Liu Ponu's words made everyone stunned.

I have to admit that this is really comfortable to listen to.

It's just that Dahan really has the strength to say no to anyone?

If you think about it, it seems that there is, right?

The strongest Huns on the surface were all beaten to the Western Regions by the Han Dynasty, although the losses of the Han were not small, but the first to be unable to bear it were the Huns.

After the defeated general of the Huns arrived in the Western Regions, he dragged many small countries in the Western Regions to beat them up regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one.

As for other countries, don't mention it, it seems that there really can't be any force that can be compared to the Han now.

Of course, the Xiongnu have not been completely defeated, the Han Dynasty just hurt the Huns, and they don't want to fight the Han people head-on, even if they fight, they have to pull the battlefield farther away, so that the Han army will no longer be able to fight unscrupulously for a long time because of supply problems.

"Han Yannian, how is the army's preparations?" Liu Ponu's eyes suddenly sharpened, and he looked at Han Yannian and asked.

"Back to Your Highness, the troops have completed the basic training, but there is still a lack of run-in training in terms of tactics, if we go on the march, we can hone it on the march, and we can also test our tactics in actual combat!"

"In terms of equipment, there is no shortage of firearms, and there is even a sufficient number of replacement firearms and ammunition, although the number of fire support vehicles has not reached the expected number, but the firepower of the fire support vehicles is strong enough, plus our firepower at medium and close range is very strong, so this part of the space can not be in a hurry to equip."

"However, there is still a shortage of more than 400 vehicles, and if we put them together, the existing vehicles can carry 20,000 people, but the number of logistical supplies carried by the troops must be reduced accordingly."

"According to the feedback of the troops who followed His Majesty on patrol, if the shortage of vehicles cannot be replenished, the combat radius of the troops is only about 500 miles, and if you do not consider returning, an expedition can support about two months without supplies. If the intensity of the battle is too great, it is necessary to consider bringing more ammunition and reducing the amount of food carried, which can only last for about a month. Han Yannian reported truthfully.

Eating and drinking for 20,000 people is not a trivial matter, a soldier's meal is calculated according to half a catty, then the consumption of a meal for 20,000 people is 10,000 catties, and a day is 30,000 catties.

According to the standard of one car to carry ten soldiers, each soldier weighs more than 100 catties, which is 13,400 catties, and then counting the equipment, logistics and materials, although they have not experimented, but the troops who followed the emperor on patrol have experimented.

I don't know how many cars are broken down in the middle of the road, so I finally got some experience, and the weight of a car is not more than 4,000 catties under the premise that the speed of vehicle damage is acceptable.

By this calculation, what does it mean to lose these 400 cars?

If it is in wartime, when the logistical supply cannot be determined, the troops will compress the rations, and on the premise of not affecting the combat effectiveness, basically two trucks of grain are enough for the whole army to eat one meal, and three meals a day are only six trucks.

Just these 400 vehicles alone saved the 20,000 troops from 66 days of combat endurance.

This account is still very easy to calculate, and there is no difficulty at all.

"How long will it take?" Liu Ponu turned his head to look at the little mule.

Although the new army is not an army led by Li Guangli, even if he does not consider the question of whether he can obtain food in the Western Regions, he also has to consider the consumption of ammunition.

This thing is the only thing now, except in Dahan, except in Chang'an, there is no place for supplies at all.

Therefore, Liu Ponu would rather let the troops bring more ammunition than let them bring more food.

After all, there are so many cities in the Western Regions, and if you lack food, you can just capture a city, and if you can't do it, you can go to the Huns to fight.

Siege equipment or something is a floating cloud, what is the fire support vehicle for?

If you can't open the city gate with one cannon, then two cannons, and if you can't do two cannons, you will have four cannons, just the city in the Western Regions that looks like playing, it's not that Liu Ponu looks down on people, he can hold on to the artillery fire of the new army for half an hour, and Liu Ponu will personally run over and praise a true warrior!

"Twenty days...... the little mule thought for a moment.

The workshop that makes the car has been expanding its production in the past few months, and if it is an ordinary vehicle, it is almost the same as making six or seven hundred units a month.

However, the new army has more requirements for vehicles, and all kinds of protective measures must be put in place, so the speed of manufacturing is correspondingly slow.

It stands to reason that it will take a month to be about the same, but the little mule knows very well that Liu Ponu can't wait for a month, and thinks about it, if he works overtime, he should be able to barely do it in twenty days.

"No, it's been too long!" Liu Ponu shook his head.

Liu Ponu separately set aside a strategic reserve warehouse, and stored a huge coal mountain in the barracks of the New Army, a new army of 20,000 people, but a total of 30,000 guns, 10 million projectiles and supporting gunpowder particles.

Isn't it just to build a rapid reaction force?

What is a Rapid Reaction Force?

It was here that Weiyang Palace issued the order to march, and the new army was able to immediately send out the vanguard troops, and the follow-up troops set off one after another in the next hour, and all the new troops left the camp within half a day.

Liu Ponu just wants to use this kind of expensive and fast fact to tell everyone that the new army can represent the future.

Compared with the previous army, by the time your side is assembled and ready to go to the front line, the new army has already left the Chang'an border for at least half a month.

You can't keep up with the speed alone, let alone the combat effectiveness.

One flintlock pistol is nothing, but what about 10,000? What about 20,000?

20,000 people, even with their eyes closed, can kill a large area in a single salvo.

What does Liu Ponu want to do?

He wanted to rely on this large number of vehicles to play a Han version of the blitzkrieg, and if the bad old man dared to let go of the game, he would not come back until the end of the year according to the slowest time he said, if everything went well, maybe Liu Ponu would be able to take down the entire Western Regions.

But Blitzkrieg is not something that can be played if you want to, and now Liu Ponu is stuck in the most critical link because of the time problem.

There is no problem with transporting troops, and he can do it quickly, but the logistics can't keep up, and 2,000 vehicles are only the standard for medium and close combat, and these vehicles are far from enough for expeditions.

And everyone is a new army for the first time, and the experience is almost zero, and many things are explored little by little.

Although Liu Ponu knows some fur, he is not proficient, although he also has arrangements for professional logistics troops, but I am sorry, it is not within the scope of 20,000 people.

Because ten people are equipped with a vehicle, such a large space is not to mention ten people, and if you don't consider the sense of experience, forty people can also fit in.

The rest of each cart was used to load its own war supplies and food, and in addition to that, each cart needed to be loaded with an additional fifty shells, which fortunately did not occupy much space.

"There are no vehicles left, the rest of the people are prepared immediately according to the standard marching configuration, the food can only be carried to Yumen Pass for more than ten days, and the rest of the places are all loaded with guns and ammunition, and the troops will be drawn early tomorrow morning, and after arriving at Yumen Pass, they will stop advancing and wait for orders." Liu Ponu immediately looked at Han Yannian and ordered.

There is no problem in sending 20,000 people over, but that can only be done quickly, and the distance in the Western Regions is too far, although the Han army can achieve a quick victory, but the materials cannot support the journey for so long.

Although he was very excited, reason still pressed Liu Ponu's excitement and told him that he had to be calm, the new army had not yet been fully formed, and he couldn't eat hot tofu if he was in a hurry.

And what Liu Ponu has to do now is to immediately form a professional logistics force that can support the expedition of the new army, although it is a bit rushed, it should be able to catch up.

turned to look at the little mule and said: "From now on, all the production capacity and manpower will be used to build cars, and anything that conflicts with car manufacturing will be stopped, and I want you to build at least a thousand cars in the shortest possible time!" ”

"Nuo ......" Liu Ponu said so, and the little mule could only agree.

After arranging the two things, Liu Ponu did not stop, and continued to look at Sang Hongyang and said: "Immediately mobilize food from the strategic reserve warehouse, and allocate as much as the vanguard needs it, and the marching rations I asked you to do before can also be done!" ”

Sang Hongyang nodded, Liu Ponu asked him to make a kind of marching ration three months ago, which is the kind of thing that can be eaten directly and can be kept for a longer time.

He didn't know where he learned it, anyway, he tried it according to the method Liu Ponu said, in a dry air environment, even if it was stored for two months, it didn't break, the only drawback was that it was too tooth-consuming.

And the solution given by Liu Ponu is also very simple, just break it and soak it in water and drink it as porridge.

Sang Hong Yang tried it, the taste is not good or bad, but it is no problem to satisfy hunger, and in order to ensure the balance of nutrition, some green vegetables, meat and salt are added to it, basically only this thing can cope with the nutrients needed by the human body.

Of course, Liu Ponu didn't say that it was a sac from the Western Regions, as far as this stage is concerned, only the sac is the most suitable, and it is not only convenient to eat, but also very convenient to carry than to carry food directly.

Besides, you think that the food brought by the army can be cooked and eaten directly?

It's too naïve, the grain brought by the army is not hulled, and the soldiers take off the husk before eating, and then cook it.

Liu Ponu set his eyes on the elders of the three provinces again, although the three of them seemed to be soy sauce makers, but there were some things that really couldn't be done without the three of them.

"Mobilize 2,000 people from each of the northern and southern armies to join the new army, and the new army left behind will immediately conduct special training for them, and they can train as much as they can, but at least let them master driving, shooting, and tactics can be taught slowly when they are rushing behind!"

"A veteran with a recruit, every 100 cars in the workshop, according to each car with six drivers, after arriving at Yumen Pass, the veteran with the vehicle according to the normal establishment of the team, the rest of the vehicles to the recruits, after which they are responsible for transporting and protecting."

"The transport team is configured according to five people with drivers per car, 4,000 people, 800 vehicles, such a logistics team is enough to support 20,000 people to fight in the Western Regions!"