and couldn't help but admire it repeatedly.
This low-altitude parachute tactic utilizes Li Aiguo's newly developed static rope parachute deployment technology.
One end of the parachute cord is firmly fixed to a steel cable inside the cabin.
Two to three seconds after the paratrooper exits the aircraft, the parachute lines are straightened, forcibly deploying the parachute, eliminating the need to search for and pull the pull ring in mid-air as before.
This is many times more advanced than the old-fashioned parachutes.
This not only greatly increased the success rate of parachute deployment, but also made low-altitude surprise attacks possible.
Seeing that the first batch of paratroopers had successfully completed their jump, Staff Officer Chen turned around and gestured to two paratroopers standing next to a huge tray.
It was a huge metal tray with wheels, completely wrapped and covered with a protective layer, making it impossible to see what was inside.
With a strong push from the two paratroopers, the tray was pushed out of the hatch along the slide rail.
The instant the tray left the cabin, three huge pilot parachutes, plus an oversized main parachute, opened instantly, pulling the tray down smoothly.
At this time, all the paratroopers in the first "Dongfang No. 1" transport plane had completed their parachute jump.
Staff Officer Chen turned around, walked quickly to Li Yunlong, and saluted.
"Old commander, parachuting is very dangerous. Leave the rest to us."
"Dangerous? Is it as dangerous as when we were fighting the war back then?"
My nephew came up with something so great, I definitely have to try it myself!
Besides, I've had professional skydiving training, so stop dawdling and get on with it!
At this moment, Li Yunlong was wearing a brand-new airborne combat uniform, with a windproof hat and goggles on his head, fully armed, and glared at Staff Officer Chen, giving him a stern reprimand.
Of course, Li Yunlong's idea wasn't just a sudden, impulsive thought.
He was an old-school commander who had fought his way up through countless battles.
Li Yunlong definitely needs to jump down and experience it for himself in order to have a clear understanding of the situation when commanding in the future.
Besides, he had confidence in Li Aiguo.
"Yes!" Staff Officer Chen knew he couldn't persuade him; even Zhao Gang hadn't been able to convince him when they were in Nanyu.
Staff Officer Chen secured the rope for Li Yunlong, who took a deep breath and strode towards the cabin door.
I felt the weightlessness of my body as it suddenly lifted into the air, with the whistling wind in my ears. Then my body jerked violently as the parachute opened above my head.
Li Yunlong slowly descended to the ground, pulled by the parachute.
"Hehe, I, Old Li, can fly now!"
His gaze swept over the distant artillery and anti-tank guns.
These troublesome things have now become useless thanks to the airborne tactics.
Li Yunlong murmured to himself, "My nephew has invented something incredible again."
One by one, the paratroopers landed in the small town of Pami, like little mushrooms.
It was foreseeable.
The brief tranquility of this small town will soon be shattered completely.
"boom!"
Just as Lord Vijay was in high spirits, preparing to do something good, the bedroom door was suddenly kicked open from the outside.
Lord Vijay was furious.
Just kidding, he just used some kind of miracle oil. Doing this could kill him.
Turning around, he saw that it was his adjutant who had entered. Lord Vijay grabbed a real gun and aimed it at him.
"Are you tired of living? Are you looking for death? You've ruined my plans time and time again!"
The adjutant, terrified by the sight of the black gun barrel, scrambled to the ground and raised his hands high.
"Sir, it's terrible! Li Yunlong... Li Yunlong is calling!"
"Li Yunlong? Aren't Li Yunlong's troops still hundreds of kilometers away, separated by multiple lines of defense? Do you think he can grow wings and fly over here?"
Lord Vijay felt that his adjutant was deliberately ruining his plans, and was about to pull the trigger.
Just then, the sound of machine gun fire came from outside.
"Li Yunlong really came?!" Old Master Vijay's hand trembled, and he almost dropped his gun.
"How did he get through the defenses?"
"It flew here, sir! Li Yunlong really did parachute down from the sky!" the adjutant cried out with a mournful face.
Lord Vijay was a little flustered just now, but when he heard the word "parachute jump", he quickly calmed down.
"Hmph, paratroopers? How many heavy weapons can paratroopers carry? At most, they can only carry a hundred or so people!"
Don't be afraid! Immediately issue orders to all units to organize forces for a counterattack!
We have tens of thousands of troops in the city; they could drown them with a single spit from each of them, or even if we piled them up, we'd still crush them!
"But... Master, they're charging straight at us, and their firepower is fierce!"
"Ah?!" Lord Vijay was startled, but he still tried to remain calm.
"So what? My guards are the most elite..."
“Oh, right, sir, they…they also have tanks!” the adjutant stammered.
Lord Vijay's eyes widened: "You're talking nonsense! How could paratroopers carry tanks?!"
Before he could finish speaking...
With a loud bang, half of the bedroom wall was blown open, and broken bricks and tiles flew everywhere.
Amidst the billowing dust, a new type of tank crushed the rubble and drove in.
An immense sense of oppression instantly filled the entire room.
Why didn't you say so sooner?!
Lord Vijay turned to flee.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
The tank's black cannon barrel moved slowly, aiming at him.
Upon closer inspection, the person standing on the tank was none other than Li Yunlong.
Now, Li Yunlong's portrait is a household name in their area, and many people even use it to scare their crying children at night.
"If you keep causing trouble, the Great Black God from the East will come and get you!"
Lord Vijay obediently raised his hands and knelt on the ground.
“Great Black God… no, General Li, I have actually wanted to surrender to you for a long time!”
"Really! It's just that this damned adjutant has been keeping an eye on me, which is why I haven't had a chance!"
Standing atop the tank, Li Yunlong looked down at Vijay, who was trembling naked below, and his lips twitched slightly: "..."
Upon hearing this, the adjutant kneeling beside him looked at his master in disbelief: "..."
The greatest role of airborne tactics in modern warfare is to strike at the heart of the enemy and destroy their command post.
Just as I expected.
When news of Lord Vijay's capture spread, the men in town were completely devastated.
Just kidding, a tank drove right through, and they weren't prepared at all.
The leader was none other than Maha Negro, Shiva's most ferocious form, feared by all the gods, let alone humans.
Those guys threw down their weapons and lined up to surrender.
The morning sun shone on the small town of Pami, and unlike yesterday, the flags on the town walls had been changed.
Li Yunlong looked at the captured men and praised them.
"The power of this airborne tactic is truly damn powerful!"
"Yes!" Staff Officer Chen stepped forward, holding a newly compiled battle report in his hand, his tone filled with shock.
"Old commander, in all my years of fighting, I have never seen such a well-defended pass."
We just took stock of the captured supplies. There were more than a hundred large-caliber artillery pieces, as well as a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns and heavy machine gun positions.
If we were to follow traditional tactics and launch a frontal assault against such a high defensive line, even if we eventually succeeded, we would suffer extremely heavy casualties.
Li Yunlong nodded in deep agreement: "Send a telegram to Dean Chen immediately to report this good news."
Then I notified Zhao Gang to send someone over to take over immediately, because I still had to lead my troops to continue the assault!
"Yes!"
"Beep beep beep... Tap tap..."
Radio wave signals spread rapidly over the vast plateau.
The atmosphere in the underground command room of the frontier corps was tense and solemn.
Dean Chen and his team of staff hadn't slept all night, waiting for news from the town of Pami.
"Dean, Li Yunlong is just being ridiculous. Even if this tactic is effective, he's putting himself in danger, which is not what a commander should do," an aide said angrily.
Dean Chen waved his hand and rubbed his temples.
"Little Liu, don't you know what kind of person Li Yunlong is? He has a dog-like face."
However, on the other hand, there are generally two types of senior commanders in the world.
One type is like Zhao Gang, who strategizes and wins battles from afar.
There's another type, like Li Yunlong, who roars and leads the charge.
"In this battle, they were outnumbered and outgunned."
In that situation, only Li Yunlong's personal appearance, sharing life and death with his team members, could maximize morale and unleash their do-or-die fighting spirit.
Besides, this kid's always been lucky, and with Li Aiguo's advanced transport planes and new parachutes protecting him, there's definitely no problem.
As Dean Chen spoke, he was also feeling quite uneasy.
After all, things on the battlefield can change in an instant.
Just then.
A staff officer rushed in with a telegram.
"Report! Good news! Li Yunlong sent a message: a great victory! They wiped out more than 20,000 enemy troops with just 500 paratroopers!"
"what?!"
"Five hundred against twenty thousand?!"
"They won?!"
Upon hearing this news, the staff officers in the command room were immediately thrown into an uproar, their faces changing drastically, filled with disbelief.
They were all seasoned veterans, but at this moment, they keenly sensed that the pattern of warfare seemed to have undergone a fundamental and earth-shattering change today.
Of course, this exaggerated casualty ratio could also be attributed to the fact that Lord Vijay's subordinates were simply too incompetent.
After all, when the Mei family went to capture the leader of the Wei family in the future, even with an absolute advantage in equipment, some people were still seriously injured and armed helicopters were lost.
"Great! Great!" After saying that, Dean Chen asked, "How badly have we been injured?"
"Report: Only two paratroopers sprained their ankles upon landing. The enemy didn't even have time to mount a proper counterattack before being overwhelmed by our airborne tanks. After their leader was captured, they all surrendered."
Dean Chen had already guessed that the victory would be easy, but he didn't expect it to be this easy.
Zero casualties! We captured a key town defended by 20,000 men!
"Send a telegram to the capital immediately, I want to reward Li Aiguo handsomely."
"In addition, the telegram requests that the military and aviation departments immediately promote airborne tactics."
As a tactical mastermind, Dean Chen had already keenly realized the power of airborne tactics.
When the military forces in the capital received the telegram, they were also astonished by the results of the battle in the small town of Pamir.
"It seems that Comrade Aiguo has invented another good tactic for us!" A general put down the telegram in his hand and couldn't help but smile and sigh.
"Yes, five hundred against twenty thousand, and they still won, and at the cost of almost zero casualties!"
"If we told people about this casualty ratio, no one would believe us; they'd think we were just bragging!"
"Actually, this was both unexpected and reasonable. That's just how things were over there; the team lacked faith and cohesion."
With the commander gone and the command system paralyzed, those guys below just turned into cowards. Add to that the deterrent power of our airborne troops, and their psychological defenses were completely shattered.
This kind of thing happened frequently during World War II; pasta shops, for example.
One leader analyzed it this way.
"In any case, the effectiveness of this airborne tactic in actual combat has been perfectly verified."
"That's right, the promotion of airborne tactics must be put on the agenda immediately!"
"Hasn't Staff Officer Chen already summarized the tactical outline provided by Comrade Li Aiguo in detail?"
Moreover, he personally experienced the entire process aboard the first transport plane, so I think we should entrust this task to him.
Let him take the lead and come up with a training plan as soon as possible.
"agree."
"I second that."
At this point, a leader suggested, "Let's put the tactical matters aside for now. What should we do about rewarding Comrade Li Aiguo for this great victory?"
Upon hearing this, the previously heated discussion immediately fell silent.
Everyone looked at each other, somewhat perplexed.
Why the difficulty? Because Li Aiguo was recently promoted for several significant contributions.
Now, if we upgrade the airborne tactics and equipment again because of this incident...
This promotion speed is faster than a rocket; we can't possibly promote him again through exceptional means, can we?
This doesn't conform to standard organizational procedures.
As for material rewards, they have Hextech technology, so they don't lack money or resources.
Such a significant victory deserves some reward.
“I think we should promote him. We’re a team, not a team based on seniority. Li Aiguo’s rank can be promoted one level.”
“I think this method works too.” Another leader nodded in agreement.
"After all, his main focus is on scientific research and technical guidance, not on leading troops into battle. Even if he is given a slightly higher rank, it will not cause any conflict in the command system."
"Actually, given his current level and contributions, he could easily become a professor at a military academy."
The top leader, seated at the head of the table, listened to everyone's opinions and made the decision immediately.
"Let's do it the way everyone wants, promote him exceptionally!"
The senior leader turned around and instructed his confidential assistant to immediately call the Qianmen Locomotive Depot to inform Li Aiguo of the good news and to ask him to come to headquarters.
But soon, the assistant ran back with a strange expression.
"Report: Comrade Li Aiguo is not at the Qianmen Locomotive Depot."
"Hmm?" The top leader frowned.
"Section Chief Xing of the Qianmen Locomotive Depot said he didn't know where Comrade Li Aiguo went either, saying he was on loan."
However, I just learned through special channels of the meteorological department that Comrade Li Aiguo is currently located in the Gobi Desert in Northwest China.
"The Gobi Desert? What's he doing there? Could it be related to that 'super mushroom egg' project we're working on?" The top leader was even more puzzled.
"It's not a mushroom egg project."
I heard that this task was assigned to Comrade Li Aiguo by the health department.
It seems... they're talking about building some kind of special laboratory in the far northwest."
This kind of information would be top secret outside, but here within the military, information is naturally shared.
"A laboratory built in the Gobi Desert? Patriotic comrades always do the unexpected."
After hearing this, the top leader was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"This patriotic comrade always manages to come up with something unexpected!"
"Alright, since he's not in the capital right now, let's just go through the formalities regarding the promotion and reward, and discuss it further when he returns!"
In fact, Junwei's assistant's statement is not entirely accurate.
At this time, Li Aiguo had not yet actually arrived at the Gobi Desert, but was on a green train bound for Lanzhou.
Lying on the swaying sleeper berth, I listened to the monotonous yet rhythmic clanging of the wheels hitting the rails below the carriage.
Li Aiguo rested his hands behind his head, still finding the events of the past few days somewhat unbelievable.
This story begins with Wang Chengdong helping to submit the plan to establish a P4 pathogen research institute to the health department.
In order to save time, Li Aiguo only spent a few days drawing up a rough plan himself.
The architectural drawings for the pathogen research institute in the plan were very ordinary, even somewhat rudimentary.
It's just five neat, orderly buildings.
Later P4 laboratories were all like this; from the outside, they looked just like ordinary buildings, and you couldn't tell at all that they contained deadly pathogens.
The five buildings are arranged at five corners, with a square in the middle, which includes a park and a flag-raising area.
There is a main building in front, an auxiliary building on each side, and two logistics support buildings at the rear.
Building 1 is the highest level P4 negative pressure experimental area.
It is equipped with a high-density biosafety laboratory, a live virus strain library, a pathogenic microorganism sequencing room, an ultra-clean operating room, and a negative pressure animal experimental chamber.
Building 2 is responsible for low- and medium-level preliminary studies, including routine microbial screening, initial sample testing, culture medium preparation, physicochemical analysis, and routine animal feeding.
Of course, this is just a preliminary plan, and it is not yet achievable at the current level.
However, Li Aiguo definitely needs to make preparations.
To be fair, this is a very rough architectural design.
When the plan was submitted to the Ministry of Health for discussion, it immediately sparked controversy among many experts and leaders.
This requires too much space, and the technical requirements are too high.
However, no one raised any objections to the avant-garde design of the five buildings arranged in a five-pointed star.
How can we object to this?
Anyone who objects is practically asking for trouble.
The controversy mainly focuses on whether it is necessary to build such an advanced P4-level laboratory.
"Now, with development, foreign countries are also doing these things. If we don't plan ahead, we'll be caught off guard if something goes wrong."
"At the same time, the P4 laboratory is of great help to pharmaceutical research."
According to Wang Chengdong, the pharmaceutical research institute is progressing slowly, mainly because it lacks a high-level laboratory. Once completed, the institute can collaborate with a P4 laboratory.
After the leaders looked at the design again, they understood its necessity, but they were still shocked by how audacious it was, with many of its functions being things no one had ever even considered.
The key point is that they all seem to make a lot of sense.
In particular, the Qianmen Locomotive Depot has already come up with a solution for this negative pressure design.
Once this plan is implemented, the probability of pathogen leakage will be greatly reduced to almost zero.
Most importantly, the P4 pathogen laboratory was planned entirely by the Qianmen Locomotive Depot workshop, without requiring any additional investment.
We have the technology and the solutions, and we don't even need to invest!
Who would object to such a windfall? And who would dare to object?
The project was quickly approved by all members and then reported to higher-level leaders.
When the higher-ups saw the project proposal, their first reaction was that Li Aiguo was really quite audacious.
However, the meteorological department quickly reported the information they had gathered.
Seeing examples from other regions, the higher-ups let their subordinates hold meetings to make decisions, the meaning of which was quite clear.
Four or five days after Li Aiguo submitted his proposal, the health department approved the plan to build a P4 laboratory.
The health department gave the project the green light and provided strong support, indicating that it could draw personnel and basic equipment from the other three national laboratories at any time.
However, the studio must decide how and where to build the laboratory.
Finally, after contacting the meteorological station, Li Aiguo also contacted Factory 211 and decided to place the P4 laboratory not far from Factory 211.
If we're talking about the area with the highest level of secrecy in China, this region is definitely the one.
If you're looking for a place with very few people, this is it.
More importantly, Factory 211 has established a complete transportation system, making it very convenient to transport building materials and personnel.
After the project site was determined, Zhang, the regimental commander of the Railway Corps, was appointed as the chief commander of the construction project and was fully responsible for the actual construction of the project.
To ensure everything went perfectly, some of the country's most renowned architectural experts were secretly gathered together immediately.
Among them was the renowned ancient architecture expert, Liang Sicheng.
Since Wu Han's trip, Li Aiguo and Liang Sicheng have become close friends despite their age difference, and Li Aiguo has great respect for this ancient architecture expert.
Liang Sicheng also thought the young man was very smart and had a pleasant way of speaking.
During holidays and festivals, the two families often visit each other and have a very harmonious relationship.
When Liang Sicheng received the order to go to a secret location to build a building, he was not surprised.
After all, as a top-notch expert, he often provides information and advice for large-scale construction projects, serving as a consultant.
However, the notice instructed him to bring his wife along, which was rather unusual.
Xiaolin is just an administrator in the architecture department's archives and rarely works on the front lines.
The reason given by the comrade who came to inform Liang Sicheng regarding his doubts was quite simple.
"Mr. Liang, this construction task is quite arduous and will take a long time."
Considering your living conditions, the organization suggests that you bring your spouse to help take care of you.
In addition, Mrs. Liang is also an expert in architecture and can help you organize some complex engineering documents.
It seemed to make sense, so Liang Sicheng accepted it.
However, when he met Li Aiguo, the person in charge of the project, he immediately realized that something was wrong.
Liang Sicheng was lying on the sleeper berth, his face full of doubt.
"Patriotism, you tell me, it's not appropriate for someone like me, who studies ancient architecture and history, to follow you and build some skyscraper, is it?"
"What's wrong with it? The building's exterior is in our traditional architectural style."
Li Aiguo did not mislead Liang Sicheng on this point.
However, there was one thing he didn't tell Liang Sicheng: the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and if they built the laboratory in the Gobi Desert, they probably wouldn't be able to feel any wind at all.
Li Aiguo didn't have that much ability, and he didn't think he could hinder the general trend, but he would do some things within his power.
Before Liang Sicheng could ask anything else, Aunt Lin stood up and stopped him.
"Sicheng, haven't you always wanted to leave something behind in this world?"
You've spent most of your life protecting those historical buildings.
But have you ever considered, if given the opportunity, actually building the structure you personally designed on that vast land, so that it might become a historical building in the future?
It must be said that Aunt Lin was much more perceptive than Liang Sicheng, and she also sensed that something was wrong.
Liang Sicheng was slightly taken aback when he heard his wife's words. Then he looked at Li Aiguo for a long time and nodded silently.
I'm no longer dwelling on the issue of my major not being relevant to my job.
However, during the long journey that followed over the next few days...
Liang Sicheng seemed to have rediscovered the passion of his youth, and he pulled Li Aiguo along to begin redesigning the exterior of the five buildings.
He knew all about the three-section roof, the hip roof, the gable roof, the ridge beasts, the ridge ornaments, and the glazed tile beams like the back of his hand.
Li Aiguo didn't care; as long as the internal structure remained unchanged, he didn't care how Liang Sicheng designed it.
Liang Sicheng felt that agreeing to this mission was a wise choice.
three days later.
With a long whistle, the green train finally slowly pulled into and stopped at a remote military station.
As soon as Li Aiguo got off the bus, he saw Director Zhang, who was in charge of receiving guests from Factory 211, already waiting on the platform.
Next to Director Zhang stood a man.
Upon seeing the man, Li Aiguo grinned and strode forward: "Team Leader Cat, long time no see!"
Hearing this, Old Cat's lips twitched twice. He had only been at Factory 211 for less than a month, and this kid had already arrived.
Furthermore, the weather station also gave Old Cat an order to absolutely protect Li Aiguo's safety and to be responsible for the confidentiality of the construction site.
"Alright, enough nonsense. Aiguo, let's go, get in the car." Old Cat sighed helplessly and waved his hand.
Not far away, a truck with a dark green military tarpaulin drove up and stopped in front of the group.
Li Aiguo was already used to this highly confidential pick-up and drop-off process, and without saying a word, he climbed directly onto the truck bed.
Liang Sicheng, Wang Chenglai, and the architectural experts were all visiting this place for the first time. After a moment of surprise, they followed suit and got into the car.
With the tarpaulin completely closed, the truck bed was pitch black as it moved along the rugged road.
(End of this chapter)