A pile of logs was scattered on the ground, next to it, there were piles of barbed wires, Xu Ming picked up a roll, which was already rusty, obviously, these were placed outside, not protected as they should be.

Building materials were piled up outside the military station, and food and ammunition were inside, Xu Ming checked them, and they were kept properly.

"How many days have the building materials been here?"

"Hui Deputy Commander, I arrived on July 28, and it has been 22 days since then."

"Why not send it to the front?"

"The report... Deputy commander, there is a shortage of manpower, there are only more than 300 people here, of which more than 200 are guards, and only more than 100 people are engaged in transshipment. ”

Xu Ming opened the account book, ammunition is the highest priority for transportation, basically less than 1 week, followed by food, but it can be transported in half a month, as for other materials, basically unchanged.

"There is a shortage of manpower, I think it is because the road conditions are bad, if the road is good, things will not be piled up for so long."

"It's... Yes", the head of the temporary military station did not dare to refute and nodded yes.

Xu Ming didn't blame them, although the situation here was not satisfactory, these people were basically conscientious, and there were some problems that they could not solve.

Walking out of the station, there was a large group of people building the road in front of me, it was the height of summer, and the soldiers who were working were all sweating. After the meeting the day before yesterday, Xu Ming asked each army to send 200 people to build the road for him, and now the busy baggage soldiers on the road were drawn from each army.

Xu Ming stepped on the road, feeling that the horse-drawn cart should be able to pass.

"It's almost like this, and the truck can't pass it, and there are few anyway."

"Yes, Deputy Commander."

Xu Ming walked back to his temporary command post, which Xu Ming did not set up in Jiujiang or other convenient places, but built a few straw huts here near Mopan Mountain, and also pulled up telephone lines and set up a basic communication network.

Although the conditions were difficult, the soldiers did not have much of a problem when they saw that their deputy commander was eating and sheltering as them.

"Adjutant Zhang, why is it that the troops are only building roads today, and not a single laborer has seen it"

The adjutant secretly looked at Xu Ming's face, and lowered his gaze again, "Report to the deputy commander, the people don't want to come." ”

"Don't want to? Why? ”

These days, Xu Ming has always been generous to his subordinates and rarely loses his temper, and the adjutant boldly complained, "The deputy commander, the chief executive have all run away, and we are not familiar with these places, so it is not easy to find the villagers, and others still say that we are bandits, and our mouths are worn out, and no one wants to." ”

"When did we become bandits?"

"That's right, deputy commander, there are often levies here, and some villagers say they have to come several times a day..."

Before the adjutant could finish speaking, Xu Ming interrupted angrily: "Do you want to levy? Is this the Imperial Japanese Army or the National Revolutionary Army? Levy in the place of your own people! It's also thanks to these people who can do it. ”

"Let's go, follow me to see, which unit is so bold?"

There are really a lot of small teams collected, and after a while, Xu Ming caught one.

"Number!" Xu Ming asked coldly.

"The report... Report to the commander, we are the 2nd Battalion of the 1071st Regiment of the 11th Pre-Division", although this group of soldiers did not know Xu Ming, but when they saw the red circle on his right chest, they knew that this was at least a lieutenant general division commander.

"Why did you go to grab food?" Xu Ming's face was dark, he was indeed angry, he was ready to clean them up, and if necessary, kill a few to give the other bandit troops a wake-up call!

"Report to the sir, there is not enough food in the troops..."

Hearing this, Xu Ming's anger was like a deflated ball.

"You send me the food back, apologize to the villagers, I will write a note, you bring it back to you Li Yutang Commander Li, let him rest assured that the food will be there."

After catching a few and killing a soldier who injured the villagers, Xu Ming did not feel relieved or resolved.

The people who do these things are basically the Hunan army, and they really have the "style" of the bandits in Xiangxi! But they can't be completely blamed for this, the troops on the Jiujiang front can basically be divided into three parts, the Central Army, the Guangdong Army and the Hunan Army. The Central Army has many doorways and wide roads, and it is generally not hungry; The Guangdong Army is Zhang Fakui's caretaker force, so it will naturally be given priority; As a result, these Hunan armies suffered, and the 11 divisions of the troops had a total of 4 divisions of the Hunan army, all of which were in a state of serious shortage of supplies.

"Adjutant Zhang, I'll give you one thing, you listen."

"Yes", Adjutant Zhang immediately picked up the pen and paper, although Xu Ming felt that this old man did not have any initiative, but his hands and feet were quite diligent.

"You have to find a way to find some people, find more people, preferably tens of thousands of people, and harvest all the crops that no one has to take care of here."

"This..."

Xu Ming looked at him embarrassed, and knew what the reason was, he wrote a check for 100,000 yuan, "I'll give you 1 week, and after a week, I don't want to see any rice in any field." ”

Adjutant Zhang relieved himself at this time, the emperor can't send hungry soldiers, and he can't do this without giving money. But he didn't think much about Xu Ming's rice harvesting, and kindly suggested: "Deputy commander, it will take several days to harvest the rice, and it will be threshing, and it will be too late to give the troops military rations." ”

"It's not your business, you just do what I tell you to do."

Xu Ming looked at him again quietly, and added, "The 100,000 yuan, after the matter is completed, you can divide the rest." ”

Adjutant Zhang was overjoyed, and quickly calculated in his heart, "Now the common people earn up to two dimes a day, find 50,000 people, only spend 10,000 yuan a day, 70,000 yuan in 7 days, and the remaining more than 100 people here, I can..."

Xu Ming walked to the telegraph room and sent an urgent telegram to the Military Commission, "... The first corps, there is a serious shortage of medicines, and the soldiers are very sick in the cold and rain, so please be sure to deliver them as quickly as possible. ”

Then he called Bai Chongxi, the commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations.

"You stinky boy, remember me, I heard that now in the 9th war zone is like a fish in water." Bai Chongxi teased.

"Sir Bai, now I have no water! Help! ”

"Hey, what the hell is going on?"

"Chief Bai, it's like this, I'm out of grain here, can you bring me some from Jiangbei."

"Good boy, how dare you hit my idea, you don't have good traffic there?"

"Ahem, Chief Bai, listen to me, I'm not afraid of god-like opponents in war, I'm afraid of pig-like teammates, and now I've met me, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has dug up all my roads, even the foundation of the road..."

After receiving the telegram, Lao Chiang immediately arranged for it that night, and at noon the next day, a large number of medicines for the treatment of malaria and dysentery were parachuted from Jiujiang Airport, and these special medicines were immediately forwarded to various units on the front line.

There is a division in the fifth theater stationed in Jiangbei, where a considerable amount of grain is stored, and Bai Chongxi allocated 500 tons of military rations to Xu Ming, which can be regarded as repaying Xu Ming's favor in sending mountain artillery to the Gui troops.

These two things were successfully completed, and even Zhang Fakui was shocked, 500 tons of military rations, 100,000 people can eat for a week, and the lack of food has been relieved. And medicine, now all the troops are in short supply, don't look at Xu Ming is just a telegram, it was sent by the old Jiang urgently, Zhang Fakui knew that although he was old, it was impossible to make that bald head.

"Grandma's, this kid still has a bit of a doorway." Zhang Fakui originally explained the logistics matter to Xu Ming, because he didn't want him to mess up the combat and find something for him to do.

"Has all the food arrived? What about medicines? ”

"Report to the commander-in-chief, they have all arrived, they have been properly placed, and I will ask the commander-in-chief for instructions on how to distribute them."

"The grain will be distributed first, the Hunan troops will distribute more, and half of the medicine will be distributed, and there will still be a fight in this battle, so don't use it up all at once."

Zhang Fakui's impression of Xu Ming is much better now, he originally thought that Xu Ming was here to fight with him for power, but today Xu Ming handed over the right to distribute food and medicine to him, which made him feel that these two items are too precious, if Xu Ming really has the intention of seizing power with him, he will greatly clean up the hearts of the people by distributing these items.

And Xu Ming can't be blamed for doing this, Xu Ming was originally in charge of logistics, or he Zhang Fakui himself announced it at the meeting.

An adjutant next to him failed to comprehend the change in Zhang Fakui's thoughts, and said in a disdainful tone: "Uncle, that Xu Ming is also capable of this, I heard that he also found tens of thousands of people to cut rice, he Xu Ming is known as "Xiaobaiqi", I think he will also..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Fakui angrily reprimanded: "What is your identity, dare to say such a deputy commander-in-chief, and when it is spread, I think my Zhang family is uneducated." Xu Ming can lay down Tan Yuanpu, it is his ability; Where Okamura sleeps at night, Xu Ming can guess it, it is also his ability, you kid has his own business, and he will not be a small lieutenant colonel battalion commander by now. ”

The old man's face was flushed, and he didn't say a word.

At this moment, the commander of the 64th Army, Li Hansoul, hurriedly walked in, "Commander-in-chief, the front line reports that the Japanese ship's guns are frequently test-fired, and the attack may be imminent." ”

"Okay, the signal corps passed on my order, starting tonight, all front-line troops will enter a wartime state, cadres at and above the regimental level will be rotated on duty, and the division commander and above will need to be inspected from time to time.