The next day, Ouyang Antong entered the border district government for training.

The progress of Wang Ping's reform team is also very smooth, and everything is developing in a very favorable direction.

At the headquarters of the Suide Garrison District, the logistics minister stood outside the headquarters, his brows were furrowed, and he hesitated for a long time before walking in.

"Commander, I have something to report!"

"Tell ......," Commander Wang asked.

"Food...... The troops will run out of food......" replied the logistics minister.

"No......" Commander Wang's brows quickly furrowed, staring at the logistics minister and asking rhetorically.

"A few months ago, Commander Wang led a team to pass by our military region, didn't he leave more than 100,000 catties of grain? Those grains are all fine grains, white flour and rice, and they were eaten up so quickly? ”

"Also, if I'm not mistaken, even if there is no batch of supplies left by Commander Wang, the food we have hoarded in our hands can last until now, how can it be used up so quickly. Minister Zhang, this is a big issue related to the life and death of the troops, you must give me an explanation......"

Minister Zhang immediately replied: "Commander, Regiment Commander Wang has left us more than 100,000 catties of grain, if we save some food, not to mention a month, we will definitely be able to hold on for more than half a month." However, these hundreds of thousands of catties of grain finally fell into our hands, and only 80,000 catties remained! ”

"You forgot, two months ago, the left-behind troops in the border area asked us for help because of lack of food and really had no choice, so you directly drew 50,000 catties of food and sent it to them!"

"Also, didn't Captain Wang leave a batch of weapons and equipment behind when he left?"

"At that time, considering that the logistical pressure on the troops was too great, these weapons and equipment were not used to expand the troops alone...... However, you demand that all the main forces of the military region reach full strength, and that these weapons and those light and heavy weapons sent by Yan'an are all separated! ”

"But even so, there are still thousands more people in the entire military region!"

"At that time, it was the coldest time in the military region, and many people in the base area couldn't open the pot at home, and they didn't even have cotton clothes. As soon as they heard that the military region was recruiting, they rushed to sign up...... After all, after signing up for our Eighth Route Army, the family will get a little compensation, and there will be one less person in the family to eat, dress, and reduce their pressure! ”

"It's not easy for us to refuse, and many troops are indeed not full, so they all took them all."

Commander Wang reacted suddenly: "I understand...... The troops suddenly opened more than 1,000 mouths, and even if they were frugal, these people would have to eat 10,000 catties of grain a month...... Now that almost three months have passed, forty or fifty thousand catties of grain must be eaten! ”

After speaking, Commander Wang became more serious than ever, staring at Minister Zhang and asking rhetorically.

"How long will we have the rest of the food to last?"

"If you save some food, the front-line combat troops can hold out for 20 days...... The rear rotation training troops can only hold out for ten days......"

Commander Wang sighed and replied: "Originally, I planned to use this time to fight a dozen little devils, but now it seems that the devils can't be beaten, and the urgent need for delay is to solve the problem of food shortage in the army!" ”

"Needless to say, Yan'an is still asking us to borrow grain, and they definitely don't have food themselves!"

"Chief of Staff, let the intelligence department check where there is still food, and it is a large amount of food. If the number is too small, more than 10,000 of us will not even be able to plug the gaps! ”

The chief of staff replied with a solemn face, glanced at the map in front of Commander Wang, and replied.

"Don't look it up...... Commander, now everywhere is the most difficult time, everywhere there is a shortage of food. Coupled with the blockade of us by the little devils and Chongqing, even if you have money, you can't buy it! ”

"Not bad~" Commander Wang replied helplessly.

"Spring ploughing is just around the corner, and this time of year is the most difficult time for the base area. The food in the people's homes is also used almost in the winter, and in the past, there were few troops, and they all ate wild vegetables and coarse grains, and they just survived these few months! ”

"But not now, we have more than 10,000 people, and if we eat all the wild vegetables, it will not be enough to dig up all the wild vegetables in the entire military region!"

Minister Zhang frowned and replied, "Commander, if wild vegetables can solve the problem, I would have asked people to dig wild vegetables a long time ago...... I don't know what's going on this year, this winter is cold and not raining, and wild vegetables have not sprouted at all in many places, even if we want to dig wild vegetables, we can't dig them! ”

"Drought...... He really got him right! Commander Wang replied with a frown, his face becoming more solemn than ever!

The chief of staff next to him immediately asked: "Commander~ What drought, what did you guess correctly......"

"A few months ago, Regiment Commander Wang passed by our military region, and he stopped for a day, do you remember?" Commander Wang took a deep breath and replied.

"Remember...... He is the benefactor of our military region~ Without him, our military region will definitely not have such a good time this winter! The Chief of Staff and Minister Zhang immediately replied.

Commander Wang hesitated for a moment and continued: "Just remember! ”

"He said to me before he left, there will definitely be a drought this year, so let's prepare early. Now it seems that he was right in this judgment~"

"Chief of Staff, there is still more than a month before spring ploughing, and I will contact the county magistrates in the garrison area in a while and ask them to prepare for drought!"

"I'll give the order now!" The chief of staff replied in a hurry.

The military region's more than 10,000 troops will all get their food rations from the base areas, and if the output of the land in the base areas is reduced by a large margin due to drought, then the more than 10,000 troops of the military region will definitely go hungry in the next year.

As soon as the chief of staff left, Commander Wang stared at Minister Zhang and asked, "Three months ago, I asked the troops to reclaim wasteland nearby in the process of rotation training, and now how much has been reclaimed!" ”

"Ten thousand acres!" Minister Zhang replied.

"Let the combat troops reclaim the land and grow food, many regiment commanders and brigade commanders below don't understand, so the enthusiasm is not very high, and the troops are only allowed to reclaim the land in order to carry out the order!"

"These people, they are starting to their tails again, immediately contact all the regiment commanders, regimental political commissars, and brigade political commissars of the military region, and the headquarters will have a meeting in two days!"

"There is still a month and a half before spring ploughing, and if a major drought really breaks out this year, then the land we have reclaimed is likely to be life-saving land."

"We have to use the remaining month and a half to clear as much land as possible. If there is a real drought, the amount of land will be used to compensate for the loss of land due to drought and lack of water......"

"I'll go and give an order now~" Minister Zhang of the Logistics Department replied immediately.

At this time, the chief of staff rushed over again: "Commander, the order has been given, and in two days at most, all county magistrates will receive the news!" ”

"Then let's continue to get back to the topic and see where we can get food, so that more than 10,000 people can hold on to the large amount of grain until the autumn harvest!" Commander Wang ordered with a serious face.

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