Bright Sword: Infinite Logistics

The news of the new artillery was so exciting that the brigade commander and Meng Zhige discussed it for half an hour before they remembered the purpose of their visit.

He took a sip of water, took out a document from his pocket and put it on the table: "Advisor Meng, considering the current situation, the headquarters has accepted your proposal. And the chief of staff's idea is even more radical than yours!"

The brigade commander spread out the map again and drew a circle on it with his finger. "The Taiyue area is close to western Shanxi. Since the incident, the situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse and is now precarious. The headquarters intends to send our brigade there to cooperate with the First Death Column to strike at the stubborn troops and consolidate the base. The time is tentatively set for mid-January. Depending on the specific situation, it may be advanced, but it will never be delayed."

"In addition to the combat troops, there are about 2,000 people who are transferred this time. They are all backbones in various fields. There are editors from the North China Branch, experts from the arsenal, and even Doctor Bai is going. The headquarters means that since you have plans to build an armored school, why not concentrate your efforts to make it a step further and turn the Taiyue District into an education and production area to maximize its role."

After hearing this, Meng Zhige immediately became serious: "The headquarters wants a stable base."

"Yes, this is just the first batch of people. Once things stabilize, we will transfer personnel from the headquarters and border areas to build the Taiyue District. There are many mountains here, so it is difficult for the Japanese to reach out. We plan to build and develop vigorously with Qinyuan as the center, and provide a steady stream of material and human resources support to the surrounding bases."

The most famous battle in Qinyuan County is the Qinyuan Siege. At that time, the Zhongtiaoshan Campaign had already ended, and the Japanese First Army did not need to deploy heavy troops in the Zhongtiaoshan direction, so it had sufficient mobile forces and launched many mopping-up operations against the Eighth Route Army.

When sweeping the northern part of Taiyue District, the Japanese sent the Ito Battalion of the 42th Division into Qinyuan County, and the Taiyue District decided to encircle this Japanese army for a long time, from November 11 to April 45, which lasted more than 4 days. On average, there were three battles of varying sizes every day, killing and wounding more than people.

Before occupying Qinyuan, the Japanese never imagined that a mopping-up operation by six battalions plus puppet troops totaling more than 7,000 people would ultimately result in the garrison being sent into the county seat, where they fled in embarrassment after being besieged by the military and civilians of the Taiyue District for two and a half years.

However, I am afraid that this scene in history will never happen again.

Meng Zhige picked up the document given by the brigade commander, read it carefully several times, and sighed in his heart. The headquarters' ambition and trust in him were greater than he had imagined.

According to the headquarters' plan, the Taiyue District will establish more than one armored school, but also an artillery school. At the same time, preparations must also be made for the construction of future air force schools and naval schools.

To be honest, the establishment of an artillery school was not unexpected by Meng Zhige. The Eighth Route Army had long had this intention, and even had plans to build one, but was limited by the environment - the textbooks needed to be written by themselves, the teaching aids needed to be made by themselves, and the comrades in charge of the establishment had to work in the fields themselves - that's why the school was delayed.

However, the preparation for the construction of the Air Force and Navy schools was somewhat unexpected. The development of these two branches of the military required a lot of technical resource support. He really didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army could start the preparation work now.

In addition to these schools, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region Health School also transferred some personnel to establish a military medical school in Taiyue District. This school was just established in early September and could not transfer many people, so Dr. Bai, the key figure, was included in the list. It is worth mentioning that since Dr. Bai did not have an accident, the Health School has no plan to change its name for the time being.

In addition to these colleges, there are also cadre schools, adult schools, children's primary schools, etc., but these are what each base should have, so the document does not explain them in detail. In addition to education, there are more plans for production. Steel mills, copper mills, gun factories, artillery factories, acid factories, pharmaceutical factories... a series of plans, just looking at the neat words on the paper, Meng Zhige can feel the headquarters' yearning for industrial construction.

"I have a general understanding. I will prepare the relevant materials immediately." Meng Zhige put down the documents: "Aren't you going to the headquarters?"

"Headquarters doesn't plan to go. My brigade is enough. The boss plans to trouble the Japs while they have enough ammunition."

According to the original history, the 386th Brigade should have entered the Taiyue area with the Special Forces Regiment. But now the 386th Brigade's combat power has greatly increased, and it does not need the help of the Special Forces Regiment, so the Special Forces Regiment will naturally stay to protect the headquarters. Since the headquarters is safe, Meng Zhige no longer cares about it and asks, "Have the route and location been decided?"

"The route has been preliminarily planned, but your shooting range has not yet been decided. Anyway, you are not picky about the place. We can decide when we get there."

Meng Zhige had no opinion on the shooting range. The reason why the shooting range was built was because they were afraid that the Eighth Route Army would be petty and reluctant to use bullets, and the snowball of the external plug-in would not roll. Now that this problem is gone, Meng Zhige no longer cares about the shooting range.

"As for you, Advisor Meng, for the convenience of future material statistics and handover, I suggest that you stay closer to Minister Zhang. How about here? Daxia Bay has a good mass base and is safe and secure. It is one of the alternative locations for the headquarters..."

Daxia Bay?
Looking at the location pointed out by the brigade commander on the map and looking at those three words, Meng Zhige felt his breathing stagnate.

Previously, I was worried that it would affect the plot and make the headquarters unsafe in Daxia Bay. Now, I have taken on this cause and effect and have to go to Daxia Bay to meet with Yamamoto Sennin. What should I do? Should I spend a lot of money to get a batch of luxurious equipment and arm the guards around me to the teeth?
"What's wrong?" The brigade commander immediately noticed Meng Zhige's abnormality.

This question brought Meng Zhige back to his senses. He patted his chest and coughed: "Nothing, it's just that the place name is familiar. How many villages are there nearby? Which troops are deployed?"

"There are three villages close to each other. The Independent Regiment and the 772nd Regiment are stationed in these two villages respectively. There is no plan to station in Yang Village for the time being." The brigade commander sighed and said, "The Independent Regiment suffered a loss this time. Let Kong Jie be closer to you to take advantage and restore combat power as soon as possible. The 772nd Regiment is the main force, and it has been overtaken by the New 1st Regiment during this period. Cheng Shifa has already come to my attention. It's time to replace their equipment."

As for where the New 1st Regiment was placed, there was no need to ask. The New 1st Regiment was strong, and it was a waste of talent to use it to defend Daxia Bay. Li Yunlong was the best at making trouble, and the brigade commander probably intended to place this general on the edge of the base, letting him let loose and cause trouble for the Japanese and the stubborn troops.

I just don't know if Li Yunlong will do something big like disobeying orders on the battlefield. Meng Zhige is a little curious. If Kong Jie hadn't been fired, how long would Li Yunlong have worked in the clothing factory... (End of this chapter)