Chapter 1024 Nakagawa Airport
In the evening, Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport.
The former international aviation hub has now completely shed the prosperous cloak of the civilized era and transformed into a giant military engineering site filled with steel, fuel and a sense of urgency.
The afterglow of the setting sun was like molten gold, splashing on the vast airport apron, but it could not bring any warmth. Instead, it gave this extremely busy scene a layer of cold, scorched metallic luster.
The roar is the background music here, even drowning out the common sound of the wind in the northwest.
The harsh roar of diesel engines, the hydraulic hum of heavy machinery, the sharp sound of metal colliding and cutting, and the occasional short commands and radio noise...
All these sounds were violently mixed together to form an industrial symphony full of power and anxiety, impacting everyone's eardrums.
Dozens of graders and rollers, like steel behemoths, slowly and steadily rolled back and forth on the runway, repairing the cracks and damage that had occurred since the end of the world.
Engineers in camouflage uniforms, their faces covered in sweat, followed closely behind, conducting detailed inspections and reinforcements.
On the runway, most of the traditional indicator lights have been replaced by temporary, incredibly powerful military searchlights and fluorescent guide sticks. Technicians are nervously testing the circuits to ensure the ability to take off and land at night and in complex weather conditions.
At key points outside the airport, engineers are urgently laying out barbed wire and simple obstacles, and machine gun positions made of sandbags have begun to take shape.
Further in the distance, one could even see the silhouettes of old-fashioned assault vehicles and infantry fighting vehicles, their cold gun muzzles pointed vigilantly at the outer wilderness, forming a moving cordon.
Thousands of officers and soldiers from the Lanzhou Corps and urgently mobilized technicians were scattered in every corner of the airport like a highly coordinated ant colony.
There was no noise, only hard work. Everyone worked as fast as possible, their faces a mixture of fatigue, concentration and a solemn expression that came from knowing the urgency of the task.
The officers' shouts often cut through the noise, not to reprimand, but to coordinate more efficiently.
As time passed, the last ray of sunset light sank into the horizon, and hundreds of high-power lights and vehicle headlights at the airport suddenly lit up, instantly illuminating the entire airport as bright as day, even more dazzling than the night before the end of the world.
The interlaced beams of light swept across, outlining the silhouettes of machinery and the busy figures of people. The huge shadows were stretched and distorted, adding a bit of surreal magic and tension to the whole scene.
At this moment, the entire Nakagawa International Airport looks like a steel behemoth that has been forcibly awakened and is being urgently armed.
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buzzing-
In this boiling construction site composed of noise, steel and sweat, a deeper and more majestic engine roar, different from that of construction vehicles, came from afar.
Several dazzling xenon headlights split the deepening twilight like sharp swords, rushing towards the cordon that had just been set up outside the airport without slowing down!
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With the sharp sound of sudden brakes, a modified military off-road vehicle covered with riveted armor plates and ram horns took the lead. Its huge body stopped steadily with a brutal and murderous aura.
A group of fierce-eyed guard soldiers immediately rushed down from the wheeled infantry fighting vehicles that were following closely behind. They moved swiftly and were full of vigilance, and instantly formed a semicircular security circle, forming a confrontation with the guard soldiers of the Lanzhou Corps outside the airport!
Seeing this, a second lieutenant from the Lanzhou Corps, who was on guard at the airport entrance, tensed up. He immediately stepped forward and raised his hand, signaling, "Stop! This is a military restricted area. Please identify yourself immediately!"
As soon as the words fell, the door of the middle infantry fighting vehicle was suddenly pushed open.
A pair of military leather boots, polished to a shine but still showing wear and tear, stomped heavily on the gravel ground.
Then, a figure emerged.
It was Gao Zhikai, commander of the 77th Corps.
He was wearing a combat uniform that was slightly stained with dust, and the stars on his epaulettes occasionally reflected a cold and hard light under the searchlight.
Because of the recent "China-West Talks", Gao Zhikai's face has become noticeably thinner, with sharp lines on his face. The most eye-catching thing is his eyes - his eye sockets are slightly sunken, but his pupils are extremely sharp and bright. When he looks at people, his eyeballs move very little, as sharp as an eagle, and with the vigilance and suspicion of a hungry wolf!
He didn't speak immediately, but just stood there with his hands behind his back, his body as straight as the cold-resistant poplars at the edge of the airport. The huge noise and the wind mixed with diesel and dust that blew in his face seemed unable to make him frown.
A pair of eagle eyes instantly crossed the cordon and took in the grand scene in the airport with bright lights, roaring machinery, and tens of thousands of people busy at work.
His eyes were so sharp that they seemed to be able to penetrate the flying dust, see the model of each machine, estimate the progress of each engineering node, and the extremely dangerous signals behind it.
The second lieutenant was ignored by Gao Zhikai. Besides the other party's conspicuous rank of major general, he also felt the invisible murderous aura from the other party. However, he had to bite the bullet and speak again, following the military order:
"Chief! Please announce your identity!"
At this time, Gao Zhikai slowly and as if with great effort moved his gaze away from the direction of the airport and fell on the face of the second lieutenant who was blocking his way.
His neck didn't seem to move much, he just glanced sideways, and his eyes were so cold that the lieutenant felt a chill rising up his spine.
"Identity?" Gao Zhikai spoke. His voice was not loud, but unusually hoarse and low, with a metallic texture. Every word seemed to be fished out of an ice cellar.
"Go ask your deputy commander of the theater, Zou Yuan, who Gao Zhikai is!"
Gao Zhikai, commander of the 77th Corps?
Upon hearing this, cold sweat instantly broke out on the second lieutenant's forehead. Even a small platoon leader like him had heard some rumors about Gao Zhikai.
Unruly and vicious, he even refused to show respect to the war zone commander...
And...and it is said that the newly formed Lanzhou Legion is also to check and balance the other side...
"Now," Gao Zhikai took a step forward, bringing with him a gust of cold wind:
"I want to go in and see who is setting up such a big scene at my doorstep."
His tone was calm, but it carried an unquestionable sense of arrogance and a sense of vengeance. Before he finished speaking, the guards behind him all took a step forward at the same time, and the atmosphere instantly became tense!
At this moment, an open-top SUV came speeding from the airport. Before the car stopped, an officer with the rank of colonel of the Lanzhou Corps jumped out. He had obviously rushed over after receiving a report of a conflict at the entrance.
When he saw it was Gao Zhikai, his scalp tingled. He immediately trotted forward and glared at the lieutenant fiercely: "Get out of here! You have no manners!"
Then he quickly turned to Gao Zhikai, a cautious yet polite smile on his face: "Commander Gao, what brings you here? Please don't be offended by the ignorance of our subordinates! We are also following orders. It's an urgent mission, with a tight deadline and a heavy workload. We didn't have time to inform you. It was negligence on our part, negligence!"
Hearing this, Gao Zhikai didn't even raise his eyelids, but just made a soft "hmm" sound through his nose as a response to the colonel's apology.
His gaze once again turned to the busy airport, like a hawk examining a huge prey that suddenly appeared in its territory, alert, scrutinizing, calculating, and with a hint of hidden anger after being offended.
He didn't need to break in by force; his arrival itself was a silent question and a powerful deterrent.
The people of the Lanzhou Legion knew very well that this leader was not a good person who would follow the rules, and the airport was destined to be restless tonight.
However, as Gao Zhikai walked into the airport under the guidance of the airport manager, his performance was shocking.
None of the expected rage, taking advantage of the situation, or even deliberate obstruction happened.
This "Commander Gao", who is notorious in the northwest and is said to dare to offend even the top leaders of the war zone, now behaves like a mature and prudent person who understands the big picture and cares extremely about infrastructure construction.
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