Chapter 57 Self-Sufficiency Plan
10 minutes later, Xia Wei took Xie Huaying, Zhang Keqing, Zheng Bingwen, and Lin Fangzhi to the office building of the Institute of Physical Education, where the military headquarters is located. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Vault Personnel Archives are located on the first floor of the office building, and although it is now close to 10 o'clock, there are still soldiers on duty in the archives. After Xia Wei explained their purpose to the soldiers, the soldiers took a copy of the personnel register of the vault from the archives and gave it to Xia Wei.
After Xia Wei got the register, he immediately checked it with the other four people in the corner of the living room of the archive room.
Judging by the register, this joint shelter in the western corner of the university town was originally one of the preset shelters of the GZ Military District. On the day of the outbreak, there was a military garrison here, and many students gathered here. Over the next two days, many people fled from other shelters in GZ City, as well as troops from other areas who had entered GZ. However, according to the records of the personnel register, many soldiers and civilians did not survive after entering this joint shelter, and they are afraid that they died in the process of stabilizing the shelter and receiving troops and people from other areas.
The five men flipped through the population register, page by page, but they did not quickly find the names of their relatives and friends, whether they were registered or deregistered. It was only when they turned to the middle of the population register that Xie Huaying suddenly excitedly pointed to the name of "Xie Lingcheng" on the register and shouted, "Found it!" I found it! Xiao Cheng is in Zone B! She's fine! Great, great! ”
Hearing Xie Huaying's shout, Xia Wei followed Xie Huaying's finger and looked at the register, and found that the girl named Xie Lingcheng registered in the register entered the joint shelter the day before yesterday, and stayed in the South China Normal University shelter before, it seems that she should be Xie Huaying's daughter.
After Xie Huaying found her daughter's name, the other three were also hopeful and immediately checked the register more carefully. But except for Lin Fangzhi who found the names of his parents in the register, Zhang Keqing and Zheng Bingwen failed to find the names of their relatives and friends in the register.
Filled with disappointment, the two re-read the register once, twice, until the soldier on duty was about to take over, and neither of them could find the name they wanted to see in the register. Looking at the somewhat desperate faces of the two, Xia Wei didn't know how to comfort them for a while, and at the same time thought of his wife. Where is she now? Is she okay?
At this time, in Song Yangming's office on the third floor of the office building, Song Yangming was discussing something fiercely with a middle-aged man in his 40s with eyes.
"Lieutenant Colonel Song, this bag of seeds is too small to support our self-sufficiency plan." The middle-aged man said in embarrassment.
Song Yangming nodded and said, "Sure enough, it's still too little, then Professor Zhao, you should start seed cultivation first." When the situation in the shelter is stable and we have enough people, then we will send people to the seed company to get the seeds. ”
"It's... Yes, but I'm afraid that the time period for seed cultivation will be very long, after all, there is no equipment in the shelter right now. If the seeds are cultivated using the traditional way, then time is ...... Lieutenant Colonel Song, I have a suggestion, if we take down the plant cultivation room in the city park, there should be the equipment we need. Professor Zhao said.
"No, Professor Zhao. According to my estimates, it would take about two squads to send men to the seed company again. And to occupy the plant cultivation room on the east side of the city park, then I must draw at least one company of troops to be completely sure. It's too much of a tie-up on our current forces, and it's also risky. Our focus now should be on searching for survivors in the city. Only when there are more people in the shelter can we gradually expand the scope of the shelter and gradually recover GZ from the zombies. Song Yangming extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray and said with a frown.
"But... Self-sufficiency plans are also very important, otherwise how can we feed more people? Lieutenant Colonel Song, you must know that although we can now rely on the finished food products in the city to meet the needs of the existing personnel in the shelter, the finished food products have an expiration date. When the finished food is spoiled, are we going to rely on canned food to feed the people in the shelters? And canned food can't meet the growing demand for food as the population increases. The development of the shelter must follow a sustainable path! Zhao Zhengming said.
Song Yangming lit a cigarette, thought quietly for a while, and then said: "Professor Zhao, what you said is very reasonable, but please also understand the difficulties of the military." That's it, Professor Zhao, the supplies in the shelter are still relatively sufficient now, so you should wait patiently for a while. Now that our Joint Shelter has only just started operating, it hasn't been long since we need people everywhere. When the situation is stable and we have enough manpower, we will naturally move the shelter to the location of the plant cultivation room, or send people to the seed company to get the seeds at that time, and then you will be able to carry out the self-sufficiency plan smoothly and safely. ”
Zhao Zhengming looked at Song Yangming's firm expression, sighed slightly in his heart, then got up and shook Song Yangming's hand, and left the office.
After Zhao Zhengming left, Song Yangming called his adjutant Chen Zidian in and said to him: "You go and find Jiang Cheng, I want to learn about the training of the recruits." ”
Chen Zidian saluted Song Yangming, and then walked out. About ten minutes later, a tall officer in his 30s walked into Song Yangming's office. He saluted and said loudly to Song Yangming: "Report to the chief, Jiang Cheng, the commander of the new barracks, has come to report, please instruct the commander!" ”
Song Yangming returned a salute, then motioned for Jiang Cheng to sit down, and asked him, "Jiang Cheng, how is it, there is nothing wrong with the living conditions of the recruits, right?" ”
"Report sir, there is nothing wrong with the life of the recruits, they have all begun to adjust to the life of the army. But in terms of training, we're having some difficulties right now. Since the current supplies must be tilted towards the brothers in charge of field services, the ammunition needed by our new barracks is now somewhat insufficient. Jiang Cheng sat straight on the chair in front of the desk and replied seriously.
"Well, I see, I'll arrange more ammo collection tasks. Jiang Cheng, there is one more thing I want to tell you, now there are more than 600 people in our new barracks. Song Yangming said.
Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Yes, sir, the number of people in the new barracks is now a total of 641 people. Among them, there are 54 veteran instructors and 587 new recruits. ”
Song Yangming smiled and said: "641 people, they can already be organized into two battalions, it seems that your usual work tasks are not light." That's right, you have also met Officer Xia Wei today, his tactical literacy and theoretical knowledge are very solid, so I want to split your recruit battalion into two battalions, and Xia Wei will serve as the commander of the second battalion of recruits, what do you think? ”
Jiang Cheng was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting Song Yangming to give such an order. Although he was well aware of his old chief's temper, he still didn't trust the newcomer Xia Wei very much, so he hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir, I will obey your orders." But... This Xia Wei has only been in our shelter for less than half a day, we don't know him very well, and he was just a platoon commander when he first served, should we observe him for a while before being promoted to the position of battalion commander? ”
Song Yangming took a puff of cigarette, and then said: "Jiang Cheng, I have an in-depth communication with this Xia Wei, and I recognize his ability very much, and I think he can be of great help to us in recruit training." Although it is indeed somewhat unreasonable to rush him to the position of battalion commander, this is a special period, and the crises and challenges we are facing are even greater than those in wartime, so I believe that special situations require special handling. ”
Sure enough, although Song Yangming used a consultative tone at the beginning, he already had his own ideas in his heart, and Jiang Cheng's words couldn't affect him at all. So Jiang Cheng only obeyed Song Yangming's order, and after he turned around and left Song Yangming's office with a little unhappy, he began to think about how to divide the current supernumerary recruit battalion into two battalions.
After dealing with the affairs of the new barracks, Song Yangming extinguished his cigarette, leaned back in his chair and rubbed his tired and dry eyes. The current situation in the shelter is almost equivalent to the state of military management, and Song Yangming has to inquire about and deal with large and small affairs, but for him who only participates in military management in peacetime, daily government management is really a difficult thing to adapt to. Not to mention that in this special period, he needs to deal with more government affairs. Looking at the pile of unfinished management documents on the table, Song Yangming sighed deeply, and then began to bury his head in dealing with it again.