The news of the addition of a new ship soon spread through the fleet commanded by Umegawa, and the troops were very excited. But Umegawa found that the soldiers of the unit focused on something very different from what they had at the beginning. When he worked in the logistics department, Umegawa was in charge of the work of the feedlot, and as a Japanese, Umegawa never thought of one thing, under the management of the People's Party, the living standards of the victims in Fengtai County were not much different from those of ordinary Japanese people. At the very least, the standard of living of the victims is definitely not lower than the daily food of the people at the bottom of Japan. The victims of the disaster can be half full, and the insurance group can be 70% full. And the people at the bottom of Japan are generally fifty percent full.

At that time, when the soldiers learned that a fleet had arrived, their first consideration was how much food they could carry. Before joining the water detachment, Umegawa was the head of the logistics department in charge of agricultural and sideline products. Not only did he have to work with more than 50 soldiers, but he himself also had to do everything possible to provide food for the base area as much as possible.

After the flood in Anhui, animal manure and leaves are absolutely rare, and even human feces and urine are not enough to supply. Although the work arrangement for raising earthworms was obtained, the earthworms in the plain area had been "genocided", and Mei Chuan ran to the mountains near Fengtai with the comrades from the breeding farm, and it took a whole day to get dozens of live earthworms from the barren land.

Umegawa has the obedience peculiar to the Japanese, Chen Ke asked him to raise earthworms, and Umegawa raised earthworms exactly according to the tutorial. It wasn't until Chen Ke inspected that he discovered Mei Chuan's dull style. So in addition to serving earthworms every day, Mei Chuan was assigned to the work of raising aquatic plants, river algae, small fish and shrimp. The biggest problem at this stage is to increase the supply of protein and carbohydrates. At the present stage, the largest resource that can be utilized by the base areas is the Huai River.

For hundreds of days, Mei Chuan got up from the straw mat every morning as the wake-up call sounded throughout the barracks, and together with his comrades, he carried a heavy flat burden to prepare breakfast for pigs, chickens and ducks. Due to the lack of meat and fat, everyone quickly sweated under the heavy labor. Umegawa was the only one who never complained, and he buried his face in his sleeve and rubbed it, wiping the sweat that was about to run into his eyes, then lifted a bucket full of swill and poured the contents into the trough. Then I went to the water room to wash up, and then I went to the public cafeteria to eat.

Because of the nature of his work, he was also the last group of people to eat, so that he could pull back the swill from the canteen by the way after eating. Because it is the time of the disaster, there will be no oil and water left in the canteen.

After finishing all this, he also took his comrades to push a cart to the county town to collect the feces and urine of people from various households, which was used to produce humus soil and increase the fertility of earthworm fields and ponds. Next, we have to go fishing for aquatic weeds and small fish and shrimp. After doing this, if there is still time, Umegawa will have to collect some green fodder. Generally speaking, it is already dark after all this dirty work. If the Japanese high school graduate had any energy at this time, he might have gone to the public bathhouse to take a shower, but most of the time he went straight back to the pig farm, the only dormitory for people, to sleep on his head.

Increase food production and increase nutrient supply. It's Umegawa's only job, his only thinking.

The Chinese fighters were completely lacking in geographical knowledge, and they knew that cadres with peculiar accents had a peculiar name, Masashi Umegawa. It's Japanese. However, these fighters felt that Japan was the name of a Chinese province. And later, everyone simply omitted the name of Umegawa Masayoshi to the word Umekawa. Now, the original peculiar name has become a very common name. The soldiers who joined the agricultural and sideline department in the later period only knew that their unit chief's surname was Mei, and his name was Meichuan.

The recent harvest shook the base area beyond Umegawa's imagination, and Umegawa suddenly found that the army's food supply had increased by nearly half. The most intuitive manifestation is that every time after eating, the soldiers still habitually lick the bowl clean. People will also flush the bowl with boiling water and drink the water. Because the water is collected in a centralized manner, Umegawa knows very well how clear the water can be in a large bucket. And now the water for washing dishes has begun to be slightly muddy, and the smell of human feces and urine has also become stronger.

After joining the water detachment, the real war began. The warriors had a much less thirst for food, guns and ammunition for battle, and powerful explosives. Upon learning of the arrival of a large convoy, the warriors discussed how many weapons there were on the ship and how many perimeters it could make. Moving from the food department to the military department, Umegawa felt as if he had suddenly arrived in a completely different world.

Before coming to China, Umegawa was just a recent high school graduate with no distinction in every way, with neither a prominent family background nor outstanding abilities. Since his family background was only the lowliest samurai, the word he said the most was "Hai", and all kinds of rich and powerful people and even just seniors who were a few years above him could command him to do things.

Umegawa was just in time for the Meiji Restoration, and the Japanese government did its best to extract money, and even recruited women to work in the maiyin industry in Southeast Asia and China on a large scale. In addition to all kinds of borrowing, the industrial system that was built up is now being sold to the big chaebols at a very low price. The Umegawa family is not qualified to mix with the level of a chaebol at all. I can't even get leftovers. The taxes were as heavy as ever, and the money that could have been received from the lord was gone. Ten acres of land is simply not enough to make a living.

In this way, Mei Chuan, who had been in high school for a few years, could have entered the government department and mixed up on an errand. But his place was snatched up. Although he was not without a job, after calculating the meager salary, Umegawa found that he had to work without food or drink for five years to earn the money that his family spent on schooling in the first few years. Young people were angry, but what kind of new Japan was the Meiji Restoration going to build?

Umegawa is not the only one who has such doubts and anger, but many young Japanese people feel such dissatisfaction. Although Japan seems to have risen, the people have not benefited in any way. In such an angry state, Umegawa happened to meet a senior, Renichiro Kuroshima, who has always taken good care of Umegawa. He asked Mei Chuan to go to China with him to "study the revolution", but Mei Chuan actually didn't know how to do the revolution, so as soon as the senior made a request, Mei Chuan went to China, Anhui, and this small county town next to the Huai River, and started the revolution by feeding pigs.

It's hard work, but it's unexpectedly unpleasant. There is no beating, no hierarchical system. For a long time, the family education told him to keep a low profile, do whatever he was asked to do, and the top was his master, and he only needed to learn to say "Hai" at the right time and do the things explained by the above. In this way, Umegawa Ueyoshi naturally regarded the People's Party Insurance Group as his "master", although he didn't quite understand why the People's Party asked him to do such a job as feeding pigs, which didn't look like a high school graduate, but he still said "Hai", and he has been doing it until now.

There were times when Umegawa wondered if he had been forgotten in various breeding farms and breeding fields. But Umegawa, as a Japanese, no matter how dissatisfied he is, will still act according to the rules and regulations. In Fengtai County, the last thing that is lacking is regulations and rules. Unlike in Japan, there is absolutely no one who inflicts cruel and humiliating corporal punishment on Umegawa for doing something wrong. Don't be afraid to do something wrong, as long as you do it right according to the regulations.

But in some dusk, just as Umegawa put down the last empty bucket of swill, the loneliness of being forgotten came back to life. Mei Chuan suddenly felt that his nose was a little sour, and he couldn't say whether it was worth it after leaving Japan for a few months and coming to such a small county in China thousands of miles away.

Then at dusk more than ten days ago, Mei Chuan looked cautiously and slightly fearfully at the young man in front of him, that is, Chen Ke, the first secretary of the Fengtai County People's Party. He wore the same blue military uniform as Mei Chuan, which was worn by tens of thousands of people from the People's Party and the Insurance Corps, while Chen Ke, as a brigade commander, was no different from a soldier in terms of dress. In addition to the class badge, the insurance group does not distinguish ranks by clothing and other appearances, which is something that Mei Chuan has known for a long time, but this is also the case with the ruler of Fengtai County, which is a bit beyond Mei Chuan's long-term understanding. And Chen Ke's first sentence was "Comrade Mei Chuan, sit down." It made him unable to touch Chen Ke's true thoughts.

may have seen Mei Chuan's restraint, Chen Ke simply pressed Mei Chuan directly on the chair opposite the desk, and Mei Chuan looked even more nervous this time. Chen Ke no longer made any superfluous movements, picked up a piece of paper from his desk, and said, "Comrade Umegawa Shangyi, the organization wants to temporarily transfer you to work in the water detachment. ”

Umegawa didn't know what such an order meant, but he didn't have the idea of having to figure it out, so Umegawa replied, "Hi Yi! ”

"Intensify patrols." Umegawa said. As the supreme commander of this operation, Umegawa was not unexcited. But he always felt that something was wrong, that the captives in the cabin were not acting quite right. There was something strange about their quietness. "All comrades, bring your weapons, go and check the cabin again, I always feel that something is not right. Tomorrow afternoon, when we arrive at the base area, we will be able to complete the mission. Definitely don't relax now. ”

Umegawa not only instructed his comrades to do this, he himself took the lead in sorting out his rifle and entering the cabin. The lights in the cabin were lit. Many of the captives were awakened by the lights, rubbing their red and swollen eyes and looking at the soldiers outside the cages with puzzled expressions. The design of these cages is still very humane, the large canopy boat is divided into two, and the wooden railing is made into two large cages, the men and women are separated, and the young children are locked together with their mothers. Fill it with people according to the family. Each cage also has a toilet with a toilet attached. The women's cages also cover all views of the male cages with straw mats to peeping into the toilets. In order to maintain the basic dignity of women.

In addition to the children who can eat two taels, each person is provided with one or two halves of rice and a little pickle every day. One scoop of water per person per day. It can guarantee that you will not die of thirst and starvation. Of course, there will not be enough resistance force. It was the third day that the captives had been held here, and the hunger had greatly weakened the spirits of these men. Even when so many people came in to check, the captives were silent. Umegawa commanded the soldiers to carefully inspect the cages in the cabin, every wooden railing, and every interface. Since the toilet in the cabin is changed every two hours. And river ventilation is not a problem. The smell in the cabin was not as unbearable as it was.

After careful inspection, the cage was intact. This made Umegawa feel relieved, but an indescribable discomfort made him feel very uneasy. It's like an itch that can't be scratched, and you can't tell where the itch is, but it's always there.

"Sir, are you still afraid that we will run away by locking us up like this?" A middle-aged man in the cage suddenly laughed.

Hearing such a question, Umegawa Kamiyoshi's itching suddenly disappeared, and he seemed to understand the reason for his discomfort. He didn't really know what he was trying to do. In fact, the order given was simple, "Send these captives safely to the base area." In the event of a captive occur*, the commander may take any necessary measures, including killing. ”

If Umegawa had been a Chinese, he would have no doubts about it. The order of the water detachment was very clear, just to ask Umegawa to transport the people. And these regulations, including diet, are themselves already proof of the attitude of the water detachment towards this part of the population. Try to reduce the resistance of these people as much as possible, and when they arrive at the base area, try not to have any violent clashes when the personnel are handed over. In that case, it's good for everyone.

After all, a captive is a captive, and if a captive is killed or wounded, won't the meaning of keeping the captives be completely lost?

As for the future fate of the captives themselves, it was left to the Party committee, and the water detachment was completely subject to the orders and command of the Party committee. This is also where the discipline of the water detachment lies.

But Umegawa is Japanese, and in the attitude of the Japanese, he thinks too much. The future of these captives seems to be the responsibility that Umegawa needs to bear. This is the favorite mistake of young people and children, who always feel that the world revolves around them. No matter what happens, I have an unshirkable responsibility.

Such an attitude made Mei Chuan's mentality unbalanced. He always wished that he was more than just a screw in the revolution. It's a real pillar.