Looking at the few people with heavy faces present, Li Ziyuan waved his hand and said: "Don't feel too much pressure, it's endless fun to fight with people, and it's even more fun to fight with the sky." Besides, I don't think God will bully a person, maybe it will rain in two days. ”

"I don't like the rhetoric that the mourning soldiers will win, we have to let the little devils become the mourning soldiers, and we can't do the mourning soldiers ourselves. Cheer up, as long as we join hands with the military and the localities, there is no difficulty that cannot be solved. If there is, then let's think of a better way. ”

"It is said that one stinker tops three Zhuge Liang, so many of our stinkers get together, and we can't keep an eye on ten or eight Zhuge Liang? Even if we don't have the ability to borrow the east wind, but with so many heads together, we won't be able to come up with a single way. My faithfulness is to feed the fish, but not to dry up. ”

"Lao Liu, you can learn your Xi with peace of mind. If there is any difficulty on the county magistrate's side, there are still a few of us. In this way, our troops will also divide the work. The training of the troops is mainly handled by Lao He, the chief of staff, on a daily basis. Lao Ma precipitated a little, and often went down to the troops with political workers. The more this time, the more important it is to ensure the emotional stability of the fighters. ”

"Lao Zhang, you go to the military region first and count the materials handed over to your superiors. The rest of the time, you focus on the formation and training of the engineer company and sharpshooter platoon. Also, Lao Zhang, the focus of your work in the next step should be tilted towards air defense. At the same time, it is necessary to cooperate with the political commissars and do a good job in the ideological work of the fighters. ”

Dong Ping and Wang Jun first served as training staff officers and cooperated with Lao He to focus on military training. This land must be planted, and production must be carried out to save itself. But military training is absolutely not allowed to be wasted. If the army forgets even the basic skills of a soldier, even if it is a good harvest year, what can be done to protect the fruits of the harvest? ”

"As for myself, in addition to grasping the general, I will shift my focus to agricultural production during this time. Last year's wasteland should continue to be planted. At the same time, this year, the army will continue to open up wasteland. Some of the wounded who were no longer able to go to the battlefield should also be organized to carry out some feeding work. The unit worked in three shifts, with the company as the formation, and trained for half a day and planted the land half a day. ”

"Ninety-nine percent of our fighters are peasants. If you can't do anything else, this ability to repair the earth shouldn't be bad. At the same time, we should not bury our heads in farming, but also look for some water sources to see if we can organize troops to build some small water conservancy facilities. Drought-tolerant crops also need water, and we can't just count on God's grace. ”

Li Ziyuan cleanly completed the next step of distributing his troops and several cadres. He also emphasized that the focus of his next work is agricultural production in addition to grasping the total. However, Li Ziyuan also stressed that the troops were not allowed to farm all of them when they were farming. Two platoons were to be drawn from each battalion to serve as emergency and alert units.

Ma Yongcheng, the political commissar, did not object to his allocation. However, Zhang Zijian proposed that as the head of a regiment, Li Ziyuan should still not focus on this agricultural production. In this way, agricultural production is still in charge of agricultural production with him, the deputy head of the regiment. In addition to grasping all-round aspects, Li Ziyuan should still focus on the training of the troops.

Zhang Zijian's proposal, Li Ziyuan hesitated for a while and finally chose to accept it. The former director of the political department was temporarily transferred by his superiors on the eve of this anti-sweeping operation, and then died in the anti-sweeping operation. When the new director of the Political Department has not yet taken office, Li Ziyuan wants Zhang Zijian to take charge of this work of self-help.

Where does Li Ziyuan really take time out now to focus on farming? After all, he is still a military commander, and he must carry out production to save himself, but the focus of his work should still be on the military. Moreover, Zhang Zijian served as the captain of the Hubei County Brigade, although the time was not very long, but he was also familiar with the situation in Hubei, so it was more appropriate to send him.

But Zhang Zijian is his military assistant after all, and he is also the commander of a battalion. Not only is the first battalion inseparable from him, but he asked him to take charge of this agricultural production, and Li Ziyuan is also worried that Zhang Zijian himself is unwilling. If Zhang Zijian is allowed to feel that he is marginalized, this is undoubtedly not conducive to unity.

Now that Zhang Zijian himself proposed to take care of this matter, Li Ziyuan could not ask for it. The previous hesitation, that was for others to see. Li Ziyuan neatly determined the division of labor among the troops, and as for how to adjust the local government, he still didn't want to interfere. That's Liu Yanlai, the secretary of the county party committee, and he, a soldier, still doesn't interfere.

However, at the moment, in this anti-sweeping operation, the Hubei County Brigade has been hurt a little, and Li Ziyuan suggested not to replenish it for the time being. At present, the young and middle-aged people in the base areas have suffered great losses, and they are facing a severe drought. The smaller the number of non-dependent workers, the better.

Li Ziyuan's idea, Liu Yanlai agreed. Moreover, he also took the initiative to propose that each local staff should clear two acres of land and raise a sheep. Each person should save two taels of food a day and be prepared to provide relief to the victims. The off-duty personnel lost in this anti-sweeping operation will not be replenished for the time being.

However, Liu Yanlai also pointed out that in addition to the drought, the most difficult thing now is the number of large livestock in the eastern mountainous areas of Hubei, which is now a serious shortage. In the key sweep organized by the Japanese puppet army, the loss of animal power in the entire Ludong area was very large. The lack of large livestock has seriously affected agricultural production, which is also one of Liu Yanlai's biggest headaches.

Whether it's cows and horses, or mules and donkeys, these large animals are expensive. The southeast region of Shanxi Province is not a pastoral area, and a large number of large livestock can only be replenished by outsourcing. At present, the peasants alone cannot afford to repurchase them in a short period of time.

The lack of large livestock has a great impact on agricultural production. At present, Hubei is almost destitute, and the limited funds allocated by the higher authorities are simply not enough to use. Moreover, there are not many channels for purchasing large livestock, which is not only affected by the price, but the most important thing is that it is difficult to pass through the blockade line of the Japanese puppet army.

What Liu Yanlai means is that the current mules of Li Ziyuan's troops can be temporarily lent to the Hubei County Government? According to intelligence, the cattle plundered by the Japanese puppet army from Hubei this time, as well as a group of young and middle-aged people who were captured, were all locked up in the Pingchuan stronghold and Hubei County.

The Japanese puppet army was ready to transport this group of young and middle-aged people to other areas as coolies. However, the Japanese puppet army also let out the wind, saying that they could ransom people with money. But the base is in extraordinary difficulty at the moment, where to find funds to redeem people? Liu Yanlai hoped that Li Ziyuan could think of a way to rescue these people before the Japanese puppet army transported them away.

Regarding Liu Yanlai's request, Li Ziyuan nodded without the slightest hesitation. He promised to study the rescue plan immediately, and immediately asked the military sub-district for instructions. As long as the military division approves it, he can immediately carry it out. But before that, he needed intelligence support.

Seeing that the matter had basically settled, Liu Yanlai did not continue to stay with Li Ziyuan. But just as Liu Yan was about to leave, Li Ziyuan hesitated, but still grabbed him and said, "Old Liu, can you think of a way to get some peanuts or soybeans and some eggs?" It's not that I'm going to use it, it's for the field hospital. ”

Hearing Li Ziyuan's request, as well as the current situation of the field hospital that Li Ziyuan later recounted, Liu Yanlai nodded after a deep sigh and said, "I'll go back and think of a way to see if I can get some." However, you also know this year, we have just experienced an unprecedented and brutal sweep by the Japanese puppet army, and the extent of destruction in the eastern mountainous area of Hubei can be said to be unprecedented. ”

"Now it is very difficult to restore production and organize the masses to save themselves, and the only way to get these things is to go to the enemy-occupied areas in the west. I'll make people think of a way, but you also have to be mentally prepared, and even if you can get it, I'm afraid it won't be too much. And I can only say that I will do my best, depending on the actual situation. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yan glanced at Chang Juan behind him, dragged Li Ziyuan to a corner where there was no one on the side, and whispered, "What is going on with you kid?" I went to the Political Department of the Military Region, why did I bring back such a female doctor? Your superiors won't send a female doctor to work in your group of singles for no reason. ”

"What is the relationship between this female doctor and you, what are you kid hiding? I'll just say why you kid didn't want to be discharged from the hospital in the first place, it turns out that this is the case. When did you kid become so attentive? Let me tell you, if you are sorry for County Magistrate Chang, don't say that I can't spare you. ”

Hearing Liu Yanlai's question, Li Ziyuan immediately called out to hit the sky: "Old Liu, what kind of person am I, Li Ziyuan, don't you know?" This is sent by the superiors, what can I do. Didn't you see that I was forced to get out of the army and avoid this Doctor Yang. If I have anything to do with her, do I need to hide? ”

"Tell you, this is an order personally given by the division commander, do you think I dare to disobey? If the secretary of the Northern Bureau gives you an order, and you kid dares to disobey the order, you are making trouble for me. Also, Comrade Chang Juan and I have an ordinary working relationship, and the rest has nothing to do with each other. Don't do it here, you old boy, how bad is the impact of spreading it? ”

Regarding Li Ziyuan's denial, Liu Yanlai sneered twice and said, "Yohe, you Grand Master Li still know the impact." You kid went out and brought back a big girl, why aren't you afraid of bad influence? I'll just say that you kid is not a good thing, when Guo Xiaoshan was there, I felt that something was wrong with the two of you. Now that Xiaoshan has died, you have made such a Doctor Yang again. ”

"Whether you have anything to do with that Dr. Yang or not, I can't control. But let me tell you today, although Comrade Chang Juan is my work partner, it is at work. In life, I always thought of her as my sister. If you dare to hurt her, don't say that I castrated you wild ass. ”

Liu Yan, who was very dissatisfied, finished saying this, and didn't look at Li Ziyuan's blue and white face after listening to his words. Turned his head to Chang Juan and said, "Comrade Chang Juan, we should go back." As for him, Grand Master Li, let him ponder and ponder here who is the best for him. There are always some people in the province who don't know what to do, and they don't know whether it's hot or cold. ”

Hearing Liu Yan come to greet him, Chang Juan, whose face couldn't help but turn red, glared at Li Ziyuan. followed Liu Yanlai's side, but left directly. From entering Li Ziyuan to leaving, Chang Juan didn't say a word. And during this time here, his face has not been very good-looking, especially when he looks at Li Ziyuan.