"We must capture Gaoling as soon as possible and cooperate with domestic negotiations!" Han Weiguo became the supreme commander of the Eastern Front. "A division can clear the rest of the area, we have to fully trust the South Vietnamese guerrillas, let them take over the power first, wait until we have a result of the war, and then mobilize personnel from the country to replace ......"

Thanks to the speed of the attack and the cooperation of the South Vietnamese resistance guerrillas, the Vietnamese had not yet made up their minds where to mobilize their forces. Although Vietnam has more than 600,000 troops, there are only more than 200,000 elites, of which 100,000 are in the Khmer and more than 100,000 in the north.

Ordinary infantry divisions, even if they are all equipped with Soviet weapons, are a long way inferior to the Zhiqingcheng army with aircraft, artillery and tanks......

So far, there are already three divisions on the Longchuan front, and it is completely enough to sweep the north bank of the Mekong River to the south bank of the Saigon River.

In this area, Vietnam only has less than two divisions, and it is still the most ordinary local garrison division, and it has no combat effectiveness at all.

"Until then, they will not mobilize troops from Phnom Penh to intercept us, but they can't say for sure. After all, this is their native ......" Han Weiguo did not say that this was the meaning of Zhiqingcheng, but said to several division commanders under him.

"Old Han, we are hoarding so many troops here, and there is a lot of pressure on logistics! Attacking the front line will not use so many troops at all, and one division of mine will be enough. It is completely possible to fight directly from Kaolin to Ho Chi Minh City in one go! "The 3rd Educated Youth Division is also an armored division, but the number of tanks equipped is not large.

"We can't underestimate the enemy, Ho Chi Minh City will be our last decisive position this time, and our strategic goals do not include this city! It would be better if it could be won. Han Weiguo naturally knew that he had to attack north at a faster pace of attack, "There is at least one division of troops retreating from the direction of Longchuan, plus the one in front, if we take advantage of a favorable position, we will be able to inflict greater losses." The meaning of Zhiqing City is to quickly capture My Di, Tan An, divide troops in Ho Chi Minh City, attack Tay Ninh to the west, surround Ho Chi Minh City, and if you can quickly take Ho Chi Minh City, take Ho Chi Minh City first! ”

Pointing to the large-scale military map, Han Weiguo introduced their combat objectives.

Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in the region and one that the Vietnamese army cannot afford to lose.

This city, once taken by them, is completely capable of threatening the farther area. =

"In this way, if we divide our troops, it will be easy for Xining's troops to suffer from the enemy!" Looking at the map of the attack of the troops on the military map, Wu Di, the commander of the Third Division of the Educated Youth, frowned tightly, and the others also frowned and looked at the map deeply, "What do you think above?" To attack Tay Ninh, it is necessary to take Ho Chi Minh City! ”

"That way, our attack will be slower, and our casualties will certainly not be small!" Han Weiguo also knows.

There's no way around it.

Ho Chi Minh City is an iconic city in Vietnam.

As long as it is occupied, it will not be easy for North Vietnam to take it back!

"Then destroy this city!"

"Absolutely not! This city is not like Longchuan, there are more ordinary people. Moreover, it is impossible to evacuate like Longchuan before the war......," Han Weiguo was also helpless, "The biggest problem in this battle is Ho Chi Minh City." ”

After the occupation of Saigon, Vietnam has been strengthening the management of the city, and in order not to remind people of the former South Vietnamese government, the name of the city has been changed to Ho Chi Minh City.

"The embankment is too small for this city, and the terrain is not suitable for our armored forces to fight!"

"So take Tay Ninh first, and then turn around and besiege Ho Chi Minh City!" What did Yang Wei and Gan Yuan and others in Zhiqing City think, and they didn't tell them that they only needed to achieve their strategic goals.

After studying the operational policy, the tank regiment of the 1st Educated Youth Division, which had invaded Vietnam on the eastern front, took the lead and began to launch a fierce attack on Gaoling, still opening the way with artillery fire, and the defenders of Longchuan, who had lost most of their heavy equipment, basically retreated from Gaoling to Mei Di in the east without decent resistance.

Then, retreating all the way to Embankment City in front of Ho Chi Minh City, orders from the top kept them unable to retreat again.

The First Division of the Educated Youth did not launch a quick attack, and in terms of logistical support, some could not keep up.

Such a problem is also a big problem for Nipudosan, although the territory is not large, but the battle line is too long, and it is necessary to transport materials through the south, from the direction of Longchuan to the north. There are not enough trucks, and trains can't come through.

"Something went wrong with the logistics?" Yang Wei was a little speechless, "Haven't we been strengthening logistics and transportation support all these years?" ”

"Commander, we are indeed strengthening logistics and transportation support, but the consumption on our front line is too huge, especially the artillery shells, which are basically blown up with shells all the way, and the fuel supply and everything have to be transported from the Zhiqing City to the direction of Longchuan, and the number of our trucks ......is not enough."

The material reserves are sufficient, but they are not strong enough to transport them.

Zhao Hai, the professor in charge of logistics, has basically not slept a single sleep during this time, and their logistics and transportation troops have been desperately trying to deliver materials to the front line, but the consumption of the front line is too great.

"Commander Han Weiguo requested that at least 100,000 shells and 3 million rounds of ammunition need to be mobilized, and about two divisions of the Vietnamese army have been gathered on the embankment, and if the infantry is allowed to attack, it is easy to cause excessive casualties...... "Gan Yuan is also aware of this.

Logistics, these issues were taken into account from the very beginning when they built up armored forces.

But after so many years of construction, it still can't keep up with the offensive rhythm.

"Then organize a team of people to transport it in a relay way!" Yang Wei gritted his teeth and said.

When the observation group from China knew about this matter, they did not express any opinions, but directly and silently wrote it down in their small notebook, although the country did a very inauthentic thing in this matter, and the peace with the monkey would make Nipu Dosang fall into a great passivity, but Liu Yijiu spoke, and they did not resist too much.

Naturally, there is no enthusiasm as before.

"Nipudosan's logistics force is so huge, hundreds of trucks can't guarantee supplies to the front line?" When they came down, some people in the Chinese observation group sighed, "This is even bigger than our domestic logistics support team!" ”

"Although it is huge, they do not have enough reserves in Vietnam, and the front line is too expensive, and the offensive in just a few days has consumed about 150,000 artillery shells, as well as hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles. These trucks are all liberation of our country, and their carrying capacity is limited, and the distance from the educated youth city to the front line is long enough......"

"This is even greater than the consumption we had in the self-defense counterattack!"

"Okay, let's report back to this first. They didn't want to see us, probably because of the domestic negotiations with Vietnam......"

Liu Yijiu did not interfere in the domestic negotiations with Vietnam, but in order for Vietnam to withdraw its troops from the north, the negotiations were progressing quickly, so he was too lazy to care about these issues.

The news from Nipudosang made Li Yunlong annoy him again.

"Strengthening logistical support capabilities? Aren't their logistics very strong? "Liu Yijiu was a little surprised, although Nipu Dosang had an army of 100,000 people, most of them would not leave their original positions." Could it be that there is a problem with their logistical supply? ”

"Yes, you can ......understand it if you look at this battle report first," Li Yunlong said helplessly, "Although our blue army construction and logistics support capabilities are strong, if we conduct long-distance operations, this will have the same problems as them, mainly because the consumption is too large." In addition, front-line medical security is also a problem. Field hospitals can't move quickly with the troops, otherwise problems can easily arise and be wiped ......out by the enemy's troops behind enemy lines."

All kinds of problems, in the course of the war, were exposed one by one.

"The Z-91 is not large enough to transport and has to be armed, which makes it very expensive to transport. If it weren't for the desperate stockpiling of all kinds of supplies before the war, they would have no longer had the logistical capacity to continue the war. According to estimates, the battle of Ho Chi Minh City will consume at least 200,000 shells, as well as many more bullets, and the aerial bombardment has been ......"

The Blues' attrition would be even greater than that of Nipudosan.

Because all kinds of equipment are more advanced, coupled with Liu Yijiu's policy of putting firepower first, this requires even more logistics to be huge.

"The transportation capacity of the Z-91 is really not good, but fortunately their strategic goal is about to be achieved. Otherwise, after so many years of preparation, it will not be able to withstand the toss. However, it is necessary to improve the logistical support capability. If there is a train, the support capacity will be much stronger......" Liu Yijiu also knew that this was nonsense.

In the 21 st century, not only must we strengthen the building of the armed forces, but more importantly, we must strengthen our logistical support capability.

The more advanced the weaponry, the faster it will be consumed.

Automated rifles and artillery make the firepower more intensive, and the ammunition is consumed much faster than the original.

"Because the logistics can't keep up, many soldiers can't get treatment in time." Li Yunlong sighed, many of those soldiers were retired Chinese soldiers.

"However, medical security, etc., can be completely solved! Make field hospitals a way to move quickly, so that at least the seriously wounded soldiers who can be guaranteed can get some treatment on the front lines first. Liu Yijiu suddenly remembered a kind of modern logistics support equipment that he had always ignored.

(To be continued.) )