Chapter 157 Strong Safeguards

After Rommel lost the war in North Africa in World War II, he said: "Sufficient reserves of weapons, fuel and ammunition are the first necessary conditions for an army to be able to sustain intense fighting." In fact, the quartermasters of both sides were already fighting before the battle began, and were deciding the outcome of the battle. Without guns, the bravest soldiers could not do anything; Without sufficient ammunition, guns are useless; In mobile warfare, without a vehicle filled with fuel, neither guns nor ammunition can make much difference. Maintenance and repair work must also be equal in quantity and quality to the enemy".

In cold-weapon warfare, which is mainly based on manpower and animal power, the army's logistics is actually in a state of laissez-faire, and the concept of logistics considered by the generals is very narrow. In addition to their salaries, the army provided soldiers with daily food, clothing, armor, and weapons. In the supply ratio, forage accounts for the majority, food accounts for the small, and the rest can be ignored, and the soldiers' equipment needs to be maintained and carried by themselves. In the territory of the country or the territory of the allies, it is also possible to send quartermasters to the front station, organize the supply of goods in the towns, and collect grain and grass. (In fact, this is the actual meaning of "grain and grass first", rather than letting the grain and grass troops set off first, there was no such thing as grain and grass troops at that time) In some cases, if the army repeatedly uses the same marching route, it can also set up a permanent military station, prepare the items needed by the soldiers, and arrange camps.

In ancient times, people did not have a logistics system to ensure that the army fought in enemy territory, whether it was a beast army or a benevolent army, the solution to this problem was to let the army plunder along the road, and history has proved that this method is still very reliable. However, the people of that time lacked the management theories and institutions of later generations to turn looting into an organized exploitation, but if the army outnumbered the area, it would be as destructive as an atomic bomb.

As the scale of the war increases, so does the size of the army, which puts a catastrophic strain on the primitive logistics model, and if the commander cannot solve the problem of eating, then he loses control over the army. Munitions warehouses began to appear, although they were still only pediatric with the modern supply system, but they were still great improvements, but the warehouses of this period were only a temporary measure for the war, purchasing materials after the war began, and selling the materials on the spot after the war to avoid wasting money and manpower.

There are two types of military reserves: one is used to ensure the defense of the country, that is, to reserve supplies for the defenders in border towns and fortifications for half a year to two months to resist the enemy's siege. The other is used to ensure the needs of fighting beyond the borders. However, there are no professional logistics units, and there is no other good way to requisition vehicles and ships from warehouses to military operations to provide supplies.

In the long-term border war, the Song Dynasty gradually summed up a set of effective logistics supply methods, although there were still shortcomings, but still solved many problems. In order to consolidate the border defense, in the early Song Dynasty, the imperial court built forts in the Lin, Fu and Feng areas, but at that time there were only a few Ningyuan Zhai and Hengyang Fort. In the period of Shenzong, the strategy of 'shallow attack' was implemented, and a large number of fortresses were built on the border of Song and Xia, and new forts and beacons were built in the key places where the Xia people came and went.

As a result, a new problem arose, the soldiers along the border forts could be self-sufficient, but the food of the mobile troops needed to be transported from the Guanzhong area to meet the supply. Mobile troops are generally in mobile combat at the border with the Western Xia, the communication roads are often threatened, and it is often difficult to find out the specific location of the Song army in the rear grain transportation, if the grain is pursued by the Song army, it is not only time-consuming, but also labors and loses money, and the grain transportation not only cannot reach smoothly but also is in danger of being plundered. …,

After suffering several losses, some people of insight found that although the border forts were slightly weak in resisting the invasion of the Xia army, they also played an important role, that is, they could serve as a transit station for grain transportation and protect the smooth transportation of grain. Once the war broke out, the grain could be transported to the fort safely and reliably with minimal effort, and then the 'plantain' would be responsible for transporting the grain to its final destination. "Che Qianfu livestock" fought with the army, understood the position and needs of the Song army, adjusted the amount of grain transported according to the specific situation, rationally distributed, and transported more when needed, and treated the troops with different levels of food shortage. The fortress played an important role in this war and became the support system for logistics and supply in the Northern Song Dynasty, which was repeatedly used.

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On the basis of modernity, Zhao Tan adjusted his military logistics supply system, first, relying on the developed commerce of the Song Dynasty and using them to raise the required materials; Second, it is necessary to establish a logistics command and set up a logistics baggage brigade, whose task is to act with the army under field conditions and serve as a mobile warehouse with several days of reserves. In this way, wherever the army goes, there are baggage teams to carry short-term supplies, and supply warehouses are set up at communication points in the various controlled areas to store supplies, and the army no longer has to rely on plundering to solve the problem of food like robbers.

This is also a revolution, the officers and men of the baggage troops are first and foremost soldiers, they are all trained in military affairs, equipped with self-defense weapons, well-organized, and have a certain combat effectiveness, and they all use mules, horses, camels, and other animal power for transportation, the transportation volume is large, the mobility is strong, and another advantage is that they consume much less grain than the people, but the efficiency is much higher. The Braves are now basically men and horses, and can carry ten days' rations and ammunition for a medium battle. If the baggage battalions of each unit accompany the march, the self-sustaining strength can be increased by 20 days, reaching one month, which can basically ensure the material needs of the troops from assembly, deployment, to the end of the operation.

However, he is not sure how long this 'encirclement of Wei to save Zhao' planned by Zhao Ta will last, so the preparations must be made to ensure safety. There are 40,000 troops mobilized this time, plus the feudal soldiers and people, the total number will reach 100,000, and the amount of food eaten in a day is a huge amount of heaven, not to mention a large number of war horses. Although Zhao Ta had already ordered to mobilize more than 200,000 stone of grain to the forts along the border last winter, it was only enough to last for a month, so he added 200,000 stone again, and this time the border patrol was to urge the armament to survey the terrain.

The troops set off for just twenty miles, Zhao Ta found that he was wrong, from Fuzhou City to Yong'an Qi from the map to see only seventy or eighty miles, but the terrain here is complicated, the road is mostly between the rivers and valleys, a hundred twists and turns, often walked for a long time, only to find that the road is not less, but the work is not too much!

"Folded girl, is there a shortcut to Yong'an!" After Baisheng Village, Zhao Ta turned his head and asked Zhi Meiluan, who was following him.

"Oh, yes, yes, but it's a small road, which can only be ridden through, we are marching in a large group, but I am afraid that it will delay time even more!" Zhi Meiluan looked left and right and replied.

"There's Xi'an Fort ahead, can we get there before dark?" Zhao Ta estimated the time distance, which was less than one-third of the way, but it took more than half a day, so he could only settle for the next best thing and choose to camp in Xi'an Fort.

"Lord Wang, there should be no problem, but now the weather is getting warmer, the ice and snow are melting, the rivers are rising, the brigade of people is urgently transporting grain and grass, and the bridges are congested, I'm afraid it will take some time!" Zhe Meiluan said.

"Do you know the road, either the road is narrow, or the river blocks the road, like you will only delay the military aircraft!" Zhao Xin glanced at Zhi Meiluan coldly and teased.

"You..." Zhe Meiluan was aggrieved for a while, and she stuck up despite the girl's reserve, but she was repeatedly harassed by the chief of the guard, she really wanted to turn the horse's head and go home, no longer angry with him. …,

"Zhao Xin, don't say it, Miss Zhe is from Fuzhou, she understands the situation, our reconnaissance work is not detailed enough, these situations are not clearly detected, and the fighter will be delayed if it really starts a war!" Zhao Ta frowned and said, and then beckoned Zhi Meiluan to ride with him, inquired in detail about the mountains and rivers here, hydrology and geography, and marked them on the map one by one.

Zhao Xin looked at the two people in front of him whispering intimately, he was furious, and his evaluation of the prince changed greatly, and it was inevitable that he would not be objective, "Hmph, if I dress up like her, I will definitely be ten times more beautiful than her, what is stinky and beautiful, I can't even speak the official language, and she can't pass the pass of the mother's pass, but I have been with the prince for more than ten years, and I have been with the prince for more than ten years, and I have also pulled my hands, hugged and hugged, and slept in a bed, How can that kind of friendship be compared to you..."Zhao Xin thought that his advantage was much better than that of Zhe Meiluan, and with a cold snort, he also lifted his horse forward, occupying the left hand side of the prince and riding side by side with the two of them.

Zhao Ta looked at the appearance of the two people fighting cocks on the left and right, and felt helpless, so he could only continue to pretend to be stupid, as if he was not aware of the open and secret fight between the two, but there was also a hint of secret pride in his heart.

In the afternoon of the next day, Zhao Ta finally arrived at Yong'an, which was already at the forefront, only 16 miles away from Fengzhou City, which echoed with Baoning in the northeast, and was a horn for each other. The stockade was built on a hill where the guards were stationed, and in the middle of it were three tall square beacons that were rammed, carrying messages between the three cities.

Now the loyal and brave army dragon general and Fuzhou general soldiers are stationed here, camped on both sides of the stockade, and the surrounding Xia army and border people have long fled, hid in Fengzhou City and closed their doors, their pasture has become the Song army's horse grazing place, the Song army's former army scouts have extended their tentacles to Fengzhou City, and the Xia army's sentinels have several skirmishes, under the fierce blow of the Song army, they have not dared to approach the Song army's camp within ten miles.

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