153: Chapter 153 Fifth Master Makes His Appearance!

"Whew!"

The air without PM2.5 is truly wonderful!

Shen Wang had returned.

He brought with him countless weapons and supplies.

Outside City Name, the massive spectacle was enough to leave anyone who had seen the world dumbfounded.

Thousands of military trucks, like steel pythons, had almost completely encircled the outskirts of City Name.

The canvas covering the trucks rippled in the wind, as if countless man-eating beasts were hidden beneath.

Shen Wang had brought all the prizes he had drawn from the last diamond ten-draw, except for those 18 sixth master aircraft.

A full set of weapons for a Type A Motorized Infantry Brigade, weapons for a Type 38 Nationalist Army German-equipped division, a full set of supplies for a Type 69 infantry division, an airport, a military fortress, and that SSR-grade reward—a complete construction material package and raw materials for a large Arms Factory, plus 24 Fifth Master aircraft and 6 trainer aircraft...

Upon receiving the urgent news, Brigade Commander, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, and the others practically raced out of the city.

When they saw this boundless ocean of trucks with their own eyes, even though they had been mentally prepared, they were still so shocked that they couldn't speak for a long while.

"Shen... Mr. Shen! You've finally returned!"

Brigade Commander was the first to rush forward, tightly gripping Shen Wang's hand with astonishing force, his eyes filled with excitement and relief.

"Mr. Shen! Old Li has missed you to death!"

Li Yunlong's voice remained loud and clear. He circled Shen Wang, then widened his eyes to stare at the convoy in the distance, grinning broadly.

"Good heavens! This display is even more lavish than last time!"

Zhao Gang, Deputy Regiment Commander Xing, and the others also stepped forward to greet him, their faces full of irrepressible excitement.

After the pleasantries, Shen Wang put away his smile and asked seriously: "Brigade Commander, while I was away, what kind of trouble have the little devils caused?"

A night raid on Southeast Shanxi; anyone with a brain knew the little devils wouldn't stay quiet.

At the mention of this, the joy on Brigade Commander's face quickly faded, replaced by gravity and indignation: "Mr. Shen, your predictions are divine! The revenge of that Old Devil Okamura has come, and it is... extremely vicious!"

He briefly recounted the devils' poisonous schemes: using airplanes to specifically bomb farmland, digging anti-tank trenches on the outskirts, and using public opinion to coerce them.

Shen Wang listened, his brows gradually furrowing.

Bombing farmland?

This move was truly insidious. Okamura was indeed a veteran aggressor; his tactics were ruthless and precise.

Li Yunlong, standing to the side, could no longer restrain himself and blurted out anxiously: "Mr. Shen! You don't know, the little devils' airplanes are damn annoying!"

"They're just like locusts, picking specifically on our grain to ruin! You said last time... that you could get airplanes. I wonder if this time..."

Everyone's gaze instantly focused on Shen Wang's face, each more eager than the last.

Aerial inferiority had always been a massive stone pressing on their hearts.

Looking at everyone's anxious and expectant eyes, Shen Wang smiled slightly. He didn't answer the question about the airplanes directly but turned around, waved his arm, and pointed to the vast cluster of trucks behind him, his tone calm yet every word carrying immense weight:

"The things I brought this time are a little bit more."

"First, a full set of weapons for a Type A Motorized Infantry Brigade!"

"Including 3,600 Type 56 assault rifles, 2,400 Type 56 semi-automatic rifles, 540 Type 56 squad machine guns, 360 40mm rocket launchers, 24 107mm rocket launchers, 12 122mm howitzers, as well as over a hundred mortars and recoilless rifles of various calibers, plus supporting anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns..."

"In addition, there are 180 off-road trucks, 90 off-road motorcycles, and 60 tracked armored vehicles..."

With every item he mentioned, the eyes of Brigade Commander, Li Yunlong, and the others widened, and their breathing grew more rapid.

A Type A Motorized Infantry Brigade?

The name alone sounded imposing!

Not to mention that firepower configuration... just hearing it made one's scalp tingle!

And those 300-plus off-road vehicles and armored vehicles...

Brigade Commander and the others began to overheat with excitement.

Shen Wang continued, counting on his fingers:

"Secondly, there is a full set of weapons for a German-equipped division!"

"8,000 Chiang Kai-shek rifles, over 300 ZB vz. 26 light machine guns, over 100 Type 24 heavy machine guns, and a number of mortars and mountain guns..."

Boom!

Brigade Commander's mind went blank!

A division? And German-equipped?

If he didn't know what a Type A Motorized Infantry Brigade meant, he was all too familiar with this German-equipped division!

Wasn't this the ace of aces, the direct line of the direct line in the hands of the Principal?

Brigade Commander knew that even the Principal only had a few German-equipped divisions in total.

And those had been acquired at a great cost!

Yet now, Mr. Shen had quietly delivered one just like that?

This... this...

Brigade Commander didn't know how to express his feelings.

However, it wasn't over yet. Shen Wang continued:

"In addition to the above weapons, there are all the logistics supplies—clothing, rations, medicine, fuel, etc.—needed by an infantry division for a whole year."

"There are also all the construction materials needed to build a modern airport and a solid defensive fortress, including tens of thousands of tons of cement, over ten thousand tons of steel bars, and a large number of prefabricated components."

"Besides these supplies, there is a full set of equipment, raw materials, and technical data for a large-scale integrated Arms Factory!"

"It can produce the vast majority of the weapons and ammunition we currently use, as well as some artillery shells and rockets!"

An Arms Factory!

An Arms Factory that can produce Type 56 assault rifles and rockets?

Brigade Commander felt a surge of hot blood rush to his head, his ears were buzzing, and he could barely stand steady.

Zhao Gang grabbed the car door next to him to keep from losing his composure.

Li Yunlong's mouth hung open, drool almost flowing out, and he muttered: "My dear mother... an Arms Factory... can we make our own gear now?"

Everyone looked at each other, seeing extreme shock and wild joy in each other's eyes.

What did this mean?

It meant that the Eighth Route Army would begin to break free from its absolute dependence on external weapons and ammunition! It meant sustainable combat capability!

"Finally," Shen Wang looked at their expressions, which were almost on the verge of crashing, and finally threw out that most critical answer, the one they were looking forward to most.

"It's the airplanes!"

He pointed to the sky: "This time I brought 24 new jet fighters, codenamed 'J-5'! And 6 trainer aircraft, used to train pilots."

They were numb!

Everyone was completely numb!

24 new fighter jets?

6 trainer aircraft?

This information was too advanced, so much so that Brigade Commander, Li Yunlong, and the others couldn't fully comprehend its meaning for a moment, only instinctively feeling a massive shock and... awe, stemming from an unknown power!

After saying this, Shen Wang asked again: "Brigade Commander, the pilots and the airport I mentioned before..."

Brigade Commander slapped his forehead, finally snapping back to reality from the massive shock of the supplies, and hurriedly said: "Yes! We have pilots!"

"Headquarters issued a strict order, scouring the entire army's resources, and we found a total of 8 comrades who have flight experience or relevant foundations! They have all been arranged to stand by in City Name now!"

"We also have an airport! According to your requirements from last time, we mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, working day and night, and managed to level a makeshift runway nearly 1,500 meters long!"

"Although the conditions are crude, it should be enough for planes to take off and land... right?"

Shen Wang smiled.

As the sect ancestor, Fifth Master was not that pretentious.

A 1,500-meter makeshift runway was enough!

Fifth Master should make his debut!