Predator Reborn

Chapter 479 Transportation Plan

"Yamazaki-kun, yours, order the headquarters security brigade and the headquarters staff office to immediately relocate our headquarters in the Imperial Embassy District of Dongjiaomin Lane. If the Eighth Route Army troops enter the city, we will immediately move the headquarters to Dongjiaomin Lane.

The embassy area has been blocked and continue to command the troops to fight..." Immediately, Shun Tada ordered to Deputy Chief of Staff Yamazaki Colonel in the war room.

"Hi, Commander, I'll get there right away..." After saying that, Colonel Yamazaki hurriedly left the headquarters war room...

Outside the city, the four main regiments of the Eighth Route Army, with the support of a large number of artillery, were carrying out a frantic attack on the Japanese bunkers and gun towers in front of them. Inside the city, thousands of little Japs mobilized their troops and began to move large amounts of arms and supplies to the embassy area.

Transfer. At the same time, a large number of troops, under the orders of Commander Tada Shun, began to deploy defenses and build various fortifications in Dongjiaomin Lane, in preparation for street fighting... For a time, Beiping City was completely shrouded in thick smoke.

A protracted battle began...

At this moment, dozens of kilometers away in Tianjin City, groups of Eighth Route Army and political cadres began to carry out their own propaganda work in the streets and alleys to the surrounding people... As for the villages around Tianjin City, almost

In every village, Eighth Route Army soldiers responsible for propaganda appeared...

"Compatriots, we are the *** division of the Eighth Route Army led by the Communist Party of China. Our army has traveled thousands of miles to attack from Shanxi. Now Tianjin has been occupied by us. However, the Japanese reinforcements may retake the entire Tianjin at any time.

City... We have all lived under the iron heel of the Japs for such a long time. We all know how cruel the Japs are. Do you still want to continue living under the rule of the Japs... My compatriots, bring your relatives and follow me.

Go to Taiyuan, follow me to North China... Now, the whole of Shanxi has been completely liberated by us. There, there is no bullying by the little devils, and everyone can live in peace and contentment..." Every Eighth Route Army and political worker cadre began to face the people gathered around him.

The common people in the Pingjin area publicized our army's policy. We called on everyone to follow the troops to withdraw from Tianjin City before the Japanese reinforcements arrived, and strive to evacuate the entire Tianjin City, leaving an empty city for the little devils...

Of course, in addition to propaganda calling on everyone to leave the Pingjin area and get rid of the Japanese rule, all the commanders and fighters of the First Guard Regiment, under the command of Chief of Staff Li Qing, worked in platoons and began to attack the Japanese division in every corner of Tianjin City.

With the signboard, recruitment points have been set up, and they are preparing to recruit soldiers on a large scale throughout the Tianjin area...

"Comrade, did you completely annihilate the fifth division of the Japanese army and kill the Eighth Route Army's *** division of Seishiro Itagaki..." "Comrade, did you liberate the entire Shanxi Province, annihilate tens of thousands of Japanese troops, and finally defeat the Japanese army?

The Eighth Route Army *** Division who escaped..." "Comrade, why don't you stay in Tianjin permanently? How long do you plan to stay in Tianjin? How long do we have to move?"...I asked one after another, and began to ask each

The recruiting point is ringing...

And these ordinary people who asked the question, after learning that the Eighth Route Army troops in front of them were the troops they longed for, they immediately started to sign up to join the army without any hesitation. What's more, those young adults who joined the army not only had to put their own

In addition to taking his family to Shanxi Province to escape the rule of the Japanese army, he also carried out propaganda among his neighbors, calling on everyone to join the Japanese army, and took his family to North China...

In this way, under the call of the enthusiastic people and the propaganda of a large number of soldiers, tens of thousands of young and middle-aged people signed up to join the *** division in less than a day after dozens of recruitment points were set up. In other words,

, in one day, in the hands of Chief of Staff Li Qing, tens of thousands of young and middle-aged people were added to the labor force for no reason...

"Okay, Captain Huang, you did a good job. In one day, you recruited more than 10,000 new recruits. It was beyond my expectation. I believe that with more than 10,000 new recruits participating in the transportation,

Among them, our transportation speed will definitely speed up a lot..." In the evening, at the headquarters in Tianjin City, after receiving a report from Huang Zhengqing, the leader of the First Guard Regiment, Chief of Staff Li Qing was very excited.

Said happily.

"Chief of Staff, this is the result of the propaganda of the soldiers and all political cadres. Also, the people in the Pingjin area have been living in humiliation for such a long time under the iron heel of the Japanese army. Now that our Eighth Route Army is here, of course everyone will not

Let go of such a good opportunity to get rid of the Japanese army. More importantly, our *** division has a good reputation. Many new soldiers only signed up to join the army after learning that we were the *** division that killed Itagaki Seishiro and liberated Shanxi.

"Huang Zhengqing said modestly.

"Old Huang, don't be humble. It's all your credit. It's all your credit. How about it? Judging from today's pain, you can make an estimate. This time, we can probably recruit people in Tianjin City and surrounding areas.

How many recruits?" the chief of staff replied with a smile, and then asked with a look of expectation.

"Chief of Staff, the entire population of Tianjin City is hundreds of thousands. According to my estimate, our *** division can recruit at least 30,000 recruits in Tianjin City. In addition, in the towns and villages surrounding Tianjin City, there are also

It looks like we can recruit 10,000 or 20,000 people... So, Chief of Staff, I suggest that tomorrow we expand the scope of recruitment and try to send some of our troops deep into the surrounding rural areas to conduct a large-scale recruitment..." Huang Zhengqing replied.

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"Okay, Commander Huang, I can rest assured that you will handle the matter. I will leave the recruitment matter completely to you. But there is one thing. All the new recruits must be sent to the headquarters for unification at the first time.

Reorganization. At that time, these recruits will be temporarily reorganized in company units. Each recruit company will send a political cadre and three veterans to lead. This matter will be left to you, Political Commissar Wang, to complete.

We must make this new recruit aware of the military discipline of our *** division in the shortest possible time so that he can join the army transporting supplies. How about it? Are there any problems?" As he spoke, Chief of Staff Li Qing turned his gaze.

He looked at the political commissar of the second brigade of the column directly beside him.

"Chief of Staff, promise to complete the task. Commander Huang sends a new soldier, and I will recruit one. We must let these new soldiers participate in the transportation work in the shortest possible time..." Political Commissar Wang promised loudly.

"Okay, I'm relieved to leave this task to you. Political Commissar Li, I asked you to collect mules, horses, carts or cars in the entire Pingjin area. A day has passed. Is there any progress?" Chief of Staff Li Qing

He nodded with satisfaction and turned his gaze to the other side, Political Commissar Li of the Third Brigade of the Directly Affiliated Column.

"Chief of Staff, after a day of collection, we have collected more than 1,500 mules, horses and carts in Tianjin City, including 180 cars alone. In addition, according to statistics, in the entire Peiping City, we can collect about 1,500 mules, horses and carts.

With more than two thousand large vehicles, plus the surrounding rural areas, collecting five thousand large vehicles is definitely not a problem. However, this is still a drop in the bucket for more than three hundred thousand tons of strategic materials..." Political Commissar Li

lamented…

"Well, yes, there are too many supplies, and we don't have enough transportation tools. I really hope that the commander can capture Beiping City quickly. If nothing else happens, we should be able to collect a large number of transportation tools in Beiping City.

When the time comes, if they are all set up, it may be enough..." Chief of Staff Li Qing nodded and said.

"Chief of Staff, after all, Beiping City is still in the hands of the Japanese army. Water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the nearby. I have a suggestion, I don't know if it is feasible or not." Looking at the Chief of Staff who was deep in thought in front of him, Political Commissar Li suggested in a low voice.

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"Well, Political Commissar Li, just tell me what you think. As long as it can solve the problem at hand..." Chief of Staff Li Qing immediately opened his eyes and looked at Political Commissar Li in front of him expectantly.

"Chief of Staff, this is it. My idea is that there is absolutely no need for us to send all these hundreds of thousands of tons of strategic materials back to Taiyuan. We only need to send these materials to Ezhou City. As for the remaining

We can completely leave the transportation issues to other Eighth Route Army units in the entire North China region... After all, so many supplies will be distributed to Eighth Route Army units in various places sooner or later. It is better to directly let each unit send a certain amount of supplies.

The troops and transportation troops should be collected directly in Ezhou. If this is the case, we can use the troops and transportation tools at hand to move all the supplies at the port in the shortest time..." Political Commissar Li suggested.

"Okay, okay, it is indeed a good idea. However, this matter involves several other main divisions in North China, and we are not able to make the decision. We must report it to the Central Committee and ask the Central Committee to make a decision for us. In this way, Li

Political Commissar, after the meeting is over, your task is to continue collecting transportation vehicles. I will immediately send a report to the commander to report our ideas. Then, we will send a report to the Central Committee together to request the Central Committee to approve our transportation plan..." Chief of Staff Li Qing was excited

said.

"Chief of Staff, I promise to complete the mission. We must collect enough transportation vehicles in the shortest possible time. Don't worry..." Political Commissar Li promised.

As everyone left quickly, Chief of Staff Li Qing immediately put together a transportation plan in his mind in the form of a telegram and sent it to the temporary headquarters located on the front line outside Beiping City at this moment...

At this moment, Commander Liu Hua and nearly 10,000 soldiers who had attacked the outskirts of Beiping City and surrounded the entire city were lying on the ground or on the bed, replenishing their physical strength after a day and night of continuous fighting.

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"Commander, Commander, Chief of Staff, urgent call..." Just as Liu Hua was lying on the camp bed and sleeping soundly, a communications staff officer carefully came to Liu Hua's side with a telegram and said.

"Ah...what did you just say? The chief of staff sent a telegram, did something happen in Tianjin?" Liu Hua opened his eyes and asked quickly.

"No, Commander, nothing happened in Tianjin. The Chief of Staff has reported a plan for transporting supplies to Tianjin Port. Please comply with the following, and then report it to the Central Committee for approval..." Seeing the anxious Commander, the Chief of Staff

He quickly waved his hand and explained.

"What kind of transportation plan does it need to be approved and adjusted by the central government? Come on, show me..." As he spoke, Liu Hua had already sat up from the camp bed, took the telegram from the staff, and began to read it carefully...

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"Haha, it is indeed a good idea. I really don't know how the chief of staff came up with this idea. He even thought of using Ezhou as a transfer station to let the other three main divisions and the people in North China participate in transporting supplies.

In the queue." After reading the telegram in his hand, Liu Hua had a smile on his face. Without any hesitation, he immediately signed his name at the bottom of the telegram, and then handed it to the communications staff in front of him who was waiting for orders.

"Staff Zhang, please immediately send the original text of this telegram to the Taiyuan Headquarters. Please ask the political commissar to forward this telegram to ***, and ask the central government to approve our plan and let the three main divisions assist our army in transporting the captured weapons at the port.

A large amount of military supplies..." Liu Hua ordered to the communications staff officer in front of him.

After this telegram about the specific transportation plan reached the hands of Chairman Mao and others in Yan'an after many twists and turns, it immediately attracted everyone's attention. After all, more than 300,000 tons of various strategic materials, even if divided into one million troops

Each person can get more than a thousand kilograms of supplies. If all these more than a thousand kilograms of supplies are replaced with bullets and artillery shells, it will definitely be enough for this soldier to use for several years...

Thinking of this, the chairman who received the telegram did not hesitate at all. He immediately summoned Vice Chairman Zhou and the Commander-in-Chief to gather in his office and began to discuss specific plans based on the contents of the telegram...

"Chairman, I completely agree with the transportation plan reported by Liu Hua. Use Ezhou as a transfer station to directly distribute these materials. Because this not only solves the transportation problem, but also removes all the weapons stockpiled at the port in the shortest possible time. It is even more important.

The best thing is to directly distribute this large amount of supplies to the three main divisions and various base areas. In this way, a lot of trouble can be saved when distributing supplies in the future. It can be said that it is a method of killing multiple birds with one stone...

"After reading the telegram in my hand, during this period, I have been thinking about the commander-in-chief with a million-strong army. After half a minute of careful consideration, I said with certainty...

"Well, Chairman, Boss, I agree in principle with this plan. However, there are some troubles with the distribution of this material. Unlike Taiyuan, Ezhou is located in the center of North China. Troops who are close to each other will definitely get more when the time comes. And those who are far away will definitely get more.

The 120th Division, which is far away, will be allocated much less supplies by then. You know, our commanders at all levels of the Eighth Route Army are all people who will not suffer losses..." Vice Chairman Zhou showed a trace of worry on his face

look.

"Enlai, I think you are overly concerned about this issue. You must know that the materials seized this time are not just a few tons or dozens of tons, but more than 300,000 tons. Such a large amount of materials, three

How many main divisions can be moved? Speaking of which, the bulk of this batch of supplies will still be in the hands of the *** division. Finally, after all this batch of supplies is transported back to Shanxi, we will make further arrangements based on the specific conditions of each division and base area.

situation, make some arrangements. Besides, with the current equipment of the *** division and the production capacity of the arsenal, except for some large-caliber artillery shells and fuel, he Liu Hua will not take a fancy to other materials... "The Chairman said

He waved his hands and said with a smile, his words full of excitement. Obviously, the chairman at this moment was happy to have a military commander and a general like Liu Hua.

"Yes, what the chairman said is great. I completely agree with the chairman's idea. Let several main divisions go directly to Ezhou to collect some supplies first to reduce the transportation pressure of the *** division..." the commander-in-chief replied with a smile.

"Chairman, boss, since you all agree, I agree too. I will call back the *** division immediately and fully agree with their plan. At the same time, I will call the other three main divisions and all the base commanders we can contact

, let them immediately send troops, bring a large number of transportation tools, and assemble to Ezhou to prepare to rush to transport a large amount of military supplies transported by the *** division..." Vice Chairman Zhou nodded affirmatively.

"Enlai, I think that in order to better improve everyone's enthusiasm, we should add a sentence to the telegram. The amount of supplies at this time is far beyond your imagination. When the time comes, who will send more troops and transportation tools?

Whoever has more can take away more supplies..." the chairman said with a smile on his face.

"Chairman, I really impress you. If you add this sentence, even if the 120th Division is the farthest from Ezhou, our boss He may send several regiments of troops to transport supplies... However, in this case, it will be

Try to avoid as much as possible the problem of uneven distribution of materials among various units. After all, the troops and transportation vehicles they send must correspond to their true strength. In addition, we can also use the strength of each unit sent this time and their

The transported supplies. Touch and see the true strength of each unit in our hands now..." Vice Chairman Zhou immediately understood what the chairman meant and quickly replied...

As telegrams were sent one after another from the center of Yan'an, they were quickly sent to the North China region, and into the hands of the commanders of every unit led by Mao Zedong. Throughout the North China region, the Eighth Route Army troops from all over the country were once again on the move.

.In addition to the ongoing battles around several railway transportation lines in North China, a large number of Eighth Route Army troops drove mules, horses and carts to form a large-scale transportation force.

Ezhou City rushed towards the same goal...