On the periphery of the twelfth supplementary base, there are more than fifty cauldrons set up here, and the fragrant aroma of cooked rice and the smell of meat are constantly coming out of these cauldrons, and the smell of such food will make the stomach gurgle incessantly.

"Boom." Many half-grown children gulped gulps, and so did the adults, their eyes on fire.

But they must also persevere, insist on queuing, and insist on order, because those who make trouble, those who disrupt order, will be caught by those Republican soldiers wearing white armbands, and the most severe saboteurs will be executed on the spot. Most of them will be locked up. That's the most painful part. Because they can only watch others eat, while they continue to endure the torment of hunger, this kind of taste makes these refugees from all over the state have to learn one thing, order. That is, the "discipline" that the Republican GIs repeatedly emphasized. ”

This year was a year of disaster for the people of the state, and the harvest was gone. The land was taken away. There is no food left. Either to join the bandits, or to drink gruel from the White Polish army, and the best thing is to join the guerrillas. But they came up in some positions on the north side, looking for them, and it was not good. In order to avoid being captured, it is difficult to leave the homeland. The ancestors of their own homeland are buried here. It is only when forced to do so that people leave their hometowns and go to a completely unfamiliar environment. This is the Han people.

But that's where everything takes a turn.

I don't know when, I don't know who people come here to build roads, they will give them food, and if they do a good job, they can exchange it for money, clothing, use, and even more other things. The most important thing is to provide three meals a day for free. Most of the people in the state have only two meals a day. What is the concept of three meals? Many people feel that their stomachs are never full. In short, that's how it is.

The IRA would give them a big pot, because they knew what the refugees were thinking, because they would eat quickly and fight again, and in their opinion, they would have to eat a pot of food in order to be full. Almost all people don't have the concept of having enough to eat.

They had been working and had eaten gruel for one day, and the next day, at lunchtime, they had corn, and their rice bowl was big enough to fit their heads. But for them, being able to eat enough is their main concern.

"More come, more come." An old man in his fifties said excitedly, his hands were shaking, and he might only have the opportunity to eat so many times in his life. And in such a disaster year, it is really not easy to have enough to eat.

"Enough. That's enough. I can't fit it. Chun Niang said helplessly, because the entire rice bowl was as high as a mountain.

The man could only nod, smell the broth, and eat it without hesitation. Eating it in a big gulp, that feeling, it's so good.

Chunniang is only in her early twenties, and she has a mother-in-law on it. The man didn't know where he went, and there was no news at all. A six-year-old follows his grandmother. Her maiden family has a father. Daddy's health was not good, and the autumn rain for several days made him sick. She is a woman in charge of everything at home, which makes her very stressed, because the wild vegetables have long been eaten. Even, the bark is not enough to eat.

Fortunately, in the most difficult time, she found a job here, cooking. Big pot rice, cooking for many, many people, non-stop. Although tired, the food is guaranteed, and most importantly, well done, and promoted, she is now the leader of a small group, serving meals in a large pot of five mouths. It's a hard thing to do. But for her, it is not difficult, as long as the Republican army continues to supply food, everything is not a big problem.

For the Republican Army, Chun Niang believes that it is the same existence as Engong. At first, she didn't know whether to trust the soldiers with weapons, they looked vicious. Moreover, they are all soldiers, and none of them are good soldiers, and when the state army is there, they run around, rob, and do nonsense. A whole village was made by them. The women were very scared.

But the Republican Army was not like that, and the soldiers were strictly disciplined. Especially those with white armbands, which she learned later. That's the gendarmerie. The gendarmes are a symbol of discipline, and although they are small in number, no one dares to do anything about discipline.

It is also with their presence that this place will be very safe.

The most curious are the warehouses of the Republican Army. In the eyes of all people, there is everything there.

Mountains of grain, at first they ate a kind of food called "biscuits", that kind of food is very hard to eat, but very hungry, and there is a milky flavor in it, broken into small pieces, the child likes it the most.

Chun Niang's cooking skills are not bad, those biscuits are boiled into porridge, add some corn, salt, wild vegetables, it looks very good, and it tastes very delicious, after an officer tried it, she was promoted to be a small team leader, in charge of five cauldrons, it is said that more kitchen utensils will be sent from the rear, because the number is still increasing.

Chunniang was very happy, because her treatment had improved a lot, and the weather was gradually getting cooler. They all lack winter clothes, and if it's cold, I don't know how many people will leave.

But the IRA has everything here. Chunniang had the audacity to ask for her own food in exchange for a winter coat. Or a quilt will do.

But what she didn't expect was that the Republican Army actually gave her five coats. The kind of very thick, warm coat made of I don't know what fabric, not only that, but the soldiers in the base also asked her if she needed medical help, they had medicine here, the doctor who was too professional had not yet arrived, but they had a lot of kinds of medicine, if you don't mind, you can try it.

Chunniang was very excited, she didn't know what to say. She needed it so much.

The base of the Republican Army, there is everything in it, and it is a treasure trove, because all the people see that the roads they have repaired, there are many, many wagons on them, ox carts are coming, they are all four wheels, and there are a lot of goods on them, and there are constant deliveries every day, and many people do not know where these things come from. They know that they can eat enough with the IRA, and there is a good way out.

A lot of people are working hard because they have a living head. Chun Niang is also such a person. She's busy, because serving more and more food isn't a simple task. Fifty cauldrons need to be constantly running to meet the needs of more people, not to mention more than 1,500 people here.

"It's not enough, we have to add more people, we don't lack supplies, what we lack is roads, and it's been decided to do post-war reconstruction and disaster relief together. Since this is the case, there is no need for those supplies to be distressed, stimulate them with more materials and make them speed up. The above is already very dissatisfied with our progress. One of the officers in charge of logistics said with great dissatisfaction.

Everything is going very well here, but they are still not enough for the Republican Army in pursuit of speed. Because the damn weather has been trapping them for too long.

Inside the front command of Zhou Cang.

"No, there is no strength for a regiment, I can only give you two battalions at most, and I still made up these two battalions." Zhou Cang was dissatisfied with Pei Yuanshao, who had become a lieutenant colonel, and said this. This big grinning guy asked for a regiment of troops to fight as soon as he came up. Zhou Cang responded angrily. Because the non-combat attrition of his troops due to the damn autumn rain was very large. Zhou Cang himself also suffered from more serious dysentery.

"Two battalions are too few troops. I can't make bold intersperses at all. The results of the battle were very bad, and the strength of a regiment was the least. Pei Yuanshao said excitedly. Pei Yuanshao's favorite tactic is to intersperse tactics, recklessly interspersing into the enemy's rear and attacking the opponent's vital points. Command, warehouses, because there will be extremely serious losses for the opposing side.

"There are too many non-combat attrition, and I have strengthened the strength of two battalions. I took out all my guard camps. You can do it yourself, I don't have too many troops to help you. Zhou Cang said uncomfortably.

"Alright, alright, I got it. But you'll have to give me an artillery battery. Pei Yuanshao said.

"There is no artillery, the artillery is all behind. The road simply could not transport more artillery over, there was no way. I don't have any more artillery for you. Zhou Cang shook his head and said.

"Think of a way, without artillery, the firepower is much weaker." Pei Yuanshao said anxiously.

"Sapper, I'll give you at most one sapper company, this is the only trump card force in my hands. They know the blasting technique, you take whatever you want, as long as you can take it, give it to you, okay. That's all I can do. Zhou Cang said and left here.

Pei Yuanshao accepted such an offer. Because he really needs some decent firepower, although there is no artillery, light artillery can move quickly, but he can carry a lot more **. This may be good news.

The autumn rain has come to an end, and according to the information provided by the locals, as well as the judgment of some experienced veterans, the weather will enter a state of its best after it has sunny. That's when all the transformations of war began. After all, bad weather is good for both sides. It's all a kind of torment, and if this torment can't be overcome in time, the problem will be very big.

Both sides are thinking about such a difficult problem. This is how wars sometimes develop.