Section 66 Borrowing Rice and Grain

Although Shi has basically handed over local affairs and regimental affairs to others for more than a year, it does not mean that he really doesn't care about anything, this year and a half, he has actually focused on the overall situation of the National War of Resistance, and the overall situation has been extremely keen, and after a lot of intelligence enrichment, the judgment of the entire situation has become more and more accurate. As he just said, what else is more precious than food these days? In the case of the fall of a large area of the country, the people are not in danger, the barrenness of the fields and the low yield have caused a large number of people to starve to death, and in this case, the landlords and rich people are more and more fiercely looting, frantically storing grain in their granaries, and the local contradictions are further aggravated.

And in places that the Japanese army had not yet occupied, the war never stopped. In November of the 28th year of the Republic of China (1939), the Japanese army and the communist guerrillas launched a large-scale sweeping and counter-sweeping war in Jinchaji and other places; Also in November, a fierce air battle broke out between the air forces of the two armies over Chengdu, and the Japanese army sent a large number of attack strikes and bombers to Chengdu in retaliation for the loss of more than 80 planes at Hankou Airport in the Battle of Changsha; From November to February of the 28th year of the Republic of China, the 21st Army of the Japanese Army and the New 6th Army, 46th Army, 99th Army and other troops of the National Army launched the Battle of Guinan; In May of the 29th year of the Republic of China, the 11th Army of the Japanese Army and the Fifth Theater launched the Battle of Zaoyi, which lasted for two months, during which General Zhang Zizhong, commander-in-chief of the 33rd Group Army, was killed.

Such fierce and intensive battles, the flames of war spread almost all over the country, and the destruction of land and agriculture reached the extreme.

Even the elite units of the 74th Army, which is the central army, have begun to have a situation where the supply of grain and grass is not enough, and the situation of other troops can be imagined. Although even he did not know how significant the significance of this was, the fact in front of him was that when the exploitation of the landlord class was eliminated and when the peasants became half the masters of the land, their enthusiasm was thoroughly stimulated, and the output of the fields was developed to the greatest extent.

Of course, the stability here in Yifeng is not only because of the "land reform", but also because the Japanese army has never broken through the defense line of the Ninth Theater of Operations, and has not been able to enter Yifeng, after the Battle of Changsha in the 28th year of the Republic of China, the 11th Army of the Japanese Army saw the strong strength of the Ninth Theater of the National Army, and temporarily gave up the plan to attack to the west.

"Brother Wu, it's a matter of food, so it's hard for you to go to the military headquarters with me, and it's naturally our job to support friendly troops, but if we can get some exchange supplements, it will be very good for us, at least the hard work of the brothers will not be in vain." Stone said quickly.

"Okay, when are you going to leave?" Wu Zihuai also opened his mouth and replied without thinking about it.

This is the stone was ordered to take over the defense of Yifeng, the first time to Wanzai, as the location of the military headquarters of the 74th Army, Wanzai, a small county in the east of Changsha, has become a military town at this moment, not only can you see everywhere a neat team of soldiers of the national army patrolling around, along the way is three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, the entire county guard water is impassable.

Wu Zihuai is very familiar with this place, for more than a year, he has not run less here, so many times, he is naturally very familiar with the situation here, led by him, the road is naturally very smooth, after the jeep passed through the checkpoints, drove directly into the city, and went straight to the location of the military headquarters. What they didn't expect, because they had greeted the headquarters in advance, actually when they arrived at the gate of the headquarters, a major officer greeted them, and as soon as they saw the car stop, they saluted Wu Zihuai and said: "Brother Wu, a few brothers were still talking about how you didn't come over after the New Year yesterday, but I didn't expect it to arrive today, I really said Cao Cao, Cao Cao has arrived!" After laughing, he turned to the stone and saluted again: "This is the famous head of the independent regiment Shi, Shen Dongjun, a staff officer of the lowly military department, who came to greet him on the order of the senator." ”

Shi Shi was slightly surprised, but he still returned the salute and said, "Brother Lao Shen, can you sit now?" ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, Commander Shi can call the name of the humble position, how dare you call it so, I heard that Captain Shi came over today, pushed off other affairs, and is currently in the headquarters." Staff Officer Shen said quite politely, obviously he didn't meet many high-ranking officials who were as famous and peaceful as Shishi.

The stone thanked him again, and immediately entered the headquarters together! This is obviously also where the original county government is located, unlike the direct use of bloody means by stones, with the military positions of Wang Yaowu and others, there is no need for this at all, even if these counties are not assigned to the military administration, with them, how can officials such as those small county magistrates in the local area point fingers in front of them? They didn't even need to open their mouths, they just offered to vacate this place for them to use as a command headquarters. Adhering to the idea of cultivating schools and not cultivating official offices, this place is also a little old, but the space of each room is very large, and the beams are very high, which also allows the noisy sound inside to be absorbed, and there will be no echo and cause noise inside.

After entering the inside, I looked at the past, and saw guards with nuclear guns and live ammunition everywhere, and when I saw them, my vigilant eyes couldn't help but glance over, but there was Staff Officer Shen with him, but no one came up to inquire. They walked around to a nearby room, and before they could enter, they heard the beeping of telegrams and the constant ringing of telephones, which made them know that this was an important command post. Shen Dongjun confessed, and then went inside to report, leaving only the two sentries at the door to look at Shi and Wu Zihuai vigilantly. The chief of staff of the military department is calm, he has been here many times, this kind of scene is naturally used to it, but the stone is used to being comfortable in Yifeng, and it feels quite unnatural.

Soon, the chief of staff, Chen Yu, accompanied by Shen Dongjun, walked out, and as soon as he saw the stone, he greeted him cordially: "Stone, I have been talking about going to Yifeng to see your independent regiment, but I always can't get away, I heard that the situation in Yifeng is stable, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the taxes are also abundant, which is really gratifying." The military seat has also praised you by name many times, and called on the officers and men of the whole army to learn from the down-to-earth style of the independent regiment to endure hardships and work hard! I heard that since the beginning of last year, Yifeng has built a lot of new farms, I don't know if there are any difficulties? ”

Shi straightened up and saluted, listening to Chief Chen's care, and couldn't help but respond: "Thank you for your concern, thank you to the commanders of the military department for their great help in all aspects at the beginning of the establishment of the farm, now these farms have developed steadily, all aspects are very stable, if you are free, welcome to visit and guide." ”

Chen Yu nodded and said, "In a few days, I will definitely take the time to take a look." Let's go, go and sit over there for a while, and discuss the matter of seconding some food from your independent regiment to reinforce the 51st Division. ”

Shi also has no opinion, this time, it was to discuss this matter, and now the chief of staff directly understands the matter of picking names, without any cover-up, but it is a little unexpected to him, and he can't help but have a good impression of this chief of staff, and he has always admired people who do not beat around the bush.

After a few people sat down, a soldier brought tea from the side, and the treatment of the military department was naturally far from being comparable to Yifeng, where the stone was located.

"Stone, I heard that the rice grain handed over by the local government in Yifeng over the past year or so is extremely considerable, so I discussed with the military seat a few days ago to see if I can second the grain originally transferred to you by the military headquarters to the 51st Division on the front line of Shanggao. You may know a little bit about the situation on the high side, where it faces Gao'an, it belongs to the defense, whether it is the strength of the troops, or the coolies, the number is far from being comparable to other places, the consumption of grain and grass is also amazing, and the normal number of supplies is far from meeting the needs of the front-line troops. Chen Yu said worriedly.

Shi Shi couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and he widened his eyes and asked, "Counselor?" You mean, the military department didn't transfer grain and grass to us? ”

Chen Yu looked at the stone's expression, and couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and at the same time asked as quietly as possible, "What's wrong?" ”

Shi turned his head and glanced at Wu Zihuai, and then said with a wry smile: "Counselor, do you know how much Yifeng's rice and grain tax was collected last year?" Without waiting for Chen Yu to speak, he smiled bitterly and said, "It's only 25,000 stones!" ”

Chen Yu couldn't help but be surprised and asked, "There are so many?" Shanggao far surpasses Yifeng in both population and economy, how can it only look like more than 8,000 stones? Isn't it enough that you have so many? Based on the full strength of 4,000 people in the independent regiment, the food you consume in a year is about 24,000 stones, if you don't fight, with the consumption of 6 stone of grain a year for an ordinary soldier, it should be enough, even if it is a war, 8 stones of grain consumed a year is barely enough, and it is precisely because of this that I and the military seat want to lend your supplies to the 51st Division for emergency relief. ”

Shi shook his head helplessly and said: "Counselor, according to the normal situation, it is indeed enough, but the situation in Yifeng is really special, the brothers we have to feed are not four thousand, but six thousand!" ”

When Chen Yu heard this, he couldn't help but stand up from his chair, his eyes widened and he stared at the stone incredulously and asked, "Do you dare to raise private soldiers?" ”