Seeing that Li Hao had a calm face and did not speak, Wang Hong continued: "There is another very important point! ”

"The devil can walk away after stealing the food, but we can't."

"If our Eighth Route Army sees the people starving to death because of lack of food, then our military spirit and people's hearts will be devastated, and everyone will no longer believe in and support our Eighth Route Army in the future!"

"The people are water, our Eighth Route Army is a fish, once we lose the support of the people, our Eighth Route Army will become a fish without water, and we won't live long!"

Just now, it was Wang Hong who comforted Li Hao, and after hearing that the devils would carry out armed grain grabbing after the autumn harvest, Wang Hong couldn't calm down directly, just the opposite, it was Li Hao's turn to comfort Wang Hong.

"Instructor, you don't have to worry too much!" Li Hao thought for a moment and replied.

"The devil can be armed to grab food, and our independent battalion also has troops, it's not that there is no spare strength to fight back, and it can be armed to protect food!"

"If you want to snatch the food from our independent battalion, then ask our independent battalion if it agrees!"

Wang Hong suddenly felt a lot more relieved, his eyes lit up and he asked, "Battalion commander, have you already thought of a way!" ”

Li Hao shook his head and replied: "Before the devil makes a move, any way is empty!" ”

"But I am confident that I will protect the base area, even if there is food that is robbed, I will snatch it back intact, and I will make the devil pay the price of blood!"

"I'll do this thing, and I promise to make the devil's armed food snatching operation run into ashes!"

Wang Hong immediately said: "Then we are still the old way, you are in charge of the front line, and I am in charge of the rear!" ”

At this moment, a big thing suddenly popped into Li Hao's mind.

If memory serves, in two years, there will be a massive drought in the whole of North China that will last for nearly three years.

And it was during this time that the Eighth Route Army put forward the slogan of self-sufficiency and self-reliance. In addition, it has carried out a large-scale streamlining of the administration of the military and government in both military and political circles to reduce the pressure on the base areas.

Nevertheless, those years were still the weakest and slowest development of the Eighth Route Army.

Not only must we face severe logistical pressure, but we must also be on guard against the Japanese puppet army sweeping the base areas at all times.

In the end, although they all survived, the entire base area also paid a very heavy price.

Now that I am here, I have two years ahead of schedule to shout out the slogan of self-sufficiency.

Li Hao believes that with these two years of accumulating strength, the Eighth Route Army will definitely face much less pressure when it faces a major drought.

However, it is impossible to solve this problem completely.

Because even if I tell everyone now that there will be a continuous drought in North China in two years, and we must start hoarding food from now on, everyone will not believe it, and if you don't know it, you will say that you are crazy, shaking the morale of the army and the people!

Since the overall situation cannot be changed by itself, then I can only do my best to change the situation around me, take precautions, take precautions in advance, minimize losses, and support friendly and neighboring troops at critical moments.

Thinking of this, Li Hao immediately asked: "Instructor, how much money do we have in the account of our independent battalion headquarters now!" ”

Wang Hong still had a solemn face just now, but as soon as he mentioned this, his solemn expression was suddenly replaced by a smile!

"The daily output of the sweet potato flour factory has exceeded 30,000 catties, and the profit in the first month is considered to be our independent business, with a total of 1,650 yuan!"

"In the next three months, we have divided a total of 1,800 oceans!"

"The pig farm has not yet been slaughtered, and the chicken farm began to make a profit a month ago, and now it is divided into a total of 400 oceans!"

"After deducting the consumption of the troops during this time, we still have two thousand five hundred oceans in our account!"

Li Hao thought for a while and made a decision: "The battalion headquarters has guaranteed that there will always be a thousand oceans for backup, and all the remaining oceans will be taken out, and after the autumn harvest is over, large-scale grain purchases will begin from the people!" ”

"In the future, all the profits will be used to buy grain, and you can buy as much as you want!"

"In a moment, I will arrange for the reconnaissance platoon and the assault team to go into the mountains to find a drier cave to store food. If we can't find it, we will dig it ourselves, hide all the grain we bought back in the hole, and ensure that it will not spoil for three years! ”

Wang Hong opened his mouth and looked shocked.

After reacting, he stared at Li Hao and asked, "Battalion commander, are you crazy?" ”

"I don't even know what to do with the five million catties of grain, and you still have to buy grain!"

"Although food is very important in troubled times, you don't need to buy so much!"

"Even if we save more food just in case, we can eat half of the five million catties of public grain, just save half of it, and we don't need to buy it at all!"

Li Hao could not explain the matter of the great drought, and there was no reason to convince the instructor to explain.

Even if you tell the instructor that you have come through time, the instructor will not believe it.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Hao only thought of a way, to use his prestige in the independent battalion to act arbitrarily, even if he was regarded as a madman by the instructor.

Directly shook his head at Wang Hong and refused: "No, 2.5 million catties of grain is too little!" ”

"From now on, we must save enough 10 million catties of grain in two years!"

"Impossible!" Wang Hong refused without thinking about it.

"This year, we can save 2.5 million catties of public grain, and even if we replace all the sweet potatoes harvested with white flour next year, we will be able to leave 4 million catties of grain in the sky, which can only be done if the strength of our independent battalion does not increase!"

"Even so, there are still 3.5 million catties short of 10 million catties!"

"According to the current price of grain, at least 70,000 oceans can be bought!"

"Lingqiu has so much land, and we still have to feed so many people, even if we buy all the extra food in the entire Lingqiu, it won't be 3.5 million catties!"

The expression on Li Hao's face did not change, and he was still as firm as ever: "If Lingqiu can't buy it, buy it from the surrounding counties!" ”

"There is also the southwest of Jin, which is now the territory of the Jin Sui army, and I heard that the grain there will also be a bumper harvest this year. If there is a bumper grain harvest, the price of grain will fall, and we can purchase grain on a large scale through Yan Youjin's line! ”

"Every time his transport team comes to transport sweet potato flour, he comes empty-handed, and by the way, he brings grain over to make some difference, I believe Yan Youjin will definitely agree!"

"As for the ocean, I calculated, even if we don't have 70,000 oceans in two years, it won't be much worse!"

"And these 3.5 million catties of grain are not only one way to buy, we can also grab them from the devil!"

"Lingqiu has so many puppet troops, if they can't grab food from our base area, they can only rely on the surrounding counties for supplies. If that grain wants to enter the county, it must pass through our base area! ”

"As the old saying goes, I drove this road, if you want to pass from here, leave the road money, so much food passes under our noses, we will definitely be able to grab some!"

"That's it, Instructor, trust me. Even if you still refuse in your heart, you must carry out the order, and you will be the commander of my battalion to act arbitrarily once! ”

"In addition, 10 million catties of grain is just a minimum goal for me, if possible, I can hoard 15 million catties, even if it is 20 million catties of grain, the more the merrier!"

Wang Hong stared at Li Hao for a long time.

The serious expression made him realize that the battalion commander in front of him was not joking.

As a trainer, he had a veto on certain decisions, but he chose to compromise.

The four words of arbitrariness have already shown the battalion commander's resolute attitude in this matter, and if he still refuses, it means not giving the battalion commander face and directly standing on the opposite side of the battalion commander.

The prestige of the battalion commander in the independent battalion is too good, and the entire independent battalion was brought out by him, almost a mythical existence.

If you break up with the battalion commander and don't have the support of the battalion commander, then you will have no real name in the independent battalion and you won't be able to stay at all.

Thinking of this, Wang Hong made a decisive decision: "Okay, since you are so resolute battalion commander, then I will go crazy with you once!" ”

"After the autumn harvest is over, I will start buying grain according to your orders!"

Li Hao nodded and continued to order: "In addition, there is one more thing to do before the autumn harvest: immediately mobilize the common people to secretly repair the cellar in their own yard and store grain!" There is too much food, it is too cumbersome to transfer, and it is better to hide it underground. When the little devils enter the village to sweep us, the guerrillas can quickly transfer the common people, clear the wall, and let the Japanese puppet army pounce! ”

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