Chapter 698 Preparations
Hu Bin was there and asked Mo Shot to send a telegram to Fang Lei, mainly to ask Mo Shot to pay attention to fighting quickly and withdrawing quickly, not to let the devil's bomber be locked, and not to be locked by the artillery.
As for being targeted by the devil's infantry, Hu Bin was not worried at all, because Fang Lei had also followed Hu Bin for a long time, and knew that he had to leave a back road for himself in the war, and he couldn't let the devil block his back road.
After Hu Bin finished sending the telegram, he went to the forward position, Hu Bin had not gone there to inspect before, mainly because he was going to fight as soon as he came, and now he did not know how the forward position was being repaired.
As soon as Hu Bin arrived at the forward position, the division commanders came over, and Hu Bin said hello to them, and did not even go in the headquarters, but went to inspect the fortifications built by the soldiers to see if the fortifications could withstand the bombardment of artillery and the bombardment of aircraft.
Hu Bin checked the sleepers, checked the sandbags, and how prepared in the anti-artillery hole, Hu Bin in order to burn charcoal for the soldiers to bake clothes, specially customized a lot of small stoves, these stoves have pipes under them, but the pipes are replaced by bamboo, mainly for ventilation, Hu Bin is also worried that the soldiers hide in the anti-artillery hole on a rainy day, will be carbon poisoning, that is, carbon monoxide poisoning, so the inspection is very careful.
"Did you bring the charcoal?" Hu Bin asked.
"It's delivered, here!" When a platoon commander heard Hu Bin's words, he immediately went to the corner, pointed to two bags of charcoal, and said to Hu Bin.
"Well, yes, have you calculated how much charcoal you have to consume in a day, the rainy season is about 2 months, that is, 60 days, you only have 2 bags of charcoal, is it enough?" Hu Bin saw charcoal. Asked the warrior.
"I sent 2 bags!" The platoon commander said immediately.
"Huh?" When Hu Bin heard it, he immediately looked at Xiao Chen, the political commissar of the 99th Division.
"Division commander, each soldier is given a quota of 3 catties of charcoal, and now this platoon has 42 people and 126 catties of charcoal, and I have discussed it with Political Commissar Li of the headquarters. Now the weather here is very hot, and it is impossible for the soldiers to go to the fire, we thought, the soldiers must have gathered to bake clothes, so 2 catties of charcoal a day should be enough.
Moreover, if there is no war, the warriors will not all go out. They still stay in the anti-artillery hole, and when the weather is fine, the soldiers can take their clothes outside to dry, and we have prepared ropes to dry on the position! Xiao Chen immediately said to Hu Bin.
"Well, 2 catties is not much, are you sure it is enough?" Hu Bin looked at Xiao Chen and asked.
"Divisional commander, if it's not enough, there's no way. We have more than 160,000 people in the army, and more than 300,000 catties of charcoal alone. Even if we were able to transport it, we wouldn't have that much charcoal, and we burned a lot of it, but it wasn't enough.
By the way, we also took this reason into account and discussed it with Deputy Division Commander Ding Wanzhong. We have burned about 10,000 catties of charcoal here, but it is not good, and there are still a few kilns that have not been opened, and it is estimated that each soldier can still share about a catty! Xiao Chen spoke again.
"Yes, Commander. There is a lot of pressure on logistics, not only charcoal, but also food, weapons and ammunition, medicines, and things for combat use, a lot of them, and now Political Commissar Li Nian is busy with this every day, and our vehicles will come every day.
In order to prepare for the rainy season, now Political Commissar Li Nian ordered the convoy to stop 24 hours a day, and must send food and ammunition first! Ding Wanzhong looked at Hu Bin and said.
"Well, okay, it's enough, the rainy season is coming soon, is the wormwood ready, by the way, you can also boil wormwood on top of these charcoals!" This is for malaria, so I can't afford to send it undelivered! Hu Bin heard them say this, and nodded.
Now the pressure on the logistics side is indeed very great, and it is all up to Li Nian and the political commissars of those divisions to find a way.
"It has been sent, and each division has been distributed 20,000 catties, all of which have been sent up, and they have been distributed to the warehouses of various battalion headquarters!" Xiao Chen reported to Hu Bin and said.
"That's good, I'm worried about this thing, you don't know how terrible the rainy season is here, ten minutes ago it was still sunny, ten minutes later, it was pouring rain, and also, the soldiers are drying their clothes outside, you also have to have an idea, when you don't fight, you can dry it however you want, if you fight, you can't dry it!" Hu Bin said to Ding Wanzhong.
Now Hu Bin of the 99th Division basically does not care about anything, and he will hand it over to Ding Wanzhong, and Hu Bin also has the intention to hand over the 99th Division directly to Ding Wanzhong, but the time is not yet ripe, Ding Wanzhong's qualifications are enough, but in terms of ability, he has not been recognized by most cadres, so Hu Bin needs to hone him.
Hu Bin inspected the defensive positions of the two regiments, and after finding no problems, he returned to the command headquarters with confidence, at this time, the sky was already dark, Hu Bin ate something in the headquarters, Xiao Chen was busy outside, and he also came over.
"Division commander, a batch of ammunition has just been delivered, 4 million rounds, and we still need 4 million rounds to be enough for our three operations!" Xiao Chen said to Hu Bin.
"When will the next batch be delivered?" Hu Bin asked.
"The day after tomorrow, before the day after tomorrow, we must complete the transportation of all food, weapons, ammunition, and medicines!" Xiao Chen said.
"Good!" Hu Bin nodded.
"Teacher, I don't understand, is it really that evil? Isn't it raining? Ding Wanzhong looked at Hu Bin and asked.
"It's not as simple as rain, but in the case of high temperature and humidity, all kinds of bacteria, viruses and insects have come out to move, mosquitoes are the most frightening, think about it, so many soldiers are hiding in the anti-artillery hole, such a high temperature, you say, what does it smell like? With the addition of mosquitoes, as long as one person has malaria, the entire platoon may get it, and malaria will be on the swing, and if it is serious, it will kill people! Hu Bin looked at Ding Wanzhong and said.
"I know, you said it in the previous meeting, but I don't feel so evil!" Ding Wanzhong nodded and said to Hu Bin.
"I also hope that you will know when the time comes, by the way, Lao Ding, what is the mood of the cadres now?" Hu Bin asked.
"It's not bad, but I feel that I didn't go out to fight this time, and it's a little uncomfortable!" Ding Wanzhong looked at Hu Bin and said.
"Division commander, I can also understand that we are the 99th Army, the most elite unit of the group army, and now we are actually staying here, there is no way to go out to fight at all, and we have to help other troops who go out to fight to repair their fortifications, and the soldiers have opinions.
We can understand that now we are also doing the work of those cadres, and let the cadres do the work of the fighters! Xiao Chen looked at Hu Bin and explained.
"I can understand, but I have ideas about not transferring you out this time, one is that you just said that the 99th Division is the most elite unit of our group army, all the equipment is the first to arrive, the soldiers are the most rigorously trained, and the commanders at all levels are also the most experienced in combat.
But there are other divisions, I am not only the commander of the 99th Division, I am also the commander of the 99th Group Army, I have to consider the combat effectiveness of the entire group army, this time let them out, you can also see, two old units of our army, with two new units of the division out to fight, the purpose is to train them.
When we arrive in Southeast Asia, you should not worry about not fighting a war, this war is estimated to be fought for many years, and you must also be prepared for a long-term war! After Hu Bin heard Xiao Chen's explanation, he smiled and said to them, it was not that he didn't want to mobilize the 99th Division, but that other troops needed to be trained.
"We can understand! Don't worry, division commander, our 99th Division can't be defeated! Ding Wanzhong looked at Hu Bin and said with a smile.
"Well, Lao Ding, you also work harder, I originally wanted you to be the commander of the 233rd Division, but I considered that the combat effectiveness of the 99th Division could not be weakened all at once, so I pressed your order.
I'm now the commander of the group army, the commander of the 99th Army, and the commander of the 99th Division, so it's not okay, so fight hard, if it goes well, the commander of the 99th Division is yours, don't make anything happen to me! Hu Bin looked at Ding Wanzhong and said.
"Understood, Commander, I understand this matter!" Ding Wanzhong said with a smile.
He really understands, since Hu Bin began to serve as the commander of the 99th Group Army, Hu Bin has never cared about the affairs of the 99th Division, and handed them over to Ding Wanzhong, if Ding Wanzhong still doesn't understand, then he really doesn't have to think about being the division commander!
"Lao Ding has known for a long time, you are cultivating him!" Xiao Chen said with a smile.
"Hey, hey!" Ding Wanzhong smiled and touched his head.
"It's not training, you have a lot of combat experience, I'm just worried, the cadres have ideas, after all, you haven't commanded a division of troops alone, and you need such experience once, so I have been holding the order and haven't sent it to you, just wait for a battle!" Hu Bin said with a smile and a wave of his hand.
And at this time, in Xibu, Wang Changhe and his troops have dispersed, and they are preparing to attack the defensive position of the devil Xibu, and now the devils of the 18th Division also know that this time they are really going to be in trouble, and during the day today, the casualties of the devils exceeded 10,000.
In the morning, the outer positions were cleared, and in the afternoon they were even more depressed, one was that the artillery wing was killed, more than 1,800 people died, and the troops of the special regiment, after killing the artillery wing of the devils, began to look for opportunities to hunt outside the positions of the devils, it was really a hunt, snipers, hiding in the shadows, saw the devils, and immediately shot over.
And the other soldiers of the special regiment, their marksmanship is also good, and they also play like this, but they are closer than the snipers, so they shoot around the devils, and when attacking, the devils want to gather troops to come out, and the troops of the special regiment will retreat immediately! (To be continued.) )