The beacon of youth

The casualties of the Ninth Corps made Boss Peng restless. The battle was won, but the casualties were too great.

"Boss, when we were in China, we were used to collecting food while fighting. Everyone was used to fighting and rushing, with the warehouse in front of us. But this trick didn't work in North Korea. We are not familiar with them, and they don’t know who we are. Many times we have been regarded as the army of South Korean Syngman Rhee. The common people are afraid that it is too late, let alone food. Besides, even the common people in North Korea are willing to help We are not very useful. We have more and more troops, and the total population of North Korea is less than 1000 million. Coupled with low productivity, most young and middle-aged men joined the People's Army. There are too many children, and there is no way to support too many troops.” Deputy Commander Hong Xuezhi spoke softly to Boss Peng to analyze the differences between domestic and foreign countries.

"Hehe, let me tell you, Old Hong, do you know much about North Korea and our logistics? Why don't we set up a logistics headquarters for the Volunteer Army, how about you being the minister?"

The voice of the leader, who was called Lao Hong by Boss Peng, suddenly rose an octave: "Hey, I said, Boss, I am here to fight in North Korea, not to do logistics. You should find someone else, I can't do this job." .”

The chief who is called "Old Hong" by Boss Peng is a very remarkable person. He is the well-known General Hong Xuezhi in the People's Liberation Army, the deputy commander in chief of the Volunteer Army, and Boss Peng's right-hand man. Like the generals of the People's Liberation Army, he is used to fighting and not used to logistics.In other words, they think that logistics is not as enjoyable and exciting as fighting.

"They all want to fight, but they don't want to be involved in logistics. Who will do the logistics, or else I will do the logistics and you will command the war, how about it?"

Seeing that General Hong Xuezhi is not interested in logistics, Boss Peng's words already have a hint of pushing ducks to the shelves.

Hearing this, Deputy Commander Hong Xuezhi had to smile wryly and said: "Hey, boss, are you forcing me to go to Liangshan? There is no reason for the commander-in-chief to engage in logistics and the deputy commander to fight. I will be the minister. But boss, as you know, I am short of manpower, if you want me to do logistics, you have to find some capable helpers for me."

Commander Hong Xuezhi agreed to be the logistics minister of the Volunteer Army.A gratified smile finally appeared on Boss Peng's face.Not everyone can be the head of logistics. To a certain extent, logistics is the key to determining the outcome of a battle. Hong Xuezhi is famous in the army for his wisdom, bravery, and meticulous mind. He is a rare master. It is the result of Boss Peng's deliberation to let this guy, Lao Hong, be the head of the logistics department, and it is not a whim.

Since the day the People's Liberation Army was founded, logistics has always been the army's shortcoming.But because it has always been fighting in the country, the army has a good tradition of mobilizing the masses.Everywhere we went, we had the support of the common people, and the contradiction between war and logistics was not obvious, but it was not enough in North Korea. First of all, we did not have a mass base in North Korea. Coupled with the indiscriminate bombing of U.S. planes, the weakness of the Volunteer Army’s logistics was weak. All of a sudden, in front of everyone, the loss of the Ninth Corps in the battle is an obvious example.

The two large-scale confrontations with the United Army allowed the commanders and fighters of the Volunteer Army to understand what is three-dimensional warfare and what is a mechanized force. It also made a group of senior commanders, including Boss Peng, understand the relationship between modern warfare and logistics.

A brief conversation between Boss Peng and Deputy Commander Hong Xuezhi decided a major event in the history of the People's Liberation Army—the Volunteer Army has a dedicated general logistics department. Perhaps Commander Hong Xuezhi did not expect that he has been working with the People's Liberation Army's logistics department since then. The system unraveled the indissoluble bond, and later he served as the general logistics director of the People's Liberation Army twice.

Deputy Commander Hong Xuezhi agreed to serve as the logistics minister of the Volunteer Army, which made Boss Peng very happy, but just as Deputy Commander Hong said, it is not enough to have only one minister in the logistics department, and a few capable assistants must be found for him , whom to look for?

A cold bright moon hangs in the sky, the sky is gloomy, and it is going to snow again. The north wind brings fine snow particles and hits the face with numbness and pain. Although the temperature in Dayudong area is a little higher than that of Gaima Plateau It also dropped to more than 20 degrees below the collar. Boss Peng and Deputy Commander Hong walked slowly not far from the headquarters, and the temperature was getting lower and lower.

Boss Peng was thinking about what kind of assistant he should have for Deputy Commander Hong. There are many commanders in the PLA troops who can fight, and there are a lot of them, but there are really no ones who are interested in logistics. There are only a few, and it's really hard to find candidates.

Damn, I didn't expect it to be so difficult to find someone. Boss Peng cursed secretly in his heart, and then continued to think about the problem. Suddenly, a figure appeared in Boss Peng's mind. Gradually, this figure became clearer and clearer. It was so clear that it was as if he could grab this figure with a stretch of his hand.

Boss Peng, who was taking a walk, patted himself on the head violently, and couldn't help muttering to himself: "Yeah, how could I forget this little guy, this guy is very good at logistics Yes, that's right, it's him."

Boss Peng grabbed Deputy Commander Hong Xuezhi who was walking with him, and hurried back, saying as he walked, "Old Hong, I found a helper for you, a helper who is very helpful to you, hahahaha , go, come back with me."

The two stopped walking, and hurried back. Deputy Commander Hong Xuezhi guessed that Boss Peng must have thought of an expert who could help him. He was in a hurry to go back and find someone. Who was it?Does Lao Hong know him?

It took only a few minutes for the two of them to return to the headquarters of the Volunteer Army rebuilt from the abandoned mine. Boss Peng sat down on a stool built up of several ammunition boxes and called out to a combat staff officer to record the telegram:

"Wang Zhen, Commander of the First Corps, where is the independent brigade of your Second Army currently stationed? How is the situation?"

The telegram only had a short sentence, asking about the independent brigade of the Second Army of the First Corps far away in Xinjiang.

No one knows what the boss meant by sending such a telegram to Commander Wang of the First Corps. The First Corps is far away in Xinjiang. Boss Peng will not go far to mobilize troops from Xinjiang! ! !Besides, the First Corps has been ordered to transfer to the Agricultural Reclamation Corps, and the Agricultural Reclamation Corps that is far away in the sky has been transferred to fight in North Korea?Even Deputy Commander Hong Xuezhi who had been by his side couldn't figure it out.

Since the boss will always choose a helper for himself in the troops entering the DPRK, although there are not many guys who are interested in logistics, how can you find someone out of hundreds of thousands of troops, but now look Come on, the boss doesn't want to choose among the hundreds of thousands of troops entering the DPRK. This is because he wants to recruit someone from the country.

Xinjiang, Shihezi Reclamation Area.

There are quite a few people sitting in a few simple rooms, and their ranks are not low. According to the instructions of the central government, the 22st Corps and the [-]nd Corps of the People's Liberation Army will stay in place in the northwestern Xinjiang for reclamation and defense. At this moment, Commander Wang is recruiting senior Cadres meeting.

He Bingyan, the commander of the First Army, Guo Peng and Wang Enmao, the political commissar of the Second Army, Luo Yuanfa, the commander of the Sixth Army, Chen Haihan, the chief of staff, and most of the old people of the First Corps were present.

A confidential person walked in quickly, and went straight to Commander Wang who was presiding over the meeting, and said in a soft voice, "Commander, it's an urgent call from the North Korean front, and Boss Peng sent it."

The voices of the confidential personnel were not high, but they did not deliberately lower their voices, because all the senior generals of the People's Liberation Army were sitting here, and they had a strong sense of secrecy. Besides, there was no secret to them.

The telegram sent from the North Korean front was signed by Boss Peng himself. What does this mean?The people in the room suddenly became chaotic.

"What do you mean? Is Mr. Peng going to transfer our corps to fight on the front line in North Korea? That would be great."

"When will we leave? How much preparation time will the superior give? Our army will be ready soon."

"I've heard that the United Nations Army is the landowner's old wealth, and the wealth is flowing. We can just seize supplies to supplement the army. Our army applies, and we will move out first to open the way for the whole army."

The meeting of the First Corps to implement various farming policies seemed to have suddenly returned to the previous combat meeting, and commanders at all levels were vying for tasks with Commander Wang.

Commander Wang sat there steadily, read the telegram in his hand over and over again, and then lightly threw it on the table, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth: "Boss Peng's telegram, It was issued from the front line in North Korea, you all have a look."

The telegram was turned around and turned around in the crowd several times before returning to the original table.

The people in the room stared blankly and stopped talking. Suddenly, a voice shouted: "What's going on? Boss Peng is only looking for the Independent Brigade and not us. Could it be that Li Yong gave the boss some soup? Commander, I have a problem, Boss Peng is too biased." The person who spoke was Chen Haihan, chief of staff of the Sixth Army, and also Li Yong's old comrade-in-arms and elder brother.

Chen Haihan's opinion was affirmed by the majority of people, yes, why did Boss Peng only find an independent brigade, isn't this partiality?

Commander Wang patted on the table: "Everyone is quiet, you have all seen Boss Peng's telegram, I don't know if the boss is biased, but the chief is indeed not looking for your army, nor our corps, but Independent brigade, do you understand? If you understand it, do your work honestly. Frontier defense and reclamation are major policies of the central government and will not be changed. So, don’t have any selfish thoughts and continue the meeting. The telegram from the boss is forwarded to the Eighteenth Army of the Second Field." (To be continued...)