In the face of huge interests, Yan Youjin quickly made a decision.

"Battalion Commander Li, I'll do it, today I want to bring 10,000 catties of sweet potato flour back, and then I will contact the predecessors who usually purchase vegetables and pork, and promote sweet potato flour through them!"

Li Hao's eyes lit up, and he almost jumped up with joy.

But he didn't lose his mind, forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and replied as calmly as possible: "Yes, I'll have someone prepare it for you now, plus the ones you bought yourself, a total of 20,000 catties, and another 2,000 catties, a total of 22,000 catties!" ”

In the next three months, Lingqiu ushered in the calmest three months since the Japanese army entered Lingqiu.

The Japanese puppet army either retreated into the city or trained around the county seat, and they did not go to the villages more than five kilometers away from the county seat.

The Japanese garrison headquarters, several months of training and army expansion allowed Watanabe to regain morale.

The Imperial Allied Army had a full strength of 2,500 men, and was personally commanded and trained by the Japanese, and its combat effectiveness was almost equivalent to that of an infantry brigade of the Imperial Army.

The garrison brigade is composed of five garrison squadrons, one cavalry squadron, one mountain artillery squadron, one heavy machine gun squadron, one mortar squadron, one gendarmerie squadron, and additional units directly under the brigade, with a total strength of more than 1,700 people!

With strength in his hands, the devil's confidence has become more and more sufficient.

During this time, several officers who had suffered big losses at the hands of the independent battalion ran to Watanabe to ask for battle, hoping that Watanabe could send troops to sweep the base area of the independent battalion, kill the independent battalion, and take revenge!

"Sir, several squadron leaders have come over today to ask for battle and ask if we have a battle plan to send troops to attack the independent battalion!" The vice-captain reported with his head down.

"Reply to them, give me a calm breath, train well, we don't have any battle plan for the next month!" Watanabe shook his head in reply.

"Hey!" The vice-captain quickly replied.

But he didn't leave, but hesitated and asked: "Sir, I don't understand, since the troops have formed combat effectiveness, why don't you take advantage of everyone's anger and high morale to directly attack the independent battalion while the iron is hot!" ”

"It's almost autumn?"

Watanabe Shaozo suddenly said such an inexplicable sentence from his mouth.

Seeing the vice captain's puzzled face, Watanabe explained directly.

"The higher authorities have an order: Starting this year, all local garrison troops, the food and salary of the Imperial Association Army will be raised by themselves, and not only that, but we will also raise two million catties of grain and hand it over to the brigade headquarters to supply the front-line field troops!"

"With the addition of the Imperial Army, our total strength exceeds 4,000 people, and the grain alone costs four million catties, which adds up to six million catties of grain."

"Lingqiu is so big, if there is a problem with the autumn harvest, where will we go to collect six million catties of grain?"

"The independent battalion is our opponent well, but it is undeniable that the Eighth Route Army's ability to organize the people to resume production is indeed better than ours!"

"According to intelligence, with the efforts of the independent battalion, the existing cultivated land in Lingqiu has exceeded 200,000 mu, nearly thirty percent more than when we first occupied Lingqiu!"

"As long as there is a bumper harvest of grain on these 200,000 acres of land, we can raise six million catties of grain!"

"In addition, there are so many garrisons in the county, in addition to eating, they also have to eat vegetables and meat, which have to be exchanged for food."

"I have preliminarily calculated that after the autumn harvest, we will have to raise at least 10 million catties of grain in order to be self-sufficient and complete the task of 2 million catties of grain from our superiors!"

"So, before the autumn harvest, we must ensure the stability of Lingqiu!"

"When all the grain on the 200,000 acres of land in Lingqiu is harvested, even if you don't ask for battle, I will lead the troops to kill it!"

"Not only do we have to take revenge, but we also have to collect grain, and every common man must pay one hundred and fifty catties of grain to the imperial army!"

The deputy captain finally reacted and immediately replied: "The humble position is not well considered, please punish the chief!" ”

Watanabe shook his head and replied: "There is no need for punishment, you immediately tell those squadron leaders what I just said as they were, let them continue to strengthen the training of the troops, and in a month, I want to see the results of everyone's training!" ”

"Also, there is still a month before the autumn harvest."

"But our opponent, the Independent Battalion, is too cunning, so everyone must start preparing now!"

"According to intelligence, the total strength of the separate battalion has exceeded 1,500 people, and each main company has more than 200 people, and mortars and heavy machine guns have also been strengthened. In terms of firepower, it is definitely possible to crush our infantry squadron on the battlefield! ”

"I ask you to immediately organize the staff officers and formulate three battle plans according to the latest information sent back by the special task force!"

"In a month's time, I'm going to review three battle plans at the same time, and then choose the best one to use as a reference for our actions!"

The Japanese army is waiting for the autumn harvest, and the independent battalion is also waiting.

When the base area was first formed, the troops seized a lot of food.

According to the total strength of the 1,000 people of the independent battalion at that time, there was no problem at all in eating until the autumn harvest.

However, the expansion of the independent battalion was too fast, directly doubling on the basis of a thousand men.

If you don't eat one or two meals of sweet potato flour every day, that bit of grain would have been eaten a month ago.

During this period, the troops took the ocean and bought almost the entire base area to buy 50,000 catties of grain, which could only last for half a month at most according to general consumption.

However, there are still more than 20 days before the autumn harvest, and if the grain does not last until the autumn harvest, the soldiers will go hungry!

"Instructor, from now on, the training volume of all troops will be halved, two meals of sweet potato flour a day, and try to save the consumption of staple food!" Faced with increasingly severe logistical pressure, Li Hao had to interrupt training!

"I'll give the order in a moment!" Wang Hong replied.

Then he comforted: "Battalion commander, you don't have to worry too much, as long as the public grain is collected after the autumn harvest, the food problem of the troops will be solved." ”

"Nearly five million catties of public grain, if it is only used as rations, it is enough for us to eat for two years!"

Li Hao shook his head, his face was not only not super good-looking, but became more and more serious.

He took a deep breath and replied, "Instructor, we are thinking about the autumn harvest, and the little devils in Lingqiu City are also thinking about it!" ”

"They also have to eat, Lingqiu has so much food, if we and the people are not hungry, the Japanese puppet army will be hungry!"

"If we and the Japanese puppet army don't go hungry, then the common people won't have anything to eat!"

"Of course, our Eighth Route Army will definitely not allow this to happen, and it will definitely be our independent battalion that will be hungry in the end!"

Wang Hong reacted quickly, raised his eyebrows and asked rhetorically: "Battalion commander, you mean that after the autumn harvest is over, the devils are likely to send troops to our base area to grab grain!" ”

"It's not very likely, it's certain, they also have to eat, there is no other way to get so much food except to rob it!" Li Hao replied.

"According to the intelligence, the Japanese puppet army in Lingqiu City has completed its training. It stands to reason that troops should have been sent to sweep our base areas a long time ago! ”

"But they haven't been moving, so I judge that Watanabe is waiting for the autumn harvest just like us!"

"Then it's a big problem!" Wang Hong's face became more and more solemn!

"If the food is snatched away by the devils, then our independent battalion will definitely go hungry, and maybe the people will also go hungry together!"

"The Japanese puppet army doesn't care about everyone's life or death, as long as there is food, they will definitely snatch it all!"

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