Chapter 614: A Complex Battlefield
How to ensure that the firepower of the troops is not affected has become the primary task of the Seventh Army at present.
The advice given by Wang Xuance has great reference significance for them.
After all, before that, it had always been the officers and men of the Marine Corps who fought the enemy here.
"Hello General, I'm the commander of the 1st Marine Division!" ushered in the general Li Daoyan in the front, and Liu Ju did not dare to be careless.
Regardless of the other party's military rank is higher than his own, even his identity is not comparable to himself, after all, there is a royal title on his body.
In Li Daoyan's life, the most shining resume is to participate in the Battle of Tuyuhun.
But people in the internal system know that Li Daoyan only participated in the battle in the early days, and later, he focused on logistics, and when it came to attacking Tibet, because Li Shentong happened to die of illness, he had to hand over the power in his hands and return to Chang'an for a three-year mourning.
After his return, he first served as the deputy commander of the Third Army, and his main job was still in charge of logistics.
However, only a year later, he was transferred to the commander of the Seventh Army, which is a powerful figure in the military and government.
Many people can't understand why Li Daoyan can be promoted so quickly, but if they don't understand it, there is no way, who makes the family carry the identity of a royal family?
"Division Commander Liu has worked hard, and our army will take over the task of your department next, is there anything that Division Commander Liu needs to explain?" Li Daoyan did not feel that Liu Ju was inferior to himself because of his identity, and he still maintained enough respect when questioning.
This is a battlefield, a place where no one can despise anyone, even if the person standing in front of him at the moment is just an ordinary soldier, Li Daoyan will listen carefully to the other party's advice.
The words of the general are naturally more valuable for reference, but the words of the grassroots soldiers are also very valuable for reference, but the hierarchical concepts of the two are different, and when they are referenced, they cannot be placed in the same position for reference.
"There is no special place to explain, presumably the headquarters has already told the general." Liu Ju thought about it, and it was definitely not his turn to intervene in the high-level things, although he also belonged to the high-level, but if he suggested it, Liu Ju still felt that he should be reminded, and continued: "At present, the normal operation here is basically enough for the battalion as a unit, but it is necessary to maintain the cohesion of the units, not too far apart, so as not to delay the speed of support." If there are special circumstances, you can choose the opportunity to change your tactics.
The biggest problem is that you can't put all the troops into it, the terrain here is a bit complicated, and the distance from the mainland makes it impossible to relax your vigilance.
So our division left a separate regiment and a half regiments as a reserve, one of which was used to deliver supplies to the various combat units, and the other two battalions were ready to support at all times. However, according to normal deployment, these two battalions will basically come in handy, and if there is a problem, the battalions near the left and right will immediately come to the rescue.
The enemy's combat effectiveness is low, the equipment is poor, and there are some problems with their willpower until now. As long as our troops continue to maintain this pressure, or continue to exert pressure, the possibility of a mental collapse of the enemy soldiers cannot be ruled out in the short term.
However, the only problem facing our army lies in logistics, and the deeper the troops advance, the greater the pressure on logistics, and now using a regiment to support logistics can only be said to be barely enough, but our division has now almost lost the ability to continue advancing. ”
The loss of the ability to continue advancing does not mean that we cannot fight, but if we continue to fight, there may be problems.
The problem is not in the troops themselves, nor in the sudden increase in the capabilities of the enemy.
The further back you fight, the longer it will take for logistics to be replenished, and what can be replenished once every two days will take even three days, four days or even longer.
This also limits the combat capability of the troops, thus giving the other side an opportunity to take advantage of.
Yes, they encountered the same problems as when Emperor Yang of Sui conquered Goguryeo, but one was a food crisis and the other was an ammunition crisis, although there were some differences between the two, and the ammunition was near Tangenpokou, but there were not enough troops to ensure that these supplies could be delivered safely and quickly to the front-line troops.
However, don't forget what Li Daoyan has done in the past few years.
I don't dare to say anything else, but in the area of logistics support, it basically belongs to Li Daoyan's profession.
Why was Lee Do-yan reused immediately after his comeback? Could it really be that his level is too high? Since this is the case, why not let Li Jing, the god of war, go, but let him become the dean of the military academy?
said 1,000 to 10,000, this answer Li Yuanji had already told Li Daoyan.
First, Li Daoyan is worthy of Li Yuanji's trust, and second, a senior officer of the modern army not only needs strategic vision, but also needs him to have logistical support capabilities.
Even, Li Yuanji directly singled out this matter very early, and in the future war, it is not only who is more elite and braver, but also who has no logistical problems.
They didn't understand it before, but now, Li Daoyan completely understands what Li Yuanji said to him in private.
And Li Daoyan was also very glad that he didn't take those words as a deaf ear, he listened carefully and studied them.
So, Li Daoyan quickly made a decision.
Each division will take two regiments and take charge of the supply of each division on its own, and two regiments will be fully responsible for one division, and the logistical pressure will be greatly reduced.
But this is still not a long-term solution, they have to find a way to bring in more vehicles from the rear as soon as possible to ensure the transportation of supplies, and this is the poor road situation.
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The weather on the peninsula is a bit boring, and the rain falls without warning.
And the air here is a bit hard to get used to, unlike when they were back home.
The air here has more moisture, and there is also a smell of sea, which makes the soldiers a little uncomfortable.
The air, the weather, the bad environment.
If you go down with one foot, not to mention that the whole foot is buried in the mud, at least the whole foot will be buried.
The traffic situation here is even more worrying, there are no cement roads like Datang at all, and there are not even traces of cement here.
Even rammed earth roads are rare, and many roads have not been hardened, but are simply formed by years of walking.
One of the characteristics of such a road is that it looks the surface, but under the influence of the air environment here, as well as the influence of heavy rain, a rain will not even take an hour, and the whole road will become muddy.
It will be very difficult for people to walk up, and there is no need to think about the carriage or anything at all, not only will it be very slow, but it will also be very strenuous.
In short, the environment here, at this time, is suitable for doing one thing here, find a place where the rain can't get wet, sleep beautifully, and then wait for the rain to stop, and wait for the ground to be dried.
The Seventh Army had taken over the offensive positions of the 1st Marine Division in an all-round way, and a corps was crowded into this area, which was slightly crowded.
But even with the crowding, Li Daoyan did not propose to take over the offensive direction of several other Marine Divisions.
Because next, he's going to be in charge of the offense.
The Marine Division is in charge of the current area, and the vacated 1st Marine Division can support the other four divisions, so that the pressure on the Marine Division will be reduced exponentially.
And the Seventh Army can also concentrate its firepower to kill the assault.
It's not impossible to form a formation to push flat, but in the terrain here, it's hard to play its best role.
Moreover, in order to ensure the safety of the army, in mountainous areas, it is often necessary to send more scouts to search, constantly searching the surrounding situation to prevent accidents.
Everyone knows that it is easy to hide an army in the mountains.
Although the mountains in front of them are not high, and can even be described as small dirt slopes, they have to send people to search them carefully.
First, there is no need to form too many reconnaissance units, and a division is only the size of a regiment, and it is scattered among various regiments, while battalions are basic combat units, and a battalion has a reconnaissance company.
In normal times, this scale is sufficient, but if you put it here, it is surrounded by mountains, and there are endless hills.
The most disgusting thing is that in some places there are hundreds of meters or even more between the mountains.
This forced the scouts to come forward and search, which was labor-intensive, time-consuming, and energy-consuming.
Scouts are also human beings, and even if they are divided into squads and scattered to reconnoitre, it is far from enough, as for the scouts who concentrate the whole division.
Sorry, this really can't be done.
The scope of reconnaissance is different for troops in different positions, and if all the scouts are withdrawn, it will lead to no scouts available for the troops behind, which may lead to more serious consequences.
They also knew the combat methods of the Goguryeo Silla coalition army, and they also had a certain degree of preparedness, so there would not be any big problems in this regard.
However, investigative activities must not be reduced and must be expanded.
At this time, other troops need to stand up, because these are not professional reconnaissance units, and many times, their approach is very different from that of reconnaissance troops, in order to ensure the safety of these troops.
Therefore, it was sent out as a platoon unit, and Xue Rengui's battalion happened to be used as a reconnaissance unit as a whole, and their regiment was responsible for undertaking the sharp knife task of the Seventh Army's advance.
At the same time, Xue Rengui, who undertook the reconnaissance mission, naturally became the vanguard of the entire Seventh Army.