Undoubtedly, the Soviet army will be more prepared for this operation, and those captured horses and vehicles will shine in this operation!

It is inconceivable for a soldier with a weight of 30 kilograms to march 50 kilometers on foot in a day, even if it is a soldier with a high level of enthusiasm for battle, the huge amount of physical exertion can make people fall on their stomachs.

From the blacksmith village to the target Loyev, the distance in a straight line on the map is about fifty kilometers. If the troops were truly lightly armed, they would have been able to reach their target on foot in a day and night. Because there was so much equipment with them, it became impossible to travel 50 kilometers day and night.

Whether Balzen liked it or not, they had to equip some wagons, and put some professional galleys in the troops, and even a lot of forage.

Keeping horses is a professional job, and horses have to eat a lot of grass every day, and if they eat grain, they will be fat and strong. The grain in the granary was for people to eat, and the horses could only gnaw grass. There was once a soldier who thought about letting the horses eat the potatoes that the granary had the most reserves.

This suggestion was not only learned of by Salinchkin, but he also wrote a ban on the feeding of potatoes to horses. For no other reason, the potatoes themselves are poisonous. Humans can largely ignore its toxicity, and horses can hardly tolerate it. Not only potatoes, but also dandelions, which are now used as vegetables and medicinal herbs, are also inedible for horses.

After the four battalion commanders left, Yang Mingzhi and Yevlov discussed it again.

"They had at least four wagons per battalion, one of which was loaded with reserve ammunition, the remaining three, one full of grass, and two all full of potatoes!"

"Berekov, is four carriages enough?"

"Probably enough! The Romanian carriages were very heavy, and they had suspension points at the rear so that each battalion could carry a 45mm field gun. Just four carriages, not only will not affect the mobility of the troops, but will speed up the march! ”

"In that case, you can arrange it this way! I'm okay with that. ”

Yevlov really has no opinion on many matters related to this operation, because it is not his turn to bother with the details of the operation! Unless the situation of the battle suddenly expands to the point where it is almost out of control, the commander himself will personally lead the battle. That shouldn't have happened, so Yevlov's job was basically to nod and answer in the affirmative.

More than 300 of the captured Luo army carriages are still usable, most of which are already being used for daily production work, and a sufficient number of them are currently idle.

Yang Mingzhi knew that Heitu Village was training better cavalry units, and with the support of Salinchikin, they also controlled most of the good horses for various reasons.

According to the report sent by Heitu Village, the cavalry battalion began to expand after the battle. The battalion commander Volmansky Jr. summed up the combat experience, and after expanding the cavalry battalion to an astonishing 800 men, he also reported that this unit would deal a fatal blow to the enemy's flank with extraordinary mobility in future battles.

Yang Mingzhi read these reports and thought that the cavalry, which was becoming more and more marginalized, could only exist on the battlefield in this way. He was also curious about how the cavalry battalion could swell to eight hundred men in just one month!

It turned out that the entire guerrilla republic had included all men under the age of sixty in the conscription, unless they were truly sick and disabled.

As a result, the cavalry battalion was supplemented with a large number of middle-aged people in their forties, and almost all of them became cavalrymen because they had experience in horseback riding. What kind of combat effectiveness will this kind of cavalry have, Yang Mingzhi really can't expect too much, maybe they will become a surprise soldier one day?

But first, they must contribute the good horses that are detained, and even contribute a professional husband and stable!

June 19 was a crucial day for the guerrilla republics in their preparations for war.

Yang Mingzhi didn't sleep much all night, and with the sound of the military horn, he woke up early and began to prepare for war like an ordinary soldier.

Myself, the ammunition depot began to distribute ammunition necessary for the operation one after another. Some of these munitions were produced by assault, and the damp shells were filled with captured TNT, which were then delivered directly to the troops after a new fuse was installed.

Each infantry squad must have a machine gun and an RPG canister. Each platoon must have a recoilless gun and a full-time squad.

The firepower of the grassroots units of the 63 Army is amazing, and it is also built on huge ammunition reserves.

Early in the morning, Yang Mingzhi, who had come to the headquarters, went directly into the communication room and ordered the signal corps to directly contact the Soviet office in Heitu Village.

Having determined that it was Volmansky himself, he bluntly ordered: "You also know that our army is about to start a battle for the liberation of Loyev!" For this battle, the troops will invest a lot of ammunition and logistics. These munitions need to be transported by horse-drawn carts, and I have been informed that there are a large number of good horses bred in the village of Heitu! Now, prepare five hundred horses for me at once, and transport them to the blacksmith village at once!" ”

This news was like a thunderbolt from the sky early in the morning.

Even if it was the commander, he muttered extremely reluctantly: "Comrade commander, do you really need so many good horses?" You know, I ......"

"No more nonsense! I know you love horses, but horses are special trucks that eat grass and stumble for troops! This is an order that you should bring 500 good horses today, and that you should bring enough fodder. Remember, don't bring bad horses, if they get stubble during transportation, you will be very responsible! ”

Womanski listened to the sweat, and he loved horses even more than his nephew! Would he be happy to let this group of horses, like his own children, go to the front?

The commander said cruel words, thinking that this was also a dead order from the command, and Volmansky could only do it!

There are many death orders issued by Yang Mingzhi on this day.

But any commander with a normal IQ knows the importance of the soldiers and horses before the grain and grass are moved. However, when it comes to countries that attach great importance to military rations, the first place is, of course, the United States.

As far back as the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress set a very high standard of food for the Continental Army of North America, and the so-called soldiers could eat a pound of beef every day. In this world war, the huge industrial capacity of the United States was also reflected in military rations.

The Soviet army also made a scientific plan for military rations, but after the outbreak of the war, the Soviet Union, which lost a large number of elite areas, could no longer provide much better food to the six million soldiers on the front line! Nowadays, it is a luxury for a warrior to be able to eat all-you-can-eat potatoes.

At least the guerrilla republics can get to the point where the soldiers get tired of eating potatoes. Potatoes have a huge yield, and their water content is high and the starch content is good, so eating them not only replenishes water but also replenishes sugar. But what the Soviet soldiers lacked the most was fat, this energy concentre, Yang Mingzhi could think of is obtained from the catch of fish, through boiling fish oil. Fish oil is indeed a fat, and the smell is insane.

Cattle are a valuable source of power for ploughing the fields, as are horses. The number of livestock and poultry raised in the guerrilla republics is too small, and the supply of high-quality fat is simply pitiful!

Yang Mingzhi knows too well that when a creature is a human being, when it enters a long-term high-load exercise, the main source of energy consumption changes from sugar to fat. Later generations of people who lost weight had to do long-term strenuous exercise to achieve the goal of fat loss. For these Soviet soldiers, they need fat too much! Yang Mingzhi also estimated that unless the large-scale support of the Americans was in full swing, and the superiors could throw a large amount of Spam luncheon meat into the swamp, the most urgent fat needs of the soldiers could be solved.

This is an unattainable thing, and it is a drawback that the guerrilla republics cannot solve on their own. In desperation, the troops could only increase the wartime food ration for the soldiers, that is, on the basis of the daily ration of five kilograms, an additional two kilograms.