Chapter 895: The Battle of Ningxia (8)

At this time, dozens of new simple wharves were built on the banks of the Yellow River, and a large number of inland steam-deck barges were almost covered with the river, waiting in line to dock and load their cargo.

Supplies from all over the country are piling up along the river, and a logistics support brigade composed of countless displaced people is loading the ship day and night. In the past two days, the displaced people of the logistics support brigade have hardly slept much. Looking at the high stacks of grain piled up on the shore, these homeless people didn't know that they were tired, and they worked hard day and night to load grain on the boat.

Even if they were ordered to rest, they didn't listen, their eyes were red, and whoever said they were in a hurry was hungry and afraid.

They have been going back and forth between Hetao and Ningxia Town for the past two days, and all the boats have hardly stopped, and only when loading and unloading the ships can they take the opportunity to squint for a while.

Even so, in the face of such a large number of supplies, how to transport them back to the loop is a difficult task. With only more than 100 sets of inland river steam deck barges, it is simply impossible to transport so many materials back to the Hetao base area in a short period of time.

There is no way, there are too many loot seized in Ningxia Town this time, and each ship is currently in a serious overloaded state, but fortunately, this section of the Yellow River is wide and calm, and the distance between the two places is relatively close, and there is no complicated river section, so there are no accidents, but the voyage is still trembling.

Before the war, a large number of simple warehouses were built on both sides of the Yellow River in the Hetao base area, and it was originally thought that so many warehouses had been built, which would be enough, but no one expected that the harvest of the Ningxia campaign would greatly exceed previous expectations, and it was estimated that if the captured materials were transported back to the Hetao base area, there would inevitably be a large number of materials without a place to store them.

If it rains and the materials that have been transported back are soaked, then everyone will not be distressed and killed.

As soon as Li Ming saw that it was not good, he immediately sent a report to the Hetao base area and asked an engineer company to stay in the base area. Immediately lead the vast number of displaced people in the base area to build another batch of warehouses at all costs. This can damage the sapper company left behind, these guys are 100 people, leading thousands of displaced people to build a special warehouse, but the warehouse can't be fooled, at least it has to block the wind and rain.

The engineer company that stayed behind. I hardly slept for two days and two nights, and I worked day and night with a large group of homeless people, and I was so tired that I didn't look like anything. But they really didn't dare to delay, if there was no place to store the supplies back to the Hetao, in case of a heavy rain, then everyone would cry.

Before the Ningxia campaign was launched in the Hetao base area, everyone was afraid that Ningxia Town would not have enough supplies. But now a lot of materials have been seized, but this amount has greatly exceeded expectations, and everyone is now worried about how to transport it back. Shipped back where to put it.

In addition to more than 100 groups of steam-deck barges on the Yellow River waterway, they are going back and forth between Hetao and Ningxia Town day and night. A large number of four-wheeled wagons and war horses of several logistics support brigades were also loaded with supplies and advanced towards the Hetao area in the north. The war horses and four-wheeled carriages on both sides of the Yellow River are endless, and the scene is very spectacular.

Li Ming, Ma Qing and others stood on the bank of the Yellow River, looking at the mountains of materials piled up on the bank, all with wry smiles on their faces. Li Ming shook his head and said, "It is estimated that it will take ten days and eight days to transport so many things back to Hetao." I don't know if the three sides of Shaanxi will react, but we don't want to go too far. Withdraw from the battle as quickly as possible. ”

Ma Qing smiled and said: "Now tens of thousands of Mongolian herdsmen detachments are gathered in Yansui Town and Gansu Town, and they dare not move the soldiers in these two places. The three sides of Shaanxi can only transfer troops from the interior of Shaanxi. When they have finished mobilizing their forces, it may take ten days or eight days. I guess even if we withdraw from the battle quickly, the guys on the three sides of Shaanxi will be able to guess that it was our Far East that did it. But they can write excerpts in such an original way, doesn't that make them uncomfortable. I reckon they would definitely say that it was the Tartar Koubian of the northern steppes. ”

Wang Yaowu next to him said hehehe: "I still hope that Shaanxi will fight from three sides, but unfortunately they don't dare to borrow the courage of the two of them." The border army of the late Ming Dynasty no longer had the slightest sharpness, and could only fight a dozen thieves. When they encounter the Mongol Tatars, they can't beat them at all, they will only guard the side wall, and they don't dare to lead the troops to attack, they are a special group of wrecks. ”

Li Ming shook his head and said in a deep voice, "We still have to find a way." Bring the supplies back to the Hetao as soon as possible, so many materials are piled up here, once it catches up with a heavy rain, the loss of materials will be great. ”

In order to transport the supplies back to the Hetao base area as soon as possible, Li Ming carried out a general mobilization of various nomadic detachments in the grassland, and a large number of Mongolian grassroots herdsmen also drove four-wheeled carriages and countless herds into Ningxia Town.

Zhao Lianhe and the others all gathered at the fence of the camp, looking at the endless carriages and war horses, loaded with supplies, all the way to the north, all of them were frightened.

"I've been standing here for a long time, and these four big high-wheeled carriages have never been broken, and the owner is wide."

"You haven't been to the river to see, the strings of flatbed boats, running back and forth on the river day and night, and the things pulled by the strings of plank boats can catch up with ten carts and eight carts. It seems that the owner has a lot of strokes in Ningxia Town. ”

"The officials in the town, as well as the Qingwang Mansion, may have been copied cleanly, and they deserve it...... We worked hard all year round and couldn't even eat enough, and our wives and children also suffered with us, but those officials and generals were not wealthy, they all drank the blood of our soldiers and fattened these guys. ”

"Now it's okay, pull everything to the loop, and let them all become poor eggs."

Those border soldiers were talking excitedly, since they decided to go to the Hetao with the Far Eastern Army, their hearts were also changing unconsciously. Of course, I hope that the Hetao will get richer and better.

Zhao Lianhe was also quite excited in his heart, he now felt that his decision was right. followed the current owner, at least no worse than Da Ming. In the past two days, my mother-in-law and children in my family have been able to eat a full meal every day, and they are happy every day. He also felt more and more guilty, feeling sorry for his wife and children, who let himself have no ability, so that his family would follow him to suffer poverty.

"Tartar...... Here comes the Tartars......"

The border soldiers and military households in the camp heard someone shouting in the distance, and immediately became confused. Zhao Lianhe and the others also pulled out the edge of the fence and looked into the distance, only to see countless cavalry galloping in the distance.

"Holy...... It's really the Tartars, the Tartars are coming...... Run......"

The border troops and military households were frightened when they saw a large number of Mongol cavalry rushing in the distance. The women and children in the camp were also panicked, and there were cries and screams everywhere.

Zhao Lianhe didn't run, he shouted at several Far Eastern troops standing guard outside on duty: "Brother, run...... Tartar, Tartar is coming, ......" (To be continued.) )

PS: Thank you Fei Feifei for the tip. Tonight, I will add a new chapter, and I can't give great support and encouragement to thank the alliance leader.