Provisions First: Logistics Equipment and War

Author: Hu Siyuan
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: "Into the Future Battlefield of Military Transformation," a series of books, presents a comprehensive exploration of the development of weapon systems through detailed data, abundant information, and vivid language. It introduces our understanding of information equipment, cyber weapons, non-lethal weapons, space warfare, unmanned vehicles, stealth technology, and more, while also forecasting the future of warfare. This series is a modern military popular science book that combines scientific rigor, knowledge, entertainment, and readability, making it a favorite among young readers. It can also serve as supplementary teaching material for military personnel to learn about weapon systems, as well as a reference for weapon system research and management.
You must know the ancient saying, "Move troops before supplies are ready"; you must also know Zhuge Liang's legendary story of creating the ancient "Wooden Flowing Ox and Horse" for logistics! But this book aims to take you further into the modern "logistics generals," the contemporary rear forces, and the future logistics networks—how they will enter the intense battlefield of military transformation! The past, no matter how important, cannot defeat future enemies. Let us follow the author's logistical thinking as we move into the logistics front lines of the information age. A new vision of logistics—"with wings of information" and "achieving precise balance"—is about to unfold before your eyes!
Open this book, and you will see the tragic examples of military defeats caused by logistical failures; open this book, and you will learn how the "strangulation and anti-strangulation" battles unfolded during the Korean War; open this book, and you will "revisit" the "Unbreakable Ho Chi Minh Trail" of the Vietnam War; open this book, and you will hear about how the U.S. military's logistical support was conducted in the Iraq War. In this book, you will see that the rapid advancement of modern national technological levels and economic strength has laid the foundation for the transformation of modern logistics.