After listening to Wang Xuexin's analysis, Li Yunlong hesitated and asked: "So, we will not form this cavalry company?"
"We must not form a group!" Wang Xuexin replied: "Our situation is different from that of the Japs. We have different equipment, different firepower, and different qualities. The Japs like to fight us on the open ground, and we have to fight with the Japs on the reverse slopes of the mountains.
"The Japanese want to block us with gun towers, but we need to use the gun towers to break through the blockade. In the same way, the Japanese can use cavalry, but we can't use cavalry!"
Li Yunlong understood. He nodded and said: "This makes sense. If we use cavalry again, it will be like fighting with the Japanese on the open ground. Building gun towers with the Japanese means the same thing!"
One attack and one defense have different strategic directions and goals, and the tactics used must also be different.
"Yes, yes, that's what it means!" Wang Xuexin said: "Some things can be learned, and some things cannot be learned. For example, if we use landmines to block traffic lines and use reverse slope tactics, the Japanese cannot learn them. If they do this, they are asking for trouble.
.We are asking for trouble by having cavalry. Commander, think about it, if we form cavalry...where can we use it?"
After Wang Xuexin said this, Li Yunlong realized that he really didn't know where to use the cavalry.
Attacking in plain areas? That is a living target for the enemy.
Back slope defense in mountainous areas? The cavalry just reaches the destination faster, and the rest is just there for fun. There is one more thing to take care of!
Thinking of this, Li Yunlong frowned and asked: "Xiao Dongbei, then our war horse is so useless?"
Li Yunlong knew what a horse could do, such as being used as a messenger, traveling as a team leader and guard, and as a vehicle for transporting things.
But the Independent Regiment, with more than a thousand people, simply couldn't use that many horses. If they didn't form a cavalry company, just raising them would be a heavy burden.
"How can it be abolished?" Wang Xuexin laughed and asked: "Captain, have you heard about the salt transportation in Dingbian?"
"I heard some rumors!" Li Yunlong replied: "It is said that Yan Laoxi'er is not allowed to add salt, so we have to transport it from Dingbian!"
This is not a military secret, and the main salt-producing area of the Eighth Route Army is only Dingbian. If there is no salt, of course it has to be transported to Dingbian.
Then Li Yunlong understood what Wang Xuexin meant. He glared at Wang Xuexin with some disdain and said, "Small Northeast, you're not going to let me use these horses to transport salt, are you? You really treat us like a local
Are you going to grab food from fellow villagers?"
"Look what you said!" Wang Xuexin replied: "How can you compete with fellow villagers for food?"
Wang Xuexin came closer and lowered his voice: "Commander, the situation is different now. In the future, when supplies are in short supply, superiors will require each unit to solve its own living problems. Although our independent regiment is a front-line unit and is not required to farm, but
The food that our superiors can allocate to our troops must not be much! If the soldiers don't have enough to eat and are hungry, how can we fight in the future?"
Li Yunlong gasped after hearing this.
It seems that things are exactly as Xiao Dongbei said. During this period, the food of the army has deteriorated a lot. The military rations have been reduced by half, the cornmeal is gone, and canned meat is even more unthinkable.
It is said that this is the result of the Japanese using French currency to rush to buy food. We had a meeting about this last time. Aren't the leaders and the others still jumping in a hurry?
Li Yunlong thought that this was just a temporary phenomenon and would get better after a while, but according to Xiao Dongbei... it seemed that the hard days would be longer in the future?
Then you have to think about it carefully!
Thinking about it, Li Yunlong asked: "If we do this, will our superiors agree?"
"I must agree!" Wang Xuexin said: "Not only do I agree, I also encourage it!"
If this had happened before, the superiors would probably have disagreed.
At that time, the troops were uniformly deployed by superiors, such as farming, and collective experimental fields were planted according to orders.
But things are different now.
Before the expulsion of legal currency, materials in the base area had been plundered, so prices skyrocketed and living standards plummeted, even though there was no way to stop it.
Under such circumstances, the headquarters itself cannot take care of itself and of course cannot issue money or food to the troops.
So there is only one way: ask each regiment to solve the self-sufficiency problem on its own.
Isn't it self-contradictory to require each regiment to resolve its own issues without allowing the troops to make a living?
Therefore, superiors must encourage, support, and even organize.
For example, some of the transport teams of a certain army went to Dingbian to transport salt. Others went to Mongolia to transport furs and dig licorice. Some even set up their own paper mills, clothing factories, tofu factories, etc., so that they could have enough food and clothing by themselves.
!Li Yunlong’s thinking hasn’t changed yet.
Seeing that Li Yunlong was still hesitating, Wang Xuexin said: "Captain, if you still don't believe it, just go to your superiors and ask for instructions. You will know if it is true or false!"
Li Yunlong thought about it and thought so, so he nodded and replied: "Okay, I'll go to my superiors and tell them."
After walking a few steps, he turned back and said to Wang Xuexin fiercely: "Let me tell you, Xiao Dongbei, if I let the chief scold me, I will take it back from you!"
Wang Xuexin was speechless for a moment, who did I provoke?
Then Li Yunlong actually went to the chief to ask for instructions. He was originally prepared to be scolded by the chief.
Because the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. The army's war horses and other equipment were used to transport salt and generate income. What should he do if it delayed the war on the front line?
If they are all doing business to make money, what about the training of the troops?
Thinking about Li Yunlong arriving at the headquarters, he was walking around and didn't dare to enter.
Unexpectedly, the leader was coming back from outside. When he saw Li Yunlong's appearance, he asked: "Li Yunlong, what are you doing wandering around there? If you have anything to say, please tell me!"
Li Yunlong hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and then laughed along with him: "Chief, that's what happened. Didn't we hear that the army is in difficulty during this period? Military rations are tight. I was wondering if I could organize a team
The transport team went to Dingbian to transport salt and earn some money in exchange for some food to feed the soldiers!"
Li Yunlong did not dare to say that he had surrendered a batch of war horses.
What a joke! I told the brigade commander and half of it was paid. If I tell the commander... I still owe nothing?
Li Yunlong even thought about how the commander would answer: "Play the piano! I say you, Li Yunlong, don't do business all day long and think about the landlord and old money! Are the things in the army used to make money for you to open a small stove? They are for you to fight the war.
use!"
Unexpectedly, the commander said "Yo" after hearing this: "I said Li Yunlong is not bad! This time, his thoughts are ahead of others? No problem, your approach is worth promoting. If other troops have the ability, they can join in."
Do it!”
Li Yunlong was stunned when he heard it. Damn it, Xiao Dongbei really got it right!