The mountain brigade is camping in a wooded area in Nakajo Mountain. All companies opened fire for cooking, and each company strengthened its vigilance.

"There are three days left, and the New Year is coming to an end. We entered the Nakajo Mountains. Zhang Zhen took a charcoal pen and wrote in his diary. He had just finished writing the combat log. His dinner was a hot cookie paste. They took out all the dry food and boiled the hot water. Add some salt. Actually, you don't need to add it. It's already delicious enough. If you eat too much, you will be thirsty, and they hate the feeling of thirst because the lack of water feels bad. Many people eat a few mouthfuls of snow to quench their thirst, and as a result, some people are sent to the rear hospital for gastrointestinal problems. If there is boiling water, they still want to drink it.

"At the time of departure, there were two hundred and eleven men in the whole company, sickness, cold, and mountains. We have reduced our number to one hundred and ninety-seven. Zhang Zhen wrote in his diary. These things are clear, although the medics do not all eat cold food. But they were too thirsty. The food given to them is too dry, and the biscuits are too much to eat, and they tend to get too angry. The water in the kettle will be depleted very quickly. Plus long marches. Many people feel very thirsty and can't stop such a condition, so there are a lot of gastrointestinal problems at once, most of which are diarrhea. The medics did not have the most effective drugs to suppress the spread of such a disease, so they had no choice but to transfer them to the rear.

The IRA's supplies were the same as before, but they compressed biscuit food and added a lot of salt, because it would ensure the electrolytes in the soldiers' bodies and give them energy, but they forgot to increase the soldiers' drinking water. The IRA didn't have a very good kettle, and although Shang Wu noticed such a problem, the problem could not be solved. The production of iron was not yet enough to meet this need of soldiers, and some soldiers had water bladders. The bad ones are cups made of bamboo, which are then sealed with strips of cloth. The effect is not very high. And during the march, especially in battle, it is easy to be destroyed, in which case the soldier loses his water bottle, and the worst thing is not here. That's because the IRA hasn't developed a drink, especially an energy-based one. What they provided to the soldiers was simply water, cool and boiled, not something important that could guarantee the physical fitness of the soldiers, and in the final analysis, the guarantee of the Republican Army was still relatively backward.

For example, the quantity of imported resources such as sugar is far from meeting the needs of the Republican Army, not only is the price high, but more importantly, these things cannot meet the needs of some people to a large extent, and the supply of tea is in a state of zero, and drinking tea is only a kind of taste for the upper class. Ordinary people can drink honey water, which is already a very good thing.

The food provided by the logistics department of the Republican Army has not improved very much, it is still a simple compressed biscuit, the taste is very poor, and it is very hard, it is said that if you eat it dry, you still need to say that you need to use stones, ** to break it. This kind of food is basically the same as bricks, and some people joke that it is a good material if the logistics department uses it to build a house. Such a situation makes everyone feel very depressed. It's their food.

"The coats that were given to us were warm. I also got a leather armor. This will be warmer, and the boots will be velvet inside. But these things are of little use to us, because in the mountains, our heat is constantly decreasing. Zhang Zhen wrote. This is what he saw in the combat manual, fighting in cold regions, they have to replenish more and more calories in time, without which their condition will become very bad. All people know that they have to solve such a problem quickly. Otherwise, everything will be extremely difficult.

Although the Republican army's overcoat was more practical than the uniforms of the officers, this was a mountainous area, and the warmth of the overcoat still did not meet the basic needs of the soldiers, and the troops suffered from frostbite to varying degrees. It's bad. Because the medical staff found out that he was probably the most incompetent person in the company, he couldn't solve such a thing as diarrhea, even frostbite was only bandaged, and there didn't seem to be a good way to solve such a thing, which made them feel very annoyed. But they knew it was the best thing the paramedic could do. War is like that, no one cares what they say. What they care about is what else they can do.

"Come on, we need to do some small area of records." Zhang Blind said to Zhang Zhen at this time. Zhang Zhen nodded, he picked up his notebook and went to the company commander's tent. He looked and saw that the company commanders of several nearby companies were here, as well as their two platoon commanders, one of whom was on duty as an officer on duty.

"Alright. Everyone is here. Zhao Laosan said.

"I know that everyone has been suffering a lot recently, and we have a lot of combat attrition, in such a situation, we should take a break, but there is no way, the order has been given to us from above. We can only carry it out. Zhao Laosan said. Zhang Zhen recorded that he knew that this company commander was very good at fighting, and he had his own way of fighting.

"There are very few specific situations, the intelligence side has given us a vague idea, we went down from the mountains, there are about more than two thousand Hun cavalry, and more than five hundred people of the White Polish army are assembled in the local area, our task is to attack and advance, search for them, and after discovering them, the appropriate attack will begin to retreat, and most of us will retreat to a certain favorable area to set up an ambush circle. Our task is to find them and get them to attack appropriately. Zhao Laosan said.

"Remember, don't exchange fire with them too much, don't get too far away from friendly forces, make full use of the terrain, move slowly when searching, don't spread too far apart, and cooperate with each other." Zhao Laosan said.

"We understand." Several company commanders said this. Zhang Zhen recorded that he knew that the war was about to begin. Although they do not yet know where the exact location of the enemy is, a lot of the situation is not clear, although the IRA sent some observers, who are actually intelligence officers who can provide most of the intelligence. At the same time, they had many more scouts scattered out for reconnaissance. But the situation is not too good. In order to complete the task as soon as possible, the Mountain Brigade, as well as the 6th Brigade, which was the first to enter, decided to search and advance, looking for the enemy, and they placed a large number of troops in the rear to lure the opponent.

"Okay, everybody be careful." Zhao Laosan said. The meeting then dispersed. None of them have a specific plan for how to do this, and the intelligence is not enough to support them in formulating a detailed plan to do such a thing.

The eldest son, in the telegraph room. Ma Heng waited here anxiously. Two brigades have already entered the mountains. But Ma Heng is not sure how far this has happened.

"No news yet?" Ma Heng asked the communications staff officer.

"There is no chief." The communications staff officer replied.

"Have you solved such a problem, I mean, have you solved such a problem? Got the cable there? Ma Heng asked.

"There is no chief yet. There's a bit of a hassle in this matter. The communications staff officer said.

"The sheer amount of cables we needed along the way. More and more guarantees are needed. The number of cables is very large, the erection and laying of the lot is very complicated, and we also need to add some relay devices. The communications staff officer said.

"Alright. I know what's going on. In such a situation, there are not many solutions that we can actually solve. Is that right? Ma Heng asked.

"Yes. Sir. But I want to give them some time. I think things will get better. The other party said.

"Alright. I know. You're doing a good job, keep it up. Ma Heng can only encourage. Telegrams were still a hassle because they needed to lay a lot of cables. Although the cable factories provided them with a large number of cables before the war, the number of cables needed on the battlefield was still insufficient, and their communications were still not carried out.

There is a lack of detailed intelligence, and the operational situation is unclear. This made Ma Heng only anxious, and he couldn't wait to lead a few staff officers to the front by himself.

"Horse Counselor." The anxious Ma Heng shouted loudly. The horse staff officer was his operational staff officer. He is responsible for making plans, but no matter how good a plan is, it needs to be based on the necessary information. But they currently lack too much information.

"Sir." Staff Officer Ma immediately reported.

"Take a few people and follow me to the front. Fast. Ma Heng said anxiously.

"But sir, sir. And also. The safety of the sir. Counselor Ma said worriedly.

"You're worried about a fart, Lao Tzu has nothing to do, if the front line doesn't go well, nothing will go on." Ma Heng said anxiously. Then he said that he led a few people forward.

"Sir. This. Staff Officer Ma had no choice but to follow his commander to the front to take a look, after all, many things were not something they could solve.

"Hurry up." Ma Heng urged.

"With so many people staring here, are you afraid that something will happen? Hurry up, gather it all for me, and solve something like this better than anything else. Ma Heng said. All the people have to do it because they need to solve problems like this.

Ma Heng was worried, because he didn't know what the situation was at the front line, and he didn't know what was going on, which would inevitably be unfavorable to them.