"Comrade Liu Hai, your task has been completed very well, the artillery of various units has been reorganized, and I believe that the combat effectiveness will be somewhat different!" No. 1 summarized various reports and the situation he had, especially his general Xiao Jinguang strongly asked Liu Hai to be his artillery brigade commander, No. 1 was very relieved, and at the same time, he was also very glad that if Liu Hai had not surrendered, this person would definitely bring great trouble to himself on the battlefield! "The chief has won the award, I just completed my task!" Bangs said. "Hehe, you're just in time, I'm just going to ask you for advice!" Number One said, pulling the bangs in front of a large map!

Chief No. 1 said that the current situation is very favorable to the PLA, and the PLA Northeast Field Army has controlled 97 percent of the land and 86 percent of the population in the northeast. The Kuomintang army had four corps, fourteen corps, and forty-four divisions (brigades), plus local security teams, totaling about 550,000 people, but they were divided and compressed in three disconnected areas of Shenyang, Changchun, and Jinzhou, among which the enemy in Jinzhou had been eliminated! Due to the control of part of the Bac Ninh Railway by the People's Liberation Army, the land transportation from Changchun and Shenyang to Shanhaiguan was cut off, and supplies were all airborne, and material supplies were scarce. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held an enlarged meeting of the Politburo in Xibaipo, and decided to seize the favorable opportunity to engage in a strategic decisive battle with the Kuomintang, and the direction of the decisive battle should first be directed to the northeast, where the situation was favorable to itself. Northeast China is the only region in the country where the People's Liberation Army's military strength exceeds that of the Kuomintang army, and it is the most developed area of China's heavy industry and the largest grain-producing area, and it is also the area that the Japanese army invaded China at the earliest.

The No. 1 leader has always been cautious and cautious, and he has paid attention to planning and planning for battle, so he has been unable to make up his mind for a decisive battle in Liaoshen to wipe out all the Kuomintang troops in the northeast in one fell swoop, and one of his biggest concerns is the problem of firepower! Although the form is very beneficial to the Northeast People's Liberation Army, but the strong comprehensive strength of the Kuomintang troops, several times more firepower than the PLA, excellent individual combat quality, and air superiority that cannot be ignored, plus this time Liu Hai came back to say that the quality of the heads of the troops is too poor, if there is really a decisive battle, it is an all-round contest between the two sides from the quality of individual soldiers to strategic deployment, if it fails, it will be disastrous, so the No. 1 leader can't make up his mind for a long time, this time call Liu Hai over, It is to ask for his advice on the firepower of the People's Liberation Army!

"Chief, to be honest, in terms of our current firepower, if our two divisions want to fight against a U.S. division of the national army, they basically can't take advantage! However, as long as the tactics are correct and the soldiers use their lives, they can still get a tie in a defensive battle! "Bangs said the actual situation based on what he saw!" That's why you were called, I hope you can figure out a way to compare the firepower! Chief One said. If you want to gain an advantage in firepower, you need to start from two aspects, the first is the level of the commander, and the second is the comparison of the number of firearms! In terms of the comparison of commanders, the gap is still relatively large! In my opinion, if I am given an artillery division, I can compete with Commander Xiao Jinguang's First Corps! On this issue, it is not something that can be changed in a day or two, so there is basically nothing to think about in this regard! As for the numerical superiority, we can make use of the railways and highways in our hands to carry out large-scale maneuvering and concentration of heavy firepower, so as to form a local superior firepower, so as to fight more and fight less! However, this requires superb overall planning and management ability, especially under the premise that the enemy has air superiority and cannot expose combat intentions, and the ability to plan, arrange, and execute the entire campaign is a huge test! Bangs said as he looked at the map.

No. 1 listened to Liu Hai's words, silently closed his eyes, and began to think deeply! Bangs didn't dare to disturb No. 1 and waited quietly! After a long time, Number One finally opened his eyes. "Comrade Liu Hai, the question you said is very accurate, such a big battle, the battle of eating the opponent's 600,000 heavy army group in one bite, this is indeed a test for us!" One said slowly, "Do you think you have the ability?" "Well!" Liu Hai thought about it carefully, speculated about No. 1's intentions, and felt a little uneasy, No. 1 wouldn't let himself be in charge of this matter, right? "Comrade Liu Hai, don't worry, our Communist Party is a man of words, although Xiao Jinguang has been grinding with me for a long time, and he has to ask you to serve as his artillery brigade commander, but I have sternly refused! Let's be honest! No. 1 said and stood up, "When I fought Jinzhou, it was the Central Military Commission that forced me to fight, and now that Jinzhou has been taken, we will face more than 400,000 Kuomintang troops, Wei Lihuang and Zheng Dongguo's two military groups, you know better than me about their details, whether they can occupy the advantage of firepower, which will directly affect the success or failure of the battle, so the purpose of calling you here is to ask you to come up with an overall plan for the use of artillery, you only need to make a plan, and we will implement it!" Do you understand? "That's right, I see! But I'm going to see your entire battle plan, and how long can you give me? Bangs thought to himself, as long as you don't let me go to war!

"All the plans are here, as well as the number and establishment of artillery by the troops, highway maps at all levels, railway main lines and branch maps, what you have to do is to use these things, based on the battle plan, to reasonably arrange the artillery transportation and concentrated operations of each unit, your time is only three days, at most four days, to do a good job in the arrangement of the artillery of the whole Northeast People's Liberation Army, the overall commander needs your work to reasonably arrange the entire campaign preparation plan and various transfers, material distribution, and troop movements during the campaign, Artillery is the main combat force, and the arrangement of it is a top priority! Do you understand your mission? "The chief of staff was ordered by the No. 1 chief to send all the materials and information tools to Liu Hai." Yes! I understand! Liu Hai understood the meaning of No. 1, although he did not let himself take on the combat mission, but put the success or failure of nearly a million PLA in his own hands, this kind of strategic decisive battle of a million soldiers, between success and failure, hundreds of thousands of life and death, Liu Hai knew what a big job he had picked!

Liu Hai, who didn't have time to sigh, immediately put himself into work and set up an artillery coordination office, Liu Hai served as the director of the office, and ten staff officers sent from the headquarters assisted Liu Hai! Bangs also put all their energy into it! You must know that the Northeast People's Liberation Army has a million troops, of which there are hundreds of regiments in artillery alone, in addition to various artillery units directly under the central government, so that so many combat regiments, brigades, during the entire campaign, according to the deployment of the battle reasonable deployment and transportation, as well as supporting various support units, must be coordinated and unified, but also according to the plan of the various tasks in the possible changes in the preparation of the plan, this task is huge, the time is tight, Liu Hai knows very well in his heart, so as soon as he comes up, he began to play with his life, Bangs gets up at five o'clock in the morning and starts working until midnight, or even early in the morning, to choose the best plan and plan from the massive data! After three and a half days of desperate work, Liu Hai finally made a plan that Liu Hai believes is the best plan for the use of artillery in this campaign, especially the concentration and operation of various artillery regiments, in addition to ensuring the artillery needs of large-scale battles, but also to ensure the necessary fire support of division-sized troops, Liu Hai has scientifically integrated and utilized the limited artillery resources of the People's Liberation Army, so that each artillery can play the greatest role!

No. 1 personally reviewed the artillery use plan of Liu Hai, although he didn't read it all, but he peeked at the leopard in the tube, and saw the overall situation occasionally, and the leader of No. 1 who saw it praised it! "Three days, such a complete plan can be made in three days, and all the thousands of artillery pieces in the battle of a million troops can be reasonably distributed and utilized, not only have plans but also plans, which is amazing!" Chief One said excitedly. "This bangs are simply a treasure, not only with tactical ability, but also with the strategic command ability of artillery, not only the whole army but also the whole of China, I am afraid that I will not be able to find a second one!" Number Two also said. "The matter of Liu Hai must be kept strictly secret, except for the core personnel, no, even the core personnel must be compressed as much as possible, the less people know about his affairs, the better, if such a person lets the Kuomintang know, he will definitely be in danger, if it were me, I would do the same!" Chief One said. "Don't worry, No. 1, the material of the bangs has been kept strictly secret, and there are only no more than four people in our headquarters who know about it, including the two of us!" Number Two said. "The decisive battle is coming soon, we have insisted on developing in the Northeast for such a long time, we are looking at a hammer deal, Liu Hai's plan is very important, and it will be handed over to the overall planning department for coordination immediately!" Number One said. "Good!" After No. 2 took over the bangs' plan, he asked, "How are you going to reward the bangs, I'm afraid it's not okay if you don't reward for merit, right?" "Hehe, this is a problem, this Liu Hai medal is more than our artillery regiment, and he can't eat it with a few more pigs, so let's send him the cans of American chocolates and candies we captured, and tell him that his merits will not only be forgotten by me Lin Biao, the Northeast People's Liberation Army, and the people will not forget!" Number One said.

"Comrade Liu Hai, this is given to you by the No. 1 leader, he asked me to tell you, the reward is not much, but your credit is not only not forgotten by the No. 1 leader, the Northeast People's Liberation Army will not forget, and the people will not forget!" Sima Hong said to Liu Hai seriously, with infinite pride and excitement in his eyes. "Come here!" Liu Hai threw the chocolate to the side, and pulled Sima Hong over and hugged him in his arms. "What are you doing!" Sima Hong asked a little embarrassedly, "The time is not right now, the decisive battle is coming soon, and after this strategic decisive battle is over," Liu Hai stared at Sima Hong. "What are you going to do when you're done?" Sima Hong asked. "Marry me!"