After the second battle, the Volunteer Army advanced the battle line to the vicinity of the 38th parallel, and the United Nations Army ran to Seoul in one go.

It was a good thing that the battle was won, but from another point of view, the difficulties became more and more great, because the supply lines of the Chinese army, which was advancing in great strides, became longer and longer, so long that the US Air Force and Navy Air Force could cut off countless times at will in a day and night.

The Fifth Air Force of the US Far East Air Force has more than 700 tactical fighters deployed on the Korean front, more than 300 bombers of the 20th Air Force, and more than 200 carrier-based fighters of the naval air force moored on the airlines, that is to say, more than 1,200 fighters and bombers of the US military deployed on the front line are constantly pouring bombs on the heads of the Chinese, pouring heavy rain.

The Chinese army, which lacks experience in modern warfare, has an extremely inferior logistical supply, does not have a special logistical system, and has only a dozen or so personnel in the so-called logistics department that has just been established, and these dozen or so people have no clue about the logistical supply in modern warfare.

The Chinese army is a force that started with guerrillas, and it was only in the War of Liberation that there was a large-scale field army, and in the War of Liberation, the way for the troops to solve the problem of food was to raise food on the spot and make the problem of food on their own, and the higher authorities did not care about rations, but this method was completely unworkable in Korea, and in a foreign land, the Chinese troops pursuing forward often marched in a no-man's land of hundreds of kilometers.

I couldn't even find anyone, and I still talked about raising food on the spot, and the experience of the civil war became a not-too-distant history in Korea in the 50s.

The replenishment of ammunition and weapons and equipment is even more a headache, and most of the weapons in the hands of Chinese soldiers were captured in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation. There are all kinds of calibers, and the inconsistency of calibers has brought great difficulties to the supply of ammunition, and the lack of ammunition in front-line troops has become a common phenomenon. There are guns but no bullets, and for this reason, commanders at all levels are extremely anxious.

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There was a shortage of ammunition, food was scarce, the troops were exhausted, but the battle had to be fought, and the domestic news was very good. Mr. Peng, who knew the facts, fell into extreme contradictions.

Mr. Peng believes that militarily speaking, there should be no more immediate fighting. The Volunteer Army fought two major battles in a row more than a month after entering Korea, advancing the battle line to the vicinity of the 38th parallel, and the rapid development of the war situation exceeded everyone's expectations, and several armies on the Western Front were already very tired. The Ninth Corps on the Eastern Front suffered greater losses. The non-combat attrition caused by the severe cold exceeded half of the total strength of the Ninth Corps, there was no news on the veterans who were required to be replenished with combat experience, and the food and ammunition were even weaker; besides, although the enemy fled quickly in the later stage of the Second Campaign, the losses were not large, and most of the living forces were preserved intact, and the enemy's retreat did not mean complete defeat. Judging from the common sense of war, the withdrawal of US troops is justified. First, they had no danger to defend in the plains north of 38; second, the US troops needed to be replenished, they needed to quickly leave the battlefield, and they needed to rely on favorable terrain to carry out rectification; the reason why the UN troops were in a panic and were dizzy in the panic was that they were trying their best to seize the advantageous terrain, and they were not blindly defeated; judging from all indications, the UN forces were retreating in an organized and planned manner, and the enemy was not muddy.

There are a large number of permanent fortifications and a three-dimensional cross-fire network south of the 38th parallel, and the difficulties for the volunteer army to transform from ambush warfare and guerrilla warfare to field warfare can be imagined.

It was Mr. Peng who broke the dullness: "Our army has always been fighting in hardship, let's just say our Northwest Field Army, it is common to fight hungry, and I believe that the soldiers can overcome difficulties." ”

"Our soldiers are all good, they know the difficulties of their troops, no one complains of tiredness, but our troops are too bitter, fighting in the cold of more than 20 degrees below zero and even have no cotton clothes, some squads only have a pair of cotton shoes, the squad has to stipulate that only the soldiers standing guard can wear them, they only have eight taels of grain in their stomachs every day, there is not a single star of oil, and this poor eight taels of grain can often not be delivered, I am the director of the political department dereliction of duty, Sometimes I don't know how to talk to the soldiers. Du Ping, the director of the political department who spoke, choked up in his voice, and he couldn't speak anymore.

"It's me Hong Xuezhi who is derelict in my duties, not you Lao Du, I am the logistics minister of our Volunteer Army."

Deputy Commander Hong Xuezhi stood up, then looked at Li Yong and He Cuihua, who were stunned on the side, and said: "Two little guys, I won't hide it from you after eating your mutton, our troops are already in extreme difficulty, the food ration of the front-line troops is eight taels of grain per day, the second-line troops are six taels, and the ration of command organs and logistics personnel above the army level is four taels per day. ”

After the Second Campaign, more than 400,000 troops entered the DPRK, and even if each person only ate one pound of grain per day, there were more than 400,000 catties, not including the amount of weapons and ammunition consumed, and the crappy logistics system made the front-line combat troops miserable.

According to the estimates of the US military, the Yalu River Bridge can only ensure the logistical supply of 670,000 people, and this is still in good condition, once the bridge is blown up, I really can't understand how the Chinese survived.

Deng Hua and Deputy Commander Han Xianchu and the chief of staff of the solution didn't understand why Lao Hong was talking to Li Yong and He Cuihua like this, the difficulty was here, they didn't recruit them, and what good way could the two young people in their twenties have.

Of course, Deputy Commander Hong Xuezhi didn't speak indiscriminately, others didn't know, but he already knew Mr. Peng's plan, this young brigade commander in his twenties was an assistant specially transferred to him from the southwest, in order to help him solve the troubles and difficulties in the logistics system encountered by the volunteers as much as possible, so that he would know that there was no harm at all, and it would be better to get into the working state, because the three battles were about to start, and time waited for no one.

Mr. Peng clapped his hands and asked Deputy Commander Hong to sit down, then looked left and right and said: "Since everyone is here, I will take this opportunity to have a meeting, our logistics system is too bad, according to our intelligence, the US military is an average of four or five logistics personnel to support a front-line soldier to fight, and we are a logistics personnel to support hundreds of front-line soldiers to fight, how can we go on like this, plus we have no air force, no air supremacy, it is not difficult to understand that the front-line troops lack food and ammunition." ”

Mr. Peng paused slightly when he said this, as if he wanted to think about the next words: "There is also a reason why I transferred little Li Yong from Shigatse in the southwest of the country to here, you may not know, our Comrade Li Yong is not only a good hand in war, but also very good at logistics, his brigade is the richest brigade in our whole field army, I often hear that the soldiers of their brigade never go hungry, everyone, the northwest is not as good as the northeast, and not starving in the northwest is a big matter related to the victory or defeat of the battle. I, the commander of the Northwest Field Army, did not miss his benefits back then. ”

When the boss said this, everyone understood a little, even Li Yong and He Cuihua were almost clear, Mr. Peng didn't transfer him to fight, it seemed that he was specifically for logistics.

The heads of several headquarters looked at each other, and it was Deputy Commander Han Xianchu who spoke: "Hehe, I can see that Comrade Li Yong's ability is not small, and his small army is rich and oily, compared with his mother's United Nations army, and there are so many mutton, it is even more fragrant." ”

Yes, yes, several chiefs nodded busily, isn't it, Li Yong just arrived and let everyone eat a meal of mutton stewed radish, which is a great big thing.

Seeing the expressions of several people, Mr. Peng wanted to laugh angrily, and bought a few guys with a meal of mutton, which was too undisciplined.

"Since everyone is here, I will make a long story short, I plan to appoint Comrade Li Yong as the assistant to Deputy Commander Hong to fully assist Lao Hong in his work, is his position............ He is tentatively designated as the deputy director of the General Logistics Department of the Volunteer Army, what do you think? ”

Deputy Director of the General Logistics Department of the Volunteer Army? This position is a bit too high, and Li Yong himself can't believe that Mr. Peng has appointed him like this.

Several deputy commanders, chiefs of staff, and directors of the political department looked at each other, and the twenty-two-year-old deputy director of the logistics department of the Volunteer Army!! Mr. Peng, this is to create a record for our People's Liberation Army.

It's not that everyone has doubts about Li Yong's ability, Mr. Peng is very accurate and will not be nepotistic, which everyone can trust, but Li Yong is too young, and the young are a bit too much.

After a long time, Deputy Commander Han Xianchu, who is still known as the whirlwind commander, spoke: "I agree, as the saying goes, take other people's hands are short, eat other people's mouths are short, who asked me to let my old Han first eat the mutton of Comrade Li Yong in his stomach, and now he spit it out anyway, damn it, let him do it." ”

Hahahaha, there was laughter in the small conference room, someone started to do it, and after a few minutes, several people gathered around basically agreed, which shows that Li Yong's position as deputy director of the logistics department of the Volunteer Army is the result of collective discussion, and it is a certainty, and the so-called temporary is just a process that needs to be followed.

Seeing that his opinion was agreed by everyone, Mr. Peng sternly shouted: "Li Yong, commander of the Independent Brigade." ”

Li Yong stood up violently, and replied with a touch of his heels: "Here." ”

"After organizational research and decision, you are appointed as the deputy director of the General Logistics Department of the Volunteer Army to fully assist Deputy Commander Hong in his work, is there any problem?"

Li Yong replied in the tone he always used to accept the task: "Please rest assured, the chief, and resolutely complete the task." (To be continued......)