"At present, the preliminary operational objectives have been completed."

"Complete and complete destruction, including the Zhengtai Line, Tongpu Line, Pinghan Line, including the devil's transportation lines and strongholds."

When the chief of staff said this, the staff officers of the staff department celebrated in unison:

"Great!"

"Haha..."

“···”

After the staff officers released the joy in their hearts, the deputy general staff continued:

"The next task is to open the passage to the border area and then organize the construction of roads that can be used by trucks."

There is also a core goal of this war.

Open up the transportation channel to the Shaanxi-Gansu border area, and then transport grain and other materials to the Shaanxi-Gansu border area through the heavy truck fleet of the independent regiment to support the cultivation of talents of Kang Da.

In this way, the blockade of preserved fruits on the Shaanxi-Gansu border region will be completely broken.

Become the rear of the Eighth Route Army.

"Yes!"

The staff officers were full of energy.

The smooth implementation of the Battle of the Hundred Regiments allowed the staff officers to see their own strength.

Not only beyond the devil, beyond the Jin Sui Army, beyond the expectations of the preserved fruit, and even beyond the expectations of the staff officers of the headquarters.

Unconsciously, it turned out that the Eighth Route Army was already so powerful!

···

"I didn't expect it..."

"We're already so strong."

Inside the conference room.

The division commander, the boss, and the deputy boss met.

The division commander couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

In 10 days, it is expected that the combat mission will be completed in 15 or even 20 days.

Such a situation made even them have to marvel at the rapid growth of their own strength.

"This time, we were able to complete the combat mission ahead of schedule, not only because of the advanced weapons and ammunition that Li Yunlong brought."

"The core reason lies in the help of ordinary people."

"Especially the militia in the Taiyue and Taihang base areas, who helped a lot."

The Deputy General Staff concluded.

Why was it possible to complete the combat objectives ahead of schedule?

In addition to the improvement of the combat effectiveness of the troops brought about by advanced and sufficient weapons and ammunition, there is also one most important factor, that is, sufficient and high morale militia units.

As the old saying goes.

The soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first.

At present, this truth is not only not eliminated, but more and more important.

With the large number of advanced weapons and equipment, the Eighth Route Army's demand for logistics has also increased greatly, and the supplies that the troops themselves can carry can only support a day or two of marching and fighting.

And this battle involved the entire North China Plain.

The troops themselves were mainly stationed in the suburbs, and the transportation of supplies and baggage could only be carried by men and horses.

Although Li Yunlong was able to get a batch of fine horses and mules every month, the time was too short, and in a few months, including horses and mules, there were only more than 30,000 horses.

Not much.

Most of them still have to be equipped in the troops, and very few can be handed over to the logistics transport team.

Not much improvement on transportation.

Really solve the problem of transport logistics for a hundred main regiments, as well as help transport the wounded, assist in the battle, transport trophies, and even directly participate in the battle.

It's 450,000 militiamen!

Yes.

450,000 militia.

More than half of the total strength of the North China Front of the Devils.

With the increase in the amount of food obtained each month, the militia training program that originated in the Taiyue base area was also extended to the Taihang base area and the southern Hebei base area.

The people in the Taihang base area far exceed Taiyue, and there are many people in the southern Hebei region.

The final number grew to 450,000.

However, because they are not out of production, in fact, these 450,000 militiamen can be regarded as ordinary people.

It's just that thanks to military training, unified organization, and food subsidy policies, these militias are almost all oriented to the troops, and all of them are the best reserve soldiers.

In particular, most of the more than 70,000 militiamen in the Taiyue base area, which has been trained for the longest time, can even enter the troops directly, and with a little training, they can be directly pulled into the battlefield.

Although because of the lack of weapons, these militias are very poorly combative.

But in logistics, combat assistance, transportation of the wounded, it helped a lot.

This time, the unit was able to complete its combat mission seven to 10 days ahead of schedule, and the huge militia units, which obeyed the organization and had certain combat skills and military skills, contributed a lot.

"We must find a way to promote it to other base areas."

The boss said.

Compared with the mobilized people,

Because of their training, the militia units are more disciplined, their organizational efficiency is more efficient, their management costs are much lower, and their operational efficiency is much higher.

"Then we need to transport grain to every base area."

Deputy General Staff said.

Food is not a problem.

Today, the Taiyue base area has 150,000 tons of fine grain and 500,000 tons of sorghum every month.

Enough to meet the training needs of a million militiamen.

The only trouble is shipping.

Simply relying on people and horses to carry them, half of the materials, or even more will be lost in the transportation process.

And it's dangerous.

And it will also take up a lot of manpower.

Although there are many militia units today, the militia needs to be engaged in production, full-time transportation, inefficient, and requires a large amount of supplies.

What's even more troublesome is...

"It's very troublesome over there on Wutai Mountain!"

Division Commander Says:

"Although we completely destroyed the Devil's Zhengtai Line this time, the devil's strength is stronger than ours after all, and we can't occupy it for a long time, so we can't open up the transportation channel."

"And to transport grain to Wutai Mountain, you must pass through the Zhengtai line."

"It's not realistic to rely on air transportation for food."

The Separate Regiment had ten twin-engine transport aircraft.

The unit also assembled 15 groups of crews and more than 70 logistics personnel.

But ten planes, with a single transport capacity of only fifteen tons, are also responsible for transporting silver dollars, personnel, and airdrop newspapers.

It is not possible to use it to transport food.

"It seems that the plan to speed up the construction of the arsenal has been accelerated."

The boss got to the heart of the problem.

With the supply of a batch of equipment for the Separate Regiment every month, as well as the supply of fifty 120 mortars per month, 100,000 rounds of artillery shells, hundreds of thousands of tons of food, various medicines and supplies.

Now the army is stronger than ever.

In ten days, the devil's 2,000-kilometer railway line was completely destroyed, nearly 1,000 strongholds and hundreds of bridges were uprooted.

But it's easy to destroy, but it's hard to hold.

"The armament of four regiments per month is seriously insufficient."

"The battle is too attritional."

The boss added.

Although the independent regiment has only 5,000 men, in reality, the equipment that comes out every month is the size of four regiments.

It's all the main regiment.

That is, it can equip about 10,000 people.

This is also the reason why Boss Lu has been here for just half a year, not only the Taiyue base area has been fully redressed, but even the Taihang base area and the southern Hebei base area can also have more than a dozen regiments change their clothes.

But after this battle, the boss found that

Although now, there are more than 20 main regiments in the whole army that are better equipped than the devils, and they can compete head-on with the devil's wings and even brigade and regiment level troops in many places.

Directly fighting with devils, this kind of thing that I couldn't think of before.

But this kind of battle, the loss is also very large.

"yes."

The division commander nodded in agreement and gave an example:

"After the new 2nd Regiment occupied the stronghold of Shawa this time, it was stationed with the new 1st Regiment and the 38th Regiment, and in the face of the attack of the devil's four infantry wings and one artillery wing, although it held on for a week, the losses were also very large."

"There aren't many casualties."

"Especially the armament, seven days of fighting, basically reimbursed the equipment of two regiments."

In battle, it's not just ammunition that is lost, but also weapons.

Although there are many spare parts, they cannot be repaired if they are lost or completely damaged by artillery.

And in the field, this often happens.

"Our strength is far from the devil after all."

"Frontal field battles, not to mention the North China Front, even the First Army can't be defeated."

The boss continued.

With the strength of today's Eighth Route Army, with the help of terrain, sufficient militia, and supply advantages, not to mention the First Army, even if the Devil's Eleventh Army comes over, it can be blocked.

But the plains of the field,

Or a long war of attrition.

It is seriously insufficient.

"I agree."

"We need more weapons and equipment."

Deputy General Staff Officer:

"Especially with the equipment we produce."

"It is said that..."

Speaking of this, the division commander launched a vision for the future:

"According to Li Yunlong, if this plan is successful, the weapons and equipment produced by our arsenal can reach the level of weapons and equipment technology supported by the boss behind him."

"Is this true?"

Although there was evidence of a newspaper printing machine in front of him, the division commander was still incredulous.

The weapons and equipment that Li Yunlong got and how strong the manufacturing process was, the division commander and a group of people with enough vision could feel it most clearly.

Don't talk about little devils.

Even the Americans, even the Germans, and the British made weapons that were far inferior.

If you can master the manufacturing process.

Wouldn't that be directly at the forefront of the world?

Every time I thought of this, the division commander felt unbelievable.

"It's not like you haven't seen those two printing presses."

The deputy general counsellor said with a smile:

"I don't know anything else, but that operating screen, and that management computer, are at least twenty years advanced in the world."

Ninety years of printing presses, there were already electronic computers, although the relative performance was poor, but in this era there were still six years before the first electronic computer was born.

Proper Zenith Black Technology.

"Let's get started."

The boss looked at the deputy general staff.

The division commander also looked at the Deputy General Staff.

The construction of an arsenal requires more than just equipment.

As the economy of the southern Hebei base area gained a firm foothold, the problem of machinery and equipment was no longer big, and not only the American businessman, George Galvin, but also other businessmen came to pan for gold.

As long as the base area continues to be maintained, the difference between the price of silver and the world market will be actively attracted.

The device is not a problem at all.

Talent is also needed.

And talents, although there are underground parties lurking in various places, collect, but the efficiency is too low.

It is also necessary to take the initiative to attract the base area.

"I'll arrange it right away, and Xinhua News will publish the recruitment information."

Deputy General Staff said.

After the public killing of Miyano Michiichi, the fame of Xinhua News has been completely punched, and the transport plane has also solved the transportation problem, and it can be spread all over the country in time.

There is nothing better than using Xinhua News to recruit talent. (End of chapter)