After a tiring journey, as soon as the others arrived in Yangcun, they all had a hasty lunch and then went to rest, preparing to take a nap before attending the first party branch meeting of the Lunan Military Region in the afternoon.
Comrade Song Renqiong and several other cadres above the regiment entered the headquarters together with Liu Yu, preparing to discuss the topics of the afternoon meeting.
Liu Yu couldn't help but feel excited when he looked at these people in front of him.
Xu Liqing, the former political commissar of the main regiment of the Eastward Column, is now transferred to serve as the director of the Political Department of the Lunan Military Division.
Wang Zhitao, former training section chief of the 129th Division, now serves as chief of staff of the Lunan Division.
The remaining four are Huang Zhengtang, Cheng Yuechang, Yuan Xuekai, and Wu Zongxian, who were all regiment-level cadres before.
These people will be guaranteed to be major generals in later generations. Not only them, there are also several cadres who are still at the battalion level but will also be generals in the future who have not come to the headquarters.
Walking into the headquarters, Liu Yu calmed down and then led a few people to the map hanging on the wall.
This map was seized by Liu Yu from the county town last time and it is very accurate.
"Political Commissar, come and see. As for the surrounding situation, I have roughly drawn it all on the map. Judging from the situation reported by the investigators, it is not optimistic."
Liu Yu pointed at the map and said: "Just yesterday, the Japanese army transferred two field infantry brigades from nowhere. One was stationed in his hometown and the other was stationed in Jingzhuang stronghold! These two brigades are within a straight line distance from us. It’s less than 10 kilometers, and it blocks our outward development route from the southeast and northeast. The current military strength in Jingxing County is a squadron, plus a security group, with about 800 people."
Song Renqiong also frowned as he listened to Liu Yu's introduction: "So, as long as the Yu hometown brigade stays there, there will be no chance of a surprise attack on the county town like you did last time!"
"Isn't that right? Yujiajia is the only place we must pass when we take the mountain road to the county seat. Let alone a surprise attack on the county seat, now it is our turn to beware of their two-pronged attack. These two are from the field brigade, the same ones we fought last time The garrison brigade is completely different. We have to be careful. When they arrive in front of our eyes, they are definitely not here to see the scenery!" Wu Hongbo said from the side.
Liu Yu agreed: "I was lucky last time and won the bet. What will happen next will definitely be a hundred times more dangerous than last time!"
Song Renqiong smiled and tapped Liu Yu with his finger: "You are still humble, how can you call it gambling? Your ability to seize the opportunity and create such great results is your ability. The teacher even praised you in front of me before coming. Woolen cloth."
"Hehehe." Liu Yuhan smiled and touched his nose sheepishly.
The other people nearby also laughed out loud when they saw him like this.
Liu Yu was born in the eighth year of the Republic of China, that is, in 1919. He was only 21 years old after the Chinese New Year, and he was still in vain. He was the youngest among the people present.
However, they did not mean to look down on Liu Yu, but rather admired him.
The county brigade ran 40 kilometers in three hours to surprise Jingxing, and then moved nearly 50 kilometers to ambush the returning Japanese and puppet troops, winning three battles in one day!
Of course they had heard of this, and he was already somewhat famous within the entire Eighth Route Army.
Although after learning about it later, some people said sourly that Liu Yu was all due to good luck. If Sato hadn't been a fool and failed to report the battle situation, Liu Yu's troops would have been surrounded by Japanese reinforcements. For this kind of battle, anyone can do it.
But the people present are all sensible people. To run a 40-kilometer mountain road in three hours, it might be possible to pick one or two people from the Eighth Route Army to run it, but this is a fully-organized army with more than 300 people!
Judging from this point alone, Liu Yu's ability in military training is extraordinary.
Therefore, when they met Liu Yu, they found that not only did he not have any trace of the arrogance of young people, but he was overly humble and even a bit reserved when facing them, which made them feel extremely funny.
Song Renqiong waved his hand: "Okay, you don't have to pretend to be so honest here with us, as if we are here to distract you! I am on the same level as you, you have to show your commander's style. Although you are indeed at a disadvantage in terms of age, what matters these days is your ability. If you have real ability, everyone will respect you! From now on, we will all be brothers under the same roof, how close we are to each other, eh?"
Then he patted Liu Yu on the shoulder: "How much older am I than you? If you respect me, just call me Brother Song from now on."
These words made Liu Yu feel warm in his heart, and he shouted very sincerely: "Brother!"
"now it's right!"
Before Lao Song Le could wait, other people around him started making noises, and Wang Zhitao said: "Then you, you, should also shout, I am older than Lao Song."
"That's it, just shout and listen!"
The corner of Liu Yu's mouth twitched, and then he rolled his eyes: "It's okay to call out, but you guys who are the elder brothers, don't you have any say?"
As Liu Yu spoke, he raised his right hand and twirled his fingers, acting like a waiter in a shop.
"Hey?" Wang Zhitao slapped his hand away and scolded with a smile: "This kid is willing to call Lao Song, but when he comes to our place, he has to pay for it!"
Xu Liqing, who had been silent all this time, shook his head seriously: "You're so uncouth!"
"Hahaha......"
After the laughter, Political Commissar Song invited everyone to sit down, and placed Liu Yu on the main seat very considerately. After sitting on the right side of Liu Yu, he said: "Right now, our division has just been established. For the next step, If you have any ideas about our work, please mention them.”
Liu Yu did not hesitate, raised his hand first, and said: "Then let me put forward my opinion first, which can be regarded as an introduction. I think our current strength is insufficient, mainly in terms of military strength, and secondly, the weapons and equipment are only enough to equip one regiment, so I propose to form a strengthened battalion based on the original county brigade, plus all the cadres and veterans transferred from previous superiors and brother units. All new recruits will be recruited and trained in a unified manner. After a month, this strengthened battalion will be disbanded. Combine the new recruits and organize them into two regiments. Or retain the strengthened battalion establishment and transfer cadres from them to the two regiments...Comrade Zhentang?"
Before Liu Yu finished speaking, Huang Zhengtang beside him raised his hand.
He said with some suspicion: "Commander Liu, didn't you trade guns for veterans before? Now do you have the equipment for a regiment?"
Looking at his expression, Liu Yu suddenly remembered a skit he had seen in his previous life, and said while holding back a smile: "You can have this."
Wu Hongbo rolled his eyes: "Not that many anymore. The county surrendered 1,200 guns. At that time, after the three companies changed their equipment, there were more than 900 left. More than 200 were paid for fighting the Japs, and more than 200 were paid for fighting the puppets. Later, 600 guns were sent to the 771st Regiment, so the total number was only 800 guns."
Comrade Xu Liqing counted on his fingers and said: "How many more are there? One regiment is enough. If we set up a frame, we can go out and fight a few battles and capture a few times."
Liu Yu blinked: "You can have this!"
Wu Hongbo: “This really doesn’t exist!”
The corners of Liu Yu's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
This old Wu is really cooperative.
Liu Yu secretly apologized, and then said with a straight face: "Comrade Wu Hongbo, are you sure you have counted clearly? Don't miss anything like last time!"
Wu Hongbo was stunned for a moment, then he immediately realized what he was doing and replied: "Don't bury people, how can I be wrong about this little thing? It was an accident last time. Who knows how much more can be mixed into the little devil's ammunition box?" Boxes of cans and medicine?”
Liu Yu didn't dare to look at him, so he casually ordered: "You can count again later!"
Seeing that he wanted to say more, Liu Yu raised his hand to interrupt: "Okay, we will talk about this later. Then I will talk about the short-term development plan of the army. After strengthening the composition of the battalion, the first task is to focus on training, supplemented by a small number of Small-scale, low-intensity combat.”
"As for the recruitment of new soldiers, it is definitely not easy to carry out in Jingxing County. The total population here is only so small. So my opinion is to send personnel to other places to recruit, and then concentrate them at the division headquarters for unified training. Or entrust it to others Other brother troops will help, and we will pay for it."
At this time, Comrade Xu Liqing said: "Don't worry about the soldiers. You can walk a few hundred miles south and just shout, and a large group of people will surround you."
Liu Yu was a little confused: "What's going on?"
Xu Liqing curled his lips: "It wasn't the fault of old Jiang. Last year in the Lanfeng battle, Xue Yue fought well, but he had to mess around. He must have lost the battle, and he also had people blow up the embankments of the Yellow River. That guy, Most of Henan Province has become a yellow flood zone! Look, a large number of disaster victims have gone hungry this year. How many people will starve to death in the next two years! When you get there, you just need to say that you have stutterers here. I guarantee that I will drag everyone with me to your place!"
After hearing this, Liu Yu also thought of the "Huayuankou Incident" and sighed inwardly that he had traveled too late and failed to prevent this catastrophe.
But then I thought, unless China's national power can surpass Japan, Huayuankou will be bombed anyway. Chiang Kai-shek needs to use floods to hold back the Japanese army and give the main force of the national army on the battlefield a chance to retreat, so as to prepare for the Wuhan battle.
It was precisely these major battles that greatly consumed the Japanese army, and that was why the subsequent strategic stalemate occurred.
It’s hard to evaluate whether it’s right or wrong, but it’s just causing hardship to the people!
Thinking of this, Liu Yu asked tentatively: "Then can we gather the refugees? Firstly, we can help the people and enhance the reputation of our party. Secondly, we can enrich the population of the base area."
Song Renqiong shook his head: "To put it lightly, everyone wants to gather the refugees, but where can we get so much food? Besides, the population carrying capacity of the Jingxing area is limited and cannot accommodate too many people."
Liu Yu looked up at the ceiling, appearing to be thinking, but in fact his consciousness sank into the system.
Click on the "Strategic Supplies" option on the system panel, and you will see a dazzling array of everything, including crude oil, rare earths, metals, etc., including the food that Liu Yu wants to find this time.
And food is very cheap, 1 point can be exchanged for 10 tons!
Liu Yu did some rough calculations. Assuming that an adult consumes 1 kilogram of grain a day, there are about 200 days from now to the autumn harvest, so the consumption to feed one person is 200 kilograms.
In other words, killing one Japanese soldier would allow Liu Yu to feed 50 people until the autumn harvest!
As for the population carrying capacity, to put it bluntly, it mainly depends on the area of cultivated land. It is true that the Jingxing area has many mountains and little land, so it cannot support many people.
If there is little arable land, we must be able to increase the yield per mu.
Thinking of this, Liu Yu exited the "Strategic Materials" interface and entered "Applied Technology".
Soon, he found high-yielding varieties and their breeding technology, but this black technology requires a system level of 10.
We need to kill more Japanese...
