Catastrophe

After Xingguang Company fully retreated to Dongshanling, everyone who had been tense for more than ten days finally relaxed.

The sky is beautiful, and the night when the troops retreated into Hedong, there was a medium-level sandstorm in the Hedong area. Although the scale was not very large, the entire land was covered by yellow sand, and the field of vision did not exceed five meters. If people stand on open ground, It was easily knocked to the ground by the strong wind.

Faced with this situation, the independent column's offensive pace had to slow down and were forced to avoid the wind and sand.

Xing Ge Desert.

Lu Tao was standing in the cabin of the Greenfield Fortress, enjoying dinner.

The light filtered through the car window, illuminating the windy sand as thick as water, and then absorbed by the darkness that seemed to want to devour everything.

After a while, the adjutant placed a cup of hot coffee on the table: "Seat, our troops have already withdrawn. Affected by the weather, more than a dozen people were missing. Overall, the overall situation is controllable, and the troops have now begun. Camp to avoid the sandstorm."

"The terrain of Dongshan Ridge is complicated, and it is surrounded by a ring of mountains, which can block the storm, so the chaos party should not be affected too much."

Lu Tao poured himself a cup of coffee, raised his eyebrows and said, "They are very lucky. If it wasn't for the harassment of this wind and sand, these mud legs would have been fleeing for their lives amid the indiscriminate bombardment."

The adjutant knew that Lu Tao was in a bad mood now, and asked in a low voice, "Chief of Staff Jin of the Third Division just called to ask for instructions, asking if they want to cover the enemy's positions with artillery fire?"

"Forget it, such a strong wind will affect the ballistics, and it is difficult to identify the target. Moreover, even if we bombed the enemy's position, the large troop would not be able to pass through the wind and sand, and it would only arouse their alertness, which is inconsistent with our strategy. of."

Lu Tao waved his hand slightly, then continued: "The rebels will not expect that we are going to attack the Hedong area. Since the wind and sand are blowing, then order the troops to take the opportunity to rest, let the enemy relax their vigilance, and let the artillery troops pay attention to carry out The maintenance and maintenance of weapons and equipment can avoid the explosion of the gun chamber due to wear and tear after the sandstorm.”

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With the help of Professor Yan and others, the structure of Xingguang Company began to be adjusted.

After two days of statistics, the number of personnel in the Starlight Company has been calculated roughly.

There are 35,000 non-combatants and 22,000 combat troops, totaling more than 57,000.

After receiving the news, Ning Zhe froze for at least three minutes without saying a word.

This number is quite different from what he estimated.

Before the war started, the Starlight Company had a population of more than 30,000 combat personnel and more than 60,000 non-combat personnel, with a total population of more than 100,000.

On the Revolutionary Army's side, there were nearly 30,000 combat personnel. The two sides together must have more than 130,000 people, plus some refugees and excavation teams who chose to go to Hedong to avoid the war, as well as those who were attached to the Revolutionary Army. Refugee settlements, etc., with a population of more than 150,000.

According to Ning Zhe's thoughts, their worst result in this battle is that their personnel are halved, leaving at least 70,000 to 80,000 people.

Unexpectedly, this war actually reduced their staff by nearly two-thirds.

In just over ten days, 100,000 people died of war and bad weather, and 10,000 people lost their lives in the wilderness almost every day.

This was the first time that Ning Zhe had directly faced the war. Although he had also had experience in suppressing bandits before, it was a conflict between armed personnel on both sides, and hardly involved refugee groups.

He thought that migrating to Hedong would ensure the survival rate of the refugees to the greatest extent, but this result slapped him severely.

In this regard, the refugees have no emotions, and those who survive are only happy.

This year is a bitter winter, if there is no assistance from the Starlight Company, I am afraid that the death toll will be more than this.

Ning Zhe accepted Professor Yan's suggestion, established a temporary military government, and planned a series of departments. At the same time, he established a police force that was different from the army. Ning Zhe was the commander and Zhang Fang was the first head of the Public Security Department. , Hu Yihan served as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

Other departments, such as the Food Administration, the Labor Administration, and the Material Administration, are held by Qin Xiaoyu, Song Jia, and Zhao Yi, respectively. Ning Zhe's captain of the guard, Lin Bao, Cao Xinglong, Li Lin, Wu Hao and others, were all transferred to the army to hold positions and did not participate in administrative management.

After the proposal to establish a military government was made, Ning Zhe met with Professor Yan, Hu Yihan, and Zhang Fang in advance, and prepared to conduct some internal discussions and revisions before announcing the proposal.

In the Juyi Hall, Zhang Fang held the document in his hand and said to Ning Zhe, "According to our discussion, we have decided to select police officers from the public in the name of the Public Security Bureau. The ratio of police to civilians is one hundred to one, which means that There must be at least one police officer for every 100 people. We are initially planning to recruit 400 police officers. In addition to 350 people responsible for maintaining law and order, another 50 people are responsible for daily patrols and administrative work in key areas.

According to Professor Yan's suggestion, we divided 35,000 civilians into 35 residential areas according to the scale of 1,000 people, and the official agency sent corresponding commissioners under each residential area to ensure that all policies were implemented. It can be communicated smoothly, and it is more convenient to manage. "

"Professor Yan is an expert in this regard, and his ideas are more scientific than those of us rough people~www.readwn.com~ This matter will be done according to Professor Yan's wishes." Ning Zhe flipped the hand. Document: "It's just that the laws we have made here are a bit harsh, and we will be exiled just because of theft, and we have to establish a circuit court in the jurisdiction. Will this cause panic?"

"Yes!" Professor Yan nodded without hesitation, and then said with a serious face: "I have never been in contact with refugees before, I thought they would be very simple, but the results I saw disappointed me!

Last night, we lost some very important scientific research instruments, and even the most precious seeds were stolen. Not only that, our female scientists were also severely harassed. , I find it hard to live in such a place!

As far as I know, more than 95% of these refugees have no education or even know what the law is. If we want to build a settlement suitable for human existence, the law is the most important weapon. It represents Constraining the strong also represents the protection of the weak. We are a human society, not a camp of beasts. These people must be restrained, and the society must be full of fairness. This is the responsibility of the ruling class!

You must be clear that we set up a military government not to squeeze civilians, but to serve them, so it is our responsibility to create a fair and stable living environment for them! "