Inside the headquarters of the 4th Infantry Division.

"Sir, there are more and more prisoners of war. We can't go on the offensive anymore. Many troops had to stop their attacks because of prisoners of war. The attacking force may be only one squad. A staff officer told their commander Yang Lin the latest situation. Yang Lin also shared his sorrows. 30,000 people are just combatants. But among the combatants, there are also a large number of civilians who have become prisoners of war, innocent and forced to leave their homes. Their losses were significant.

The troops are in the process of advancing. They actually encountered a lot of innocent people, either because of the war, or because they were coerced in the process of advancing. In short, there are many, many of them. It's not that the troops are not moving fast. It's that they're seriously caught up in these people. This is extremely detrimental to them.

"Sir. As far as the advance of our Seventh Brigade is concerned, they could originally advance a distance of sixty miles in one day, but they only advanced twenty miles in one day. Along the way, the troops had just entered, and they encountered a large number of prisoners of war, many of whom were ordinary people, and they heard that we were giving food and clothing. They all ran out and made peace with us. All the people along the way are like this. Even if our troops want to advance, they can't go far. The staff officer said anxiously.

"I see. What I want to know is, how do you all do it. In such a situation. How much more can be done? Yang Lin asked. He cares about the specific situation of those ordinary people, and he doesn't care that his soldiers are advancing, because it is obvious at the moment. The importance of the people is very important.

"Sir, for the sake of these people, our troops gave all the coats we just got to those people, not only these, but some of our soldiers also took out their own blankets and food to use. But that's not enough. Sir. We have to find a way to raise more supplies. Those people have seriously blocked our path. The staff officer said anxiously.

"I see. I know. "Yang Lin didn't have much to do, because the entire army had already gone out. The reserve team moved forward quickly with a large amount of supplies, in order to save more people.

"Sir, telegraph." A staff officer came in with a telegram and reported. Yang Lin quickly took the telegram and looked at it.

"The chief sent a telegram, telling us to pay attention to the situation of these people, and don't be in a hurry about the supplies. The rear has already figured it out. The commander asked us not to advance quickly to the rear of the enemy, but we must not let more people die. Try to solve some problems as much as possible. Yang Lin said after handing the telegram to the staff officers.

"Yes. Sir. The staff officer nodded down. For such an order. They can only accept. That's where they are right now.

Shang Wu would rather let his troops stop than let the people be in trouble, because he knew that if there were mass deaths, many things would be difficult to carry out.

Lijiazhuang, food processing factory. The main products produced here are biscuits, dried beef and other foods. This is an important military material to ensure that the front-line soldiers are well fed.

"These dumplings should be wrapped and frozen as soon as possible. Sent to the front line, not only for those soldiers to eat, but also for the people, if they can eat hot dumpling soup, our victory can be guaranteed. Shang Wu said. The entire factory no longer produces biscuits. Because the end of the year is approaching, every household has begun to prepare for the New Year. As a symbolic food of victory, dumplings have been rapidly popularized in the base areas, and eating dumplings during the New Year is called the New Year.

However, the situation in the northern theater of operations is somewhat unoptimistic. Shang Wu decided that he would rather not eat dumplings himself. Let them eat the dumplings first, too.

"Sir. To be honest, our production method cannot meet the needs of the front line at all. The director of the food factory said.

"These dumplings are all handmade, and there are more processing processes. Although we have gathered all the people in the vicinity who can be found. But the output is still not enough, we continue to produce like this, it is difficult to meet the large demand of the front, we produce dumplings, at least 10,000 dumplings, if there are more people, this is still not enough, the average person, can only eat one or two. It's simply not enough. Sir. The director said.

"Any questions?" Jia Xu said on the side.

"There are a lot of problems, and there is not enough time for this production, and there is not enough time. The only way to make us produce 10,000 stone dumplings is to add other condiments to the victory soup. For example, tofu. And meatballs, or something else. In short, more. Because dumplings are simply not enough. The director said.

"How much can you produce?" Shang Wu asked directly. It was enough for him to know what the problem was.

"This. We can only produce a thousand stones a day at most. That's the biggest yield. The director said.

"That's a lot of difference. Too much. This simply does not meet our needs. Shang Wu said.

"yes. There are too many things that the front-line troops lack. We really don't have that way. In such a situation, a lot of things can't actually be carried out. Jia Xu said.

"Sir, we've got a solution. That is, let's hand over these production tasks to those people. The people in the neighborhood come to produce, or we buy it directly, and what I know is that many families are preparing dumplings. They also have a lot of condiments. There are fish, there is meat, in short, life is much better now. Every family has a lot of preparations, and if we can buy from them, I think we will be able to satisfy the situation at once. That's the only way I can come up with it so far. Sir, I know this may not look good, but, sir, in a situation like this, it's the only best thing we can come up with. The director said.

"It's a good idea. Moreover, our troops also have a certain amount of dumplings in stock, and all of them are collected from them, and in addition, the food standards of military cadets will be reduced, so that they can solve many, many problems. Jia Xu said.

"That's it. You do it. I'll give you the privilege of collecting all the dumplings in the neighborhood. Shang Wu said to the factory director. Jia Xu has already begun to write orders. The orders written by Jia Xu are very specific, and the division of authority is also very clear, which can avoid many, many problems. The food treatment in the military school is the best. Many, many military school graduates just go out and want to come back and enjoy their situation again, which is an extremely beneficial situation for them.

While fighting in the North, cadets were also learning, and they could provide more and more food to meet their needs. The situation is favorable. Because of their food reserves, they served some special situations in the north.

"In this northern operation, we have exposed too many problems." Jia Xu and Shangwu said this after coming out of the factory. The guards are in charge of guarding the surroundings, so that they can notice that this is going on.

"Yes, we didn't think at all, we didn't want to fight the Black Mountain bandits, but those people, those people can't be called prisoners of war at all, there are too many of them. Under the destruction of such an undisciplined army as the Montenegrin bandits, their living conditions were very bad, and we did not think of such a thing at first, and as a result, we ourselves were caught off guard. In such a situation, in fact, it is we who defeat ourselves. Shang Wu said with some self-reproach.

"I can't blame you for this matter, I didn't expect it to be such a result, we focused our attention on Yang Fengbu, we thought about how to fight the Black Mountain thieves, but the result was that we didn't notice a big problem. The problem is that we don't find that a large number of people have lost their homes, and they are doing such things in extreme cold. It's so difficult. Jia Xu shook his head helplessly and said.

"There's no way around that." Shang Wu said.

"We made a mistake. I think I can still keep up with this speed. We still have many, many things to address before we can notice such a situation. Shang Wu said.

"yes. We're still in time. If we can adjust this problem in time, I think most of the problems can still be solved. Jia Xu said.

"So, we need to improve some of our current situation so that our situation can get better." Shang Wu said.

"First of all, we should improve our logistics supply system, especially when the troops are advancing rapidly, our transportation can be quickly delivered to the front-line troops, and the future ammunition consumption will become very, very large." Shang Wu said.

"Not only these, but also the problem of prisoners of war, a large number of prisoners of war should be collected in time, I think, we should set up a function of education officers, timely enlighten prisoners of war, as well as the local people, especially a large number of officers to organize, let them quickly enter a kind of order, if this disorder continues, everything is extremely unfavorable to us." Jia Xu said.

"Yes, it should be done so that something like this doesn't happen again." Shang Wu said. Jia Xu nodded.