"Okay, humble and resolute in carrying out orders." Zhao Lan nodded, and said, "But before turning around, can you let the brothers have a full meal first?" ”

Tao Liu and Zhong Guangren glanced at each other, and their faces instantly fell.

It is said that Zhao Lan's request is really not excessive, just asking for a full meal.

Shouldn't the brothers have their heads pinned to their belts to fight and kill devils?

However, the problem is that they really can't get any food, and even though it's already July, the first crop of early rice has not yet arrived.

Even if they were collected, their Tenth Army would not be able to share many catties of military rations.

The military rations distributed to the 62nd Division will be even less, less than 500,000 catties!

It's only 500,000 catties, and more than 9,000 officers and soldiers in the division are equally divided, and each person is only 70 catties of grain!

Moreover, this is still rice, not rice, and there is at least 40% loss after the rice is milled into rice, although the remaining chaff is barely able to eat, but it is bran after all.

That's it, and it can't be divided according to the head.

Because of the serious shortage of funds allocated by the Theater Commander's Headquarters, it is not only difficult for the officers and men of the division to pay their salaries on time, but even the funds for the purchase of military supplies are also seriously insufficient.

Other military supplies can be saved, but shoes and clothing really can't be saved.

For example, shoes, even straw sandals cost money to buy, and now it is difficult to guarantee even a pair of straw sandals for one person, how to ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops in this case?

Therefore, they could only take out a part of the military rations from the mouths of officers and soldiers, sell them for money, and then use them to buy shoes and clothing.

So now, the quartermaster department of their 62nd Division is really out of food, it's really gone.

Seeing that Tao Liu and Zhong Guangren were silent, Zhao Lan said with a bitter face: "Division, deputy division, you can only eat two thin meals a day, if you stay in the barracks and don't come out, it's barely okay, but now you have to march, and you have to rush back to Ciwu Town before dark, the brothers' bodies really can't bear it, they really can't bear it!" ”

Zhong Guangren exchanged glances with Tao Liao, and said, "Master, why don't you go and borrow some food from the nearby villagers?" ”

Tao Liu said angrily: "The officer needs to have borrowed it a long time ago, but he didn't borrow it at all, the people have already hidden their rations, and unless the soldiers rob it, they can't borrow food at all." ”

After Zhong Guangren heard this, his face showed embarrassment.

Since they settled in Zhejiang Province in the winter of the 26th year of the Republic of China, there have been countless IOUs written to the people of Zhejiang Province, but none of them have been cashed, so the people hate them now.

For example, this time, their 62nd Division went all the way south to Zhuji, and none of the villages they passed along the way were emitting smoke, for fear that they would see the smoke and borrow grain.

Not only that, but the common people even hid their food to prevent them like thieves.

Don't say it, the officers of some troops really dare to rob, and even dare to kill, for example, Henan, Tang Enbo's troops often do this, so the people hate Tang Enbo's troops even more than the little devils, so that in the 44 years of the Henan-Xianggui War, the people of Henan actually helped the Japanese devils fight the national army!

Of course, Tang Enbo's troops grabbed not only food, but also the old man's longevity materials.

What to do with the robbery? Of course, it's to sell money and do business, and these timbers are worth a lot of money.

Tang Enbo even proudly wrote in his diary that this year (1944) is expected to make a profit of 200 million yuan, and these 200 million yuan are all from looting the people's fat and people's ointment, can the people not hate him?

As a result, Tang Enbo became one of the four major pests of water and drought locust soup.

But Tao Liu and Zhong Guangren are not as cold-blooded as Tang Enbo after all.

Therefore, they can't do such a thing as directly arranging troops to grab food.

Just when Tao Liu and Zhong Guangren were relatively speechless, there was a sudden uproar in front of them.

Immediately afterwards, the officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment, which had been parked on the road, sat down on the ground one after another.

Zhong Guangren and Tao Liu hurriedly stepped forward, only to find that the officers and soldiers had already learned the news that they were about to return to the second dock by the same route, so they immediately blew up the pot.

ran back and forth in vain, and did not give enough food.

Who the fuck can stand this? Stand!

"Damn, don't go, I'm not leaving!"

"That's it, if you don't leave, you'll shoot Lao Tzu if you have a kind."

"Lao Tzu pinned his head to the waistband of his trousers to fight devils, and he didn't want to eat a full meal?"

"The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, is Principal Chang not even as good as the Manchu emperor?"

"The Command allocates so much money every year, and the people of Zhejiang Province hand over so much grain every year, Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, and it is not the turn of our national army officers and soldiers to eat a few full meals!"

The news quickly spread throughout the group.

After a while, the officers and men of the regiment stopped working.

Not only the officers and soldiers of the independent regiment, but even the men and horsemen of the division headquarters also stopped working.

Looking at the officers and soldiers sitting all over the place, Zhong Guangren and Liao Liu were also glazed and unrestrained.

Zhao Lan begged: "The teacher's seat, and the deputy teacher's seat, you can allocate some food and let the brothers have a full meal." ”

Tao Liu's gaze swept over himself and Zhong Guangren's mount, and a look of determination suddenly flashed in his eyes, and said: "Commander Zhao, you killed me and Deputy Division Commander Zhong's mount, and then let the brothers dig some wild vegetables, boil a few large pots first, and let the brothers eat a full meal no matter what!" ”

"Ah, kill the horse?" Zhao Lan was a little dumbfounded.

Horses are precious to the troops.

At this moment, a communications staff officer hurriedly ran over.

"Master!" Running to Tao Liu, the communications staff officer said, "The front enemy staff headquarters in Yinjiang is in an emergency. ”

"Don't listen!" Tao Liu was furious, and said viciously, "Lao Tzu is burning his eyebrows, and he doesn't have time to listen to the command of the blind Jiba surnamed Zhong, if he has the ability, he will first give Lao Tzu tens of thousands of catties of food!" ”

The communications staff officer snorted lightly and said, "Master, what I'm talking about is the matter of provisions." ”

"What? Supplies? Tao Liu's expression moved violently, and he snatched the telegram away.

After reading the telegram in a hurry, Tao Liu's eyebrows immediately revealed a touch of joy.

Zhong Guangren asked: "Shizuo seems to be very happy, what did my family say?" ”

"Good thing, good thing." Tao Liu handed the telegram to Zhong Guangren and said, "Chief of Staff Zhong has prepared 500,000 catties of cornmeal for our 62nd Division, and the convoy that will transport grain has already set off from Yinjiang, and the first batch of 50,000 catties will be delivered tomorrow!" ”

From Ciwu Town to Yinjiang, it is more than 200 miles away, and it is very fast to arrive by bicycle.

"It's wonderful! It's just in time! Zhong Guangren was also overjoyed, and said, "Chief of Staff Zhong has really helped us a lot." ”

Because they were in a good mood, the two of them also called Zhong Yi the chief of staff.

After a pause, Zhong Guangren said again: "Chief of Staff Zhong also said that this is only the first batch of supplies, and at least 10,000 sets of autumn clothes and at least 10,000 pairs of rubber-soled shoes will be sent to our 62nd Division in the future!" ”