afterglow

Chapter 7 The Eve of the Storm
What?Today is No. 17, and tomorrow No. 18 will arrive in Chengdu. If the No. 26 is required, it means that there is only about eight and a half days of marching time?

"Playing the piano randomly! Isn't this nonsense? The sudden rush is so urgent... There are new changes on the front line? Is there any other news?"

"No, just this order."

Zhou Changfeng was speechless. Was this an order given by a layman who didn't know anything about military affairs?
From Chengdu to Lingzhi is the Sichuan-Tibet South Line, which is the G318 line of the world line where he was originally located. It is famous for its beautiful scenery and steepness. Shen may fall into the abyss.

The whole journey is about [-] miles. Although the maximum marching speed of the motorized troops under ideal conditions is [-] miles per day, which can be reached in six days, the marching speed in such places must be greatly reduced.

Can you force your way according to the theoretical maximum speed?
Yes, but then you have to be mentally prepared for non-combat loss of one-third of the vehicle and one-tenth of the loss of personnel.

"I'm afraid it wasn't intentional to make things difficult." Xie Wancheng also complained: "The frontier soldiers have always been jealous of us, and now we have some."

But if you are not convinced, you will not be convinced, military orders are like mountains, no matter what you have to implement.

"Xiao Li! Bring the map."

"Yes."

"Battalion Commander, when we get to Chengdu Mansion, how about we tell the brothers? We have explained it in advance, so that everyone can have a clear idea." Xie Wancheng made a suggestion.

Zhou Changfeng carefully looked at the map of Uzbekistan spread out on the table, drawing a few circles with a pencil from time to time.

After a while, he slowly said: "The most effective way to reduce altitude sickness is to allow time for the body to adapt. It is best to rest one day every three days on the way to Tibet. If we follow the original order, it will be fine at the end of the month. Not bad, but now..."

He raised his head to look at Xie Wancheng, and said seriously: "The altitude rises rapidly in a short period of time, and half of the people will have obvious symptoms, but they can recover on their own; at the same time, about 5.00% to ten people will have severe symptoms, pulmonary edema or cerebral edema. .”

"Understood." Xie Wancheng nodded solemnly.

But he was a little puzzled, how did the officer know these specific data?The Uzbek combat guide issued by the Ministry of War is only a general statement of about a few percent.

Zhou Changfeng was not the only one who expressed dissatisfaction with the order sent by Lingzhi. In the follow-up military column that had just set off, the officers were also talking about it.

In the officer's compartment carrying the brigade staff, the brigade commander Huang Taize even cursed on the spot, calling Wei Gaoming a head-cut guy.

"What a hammer! The changes on the front line are telling us to hurry on our way? The old boy wants to start the war early, and I'm sure it's not good!"

Tracing back to the origin, Huang Taize's ancestor was Huang Degong, Bo of Jingnan, one of the four Jiangbei towns in Nanming. Although Huang Degong died, his descendants escaped from birth, and Huang Taize's family moved to Chongqing a hundred years ago.

He comes from a good background, his personal ability is remarkable, and he behaves well in the world, which makes his prestige in the imperial army system quite high.

"Junzuo, how about..."

Before the chief of staff next to him could finish speaking, the stern-faced Huang Taize waved his hand and said: "My soldiers are very expensive, so call me back immediately. Before we arrive at Lingzhi, the command of our department will still belong to the Governor's Mansion. His surname is Wei." No authority to order!"

He paused, turned his head to look out the window, and added reluctantly, "Unless it's urgent."

At the same time, after receiving the report from Lingzhi and the request to start the war in advance, the entire Governor's Mansion immediately responded. The staff members of the staff office didn't even eat lunch, so they rushed to update the sand table and map up.

The staff officer, Cheng Han, carefully looked at a hanging large-scale map with a magnifying glass, and then turned his eyes to examine the delicate sand table.

According to the information gathered so far, it is known that there are four Assam regiments, the Gurkha regiment, the Sikh regiment, the 14rd Infantry Division, and the newly arrived 5000th Infantry Division and No.[-]. The Royal Artillery has a total number of about [-] men.

The "regiment" of the Commonwealth Army is an administrative unit, which is actually only equivalent to a battalion-level unit in other countries on the front line, while their "brigades" are equivalent to a regiment-level unit, which is unique.

Since the total length of the front in the eastern region was more than [-] miles, the enemy's front was leaking from all sides. Even though they had already held the key highlands of several mountains, Cheng Han believed that this was just a dead end.

Once the Ming army cut into its depth, the strongholds in those mountains would be isolated and helpless.

Cheng Han naturally also knew the purpose of the enemy's arrangement in this way - to guard the key nodes with strong strongholds, to force the Ming army to be unable to deploy, and to block the follow-up large troops in the mountains, even if a small Ming army penetrated to the rear and deployed in the depths. Mobile forces in the area can also quickly wipe it out.

"It's a good abacus..." Cheng Han helped his gold-rimmed glasses, turned around and walked out as soon as he put the magnifying glass, and said by the way: "You guys do the deduction again after eating, and increase the enemy's combat power coefficient." [-]% and the results will be sent in time after the work is done.”

"Yes."

From a military point of view, launching an attack early is undoubtedly the best choice. Every hour of delay, the newly arrived British and Indian Sixth Division has more time to deploy defense zones.

Cheng Han, who came to the meeting hall, waited for a while, but within half a cup of tea, the chief officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Logistics and other departments were all present, and the chief executive of the Metropolitan Government Also arrived slowly.

More than a dozen people started a discussion on Lingzhi's request today, and the time passed slowly with each other.

The bright sun slanting in made the well-lit lobby a little hot, but the attendants didn't turn on the air conditioner, because most of these gangsters were old and didn't like the cold.

"Except for transporting some supplies to Las Vegas, the air force is useless. I think the more important thing is the logistics problem." The air force director said calmly.

"The ammunition and supplies hoarded so far have exceeded 240 and [-] tons. Without the assistance of the Air Force, the land transportation capacity can only be maintained at about [-] tons per day." Tong Zhi of the Logistics Department replied.

It is extremely inefficient to transport materials to the top of the world without railways. Through the two major routes of Qinghai-Tibet and Sichuan-Tibet, the Ming Dynasty can only transport about [-] tons of materials to the Uzbek region every year.

However, the local garrison's annual food and clothing expenses and training exercises can consume more than [-] tons, and they can only save a small amount of supplies throughout the year. The [-] tons of ammunition supplies have been saved for six or seven years.

But how useful is the Air Force?Flying to those high altitudes, the transport aircraft can only carry one-third of the payload, which is impressively inefficient.

For the two infantry divisions and three frontier battalions that have already been deployed, as well as a mixed brigade that is about to arrive, the [-] tons of supplies can only support their needs for one and a half months in moderately intense fighting.

Sometimes it's really hard to make up your mind.

"You can relax your appetite, beating hard... doesn't mean you need to be beating more, right?" A relaxed but calm voice came from the seat.

(End of this chapter)