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Chapter 1537 The Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier (Happy New Year to Everyone!)

Two locations are marked on the map.

Baghdad and Nairobi, and their distances are roughly the same, both around 7800 kilometers.

"East Africa... The transport plane must be able to fly directly from the mainland to East Africa, that is to say... East Africa..."

Staring at Africa on the map, Zhang Tingpeng said to Zuo Mingjie, who had not left his side:
“It seems that the military’s next focus will be East Africa.”

Zuo Mingjie was stunned by the teacher's words, and said with some confusion.

"East Africa? Isn't that Java?"

“That place is not even queuing up.”

He shook his head. Although he was just an engineer, he was very clear about SEA's military strength and said:

“If the military wants to, they can strike hard at any time and completely solve the Java problem in one or two years at most.

That’s why it has been delayed until now…”

I originally wanted to say that the military must have their own purpose, but after thinking about it, I said:
"This is not important. What is important is East Africa."

He nodded, looked at the map, and said.

“They definitely have their reasons for setting the range standard for transport aircraft here.

Tanks can be transported to East Africa by air. This means that the military is considering transporting heavy troops to Africa in a short period of time by air under special circumstances. In the past, our transport aircraft did not have this capability. "

"It's true that we don't have this capability. The C130 has a short range and a small load capacity. But Africa..."

Zuo Mingjie said with some confusion.

"What's there in Africa? Isn't it just some food?"

Looking at the young people in front of him, he didn't say anything, just smiled. For these young people who live in an abundant material life and have never been hungry, they have no idea what hunger feels like, nor do they know what food shortage means to a country.

They always take it for granted that the supermarket shelves will always be filled with a variety of supplies and that there will always be endless food in the kitchen. This is the world they are familiar with.

However, for someone who had experienced hunger and war, he was well aware of the importance of food.

"Food. Because there is food in East Africa, and because it is our granary, the military asked us to develop this transport aircraft.

This way they can fully intervene in East Africa, just like..."

"Teacher, do you mean that we will intervene in East Africa like the Americans intervened in Saigon?"

Zuo Mingjie looked at the teacher and asked:

“Does the military want to help the British?”

"No,"

Zhang Tingpeng said, shaking his head.

"In fact, they are helping ourselves. After all, East Africa is our granary now. No matter what, the military will not tolerate any mistakes on his part."

Looking at the vast Indian Ocean between the mainland and East Africa on the map, Zhang Tingpeng said:

"Right now, we don't have any aircraft that can fly directly to East Africa. We can only transfer via bases in the middle of the Indian Ocean... Well, this is the military's intention."

……

A C130 transport plane was flying slowly over the Indian Ocean. In the dimly lit cabin, there were dozens of fully armed soldiers. Some of them were taking a nap, some were reading books under the light, and some were writing letters.

During a long journey, people always find ways to kill time. Zhang Sixiang was the same. He held a book in his hand and started reading it as soon as he got on the plane.

He was so engrossed in watching that he didn't come back to his senses until his comrade-in-arms beside him patted him on the shoulder.

"looking at what?"

"Liang Yusheng's Seven Swordsmen from Tianshan Mountain."

Zhang Sixiang raised the book in his hand and said.

"Liang Yusheng's novels? They're not as exciting as Jin Yong's, right? I bought a set of Jin Yong's novels when I went to Hong Kong last year..."

Before he could finish, someone spoke up.

"Jin Yong is just trying to summon the spirits of the Qing Dynasty. What's so good about his novels?"

"Oh, you can take a look at it."

While his comrades were chatting and laughing there, Zhang Sixiang closed the novel with some boredom, then turned his gaze to the cabin, looking at his comrades, thinking about the mission of this trip.

"Kenya……"

I've never been to Africa!

While they were thinking this, the captain's voice was heard from the cabin, reminding them to sit tight as the plane was about to land.

Ten minutes later, the plane landed at Diego Garcia military base.

Diego Garcia military base is located on Diego Garcia Island, an Indian Ocean island transferred by the United Kingdom to SEA in exchange for submarine-launched ballistic missiles. The military base is 65 kilometers long and covers an area of ​​270 square kilometers. There is a lagoon with an area of ​​about 125 square kilometers in the center of the base. The water depth is between 10 meters and 20 meters, which just meets the conditions of a natural harbor. A large airport is built on the military base, including 1 runway, 1 taxiway, 4 hangars and 2 aprons. After the plane landed, Zhang Sixiang saw the hangars of several H-1 long-range strategic bombers located on the north side of the apron. This is the most important military base of the military in the Indian Ocean. Together with the Paradise Island that controls the entrance to the Red Sea, it supports the presence of SEA in the Indian Ocean.

Standing at the cargo door at the rear of the plane, looking at the strategic bomber in the distance, before Zhang Sixiang came to his senses, the officer beside him said:

"See? This is the 'unsinkable aircraft carrier'!"

"Unsinkable aircraft carrier" is the nickname of this base. The entire airport can accommodate more than 100 fighter jets at most, and is also equipped with listening stations, docks, satellite tracking stations, oil depots, and soldiers' living quarters, etc. In short, Diego Garcia base is an "unsinkable aircraft carrier" built in the Indian Ocean.

"From an offensive perspective, after the bombers take off from here, they can not only strike the Middle East, but also form a strong deterrent to the hinterland of Soviet Central Asia. Moreover, it is located deep in the Indian Ocean, and the outside world rarely interferes with the central hinterland of the Indian Ocean. Its location is very hidden and there is almost no potential threat."

While introducing the aircraft, the company commander pointed to the long-range strategic bomber nearby and said:

"You see, the strategic bombers we deploy here will hardly be threatened. Once a war breaks out, they can take off from here and launch nuclear weapons at the enemy country..."

This is not a secret. After all, it is well known that all strategic bombers are responsible for the "doomsday bombing" mission.

"Sir, this used to be a British colony!"

"It's ours now!"

The company commander put away the smile on his face and said:

"We are going to East Africa this time, which is also a British colony. It will gain independence soon. Our mission is to ensure the security of East Africa before and after its independence and prevent it from being overthrown by rebels."

Then the company commander looked at several of Zhang Sixiang's subordinates and said:

"Of course we are not there to help the British, but to help ourselves. After all, East Africa... is our granary!"

East Africa is our breadbasket!

Even elementary school students know this knowledge. After all, they have to introduce the origins of food in class every day.

Although no one had ever told them in class how important food from East Africa was, they all knew that a lot of food came from East Africa and a lot of food came from abroad.

That's why they have to protect something.

Sometimes some educational methods are silent and do not need to be deliberately emphasized. Just learning basic common sense is enough.

"I understand, sir."

Zhang Sixiang nodded and said,

"We have a lot of investments in East Africa and the reason we are there is to protect our overseas investments."

"Correct."

The captain nodded and said:
"Many of our overseas investments are investments for the National Pension. Overseas investments are not only related to our food, clothing, housing and transportation, but also to the welfare of all of us. So as soldiers, we must do our utmost to protect all of this."

While they were chatting, the plane was refueling there. The reason why the transport plane landed here was because it needed to refuel.

While the plane was refueling, a Warrior off-road vehicle drove over from a distance. Before the vehicle stopped, someone shouted:

"Zhang Sixiang, Zhang Sixiang... Is there anyone here named Zhang Sixiang?"

"Homesickness, homesickness..."

Hearing the shouting, Zhang Sixiang recognized the person who was calling him and immediately responded:
"Brother Guo'en, Brother Guo'en..."

"Haha, it's really you. When I heard that the First Expedition Brigade was coming, I wondered if you were there."

Zhao Guoen gave his neighbor a big hug and then said:
"Haha, you look a lot stronger than before. How are you? Are you adapting to the life in the army?"

"Adapt, adapt. Brother Guoen, how about you? When will you retire? At the end of the year?"

"By the end of the year..."

Zhao Guoen asked as he spoke:
"When are you leaving? Do you have time? If you do, let's go to the club and have some fun together!"

"Club, what club?"

Instantly everyone became interested. After all, these young, energetic men always have the same hobbies. They are also straightforward and just like beautiful women.

"Oh, it's the club on the island. This place is an isolated island. There are only soldiers and some service personnel in the club. There are people from Persia, Iraq and other places in the Middle East. Is anyone interested? If you are interested, let's go and play together for a while..."

As Zhao Guoen explained, he hugged his childhood friend whom he hadn't seen for more than a year and said:

"How about it, are you interested? Their belly butts are jumping so vigorously,"

Before anyone here understood why Zhang Sixiang refused, his comrades around him started shouting.

"Haha, let's go together, let's go together..."

Soon, a group of people drove towards the club like a whirlwind. As soon as they entered the club, these young people who had just come out of the local area were all stunned by the scene before them - the club was full of scantily clad Middle Eastern girls, full of exotic charm, and their slim and hot figures made everyone stunned.

"Oh, this is not right, brother... this will..."

Swallowing his saliva, Zhang Sixiang couldn't help but let out a long sigh - Alas, he was led astray like this.

The group of people went crazy for a few hours before returning to the plane and continuing to fly to their destination...

(End of this chapter)