The Western Front Group, commander-in-chief and deputy commander of the North China Theater, General Tang Enbo, has the 31st Army, the 22nd Army, the 3rd Army, the 71st Army, the 72nd Army, and the 53rd Army. It is equipped with the 3rd Tank Brigade, the 2nd Rocket Array Regiment, and the 3rd Regiment, with a total force of 400,000. The combat mission is to attack Beiping on the Yanpinghan Line.

Luxi Group, commander-in-chief General Wei Lihuang, is in charge of the 14th Army and the Hebei-Central Column of the New Fourth Army. Luxi Group is responsible for moving west of the Pinghan Line, withdrawing Japanese troops, and threatening the enemy in Shijiazhuang.

The Eastern Front Group, commander-in-chief and deputy commander of the theater, General Sun Lianzhong, has the 23rd Army, the 36th Army, the First Army, the 19th Army, the 108th Army, the total force is 400,000, and is assigned to the 4th Tank Brigade and the 4th Rocket Armor Regiment. The combat mission is to occupy Cangzhou and then attack Tianjin.

The Central Front Group, commander-in-chief of the 50th Army, General Du Yuming, is in charge of the First Mechanized Army, the Fifth Army, the Second Army, the Fifth Army, the Fifth Army, the Fifth Army, the Fifth Tank Division, the Fifth Tanks, and the Sixth Brigade, which are equipped with the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Regiments. The combat mission is to eliminate the Japanese army north of the Cangshi Highway, and then determine the situation on the east and west lines.

The theater reserve team, the 24th Army, the 49th Army, the 52th Army, the New First Army, the New Sixth Army, the Qing 3rd Army, the Qing 4th Army, the 74th Army, the 112th Army, and the New Eighth Army.

All the above divisions are under the command of General Zhuang Jihua, the commander of the North China War Zone, and are guided by Deputy Chief of Staff of Bai Chongxi, the representative of the base camp. Please tell us the commander the key points of this battle."

After reading the order, Xu Zuyi closed the documents, placed them in front of Zhuang Jihua, and returned to his seat. This was just a rough combat plan, and it was also the result of discussions between Zhuang Jihua and Bai Chongxi and Xu Zuyi in the past two days.

"Everyone, this is a decisive battle that determines the future of the country and nation," Zhuang Jihua stood up, holding his hands on the table, his voice loudly, but Nakaji was a little insufficient: "The policy of this battle is to advance gradually, be neither anxious nor impatient. I believe everyone can see that our attack focus is on the midline. Okamura Yasuji has few troops south of Pingjin, and other cities are not considered strong cities south of Pingjin except Shijiazhuang. His plan is to let our army attack Pingjin. The main force first defeats our northern army, and then goes south to attack the enemy inside and outside the Pingjin defense."

Speaking of this, a hint of mockery appeared on the corner of his mouth. He walked forward and stood before the generals: "Let's just let him have some dreams. Of course, we cannot follow his plan. In the first stage after the battle began, General Tang Enbo was responsible for encircling and annihilation of the enemy in Shijiazhuang in the shortest time, General Sun Lianzhong was responsible for encircling and annihilation of the enemy in Cangzhou, General Du Yuming was responsible for encircling and annihilation of the enemy north of Cangshi Highway.

It should be noted that this battle is likely to be carried out when both the enemy and I know each other. The Battle of North Hubei and Xuzhou and Shandong will not happen. Okamura Yanji is a cunning guy and he will not easily invest in the main force.

The first stage of this battle was to encircle and annihilate the Japanese front-line troops. Okamura Yasuji deployed the main force too far. Once our army broke through the Japanese defense line, the main force of the Japanese army north of Pingjin would not have time to reinforce, and the southern line troops would be surrounded by our army. Our army's tactical actions should be fast, fierce, and dare to continue to fight. Before the Japanese reinforcements arrived, they should encircle and annihilate the enemies on the front line of Shijiazhuang to Cangzhou, and then make adjustments depending on the situation.

One thing to note is that before the restoration of Shijiazhuang Cangzhou, all troops are not allowed to approach Pingjin. The Western Front troops must be at the farthest point to Baoding. Before conquering Shijiazhuang, they are not allowed to attack Baoding.

This battle should be fast and slow. The so-called fast means breaking through quickly and cutting off quickly, but moving northward slowly. The second key point of this battle is cooperation. This battle is a super-large-scale battle. To achieve victory, all units must cooperate closely and actively cooperate with friendly forces. Any situation during the battle must be reported. Any concealment may lead to the failure of the battle."

After Zhuang Jihua briefly explained the key points of this battle, he asked Bai Chongxi to speak again. Bai Chongxi stood up with a smile and walked forward like Zhuang Jihua.

"I believe you all understand the importance of this battle. The headquarters sent me to the North China War Zone before, which fully demonstrates the Chairman's attention to this battle. In this battle, our army has an absolute advantage in terms of military strength and equipment, so as long as this battle is followed by the tactical principles formulated by Commander Zhuang, victory will be guaranteed."

Bai Chongxi's words were very short, but in fact there was not much to say. This meeting was a mobilization meeting. According to his discussion with Zhuang Jihua, the attack would be initiated after the Un Festival. Zhuang Jihua was abnormal this time and announced the composition of various groups more than a month in advance. Once the news spread, Okamura Yanji could almost know where the main attack direction of the Zhong** team was.

But Zhuang Jihua told him that there was nothing. In fact, even if Okamura Yasuji sent the main force, it was exactly what he hoped. The key was the time for the attack. As long as time could be achieved suddenly, surprise troops could still be sent.

After Bai Chongxi finished speaking, Zhuang Jihua stood up again: "The biggest problem that troubles us now is logistics. Although the Logistics Department has tried all its strength, due to the long logistics route, the materials still failed to meet the minimum requirements for launching an attack. Xu Chonghuai and Lin Huaibin, do you have any solutions? When can the combat needs be met?"

Xu Chonghuai and Lin Huaibin stood up when they heard this. Xu Chonghuai looked forward with his eyes and replied loudly: "Report to the commander, transport weapons and bullets from the southwest to Wuhan, and then from Wuhan to the front line. The route is thousands of kilometers long. The logistics department has a total of 13,000 trucks, of which 7,000 are transporting weapons and bullets from Guizhou, Yunnan to transport supplies from Sichuan, and 4,000 from Wuhan to the front line. Among them, there are railway transportation. Commander, this is a battle of 1.5 million people and 13,000 cars. On average, each car has to transport combat supplies of more than 100 soldiers. This includes grain bullets and the load capacity of a car is five, which is 5,000 kilograms, and the average is fifty kilograms per soldier. In addition to food, bullets, and grenades, it has already overwhelmed the transportation capacity, but in addition to this, there are shells, oil, and clothing. We even mobilized the Air Force."

Zhuang Jihua's face was ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "I know your difficulties, but the war requires that you must complete the material transportation task before the attack is launched. If you cannot complete it, you can say it now."

"Report to the commander, before coming to the meeting, I checked the bullet situation of our department. Now, each soldier in our department only has seven bullets, and the default is serious!" Zeng Suyuan, the commander of the 41st Army, suddenly spoke.

"Report, our army still lacks two regiments and tents. The brothers can only sleep in the homes of fellow villagers. In addition, there are also bullets. Each soldier is on average, and each grenade is two, and each machine gun has only one bullet base." Chen Lie, the commander of the New 14th Army, also spoke loudly.

Subsequently, generals at all levels reported that the bullet was severely insufficient, the grain reserves were insufficient, Qiu Qingquan reported that there was insufficient oil and shells. Zhuang Jihua's eyes swept through the venue, and the venue was silent. He slowly walked to Xu Chonghuai.

Xu Chonghuai's face was calm: "I know that the teams are nervous, but I can't do anything. I have done my best."

Zhuang Jihua was serious and walked up to him and said, "I know you have no choice, so today we will find a way for you. Half of the victory or defeat in this battle depends on logistics."

Bai Chongxi's gods were also serious, and the logistics problems were very serious. This was only the former North China War Zone troops, as well as the North Line troops, which were even more difficult. The entire North Line troops were the Central Army, followed by the New 11th Army of the Eighth Route Army. They were all Soviet-made equipment. Fu Zuoyi's troops had strong combat effectiveness, but poor equipment. If they were asked to go north to ancient times, they had to change their clothes. In addition, the Eighth Route Army on the Taihang Mountains promised to provide them with a batch of supplies, which also required transportation.

"Li Zhilong, tell me your plan."

Bai Chongxi was a little strange. Li Zhilong was the director of the political department. What did it have to do with logistics? Can he solve logistics problems? Can he turn them into trucks or trains?

The dragon stood up, walked to the front very accustomedly, took out a chart from his briefcase, and hung him in the original map position.

"Report, I imagined that the logistics of the entire theater is currently managed by the Logistics Department, but the current theater troops are as high as one and a half million, and there must be many omissions in direct management, so I divided it into three districts according to the operation, east, middle and west, and implemented partition management. In this way, the requirements of each department are directly reflected in the logistics department, so that omissions can be reduced, more detailed plans can be formulated, and timely and quickly supplemented.

Secondly, our transportation capacity can be excavated and more efficiently allocated. In addition, each car has three drivers, and people can stop and drive in turn. There are also unreasonable truck allocations. Seven thousand vehicles are transported from Guizhou, Yunnan to Wuhan, which looks good, but three thousand vehicles are slightly less transported from Wuhan to the front line. This ratio should be 6,000 vehicles to 4,000 vehicles. Why? Chongqing's output is twice the sum of the two in Guizhou, Yunnan. Use materials from Guizhou, Yunnan to supplement the Jiangnan War Zone and the Jianghuai War Zone, and use materials from Sichuan to supplement the North China War Zone. The Air Force mainly transports materials from western Yunnan. In this way, the efficiency can be increased by 40%.

Third, we can also add some cars, the First Mechanized Army and the Fifth Army, as well as all reorganized troops, and there are car regiments. These cars are currently idle and can be put into rush shipping.

Finally, and the most important point is that we still have rich manpower, and there are many horse-drawn carts, donkey carts, and trolleys among the people. We can take advantage of this. Now it is slack farming, and mobilize the people not to delay the farming season, so I have already ordered the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, Henan Provincial Party Committee, and Shandong Provincial Party Committee to quickly mobilize, organize a team of five million people to implement the principle of partial transportation, and transport materials.
Chapter completed!