At this time, Minister Li next to him also reacted from the shock, looked at the list and continued to ask: "The problem of weapons is solved, what about these materials?" ”

"50,000 catties of white flour, 50,000 catties of rice, and 100 boxes of canned food, two full meals of other good things...... That's all good stuff. Wang Ping, don't tell me that you can't finish these things in your new ball......"

"If the troops eat coarse grain cakes and drink wild vegetable soup every day, and you send these refined grains and canned food to Yan'an, even if we accept them, we won't be able to eat them!"

The smile on the commander-in-chief's face disappeared all at once, and then he looked at Wang Ping with a serious face.

"Please rest assured, if it weren't for the conditions, I would really like to bring a million catties of grain over......" Wang Ping did not explain, but replied in a surprising voice.

"Since the beginning of this autumn's harvest, I have ordered the troops to stock up on grain in the mountains. Up to now, nearly 30 million catties of grain and dozens of tons of canned food have been hoarded by snatching grain from the hands of little devils and buying them! ”

"What do you want to do with so much food?" The commander-in-chief immediately asked.

"Prevent accidents!" Wang Ping explained simply.

"That's not right!" The commander-in-chief immediately retorted.

"Even to prevent accidents, you don't have to hoard so much food. 30 million catties of food, even if you have 15,000 troops in your hand, it will be enough for your new group to eat for three years, there must be other reasons! ”

"The chief is wise!" Wang Ping didn't expect the commander-in-chief to be so wise, and he could see his careful thoughts at a glance!

He hesitated for a long time before answering, "There are indeed other reasons!" ”

"During the autumn harvest this year, when I was patrolling the base area, I met a Taoist priest who told me that there would be a major drought in North China in the next few years, and I didn't pay attention to it at the time. However, once when I was talking to an old man in the base area about the harvest, this old man also raised the concern about the drought, and then I paid attention to it! ”

"In my opinion, no matter whether there is a major drought in the next few years, it will certainly not be a problem to stock up on grain for emergencies while there is a good harvest, and then I will order the troops to hoard grain by various means......"

"Now it seems that I made the right decision."

"Before I came, I specially visited some people in the base area who are experienced in growing grain, and based on their previous experience, they all judged that there was a 60 or 70 percent chance that it would be dry next year...... Of course, this is just their inference and speculation, and there is no direct evidence! ”

"But, I believe in them. They are all people who have been growing grain for decades, and they have a lot of experience, so they will definitely not be wrong! ”

The faces of the Commander-in-Chief and Minister Li suddenly became serious.

The inference of the drought shocked the two of them too much.

Once this assumption becomes a reality, the grain production of the whole of North China will definitely drop sharply.

If the common people do not have food in their hands, the troops will not be able to receive public food, and hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line will go hungry.

As the old saying goes, the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first. Without food, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Eighth Route Army will collapse on their own without the attack of little devils.

Both of them realized the seriousness of the matter, and if Wang Ping's judgment was correct, then this judgment would definitely bring a devastating blow to the Eighth Route Army.

The commander-in-chief stared at Wang Ping and asked, "So you brought these food and supplies here...... If the drought does occur, these food and supplies can be urgently needed! ”

"Yes, the commander-in-chief......" Wang Ping did not hide.

"If there is a large-scale drought, it is unlikely that the commander-in-chief, who is already in poor conditions, will not be able to eat even a full meal every day. The safety of the leaders of the General Headquarters is related to the future of our Eighth Route Army, and there must be no accidents. ”

No one knows better than Minister Li of the Ministry of Economic Affairs the difficulties of the High Command, and regardless of whether the drought in Wang Ping's judgment will occur or not, these food and supplies are very important to the High Command. Make a decision after nodding to the commander-in-chief!

"In that case, we will accept these food and supplies~"

"Vice Minister Li, all these grains and materials are hoarded as war readiness food for the General Headquarters, and no one can use them without the orders of me and several top leaders of the General Headquarters!"

"Yes...... Chief~"

The commander-in-chief next to him immediately added: "Also, after arriving at the headquarters, immediately send a telegram to all the military regions, military subdivisions, and base areas below, so that they can inspect and evaluate on the spot and confirm the possibility of a major drought next year!" ”

"As long as the probability is more than 50%, we have to prepare in advance."

"Otherwise, there will definitely be problems with the rations of the hundreds of thousands of main forces of the Eighth Route Army next year, and the rations of tens of millions of people in the base areas may all have problems!"

"Minister Li, you should also be prepared and consider a solution. I'll go to the commander and deputy commander to report this matter in a moment! ”

Minister Li immediately replied: "Commander-in-chief, rest assured, the solution has already been made, that is, the self-sufficiency and rotation system proposed by Commander Wang in the Suide garrison area by Commander Wang in ......the Suide garrison area."

"Drought can lead to a massive reduction in land yields, or even a loss of harvest!"

"And the annual grain needs of the whole of North China is fixed, and in order to ensure the yield, the only way is to increase the age of the land!"

"The number of people in the base area is limited, and the amount of land they can cultivate has reached the limit, and it will be very difficult to increase it. The only solution is to let the troops, the whole army, be self-sufficient, and use the training and recuperation time during rotation to reclaim two acres of land for each soldier, and the whole of North China will add up to more than one million acres of land. ”

"Even if the weather is dry and the grain production is reduced, there should be no problem in harvesting 50 catties of grain per acre of land, and the total of more than 1 million mu of land is more than 50 million catties of grain, which is enough for our troops to eat for several months......

The commander-in-chief's gaze at Wang Ping changed again, and he said with a look of appreciation: "Wang Ping, you have made another great contribution~"

"If things are really as you deduced, you, Wang Ping, are the benefactor of our entire Eighth Route Army. In addition, the solution is also you came up with, I will personally report to the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief and reward you with a Red Star medal! ”

"I finally know now, Commander Nie, Commander Chen, as well as the boss, the deputy chief of staff...... Why do they like you so much, they rush to let you do things under them! ”

"You're a real talent, and a problem solver...... If it weren't for the needs of the front, I would really like to keep you in the high command! ”

"In addition, Commander Nie and Commander Chen sent a special telegram to make a suggestion about your matter, considering that your wife, Comrade Ouyang, is also in Yan'an, and you have just been separated as soon as you get married, the headquarters has specially arranged a hole for you in the logistics department where Comrade Ouyang is located, allowing you to leave school for two days a week to accompany your wife during your study. I'll go over tonight, give you two days off, and report to school in two days! ”

Minister Li next to him said: "Head Wang, don't be too happy, in addition to accompanying your wife for two days after leaving school every day, you also have to report to the Ministry of Economic Affairs." I've heard both Commander Nie and the deputy commander mention that you're very good at the economy, and it's impossible to transfer you to the Ministry of Economy, so you can come to the Ministry of Economy to help me......"

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