When Hu Biao led the task force to carry out construction in the southwest, the war of resistance after the New Year seemed to have stopped a lot. The Wuhan Battle ended last year seemed to consume a lot of energy from both sides of the war, and the large-scale battle suddenly stopped.

Although many people speculate that this should be the tranquility before the new storm. For Hu Biao at this moment, he was not disturbed by what happened outside, but accelerated the pace of construction, hoping to build Shillong, a large rear area.

With the return of the assault camp brought by Lei Xiong, Hu Biao basically opened up the supply channel from Longzhou to Shilong. A large number of supplies were continuously transported from Longzhou to Shilong. Among these supplies, some were purchased from local sources, and some were purchased from outside.

When Li Dacheng appeared in Shillong again with a new caravan, he looked at Shillong County, which was obviously changed and said in surprise: "How is this possible? I won't come to the wrong place, right? When was this city wall built?"

Facing Li Dacheng's inquiry, the combat team members who came to greet him smiled and said, "It's not long after it was built, and there are still many projects in the future! Manager Li, it's better to go to the city first! When you get to the city, you will find that the changes have become bigger."

As the combat team members said, Shilong County, which has invested a lot of manpower and material resources, has become a hot land for construction. A large number of locals and young and strong people from other places have been hired to various construction sites, and Shilong can be said to be overcrowded.

Looking at the towering city gate behind a straight street and the houses on both sides of the street, Li Dacheng said in shock again: "Is this a new street? Where is the house on the old street? What's the use of building so many new houses?"

"This is the earliest commercial street to be built. Houses on both sides of the street will be rented to vendors who come here to do business. However, the rent is not cheap. If Manager Li is interested, he can ask when he sees the general. This store will definitely make money!"

This newly built commercial street was also a pioneering move by Hu Biao. Hu Biao, the people who lived on the streets earlier, asked him to move to the newly planned residential area. There, the county government helped them build new houses for free, with an area larger than that of the old houses.

Hu Biao did not sell the built shops at all, but rented them out in a unified manner. Some shrewd local merchants began to rent these shops with a try attitude, opened some restaurants and grocery stores, and their business was extremely prosperous.

The reason is very simple. At present, there are nearly 10,000 young and strong people around the construction of new cities. The materials consumed every day are not a small amount. Moreover, some people will also consume after receiving wages, so it will be better if they have more people.

When they arrived at the already built inn and saw the services provided by the inn, Li Dacheng and others were also very happy. As for the goods they brought, they could be sold directly to the county government. If they wanted to sell them at a high price, they could also rent a store to sell them on their own.

In addition to paying the corresponding store rent, the store operators also need to pay a certain income tax. The vendors who came with Li Dacheng also asked curiously and found that the tax collected by Shillong is very low.

The most important thing is that as long as they pay taxes, they can get protection from the county government. During the operation, if someone cheats on taxes by mistake, they can go to the county government to sue. If someone makes trouble, the security team's patrol will also solve the trouble for them.

In short, Shillong City looks like a huge construction site, attracting young people and people around it. However, the thriving scene shocked many horse gang merchants.

As the newly appointed county magistrate, after taking control of the county town, Zhu Chengzong personally visited the ten towns and eight villages and talked a lot with the village chiefs. After dispelling the concerns of these village chiefs and village chiefs, Shilong became more and more prosperous.

Hu Biao did not pay much attention to the planning and construction of the county town. His energy was more focused on the construction of the valley airport. Looking at the leveled rock valley apron, Hu Biao was also very happy.

The assault camp, which had been stationed in Shillon for a long time, also launched a round of bandit suppression under the order of Hu Biao. Any bandits hidden in Shillon were wiped out by the assault camp. Even the bandits from the surrounding counties were affected.

After being severely injured by Zhou Shuoli, Hu Biao did not forget to bring their village to the top. The seized materials and money were quickly invested in construction, which can be regarded as being taken from the bandits and used for the people!

Looking at the valley runway where cement was started, Qin Tianyou was a little worried and said, "General, such a runway is very expensive!"

"No matter how high the cost is, it must be built! A large part of the aircraft landed at airports in the future are transport planes or bombers. These two types of aircraft are very heavy, and ordinary runways are prone to accidents. In the future, there must be such runways!"

Compared with the airport runways of take-off and landing fighter jets and reconnaissance aircraft, this airport built in the mountains of Shillong has different tasks than other airports. Hu Biao knows more clearly that the future runways of fighter jets must be high standards without exception.

"But in this way, it's not easy to disguise the airport?"

"It's okay! When the runway is built, find some cloth to cover it and plant some grass on it. When the airport has no take-off and landing mission, spread the long grass cloth on it. If you observe from the air, I believe that the existence of the airport will not be discovered in a short time.

What's more, when our guard troops are arranged, as long as we find a large number of enemy planes or reconnaissance planes flying towards us, we can warn in advance. As long as we keep confidential and disguise, the Japanese will find our airport, which is not very likely.

In the future, a fake airport can be built around the surrounding area. The leveled ground can also be used as a playground for the troops. For aircraft, find some tools to make some wood and make some disguises. The Japanese will definitely not be able to find the authenticity in the air.

The only thing worth noting is that the Japanese's spies cannot be allowed to come to the valley airport. Unless someone guides the ground, the Japanese will find out the airport we built, and they will probably take some effort to do it!"

After finally building an airport, Hu Biao naturally did not want to be easily discovered by the Japanese army. The place where the airport was built in front of him was still little known even in the past when there were satellites. It would be even more difficult to discover this era.

As long as people do not get close easily and cannot provide ground guidance to air fighters, Hu Biao believes that the possibility of the Japanese bombing the airport is not high. Even when the flight team is trained, Hu Biao can still use this airport to catch the Japanese army off guard.

Hu Biao was also discussing the procurement of the aircraft with Brooke. Most of the first pilots sent to Nanyang for training have now begun to conduct actual flights. After the procurement contract is determined, these pilots will officially return to the team.

In addition, the airport built in Maling Mountain is now training pilots. As long as the financial resources are sufficient, the number of pilots under Hu Biao will continue to increase. Correspondingly, the number of fighter jets purchased will also be rapidly increased.

Unfortunately, Hu Biao really doesn't think much of the fighter jets currently in service in the US military. On the contrary, Hu Biao is more interested in large transport aircraft. In Hu Biao's view, this is the real advantage of the US military, and fighter jets are not as good as the Japanese.

He especially knew that the Japanese Zero Type was about to be mass-produced into the troops, and Hu Biao would not purchase active aircraft from the US military. The Japanese Zero Type fighter jets emerged, and within a certain period of time, the fighter jets of various countries were raged.

It was not until the United States understood the various performances of Zero and produced a very targeted new type of fighter jets into the army that this defeat was reversed. Knowing this, how could Hu Biao spend the money in vain?

While supervising the construction of the airport, Hu Biao did not forget to pay attention to the anti-Japanese battlefield in the south. The battlefield in northern Anhui, which was messed up by Hu Biao, was still very chaotic now, and the Japanese army only recovered a place in Bengbu.

After the recovery of Bengbu, although the Japanese army also wanted to continue to move forward, the Fifth War Zone repeatedly defeated the Japanese army's offensive morale with its solid fortifications built. After the Spring Festival, the Japanese army's offensive momentum was reduced a lot.

Hu Biao rarely gives suggestions about the telegrams sent by the front line. What really made Hu Biao care about was the land commando led by Xu Sandao. At this moment, it had entered Hunan Province and began to build bases and material transfer stations.

If there is no change in the later period, Hu Biao believes that the Japanese army's next attack target will still be placed in Changsha, Hunan Province. What Hu Biao needs to do is to build a land channel before the sea passage is completely blocked.

Hu Biao will gradually withdraw the elite forces of Anhua Mountain Base and Maling Mountain Base to the southwest to resettle them. The battlefields in the south and the north will become more places for Hu Biao to train troops. The real elite still needs to experience the experience of blood and fire.

Just as Hu Biao focused on Shillong, a telegram sent by his third brother-in-law Lin Haoyuan made Hu Biao frown. Even though he had known about the telegram for a long time, he still felt very uncomfortable when he saw it.

"The Japanese army captured Qiong Island! It seems that there is not much time left before they invade Gui Province!"

Looking at Hu Biao who was frowning, Lei Xiong, who was staying at the command center, also said at the right time: "Biaozi, what are you going to deal with this matter?"

"It's not easy to deal with! Qiong Island is lonely overseas, and our strength is extremely limited. If you enter Qiong Island, you will inevitably be surrounded by numerous encirclements. At that time, it will not be easy for the troops to withdraw. But if you sit down and watch the Japanese army run wild on Qiong Island, you will feel uncomfortable!"

Listening to what Hu Biao said, Lei Xiong looked at the map and said, "If your speculation is correct, then the Japanese army occupied Qiong Island at this time and must have plans to use it as a rear base camp to prepare for the future attack on Guizhou Province.

Qiongdao is only one sea away from Longzhou. With its existing defensive power, it cannot stop the Japanese invasion. The most troublesome thing is that once the Japanese army controls the waters near Qiongdao, our maritime supply channel may be interrupted at any time!"

Facing the situation analyzed by Lei Xiong, Hu Biao thought for a while and said, "Old company commander, how about I go with me?"

"Okay! I'm more willing to go to the front line than staying here to train troops! Tianyou is watching here, so nothing should happen!"

Lei Xiong was naturally happy to hear that Hu Biao finally decided to go to the front line. For Lei Xiong, after coming out of the lonely camp, what he liked the most was to cause trouble for the Japanese. Every time he killed one Japanese, he would feel physically and mentally happy!
Chapter completed!