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On September 8, Zhao Zhenzhong and Zhou Hao arrived in Baode on a truck, while Li Yuntian continued to stay in Tianjin to handle material transfer matters.

"Old Zhao, I didn't expect that in the past year, you built the Tongpu Railway to this extent, and even the branch line to Baode was built. It's really not easy." After getting off the train and boarding the car that Liu Chenggong drove, Zhou Hao exclaimed.

"Shanxi is mountainous, and the railways are to extend between valleys and are not built quickly." Zhao Zhenzhong said disrespectfully, "I remember when I went to the United States last time, I read a document saying that when Chinese workers built the Pacific Railway in the United States, they set a record of more than 10 miles of track laying in 12 hours. The construction speed of the same-Pu Railway can be regarded as the first in China, but compared with those old powers, there are still many gaps."

"That's different. The Americans created the construction speed at the cost of the lives of Chinese workers. Didn't anyone say that there is a corpse of Chinese workers under each sleeper of the American railway. Building railways in China is already fast enough with the conditions of this era." Zhou Hao retorted.

"However, I still hope to come up with a faster way." Zhao Zhenzhong turned his head and asked Liu Chenglin who was driving, "Cheng Lin, where is Shen Junming, who came back from the United States last year as an assistant to Chief Engineer Lao?"

"Sometimes ago, after the railway was built by Yuci, Junming returned to Baode to sort out the previous project information. Now it should be in Baode." Liu Chenggong explained while driving, "I heard that the road sections further south are basically stretched forward along the Fen River Valley. There is no difficulty, so he came back to sort out the engineering information of Beitongpu Road, saying that it will be useful in the future."

"He is a person with a heart." Zhao Zhenzhong smiled, "find some time to have a good chat with him."

"Old Zhao, don't worry. Those who can return to China in the first batch are all those who we think are reliable in all aspects." Zhou Hao said confidently, "In the future, the railways in the base area will depend on Junming and others."

Zhou Hao stayed at Baode for a few days, and accompanied by Zhao Zhenzhong, visited and learned about the situation of the relevant industrial and material reserve base. Then, under Zhao Zhenzhong's arrangement, Zhou Hao secretly entered the training center in Haiyuan with Chen Hailan and Chen Hailan who were deliberately sneaking to Baode to pick him up on September 14.

As soon as he saw Zhou Hao, Zhang Mingrui, Yang Tianming, Liu Jifeng, Xu Chaoyuan and other column captains who had been waiting here for a long time, all came up with a smile. After some greetings, Zhou Hao said straight to the point: "Old Zhao asked me to come here this time, in addition to asking me to learn about the specific situation of the People's Army, and then make some arrangements for the future construction of the base area. As for the second anti-encirclement and suppression operation that will be launched, I will only study at the People's Army Headquarters and will not interfere with the operations of each department."

Although Zhou Hao's experience in the past was not as rich as Zhao Zhenzhong, there were many things he heard about. Although Zhang Mingrui, Yang Tianming and others were all good brothers who struggled together at the beginning, they had to go to the United States for seven years and could not become an airborne army as soon as they came back. Therefore, after meeting with everyone, he expressed his attitude. Of course, this was also something he and Zhao Zhenzhong discussed. From now until next spring, Zhou Hao would be considered an internship in the People's Army and the Northwest Base Area.

"That's not possible. After you go out to drink so much foreign ink, you must have a lot of good ideas. You must always give some useful things to the war that is about to begin." Yang Tianming, who used to be naughty with Zhou Hao, opposed, "Since you want you to study at the headquarters, I think you can coordinate the actions of each department with me. If you have any good ideas, you can communicate with each department in a timely manner."

The autumn harvest is approaching. After the autumn harvest is over, the weather will turn colder and the raging cholera will basically end. By then, the encirclement and suppression troops, which were already ready, will definitely launch an attack on the northwest base again. Correspondingly, the departments of the People's Army have also been prepared to respond and formulated relevant action plans.

Yang Tianming asked Zhou Hao to help him come up with an idea, hoping that Zhou Hao could help everyone check for omissions from different perspectives. Although Zhou Hao had been to the United States for 7 years, from the situation reports of senior officials within the People's Party, Zhang Mingrui and Yang Tianming were aware of the actions Zhou Hao participated in in Shenyang last year and knew that he was not inferior to that year in all aspects.

"Haha, this is not possible." Zhou Hao refused with a smile, "Now the dispatch of tens of thousands of troops in each column is not comparable to that of a small number of special operations. I have never led a large army, so I dare not make random suggestions."

"Don't be too modest. It's true that you haven't commanded a large army, but you always have the ability to judge the combat situation. I think Tianming's statement is good. If you act with the headquarters agency, you can at least help everyone check for omissions." After Zhang Mingrui finished speaking, he looked at everyone present and said, "If everyone doesn't object, it's decided."

"I agree!" Liu Jifeng smiled.

"I agree too!" Xu Chaoyuan also said happily.

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In this way, Zhou Hao's responsibilities have been settled by everyone.

When Zhou Hao learned about and learned about the relevant situation in the northwest base area, on October 6, Yang Hucheng, the director of the Xi'an Pacification Office, took charge of the troops from five provinces, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ning, Qing and Sui, and the attack on the People's Army began with more than 100,000 troops.

Among the troops in these five provinces, Yang Hucheng's troops dispatched the 17th Division Sun Weiru's troops, and the guard division Ma Qingyuan's troops, to launch an attack on Longdong and Longzhong respectively;

Jing Yuexiu's troops from northern Shaanxi dispatched 5,000 troops from the 86th Division, and still went out of Dingbian to attack Yanchi;

The Lu Dachang tribe in Longnan dispatched 5,000 new members of the 13th Division to attack Min County;

Ma Lin, Ma Buqing, and Ma Bufang's uncle and nephew in Qinghai made up a total of 11,000 new 9th Division. Among them, Ma Buqing led nearly 7,000 troops pieced together in the Hexi Corridor to attack Ganzhou. Ma Lin and Ma Bufang led about 4,000 troops to attack Menyuan, intending to cooperate with Ma Buqing to open up the passage between Qinghai and Hexi Corridor;

Ma Hongkui led his troops to 26,000 troops west of Helan Mountain, intending to cross the intersection of the mountain and enter the Ningxia Plain and directly attack Ningxia City;

Suiyuan dispatched three cavalry brigades of Wang Jingguo's 70th Division and Zhao Chengshou's troops, with a total of 14,000 troops, and attacked Ningxia Fengkou from north to south;

Chiang Kai-shek and Yang Hucheng were not very satisfied with this combat deployment. A total of more than 100,000 troops were divided into 8 attack directions, which was really not a clever one. However, these forces belonged to different forces and were used by the People's Army to be separated in different places. Except for the troops in Shaanxi that could barely be concentrated, the forces of the other parties could not be gathered in one place! Dividing the troops in 8 routes was just a choice in helplessness.

However, Yang Hucheng still had some expectations for this battle. Although the People's Army seized a lot of equipment last time, especially those artillery may be used to deal with encirclement and suppression troops, the current season is not winter. After the troops advance, it can easily build fortifications, and the effect of artillery fire strikes will also decrease a lot. Moreover, the People's Army's strength last year should be about 560,000. If there is no major change, the encirclement and suppression troops will have an absolute advantage in terms of force.

But what Yang Hucheng did not expect was that as soon as the battle started, the two sides were in a stalemate. The People's Army relied on its well-built fortifications and used its advantage in firepower to fight the positional war with the encirclement and suppression forces and fought for consumption. However, the situation reported by each department made Yang Hucheng a little strange. In the case of positional warfare, the losses at night were not much different during the day. According to common sense, the losses during the day should be greater. How could the day and night be the same?

Although he was confused, since the People's Army and the encirclement and suppression troops were fighting for consumption, this was exactly what Yang Hu thought. Now the Luoyang authorities are providing various conveniences for this battle, and with the advantages of military strength, Yang Hucheng is not worried that he can't fight the People's Army.

"I want to see when these 'civil bandits' can fight!" Yang Hucheng said to Chief of Staff Wang Yishan with great enthusiasm, "Order all troops to increase their attacks and do not be afraid of consumption!"

The fighting style of both sides is really boring. Yu Zhenshan, the captain of the sect column of the reserve team of this battle, was even more boring. At the Haiyuan People's Army Training Headquarters, Yu Zhenshan couldn't help but ask Yang Tianming, who was coordinating all parties here. Zhou Hao: "Tianming, Xiaohao, how many days will we have to persist in this fighting style? It's so boring!"

"You are not unaware of the original plan. You can't calm down after just two days? You have to hit another 7, Tianming smiled, "With the construction of fortifications, our units are not seriously damaged. It just so happens that you can use this rare practical opportunity to train the new recruits you trained. With this experience, you can let go of it in subsequent combat."

According to the arrangements of Zhang Mingrui, Yang Tianming and others, in this battle, the early stage was mainly to take advantage of the opportunity of positional warfare to train the more than 80,000 qualified recruits temporarily allocated to four main columns to take turns to temper the last time. During the day, a small number of veterans led new recruits from different organizations into the positions to fight against various encirclement and suppression troops, and at night, veterans took over the defense. With this actual combat foundation, these new recruits will definitely grow faster.

However, more than 80,000 new recruits were divided into different directions and had to go into battle in batches under the organization of veterans. This would not be over in one or two days. According to the scheduled plan, this kind of training should be between 10 and 15 days. By then, the results of the actual combat training of new recruits should be consolidated, and the various encirclement and suppression troops were basically exhausted. Then, the veterans who were mobilizing various columns to maintain their energy to fight back on the whole line, and the results of the war were basically determined.

"I know the plan, but the feeling of sitting here is so boring." Yu Zhenshan shook his head and muttered.

"You said you were bored, why don't I stay here?" Yang Tianming smiled bitterly, "Even if everyone is still muffled, I'm looking forward to a counterattack in a few days."

"Stop complaining, I think this is good." Zhou Hao smiled, "This time we appeared in front of all the encirclement and suppression troops, and then about 60,000 veterans were dispatched when we counterattacked at night. As long as we do a good job of concealing work, all the encirclement and suppression troops will still not be able to figure out our real strength. This invisibly lays the foundation for victory for the next battle."

"Well, that's right! In this way, we can hide at least about 50,000 troops." Yu Zhenshan nodded in agreement.

Yang Hucheng commanded all the encirclement and suppression forces to fight with the People's Army for 7 or 8 days, but found that the opponent's firepower and force had not decreased much, but his side lost a lot of losses under the attack of the People's Army. Seeing that the weather was getting colder, the encirclement and suppression forces would probably not be able to consume. So Yang Hucheng took advantage of the sunny weather and sent two limited aircraft controlled by the Xi'an Pacification Office to reconnaise the enemy's situation, in order to find out the weak links of the enemy and concentrate troops to attack them.

Although Yang Hucheng once asked Chiang Kai-shek to send planes to assist in the war, the limited aircraft of the Luoyang authorities now are not enough to bomb the CCP’s armed forces, and it is impossible to support the northwest operations. After several efforts, Chiang Kai-shek sent him two to help reconnaissance the enemy situation. Yang Hucheng knew that there were two planes in Xining, but Ma Lin said that the plane was broken and could not be used, and Yang Hucheng had no other choice.

However, the plane that went to reconnaissance came back soon and reported that in the area controlled by the People's Army, crop straws were burning in the farmland, and thick smoke was everywhere, so the ground was not clear. The planes that went out to reconnaissance on three sunny days were rewarded in this way. Yang Hucheng could only shake his head and smile bitterly: "This group of 'civil bandits' could come up with such a bad idea."

It can be said that it was a coincidence, but it was not a coincidence for three consecutive days, but the People's Army intended to do so. In desperation, Yang Hucheng had to find another way. But before Yang Hucheng changed the combat method, the People's Army's "horse-driven" counterattack began...

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