As the saying goes, before the troops move, food and grass go first. After the first battle, the US military dispatched a large number of aircraft to block the volunteer army's logistics supply routes, causing difficulties in supplying supplies to the rear and preventing timely ammunition from being available to the front line.
Food supplies.
After the first battle, during the offensive and defensive battle with the US military, the soldiers faced a shortage of food and ammunition, and struggled to defend their positions against the enemy's fierce artillery fire.
The second battle is now being prepared, and logistics support work plays a vital role in the victory of the battle.
At a meeting held by the military department, Comrade Liang clearly pointed out: "Without strong logistic support work, there is no certainty of winning the war!"
Everyone is fully aware of this. Even now, MacArthur is still using the air force to cut off the Volunteer Army's less urgent routes, causing huge difficulties to the Volunteer Army's logistics support work.
In the first battle, due to the enemy's indiscriminate bombing and blockade of major transportation routes, the Volunteer Army's supply depots were often attacked by the U.S. Air Force, resulting in the loss of a large amount of materials and ammunition. Especially after the enemy's combat march in Xichuan, the transportation
Can't keep up, supply work has been very difficult.
Therefore, while maintaining defense on the Feihu Mountain front line, many troops endured great difficulties before achieving victory.
This lesson is profound.
The support work for the second campaign still focused on domestic supply, supplemented by local borrowing.
The military decided to rush up the necessary supplies in three days before November 19th. Because when the enemy was lured deep into the army, the road line was occupied by the enemy. When the troops launched a counterattack, all the supplies would not be able to be replaced.
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According to the spirit of the military meeting, the cadres of the military logistics department conducted a logistics summary after entering the DPRK, studied ways to strengthen supply work, and determined to ensure that the troops have food to eat and ammunition to fight during the second battle.
It took three days to complete the pre-war food and ammunition replenishment.
The resolution at the meeting was simple, but in practice it was a very difficult task. The main reason was the serious shortage of transportation force. The logistics originally had 129 transportation vehicles.
However, at the end of the first battle, the U.S. Air Force tightly blocked traffic arteries and bombed supply lines, causing supply lines to break. There was a serious shortage of food and ammunition on the front lines. Each division continued to report the needs of each regiment and battalion, resulting in their
There is also a lot of pressure.
One hundred and twenty-nine trucks were also rushing to transport supplies. Some were blown up by the enemy and some rushed into the ravine. Now only 62 trucks remain.
After being nervous and tired, the car driver finally managed to get through the layers of blockade and finally transported some grain and ammunition to the front line. However, the troops suddenly moved back from the defense. The materials that had just been transported to the front line had to be transported down from the front line. Not only
Supplies and wounded soldiers from the front lines are all in the field hospital.
The slightly injured are still fine, but the severely injured cannot walk and need to be transported by cars or humans.
It is also necessary to replenish five days of dry food, three days of raw food, some non-staple food, and a basic amount of ammunition carried by the troops in a short period of time.
Not only is this a large amount of transportation, but enemy planes have tightened the air blockade. Cars can only drive at night without turning on the lights. They can only run an average of thirty kilometers a day. To complete the supplementary tasks of the troops in a short period of time, in addition to requesting support,
In addition to cars, the transportation capacity of cars must also be improved.
To this end, all logistics drivers also held a meeting, carefully summed up their driving experience since entering North Korea, learned to battle wits with enemy aircraft, and drove with lights on at night to improve transportation efficiency.
At that time, there were no anti-aircraft sentries on the highways. Drivers who drove at night would stop and listen after walking a few kilometers to make sure there were no enemy planes before continuing. Sometimes, in order to complete the mission quickly, they would also run during the day.
The distance traveled from 30 kilometers to 50 kilometers or 60 kilometers per night has greatly improved the transportation efficiency. During this period, many heroic drivers who drove safely appeared.
Zhang Mengchun, the fifth squad leader of the Military Automobile Corps, is one of the best.
Once, he led three vehicles, fully loaded with ammunition, and was targeted by enemy planes while driving.
In order to escape the pursuit of enemy planes and protect the ammunition from damage, Zhang Mengchun racked his brains.
He is an experienced driver with skilled skills. Although he is usually steady and unhurried, once he gets into the driving seat, he seems to be a different person, bold, careful, brave and decisive.
He found that the enemy planes were staring closely at him and fired flares one after another in the dark sky, making the mountains and rivers shine brightly.
Zhang Mengchun didn't panic at all. He turned off the lights, widened his eyes, and continued driving, thinking of ways to get rid of the enemy plane as soon as possible.
However, the car turned several hills on the winding mountain road, and could not get rid of the enemy plane... Click, click, click, the machine gun on the enemy fighter plane circled his truck, but he could not get around the enemy plane.
Zhang Mengchun could only find other methods.
He frowned and stared at the area illuminated by the enemy's flares. He turned the steering wheel and went directly into the enemy's lighting area.
This made the enemies on the plane extremely happy and fired at Zhao Mengchun even more fiercely.
Bullets from the machine gun exploded in front and behind the car, and the bang-bang-bang sound made people panic. After the enemy fired a round, the nose of the plane lifted up to the sky. Zhang Mengchun saw the opportunity, used the light to run at full speed, and rushed through the illuminated area.
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By the time the enemy plane turned around, the car was already far away.
The enemy planes couldn't find their target, so they could only shoot at the truck as it passed by the smoke and dust, but the truck had already fled. The angry US planes roared in the sky and fired at random.
Not only that, the comrades of the convoy also carefully studied the patterns of enemy aircraft's movements, arriving two hours early every day, setting out at five o'clock in the afternoon, and waiting for evacuation at three o'clock the next morning, driving nine to ten hours a day.
They are also changing the way cars are concealed.
When we first entered the DPRK, when concealing a car, we did not unload the car or dismantle the shed, but drove it into the rice fields and covered it with straw, or drove into the ravine and covered the river beach with pine branches or rice straw. With this method, the enemy planes flew very quickly.
When the temperature is low, the strong wind can peel off the camouflage on the car, causing damage to the car.
Later, they drove the car to the house and covered it with straw and straw. This was quick and easy. From a distance, it looked like a pile of straw or straw. However, the enemy planes were very ferocious and even the peaceful villages on both sides of the road were not spared.
, they would shoot or bomb the houses and tiles whenever they saw them, creating ruins one after another. Cars would still inevitably suffer damage.
Later, they drove their cars into the woods to hide, and enemy planes dropped incendiary bombs to burn down the trees. The entire forest was bare, and sometimes the cars were burned together. The damage to the cars being evacuated accounted for 92% of the losses.
In order to find ways to hide the car, the comrades in the team worked very hard, and finally found a way for them.
They moved the car to a man-made or naturally formed ditch, level with the ground, then covered it with a tarpaulin and sprinkled snow on the tarp. From then on, enemy planes could no longer find the car.
At this time, it was very hard for the comrades who were doing transportation, and the casualty rate was very high.
One night, several cars carrying food, ammunition and war relief supplies rushed along the road in the moonlight, heading towards the headquarters of the 335th Regiment.
This batch of ammunition must be replenished to the company before the troops set off. Suddenly, a group of cars blocked the road. After a closer look, it turned out that the road in front was damaged by enemy aircraft. The cars would not be able to pass for a while, and each of them had
We all have important transportation tasks, so we can't wait here forever for the road to be repaired.
The second battle is about to begin, and they need to deliver supplies to the troops on the front line immediately.
They unloaded the supplies from the truck into a small ravine along the way and notified the 335th Group to come and pick them up.
This place is almost fifteen kilometers away from the regiment headquarters. The regimental logistics director's surname is Du Wenying, and the deputy director's surname is Zheng, and his name is Zheng Jiyan. After receiving the mission, the two of them were worried.
They first calculated the transportation capacity of the regiment's logistics. The entire regiment's logistics only had five or six horses. All the trucks previously seized at Feihu Mountain were hidden in the ravine near Feihu Mountain and were not driven back at all.
Six horses will take seven days to transport, but this batch of supplies must be sent to the troops today and tomorrow.
What to do!?
The two of them were so anxious that if they missed these two days, the troops would have to fight the enemy with empty guns and empty stomachs. How could they defeat the enemy?
They had no choice but to ask the transport comrades to go with them and pull as much as they could.
The path going forward happens to be next to the train track. The train track has been closed to trains for a long time, and the tracks are rusty.
The two walked along the railway track. Du Wenying said: "It would be great if there was a train here. We can transport the supplies through the railway track. Even if it cannot be transported directly to the regiment headquarters, it can be transported to a nearby location."
Fifteen kilometers away, the whole regiment's ammunition supplies, food supplies, and war relief supplies depended on five or six horses, which would probably take a week.
"You, stop dreaming and think about how to transport this batch of ammunition back." Zheng Jiyan smiled helplessly.
The US Air Force planes have blocked their logistics, and many roads have been blown up, not to mention railways.
The front of this railway has been blown up by the enemy, and only this section is left. Even if the train is connected, the enemy will not watch the train run under their noses.
"It would be great if Feihushan's trucks were still here. It would also improve transportation efficiency." Du Wenying added.
"Then it's even more impossible. The enemy has already occupied Feihu Mountain." Zheng Jiyan was even more helpless and had a headache.
Just as they were thinking anxiously about a solution, a soldier from the regiment's logistics ran over and said excitedly: "Director, we found three abandoned broken trains on the railway in front, and they can still move."
The two looked at each other with joy in their eyes.
"Let's go and have a look!"
The broken train skins are three carriages that were blown up. The upper half was broken off, leaving only the lower half.
A few people pushed, and the train skin slid slightly. They both grinned happily: "Yes, yes, there is no end to the road! Quick, tell everyone to put the supplies in the iron sheet, and we will push it
past,"
They immediately decided to use these three trains to transport supplies, so they quickly returned to the agency and mobilized all logistics forces, including soldiers from two companies, to participate in the assault.
They loaded and unloaded, pushed the broken carriage back and forth on more than fifteen kilometers of railway track, and ran back and forth all night.
The biting cold wind and icy snowflakes slapped their rosy faces, steam was steaming from their heads, and frost formed on their backs. One night, they finally supplied the entire regiment with 20 days of food, 10 days of oil and salt, and part of the ammunition supply.
The troops.
After the last replenishment, the 335th Regiment had enough ammunition, and with the additional supply of some ammunition, the soldiers already had plenty of ammunition.
The food transported by logistics also allowed the soldiers to have enough to eat for the first time.
Three consecutive positions.
Soldiers from a platoon of military logistics took their horses to the bottom of the high ground and delivered some food, oil and salt to the third company.
Xia Yuan previously seized a batch of ammunition, and after replenishing it to the third company, there was still some leftover. They were not short of ammunition at all, but they were short of food. Now that the food has been replenished, and oil and salt are available, it is rare for the soldiers to have a rich meal.
dinner.
"These supplies have also been delivered. I estimate that the time for counterattack is getting closer. Now that the enemy cannot attack, let everyone have a good rest and recuperate to prepare for the next counterattack."
Company Commander Sun summoned the platoon leaders and squad leaders to hold a company headquarters meeting.
They had basically guessed that the leader would definitely let them fight back against the enemy, but they had never thought about a second battle.
After all, company commanders only focus on the company, battalion, regiment, and division battles, and cannot see the overall situation.
Judging from the changes in the past few days, we can guess a small part. The arrival of food supplies means that the time for counterattack is getting closer and closer, maybe within these two days.
Keep your spirits up and fight a good counterattack, this is the order given by Captain Sun to everyone.
On the way back, Xia Yuan asked the squad leaders to arrange sentry posts, have a good sleep, and wait for the arrival of the mission.
After three days of raids, the logistics and supply department fulfilled the requirements of the military headquarters, and the entire army was equipped with enough food for 10 days, a base number of bullets, some non-staple food and Korean coins.
However, while the troops were gathering and hiding, they had already eaten part of the food, and what was left was not enough for fighting.
For this reason, the military headquarters sent three telegrams to the logistics department in succession, asking the logistics department to continue collecting food and not to stop collecting food.
It can be said that it is difficult for military logistics comrades, especially Logistics Minister Zhang Zhongping, to make up for the remaining gaps.
He frowned in thought, lit the candle, and checked the map repeatedly, thinking about where the food was hidden. He also initiated a discussion among the group and asked everyone to provide suggestions. They wanted to raise food locally and mobilize North Korean people to transport food, but they felt that
It's very difficult.
At this time, Director Wu from the Political Department came to the logistics command post after conveying the combat mission from the 112th Division.
Zhang Zhongping reported to him the recent status of logistics and put forward their ideas to solve the food shortage. Director Wu said decisively: "I'm afraid that even if the food is raised, it still won't be shipped out, which will waste people and money. The troops will soon attack Tokugawa, and we don't have time."
Waiting for someone."
"this......"
When he heard that the troops were going to attack Tokugawa, Zhang Zhongping was very anxious.