Southern guerrilla warfare: I led the Red Seventh Army Corps to amassed a million troops.

Zhou Zeyuan eventually wrote a note, which he buried in a remote corner of Jiangshan County.

As for whether Li Zhiwen will ever need this note, Zhou Zeyuan thought it was highly unlikely.

Is what I say in person less effective than a written note?

But for Li Zhiwen, this was a guarantee that gave him immense peace of mind.

Who knows if this Red Army commander might suddenly die one day?

Even if the person is alive, if they are too busy to remember today's conversation, or even forget themselves altogether.

For a big shot, this is nothing, but for him, it could be the death of him.

Two days later, Su Yu successfully completed his battle plan and then went back to catch up on sleep with his colleagues from the staff department.

After Zhou Zeyuan, Xun Huaizhou, and Wang Ruiou reviewed the plan and found no problems, they began to carry out military mobilizations according to it.

Relying on the Red Army's powerful political work system, Zhou Zeyuan maximized the implementation of the policy of immediate service and replenishment. Currently, over 4000 soldiers have been mobilized to join our army.

At its peak, the prisoner-of-war management center, located in Jiangshan County, managed more than 7000 healthy KMT prisoners of war.

Now it's gradually become empty!

At this time, there was not much time for ideological education. Of the prisoners of war who did not join our army, only a small number of new recruits with no calluses on their hands were released and returned to their hometowns.

Some of the more stubborn Kuomintang veterans and officers were directly escorted to the rear, from Pucheng to northern Fujian.

Given Zhou Zeyuan's personality and Zeng Hongyi's habit of treating prisoners of war as nothing more than prisoners of war, there was no way he would be released without digging in the dirt for 365 days straight.

As for those who were not in good health, especially those who were seriously wounded, the Red Army's medical resources were prioritized for their own wounded when the fighting raged on the front lines.

Most of the wounded Nationalist soldiers could only receive simple bandaging!

Only when someone is lucky enough that their injury isn't too serious, and happens to be scheduled when some experienced doctors are available, will a newly trained doctor from the field hospital be allowed to perform a surgical operation.

After all, these new doctors haven't had much training time and even less hands-on experience. Even with face-to-face guidance from a teacher, they still can't perform highly complex surgeries.

Throughout the Jinqu Campaign, Commander Chen organized numerous logistics teams to continuously transport ammunition stored in northern and eastern Fujian into western Zhejiang.

Many of the militia and local armed forces responsible for escorting the troops joined the 10th or 11th Red Army on a voluntary basis.

With the support of these soldiers, Zhou Zeyuan was able to bring the four divisions of the 10th Red Army, or more precisely, the 20th and 21st Red Divisions, to the same level of equipment and manpower as the other divisions.

At the same time, three independent regiments were also formed, which were respectively subordinate to the headquarters of the 7th Red Army Corps, the 10th Red Army Corps, and the 11th Red Army Corps.

This emergency mobilization brought the troop strength on the eastern front back to 6.

But while he could do this, other Red Army units in other regions couldn't learn from him; the equipment issue alone was enough to stump them.

Recruiting people was never difficult for the Red Army, nor was organizing them. But having people without guns only added to the logistical burden.

Meanwhile, the fighting had also ended in the central region of southern Hunan and northern Guangxi.

After their load was reduced, the intensity of the Nationalist army's air raids decreased significantly, allowing them to move much faster.

He Jian continued to fight with all his might, but the Gui Army was thinking of ways to slack off while fighting.

The fighting was intense, and during the exchange of fire, the Red Army suffered heavy casualties.

But every time the battle reached the point of hand-to-hand combat, the Red Army would brandish their bayonets, and the Red Army would quickly crumble.

They rose as fast as they fell!

At first, the Red Army commanders at the front thought it was a trap to lure the enemy. After all, the Guangxi Army was known for its tenacious fighting style and its reputation as "wolf soldiers." Close combat should have been their forte.

How could it collapse so easily?

Luo Binghui of the Ninth Army Corps was completely baffled by this until his scouts captured a prisoner and interrogated him, at which point he suddenly understood.

It turned out that the Guangxi army on the other side had urgently conscripted a large number of militia reservists and incorporated them into the assault team.

It would be a miracle if this didn't collapse!

Luo Binghui exclaimed at the time, "This is truly eye-opening! I can't believe someone can slack off like this!"

After he reported the news to the Central Military Commission, the Central Military Commission immediately transferred a division from his command to reinforce the rearguard of the Eighth Red Army!

Meanwhile, Xue Yue's army group, which was pursuing from the rear, initially fought very fiercely. The Eighth Red Army Corps had too many child soldiers and too few guns.

The combination of these two factors resulted in them being completely outmatched in long-range firefights and utterly incapable of close-quarters bayonet combat.

They were constantly on the defensive and only the situation improved slightly after reinforcements arrived.

The Central Army was initially very proud, but it quickly ran out of steam.

The reason turned out to be logistics. In the past few months, Zhou Zeyuan's heavy blows had a significant impact on the overall strength of the National Army.

While troop losses can be addressed by conscripting able-bodied men or drawing up reserves, the depletion of weapons and ammunition cannot be replenished so quickly.

The Nationalist Army's arsenals had limited production capacity, and a significant portion of its ammunition replenishment had to be imported. However, imports take time, and it was not something that could be done quickly.

In particular, the three large army groups of Jiang Dingwen, Gu Zhutong, and Liu Zhi, with a total strength of no less than 50, were either engaged in fierce fighting or in tense preparations for war, and they themselves had a huge shortage of ammunition.

The principal initially believed that the Red Army in Xiangjiang was like a turtle in a jar, and that they could be eliminated by the Guangxi Army and the Hunan Army.

The Central Army's pursuit was merely a show; there shouldn't be any fierce fighting.

Since ammunition is limited, it should be allocated to areas with more urgent needs.

So he replied to Xue Yue: The mountains are high and the roads are long, making transportation difficult. I hope Brother Boling can overcome some of the difficulties!

This infuriated Xue Yue so much that he cursed loudly!

Therefore, after discovering that the team's ammunition reserves had reached a warning level, he ordered a slowdown in the attack.

Xue Yue was also afraid of being ambushed by the Red Army.

If the Nationalist Army and the Red Army were to meet on a narrow road when neither side had any ammunition, the scene would be too beautiful to imagine.

At this time, many leaders of the Central Military Region, the Fujian-Zhejiang Military Region, and the Seventh Red Army Corps received the good news that the Red Army had successfully crossed the Xiang River and that the central organs were safe and sound.

This immediately brought a sigh of relief to everyone, but the central authorities remained tight-lipped about the specific casualty figures for this battle.

It's just that the main force is currently moving rapidly westward, and the exact number is still being tallied.

No one suspected anything, except Zhou Zeyuan, who kept sneering inwardly.

Even with my intervention, the Red Army's casualties in this bloody battle of Xiangjiang would not be small.

In addition, the emergency breakout resulted in the abandonment of too many supplies, which will further exacerbate the problems of insufficient medical supplies and ammunition for the troops.

The overall situation is developing in an unfavorable direction.

When the situation is unfavorable, people will start to reflect on what went wrong.

Once everyone has reflected on their findings and reached a conclusion, it will be time to hold a meeting.

If you calculate the time, there are only about ten days left until the channel meeting.

Through a series of meetings in Tongdao, Liping, Houchang, Zunyi, and Zhaxi, the correct line and policy were gradually established.

The dawn of revolution is just around the corner.