Chapter 274

In the roar, the H-6 Bomber returned, after sliding back to the apron, Division Commander Li came down and immediately asked the ground crew: "Where is Comrade Qin Miao?"

"They're in the cafeteria."

"Exactly, this experiment succeeded, so we're going to the cafeteria to celebrate."

"Come on, let's go over too, raise a glass to Comrade Qin Miao; this will absolutely change the fate of our H-6 Bomber!"

"With it, the H-6 Bomber will see old trees blossom and iron trees spring..."

"Inside the cafeteria."

Today, everyone at our Guojia Bichang has opened their eyes! Besides the mushroom bomb, even conventional weapons can blast that deep. The base commander raised his cup: "Come, Comrade Qin Miao, I toast you!"

"Comrade Zhang, this isn't just my achievement; it's Ha Gong Da, Factory 447, Factory 172, and many other comrades working together, including our test flight crew—they're all great."

"No, we haven't done much; even in the future, when we go up, we won't be too nervous—just drop the bomb and come back." Division Commander Li strode in: "Comrade Qin Miao, how exactly did you achieve this?"

The huge impact of our Ha Gong Da's Big Dipper navigation satellite. Qin Miao said: "Currently, we can only achieve ten-meter precision; later, with more advanced atomic clocks and a network composed of more satellites, precision can be improved to one meter. By then, when we say we will strike the enemy's left window, we will definitely not go through the right window!"

One meter!

Everyone was shocked again.

They never imagined that high-altitude bombing could still maintain one-meter precision; even dive bombing doesn't have such high precision!

Good, great! In the future, our H-6 Bomber can still be useful!

That's natural; the H-6 Bomber's role is great, after all, it's a strategic bomber. As of now, the number of countries possessing strategic bombers worldwide can be counted on one hand.

In WWII, why couldn't Germany destroy the old Maozi's industry? Because Germany only liked dive bombers and lacked strategic bombing capability. If they had a large number of B-29-like bombers, they could have bombed the industrial bases near the Ural Mountains; how could the old Maozi still fight?

Similarly, the Allies used large numbers of strategic bombers, flying daily over German guy's land to drop bombs; German industrial production capacity plummeted, and thus began to decline.

But... besides this Earth-Penetrating Bomb, we seemingly... have no other place to use it." Division Commander Li said.

Impossible! This kind of H-6 Bomber can be turned into a cruise missile platform in the future, by swapping in a fuel-efficient engine, the combat radius can reach 4,500 kilometers; with aerial refueling, it can reach over 10,000 kilometers; carrying air-launched cruise missiles with a range of 1,000–2,000 kilometers, by then even if our H-6 cannot threaten the American continent, it can still threaten places like Hawaii.

How could the H-6 become obsolete? This is a bomber that can use the whole alphabet!

"Cruise missile?"

"Yes, it's the kind that flies ultra-low altitude the whole way. Don't look now that ballistic missiles dominate, but in the future cruise missiles will develop rapidly, and our H-6 will be very useful!"

"Good, just for that remark, I'll drink a toast to you!"

Division Commander Li downed his drink in one gulp, while Zhang Leader spoke from the side: "San Shui, your analogy just now—were you referring to flying to the American continent, not Moscow?"

Now, the old Maozi is really our biggest enemy, alright!

"Cough cough, this is just an example I gave offhand."

Qin Miao now certainly can't be a prophet.

Just like when the country was founded, whoever dared speak ill of the Big Brother was practically a public enemy of the people; in the end, didn't it just lead to a million troops massed at the border, even to the point of armed conflict?

Now, don't look at the good relations with the West, but after 1989 their ties will plummet; later they'll use all sorts of tricks, urging our neighboring countries to cause trouble for us, to curb our development.

The old Maozi is nothing to worry about; the Americans are the big boss villain in the later stage.

Random? Zhang Leader didn't accept that answer, instead showing a thoughtful expression.

Don't look at Qin Miao only just beginning to stand out from Ha Gong Da, with just over a year's time; but if you analyze carefully, you'll see how accurate his predictions are—he's never made a mistake, and every seemingly impossible great undertaking ends up being brilliantly accomplished!

He's treating the United States as an imagined enemy!

Outside, the wind rose.

In the north of the motherland, autumn winds are already blowing chill, but the south remains scorching hot.

The northeasterly wind was whooshing, the air less humid than before, dry feeling—this is also the most comfortable time.

No continuous drizzle, no bone-chilling cold; blowing through the firing holes and vents into the fortifications, it's utterly refreshing.

Lao Shan.

This place can be divided into three regions: Ba Li River East Mountain counts as the eastern region; Lao Shan's main peak, steep north and gentle south, belongs to the western region; and between the two regions is Song Mao Ridge.

Around it, dozens of big and small hills are entrenched, together forming a position.

Initially, after the self-defense counterattack war taught the monkeys a lesson, the Eastern troops withdrew, while the shameless monkeys took advantage, moved in, occupied this place, and even built many fortifications here.

Trenches, bunkers, pillboxes, soldier caves… large numbers of minefields control the front, while behind are various kinds of fire—direct, indirect, long-range, short-range… impregnable.

Of course, in the face of our 155mm guns, all of them have to kneel! Later, the M7 missile could even strike the enemy's rear.

Actually, at that time if we wanted to retake it, we could have taken the whole hill in one go, but… our mission was merely to contain, with no intention of expanding the battle.

Then… it was the monkeys' frantic construction of fortifications.

After all, the terrain of Lao Shan is extremely important.

The main peak stands at 1,422.2 meters; from here you can overlook twenty to thirty kilometers inland to the north and the same distance to the south; it's a major transportation hub and port, and the monkeys will absolutely not give it up!

On Song Mao Ridge.

The officer stationed here, Ruan Chengzhu, used binoculars to carefully observe the opposite side.

"Regiment commander, they recently held a military exercise—have you heard of it?" Beside him, Battalion Commander Deng Huangguang spoke.

"What exercise?"

"Right after the Soviet Big Brother's military exercise, they immediately held their own, seemingly to demonstrate to the Big Brother."

"Hmph, what demonstration? With their puny strength, one charge from the Big Brother could reach their capital; another charge could reach the Yangtze; at most they could hold half of southern Jiangshan; then when we go north and join the Big Brother in a pincer attack, we could wipe them out!"

Ruan Chengzhu was full of confidence.

Meanwhile, at the northern side, at an air force base, several H-6 bombers slowly descended.

Seeing these aircraft arrive, Old Yuan's face lit with excitement: "Good, finally we can wipe out the monkeys!"