Seeing the group of people rushing over, Harry and Gao Si all stood up: "No...McLaren, call those idiots back quickly!"
In fact, before McLaren could say anything, the faces of the fighting American soldiers and the fighting Liantai militiamen changed drastically when they saw this group of people in black uniforms. No matter how brave and arrogant they were just now,
At this moment, they all dispersed like frightened birds.
Those who have watched Western movies and TV dramas in later generations may have seen a plot. No matter how capable or majestic the American soldiers are, they will immediately become a beast when they see a certain kind of soldier.
Moreover, when these soldiers saw the soldiers fighting and causing trouble, they would wave their batons and beat them without mercy. They would often beat the troublemaking soldiers and run away in panic. Moreover, these soldiers who were beaten did not dare to fight back, and they were all obedient.
He must be like a grandson.
These people who rushed over were military police. Of course... each country had different names. For example, in later generations of China, they were not called military police, but military pickets.
But no matter what they are called, once these troops wearing white helmets and white armed belts appear, no matter how brave the soldiers and even the officers are, they all have to be honest, because the duty of these military police is to maintain military discipline, restrain the behavior of other soldiers, and deal with the problems in the army.
Various criminal incidents, especially incidents involving violations of military discipline by soldiers.
Some people may want to say that if the military police pull them so hard, aren't they afraid that the big-headed soldiers will get angry and beat them up?
This is really not something to be afraid of, because the military police represent the dignity and face of the army. Anyone who dares to resist when the military police arrest someone will be punished with an additional penalty. In serious cases, they will shoot you on the spot and you will not be able to complain.
The situation is the same now. By the time the military policemen first arrived, the group of people had already dispersed. Only Tom Zhong, who was the first to strike, and the sergeant were arrested by the military police because they were knocked to the ground and would not be able to get up for a while.
Got it right.
"These bastards!"
Seeing Sergeant Tom being taken away by the military police, Harry, Gao Si and McLaren were all relatively speechless. They were not worried about Tom's safety. After all, it was just a fight. It was not a big deal. They would be detained for a few days at most.
They will be released, but this is a good thing to say or not. A soldier from the United States of America was arrested by the military police for fighting when he first came to China. If this spread to China, I don’t know how many people would laugh at him.
Harry looked at McLaren: "How about you negotiate with the other party's military police and ask them to release the person?"
"It's useless." McLaren shook his head: "Those who ran away are easy to say. As long as this kind of thing is not caught on the spot, it is usually not a big deal. But once it is caught on the spot, there is no person in charge of the military police or the highest authority.
The military police will not release anyone under the command of the commander."
After saying that, he specially comforted Harry and said, "Professor, you don't have to worry too much. It's just a small matter. Just wait and see General Gao and tell him about it. I believe he will sell you this face."
Harry is so angry. Don't I know that I need you to remind me? What I'm worried about is that this matter will affect the business here.
Just when Harry felt unhappy about the fight, Gao Hongming, Brigadier Chen and Tang Huaiyuan were frowning at the loss of materials sent by the staff in the headquarters. The nearby staff gathered together to discuss this.
To put it simply, there are not enough supplies.
Gao Hongming slapped his hand on the table: "Let's all discuss whether we can continue to fight this battle?"
Brigadier Chen looked a little grim and looked at Chi Yaohui, who was standing behind Gao Hongming: "Chief of Staff Chi, tell everyone about the current situation."
"OK."
Chi Yaohui took a step forward and said loudly: "Sirs, since the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, our army has achieved the goal of annihilating one brigade, wiping out a total of more than 19,000 Japanese troops, and shooting down more than 300 Japanese aircraft.
A major achievement, it can be said that our army defeated the Japanese army's attempt to quickly capture Zhongtiao Mountain in this battle.
But the problem we have encountered, the biggest problem our army is facing now is the serious shortage of material reserves. At present, our army's material reserves in Yangping Town have dropped to the lowest point, and we cannot continue to carry out major battles. Once we encounter a large-scale Japanese army
If we counterattack, our army will suffer heavy losses."
Brigadier Chen waved his hand, "I don't want to listen to this. You just need to tell me how much supplies are left and how long they can support our fight."
Chi Yaohui hesitated for a moment before saying: "At present, our army's troops in Zhongtiao Mountain have reached more than 45,000, but our material reserves only have 2,100 tons left. This amount of material is simply not enough for us to fight.
It’s a big battle, so I suggested that we can’t fight it any longer.”
"Two thousand one hundred tons of supplies, which means there are still 2.1 million kilograms of supplies, how come it is not enough to fight a big war?" Tang Huaiyuan was surprised at first, and then said very unhappily: "Like our third
The army usually only needs one gun and fifty rounds of ammunition and each person carries ten kilograms of dry food. Each person can sustain a ten-and-a-half-month battle with ten kilograms of supplies.
Now that there are 2.1 million kilograms of supplies, each person can get almost 50 kilograms of supplies on average. Why is it not enough to fight a big war?"
Although Brigadier Chen did not speak, he seemed to agree with Tang Huaiyuan's words.
Many staff officers in the headquarters were also discussing, especially the staff officers of the Eighth Route Army and the Third Army, who were puzzled by Chi Yaohui's lack of supplies.
Chi Yaohui said helplessly: "Sir, you two are only focusing on commanding operations these days, and I'm afraid you don't care much about the consumption of logistics materials. There is data here in the staff department, and you two may understand it after listening to it.
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Take our Liantai Militia as an example. An infantry squad consumes 60 kilograms of supplies a day, and on average each person uses 5 kilograms of supplies a day.
In other words, our Liantai militia consumes 50 tons of materials every day. Once there is a fierce battle, this consumption can even double or even triple. The consumption of the Third Army and the Eighth Route Army is less, but no matter how little it is, each person per day
There is still a consumption of two to three kilograms, so on average, 2,100 tons of materials can last for ten days, which is an ideal result."
At this point, Chi Yaohui saw that some staff officers were still unconvinced, so he continued: "I will give you another example and you will understand. Everyone knows how heavy the shells used by our artillery battalion's M40 155mm self-propelled artillery are.
What?"
Without waiting for everyone to speak, he said: "The missile body alone weighs 43.1 kilograms, and the weight of the propellant package is 6.83 kilograms. The total weight is 49.93 kilograms, which is a weight of nearly 50 kilograms.
This is still the weight of one artillery shell. Our howitzer battalion has a total of 12 M40 self-propelled artillery. One salvo fire is 600 kilograms of supplies. Three rounds are fired rapidly, and 1.8 tons of supplies are just gone. Have you ever thought about it?
,How many rounds of artillery shells do our artillery battalion’s artillery fire every day?”
After hearing this, many people calculated secretly in their hearts. It was not unknown, and their faces turned green when they calculated it.
They suddenly remembered that when the fighting was fierce a few days ago, the two artillery battalions fired as few as two to three thousand and as many as seven to eight thousand rounds of artillery shells every day. Calculating how many tons that was.
Brigadier Chen secretly calculated in his mind that if one artillery battalion fired a salvo of 600 kilograms of artillery shells, ten salvos would be 6 tons of artillery shells.
Each cannon must fire at least 50 rounds of shells in a day, which is 300 tons of supplies.
Brigadier Chen's scalp felt a little numb when he thought of this. The supplies that he thought were quite a lot just now were only enough for an artillery battalion to consume for ten days.
This is just an artillery battalion, what about the other tens of thousands of troops?
Brigadier Chen, who became increasingly frightened as he thought about it, stood up, walked a few steps and looked at Gao Hongming, "Captain Gao, we have fired a lot of ammunition before. Are these all our previous reserves?"
"Yes."
Gao Hongming nodded, "When we came here before, we brought hundreds of large trucks, loaded with more than 6,000 tons of supplies, and some have been transported by transport planes these days, so we can survive until now."
"Now, can we solve the material problem through transport planes?" Tang Huaiyuan asked again.
"No more."
Gao Hongming shook his head: "The material reserves hoarded by Liantai County are also close to being exhausted, and they will no longer be able to provide us with so many materials in the short term."
Tang Huaiyuan wanted to say something, but he felt his sleeves being pulled hard several times. As soon as he turned around, he saw Chief of Staff Ge Huaiming making a gesture towards him, indicating that he had something to say to him.
Tang Huairen, who was a little puzzled, followed the chief of staff out of the combat hall. As soon as he came out, Tang Huaiyuan said: "Old Ge, what are you doing to stop me? As long as we persist a little longer, the little devil may not be able to hold on. By then, the troops in the first theater of war will
If the army launches another counterattack, we can keep all these 100,000 little Japs in Zhongtiao Mountain. Isn’t it a halfway decision to withdraw the troops now?”
Ge Huaiming said helplessly: "Military... how can you be so smart and so confused all your life? Why have we been fighting here for more than 20 days, and it's almost June, why hasn't Commander He sent troops to counterattack?"
Commander He and the people in the First War Zone made it clear that they wanted Commander Gao and the Liantai Militia to help them pull chestnuts out of the fire. Commander Gao was not stupid. It was enough to do such a thankless thing once. How could he keep doing it?
If you try to persuade him, you might even arouse the resentment of Commander Gao. Do you think it's worth it for Chief He to turn against Commander Gao for his own selfish reasons?"
Tang Huaiyuan was upright and forthright by nature, and he really didn't know much about the matter of flying camps and fighting dogs. After hearing what his chief of staff said, he suddenly realized that no matter what Gao Hongming said was true or false, at least his attitude of not wanting to continue the fight was true, and that was enough.
Already.
As for whether the supplies are really not enough or not, it doesn’t matter at all. What is important is that the Third Army’s food and drinks every day are provided by others. Without their support, the Third Army will not even be able to counterattack, let alone food.