"Yes...yes...yes..." Loud roars began to ring out in the venue of Nuo University as soon as Liu Hua finished speaking. And in the entire venue, nine infantry square formations,
The faces of more than a thousand commanders and combatants were immediately replaced by expressions of excitement.
"Very good. I believe that everyone will be able to bring this military flag back to their troops. Now I declare that this martial arts competition has ended successfully. All troops will return to their stations immediately." Regarding everyone's performance, Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction.
, then ordered.
The martial arts competition ended smoothly under Liu Hua's announcement! Seeing that each team did not get the first place in time, they also achieved pleasing results! Liu Hua, who was in a happy mood, agreed without even thinking about it.
Commander Zhou Baozhong made a spur-of-the-moment request: Tonight, in addition to carrying out necessary patrols around the base area, to prevent the Japs from taking the opportunity to carry out sneak attacks. All commanders and fighters in the army will hold an unprecedented army dinner to reward everyone for a month.
Hard training!
In the headquarters of the base area, all the top heads of all the departments directly under the base area gathered in the dining hall of the headquarters for a big dinner. Everyone was surrounded by Commander Liu Hua and Deputy Commander Yang Jingyu. There were seven or eight tables around them.
, the big shots drink as much as they want, and the big shots eat meat! In the words of deputy commander Yang Jingyu, at this moment, apart from the shadow of bandits, we can no longer see anything about being a revolutionary soldier.
The image it should have.
In the lively dining hall, the excited smiles on everyone's faces are just like the boiling pots of hot pot on every table! Of course, at this moment, the martial arts competition has just ended! The topics discussed by everyone
, without exception, everything is about this martial arts competition!
On a table in the center of the entire dining hall, there were five people, Commander Liu Hua, Deputy Commander Yang Jingyu, Commander of the Fifth Column Zhou Baozhong, Commander of the Special Warfare Division Liu Xiaogang, and the newly appointed Director of the Logistics Department Wang Daoguang! They were equally enthusiastic
Discussing the martial arts competition that just ended...
"Old Zhou! You did a good job this time... In one month, the combat effectiveness of the entire army has almost improved to a whole level. I can tell you that the result of the entire competition is almost beyond my imagination. Although, the entire army,
In terms of the quality of individual soldiers, they are still not as good as the most elite Kwantung Army of the Japanese Army! However, I can say with certainty that a main column of ours with a strength of more than 20,000 people can definitely compete with a main division of the Japanese army at close range...
Because, in terms of equipment of heavy weapons, especially artillery, we have already exceeded the strength of a division of the Japanese army." Thinking of the results of this martial arts competition, Liu Hua looked like Xiong Rong. He looked at the commander in the weekly report next to him.
Said confidently.
Several people's faces showed shock because of Commander Liu Hua's words. Before they could react, Liu Hua continued to speak.
"Lao Yang, Lao Zhou! Now our fifth column, the strength of one column, can withstand a division of the Japanese Kwantung Army. As for the four columns of our field army in the pass, I can say with certainty here that because of the formation of the army and the
Depending on the length of training, its combat effectiveness will be even better than that of Lao Zhou's fifth column... Comrades, do you know what this means?"
Seeing that everyone's eyes showed expectations and curiosity. And all the eyes were focused on him. Liu Hua continued to speak.
"Comrades, this indicates that after the main force of our field army leaves the border, our entire Northeast Field Army can fight against the five main divisions of the Japanese army. If we add the advantages of the terrain to our army, proper tactical coordination and other advantages,
It is even possible to block more than twice the Japanese army. In other words, we will have the strength to fight a large-scale decisive battle with the Japanese Kwantung Army in the three northeastern provinces! And after several decisive battles, as the Kwantung Army's effective strength was greatly reduced
With the consumption, we will have the strength to counterattack the Northeast and fight the final strategic decisive battle with the Japanese Kwantung Army! And to regain the entire Northeast and drive the little Japanese Kwantung Army out of the three northeastern provinces is just around the corner for us..."
"Bah bang bang..." I don't know when, but just now the dining hall was bustling with excitement. Because of Liu Hua's words, it had already become silent. As soon as Liu Hua's words fell, a burst of warm applause came in the dining hall.
There was a sound inside. Dozens of senior commanders in the base area, without exception, all flushed with excitement and clapped their hands desperately to vent their excitement at this moment.
Because, in the temporary headquarters of these bases, which are mostly composed of senior commanders of the former Anti-Japanese Federation, everyone thinks that it is very rare to be able to maintain the existing bases. And counterattacking the three northeastern provinces will have a
The Kwantung Army, with more than one million troops, drove out of the three northeastern provinces. It was almost impossible for them.
And this is something that is impossible for everyone. The young commander in front of them said it so easily. However, through continuous battles, everyone has already become aware of the young commander in front of them.
I was overwhelmed with admiration. And I was also unconditionally convinced by the commander's words.
As a result, everyone felt excited and inspired by the heroic words of the commander in front of them. At this moment, the only way to express their excitement at this moment was to applaud, applaud hard.
The warm applause slowly stopped at the signal of Commander Liu Hua. Seeing everyone staring at him motionlessly, waiting for his next speech, Liu Hua continued.
"Comrades! Our prospects are very bright. As long as we have enough time, regaining the entire three northeastern provinces is not a big problem for us... However, here, I still want to give everyone sitting here,
Pour a bucket of cold water on it. Because such a broad prospect is still very far away from us now, and we still have a long way to go."
Seeing everyone, he immediately fell into deep thought. He stared at the commander in front of him without blinking, waiting for the next step. Liu Hua continued to strike while the iron was hot and spoke.
"We are all senior commanders of our army and the backbone of our base in the future. We all know one thing: in addition to weapons and equipment and the combat effectiveness of the troops, there is another crucial factor that determines victory in today's wars.
That is the logistics of the army. As the saying goes, fighting is about logistics... Especially for decisive battles above the scale of a corps, the logistics reserves required are immeasurable... Comrade Wang Daoguang is a very outstanding person in the history of our army.
Logistics Butler. When I was in the pass, many of the battles I commanded were in charge of logistics. He knows it best. Now, let him introduce to you the consumption we need in a large corps battle.
Weapons and ammunition... everyone is welcome.”
After speaking, Liu Hua took the lead in applauding. Wang Daoguang himself also began his first speech since taking office.
"Comrades, commanders and comrades, I am Wang Daoguang, the newly appointed director of the Field Army Logistics Division of the Party Central Committee. Since the commander asked me to introduce him, I will say it so that everyone can have a clear understanding...
If you say it, just say that we just achieved the great victory of Baishan, wiping out 40,000 Japanese troops..."
As soon as Wang Daoguang finished speaking, everyone pricked up their ears immediately!
"The Great Victory of Baishan, in which we used more than 30,000 troops to completely annihilate the 40,000 elite Kwantung Army troops. It can be said that this is a classic battle in which our army won with a small number and defeated a large number..."
"In this battle, according to the ammunition consumption recorded by our army: 1.8 million rounds of bullets of various calibers, a total of 13,000 grenades and grenades, and 6,500 artillery shells of various calibers, including almost no replenishment
240 heavy howitzer shells. In addition, this battle consumed 150,000 kilograms of food, lost 20,000 sets of uniforms, and mobilized 9,000 frontline migrant workers..."
"Hiss, hiss..." In an instant, bursts of sighs began to sound in the dining hall, and everyone's face showed a look of shock and disbelief...
Because, everyone sitting here! Except for a few people, like Liu Hua, who come from the pass and are accustomed to these quantities, the rest of them are all from the Anti-Japanese Alliance. In the past, the amount of ammunition was tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.
For them, it is already an astronomical figure. What's more, there are nearly two million rounds of bullets, and several rounds of various calibers of artillery shells that they could not even imagine before... These data are one after another.
, without exception, they were all deeply shocked.
Seeing that everyone was shocked and sitting in their seats in disbelief, digesting what Wang Daoguang had just said without saying a word, Wang Daoguang continued to speak.
"Comrades, what I just said is only the ammunition consumption data recorded by our logistics department during the battles of World War I. In a real battle, there were a large number of ammunition consumed by the troops, which was not recorded.
On record…”
As soon as Wang Daoguang finished speaking, Deputy Commander Yang Jingyu frowned and asked, "Director Wang! What is unrecorded ammunition consumption?"
Wang Daoguang replied: "Deputy Commander, the situation is like this. Everyone has served as a front-line commander and should be aware of the situation: During the battle, there will be a lot of ammunition shortages. At this time, faced with
In battles that may break out at any time, the solution for frontline commanders and combatants is to replenish ammunition from enemy corpses on the battlefield. According to our long-term statistics, the consumption of this part of ammunition is equivalent to two recorded cases.
One percent."
After saying that, Director Wang Daoguang sat down in front of everyone's shocked eyes. Let everyone digest the shocking words he just said.
At this moment, facing everyone who was silent, Commander Liu Hua immediately asked everyone to discuss the importance of logistics to modern warfare. As a result, the entire dining hall became lively again. Everyone was surrounding what they had just said.
Wang Daoguang's speech discussed the importance of logistics to modern warfare!
Five minutes passed in the blink of an eye. Just when everyone's eyes once again focused on the commander Liu Hua who raised this topic, Liu Hua spoke.
"Comrades, in a battle to annihilate 40,000 Japs without using weapons, we consumed almost three million rounds of ammunition... Three million rounds, according to what I learned a month ago at the logistics office of our base area.
The situation in our base area shows that a month ago, we could not even carry out the minimum reloading of bullets. When all ammunition was captured, how much pressure did our logistics department need to bear to fight such a medium-sized battle?
Pressure. And as time goes by, when the time comes to carry out a battle of 100,000 or hundreds of thousands of troops, will we still rely solely on the capture of the tens of millions of rounds of ammunition required? This is obviously
An impossible thing. Because it is impossible for our enemies to send so much ammunition in front of us."
Seeing everyone slowly falling into deep thought, Liu Hua continued: "So, we must establish a complete logistics system and vigorously develop the base area! Only with sufficient strength can we compete with the Kwantung Army in the Northeast.
Strength and opportunity…”
"Pa bang bang..." Another round of warm applause rang out. At this moment, everyone, because of the encouragement of Commander Liu Hua, was full of confidence in the future of the base area and their own future.
The applause slowly stopped. Under everyone's gaze, Liu Hua picked up a glass of wine and stood up from his seat.
"There is a saying from our ancient Chinese Mencius that when Heaven assigns great tasks to people, they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their skin, and deplete their body. But now we have just stabilized the entire base area
, with a force, we can protect our base. To put it more directly, our current strength is just enough for self-defense. If we want to launch a counterattack against the enemies around us, only when we develop to be strong enough can we
We can realize this wish and compete with the Japanese Kwantung Army for the entire three northeastern provinces."
"Comrades, we have taken the first step of our Northeast Field Army. Next, there are more things and more difficulties waiting for us to solve. This glass of wine is my tribute as the commander.
Everyone. I hope that after this glass of wine, the entire base area can unite together to meet greater challenges. At the same time, we will work hard to develop and strive to usher in our Northeast counterattack as early as possible and liberate the entire Northeast.
." After saying that, Commander Liu Hua drained a large bowl of white wine in his hand.
Commander Liu Hua had just finished drinking the white wine in the bowl. Due to excitement, Deputy Commander Yang Jingyu, who was already blushing, also stood up with a bowl of white wine: "Commander, don't worry. I, Yang Jingyu, as a volunteer
The unswerving old Communist Party members will definitely fulfill the responsibilities of a Communist Party member. In the future fighting life, they will always follow the Party. Follow the commander to build the Northeast and build the entire Northeast into the new chapter of our Party.
A solid and prosperous base area that will usher in our Northeast counterattack as soon as possible."
As soon as Deputy Commander Yang Jingyu finished speaking, the Commander in the Weekly Report followed closely behind and loudly assured: "Reporting to Commander, our fifth field column is a force led by the Division Party Central Committee. We insist on following the Party's command.
The glorious tradition of the army will never drag our Northeast Field Army back. Commander, please rest assured..."
Seeing commanders one after another wanting to reassure themselves, Liu Hua waved his hands and said: "Comrades, we are all senior cadres of our party. I, Liu Hua, have no doubts about your loyalty. Okay.
, everyone just drank it while having fun, starting from tomorrow, we will meet new challenges together."
"Yes, Commander..." everyone replied in unison.
"Okay, Da Gen, let me tell you one thing. Starting tomorrow, the deputy commander and I will go deep into each grassroots level to inspect and compile statistics on the development of the army over the past month, especially our logistics department.
, the Agricultural Reclamation Corps, and the intelligence department are the focus of our inspection. Here, I would like to give you a warning, lest in time, people say that Lao Yang and I like to launch surprise attacks on you. How about it, do you have confidence?
Welcome the inspection by the deputy commander and me..." Liu Hua glanced at the dozens of commanders in front of him and said with a smile on his face.
"Yes..." There was no doubt. Just as Liu Hua finished speaking, dozens of people answered in unison.
Seeing the high morale on everyone's faces, Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction. Then he said with a smile: "Comrades, I have just said what needs to be said. From now on, except for some commanders on duty,
Except for the rest, please let me drink and eat as much as you like. Starting from tomorrow, we will meet new challenges together."
And that night, Commander Liu Hua, who seldom drank alcohol, was so drunk under the constant bombardment of the commander that he didn't wake up until the next night. Of course, it was just
Later words. At this moment, as Commander Liu Hua finished speaking, the entire dining hall once again fell into a warm atmosphere. At this moment, no matter what position you hold in the base area, without exception, put everything down.
After finishing his job, he followed his comrades and brothers to drink and eat meat as much as he wanted...