Due to the exploits of the surprise attack on Missoula, Li Hui promoted Zhao Hu to the commander of the First Mountain Division, so that the commander of the biochemical corps who was actually only in name only served as the political commissar (before he was the division commander and political commissar), in fact, regardless of qualifications, ability or military exploits, Zhao Hu is enough for this qualification, Li Hui also appreciates his character and character, but he has been pressing not to let Zhao Hu be promoted in order to set up a typical example and urge the officers to work hard to learn cultural knowledge. Only now did there be a good reason. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhao Hu quickly entered the role after being promoted, and he immediately sent a telegram to order the other two brigades of the First Mountain Division to go south as soon as possible to join the division, although there are advantages to the terrain and combat effectiveness is far superior to that of the US army, but after all, the first brigade only has 10,000 people, and after removing the wounded and sick, there are less than 8,000 left, and his heart is still a little weak.

However, even Zhao Hu didn't expect that the two brigades would come so quickly, because the temperature rose so fast after the cold snap passed, so it was estimated that when the second brigade arrived at the edge of Lake Flathead, even if the lake ice had not completely melted, it would definitely not be able to leave safely, and the north of Lake Flathead was sparsely populated (the largest "city" in the valley of Missoula only had more than 10,000 permanent residents, and other places can be imagined.) And where is it so easy to find enough ships? What exactly did the Second Brigade and Third Brigade do? How did it come so quickly?

After asking, Zhao Hu realized that the Second Brigade crossed the lake on a raft instead of a boat. When he first arrived at the lake, the ice had not yet melted and it was impossible to sail, and the commander of the third brigade saw that the surrounding area was full of primeval forests and good timber was inexhaustible, so he came up with the idea of using this free time to make rafts instead of boats, although a detailed investigation had not yet been carried out (this could not be blamed for the poor intelligence work, since the plan drawn up before the war did not include a direct route across the lake). But the rarity of people along the way was enough to make him lose confidence in finding a boat.

Now Zhao Hu is even more strange, he has not taken a raft, it is difficult to make the area too big, not to mention, even if the trees in the primeval forest are tall and thick, the raft can be bigger, the buoyancy is not so big, so how can it carry so many people, animals and weapons and supplies? Could it be that they have made hundreds of thousands of large rafts in a matter of days? How is that possible?

"It doesn't have to be that big, it doesn't have to be that big." , The third brigade commander laughed when he heard this, and then said the reason somewhat proudly, "Now the times are different, we must learn advanced scientific and technological knowledge in order to enrich the country and strengthen the army, but China has a history of thousands of years, and the wisdom accumulated by the ancestors is also a precious wealth, as a descendant of later generations, it is natural to make good use of it!" ”

It turned out that the commander of the third brigade thought of Han Xin's attack on Wei that he had said in the ancient battle of the military academy, when Han Xin had people tie a full mouth and bottom down under the raft, which greatly increased the buoyancy of the raft, so that a very small raft could carry many soldiers, thus greatly reducing the workload of making the raft, and then saving a lot of time. (Note 1)

At that time, although the two mountain brigades did not carry Waon, the two brigades had more than 20,000 people, and they carried a lot of buckets and other containers, which could also be used. It was thanks to these special rafts with super buoyancy that the two mountain brigades were able to reach Missoula so quickly, and they also left some of the rafts for the follow-up friendly forces, so not only did the two mountain brigades arrive faster, but the Heavenly Punishment Column and the 2nd Mountain Division behind them could also save a lot of time.

After listening to their narration, Zhao Hu praised the third brigade commander for his ancient and modern use, and personally sent a telegram to the country to ask for merit, and Li Hui, who was far away in China, also sighed after learning about it, "China has been up and down for 5,000 years, and all kinds of wisdom have emerged in an endless stream, although it is not as easy to popularize as science and technology, but it is also very valuable, especially for senior cadres, so let's send a revised version of the "Think Tank" to all cadres above the seventh grade......

The surprise attack on Missoula by Zhao Hu's 1st Brigade dealt a heavy blow to Theodore Roosevelt, who was well aware of military affairs, but the American public and media paid more attention to the battle situation on the Western Front and the Central Front.

The Eighth Army had already suspended its offensive, but its immediate enemy, the Fifth Mountain Division of the Chinese Defense Army, had taken the initiative to retreat 30 kilometers after the success of the First Brigade's surprise attack on Missoula, because after taking Missoula in the east, the value of Spokane had dropped greatly, so it was better to shrink the front to reduce the pressure on logistical supplies, and it was not too late to wait until the railway was repaired before launching a large-scale attack. With the acquiescence and support of the US government and big businessmen, they have loudly advocated lies such as "successfully recovering a large number of lost territories" and "shattering the myth of the invincibility of the Chinese army," thus temporarily relieving the Roosevelt administration of enormous pressure.

However, Theodore Roosevelt could lie for the sake of reality, but he would never deceive himself, knowing very well that in a brutal all-out war, the gains and losses of one city and one place do not matter, but the annihilation of the enemy's living forces is the key, and if you only look at the losses of personnel on both sides, the United States has lost too badly, and has never lost so badly since the founding of this country......

Note 1: I can't help but complain, in fact, from this example, it can be seen that ancient China had a deeper understanding of buoyancy very early, but failed to summarize the precise formula, saying that "iron has a way to float" This cognition is by no means introduced from the West in modern times, porcelain sinks in water, bowls can float on water, according to this reason, it is not difficult to think that iron also has a way to float on water, not to mention that there are no iron utensils in ancient times, I really think that the ancients are so stupid? It is not excluded that some people who lack life practice will take it for granted, but there must be a considerable number of people who can think of it, which is different from the problem of the iron ball landing at the same time.

The reason why this matter did not appear in ancient scientific and technological works is because ancient Chinese scholars thought that this was simply common sense, and naturally did not think that there was a need to include it in books, let alone that some garbage in later generations would actually make up jokes to belittle the wisdom of the Chinese.

In addition, when the so-called Eight-Nation Coalition invaded China, Cixi did not believe that there would be iron ships, which is completely a joke, at that time, China already had ironclad ships, and they could build their own ...... (To be continued.) )