Chapter 88: The Defense of the Three Gorges Dam (Part 1)

  The Three Gorges Dam, the largest water control project in our country and even in the world, is also the world's largest hydropower station. It is the source of power supply for many provinces in our country and one of the most important strategic bases in our country.

  If the Three Gorges Dam is attacked by nuclear bombs, it will no longer be a war between Japan and our country. Because Japan does not have nuclear bombs, their nuclear bombs can only be provided by other countries. In this case, we will directly go to war with that country.

  There has long been a consensus around the world that nuclear weapons must not be used unless absolutely necessary. My country has also repeatedly stated that it will never be the first to use nuclear weapons. However, if my country is attacked with nuclear weapons, then we have no choice but to use nuclear weapons in retaliation.

  These dastardly Japanese pirates actually dared to use nuclear bombs to attack the Three Gorges Dam, it seems they have made up their minds to completely turn against our country.

  Our Three Gorges Dam was designed to withstand nuclear bomb attacks, but its auxiliary facilities cannot. In short, if a nuclear bomb attack occurs, although the main structure of the Three Gorges Dam will not collapse completely, the power supply originally provided to six provinces will have to be interrupted. This is also a crisis, an energy crisis.

  The energy crisis will trigger a chain reaction and may even exacerbate the current unstable situation in our country, plunging it into chaos.

  So we must stop the crazy behavior of the Japanese pirates and protect our Three Gorges Dam.

  Chen Jing was awakened by me and only glanced at the message written by the Japanese pirate in my hand, immediately shouting: "Hurry up and report to the central government, this news is too shocking, it has exceeded our capacity..."

  So I hastily gave orders to the communication team's warriors to contact the central authorities at the fastest speed.

  Chen Jing was frightened, her hands holding the paper were shaking constantly. I quietly grasped her hand and slowly said: "Don't be too nervous, I believe the central government will come up with a solution soon. Nuclear attacks are not that easy to carry out, and our defensive measures are not just for show."

  Chen Jing nodded slightly and said, "But... but how dare the Japanese pirates use nuclear bombs? Don't they fear that we will retaliate with nuclear bombs? Their country is so small, how can they afford to go to war with us?"

  I smiled bitterly: "As for themselves, they are indeed not dare to go to war with us, but you must not forget that there are some so-called superpowers behind them. Those superpowers are the real masterminds behind this matter."

  Chen Jing nodded slightly again, and said in a low voice: "In recent years, our development speed has been very fast, making many countries that were originally somewhat hostile to us feel uncomfortable. Now we have the Wanlong Society and other terrorist organizations causing trouble at home, and three enemy countries declaring war on us abroad, which is exactly the opportunity for them to take action against us."

  I nodded: "I'm afraid the initial turmoil of the Wanlong Club was triggered with their support. The current declaration of war by the three countries against us also cannot be separated from their support and push from behind."

  Chen Jing gritted her teeth and said: "After we have truly used our trump card, thoroughly defeated the Wanlong Society and those three small countries, they will give us an explanation."

  I shook my head with a wry smile: "How could they admit it? At worst, it's just a push to the end and say we have nothing to do with them. We can't go to war with so many countries at the same time, can we?"

  Chen Jing sighed slightly: "Our comprehensive national strength is still not enough to deter those enemies who are eyeing us covetously, we need more trump cards... If our new energy development is successful, maybe things will change. We must make every effort to protect these scientists and develop new energy as soon as possible, only then can we thoroughly defeat those villains who try to sabotage our country."

  I nodded involuntarily: "I also think so, but to develop new energy, it's not a matter of one day and one night... Ah, I suddenly remembered that Li Huanhuan and I invested in Zhou Hui's mother's new energy company three years ago. I don't know if they have made any breakthroughs in new energy now? We can let the relevant government departments go and talk to Zhou Hui's mother, maybe it will speed up the research of new energy."

  Chen Jingxi said: "That's great, then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and contact your girlfriend's mother!"

  I was taken aback and just about to explain when Chen Jing suddenly said: "What are you doing holding my hand?"

  My heart skipped a beat, I quickly let go and muttered: "I thought you were a bit tense, so..."

  Chen Jing suddenly smiled and said, "I didn't blame you, what are you muttering about? Now your task is to quickly contact Zhou Hui's mother and ask about the new energy project. Also, I will report your thoughts and see the government's attitude."

  I nodded and picked up the phone, letting the communications officer connect me to Zhou Hui's line. When she answered my call, Zhou Hui sounded surprised, her voice filled with excitement: "Jin Cang, is that you? You've finally contacted me... are you okay? When can I see you?"

  "I smiled and said: 'I'm on a military mission, so I haven't been in touch with you guys. I'm fine, thanks for your concern. How about you all?'"

  "We're all good, just missing you... when are you coming back to see us?"

  I didn't expect Zhou Hui to speak so directly with me, and for a moment I was embarrassed to look at Chen Jing beside me, not knowing how to respond to Zhou Hui.

  Chen Jing smiled slightly, indicating that I didn't need to mind her. I breathed a sigh of relief and said to Zhou Hui: "It's like this, I'm currently busy with military affairs and don't have time to visit you guys. But as soon as I have some free time, I'll definitely come see you. By the way, I was looking for you because I wanted to ask you something - how is your mother's new energy company doing? Have they developed any new types of energy?"

  Zhou Hui said with some disappointment: "So you still don't have time to come see us... My mom is currently researching a new type of solar energy utilization device that can store solar energy, just like storing gasoline. However, it's still in the experimental stage, and I'm not sure if it will succeed or not."

  I secretly praised him and immediately said: "Our government has built a new research base in Wuhan, mainly studying new energy sources, including the effective use of energy. Ask your mother if she is interested in partnering with the government to strive for the early success of more efficient and environmentally friendly new energy sources?"

  "You don't even have time to come over and see us, why should I help you?"

  Her voice was very low, but I still heard it. I smiled wryly and said, "What are you talking about? It's not that I don't want to go see you guys, it's just that I don't have time right now..."

  Zhou Hui's voice was tinged with a hint of embarrassment: "I... didn't say anything. I said I would contact my mother immediately to ask for you... Oh, and I'm not working at the hospital anymore, I'm now working at my mom's energy company. Huanhuan is also here, she's already the secretary of the general manager, and I'm still under her."

  I smiled slightly: "That's great. Knowing you're all doing well makes me happy too. I heard about Du Yifei..."

  Before I could finish my words, Zhou Hui jumped in and said: "She has also resigned and came to our energy company last week. Besides Du Yifei, there is another acquaintance of yours working in our company! Guess who it is?"

  I thought for a moment: "It can't be Dongfang Yu, can it?"

  "Great! Your fiancée has also been brought over by me and Huanhuan. We planned to wait for your return at the energy company, so everyone unanimously agreed to work at Sifang Energy Company."

  I nodded secretly, thinking to myself: "This is good, at least now I can understand your current situation." I said aloud: "Then you should work together in harmony and strive to achieve something as soon as possible."

  "Alright, we won't let you down. I'll go talk to my mom about cooperating with the government right now, and I'll notify you as soon as there's any news... Can I reach you at this number?"

  "Of course I can."

  Then Zhou Hui reluctantly hung up the phone, and I also put down the phone, saying to Chen Jing: "Wait a moment, there should be news coming soon."

  Chen Jing smiled slightly: "Your girlfriend will of course take your affairs to heart. By the way, what should be done with those four Japanese pirates you interrogated?"

  "They dare to come to our China to stir up trouble, they should be mentally prepared to be caught and locked up for ten or eight years. I think we'll just send them to prison and lock them up for ten or eight years before saying anything else."

  Chen Jing smiled and said, "I don't think so. They are just prisoners of war we captured, there is no need to send them to prison. Now it's wartime, everything must be carried out according to the laws of war. They are prisoners of war, they should be sent to a prisoner-of-war camp."

  I nodded: "You are the chief of staff, what you say goes. But that Ding Hui, he has made amends for his crime and has already surrendered, I think there's no need to send him to a prisoner-of-war camp. Now we're in a situation where we need people, let's keep him in the Longhu Battalion as an intelligence officer and also have him serve as a translator."

  Chen Jing nodded and imitated my tone of voice, saying: "You're the instructor. What you say goes."

  I was taken aback and then laughed: "There's a saying 'a crow learning to talk', be careful or you'll become a laughing stock."

  Chen Jing smiled and said: "When are you going to see your girlfriends? Can I also go with you to meet them?"

  I was taken aback and said somewhat unexpectedly: "You're going to see them? Is that true or false?"

  Chen Jing smiled again: "Of course it's true. If I don't go see them, who knows what misunderstandings might arise? I'll go explain things to avoid being misunderstood." Her expression gradually turned serious, and she continued: "I also want to tell you not to misunderstand our relationship, we're just ordinary friends."

  I smiled wryly and nodded, feeling somewhat depressed.

  At this time, the soldiers of the communication team arrived. He said directly: "Instructor, Chief of Staff, the commander has issued an order to send the scientists to Wuhan and then go to the Three Gorges Dam to await orders."

  I frowned and said: "How far are we from Wuhan? Can we arrive in Wuhan in a few hours?"

  Chen Jing thought for a moment: "It's probably about three hours or so."

  "I thought for a moment: 'In that case, we won't make it in time. So, let's divide the work and cooperate - one of us will escort the scientists to Wuhan, while the other takes some soldiers to transfer planes at the Three Gorges Dam.'"

  Chen Jing said: "No. There is no airport here, and there are no planes either. Let's go to Wuhan first, then take a plane from Wuhan to the Three Gorges Dam."

  In my hurry, I forgot that our country isn't everywhere with an airport. Chen Jing said it right, we should go to Wuhan first.

  So I went straight to find the train conductor and asked him to speed up and head towards Wuhan.

  The warriors of the communication team have already contacted Wuhan airport in advance, and the airport is also preparing a plane for us.

  The train sped up and we arrived at Wuhan Railway Station half an hour earlier than scheduled. The traffic in Wuhan was too congested, it took us nearly half an hour to get to the airport.

  We boarded the plane specially prepared for us, and all the officers and men of our dragon protection unit were excited and tense. On the plane, I informed all the officers and men of this time's goal, and let everyone make preparations.

  The plane's speed is incomparable to the train. We arrived in Yichang after 40 minutes and then took a car to the top of the Three Gorges Dam to await orders.

  At this time, many soldiers had already been on guard around the dam, and it was probably a mobilized force from surrounding troops.

  We were taken to the middle section of the dam and told to wait, Chen Jing and I both felt that the atmosphere here was very tense, a pre-battle tension slowly enveloped the entire dam area.

  When we arrived, we saw many local residents in Yichang evacuating in an orderly manner with the help of police. They were not too panicked and evacuated in a very orderly fashion.

  After all, it's an evacuation, and with family members in tow, it's inevitable that some people will harbor resentment, so police must be present to maintain order.

  The dam area can no longer be seen with ordinary civilians, but only an endless array of defensive troops and various types of weapons. This time the central government attaches great importance to the safety of the dam area, and all sorts of new weapons have been brought out. I took a rough look, and surprisingly, there were many weapons that I had never seen before, not even on the internet.

  And those conventional weapons, such as tanks, armored vehicles, missile launchers, and various artillery pieces, were almost piled up throughout the dam area and its surroundings. Even in the air, there were occasional fighter jets flying by, and helicopters hovering around.

  A nuclear bomb attack on the Three Gorges Dam, this matter is not just that we are scared, but also many foreign media, after learning that we intentionally leaked out the intelligence, scolded the Japanese as being crazy and trying to provoke a third world war, making them the public enemy of all humanity. There are also some media calling on countries around the world to jointly issue a statement condemning the atrocities of the Japanese and demanding that they immediately hand over the nuclear bomb, while also demanding that the country providing the nuclear bomb behind the scenes take the initiative to admit their mistake and apologize to people all over the world.

  It's unlikely that the Japanese pirates would hand over nuclear weapons, and the country that secretly provided them with nuclear weapons in the first place wouldn't come forward either.

  These are all beyond our control, and our current task is to wait for the orders from the Ministry of National Defense.

  I arranged the three sentries of our dragon unit in the middle section of the dam, constantly monitoring the situation on the river and around. Even Ding Hui, who had just joined our dragon unit, was arranged by me to temporarily help listen to the enemy's movements in the communication class. He understands Japanese, which can help our communication class soldiers a lot.

  Chen Jing kept in constant contact with Old Chen, hoping to get a sense of the current situation as soon as possible. Unfortunately, Old Chen was always attending a meeting and Chen Jing couldn't get more information. I was secretly anxious in my heart, but didn't show it on the surface.

  Less than half an hour is left before the Wokou's nuclear missile attack on the Three Gorges Dam, but the order from the Ministry of National Defense has not yet been received. There is no intelligence provided to me and my troops on the front line, nor any specific information about the nuclear missiles.

  We are defending here, but the effect is not great. If a nuclear bomb really falls here, we ground troops will have no use either. It's also very likely that we'll be eliminated by the nuclear bomb together. The enemy won't personally come here to release the nuclear bomb, and we can't intercept the enemy here either.

  But if there are enemies sneaking in here, our role will be highlighted. So, we still have to be on guard here.

  At last, the order from the Ministry of National Defense arrived: the entire army retreated one kilometer to set up defense. Although we didn't understand, we still followed the order and withdrew from our original defensive position in an orderly manner.

  Chen Jing seemed to have thought of something and whispered to me, "It seems that the Ministry of National Defense has put a lot of pressure on the Japanese pirates, making them abandon their plan to attack us with nuclear bombs."

  I nodded slightly: "It's possible. If I were in their shoes, the plan would have been seen through by others and it would indeed be impossible to carry out. But are we just going to let it go like this? Can't the Japanese pirates give us an explanation?"

  Chen Jing said, "Isn't it better if the war can't be fought? We're already in enough chaos, let's not look for more trouble. The Japanese pirates are provoking us in the northeast of our country, Mongolia is attacking our Inner Mongolia in the north, and even tiny Nepal dares to send troops to our Tibet. With the destructive actions of the Wanlong Society all over the place, where do we have the energy to interrogate the Japanese pirates?"

  I shook my head and said seriously, "You're wrong. The more it's like this, the more we should take it seriously. Otherwise, the Japanese pirates will think we're weak and vulnerable, and they'll become even more ruthless. There are many examples in history, and we should learn from them."

  Chen Jing was taken aback, and then nodded: "You're right. What I said earlier was just my own idea. What the Ministry of National Defense will do is not something I can know. Maybe they have already taken corresponding measures, but just haven't made them public yet."

  I looked at Chen Jing with a bewildered expression: "Our mission is not over yet, let everyone be careful, don't let the enemy find any loopholes."

  Chen Jing nodded slightly and turned to give orders. I was about to let Chen Jing say another sentence "defend by platoon", but suddenly heard the communication squad shouting loudly: "There are enemies, everyone be careful."

  I hastily turned around, rushed to Chen Jing's side and pulled her behind me. At this moment, I heard someone from another defensive unit in the distance shouting loudly: "Fire, fire immediately!"

  With this sound, the gunfire immediately rang out, and my ears were instantly deafened. Chen Jing was shielded behind me, shouting repeatedly: "Get down, everyone get down. It's an air raid, it's an air raid..."

  As I looked up, I saw a few small black dots flashing in the high sky. The communication soldier also shouted to me at this time: "Instructor, it's an enemy plane, shall we open fire?"

  I gritted my teeth and said weakly, "They're flying too high, we don't have long-range weapons to deal with them. Everyone find a place to hide, don't open fire, it's a waste of bullets."

  The signalman immediately transmitted my orders to the tactical terminals of every soldier in the Dragon Protection Company, and all the soldiers of the Dragon Protection Company also immediately began to take cover from the impending air raid.

  The enemy plane was very powerful and managed to evade our country's radar, arriving here. If they hadn't wanted to lower their flight altitude to drop bombs, we might still not have discovered them.

  I secretly prayed in my heart that the bombs dropped by these fighter jets wouldn't be nuclear. Otherwise, we would really have to go all out to war with the Japanese pirates.

  As the black dots slowly descended in the sky, I gradually could see the appearance of the fighter planes through the telescope. This time, the ones attacking us were actually the US F117A stealth fighter-bombers that had long been retired. These American warplanes, which had been declared retired several years ago, surprisingly reappeared above our heads. It seems that this attack on the Three Gorges Dam really did have the shadow of Americans behind it.

  I found that many troops' commanders have also discovered this, and some of them communicated with the Ministry of National Defense in a timely manner. Our radar can detect such stealth fighter jets, but for some reason, they evaded our country's radar.

  At the dam, there were missile troops defending. As they made contact with the Ministry of Defense, they also began to launch surface-to-air missiles to intercept F-117A fighter jets, and our planes also headed towards the F-117A at the same time.