On the yellow and green sand table, Ren Di's hand fell gently. A red flag was inserted on the sand table, and forty-two small red flags north of the Huai River were fluttering in the wind. After the 50th day of the war, the strangeness of the initial battle between the two sides had long disappeared. One officer of the Red Republic Army roughly understood how to fight the war.

Ren Di also gradually understood that the situation of the war over the past few days has become clear. Ren Di had made a wrong judgment from the beginning. The enemy is not scary at all. If an army of 30,000 people cannot find the main force of the Red Republic Army, then he can only stay in the city. Chairman Jiang suppressed bandits when he was facing a small mountainous area. He did not use 200,000 to 300,000 troops and 300,000 imperial troops, such a large battlefield. On this land where eight million people live, it is simply a drop in the bucket. Maintaining public order is not enough.

One month after the war, the Third Army made a mistake that it would inevitably make, and the negative emotions of the army began to vent to the civilians in the war zone. This mistake was almost a mistake that every occupying army must make. After the Russians occupied Berlin, the German women suffered. The US imperial army was not much better when it was driven to the Middle East. It was this mistake that made Ren Di catch, and the militia system and guerrillas that controlled the countryside began to be established on a large scale. A large number of trained soldiers began to go to the countryside to organize militias. The Jinyiwei of Nandu said that Ren Di now controlled between 150,000 and 220,000. In fact, these militias with guns in the countryside were counted. The front-line combat troops that Ren Di really controlled so far were only six regiments, and one regiment was full of 1,500 people.

After every rapid war with the Ming army, the lost soldiers in the regiment quickly grew from the reserve training group, and veterans who experienced the war led new soldiers. As long as they were organized, the army could quickly recover. In the entire northern Anhui, Ren Di gradually began to become an indestructible young strongman.

As for the militia organization that had begun to take shape in Huaibei, so far, 40,000 guns have been issued. These militia Ren Di did not expect them to fight hard battles. The soldiers who could fight hard battles were aimed and fired stably in the rain of zero bullets. They could charge under the cover of our artillery, and the grenade launcher in their hands was stably supported on the enemy in the explosion. They could make the army look like this. The officers were seeds, and the officers who dared to shout that they were seeds.

With such seed soldiers, they could quickly bring a group of rookies to form combat effectiveness. The 335,000 British and French coalition forces released by the head of state in Dunkirk later turned into several times the army and landed from Normandy. The tens of thousands of local beggars driven away by the principal walked tens of thousands of miles, but in the end the mass-produced officers of the Whampoa Military Academy could not beat it.

This is the importance of organization. A few seeds can be left in a unit to ensure the reconstruction of the army. When Ren Di arrived in the mountainous area of ​​Huaibei, there were only a few hundred recruits as seeds. He also had to take into account industrial production and construction and popularization of education. Therefore, he only expanded to five thousand troops within a year. After two months of battle, he only dared to expand the army to nine thousand troops.

However, the militia organizations that were not in the main battle expanded like balloons. Although the militia could not fight head-on, the Imperial Army troops with less than dozens of people dared not go to the countryside to conquer food. They could effectively organize the people to retreat and establish a food coupon economic system for the exchange of industrial products and grain. When the Ming army left the city, they always provided support to the Red Republic Army.

The advantages and disadvantages of military combat between the two sides quietly changed. This could not be changed by one or two advanced weapons. The plane had already been put into battle, and the crawler chariot sold by Hai Song was also transported to the Huaibei battlefield. As a result, the eight-ton iron lump broke down outside and was dragged back by the resentful Imperial Army soldiers with ox carts and manpower.

As the Imperial Army was exiled from the countryside, the battlefield situation gradually turned to the Red Republican Army. Three days before Ren Di planted the flag, the sixth large-scale battle broke out in the Battle of Huaibei. Four thousand imperial troops were divided into three parts, one part was blocked and two parts were besieged. Five hours later, when the support troops who came from Huainan City arrived, the two besieged Imperial Army regiments were completely eaten up. One thousand, two hundred imperial troops were shot dead or captured. So far, in the eyes of the Imperial Army generals, this battle of "fragmented" to destroy one or two thousand people at a time was already a very terrifying number. About nine thousand imperial troops withdrew from the battle sequence, and the organization of the four imperial troops was cancelled. Moreover, the military strength on the opposite side seemed to no longer decrease, and began to grow amazingly.

All the Imperial Army, from generals to soldiers, no longer had the initial confidence. The opposite side seemed to be eating the Imperial Third Army slowly, biting and biting. Ren Di's general staff did plan so. These young men were full of spirit. Now, from the beginning of the Imperial Army's attack to the Red Republic Army attacking in Huaibei.

After planting the flag, Ren Di returned to Manren's table and looked at the map, and asked Zhang Youhe: "Can we fight Fuyang?" Zhang Youhe said: "Fuyang is the closest city stronghold to us. Now the number of Sun Ze's army is seriously insufficient. According to reliable information, there are only two regiments of the Imperial Army stationed in Fuyang City. There are less than three thousand people."

Ren Di said: "How many groups can we mobilize? Without three times the army, do you want to play siege?" Another officer Du Ming said: "It's not three times, it's ten times." After saying that, he handed over a stack of papers. Ren Di flipped it out. The above records the order to implement the highest mobilization order in the Red Zone of South China. Just like during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a man from a country was mobilized in all aspects, and mobilized at the cost of damaging the production population. Now Li Ziming has mobilized this order in South China.

Ren Di raised his head, and all the staff lieutenants looked at Ren Di with waiting eyes. Ren Di understood that this time these people had already discussed it. Ren Di said slowly: "We have very fragile local losses now?" Zhang Youhe said: "Sir, the local people now want to drive away these master soldiers from Jiangnan. Everyone can no longer bear it." Zhang Youhe said with a mocking look on his face: "When the royal army first suppressed the bandits, local people welcomed them for two months. But now they are standing on our side. Fuyang area is particularly severe."

Ren Di said: "The militia cannot fight the siege war." The clerk recorded in the corner interrupted: "They are responsible for surrounding. We initiated this siege battle, and the enemy will only tremble in the city." This is true, surrounded by ten times organized militias, and the enemy in the city does not dare to come out to wave. It is impossible to fight ten times the wave.

Ren Di was also planning that there were only a few big cities in northern Anhui, and Fuyang Suzhou, Huainan and Huainan took Fuyang. This means that the north of Huoqiu County will not be harassed. The terrain between Huoqiu County and Shou County can limit the transportation of heavy weapons. It is not conducive to the movement of the large corps. Huoqiu has ready-made iron ore. This is the temptation of a stable industrial base.

Moreover, the war materials have been reduced sharply now, and half of the thousands of tons of outbound food have been used up in two months. In other words, the conditions for large-scale militia combat are constantly passing away. Ren Di continued to look through the plan and surrounded this city with a population of 100,000. The General Staff was preparing to mobilize a militia team of 30,000 people.

Ren Di interrupted and said, "Thirty thousand militias are not enough. Five thousand." Hearing Ren Di's words, the officers present understood that Ren Di agreed. But in the end, a girl from the Civil Affairs Department (the head of the Women's Federation) Zhou Xiaoxiao said, "The number of militias can be mobilized, but firearms?" Ren Di replied, "You don't have to worry about firearms and ammunition, I will squeeze out a batch. You can do a good job in mobilization."

He turned to the number of cannons in the plan, and eighty long-body cannons were written on it. Ren Di changed the number to 120 with a pen. Since he decided to fight, Ren Di decided to suppress his entire net worth.

Ren Di drew two lines from the north and south on the military map and said, "What should the enemy do if they rescue them?" He Wang said, "There will be a fight for assistance first." He Wang's pen tip was drawing on several ferry points on the Huai River on the map. "If our army appears south of the Huai River and approaches Luzhou, the opposite side must return to defense, and defend the river must defend the Huai River. The city of Anhui Province south of the Huai River is the shield of the Nandu."

Ren Di said: "After this battle, the imperial army in Zhejiang will not have to worry about choosing between the Guanggan Red Zone and us. We will become the empire's conscience." Ren Di opened the big map and pointed to Henan and Shandong, and Hubei said: "In the next two years, we may encounter 200,000 enemies. Are you ready?"

Ren Di can no longer teach these young people tactically, but in terms of strategy, Ren Di still considers a little more than they think. What is the Dabie Mountains? A sharp knife that penetrates the core economic belt of South China. Defending the river must guard the Huai River, and defending the Huai River must guard Jingzhou. From the martial arts work, the important strategic node of the Southern Song Dynasty to defend against Mongolia is described. Xiangyang, the important strategic node for the Southern Song Dynasty to defend against Mongolia. Opening up Xiangyang, Hubei, a rich place surrounded by mountains, is under the impact of the legion, and then going down from Hubei along the Yangtze River, defeating Anqing, Shucheng, and Hefei, you can take down the Jianghuai River. The most prosperous city in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River has no danger to defend.

Xiangyang, then to Hubei, and all the way to the Yangtze River, this is a road that can support the supply line. Whether it is a modern armored regiment or an ancient cavalry regiment, they all need supply line. The Dabie Mountains that divide Anhui and Jing cannot bear the legion supply line. However, if a base is established in the mountainous areas, it would be another matter. Before this, Ren Di's army was a relatively difficult bandit for the Ming Dynasty. If the Dabie Mountain Red Zone showed its ability to attack cities and villages, then the imperial cabinets would understand that the Dabie Mountain Red Zone was not a wooden thorn that was stuck in their chests that looked unhappy, but a truly deadly steel knife.
Chapter completed!