Chapter 760: Dispersion

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Commander Zhang Guohua and Tan Guansan, political commissar and soldiers, have not taken a bath for more than 20 days, and they have to sweat several times every day after the rapid march, and the smell on their bodies can be imagined.

"Let's go, fuck, go eat and take a shower." The commander's order was simple.

Li Yong hurriedly stepped forward to report again: "Commander, the vehicles we brought here are limited, and we can only transport two regiments at one time, what do you think?" ”

Commander Zhang Guohua smiled: "It's enough to be able to ship two regiments in one piece, I forgot to tell you, our Eighteenth Army only arrived at the Army and a fifty-second division, and the rest of the troops don't need to be shipped for the time being." ”

Looking at Li Yong and Wang Chengde's puzzled eyes, Tan Guansan, the political commissar on the side, explained: "Our troops are too big, how to solve the problem of eating together in Lhasa?" It is certainly not possible to rely on the energy of the local government, so we must also rely on the interior to supply us, so there will be a problem; if we want to effectively supply us, roads are a very important condition; according to the order of the Southwest Military Region, the 53rd and 54th divisions of our 18th Army will not enter Lhasa for the time being, and they will be responsible for the construction of the road from Qamdo to Lhasa, and the task is very arduous. ”

Political Commissar Tan said this, Li Yong and Wang Chengde understood that only one of the 52 nd Division of the 18 th Army and the troops directly under the military headquarters had arrived near Lhasa, and the other two main divisions (the 53 and 54 divisions) stayed along the way to build roads, so after the independent brigade had loaded one 154 regiment with a car, it was enough to load the other two regiments of the 52 nd Division and the troops directly under the military headquarters, and more than 200 trucks should be able to do it at one time.

More than 200 large trucks loaded the two regiments of the 52nd Division and the units directly under the military headquarters at one time, and the scene was spectacular, which made the soldiers who had already walked thousands of kilometers sigh incomparably.

It is remarkable that a foot march can walk tens of kilometers a day on the plateau, and this is when the advantages and capabilities of mechanization are seen. Although the road conditions were not good, the car could not drive fast, and two or three hours were enough to complete the day's march on foot.

Towards noon, the troops directly under the 18th Army Headquarters and the 52nd Division all drove to Lhasa. This makes Lhasa, which is already overcrowded, even more crowded, and soldiers can be seen everywhere. The total strength of the People's Liberation Army in Lhasa reached an unprecedented strength of nearly 30,000, and this was the result of the failure of the 53rd and 54th Divisions.

The Independent Brigade vacated all the rooms in order to allow the comrades-in-arms of the 52nd Division of the fraternal unit to have a good sleep and recover their body and energy quickly.

There was snoring everywhere, and the independent brigade took on the task of guarding it, first letting the 52nd Division, which had more than 10,000 people, eat enough and then go to sleep. They slept from noon to the afternoon, and from the afternoon to late at night, and it was not until the early morning of the next day that the men woke up one after another, and the soldiers felt much better after a good night's sleep. I can't tell you how comfortable I am.

After walking for more than 20 days in a row, this time they were able to lie down and sleep on the hot clay kang, and the soldiers felt that being a god was nothing more than that, and they really didn't want to get up. But it's not okay if you don't want to get up, the comrades-in-arms of the Independent Brigade are already bombarding them one by one, what are you doing with the bombing? Take a shower and feel more refreshed after bathing.

More than 10,000 people, each of whom had to be thoroughly cleaned. This is also a big project, but fortunately, the independent brigade is well prepared, and the hot water boils a lot.

Washing and rubbing from head to toe, as if this time they were going to wash away the hardships of nearly a month, there was laughter and laughter everywhere, and after washing, they changed into the new military uniforms prepared for them by the independent brigade, the old ones really had no way to wear, they were very dirty, and there were a lot of small animals (lice) hidden in them.

Of course, old clothes cannot be thrown away, they must be washed before they are worn, and the troops at this stage have not yet had the luxury to throw away their clothes, and Commander Zhang Guohua and Political Commissar Tan Guansan expressed their gratitude for the reception work of the Independent Brigade, and said to Li Yong and Wang Chengde that the military uniforms were temporarily borrowed from the 52nd Division, and they would definitely be returned to them when the supplies from the higher authorities arrived after a period of time.

Sleeping, bathing, changing clothes, what's next? Haircut, I haven't had a haircut and shave for more than 20 days, and I can imagine how sloppy my face looks.

When the soldiers came out after cutting their hair and shaving their beards, the spirit of the whole person had changed, not to say that everyone, the entire 52nd Division had changed as if a different person, and their appearance had changed greatly.

These are all due to the strong logistics ability of the independent brigade, in order to make the 52nd Division more comfortable, Sun Quanhou's baggage battalion can also be regarded as a bloody capital, just take out more than 10,000 sets of military uniforms, fortunately, the army commander has a word, it is temporarily borrowed by the 52nd Division, and it will definitely be returned in the future, which makes the soldiers who grit their teeth and carry supplies feel a little better.

The family background of the independent brigade did not fall out of thin air, it was saved by the soldiers little by little, and of course it was distressing to take out so much at once, although they all knew that the overall situation was important, but they were reluctant, and the feelings of the soldiers in the baggage battalion fluctuated greatly.

Knowing the situation, the brigade commander Li Yong and the political commissar Wang Chengde went to the baggage camp to do work for the soldiers.

"Comrades, I understand everyone's feelings, but you have also seen the appearance of the brother troops, if you don't put on new clothes for them, the army commander has a word, we are borrowing, and people will definitely pay it back after a while, don't be stingy, we are the troops of the People's Liberation Army, don't be like the landlord who picks the door."

To say that this ideological work is really not easy to do, Li Yong and Wang Chengde both know that don't look at the soldiers of the baggage battalion guarding so many supplies, but they themselves are usually reluctant to eat and use, and they have to scrape the ground to clean up the battlefield at the end of every battle, and it is really not easy to save some family funds, and it is a matter of course to distribute supplies to the soldiers of this brigade, so that they can not accept the psychology of bleeding a lot of money to other troops for the time being.

With the political commissar as a helper, plus the instructor He Cuihua, the battalion commander Elder Sun, and the deputy battalion commander Elder Yang doing work on the side, the soldiers were finally relieved.

Out of the large courtyard of the baggage battalion, Li Yong breathed a sigh of relief, and temporarily made a cameo appearance as a political commissar, it is really not easy to do political work, although it is said that the military order is like a mountain, and he, who is the brigade commander, can directly order the logistics troops such as the baggage battalion, but in the PLA troops at that time, after the order is issued, it is not finished, but also let the soldiers understand and digest, and think smoothly, so that they can better perform the task, can better give full play to their personal subjective initiative, and the importance of political work is here.

Over the course of several days, the mental outlook of the 52nd Division changed greatly, the reception of the Independent Brigade came to an end, and the barracks once again returned to calm, but at this time problems arose.

The soldiers of the 52nd Division found that in order to make them live more comfortably, almost all the men and horses of the Independent Brigade moved to tents, and as time went by, the temperature in Lhasa gradually dropped, and the temperature at night was close to about zero, and it was not good to live in tents in such temperatures, although the tents of the Independent Brigade were double-layered and thickened, and it was okay to deal with them temporarily, but it was not a long-term solution, and the troops of 10,000 or thousands of people lived in tents for the winter? It's certainly not a good idea.

On this day, Commander Zhang Guohua and Political Commissar Tan Guansan presided over an enlarged meeting of the party committee to study how to solve this problem.

The atmosphere at the meeting was warm, and the commanders above the regimental level were all ordered to participate, and everyone discussed and discussed, and finally Political Commissar Tan Guansan made a summary, and the reason was very simple: Compared with the scale of the People's Liberation Army's entry into Tibet, Lhasa is really too small, and nearly 30,000 troops live in cities with a population of more than 100,000, and it is difficult not to be crowded, and there are only two ways to make the troops live better, the first is to build themselves, and the second is to disperse the troops.

The first method will not work, because the severe winter is coming soon, and it is too late to make time, and if you want to carry out large-scale construction, you will have to start the spring of next year, and the only remaining way is to spread out the troops and not crowd them together, so that not only can alleviate the housing problem of the troops, but also provide conditions for future food collection.

When a large army enters Tibet, food is a very sad problem, and it is also the most important problem on the minds of commanders at all levels, and it is even greater than that of combat, because on the battlefield the 18 th Army and the Independent Brigade have no opponents.

It is clear that it is much better to disperse the troops than to crowd them together, not only to solve part of the accommodation problem, but also to facilitate the later collection of food, but the question is, how to disperse? Although Lhasa is small, it is also the largest and best area in Tibet, and the conditions of the scattered troops are certainly not as good as those remaining in Lhasa.

The opinion of Army Commander Zhang Guohua and Political Commissar Tan Guansan was that the independent brigade should stay in Lhasa, where the conditions were relatively good, and the 52nd Division and the troops directly under the army should be dispersed to the surrounding areas.

This was the habitual practice of the old units of the People's Liberation Army back then, it was an old tradition to keep the suffering to themselves and the benefits to others, Li Yong and Wang Chengde looked at each other, and left the independent brigade in Lhasa? Let the army and the 52nd Division be dispersed? How can this work.

Li Yong stood up and objected loudly: "Chiefs, I don't agree with the idea of letting the Independent Brigade stay in Lhasa, my opinion is that since the troops must be dispersed, we can disperse the Independent Brigade first, because we arrived in Tibet first, and our familiarity with Tibetan areas is much stronger than that of the 52nd Division, and there are more ways to solve problems than brother troops, so I think that our Independent Brigade should be the first to disperse from Lhasa to the surrounding areas." ”

That being said, the same is true, the conditions of the independent brigade that arrived first were much better than those of the 52nd division of the brother troops, and it was the best way to disperse the independent brigade, but Commander Zhang Guohua and political commissar Tan Guansan really couldn't make up their minds. (To be continued)