Seeing Shen Quan's admiration on his face, his face couldn't help but be a little strange, Kong Jie couldn't help but scold:

"I know what you're thinking, it's because you think your head is thinking too much, right?"

Shen Quan hurriedly shook his head, "No, no, regiment leader, there is absolutely nothing." ”

But the look on his face still betrayed Shen Quan's inner thoughts.

Kong Jie thought for a while and said, "Second Battalion Commander, let me ask you, how many soldiers did you have in your second battalion more than half a year ago?" ”

Shen Quan said: "Report to the head of the group, it is three hundred and thirty-five people. ”

"And now?"

"Commander, don't mention it, it's almost five hundred now."

"There are more troops, this is a good thing, how do I think you are still sad?" Kong Jie asked with a confused pretense of understanding.

Shen Quan smiled bitterly: "Regiment Commander, our second battalion has more troops, and the overall strength has indeed increased a lot, but now there are more people in the battalion, and there are too many things in management than before, which is really a headache."

Not to mention the problem of equipping guns and ammunition, even eating is also a problem.

From the beginning of the sabotage operation to the capture during this period of time, the rations that were originally in hand were enough for our second battalion to eat for nearly a year, but now that this number of troops has suddenly increased, it may not be enough to eat for half a year.

I went to Dong San of the logistics department to ask for food, but the kid still pushed three blocks and four blocks, but he didn't give it, saying that the food in each battalion was reasonably distributed, and if he was hungry after eating in advance, he couldn't blame others, but you could only blame yourself, and you had the ability to do your own side business. ”

Hahaha –

Kong Jie couldn't help but laugh and said, "I don't think Dong San is wrong in what he said. ”

Shen Quan said helplessly: "Regiment commander, so although the strength of our second battalion has nearly doubled, there are too many troubles than before, and I, as a battalion commander, have a headache every day." ”

Kong Jiele said: "You have a headache just like this?" You kid don't want to think about how many new troops your second battalion has added, but what about our independent regiment, the newly expanded fourth battalion, plus the more than 500 puppet troops that Du Aiguo brought over with Toucheng, in the blink of an eye, the strength of our independent regiment has more than tripled.

You, as a battalion commander, can still have a headache for me, a regiment commander?

Do you think I'm going to spend this little bit of caution and deal with the brigade commander?

There are so many soldiers and so many mouths in our independent regiment, and they are all waiting to eat! I, the head of the regiment, don't want to try to get more money, sooner or later I will have to starve everyone to death. ”

Shen Quan said convincingly: "Leader, I understand what you say, it's not easy!" ”

Kong Jie waved his hand and said, "Forget it, don't say these frustrating words, it's man-made, we can't really starve to death in the base area." By the way, Shen Quan, it's still the previous topic, Dong San is right, if the rations of your second battalion are not enough, you can do some side jobs by yourself, you don't need me to teach you, right? ”

Who knew that as soon as he heard this, Shen Quan's face was full of bitterness:

"Regiment leader, don't mention it, not to mention the area around our station, there is no oil and water within a radius of more than ten kilometers."

"Out of oil? What do you mean? Kong Jie wondered.

Shen Quan said: "Regiment commander, what do you think, the recent sabotage operation, our independent regiment carried out too thoroughly, the Japanese strongholds and artillery towers in a large area around this station have long been taken by us, and there are not even a few bricks and tiles left in the looting." ”

"Even the devil railroad tracks that pass through our guerrilla range make us have nothing left."

"There is no line of communication, and when we were attacking and fighting, we made too much trouble, and eighty percent of the devils have a shadow, and the little devils simply don't fight our guerrilla areas to wander around, let alone the transportation team, and even half of the devils can't see it."

"Tell me, in this case, how can we still have a side hustle? There is no side hustle to engage in, so naturally there will be no oil and water. The other day I took a company of troops and walked around the periphery of the guerrilla zone, and in the end guess what? Half of the devil's stronghold hasn't been discovered, but if you want to engage in a side business, you can't rush into the devil's county town to rob, right? ”

After listening, Kong Jieren was stupid, this situation was something he didn't expect.

For the independent regiment, this little devil is the nutrients, and as a result, the nutrients in the independent regiment's station, and even in the surrounding guerrilla areas, have been absorbed, so how can they live next?

Shen Quan continued: "Regiment commander, this is not only the case with our second battalion, but also with several other battalions, and the area around the battalion headquarters, including the guerrilla area, basically can't get any oil and water. ”

"If this continues, we will either have to transfer the base area, break up the team again, and break up the whole to survive, or we will have to rely on our own development to maintain our lives, or we will have to find a way to get a new side business, otherwise we will really not be able to feed our current population of more than 2,000."

After Shen Quan complained and left, Kong Jie was alone at the regiment headquarters thinking about countermeasures.

In fact, Shen Quan was right, the oil and water in a large area around this station were all looted by the independent regiment.

It's like a piece of land that has been completely barren, how can it be possible to grow fertile crops?

Staying any longer is definitely not a long-term solution.

Soon, Kong Jie had an idea, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and then he slapped his thigh, and finally made up his mind.

"There it is!"

Separate regiment stationed.

Kong Jie arrived at the cultivated farmland and looked at the half-acre of potatoes he had been looking forward to.

It's already November, the weather in Shanxi is getting colder and colder, and the potato seedlings have completely grown, and in the cold weather, they look a little wilted.

Kong Jie found Uncle Zhao, who was in charge of planting this half acre of potatoes, "Uncle Zhao, how is the situation of this half acre of potatoes now?" ”

Uncle Zhao replied: "Don't worry, head Kong, this batch of potatoes is growing well, in fact, it is a day, if you really want to harvest, you can harvest it now, in fact, I also want to see it, the high-yield potatoes you said, how many catties can be produced in this half an acre." ”

Kong Jie smiled: "Then what is there to hesitate, Uncle Zhao, let's do it!" ”

"Really?"

Kong Jie nodded and said: "Well, there may be changes in the troops after a while, and the garrison may also be adjusted, and I have to harvest this batch of potatoes in advance." ”

"Good!"

Uncle Zhao was also full of anticipation, and then Kong Jie sent a company of soldiers to come over to help, and harvested the seeds with Uncle Zhao's farming team.

Kong Jie repeatedly explained that when digging potatoes out of the soil, he must be careful not to hurt the potato seeds.

The warriors took the arsenal and carefully excavated it.

In the end, more than 300 square meters of land, more than 100 soldiers, plus the farming team, dug for more than an hour before all the harvest was completed.

As for the harvesting process, looking at the potatoes that were dug out of the land, one by one larger than a fist, whether it was the soldiers or the villagers of the farming team, their faces were filled with great surprise.

It's a pity that the original potato mother and child were only fifty catties, and when the planting was relatively sparse, they only planted this half acre of land.

Even so, when everyone finally finished harvesting the potatoes and piled them up, they looked at the few hills of potatoes that had been piled up, and everyone's faces were shocked.

Uncle Zhao and his entourage took the sacks and scales non-stop, and they wanted to be heavy.

In the end, after more than an hour of busyness, all the weighing was completed, Uncle Zhao was shocked: "Head Kong, you are really right, this potato is too high-yielding, fifty catties of mother and son, half an acre of planting is only, the potatoes harvested this time, the yield is actually as high as more than 2,150 catties." ”

Hearing this, the soldiers who came to help together were all surprised, there were no high-yield potatoes in this era, and an acre of potatoes could produce hundreds of catties, which was good.

This is one of the reasons why so much arable land still starves to death, and the yield of crops is so low.

The batch of potatoes in front of me is a high-yield and high-quality potato, and more than 2,000 catties of potatoes are produced in half an acre, or because the fertilization methods are limited during this period, and the nutrients absorbed by the potatoes are not up to standard.

Uncle Zhao was holding a handful of potatoes, sticking to his face, hugging, and kissing, almost crying with joy.

"With such high-yield potatoes, with these potatoes, everyone will never have to go hungry again!"

Then, with smiles on everyone's faces, they transferred all the more than 2,000 catties of potatoes harvested to the rice field, spread them out and dried them, dehumidified them, and then bagged them for storage.

Kong Jie explained to the logistics department, and settled the wages for Uncle Zhao and his party according to the price negotiated with Uncle Zhao and others.

After that, Kong Jie gave Uncle Zhao and his party 200 catties of potatoes as a mother and son.

Uncle Zhao is very grateful for this, and Kong Jie agreed with Uncle Zhao that the batch of potatoes of the independent group will be planted again, and Uncle Zhao will be asked to help.

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