Chapter 79: Delivering Supplies
After the end of the first battle, the US army sent a large number of planes to block the logistics supply routes of the Volunteer Army, resulting in difficulties in supplying and replenishing the rear and not getting timely ammunition and food supplies on the front line.
After the end of the first battle, in the offensive and defensive battles with the American army, the soldiers faced the situation of lack of food and ammunition, and resisted the enemy's fierce artillery fire and fought hard to defend their positions.
At present, preparations for the second campaign are already underway, and logistical support plays a crucial role in the victory of the battle.
At a meeting held by the military headquarters, Comrade Liang clearly pointed out: "Without effective logistical support work, there will be no certainty of winning the war!"
Even now, MacArthur is still using the Air Force to cut off the unhurried route of the Volunteers, which has brought tremendous difficulties to the logistics support work of the Volunteers.
In the first battle, due to the enemy's wanton and indiscriminate bombardment, the blockade of the main communication routes, and the supply depots of the Volunteer Army were often attacked by the US Air Force, and a large amount of materials and ammunition were lost.
Therefore, when the front line of Feihu Mountain was on the defensive, many troops endured great difficulties before they achieved victory.
The lesson is profound.
The support work for the second campaign was still mainly based on domestic supply, supplemented by local borrowing.
The military headquarters decided to rush up the necessary supplies in three days before 19 November, because when the enemy was lured in, the highway line was occupied by the enemy, and when the troops counterattacked, all the supplies could not be replenished.
In accordance with the spirit of the meeting of the military headquarters, the cadres of the army's logistics department summed up the logistics after the entry into the DPRK, studied the methods for strengthening the supply work, and resolved to ensure that the troops had food to eat and ammunition to fight during the second campaign.
It took three days to complete the pre-war food and ammunition replenishment.
The resolution at the meeting was simple, but it was a very difficult task in practice, mainly because of the serious shortage of transport forces, and the logistics originally had 129 transport vehicles.
However, at the end of the first campaign, the US Air Force tightly blocked the main communication routes and bombed the supply lines, causing the supply lines to break, and there was a serious shortage of food and ammunition on the front line.
One hundred and twenty-nine trucks, which were also in the rush to transport supplies, were blown up by the enemy, and those who rushed into the ravine rushed into the ravine, and now only sixty-two remained.
After intense exertion, the driver of the car finally passed through the layers of blockade and finally delivered some of the food and ammunition to the front line, but the troops suddenly moved back from the defense, and the materials that had just been transported to the front line had to be transported down from the front line, not only the supplies, but also the wounded who came down from the front line, all in the field hospital.
The lightly injured are fine, but the seriously injured are unable to walk and need to be transported by car or human.
In the short term, it is necessary to replenish the five days of dry rations, three days of raw food, a part of the non-staple foodstuffs, and a base of ammunition carried by the troops.
Not only is there a large volume of transport, but enemy planes have also tightened the air blockade, and the cars can only drive at night, and they dare not turn on their lights, and they can only run an average of 30 kilometers a day.
For this reason, all the drivers and personnel of the logistics department also held a meeting to conscientiously sum up their driving experience since the entry into the DPRK, and learned to fight wits and courage with enemy planes, and to drive with lights at night to improve transportation efficiency.
At that time, there were no air defense posts on the roads, and drivers driving at night had to stop and listen after walking a few kilometers to make sure that there were no enemy planes before moving on. Sometimes, in order to hurry up and complete the task, I also run during the day.
The distance from 30 kilometers to 50 kilometers or 60 kilometers per night has greatly improved the efficiency of transportation, and there have been many heroic drivers who drive safely during this period.
Zhang Mengchun, the fifth squad leader of the military automobile team, is one of the best among them.
At one point, he led three vehicles, loaded with ammunition, which were targeted by enemy aircraft while driving.
In order to get rid of the pursuit of enemy planes and protect the ammunition from damage, Zhang Mengchun racked his brains.
He's an old driver,
Skilled, don't look at him on weekdays, steady and unhurried, but as soon as he gets in the driver's seat, he is like a different person, bold and careful, brave and decisive.
He found that the enemy planes were staring at him closely, firing one flare after another in the dark sky, reflecting the mountains and rivers brightly.
Zhang Mengchun didn't panic at all, first turned off the lights, stared wide-eyed, and continued to drive, thinking of a way to get rid of the enemy plane as soon as possible.
However, the car turned a few small hills on the winding mountain road, and it could not shake off the enemy plane...... Da Da, the machine guns on the enemy fighter planes shouted around his truck, but they couldn't get around the enemy planes, and Zhang Mengchun could only find other ways.
He frowned, staring at the area illuminated by enemy flares, and with a turn of the steering wheel, he drilled directly into the enemy's illuminated area.
This made the enemy on the plane overjoyed, and they fired at Zhao Mengchun even more fiercely.
The bullets of the machine gun exploded in front and behind the car, and the sound of banging made people panic, and when the enemy fired a round, the nose of the plane was raised and climbed high into the sky.
By the time the enemy planes turned, the car had already run away.
The enemy planes could not find their targets, so they could only strafe at the smoke and dust that the truck passed by, but the trucks had already fled, and the angry US planes were snorting and strafing indiscriminately in the sky.
Not only that, the comrades of the convoy also carefully studied the pattern of the activities of the enemy planes, leaving the car two hours in advance every day, leaving at 5 p.m., staying for 3 a.m. the next day, and driving for nine to 10 hours a day.
They also changed the way cars were hidden.
When the enemy plane first entered the DPRK, when the car was hidden, the car was not unloaded, the car was not dismantled, and the car was covered with straw, or it was driven into a ravine or river beach and covered with pine branches or bud rice straw.
Later, they drove the car to the house and covered it with straw and straw, which was quick and trouble-free, and it looked like a pile of straw or straw from a distance, but the enemy planes were very ferocious, and even the peaceful villages on both sides of the road were not spared.
Later, they drove their cars into the woods to hide, and the enemy planes threw incendiary bombs to burn down the trees, leaving the entire forest bare, sometimes burning down with the cars, and the losses of the cars to be avoided accounted for 92 percent of the loss rate.
In order to find a way to conceal the car, the comrades of the convoy took great pains, and later found a way for them.
They moved the cars to artificially dug or naturally formed trenches, leveled with the ground, and then covered them with tarpaulins and sprinkled snow on them, so that from then on, the enemy planes could no longer find the cars.
At this time, the comrades who ran the transportation were very hard, and the casualty rate was very high.
One night, several cars carrying food, ammunition, and war relief materials rushed down the highway in the moonlight, heading for the 335th Regiment station.
This batch of ammunition had to be replenished to the company before the troops departed, and suddenly, a group of cars blocked the road, and when we looked closely, it turned out that the road in front of us had been damaged by enemy planes, and the cars would not be able to cross for a while, and each of them had an important transport task on them, and it was impossible to wait here all the time for the road to be repaired.
The second battle is about to begin, and they need to immediately deliver supplies to the troops on the front line.
They unloaded the supplies on the truck in a small ravine along the way, and notified the 335th Regiment to collect them.
It is still more than 15 kilometers away from the regiment headquarters, and the regiment's logistics director is surnamed Du Wenying, and the deputy director's surname is Zheng, and his name is Zheng Jiyan.
They first calculated the transportation capacity of the regiment's logistics, and the regiment's logistics were only five or six horses, and all the trucks that had been captured at Feihu Mountain were hidden in the ravine near Feihu Mountain, and they did not drive back at all, relying on five or six horses, it would take seven days to transport them, but this batch of materials must be sent to the troops today and tomorrow.
What should I do!?
The two of them were in a hurry, and if they missed these two days, the troops would have to fight the enemy with empty guns and artillery and empty stomachs, so how could they win
Enemy.
They had no choice but to call the comrades who transported them to come over first, and they could pull as many as they could.
The path to the front is right next to the train track, which has not been open to trains for a long time, and the tracks are rusty.
The two walked along the railroad tracks, and Du Wenying said, "It would be great if there was still a train here, we could transport the materials through the railroad tracks, even if they couldn't be transported directly to the regiment headquarters, but also to the vicinity."
Fifteen kilometers, the whole regiment's ammunition supply, food supply, and war relief materials relied on five or six horses, and I am afraid that it would take a week to transport.
"You, don't dream, let's think about how to get this batch of ammunition back." Zheng Jiyan smiled helplessly.
The planes of the US Air Force have already blocked their logistics and blown up a lot of roads, not to mention railways.
The front of the railway has been blown up by the enemy, and even if the train is passed, the enemy will not watch the train run under their noses.
"It would be nice if the trucks from Feihushan were still here, and it would also improve the efficiency of transportation." Du Wenying said again.
"Then it's even more unlikely, the enemy has already occupied Flying Tiger Mountain." Zheng Jiyan was even more helpless and had a headache.
Just as they were anxiously thinking of a way, a soldier from the regimental logistics ran over and said excitedly, "Director, we have found three abandoned broken train wagons on the railway in front, which can still move."
The two looked at each other with joy in their eyes.
"Let's go, let's see!"
The broken train wagons were three bombed-out carriages, the top half of which was broken, and only the lower half remained.
A few people pushed, the train slid slightly, and they both grinned: "With it, it's really an endless road!" Quick, tell everyone to put the supplies in the tin sheet, and let's push them over."
They immediately decided to use the three wagons to transport supplies, so they quickly returned to the office and mobilized all the forces of logistics, including two companies of fighters, to participate in the assault.
They loaded, unloaded, and pushed broken wagons on more than 15 kilometers of railroad tracks, running back and forth for the night.
The bitter cold wind, the icy snowflakes beat on their ruddy faces, the hot air was steaming on their heads, and the frost was frosted on their backs, and overnight, they finally supplied the whole regiment with 20 days of food, 10 days of oil and salt, and a part of the ammunition to the troops.
After the last replenishment, the ammunition of the 335th Regiment is quite sufficient, and with the addition of some ammunition, the ammunition of the soldiers is quite abundant.
The food that came up from the logistics also allowed the soldiers to eat enough for the first time.
Three positions in a row.
The soldiers of a platoon of army logistics came to the bottom of the high ground with horses and brought some food, oil and salt to the third company.
Previously, Xia Yuan captured a batch of ammunition, and after replenishing it to the third company, there was still a surplus, they were not short of ammunition at all, only lack of food, and now that the food has been replenished, and the oil and salt are also available, it is rare for the soldiers to have a rich dinner.
"This material has also been delivered, I estimate that the time for counterattack is getting closer and closer, and now the enemy can't fight, let everyone rest and rest and recuperate to deal with the next counterattack."
Company Commander Sun convened the platoon leaders and squad leaders of each platoon and held a company meeting.
They had basically guessed that the chief would definitely let them fight back against the enemy, but they never thought about a second battle.
After all, the company commanders only focused on the battles of the company battalion, up to the regiment and division, and could not see the overall situation.
Judging from the changes in the past few days, it can be guessed that a small part of the food supply is in place, which means that the time for the counterattack is getting closer and closer, maybe in these two days.
Raising the spirit and fighting a counterattack is an order given by Company Commander Sun to everyone.
On the way back, Xia Yuan asked the squad leaders to arrange the sentry posts, sleep well, and wait for the arrival of the task.
After three days of raiding and rushing, the logistics supply department fulfilled the requirements of the military department, and the whole armament was fully equipped with 10 days of food, a base number of bullets, a part of non-staple foodstuffs and North Korean currency.
However, the troops are in the build-up and hidden, just
Some of the food has been eaten, and the rest is not enough to fight the war.
For this reason, the military headquarters sent three telegrams to the logistics department in succession, urging the logistics department to continue to raise grain and not stop raising grain.
As for how to make up for the surplus shortage, it can be said that it is difficult for the comrades of the army's logistics, especially Zhang Zhongping, minister of logistics.
He pondered his brows, felt the candle, and looked over and over the map, thinking about where the food was still hidden. He also launched a large discussion and asked everyone to contribute ideas, they wanted to raise grain locally and mobilize the North Korean people to transport grain, but they felt that it was very difficult.
At this time, Director Wu of the Political Department, after conveying the combat mission from the 112th Division, came to the logistics command post.
Zhang Zhongping reported to him on the recent situation of logistics and put forward their idea of solving the shortage of food, Director Wu said decisively: "I am afraid that even if we raise grain, we still can't transport it, and the people will lose money, and the troops will soon attack Tokugawa, and time waits for no one."
"This ......"
As soon as he heard that the troops were about to attack Tokugawa, Zhang Zhongping was in a hurry.
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