"Because the Yangquan Qingping area is now densely populated with watchtowers, the route chosen by the Japanese army has been seeking stability, and the guerrillas of Sun Hongzhong and Tu Jinjun are simply unable to carry out attacks and harassment, slowing down the pace of the Japanese army!"

"The devil's large army passed through Qingping and Yangquan areas, and the soldiers approached Dingzhou City in two ways, it seems that they are preparing to use the Harada Brigade to cooperate with the Long Yiquan Mechanized Squadron to carry out the main attack, while the Yoshino Brigade is responsible for controlling the Yuanguang area close to my base area and preventing our detachment from sneaking up from behind!"

"It seems that this time, the devil has made up his mind and forced us to fight them around Dingzhou City!"

"Since the devil wants to fight with us, then let's fight with them, this time the little devil must know that our Jindong detachment not only fights guerrillas, but can beat his little devil crying dad and calling his mother, even if it is hard, we are not worthy of him!"

"In addition to the masses and militia in the Yuanguang area, our militia corps has lurked a thousand militiamen in the territory of Yuanguang in advance, waiting for orders at any time to fight to the death with the little devils!"

"Don't talk about fighting to the death at every turn, it doesn't mean that you have to exchange your life with the little devil - remember, the life of the little devil is cheap, our life is expensive, if you can, you won't change it, unless you exchange one for a few......"

As soon as the battle order was issued, the summoned generals such as Kang Ting, Thin Monkey, Huang Hu, and others immediately began to hold a meeting, and combined with the various information on the march of the little devils collected by the intelligence group, they conducted a specific analysis and wanted to formulate a targeted battle plan.

Everyone contributed ideas and worked together, and the conference room was very lively.

When this kind of brainstorming, Zhang Ran doesn't speak much.

Although he has won a lot of battles these days, this does not mean that he has become an excellent commander.

was able to win the battle before, on the one hand, because of the proper use of strategy, and on the other hand, because he knew some surrounding historical trends, he was able to take a little advantage......

But now it's different!

The original history has been completely changed because of his arrival - Yuan Zhenfeng, who had already fought a bloody battle, is still alive, and Pingtongguan, which had already fallen, seems to be impregnable......

Originally, he was not an excellent commander, but now he has lost the advantage of the foresight of the traverser, Zhang Ran is very self-aware, and he will definitely not pretend to be an insider with a layman......

Otherwise, if one is not careful, the person who will be killed will not be one or two!

Therefore, Zhang Ran let everyone speak freely, work together, participate in the formulation of the battle plan together, and strive to give full play to the effect of the three stinkers on the top of Zhuge Liang. After the battle plan is formulated, it is enough to check and fill in the gaps according to the situation of the battle plan.

Moreover, in addition to making a battle plan, Zhang Ran now has more important things to do!

This battle around Pingtongguan and Dingzhou City is not just as simple as fighting devils!

Among them, there is also the key issue of summer harvest!

is what Zhang Ran said before, he wants to fight devils, but he also wants to grab food!

If the summer harvest can't harvest the grain, the people will have to go hungry in the second half of the year, not to mention, the little devils have this batch of grain, so it means that the people tighten their belts and fund the little devils, so that the little devils are full of food and drink enough to continue fighting Chinese......

That feeling is like the shopkeeper inviting a buddy, this guy is earning the shopkeeper's money and playing with the shopkeeper's wife and wants the shopkeeper's life......

Just thinking about this feeling, Zhang Ran panicked with disgust - he would never allow such a situation to happen.

Let Kang Ting continue to preside over the military meeting, Zhang Ran went out and entered another room, Ma Chengbang, Zhao Wanlin, Zheng Tianming and other landlords have been waiting for a long time!

"Captain Zhang, we have discussed, for this battle, we will take one percent less of the dividends of the fertilizer plant this year to help the military funds!"

As soon as they saw Zhang Ran, Ma Chengbang and the others stood up and said, "In addition to money, Captain Zhang, do you think there is anything we can help with?" As long as we can do it, Captain Zhang, you can just say - go to the soup and go to the fire, and do not hesitate! ”

Thinking of Ma Chengbang, the guy who was shot as a traitor for riding the wall last time, and now he has been transformed into such an impassioned appearance by himself, Zhang Ran Lao Huai was very relieved: "You lords have a heart!" ”

"Captain Zhang, what you said, although we used to press the ingredients, it was the old wealth of the landlord, but even if it is the old wealth of the landlord, we are still Chinese first!"

"And after more than a year of help and education from the detachment, we have changed our minds!"

"Now that we and the detachment are both prosperous and lossless, how can we sit idly by and watch the enemy face the great enemy?"

A group of landlords trembled with fat and showed their loyalty.

Their words made Zhang Ran deeply relieved by his decision to let them go, instead of killing them all, and at the same time said: "Busy, I do need your lord's help, but forget about the money, the current detachment is not short of money, and when there is a shortage of money, I will definitely not be polite to you!" ”

As he spoke, he smiled evilly, leaving Ma Chengbang and the others with an expression that you know what I am.

Ma Chengbang and the others remembered that when the detachment had no money before, this guy couldn't help laughing out loud when he was knocking out the bones and marrow of himself and others all day long......

Although when Zhang Ran tried every means to ask them for money, a group of people were as distressed as cutting meat, but now mentioning these things makes everyone feel that their hearts and the detachment are more close!

Not for anything else, just because the detachment was not soft when they should ask for money, but they should be given benefits, and that is always a promise!

They believe in the detachment, and they believe in Zhang Ran even more - this is also the fundamental reason why they did not secretly look for a way out when the Japanese army was pressing the territory and watching the wind and rain in the base area, but still stood firmly with the detachment!

"Alright, let's get down to business!"

Zhang Ran waved his hand and beckoned everyone to sit down, and then he said what he wanted Ma Chengbang and others to help with!

Ma Chengbang and others will definitely not be able to help on the battlefield, but Ma Chengbang and others will definitely be indispensable for pulling teeth from the mouth of the little devil and handing over more of the summer harvest grain to the hands of the people who have worked hard to grow them!

The guerrillas, militias, and detachments all need to fight to contain the Japanese puppet army and organize the common people to grab the harvest, which can only be done by Ma Chengbang and others!

"We have given a lot of fertilizer to the villagers on credit, and we want a bumper harvest in the second half of the year, and the people still have to ask us for fertilizer, and we organize the people to grab the harvest, and they will definitely listen to us!"

Ma Chengbang and others are sure of this, but what they are worried about is what to do if the guerrilla militia can't hold back and wants to grab food and go crazy with the Japanese puppet army!

After all, the local guerrilla militia has been mobilized to drag down the devil puppet army, and the remaining ordinary people who can organize to harvest are seriously understaffed, and the speed of harvesting cannot be improved at all!

"I've arranged this!"

Zhang Ran smiled, and with a wave of his hand, Niu Dacheng Dongshan took a few people to carry a thing assembled into a drum with wooden strips!

Looking at the disc with a diameter of a foot at each end, and a rocker and gear at the other, the wooden strips were fixed to the steel discs, and on each wooden strip were distributed some staggered wires with two ends through the wooden strips, in the shape of arcs......

"What's this?"

Seeing this thing, Ma Chengbang and the others were at a loss.

"It's a reaper!"

Niu Da rolled his eyes, with an expression that you are still the landlord, and he has never seen the world, and then ordered the apprentices to quickly assemble the harvester and demonstrate it to a few uninformed masters!

Niu Da's virtue made Zhang Ran roll his eyes fiercely, and said in his heart, people who don't know still think that your surname Niu invented it, and the tail of the cow has gone to the sky!

However, thinking that Niu Da and a group of people worked overtime, and they didn't close their eyes for more than a day to get this thing out, Zhang Ran didn't demolish this guy, let him go to Niu for a while!

A large rectangular boat-like barrel was lifted, and the drum-shaped harvester was lifted and placed on the barrel, the adjustable clasps at both ends adjusted to size, and then tightly snapped into the rim of the barrel.

One side opened, with a tent-like hood over the drum-shaped machine—and a primitive harvester was complete!

With the shaking of the crank, the big gear drove the small gear, and the harvester whimpered, making a low roar like a beast!

Because of the configuration of the large and small gears, the drum rotates extremely fast, and the wires on those wooden strips turn into a phantom when they turn......

Zhang Ran took a handful of straw and demonstrated the key points from the opening of the hood: "Whether it is wheat, sorghum, buckwheat or rice, after harvesting, gently put it in, and the wire on the wooden strip can knock the grain off the crop pole and land it in the wooden barrel below - in this way, the speed of harvesting can be greatly improved!" ”

Although Ma Chengbang and others are landlords, they are no strangers to the work in the crop field, and they are even better than ordinary crop men!

After Zhang Ran's explanation, their eyes immediately lit up!

Originally, the villagers harvested, and they had to cut the crops first, and then carry them back in bundles to dry and thresh, which took a lot of effort!

Under normal circumstances, according to the two families harvesting together, one day of exhaustion and hard work may not be able to harvest two acres of land!

But with this harvester, harvesting in the field and threshing directly, and transporting the grain directly home, the effort saved is even more!

Not to mention that it is still calculated according to two people, at least four or five acres of land can be harvested in a day, and if you go back to threshing or something, you can save I don't know how much effort......

"Master Niu, get out of the way, let me try!"

"Why are you trying it first, I'll come, I'll ......"

Ma Chengbang was anxious to pick up the crank, Zhao Wanlin, Zheng Tianming and others were shouting with red faces on the side, and the expression was like a yellow flower girl who had been preempted to drink the soup......