The newly sent 5th and 6th Armies of the Zoaf Corps were placed outside Palermo, to the west and south of Palermo, respectively, to form a triangle with the 1st Army stationed in Palermo to prevent enemy attacks...... In fact, this was only for the sake of unforeseen needs, and since the withdrawal of German and Italian troops from Sicily, they were basically not attacked by the enemy. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Anyway, he already has the experience of the first army's rectification, and now he only needs to draw a scoop according to the gourd, all Zhang Chi has to do is to approve some documents in the same way...... Speaking of this, Zhang Chi has never written his name over and over again like this in his life.

"General!" At this time, two Chinese walked into the headquarters under the leadership of Zhang Qingji.

Zhang Chi looked at them very familiarly, but he couldn't remember who they were for a while.

When Zhang Chi was stunned, the young man at the head smiled and said: "The general is a noble man who forgets things so much that he can't recognize them!" I'm Liu Zhenguo! We've seen ...... in Xinjing."

"Oh, Liu Zhenguo!" At this time, Zhang Chi thought about the group of intellectuals he had met in Xinjing, and at that time they also suggested to Zhang Chi that they should change the textbooks or even abolish Chinese characters and the like.

"Come, come, sit!" Zhang Chi hurriedly stepped forward to hold Liu Zhenguo's hand and beckoned them to sit down.

It's no wonder that Zhang Chi couldn't recognize it, when he met Liu Zhenguo in Xinjing, he was still wearing a long shirt, but now he is wearing a suit and leather shoes, as if he is a "gentleman".

"You ...... Isn't it in Okinawa that should be? Zhang Chi asked suspiciously.

"Yes!" Liu Zhenguo politely said thank you to the orderly who came up with tea, and then explained: "We just got off the plane, and we came to send military uniforms to the Zoaf Corps, and by the way, we came to find the general!" ”

"Oh!" Zhang Chi couldn't help but nodded gratefully.

At this time, Zhang Chi really realized the feeling of "meeting old acquaintances in other places...... It's a little different.

Zhang Chi thought, this may be because the communication equipment in this era is too backward to have a certain relationship, although Zhang Chi can understand some domestic development from the telegram, but after all, it is not so clear to understand, now when you meet Liu Zhenguo, you can ask clearly.

In fact, this is also the main purpose of Liu Zhenguo's trip, which is to report the situation to Zhang Chi, and there are still some development direction issues that need to be decided by Zhang Chi.

"The country is generally developing very well!" Liu Zhenguo said: "Because there are many large orders from the United States, everyone is busy, and there is simply not enough manpower...... And the general didn't know that there were many Japanese who secretly came to Okinawa by boat! ”

"The Japanese came to Okinawa by boat?"

"Yes!" Liu Zhenguo nodded: "They are hiding here and there, and some are even rowing boats, from island to island, station by station, and after a lot of hardships, they have gone through a lot of hardships to Okinawa......"

"What are they doing in Okinawa?" Zhang Chi was a little puzzled.

"Eat a mouthful!" Liu Zhenguo said: "We have many job opportunities, and our living standards have improved quickly, but the Japanese side has been blocked, and life is in dire straits, according to them, many people are starving to death, and food is extremely scarce, and they have reached the point of catching frogs and mice!" ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, Zhang Chi understood.

This situation should be said to be inevitable, and Japan does have land to grow food, and there is still a lot of arable land, which is enough to support itself if everyone cultivates it...... In this respect, the blockade of Japan will not have much effect.

But the question is:

1. There has been a massive loss of labor force in Japan, and most of the people who remain in Japan are the elderly, women, and children, who are unable to engage in productive labor.

Second, the United States continued to bomb the Japanese mainland, and the goal of the bombing was to destroy Japan's industry and agriculture, so that farming could not be carried out normally.

Three: The United States also made a gesture of landing on the Japanese mainland for a time, so that Japan had to organize the few remaining laborers in the country, even the elderly, women, and children, into military training and military production to deal with the possible "invasion" of the enemy.

One of them is gasoline...... In order to deal with the "invasion," we must first ensure air supremacy, and if we want air supremacy, we must have airplanes in the sky, and if we want to fly into the sky, we must have gasoline, and in addition, automobiles, tanks, and so on all need gasoline, and without gasoline, it will be very difficult to resist the attack of the "enemy's" modern troops.

However, the Japanese were extremely scarce in resources and could not find oil at all, so they had to use pine root oil instead...... And pine root oil is difficult to produce, so the whole people were called on to refine pine root oil for military use.

The method is to go to the mountains to collect pine roots, and then boil them according to the procedure, every day there will be soldiers knocking on the door to collect the pine root oil boiled by the people, and if the amount is insufficient, it is indispensable to drink and reprimand.

You must know that the people are already hungry and desperately short of labor at this time, but there is still such a heavy labor unrelated to production pressing on them, so there will naturally be famine.

On the other hand, it is easy for them to know that Okinawa, which is not far away, is a different scene, so they smuggle to Okinawa to earn a living, just like the smugglers who were popular in the 70s and 80s...... At this time, don't talk about "national jade shattering" or "bushido spirit", people are dying of hunger, where can they take care of so much.

"Actually!" After a while, seeing that there was no one around, Liu Zhenguo said to Zhang Chi: "We came this time to ask for a few questions!" ”

"Hmm!" Of course Zhang Chi knew, otherwise Liu Zhenguo would not have flown from Algiers to Palermo.

"One is about those French experts!" Liu Zhenguo said: "They have settled down, and we have sent many 'returnees' to study with them in accordance with the general's instructions." But we don't know...... What to do next! ”

"Missiles!" Zhang Chi replied without thinking about it.

"Missiles?" Liu Zhenguo couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "What is a missile?" ”

"Oh, it's a plane!" Zhang Chi explained: "It's the thing that the Germans used to bomb Britain!" ”

"Oh!" Liu Zhenguo nodded and said that he understood, Zhang Chi thought of going with those French experts.

"Another question!" "You know, we have built a lot of factories in Okinawa, and these factories and transport ships and so on...... We all need gasoline, and Okinawa does have gasoline refineries left over from Little Japan, but we are short of oil! The gasoline provided by the Americans is only for military use, and we have to buy it from them at a high price...... So, a lot of the money we make goes into the pockets of Americans. ”

"These Yankees!" Zhang Chi couldn't help but scold.

Then Zhang Chi thought...... Oil, isn't there more in Africa?