A regiment commander saw the anxiety of the chief of staff and tentatively proposed: "Chief of staff, if you want to deliver food to Hunyuan on time, you must give up the baggage trucks, and the troops will advance lightly, bypassing the potholes on the road!" ”

"I propose that the food on the wagons be distributed to each soldier and that everyone march with the food on their backs, so that we can reduce our dependence on the road."

"We have nearly 4,000 people here, and each person carries 30 catties of grain, which can add up to 120,000 catties."

"Then pull out the mules and horses that pull the cart to form a mule and horse team, each mule and horse can transport 300 catties of grain, and more than 200 mules and horses can transport 60,000 catties, adding up to 180,000 catties of grain, enough for the whole army to eat for ten days."

"What about the rest of the food?" The chief of staff was a little moved, stared at the regiment commander and asked.

"Leave an infantry company to guard the remaining food and supplies, and when the first batch of food is delivered to Hunyuan, we will come back immediately to deliver the second batch of food and supplies.

"Although this is slow, inefficient, and the brothers will be very tired, it is better than dragging forward like a turtle here, and it can also relieve the pressure on the division seat and complete the task smoothly."

Military orders cannot be violated.

Shizuo asked himself to go to Hunyuan City before dark tomorrow, then he must arrive, otherwise the military law will be light.

The chief of staff, who couldn't think of any other way, immediately made a decision: "You go and arrange it now, I will immediately send a telegram to the division for instructions, as long as he agrees, we will go!" ”

In Hunyuan City, the division commander was in a very bad mood, and even a little restless.

Although the chief of staff did not explicitly say that the follow-up troops could not be in place on time, he also did not say that they could be in place on time, and the telegram was full of the difficulties that the follow-up troops were now facing.

As with what happened to him before, the road was completely destroyed.

If you want to bring hundreds of thousands of catties of food and supplies to Hunyuan City smoothly, you must rush while building roads.

As for the division of troops, with the inexplicable disappearance of the cavalry company and the mountain artillery battalion, the division commander was already frightened, and repeatedly told the chief of staff that he could not divide the troops.

The division commander had just walked through the ruined highway and knew how difficult it was for a heavy truck to take that kind of road.

There was a faint feeling in my heart that the chief of staff could not be in place on time.

At that time, the troops in the city will be hungry for a longer time, and if the officers at all levels are not well controlled, not only will the morale of the army be in chaos, but the troops will also collapse, and then they will be finished.

"Division, Chief of Staff Urgent Telegram!" The deputy division commander, who had just entered the city, suddenly walked in.

What did he say? Is it possible to deliver food to the county seat on time? The division commander asked anxiously.

"Yes, but there are two problems!" The deputy division commander replied.

"In order to ensure the speed of the march, they decided to abandon the baggage carts and carry the food here on time by carrying it on their backs."

"The first batch can send 180,000 catties of grain, of which 60,000 catties of grain are transported by mules and horses pulling carts, and 120,000 catties of grain are carried by soldiers, and each soldier carries 30 catties of grain, and marches here in a hurry."

The teacher's anxiety slowly eased.

As long as the food can be sent over, even if it is only 10,000 catties, it can stabilize the morale of more than 3,000 troops in Hunyuan City.

Immediately ordered: "Call back to the Chief of Staff, I agree with them!" ”

After finishing speaking, he suddenly thought of the deputy division commander's words at the beginning, and hurriedly asked: "You just said that there are two questions, which are the two questions?" ”

The deputy division commander reported: "The follow-up troops brought nearly 400,000 catties of grain and ammunition, minus the 180,000 catties of grain that could be transported immediately, and more than 200,000 catties of grain and ammunition. ”

"Because of the lack of troops, the chief of staff intends to leave only one company of troops to guard the remaining supplies."

"After the main force sends the first batch of materials to Hunyuan, we will return immediately to deliver the second batch of materials."

"There will be at least two days in between, and they are worried that the troops and supplies left behind will be in danger."

The division headquarters repeatedly reminded them that there were the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese puppet army hidden nearby, and they must not divide their troops to give the opponent a chance to break through. Now the chief of staff has to divide his troops, and he is a little undecided. ”

The division commander immediately thought of the mountain artillery battalion and the baggage company, where the troops had disappeared.

A troop of nearly 400 people can be quietly captured by the opponent, and the chief of staff only leaves a company, isn't that a sheep's mouth?

Immediately denied: "One company is too few troops." ”

"Telegraph back to the Chief of Staff, the troops are split in two."

"One main regiment stayed behind to guard the remaining supplies, and the other main regiment took all the mules and horses to transport the first batch of grain for us."

"As long as 100,000 catties of grain can be transported, the pressure on the division headquarters here will be gone."

"What's the second question?"

The deputy division commander thought for a moment before speaking: "The chief of staff did not find the wounded we left behind on the way here!" ”

"What?" The division commander began to get anxious again.

Most of the wounded who remained on the road were lightly wounded, and they could recover their health in ten days and half a month, which was not only not a burden for themselves, but also a valuable asset.

They added up to more than 300 people, and this was only what was left of their own troops, plus the other two roads, a total of more than 500 people, the strength of a whole reinforced battalion.

More importantly, in order to prevent accidents and have the ability to defend themselves, they have left their weapons by themselves, and there are more than a dozen light machine guns alone.

The wounded are gone, and these weapons are definitely gone, which is definitely a very big loss.

On the battlefield, destroying the puppet army for hundreds of days by yourself will not necessarily lose so many guns.

Now that a battle has not been fought, it is an absolute shame for himself to lose so much without even seeing the shadow of the Eighth Route Army.

The deputy division commander continued to report: "The chief of staff also said that he sent people to check the places where the wounded were staying, and again did not find any traces of firefighting. ”

"Like our baggage troops, they disappeared for no apparent reason."

He was worried that there would also be wounded on the way to deliver food to Hunyuan, and if the wounded were left behind, they would definitely go missing. If you march with the wounded, it is equivalent to three soldiers losing their combat effectiveness, and they must lose 90 catties of food, and it will also affect the speed of the troops. ”

"We were trapped by more than 300 wounded along the way, and they have a large number of troops, so there must be more wounded."

"When they arrive in Hunyuan, they will lose at least 30,000 catties of grain."

The division commander frowned and analyzed: "If you lose 30,000 catties of 100,000 catties of grain, there will still be 70,000 catties left, which is enough for us to last until the next batch of grain." ”

"Send a telegram back to the chief of staff, I want the wounded not to have food."

"After the wounded recover, they can form combat effectiveness, and if a recruit wants to train like this, the military salary and price spent to buy 5,000 catties of food are enough."

"So I will never leave a wounded person behind for ninety pounds of food."

"Send a telegram to the Chief of Staff now, and send my orders over."

"Tomorrow before dark, send me 70,000 catties of food, even if he completes the task."

"But there is one condition: not a single wounded person must be lost."

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