Chapter 896 Military and Civilian Work

Ta da~

While listening to the report from the Minister of Logistics, Yang Wei, commander of the East Column, kept tapping the table with his right index finger. Those who knew him knew that he was thinking.

The total strength of the East Column troops was just over 2. In three days, they destroyed 3 tons of ammunition and annihilated a million enemies...

From a military perspective, this cost is not much, and the results are impressive.

But what he is thinking about now is the continuation of the battle, and whether the subsequent offensive should be slowed down. Otherwise, according to this style of fighting, although it is fast, the logistics will be overwhelmed!

According to the latest instructions he received from his superiors, the "Zhanjiang Railway Station-Xilin West Station" railway transportation line will take at least three days to be completely opened.

The original plan was to complete the task in 2 days, but plans cannot keep up with changes. According to the notification from superiors, the railway troops encountered huge obstacles in the Banan Tunnel Group!

When the railway troops entered the Banan Tunnel Group section, they found that many tunnels had been used as nests by mutant creatures and had settled down there. The situation in the entire Banan Tunnel Group was now so complicated that it was almost no different from the Ten Thousand Mountains in the novel where monsters were everywhere.

Therefore, even though the military region headquarters had already dispatched reinforcements as soon as they learned of the situation, the actual difficulty of clearing it out was still very great.

And just this noon, Yang Wei received even worse news: a tunnel in the Banan Tunnel Group collapsed due to intense fighting.

Fortunately, it was only collapsed by earthquake rather than explosion, and the collapsed area was very small. Otherwise, with the current level of engineering, it is hard to say how long it would take.

After this incident happened, Commander Lu Chonglu of the Yucheng Military Region immediately issued an instruction: It is strictly forbidden for railway troops to use heavy weapons in the Banan Tunnel Group.

The advantage of doing this is that the tunnel is safe, but the disadvantage is that the casualties among grassroots soldiers will increase, and the speed of railway penetration will drop again. However, this is also a last resort, and it is better to use it later than not to use it at all.

So Yang Wei's headache now is how to smoothly maintain the railway transportation line until it is opened, and ensure that there are no fundamental logistical problems along the way.

"So we still have more than 1700 tons of ammunition left in our current inventory?"

"Yes, Commander...I wonder if we can delay the offensive on the front line a little bit?" The logistics chief suggested tentatively.

As a logistics minister, he naturally had no control over combat operations and usually did not intervene in this regard. But this time he had to speak out!

Since the war broke out, the logistics troops have been under unprecedented pressure. On the one hand, they have to transport ammunition to the front line and serve those bosses who only care about fighting and not logistics.

On the one hand, they have to travel thousands of miles back and forth between Zhanjiang and Peilin. Needless to say, the process is very dangerous. The two drivers take turns to take turns regardless of day or night, and the train stops all the time. It's like treating people like robots.

The phrase "Can you afford to delay the advancement of the battle?" has crushed the backs of countless logistics soldiers.

The logistics soldiers with codes directly COSed the conveyor belts in the ammunition storage depot, and the car transport soldiers even stepped on the accelerator into the fuel tank, but they were still constantly being carried around by various units.

So after learning about these situations, Logistics Minister Liang Zhiyong was extremely unhappy, and came to this meeting with the intention of "banging the table and expressing his attitude"!

'The soldiers in the logistics troop are not nuclear-powered donkeys. Some of the cadres and leaders of the front-line troops should not go too far!'

"You only care about advancing and making achievements, and don't care whether the logistics can bear it? Can the logistics soldiers bear it? Come! You come! You carry ammunition boxes for me for a day, and see if you can still be so arrogant! "

So after Logistics Minister Liang Zhiyong expressed his suggestion, he had already started to gather his strength.

I decided that whoever dared to speak out against it first would know what logistical wrath was and what a storm was!

However, what he didn't expect was that after he finished speaking, no one at the conference table spoke, including the officers of the frontline troops present.

This collective silence left Liang Zhiyong, the logistics chief, with all his strength, in vain.

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"Aren't they usually very belligerent? How come no one objected to my speaking today?" Logistics Minister Liang Zhiyong looked at the situation on the scene and was full of doubts.

The reason why this happened is simple, because the front-line troops are also tired...

Real combat is no joke. Once it starts, even during the intervals between battles, the body may rest but the mind may not rest and will always be in a highly tense state.

The intensity and strength of fighting zombies are definitely more intense than fighting humans. These BYDs don't know what tiredness is. As long as the voice is still there, they will attack you madly.

So what does it mean to fight the zombies for days? You also have to push back inwards, and the pressure is no less than forcibly blocking the mouth of a dam that is madly releasing floodwaters...

Under such a hellish intensity, the main combatants are basically semi-recruits, and it is not easy to hold on until now.

In order to avoid any problems, many commanders of the front-line troops had already communicated with each other on the way here today. They were planning to find an opportunity to offer suggestions, but they didn't expect that the logistics minister would say it first!

'Logistics Department's righteousness! ! '

"I will never...never...swear less at the logistics soldiers again."

"So considerate! As expected of a logistics specialist! This much care, it's like we're husband and wife!"

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"What are your opinions?" Yang Wei looked around at everyone at the main seat.

"Reporting to the commander, I have no objection. The intensity has indeed been a bit high in recent days. Slowing down appropriately will help the frontline soldiers adjust." The commander of the 9th Infantry Brigade of Yezhou was the first to express his opinion.

"Reporting to the commander, I have no objection. This is safer." The commander of the 10th Infantry Brigade of Yezhou followed.

"Commander, I have no objection..."

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"Commander, I have no objection..."

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Soon, as everyone expressed their opinions, Yang Wei made up his mind: "Since no one has any objections, let's slow down the offensive and proceed as planned for 7 days!"

"Take advantage of this time, Lao Liang, and your logistics department should also make adjustments!"

"Yes!"

"Oh, by the way, Lao Liang, there is another matter that your logistics department needs to be responsible for!" Yang Wei, commander of the East Column, said as if he remembered something.

"It's about the collection of zombie brain cores. The superiors are pushing us hard. I heard that other columns have already started. We have to hurry up as well. We can't fall too far behind!"

"As for people, we can recruit them from the survivors in the Qiming safe zone next door. How many people are there in the safe zone now?"

When it came to the issue of collecting zombie brain cores, Yang Wei suddenly remembered that he still had such a labor generator.

"Well... Reporting to the Commander, as of the time I came to the meeting, the 'Qiming' safe zone next door has already taken in 3143 survivors!"

"Huh~ so many?" Yang Wei was a little surprised when he heard that.

"We didn't see anyone when we first came here. Where did he come from?"

"Reporting to the commander, most of them come from civilian gathering places in sparsely populated areas, and some are small groups of wandering lone wolves..." Logistics Minister Liang Zhiyong answered truthfully.

"A folk gathering place in a sparsely populated area?" Hearing this, Yang Wei suddenly became interested.

"Since it is said to be sparsely populated, there should be a lot of these gathering places, right? What is their scale?"

Hearing his commander ask this, Liang Zhiyong was stunned for a moment, then replied:

"Commander, I have learned a little bit about the situation. According to the survivors, there are indeed quite a few civilian gathering places between districts and counties."

"In terms of scale, some have dozens or hundreds of people, while others have thousands or tens of thousands. Some have not only solved the food problem, but have even developed rudimentary industries and are able to manufacture simple weapons such as homemade guns and cannons."

"Tsk tsk~ As expected of the people of Yucheng, just listening to it already gives me an image of a city full of vitality and everything flourishing!"

"It's like the grass trying hard to grow in the cracks of bricks and stones. This kind of tenacious and strong spirit is worth learning from for all of us!" After listening to the introduction of Logistics Minister Liang Zhiyong, Yang Wei couldn't help but sigh.

"So, since the people of Yucheng have this kind of enthusiasm for spontaneous construction, we can't just sit back and do nothing, otherwise wouldn't that discourage them?"

"Each of your brigades should select a company to form a joint propaganda team. According to the information provided by the survivors, go to the countryside to help the settlements to relocate!"

Having said that, Yang Wei stood up with a flushed face, and there was a hint of commanding power in his words.

"What's the point of doing it on their own in the countryside? If they want to do it, they should do it on a larger scale. We will set up a platform for them to do it and serve them. They can do it in our 'Qiming' safe zone!"

"They say that more people means more labor!"

"Otherwise, what will it look like? If the leaders come down, they will think that our East Column troops don't care about or love these survivors!"

"There is another point everyone should remember. To do military-civilian work, you need to be humble. If they are embarrassed to come to us, we can take the initiative to find them!"

"Deputy Commander Wang, you will take the lead in organizing this matter. Before we capture Peilin, the number of survivors in the 'Qiming' safe zone must exceed 10,000. Do you have the confidence?!"

As soon as the voice fell, a colonel stood up quickly and promised loudly: "Report to the commander, and ensure that the mission is completed! !"

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