Han Yunhua sighed and said with emotion: "It's hard to say, everything is like a dream, our new regiment went to the anti-Japanese front line with all our hearts, ready to fight the devils on the front line, but I didn't expect to be defeated by the devils before we reached the real front line, there are less than five hundred people left in a regiment, and there are only three or two kittens left in the officers, and the highest level is me and Ye Baoguo, but both of us are seriously injured." I'm a little better, it's not too serious, but Ye Baoguo is much more serious than me, and he can't command the troops independently at all. It was already October when we arrived in the Saibei area, and in October there was hardly anything to feed us except for the autumn wind and snow, and we had a lot of wounded, so we could hardly stand anywhere if we didn't have enough food. Coupled with the blockade of the devils, we lost contact with our superiors, and we were almost cornered at that time. But we can't sit still, there are no guns and no artillery, the enemy will make it for us. We don't have the resources in our hands, but the enemy has them, and if we want to survive first, we must destroy the devils. At that time, there were not many devil defenders in Xinghe County, only more than 100, so we .......... it was not until after the Battle of Saibei that the establishment of our Inner Mongolia Military Region troops was finally determined, and now our military region has a total of three infantry brigades, one cavalry brigade, one mechanized brigade, one artillery brigade, one guard battalion, one special operations brigade, and one unit directly under the military region. The overall strength of our unit is equivalent to the two group armies of the Kuomintang, and at the same time equivalent to the three field divisions of the Japanese army. Of course, this is only calculated from the number of personnel and firepower of both sides, but in fact, there is a huge gap between us and the Japanese army in terms of logistics support and many aspects. Therefore, in a short period of time, the strength of our division should be stronger than the three divisions of the Japanese army, but if we fight a positional war and a war of attrition, we will not be able to compare with the Japanese army. ”

Vice Chairman Zhou said: "That's very normal, you must know that the strategic resources we have now are far inferior to those of the Nationalist Government, and even worse than those of the Japanese army." That's why we proposed to establish base areas behind enemy lines, fight guerrilla warfare with the enemy, and accumulate small victories into big victories. It's not that we don't dare to fight with the devils, and it's not that we're afraid of sacrificing to preserve our strength, but it's that we really can't compete with the devils in terms of weapons and ammunition. So when I heard that you were going to fight with Terauchi Shouichi, the chairman and I were very worried, on the one hand, of course, we were worried about your comfort, and more importantly, we were afraid that you, a bastard boy, would lose all the team that had been pulled up with great difficulty. If it weren't for the fact that it was really inappropriate to change the generals on the spot, we would have almost recalled you back to Yan'an. But now it seems that your kid is confident, and he specially put a trap on General Shouyi in the temple, and he hid nearly 40,000 people in the area of Guisui and Baotou. ”

"You kid did a good job, Mr. Zhu and Mr. Peng have praised you to us many times, saying that you are young and promising, and you are a material for war and have a future for development. We thought he said this for the sake of Enlai's face, but now it seems that it is indeed you kid who is fighting for anger, is this unit the caretaker of your military region today? Then you took this main force away, what should you do over there? The chairman asked, taking a puff on his cigarette.

In the face of these two founders of the republic, Han Yunhua said that it would be a lie not to be excited, so when ** asked this question, Han Yunhua replied a little nervously: "It can be said that the troops I am bringing now are relatively strong in combat effectiveness in my Inner Mongolia Military Region, but they are definitely not the strongest, the strongest troops in our military region are of course the Saber Special Operations Team, but now there is a squadron in the Saber Special Operations Brigade in eastern Hebei, and a squadron has been transferred to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army as the head of the headquarters. Used to protect the security of the head of headquarters. Another squadron remained in the military region, and only one squadron followed me south to Wuhan. Secondly, the most combat-effective unit in our military region should be the mechanized brigade, and the scene of the 300 or so tanks charging together is indeed not something we can imagine. However, due to the long distance of the southward operation this time, and the uneven and rugged roads along the way, I only asked the guard battalion to bring more than 30 Type 97 combat vehicles with better field performance to Wuhan in the south, and the rest stayed in the military region. Therefore, although the overall strength of the unit I am leading now is very strong, it cannot be called the most elite and combat-effective unit of our Inner Mongolia Military Region. It was precisely because of the existence of mechanized brigades and artillery brigades that I dared to lead my troops to the south. ”,

** looked at Han Yunhua and said: "I just heard that the troops of your Inner Mongolia Military Region have a fixed ration of one catty and two taels every day, and there must be meat for every meal, and each soldier is given two clothes and a pair of shoes every quarter, is this true?" ”

Han Yunhua is still a time of lack of materials, the life of all units of the Eighth Route Army is very hard, basically the last meal is not the next meal, and the happiest time is only to eat two full meals a day, but most of the food is a mixture of coarse and fine grains. Even the vast majority of chiefs can only eat sweet potato wotou every day, and white flour steamed buns can only be eaten once every few days. However, the soldiers of the Inner Mongolia Military Region have received brand-new military training, and this is a training plan formulated by Han Yunhua based on the actual situation of the Inner Mongolia Military Region and the training program of the People's Liberation Army in the future. This training program is particularly physically demanding every day, and if there is not enough food to replenish it, the fighters' bodies will not be able to bear it. However, in the eyes of the outside world, the standard of living of the soldiers of the Inner Mongolia Military Region has far exceeded the standard, and it seems to be a bit of luxury.

Han Yunhua knew that the central authorities would have to inquire about this matter sooner or later, after all, doing so would have a very adverse impact on other troops. is also the Eighth Route Army, why can the soldiers of the Inner Mongolia Military Region eat white flour steamed buns every day, while the soldiers of other units can't even eat gruel wotou. However, Han Yunhua didn't intend to hide it, after all, this kind of thing was not a mistake, let alone a crime, so Han Yunhua was ready to tell the truth with the chairman and others.

"Well, that's true. Chairman, you may not know that except for the special combat team, the soldiers of our military region have to carry out weight-bearing cross-country training every morning, and the distance can reach 5 kilometers at the minimum and 30 kilometers at the most. Every day, we also have to carry out sit-ups, push-ups, frog jumps, actual combat sanda, bayonet fighting, and other training, and the physical exertion of the soldiers every day is quite serious, so the food of the soldiers of our military region is indeed better than that of other units. Han Yunhua said.

Vice Chairman Zhou frowned and said: "Well, the amount of training in your military region is indeed very large, more than three times more than that of other troops, can the soldiers afford this?" ”

"You have to train if you can bear it, and you have to train if you can't bear it. Daily military training must be completed, and this is the only mandatory order issued since the founding of our military region, and as long as the troops have no combat missions, the daily training of the troops cannot be interrupted for a day. Of course, there are also some soldiers who have poor physical fitness and cannot adapt to high-intensity training, so if the knowledge and cultural level of this part of the people is okay, they will be transferred to secretarial departments and other departments, or transferred to Yang Ruihua to receive political training and be responsible for the relevant work of local political power. If the level of education is poor and the physical fitness is not good, then they will be sent to work in the military factories directly under the jurisdiction of the military region, and they will not be able to stay in the army. Speaking of this, Han Yunhua paused and continued: "As a soldier, he has his own sense of honor, and the army is a collective, and he wants to stay in the army forever after staying here for a long time, so when some people are laid off, the atmosphere and training enthusiasm of the army have improved significantly, and most of the soldiers do not need to be supervised by the officers, and even a small number of soldiers still need to be ordered by the commander to go back to rest reluctantly." Moreover, every year, our military region selects a group of the most elite fighters and lower-level officers from the whole army to participate in the training of the special combat team, and basically each company has only three to five places, and in order to compete for these places, the soldiers take the initiative to receive training, so that even if most of the soldiers do not have the opportunity to participate in the training of the special combat team, the combat effectiveness of the troops has been significantly improved, and the officers have also felt obvious pressure, otherwise they will soon be caught up by their own soldiers, and if they are defeated in the big competition, they will be defeated in the hands of their own soldiers. That's a big loss of face. Therefore, now we leaders do not have to worry about the training of both soldiers and middle- and lower-ranking officers, and our training program has also achieved remarkable results. ”

After finishing speaking, Han Yunhua added: "Chairman, you and Vice Chairman Zhou, the mighty division you saw was trained in this way, and the cost of such training is also extremely large, and the cost of food alone every day is an astronomical amount, which only makes Yang Ruihua scold me for being a loser." However, seeing the soldiers grow day by day, and seeing the devils defeat in our hands again and again, even if it is worth paying a big price, not to mention that all the materials and property are exchanged for blood and sweat by the soldiers, and they have not asked for a grain of grain from the superior leaders, let alone levied even a little tax on the local people, so I think it is understandable that the soldiers' food standards are higher. ”

After listening to Han Yunhua's remarks, the chairman and Vice Chairman Zhou were silent for a while, and then said: "Indeed, the combat effectiveness of your department is among the top in the whole army, and the most commendable thing is that the development time of your department has only taken less than a year. Now that your unit is basically self-sufficient, and you have the ability to support other brother troops, that's good. The fact that your unit's food standard is higher than that of other troops will not be investigated, but you must pay attention to the impact, after all, we have always paid great attention to fairness. ”

Until late at night, the three of them had not finished talking, and the guards did not dare to disturb the three people talking. More than a dozen special combat team members and the two chiefs' guards surrounded the cave where they lived, for fear of any accidents. It wasn't until Han Yunhua's stomach thundered in protest that the conversation finally ended.