[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 944: Back the Black Cauldron (Ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

"Mass production movement?"

"Yes, it's the mass production movement!" Ma Zheng said affirmatively. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"But the vast majority of our troops are now on the front line, and not many remain in the rear. Besides, during this period of time, our old friend Chairman Jiang was very dishonest, and Gu Zhutong in southern Anhui had constant friction with Comrade Ye Ting. The chairman said.

Ma Zheng smiled and said: "Chairman, now that our military region in Shandong has begun to divide small troops to develop in northern Jiangsu and eastern Henan, with them on the side, I think Gu Zhutong will not dare to act rashly." Now that the government of the border region and the Suicha Military Region have been connected, and at the speed of the mechanized troops of our military region, they will be able to reach Yan'an in a day and a half at most, and I think that although Chairman Chiang's command level is only a little as that of an infantry battalion commander, he will not be unclear about the current situation of the Nationalist Government. ”

"As for sending that unit to farm the land, I can do something big if I want to, and when the time comes, I can set up a production conference battle headquarters in Yan'an, and send the 359th Brigade of the 120th Division and two infantry brigades of our military region to participate in it, with Comrade Wang Zhen as the commander to carry out the production battle."

"That's fine, but you still need land for farming, as well as seed tools and cattle, and I'm afraid it's hard for the border government to come up with so many things to support this battle. Besides, it is also unknown whether Wang Zhen is willing or not, after all, it is normal for you to ask the brigade commander of a regular brigade to come back with some people to farm. "The Chair was very thoughtful and well aware of some of the stakes.

"These things are not a problem, Comrade Wang Zhen is an old comrade of our party and our army, his revolutionary will is firm, his ideological consciousness is very high, and he will definitely agree. In addition, I found that the depression in Nanniwan is very suitable for clearing wasteland, and as long as we have all the manpower, it will become a piece of Jiangnan that everyone envies in two years at most, and then the military rations needed by our army will no longer be as scarce as they are now, and the troops will have the motivation and support for development. Ma Zheng replied.

Although food is not the most important factor or condition affecting the development of the troops, it is a matter of the utmost importance that has a bearing on the decisive victory at the front and the stability of the rear. Let's take the national control area, after all, they are too representative.

Before 1939, grain prices were relatively stable in the rear areas due to two consecutive bumper grain harvests in 1937 and 1938. However, from the end of 1939, due to the expansion of the theater of operations and the concentration of troops, a large number of refugees from the theater moved to the rear, and the population of the rear increased sharply, and the demand for food surged. When the demand rises, the price will naturally increase, so the price of grain in the rear will rise rapidly.

In the first half of 1937, the price of rice in Chongqing was 1.32 yuan per city bucket, and by March 1940 it had risen to 41.87 yuan per city bucket, an increase of 31 times. At this time, the army in the Kuomintang had expanded to about 4 million people, and with the addition of 50 million people who had moved inward, food supply became the government's top priority, and the annual military rations needed at the front line alone amounted to 75 million stones.

At that time, the government had less than half of the grain in its hands, which caused food prices to skyrocket, and some cities even had a rush for rice.

Some of the situations that Ma Zheng has seen in Yan'an in the past few days have also given Ma Zheng a strong sense of the times for the social life of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Region, and the "millet plus rifle" not only embodies the characteristics of the Chinese revolution during the Anti-Japanese War, but also reflects the characteristics of the social life in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Region.

The border areas are dominated by cereal crops, and not only millet is the main source of food, but also millet is the main source of allowances and price calculations, and millet plays the role of a "general equivalent" in the border areas. Therefore, food is extremely important to the whole of China, so if the army wants to develop, it must have food, otherwise everything will be in vain.

"Your military region is now under pressure from both the North China Front Army and the Kwantung Army, is it a bit of a waste to send two brigades back to farm?" The chairman asked in a deep voice.

"No, there are many troops in our military region, especially many recruits, and there are more than 10,000 people in the two brigades, so there is no obstacle to fighting on the front line!" Ma Zheng replied.

"Well, that's good, let's do it, I will have a lot of support from your military region when the time comes, and the border district government has now reached the time when the lamp runs out." The chairman felt that Ma Zheng's plan was very feasible, so after thinking about it, he decided to adopt Ma Zheng's suggestion at the same time.

"President, how do you think the international situation will change in the future, and how should we deal with it?" Ma Zheng continued to ask, this is the most important thing he has to solve when he returns to Yan'an this time.

The chairman looked at Ma Zheng and said: "I think there will be a war between the Soviet Union and Germany, and there will also be a war between the United States and Japan, and finally there will be a war between the Soviet Union and Japan, what do you think?" ”

Ma Zheng was suddenly taken aback by the chairman's judgment in his heart, if he hadn't known that the great man in front of him was a living person, he would even want to go over and ask: "Hi! Dude, you're here too? ”

Just because the chairman's judgment is too accurate, the war between the Soviet Union and Germany is beyond doubt, as long as anyone with a little strategic vision can see it, and the war between the United States and Japan is very unclear, and now the movement of the Japanese army is very confusing, some people think that Japan may go north to fight Germany to flank the Soviet Union, some think that Japan will directly attack Australia, but few people think that Japan will attack the United States.

As for the war between Japan and the Soviet Union, it was a few years later, but it was surprising that the chairman foresaw a series of changes in the light of the current international situation.

Ma Zheng knew that the chairman only had a preliminary idea, but there were still many points in the actual content, and he himself was not sure about the direction. So Ma Zheng calmed down and said: "I am not much different from your judgment, I judge that the war between the Soviet Union and Germany will break out soon, the war between the United States and Japan will break out even before the Soviet-German war, and the war between the Soviet Union and Japan will be much later, and it will probably break out when the world anti-fascist war is about to be won." ”

The chairman looked at Ma Zheng in surprise, and then asked, "Do you believe that this war will be our victory, not the seemingly powerful German, Italian, and Japanese kingdoms and their client states?" ”

"Well, I have always believed that we will achieve the final victory, I have always believed that all peace-loving people in the world will finally defeat those evil empires held hostage by the devil, and I believe that our party will lead the entire Chinese nation to victory, and the entire ancient Chinese empire will be red, I firmly believe!" Ma Zheng said it very firmly and religiously.

The chairman's mood is very excited, Ma Zheng's strategic vision is famous, even he thinks so, and even has his own judgment on the specific time, and his own ideas have always been correct. He looked at Ma Zheng with complicated eyes, and then asked very seriously, "Are you sure?" ”

"I'm sure and sure!" Ma Zheng replied with a firm expression, his expression and tone that did not allow anyone to doubt.

"And what are you going to do?" The President asked the most important sentence of their meeting tonight.

"Expand the armament war!"

"Say specifically!"

"Chairman, I plan to go back to Shandong to preside over the situation for a period of time, raise the strength of the Shandong Military Region, and then take advantage of the favorable opportunity when war has not yet broken out between the United States and Japan to get a batch of supplies and munitions in short supply from the United States. Ma Zheng said.

"How long do you think it will take to complete this strategic layout?" The Chair asked again.

"It took half a year to complete the layout, and after a year and a half, you can see the results!" Ma Zheng replied.

"A year and a half, that is, around 1942, can the little devils in North China be eliminated so quickly?" The Chairman asked, skeptically.

"It should be possible, definitely not beyond the end of 42!" Ma Zheng said in a deep voice.

"Well, what support do you need from the central government, just ask!" The Chairman said.

"It's still the same as before, we need funds and the support of the United States and Britain and other countries, so we must ensure the independence of Huaxia Company, and you need to help support this matter, Chairman!" Ma Zheng said.

"No problem, just to drive the little devil out of North China and out of all of China, I will carry this black pot for you!" The chairman said with a smile. (To be continued.) )