Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated Chapter 126

Chapter 126 Zhao Gangrui comments on the captain of the southwest

 After the five people finished lunch, they returned to the command room to discuss the details of this operation.

 For a basic regiment, in the absence of major operations, their location will basically not change. This is because the troops not only have to protect local people, but also step up military training and farming.

 In addition to the policy of the Eighth Route Army, this is mainly due to the gap in the combat effectiveness of the troops. After all, the core group is equivalent to the supplement of the main force, so most of the tough battles are fought by the main force.

Even for the New Second Regiment commanded by Commander Li Da, there is still a big gap between this top-notch backbone regiment and the 772nd Regiment. If nothing else, the number of people was reduced by half.

 So this mission is a severe test for all the soldiers in the regiment, regardless of their marching ability, shooting ability, physical fitness, and mental quality.

 Fortunately, the New Second Regiment has a very good skeleton, and even the first-level cadres are veterans.

It goes without saying that veterans are important to the army, although the new recruits have gradually become tough warriors after this period of training.

  However, some targeted training is still needed, and you cannot fight a battle without preparation.

Since the official start of the war, various units of the Eighth Route Army have frequently attacked the Japanese railways and military trains. This makes it still very difficult to fight a beautiful ambush near the railway.

 Unless there is some innovative play style or a powerful weapon.

Thinking of this, Captain Li looked at the four people in front of him and said, "Do we have any soldiers in our regiment who are familiar with the railway? It is best to be able to quickly disassemble and install the sleepers and peel off the railway."

If there are a few people who are proficient in dismantling railway sleepers, let them demonstrate the technical points to the whole group. After studying, comrades will definitely get twice the result with half the effort in action.

As an old subordinate who has followed Li Yunlong for many years, Zhang Dabiao is very aware of his regimental leader's behavior. He raised his eyebrows slightly and replied:

“I have arranged this a long time ago. Although we don't have any in our regiment, I have found a few railway elders in nearby villages.”

“They have participated in the construction of Zhengtai. I am going to invite them over tomorrow to give guidance to the soldiers in the regiment.”

 Hearing Zhang Dabiao's words, everyone present nodded. With the help of these old people, whether it is destruction or removal, the soldiers will definitely benefit a lot.

At this time, Zhao Gang took out a book with six characters written on the cover: "Railway Employees Code".

 This book is a manuscript that he asked someone to copy from the headquarters. The book contains a lot of knowledge that the New Second Regiment needs to master now. Although Li Yunlong no longer rejects learning, he even sometimes takes the initiative to ask the political commissar to give him some advice.

 But they were still discussing one second, and were about to learn new knowledge the next, which made the four people in the command room suddenly look sad.

 From 12:30 noon to 5:00 pm, several people spent their time studying. After Zhao Gang's cramming teaching, Li Yunlong and the other four had a deeper understanding of the railway lines.

The originally vague battle plan became increasingly clear.

 At night, the three battalion commanders left the command post together. They also inspected the training results of the soldiers. Zhang Dabiao thought about what he had learned today, touched the back of his head where there was only hair stubble, and said:

“I didn't expect that reading would be really useful in fighting. If I had known, I would have joined in when the political commissar was doing something small.”

 For Zhang Dabiao, he has also participated in literacy classes held in the base area, but most of the time they were just a formality. His current level is limited to reading telegrams, and he often encounters words he doesn't recognize.

Li Yunlong talked to him before and told him that as chief of staff, he had to learn. At the time, he was a little unconcerned. After all, he had been fighting all these years and it didn't matter if he didn't read a book.

 But today for the first time, he felt regretful, and at the same time, he secretly made up his mind to make up for what he had missed before.

When only Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong were left in the command room, Lao Li, who had been holding back for a day, finally asked a question that was deep in his heart.

"Old Zhao, although you haven't seen any big scenes, in theory you are definitely much better than me."

“The brigade commander always said that our current situation is similar to that of the bald ones last year. Why did he say that?”

If you ask this question to other regiment-level officers, there is a high probability that they will not be able to answer it. After all, the information in the base area is not very well-informed. Many people only know a little bit about the winter offensive of preserved fruits last year.

But at that time, Zhao Gang was studying in the rear area, where the information was very well-informed, and even the Asahi Shimbun newspaper could be obtained. And such a large-scale military operation is naturally discussed in schools.

Zhao Gang made up his mind, took a piece of paper, drew a map of the country, and expressed his understanding to Li Yunlong.

“Look, Lao Li, this is the place we lost last year. At a quick glance, I think we didn't lose much land.”

Although the map is a bit sloppy, Li Yunlong can still distinguish the various war zones clearly based on his previous combat experience.

“That's true. I didn't expect our form to be so bad this year. I really don't know what the bald guy is doing.”

Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Zhao Gang nodded. Then he picked up a pen and drew four lines on the map, two horizontal and two vertical.

Li Yunlong, who has a sensitive sense of smell, suddenly became serious. Sometimes people's cognition is not comprehensive, but once someone connects these things, he will immediately understand.

 The four lines drawn by the political commissar are the vertical Jinpu Line and the Pinghan Line, and the horizontal Yangtze River and Longhai lines.

“Although we didn't lose much land last year, every area is important. Because these areas are our lifeblood.”

Speaking of this, Zhao Gang touched the four lines helplessly, as if he was feeling sad for the common people in the war.

“Those places are very critical transportation nodes. You are an old comrade, and you know how important supplies are to the army.”

“This requires huge transportation capacity. Our Eighth Route Army now mainly relies on animal power for transportation, and the speed is definitely not as good as trains and ships.”

“If I were the supreme commander of the Japs, I would definitely block the main points and choke the transportation lines. There is no need to even occupy large areas of territory. If one thing goes against the other, if we delay it for a few years, we will be exhausted.”

Hearing this, Li Yunlong almost understood what the other party wanted to express.

 Modern wars are all carried out around supply lines, and the importance of logistics is obvious. This is why Huang He can take the position of deputy minister within a year.

 The enemy controls a large amount of transportation infrastructure, which would be a disaster for all anti-Japanese armed forces.

"It's the same in the game. If you leave the railway line and the supply center, you can't save the mirror holder." Seeing that Li Yunlong didn't speak, Zhao Gang pointed to the map and said.

"The enemy is trying to lock us up with the cage policy. This is not the first time they have used it. They have used it against the preserved fruit troops before, and the major war zones have long been divided by the enemy."

 “If you think about it carefully, it's been a long time since we heard about the great battle.”

“We are facing the same problem now, but it is not as serious. That's why the headquarters decided to launch a large-scale operation to break the deadlock.”

 As the commander of the frontline troops, Li Yunlong figured it out immediately. The Japanese used the Shota Line to lock up their own troops, while the expanded version of the cage policy locked up the preserved fruit troops.

 The Japs can support other battlefields by taking a train there. Even if the railway is damaged by man-made damage, the time it takes to repair the railway plus the time spent on the road will still be faster than others walking on their legs.

Even if Guogui's support troops can arrive on time, the supplies will not be able to keep up, and even the ammunition they carry will be exhausted and they will have no combat effectiveness.

In this case, squeezing the living space of each war zone along the transportation lines is an enlarged version of the cage policy.

Seeing that his team leader was obviously trying to figure it out, Zhao Gang picked up the water bowl on the table and took a sip of water, and then continued with some melancholy:

“After the various war zones were divided, Guo Preserved had to resort to tactics in order to defend the existing territory. He tried to increase his troops to resist the Japanese, but what combat effectiveness could the captured men have?”

“You should still remember those idiots who came with Deputy Minister Huang at that time. Not only did they bring weapons, but there were also many military advisers in the army.”

"Baldou relied on these weapons and experts to expand his army by 500,000 people in one breath. They are not stupid, and they can also see the problems we can think of. Lao Li, if you are commanding this battle, you how to spell?"

Li Yunlong looked at the map and fell into thinking. The most important transportation lines in the country were all occupied by the enemy. The Japanese could even cross half of China in a week or so without any problem.

And people can have trains that can pull heavy weapons, and even armored vehicles can transport them. If they only attack a certain position, the Japanese can mobilize reinforcements in a very short time, forming a firepower and troop advantage.

About a minute passed, and Captain Li gave a very own-style answer.

“The Japs' mobility is really good. No matter where I attack, if I can't take it down within a short period of time, I'll probably get dumped.”

"If it is my command, then attack across the entire front! No feints! It's all the main attack! Use the numerical advantage and the doctrine of human sea assault to fight the Japanese troops."

Hearing this answer, Zhao Gang patted his thigh hard to express his approval of his partner.

"That's right! The senior management of Guojiao thinks the same way! Last year, we originally wanted to unite the 1st, 2nd, and 10th theaters to attack the Japanese on the Shota Line."

"As long as our Eighth Route Army cuts off all the railways, we can form more than thirty divisions to fight against a Japanese division that has been cut off from supplies."

“Even if the bald man personally flies the plane and delivers the order, we will still have the advantage. If the command is proper and the three theaters cooperate with each other, it will be possible to completely annihilate the enemy.”

 Speaking of this, the two people in the command room were a little depressed. Although they were not directly involved in what happened at that time, all the bases were aware of the tragedy.

The man who shouted that existence is everything and everything is for existence all day long stabbed the Eighth Route Army in the back regardless of justice at a critical moment. They attacked the rear hospital and massacred many wounded people.

Although the troops from behind fought back, the dead people could no longer be resurrected.

 The two were silent for a short while, adjusting their mood, and Zhao Gang continued.

“The focus of that winter offensive was in the fifth theater, where more than 40 preserved fruit divisions were responsible for besieging three divisions. The purpose of this was to draw enemy reinforcements.”

“If the Japanese want to go to the Fifth Theater, they will definitely pass by the Yangtze River. Baldhead has deployed twenty-seven divisions along the coast to cut off the Yangtze River route.”

"My teacher said at the time that this move was very clever and courageous. The Japs in Jiangxi, Henan and Hunan all rely on the Yangtze River for supplies. Once Bald's plan succeeds, our enemies will not only be the Japs."

Li Yunlong thought about it carefully and realized that it was really the case.

If the Preserved Fruit had won at that time, it is estimated that only the Kwantung Army would have been able to fight. The Japanese who lost a large number of troops could hardly resist the power of the anti-Japanese armed forces.

Then what will happen next is self-evident. Anyone with some strategic thinking knows that Li Yunlong's overall view is not bad.

But now he is even more puzzled. All the battles are to capture the Japanese supply lines and salients. He also knew what was going on with Mao Zi who had sent Huang He back, and those weapons made him drool for several days.

 When they were concentrated, they had more artillery than the Japanese, and they even had planes, giving them a definite advantage in firepower. Moreover, he is taking the initiative to attack. It is even difficult to lose!

After thinking about it for a long time, he still didn't understand why, so Li Yunlong directly asked his question. Zhao Gang said helplessly:

“You know what's going on with Guozhou's intelligence network? Their top management includes our people and Japanese people, but they don't have people who do the work. It didn't take long for the Japanese to know about this plan.”

“Moreover, the generals of the major factions did not work hard, and they all wanted to preserve their own strength. The troops along the Yangtze River retreated with almost no losses, wasting the efforts of the fifth theater.”

“Even the artillery shells originally prepared were not fired very much, and the mines were useless.”

 When he said this, Zhao Gang remembered Bald's heroic words before the action started. So he spoke out the originally impassioned speech with a bit of sarcasm.

“This winter offensive is the only key to turning defeat into victory in our war of resistance, and the beginning of our victory in the second phase of the war of resistance.”

"Success or failure is actually the key to the survival of the country in the future. All my troops participating in the offensive should regard this as the rarest opportunity to strive for historical glory."

“The slogan was good, but the beating turned out to be like shit. If we had seized that opportunity, the people of China would have suffered less.”

Seeing that his political commissar looked a bit superior, Li Yunlong quickly stepped forward to comfort him and said, "Don't worry, Lao Zhao. Our Eighth Route Army is different from them. We will definitely win a big victory this time!"

“What they can't do, we will do it ourselves! Sooner or later, we will liberate Shanxi and keep the people away from the war!”

 Hearing these words, Zhao Gang's face became much better. He nodded, picked up the water bowl on the table and took a big sip, then looked to the southwest and said:

 “The vertical pillar is not enough and there is no plan!”

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