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Among the generals of the Guards and the People's Army, Zhang Mingrui was not the first to enter Zhao Zhenzhong's vision, but Zhang Mingrui was one of the fastest-progressing people with his hard work. Through Zhao Zhenzhong's words and deeds and his own continuous tempering over the years, Zhang Mingrui, like Gu Haichuan, grew up to be a versatile player with a strong overall view and military and political ability. In comparison, Yang Tianming is not inferior to Gu, Zhang and others in military planning and specific operations, and even more than two people in strategic planning and specific operations, but Yang Tianming is obviously inferior to Gu and Zhang in government affairs. Liu Jifeng, Xu Chaoyuan and Jiang Yishan, Zou Degui, Du Yishan and others in Yimeng are inferior to Gu, Zhang and Yang.

Of course, Zhou Hao's comprehensive abilities are stronger than Gu, Zhang, Yang and others because of his extra historical knowledge and experience over the years.

After Zhang Mingrui finished speaking, everyone here also talked about their understanding and experience of the battle. When it was Zhou Hao's turn to speak, he thought for a moment and said, "Mingrui, Tianming and others were all right just now. However, I would like to remind everyone here that you should not just stare at the enemies around us, but also see the enemies you are about to approach and the forces that may be in hostile in the future."

After pausing, Zhou Hao said again: "Hu Zongnan's First Division pursued the Red Army Zhang Guotao's troops and entered southern Shaanxi, which marked that Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army had begun to enter the northwest. The Zhang Guotao's troops in southern Shaanxi and the ** armed forces in northern Guanzhong showed that ** were also seeking development in the northwest. Both aspects must be paid enough attention to us."

Hu Zongnan's First Division is now a division of the 9th Regiment of the 3rd Brigade. The entire division has more than 20,000 people. After years of war, he is the first-class main elite among the Chiang Kai-shek's direct line. Its combat power is by no means comparable to that of the troops of all forces in the northwest today. Such a force has the momentum to enter Longnan when it comes to southern Shaanxi, which has aroused the people's army's high vigilance.

Active in Yaoxian County, the co-official and Yijun area, although there are only 2,300 people and the strength is too weak, it cannot be underestimated as an armed force. However, Zhang Guotao's army can fight Hu Zongnan's first division from Anhui to southern Shaanxi, and after being surrounded by the enemy's superior forces, they can break through the siege and fight thousands of miles. They must be paid attention to it.

"Zhou Hao reminded me." Yang Tianming, who has been paying attention to Shaanxi, Gansu and surrounding armed forces nodded in agreement, "From the struggle between Hu Zongnan and Zhang Guotao's troops and the situation of Yang Hucheng troops dispatching troops, southern Shaanxi will not be calm in the future. Moreover, it is very likely that the southern part of Hu Zongnan will be stationed in the south of Shaanxi, Zheng or Longnan Wudu. When Lao Chiang released such an elite force here, he could not only attack Yang Hucheng and Lu Dachang troops, but also peek at Sichuan, shock several forces in northern Sichuan, and threaten several counties in Longnan of our troops. When the next enemy attacks our base, Hu Zongnan's troops will definitely be put on the battlefield, and we must take precautions in advance."

Zhou Hao's reminder and Yang Tianming's analysis made the people's army present take their heads seriously.

Liu Jifeng's second column faces southern Shaanxi and Longnan directions. If the southern part of Hu Zong really joins these two directions as Yang Tianming said, then there will be nearly 50,000 troops in southern Shaanxi and Longnan. The pressure on the second column will be greatly increased. After thinking for a while, Liu Jifeng said: "Since that's the case, we must speed up the construction of the roads from Zhang County to Min County, Tianshui to Li County, Xihe and Cheng County. In addition, we will build solid fortifications in the counties in Longnan to replenish our troops."

"What if we take action first, take down all the counties in Longnan in advance, annihilate the two divisions of Lu Dachang and Ma Qingyuan, and block Hu Zong's southern part outside Longnan, what if?" Yu Zhenshan suggested.

"No," Liu Jifeng shook his head and said, "If we follow our current military strength, it will be fine to capture the counties in Longnan. But the problem lies in logistics support. The terrain of the counties in Longnan is really too complicated, with only small roads in the mountains, and it is difficult to even pass through large trucks. Now capturing the counties in Xigu and Wudu will only increase the difficulty of our logistics supply, and give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it."

Liu Jifeng was right. If you take down those counties in Longnan now, it would be equivalent to extending your own logistics supply line and shortening the enemy's supply line. It would be impossible to use your own shortcomings to fight against the enemy's strengths. However, defending Minxian, Lixian, Xihe and Chengxian, taking advantage of the geographical advantage to fight against the enemy's enemy in southern Shaanxi and Longnan, but also throwing logistics problems to the enemy. If the two roads mentioned by Liu Jifeng could be built as early as possible, it would be much easier for the People's Army to overcome its shortcomings and then seek the Longnan counties.

"There are many construction projects in the base area that need to be started. It is really busy before the spring next year, so it is not advisable to launch an attack on the surrounding forces. I think it is better to follow Jifeng to build the passageway as soon as possible to further consolidate the four counties in Longnan, and then discuss other things later." Xu Chaoyuan also said, "Now overseas returnees are about to move from Yimeng to the northwest, so we must create a good environment for them in advance."

"Now that the battle is over, some troops can be drawn to participate in the construction of farmland water conservancy, road traffic, etc., and the progress of the relevant projects will be much faster." Yu Zhenshan added and asked again: "However, the base area has a total of more than 150,000 new and veteran troops. Will there be more than 150,000 new and veteran soldiers next year? How many will it be trained?"

The cost of training recruits is not a minority in all aspects. Although the Northwest Base Area is no longer a problem to bear these costs, there is no reason to waste. You must always determine a reasonable amount.

"This time Yang Hucheng, Jing Yuexiu, Lu Dachang, Wang Jingguo, Zhao Chengshou and other troops suffered little or no losses. Next time, they can raise at least 60,000 troops." Yang Tianming calculated, "In addition to Qingma, Ningma remnants, and Hu Zongnan, the enemy's attack on our base will definitely not be less than 120,000 troops. I think from now until next summer, at least 50,000 new soldiers will be trained. Don't forget that there is still a huge territory waiting for us to enter, and there are still armed forces in Tibet that have entered the Yushu area, which requires troops."

The enemy's attacking force is no less than 120,000. In addition to the enemy, the People's Army also needs to defend an area of ​​more than 300,000 square kilometers and suppress armed forces such as bandits in the territory. The existing 150,000 troops can only be said to be enough. If it wants to occupy Qinghai, the base area will be expanded to about one million square kilometers, and 200,000 troops will not be enough. Moreover, the border between Qinghai and Tibet is not calm. Some Tibet forces, with the support of the British, attacked Yushu earlier this year. These are problems that require military force to be solved.

In history, when the Tibetan forces advanced to Qinghai in 32 years, they were beaten back by Ma Bufang. However, now due to the emergence of the People's Army, Ma Bufang's troops were damaged and he had to take into account the Hehuang Valley area and did not take action against Tibet's forces attacking Yushu. This task can only be completed by the People's Army when it marched into Qinghai.

"I don't know if this account is not counted, but I'm really shocked when I calculate it." After hearing everyone's speeches, Zhang Mingrui smiled and said, "Now, we will ask the 80,000 qualified recruits before making arrangements. However, the number of the next batch of recruits depends on the recruitment situation. As long as there are no more than 100,000 people, we can still hold on. In the future, there will be many places to use troops in the base area. If you train earlier, you will be prepared for any accidents."

"100,000?" Yu Zhenshan was stunned and reminded, "The guns of these 80,000 qualified recruits have just been solved. If you train 100,000 new recruits, there are not so many firearms to arm them. Do you have to use the batch of equipment sealed by the teacher?"

When more than 30,000 combatants of the Guards went north, Zhao Zhenzhong smuggled all the excess 60,000 Mauser rifles from the Yimeng base to the northwest. After the establishment of the People's Army, they have been using Mauser or imitation Mauser rifles. By seizing Longdong, Ningxia, Longzhong, Longxi and other places, the People's Army seized nearly 40,000 imitation Mauser rifles from various enemy troops.

In the just-concluded battle, some of the new recruits who used positions to fight with the enemy in turn, some of them used a rifle in a joint use of a rifle. It was not until after the war that a batch of equipment seized from Qingma and Ningma were added, plus the light and heavy machine guns, mortars, 75 artillery and other equipment installed, and 150,000 people were considered to have weapons.

Yu Zhenshan knew that Zhao Zhenzhong had transported a batch of imitation Mauser equipment to the base last fall, but he was not sure about the specific quantity. In addition, Zhang Mingrui had previously conveyed Zhao Zhenzhong's instructions to "seal the batch of guns" at the meeting, so he was a little confused about where the equipment of the next batch of recruits came from.

"That batch of equipment is useful later, so we won't move it." Zhang Mingrui shook his head and explained, "The rifle production line in our base area has been assembled and the raw materials are ready. After Yunshan and the others arrive here, production can be started. After the recruit training is over next year, the gap in equipment should be solved."

Military production is urgently needed by the base area. Although there are still many difficulties in power and energy, in order to understand the urgent need, Zhao Zhenzhong decided to use a diesel generator to support it for a period of time, and then replace it after several hydropower stations are built next year.

Afterwards, Chen Zhiyuan reminded everyone that they must transport all kinds of materials enough for the garrison to the Hexi Corridor before winter to the Hexi Corridor, the Hehuang Valley in Qinghai, to avoid the difficulty of transportation after heavy snow and blocking the road.

In this way, everyone here complements and improves each other with their words, and has formulated a highly targeted plan for the development of the base area.

At this time, everyone here did not know that during the third encirclement and suppression of the Northwest Base, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized far more troops than Yang Tianming's estimated number of 120,000 people. If Zhang Mingrui had not decided to train 100,000 new recruits with a prepared mentality, the Northwest Base would probably suffer a big loss by then. When the People's Army reached nearly 250,000 in 33 years, Chiang Kai-shek's third encirclement and suppression not only failed, but was torn off a piece of meat by the People's Army again.

Since late November, more than 3,000 people in Yimeng Base have arrived in Baode in multiple batches. Afterwards, they secretly moved to the Northwest Base. Among these people, except for more than 50 subject leaders including Li Yunshan and He Zhenye, half of the others are government staff and half are relatively skilled workers after more than half a year of training. The arrival of these people will lay the foundation for the industrial development of the Northwest Base...

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