In the former Japanese field airfield outside the city of Kanbaru, several large searchlights have been erected, and temporary lighthouses have been erected. More than a dozen small construction trucks are constantly busy on the airport runway. The wrecked Japanese planes were pulled away one by one, and the runway was quickly cleared.

Next to the airport, more than a dozen Japanese trucks were already piled with corpses. Inside a large pit next to it, smoke billowed from the burning fire, and corpses were thrown into it. Chinese paratrooper engineering soldiers wearing gas masks poured a little chemical combustionary agent into it from time to time.

Under the protection of two paratrooper companies, the busy figures quickly renovated the facilities in the airport, and the fighters flew back and forth in the air to protect the engineers below. As bales of quick-drying cement mixed sand are laid on the somewhat potholed runway, the roller works back and forth.

In just half an hour, the airport, which had been damaged by the Chinese Air Force, was almost restored to its original appearance.

At this time, a huge buzzing sound was heard in the sky, and the bloated fuselage unique to the Kunpeng transport plane appeared in the night sky. All the lights on the airport are also turned on, reflecting a large expanse of the night sky. Huge transport planes began to land. The oppressive fuselage brought up a strong wake and swept the entire airport.

Fortunately, this airport has a super air fortress stationed in the United States, and the runway is also long enough, and the area of the airport is also so large. For the Kunpeng transport planes that gradually descend in the sky, this airport can still accommodate it.

These Kunpeng transport aircraft are not paratroopers, nor have they been modified with professional parachute transport aircraft. They are all authentic special transport aircraft. It's only a few hundred kilometers from Borneo, if it weren't for the fact that it's just across a strait. There is no need to use the Kunpeng transport aircraft at all.

The landed transport plane quickly left the runway, came to the tarmac, and opened the back door. Under the strong lights around him, a soldier of a heavily armed infantry platoon first ran out of the belly of the plane carrying several huge iron plates and placed them on the open cabin door. Then there was a beast-like roar from inside the belly of the plane. With the walking of the tracks, the friction sound and the crunch of the machine turning. The long barrel of the gun was the first to appear in the light, followed by the massive body.

The Chinese King Tiger main battle tank slowly walked out of the belly of the Kunpeng transport plane, and the King Tiger tank that got off the plane let out a roar, and the speed of the slow disembarkation of the plane was instantly increased. Head for the clearing in the distance.

A Kunpeng transport plane that unloads its cargo. After the soldiers put away the iron plates, they slowly closed the rear hatch. The plane's engines hummed again, and the massive fuselage slowly moved towards the take-off strip on the other side.

One after another, the Kunpeng transport planes landed. After unloading the goods. They all took off quickly and left here. Because they're still in a hurry. Send a little more supplies here.

Half an hour had passed, and twenty-four Chinese King Tiger tanks had gathered on the runway of the airfield, along with a battalion of anti-tank infantry.

With the sound of the command to depart, it was given. The tank group began to set off. Although there are still Kunpeng transport planes landing in the sky, there are no combat troops behind these transport planes. The rest of the transport planes were full of logistical supplies and supplies.

When the King Tiger tank left the airport, the fuel trucks that got down from the transport plane also began to assemble in the airport. When a battalion of paratroopers arrived at the airfield, the tankers, escorted by paratrooper armored vehicles, began to drive towards the battlefield.

The tank units, which were already entangled with the Japanese 7th Division at the front, needed their supplies. It is undeniable that if there is no strong logistical support capability, no matter how powerful the armored forces are, they will be a pile of scrap metal.

As a very critical part of logistics, air transport has always been a top priority. The Kunpeng transport plane's powerful carrying capacity and carrying capacity of up to 45 tons have made the logistics support level of the Chinese army faster and more diversified.

Especially with this kind of short-distance cross-sea transport capacity, air freight is the best way to go. Fast, convenient and efficient. It's like no other way.

Just like later generations, it seems puzzling that military transport aircraft in the true sense of the word were not used in World War II. In fact, at such an extraordinary moment as World War II, all countries have invested their national resources in the development of combat platforms, and the development space of important equipment such as transport aircraft and tanker aircraft has been squeezed to the point that there is no room for development.

The perception of military transport aircraft cannot stop at the level of air force equipment. Unlike lethal platforms such as fighters and bombers, military transport aircraft, which seem to have no direct lethality, is not only a military equipment, but also a national strategic equipment resource. If the military power projection during World War II mainly relied on large ships and vehicles, due to the vulnerability of these transport equipment, to achieve long-range delivery capabilities, it was necessary to ensure the protection of sea and land lifelines, and the speed of maneuver was relatively low.

In modern warfare, air transport has become the main means of strategic and tactical delivery, and its requirements for security are relatively low, and the reaction speed and maneuvering space distance are incomparable with traditional means of transport. In a certain sense, modern military air transport means have completely changed the shape of warfare, and the strategic value of large transport aircraft for future wars is of great importance.

If China does not have such a powerful airlift capability, it will be impossible to achieve such a decapitation tactic in the rear of the enemy's heavy troop buildup.

In modern warfare dominated by informationization, due to the suddenness, high intensity, fast tempo, and huge material consumption of wars, new and higher requirements have been set for the rapid response, mobile combat capability, and sustained combat capability of combat units. To a certain extent, the size of a country's air transport capacity has gradually become one of the important factors determining the outcome of a war.

In the 21st century, most of the modern large military transport aircraft have strong engines and good aerodynamic characteristics, and their cruising speed can generally reach 800~900 km/h, which is 15 times the speed of land transportation and 25 times the speed of sea transportation, so it can be said that it is the fastest of the three means of transportation. Modern large transport aircraft have a range of thousands, if not tens of thousands, of kilometers. It can basically realize cross-continental deployment, and after air refueling, it can implement global transportation. Therefore, the number of equipment, technical level, and carrying efficiency of military transport aircraft, especially large military transport aircraft, have become an important indicator of whether a country has the capability of a strategic air force.

Judging from the several high-tech local wars that have taken place in recent years, large military transport planes have taken the lead in dispatching, and the scale of their use is close to that of main combat aircraft. The large-scale application of large transport aircraft has directly improved the mobility and rapid reaction capability of the entire unit, strengthened the ability to control the course of the war, and enhanced the unit's sustained combat capability. Because of their high speed, large carrying capacity, and long range, large military transport planes can quickly airlift troops, combat equipment, and military supplies to designated locations and rapidly deploy or replenish combat units. In order to form the maximum strategic deterrence against the enemy as soon as possible.

Due to the extensive application of high-tech weaponry in modern warfare, the consumption of equipment, ammunition, fuel, and other materials is unusually large, and if timely supply and replacement cannot be provided. It is likely to have a fatal effect on the outcome of the war. From this point of view. In order to maintain the troops' sustained combat capability, it is necessary to have convenient, fast, and efficient large-scale airlift support forces to support it.

From the beginning of Chen Shao's fortune in the southwest, he began to develop transport aircraft. From the first generation of test aircraft, biplane transport aircraft, to the relatively successful transport aircraft such as greenhouse transport aircraft, the development of China's transport aircraft has gone through more than 20 years. It is only recently that a large-scale engine factory has been established in the construction unit of the Red Police Base, especially in the Red Police Base, to meet China's demand for the construction of transport aircraft. It also gives China an air platform that can quickly deploy troops over long distances.

If there is no sufficiently powerful transport aircraft, the so-called intercontinental rapid projection is nothing more than a utopian dream. (To be continued......)