It’s not that everyone has never thought of this question raised by the teacher, but we just don’t dare to raise it here, otherwise everyone’s morale would not be so low.
Now that the teacher has spoken out, he is no longer hiding it.
The only regiment leader was the first to speak: "Master, the Chief of Staff no longer has mules and horses, and there are fewer and fewer troops available. I estimate that the food they sent for the second time will be 15,000 kilograms."
Not bad, and a large number of soldiers will step on traps and get injured on the march."
"What we should do most now is to ask for help from the war zone, and ask the war zone to deploy heavy troops to reinforce us and bring us food by the way."
"As long as the number of troops is sufficient, we can divide our forces to guard several official roads and prevent the Eighth Route Army from carrying out secondary damage to them."
"If we go up to the peak, food will be delivered to us continuously."
"After the food problem is solved, the troops can continue to divide their forces to expand the occupied area and seize more base areas for the garrison."
The division commander was silent for a moment and replied: "I have already tried. On the night when the troops entered Hunyuan City, I sent a telegram to the theater to request reinforcements."
"The call back to me was: We don't have enough troops in the war zone, so we can't send troops to reinforce us. Let everyone find their own solution."
"After my repeated requests, the war zone finally agreed to transfer 500,000 kilograms of grain and 300,000 rounds of various ammunition to supplement us."
"Currently, this batch of ammunition supplies is still in the war zone. It will take at least ten days for them to be delivered to the front line."
"So don't put your hopes on the top of the mountain."
"The three divisions stationed in Datong are already all the mobile units available in the war zone. The other two divisions have their own tasks. We can only rely on our own strength to deal with the garrison to gain a foothold here and control more territory.
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The war zone is everyone's last hope. If there is nothing we can do about the war zone, there is really nothing we can do.
Many officers had expressions of despair on their faces.
Finally, I looked at the division commander, hoping that the division commander could lead everyone to survive the desperate situation and solve the various difficulties the army is currently facing.
The division commander had obviously made a lot of preparations for this military meeting and answered everyone's gaze.
"I am exactly the opposite of what you are thinking now."
"I think the troops are not only in no trouble now, but they have an excellent opportunity to turn defeat into victory."
"In the entire military operation up to now, it seems that we have suffered heavy losses. In fact, we have achieved more than half of our operational goals. From this aspect, not only did we not lose, but we also won."
The deputy division commander understood and said: "Teacher is right."
"The task given to us by Shangfeng is to seize Hunyuan City. If conditions permit, we will send troops to capture Guangling and Lingqiu."
"Now that we have occupied Hunyuan County, our mission has been completed for Shangfeng."
"What needs to be done next is to completely control Huaiyuan under the command of the division commander, expel the troops deployed by the garrison in Hunyuan by force, and solve our food shortage problem at the same time."
"When the troops gain a firm foothold in Hunyuan, we can continue our efforts and continue to encroach on other base areas of the garrison and turn them all into our occupied areas."
The division commander stood up at the right time, took out a telegram and began to read: "This is a telegram from the war zone to commend us for successfully occupying Hunyuan County."
"Our division will receive a one-time reward of 100,000 yuan. Every officer and soldier in the division, starting from me, will receive a share. At least we will receive 10 yuan."
"Didn't we lose twelve mountain cannons on the way here? The war zone promised to replenish our twelve mountain cannons, equipment, ammunition, and the ocean to reward us. They will be sent together with the ammunition supplies from the war zone to support us."
"In addition, the commander-in-chief also sent me a private coded message."
"Promise us that as long as the troops completely control Hunyuan and take advantage of the situation to capture half of the territory in Guangling and Lingqiu, the entire division will be promoted to the first level of military pay, starting from myself."
"If we can capture all the base areas of the garrison, these counties will become the future headquarters of our division. As the territory becomes larger, it will become justifiable to expand the division into an army. At that time, all of us will be promoted, and the battalion commander will become a regiment."
Commander, regimental commander is promoted to division commander."
The benefits brought to everyone by the two telegrams are real and shocking.
No soldier does not want to be promoted or promoted to military rank... After listening to the division commander's introduction, the depressed atmosphere in the conference room was immediately swept away, and everyone became energetic.
He looked at the teacher and asked: "Master, please give the order!"
"We can fight however you ask us to, and we will definitely be able to take down Hunyuan completely."
This was the result the teacher wanted. A satisfied smile finally appeared on his face, and then he quickly returned to a serious expression and looked at everyone's orders.
"I decided to take the initiative and find the source of food myself while we still have some food in hand."
"Hunyuan City is so big, with a population of more than 150,000. There are still nearly three months until the autumn harvest. Even if each common person only has food rations, that's more than 10 million kilograms."
"Every citizen saves us ten kilograms of grain, which adds up to one and a half million kilograms, enough for us to eat for three months until the autumn harvest."
The deputy division commander immediately asked: "But the food has been hidden by the common people, and the people have been moved away by the Eighth Route Army. It is too difficult to find the food."
The teacher sneered and replied: "It's not difficult at all!"
"I have thought about it. The key to breaking the situation lies with the common people. As long as we find the common people who are hiding, we can follow the clues and find food."
"The villages around the county seat are the most densely populated, with a population of 30,000 to 40,000 people."
"I don't believe that the Eighth Route Army can keep so many people hidden in the mountains and not come out."
"As long as we find one or two people, we can find more people."
"The people have to eat and take care of the crops that are used to save their lives. As long as we promise that each of them will pay ten kilograms of grain and will not tax them before the autumn harvest to ensure their safety, the people will definitely be willing to cooperate with us."
"I decided to start the operation tomorrow morning. The troops will be divided into three groups to search the villages around the county, one by one."
"It's best to find food if you can't find it. If you can't find food, find people. As long as you find people, you can definitely find food."
"But one thing everyone must remember is that all troops cannot be divided again during the operation."
"Judging from our previous encounters, the Eighth Route Army has the strength to eat up one of our main companies without anyone noticing."
"So we can't knowingly commit the crime and seek death ourselves."
At the Datong Independent Battalion Headquarters, five kilometers outside the city, Li Hao was in a very good mood.
More than 3,000 Jinsui troops walked step by step into the trap he had set for them, and were trapped in Hunyuan City.
Although the Jinsui Army transporting grain to Hunyuan City sent more than 20,000 kilograms of grain, it was definitely a drop in the bucket and they would not be able to eat for a few days.
More importantly, in order to send this grain to Hunyuan, the Jinsui Army lost nearly 100,000 kilograms of grain, 200 mules and horses, and nearly 500 non-combat casualties during transportation.
The price paid is not ordinary.
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