Chapter 771 Mandalay (Four Watches for Monthly Tickets)
While Li Zongren and the commander were talking, the commander-in-chief walked over from outside with a smile.
"Commander Li: Okay. I'm sorry, but I was late! As soon as the commander-in-chief came in, he smiled and apologized to Li Zongren.
"It's okay, it's okay, I can understand, the troops are fighting now, and there are many things." Li Zongren immediately stood up, shook hands with the commander-in-chief and said.
"You may be seated!" After the commander-in-chief shook hands, he gestured to Li Zongren.
"Commander Li will go back to Yan'an in a while, the two of us will send it off, if it's okay, you won't come to our side!" In the past few days, we have not entertained well, and I hope Commander Li can understand! The commander said to Li Zongren with a smile.
"No, no, the hospitality is very good, and I'm sorry to delay you so much!" Li Zongren immediately spoke.
He didn't dare to hold up in front of Commander Mao and the commander-in-chief, now Yan'an has the strength to fight for national domination, and in the future, their strength will be even greater, so after Li Zongren arrived here, he was very modest.
"Well, I don't have anything for you here, I have prepared the gift and handed it over to your guard troops, I hope Commander Li can like it, and we also welcome Chongqing to continue to send people over, whether it is inspection or inspection, our Yan'an is still open to Chongqing!" The commander said to Li Zongren with a smile.
"Yes, I know this, but, Commander Mao, Commander Zhu, I have a request here!" Li Zongren looked at the commander and commander-in-chief and said.
"You say!" The commander nodded, looked at him and said.
"We hope that you can help us with a batch of planes and tanks, and as you know, now our expeditionary force is fighting in Southeast Asia, and the casualties are much greater than those of Commander Hu, and today I also saw that Commander Hu destroyed 350,000 enemies in less than 24 hours, which is a very big victory.
I think this victory is inseparable from tanks and planes, but as for Chongqing, as you know, in terms of economy, it may not be as good as yours now.
Your arms sales can bring a lot of economic support to Yan'an, but we in Chongqing don't have it, and we can't collect much from the people in taxes, so we hope you can help us some! Li Zongren looked at the commander and the commander-in-chief and said.
"The problem you mentioned, I have already written in the letter, when Commander Jiang saw it, he knew how to do it, for the aid to Chongqing, I still said the same thing, our Yan'an is open to Chongqing, as long as you want, we have, there is no problem!" The commander looked at Li Zongren and said with a smile.
"Thank you, Commander Mao, you and Commander Jiang are both enlightened people!" Li Zongren heard it and said very gratefully.
After they chatted for a while in the conference room, the commander-in-chief and the commander-in-chief sent Li Zongren to the airport, this time Li Zongren's plane was a passenger plane converted from a transport plane in Yan'an, the speed was fast, the flight was very stable, and it was very comfortable to sit inside.
Li Zongren sat on the plane, saw that the plane was flying so smoothly, and the temperature in the cabin was not cold, and sighed with emotion, this trip to Yan'an, the impact on his thinking and understanding was very huge, and he was also thinking about where to go in Chongqing in the future.
However, at this time, Hu Bin's troops have now all left the forest and are heading to the front line, Hu Bin did not order his infantry troops to storm Mandalay, but let the air force bomb it, and the infantry now needs to make further arrangements.
Hu Bin still doesn't know what it means for the devil to give up Mandalay, so Hu Bin needs to think about it carefully, at this time, Hu Bin is following the convoy to Malai, and the new headquarters is to be set up in Malai, Hu Bin is sitting in the car and has been thinking about this problem, why Okamura Ninji should give up Mandalay.
"Commander, we're on the Marais Line soon, we have quite a few troops building fortifications there!" Zhang Fan said to Hu Bin.
"I know, when you go out with me later, I'm going to see the soldiers on the front line, they won the battle, I'm going to thank them!" Hu Bin nodded and said.
"Yes, though, the front line is a bit dangerous!" Zhang Fan looked at Hu Bin and reminded.
"What are you afraid of, I also rushed to the front line to fight before, and now I don't rush to fight on the front line just to see the soldiers, the commander-in-chief and commander-in-chief will not blame you." Hu Bin said with a smile.
He also knew that the commander-in-chief and the commander-in-chief gave Zhang Fan and Mo a death order, and Hu Bin could not be allowed to rush to the front line, therefore, Hu Bin could only be in the command headquarters, besides, there was no need for Hu Bin to personally lead the troops to rush to the front line now, Hu Bin would not go, and it would be troublesome for them, but after the fight, Hu Bin must go to see it and cheer up the soldiers!
Soon, the car was on the Malai defense line, and the soldiers couldn't take care of rest now, and were busy building air-raid shelters, which was a task assigned by Hu Bin, and the soldiers were very attentive to complete it.
Hu Bin chatted with the soldiers on the battlefield, asking about the changes in his heart during the battle, as well as the situation of life!
Hu Bin chatted with the soldiers outside for almost four hours, and ate lunch with the soldiers at noon, and when he returned to the headquarters, it was almost 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
"Report, this seizure has been counted!" When the staff officer in charge of logistics saw Hu Bin coming, he immediately stood up and said to Hu Bin.
Hu Bin heard it, took the battle report, and read it carefully.
"Yes, we can still capture so much food, enough for our troops to eat for 4 months! In 4 months, all the food here has come down! Hu Bin saw the statistical battle report and said with a smile.
He never thought that the devil would be able to leave so much food for himself. However, Hu Bin's attack this time was indeed very fast, and they didn't give the devils enough time to react, and when they reacted, they didn't have time to burn the grain, but fled directly, so in this operation, they were able to capture so much food.
"Now Okamura Ninji is vomiting blood, I guess he originally hoped to use this food to support their troops to block us for more than 3 months, who would have thought that these grains ended up in our hands, haha!" Li Dalong said to Hu Bin with a smile.
"Now our political commissar doesn't have to be so tired, now half of the food we eat is transferred from behind, and the remaining half is solved on the spot. We have occupied so many places, and the food to support our hundreds of thousands of troops is still enough, and here they are all planted for more than two seasons, and some are still planted for three seasons, and there is no problem with food.
Now it's weapons, ammunition and other equipment and materials, the political commissar will be much easier, plus we have transport planes, I think, the problem of logistics supply will not be big at that time! Hu Bin nodded and said, his first thought was logistics supplies.
At present, most of the war materials used by Hu Bin's troops are transported from China, and although Chongqing has allocated a lot of money to purchase materials, it is far from enough.
At the very least, ammunition for rifles and tanks had to be transported from Hubei to Yunnan, and not to mention gasoline, which was sent from the oil refinery in Yan'an to Hubei, then from Hubei to Yunnan, and then from Yunnan to the front line, all across half of China.
"In terms of ammunition, we may still send it by car, and in terms of fuel, I suggest that it is better for us to start transporting it by plane, and even some ammunition can be transported by plane, and of course medicine!" When Li Dalong heard Hu Bin say this, he immediately suggested.
"Now planes have to be transported by cars, and as many as they can be transported, the fighting here will not stop, unless we beat all the devils in the whole of Southeast Asia, it is possible to stop transportation, and our rear is not necessarily safe, so it is better to take precautions." Hu Bin looked at Li Dalong and said.
Li Dalong heard Hu Bin say this, and knew what Hu Bin meant, but he was afraid that if Chongqing and Yan'an fought, there would be huge problems in his logistics, so it was appropriate to have more points now.
"Is there any news from Mandalay right now?" Hu Bin asked.
"There is no news yet, the devils are still retreating, and our air force is still bombing, but before you came in, Ding Wanzhong sent a telegram.
He proposed that we dispatch armored troops and infantry units to continue to take Mandalay in a coordinated way of infantry and combat, anyway, the devils have no intention of fighting, we might as well take Mandalay, and then defend over there, so that the depth of our defense will be expanded, and we may continue to get supplies! Li Dalong looked at Hu Bin and said.
"Hmmm! Makes sense, but now both armored and infantry units are resting? The attack troops of the first echelon have been fighting for 2 days in a row, can they do it? In this way, give me the 99th, 231st and 233rd divisions, and I will talk to them! Hu Bin heard it, thought about it for a while, and felt reasonable.
No matter what Okamura Ninji thinks, let's expand his strategic depth first, and then let it out when the time comes.
"The telephone line has just been laid out, but now in several other positions, there is only one telephone, and the others are still being arranged!" The communications staff officer said to Hu Bin.
"Okay, connect them for me, tell them in advance, I'm going to talk to them in ten minutes, by the way, let Xiang Feng and the commanders of the other two armored divisions also wait, I want to talk to them!" Hu Bin said to the communications staff officer.
"Yes, I'll contact them right away and ask them to wait!" When the communications staff officer heard this, he immediately went to dial the phone, while Hu Bin went to the map that had just been hung up and thought about it carefully. (To be continued.) )