The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

The damage caused by the earthquake was extremely huge.

Communications and roads were cut off at the epicenter, making it impossible for rescue forces to enter.

The communication problem is easy to solve. There are communication systems built using communication satellites, drones, satellite phones, etc. Although it is not enough for everyone to contact the outside world, it is enough for the earthquake relief forces to contact each other.

However, it is not easy to repair the blocked road.

That would have been fine, but the key is the dozens of aftershocks of magnitude 5 or above that made the disaster even worse.

Liu Tao knew very well that what he had to do now was to race against time. After all, the golden rescue time was only 72 hours, so he had to invest all the manpower he could to send rescue forces to the disaster area in a short time.

To this end, not only military transport aircraft were mobilized, but even transport aircraft from various civil airlines were mobilized.

Military transport planes that can take off and land directly in the disaster area will do so. Transport planes that cannot take off and land will work together with civil aviation transport planes to carry out airdrops or take off and land at surrounding airports.

Even Panshan Group’s own transport aircraft were all mobilized.

While the roads were repaired in an organized manner, forces were also organized to repair the airport and build a simple runway for transport planes to take off and land.

In addition, we need to organize people and set up tents.

The news of the devastating earthquake quickly spread throughout the country through the media, and soon it became known to everyone around the world.

It immediately caused an uproar around the world.

There is no way. There was a big snowstorm at the beginning of the year. Now there is another big earthquake. Even developed countries cannot stand being repeatedly ravaged by such large-scale natural disasters, let alone a developing country. Even if this developing country is large enough, it cannot withstand such a torment.

For a while, foreign media started to jump up and down again. At first they expressed sympathy, but as time went on, the tone changed. They said that the economy would suffer a severe blow, and that this earthquake would profoundly change the domestic development environment. Some media even bluntly stated that the Beijing Olympics might be cancelled because of this.

In short, there was a period of chaos and everyone was saying all kinds of things.

In China, across the Taiwan Straits and Hong Kong, businesses and people donated money and materials generously, and the Internet was gray. Overseas, Chinese and overseas Chinese also donated money and materials, demonstrating the fine traditions of the Chinese nation.

At this moment, the hearts of all the descendants of Yan and Huang all over the world are together.

CCTV and Hong Kong Satellite TV conducted 24-hour live broadcast of earthquake relief work.

Strategic transport aircraft such as Il-76 and Y-20 carried medical personnel to the disaster area. In just one day, more than 2 medical personnel were sent to the epicenter of the disaster area, along with a large amount of medical supplies.

Also on the same day, the temporary hospitals that Panshan Hospital usually kept in reserve were transferred to the epicenter. A total of 80 temporary hospitals with 1000 beds and the hardware conditions of a Class III hospital were established in the safe zone opened up in the epicenter.

In addition, more quarantine hospitals are being built and will be sent to the disaster areas as soon as they are completed.

In addition to the square cabin hospitals, there are also similar square cabins for residents to live in, logistics support cabins for cooking, emergency communication cabins for emergency communications, and comprehensive smart cabins for front-line command, all of which were transported to the earthquake-stricken areas as soon as possible.

In order to find out the truth, the American rescue team arrived in Sichuan. The vehicles of the American rescue team joined the millions of vehicles heading to the regional rescue team. When they arrived at the disaster area, they were shocked.

I saw large transport planes roaring down from the sky onto the runway, while a transport plane that had just unloaded its cargo on another runway taxied quickly into the sky.

At the same time, heavy trucks loaded with supplies set off immediately, some urgently needed supplies were transported by helicopters, and some engineering equipment was directly hoisted by heavy helicopters and quickly delivered to the disaster area. On the runway farther away, various types of drones took off and landed frequently, intensively carrying out their scheduled tasks.

When the American rescue team saw this scene, they couldn't help but open their eyes wide.

It has always been the United States and the Soviet Union (Russia) that have had large air forces, while the air forces of other countries are not worthy of being called large air forces.

But now, they have witnessed with their own eyes that a country on the other side of the Pacific Ocean has also realized a large air force strategy.

It’s just that this country’s large air force is not used for fighting, but for earthquake relief.

In just two days, more than 58000 medical staff and tens of thousands of tons of supplies were urgently transported to the disaster area by air transport. All kinds of strategic reserve grain and reserve meat were taken out for disaster relief. More than 8000 professional employees from all over the country and thousands of tons of various relief supplies were delivered to the earthquake-stricken area.

Even in mountainous areas shrouded in fog, where takeoff and landing are impossible, helicopters can still be used for takeoff and landing under the ground command station.

Some of the injured victims were treated in hospitals at the epicenter, while others were transported to Chengdu and other cities.

What they didn't know was that more supplies and equipment were being transferred to the disaster area.

They also don't know that people in cities across the country are actively donating blood for free, just because the disaster-stricken areas need blood for treatment.

Party members led the way in blood donation, and police officers, local border guards, employees of government agencies, public institutions, and state-owned enterprises went to the hospital to donate blood.

In the face of major disasters, China has demonstrated a level of unity that is unimaginable to the rest of the world.

Let’s unite as one and overcome difficulties together!

The Chinese are racing against time to save more lives from the hands of death.

That is disaster relief at all costs, truly practicing "life first" and "people first".

The people in the disaster area who were not injured actively responded to the organization's call to repair roads, set up tents, and transport supplies. Even those who were only slightly injured helped cook and boil water.

As for giving up, it is impossible to give up!

Everything is making way for earthquake relief. China’s top priority right now is earthquake relief and disaster relief to reduce casualties.

The Japanese rescue team that wanted to go to Sichuan to get a feel for the situation was shocked by China's large-scale disaster relief efforts as soon as they arrived.

Hundreds of transport planes, hundreds of transport planes, and a large number of drones, it makes people's scalp tingle just by looking at them.

Even the An-225, an ultra-large military transport aircraft, takes off and lands twice a day at Chengdu Airport. Even if there is only one of these ultra-large military transport aircraft, the load capacity of the cabin can reach 1 tons per trip, which means 250 tons if it takes two trips a day!
As for the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft, although the cabin's load capacity is not that large and it can only carry 66 tons of cargo at a time, its advantage is that there are multiple aircraft.

Even the three prototypes of the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft were flown by pilots to transport personnel and supplies.

Including the Il-76 strategic transport aircraft, Y-8 and Y-9 transport aircraft, all were put into earthquake relief work.

After the wounded were transported out, they arrived at the airport in the surrounding city and were immediately transferred to the hospital. The seriously injured were transported by medical helicopter. (End of this chapter)