Chen Shan was very happy to see that his father had made the decision.

Although he had just joined the National Salvation Army for half a month, after this period of contact, he had already fallen in love with the National Salvation Army from the bottom of his heart and trusted his superiors very much. The superior said that he would not suffer any loss by following the National Salvation Army and raise sheep and pigs.

So Chen Shan hopes from the bottom of his heart that his family can raise a pig and earn more.

I have food and clothing in the National Salvation Army. Not only can I eat a meal of meat every few days, but I can eat a meal of meat, which is happier than the New Year.

At this moment, the only hope is that the family can live such a good life. Not to mention eating meat, eating a full meal every time, it is still necessary to not be hungry in the future.

It is definitely not possible to rely on the little mountain at home alone. The only opportunity is to increase income by raising sheep and pigs.

When my father said that he agreed to raise pigs, he immediately agreed: "Then you must go early tomorrow! Our town has only received one hundred pigs, but there are more than two hundred new recruits. If everyone wants to raise them, they will definitely not be able to get them if they go too late."

"In addition to these two benefits, there is another very important thing I want to tell you."

"After the autumn harvest, our family not only produces a large amount of green storage and raises sheep, but also needs to prepare for land reclamation. The commander told us: Xiyang also has large areas of mountain and wasteland that can be reclaimed and grown grain, and even if it cannot be grown millet, it can grow corn and sweet potatoes."

"Except for the land we already have, all newly reclaimed land in the future belongs to us, and it is tax-free for one year. Only half of the grain tax will be collected in the second year, and the full grain tax will not be collected in the third year."

"But there is a prerequisite: the per capita land cannot exceed four acres of land. Our family has five people, already seven acres of mountainous land, and can open another thirteen acres of land, so our family is busy all winter!"

Dad Chen was even more excited than before, and replied without thinking: "It doesn't matter if you are busy, as long as the land belongs to ours!"

"If our family really has twenty acres of land, even if the grain production in the first year is not high, it would be fine to collect 200 kilograms of grain per acre. The total amount is 4,000 kilograms of grain, and there is no need to pay the grain tax, all of which are our own. Then our family will never be hungry again in the future!"

"In addition to the income from raising pigs and sheep, our family will have money to build a house and then marry a wife for the eldest and second brothers!"

"It's great to save the country. As soon as we arrived, we started to seek benefits for us. Unlike the original troops, we didn't get in and did not seek benefits for us. We also tried every means to steal our food like bandits."

"Boss, your decision to join the National Salvation Army is great. After returning to the army, you must do it well. Don't let down the National Salvation Army treat us well, and don't lose the face of our Chen family."

Chen Shan immediately replied: "Dad, don't worry, I will join the army and repay the National Saving Army."

"I have trained very seriously in the past half month of being a soldier. In the last recruit battalion assessment, my grades were ranked in the top ten in the team. The commander specially rewarded me with a pound of pork for me to bring back... I will strive to enter the top three next time and bring two pounds of pork back!"

After saying that, Chen Shan handed the package on his back to his second brother, and then told him: "The pork is in the package. I picked the fattest piece, wrapped in oil paper, and there is also a piece of clothes I put into the army. If there is military uniform in the army, I will bring the clothes back..."

"Okay... OK... Boss, you're doing it very well..." Dad Chen was so happy that his eyes were almost squinted into a slit, and he kept nodding: "Damn, I'll stew all the pork I brought back tonight. Our whole family will take advantage of the boss's fortune and get meat."

"Don't add wild vegetables to the evening meal. Cook it dry and celebrate it well!"

My mother was used to saving money, and although she was very excited, she still reminded her rationally: "If you celebrate, we don't have to eat better than the New Year!"

"Didn't the boss say that our family will have to open more than ten acres of wasteland after the autumn harvest? That's a physical job. If you don't eat enough, you will definitely not have the energy to dig the ground."

"Although the boss doesn't have to eat at home and has a shortage of mouth, our family only has seven acres of mountainous land, and the little grain we harvest is definitely not enough for everyone to dig the ground every day, so now you can save more, otherwise you will still be hungry!"

Seeing that my father was embarrassed, Chen Shan quickly stood up and rescued: "Don't worry, mom, our family will definitely not be short of food when the land is opened!"

"The chief said that if your family reclaims one acre of land, you can borrow twenty kilograms of grain from the government, and you don't have interest, and you can just pay it back after the autumn harvest."

"Our family can also reclaim 13 acres of land, and can borrow a total of 260 kilograms of fine grains. If it is replaced with miscellaneous grains, at least 600 kilograms will definitely be enough for everyone to eat until the autumn harvest next year."

"Next year our family will have twenty acres of land to grow grain, and there is no need to pay the grain tax. Even if we only collect 4,000 kilograms of miscellaneous grains, we can easily repay the grain borrowed by the government!"

Mr. Chen's face was replaced by a smile again, and he directly took out the posture of the head of the family to make a decision: "Let's listen to the boss. If there is not enough food, go and ask the government to borrow it."

"The boss is joining the army in the National Saving Army, and the commander of the National Saving Army will definitely not lie to us."

"Tonight, I will cook as I said just now, eat dry food, and eat with the boss's fortune. I will start raising pigs and sheep tomorrow, and then prepare for autumn harvest and deforestation..."

After saying that, Mr. Chen felt that life had a bright future for the first time...

The Laiyuan Japanese Army Brigade Command and the Communications Staff hurried in: "General, our troops attacking the Eighth Route Army in the north of the city were attacked, and the sweeping troops were surrounded. The reinforcements on both wings were blocked halfway. The losses were very large and reinforcements were urgently needed!"

"Where is the location where they were attacked, how many people were attacked by the Eighth Route Army, and what are the equipment?" the brigade commander walked to the sand table and asked.

Before the military headquarters came to its position, the troops operating in Laiyuan North were the only reinforcement brigade left in the entire brigade. Only then did they dare to transfer the reinforcement brigade to pacify and block the national rescue army.

If something happened to them and the supplementary troops and reinforcements were not in place, the blockade line that surrounded the National Salvation Army would be useless due to insufficient troops.

Therefore, no matter for the safety of the rear of the brigade or to deal with the National Salvation Army, this reinforcement brigade cannot have any problems.

The communications staff pointed to a point on the sand table and introduced: "General, the attacking troops surrounded by the Eighth Route Army here have a reinforcement squadron and two companies of the Imperial Army. They are currently relying on a village on the battlefield to defend and wait for assistance."

"The offensive troops on both wings strictly implement your orders, and the distance between them and the neighboring troops is no more than five kilometers away, in these two positions."

"After the middle lane troops were besieged, they immediately changed the direction of the march and marched quickly toward the battlefield, but they all encountered the Eighth Route Army blocking troops after walking less than two kilometers!"

"The Eighth Route Army fought very resolutely, not like before, and we had to fight repeatedly to take down a blocking position, so the progress of the reinforcements was very slow."

"The Eighth Route Army besieged the attacking troops in the middle of the road, had about two battalions, equipped with heavy machine guns and mortars, and had sufficient ammunition. The combat style was completely opposite to our previous exchange of fire. When we got up, we used dense artillery fire to kill one of our artillery squads and one of our heavy machine gun squads."

"After losing heavy weapons, the middle-road offensive troops had to retreat to the village in order to weaken the role of heavy weapons of the national rescue army on the battlefield and were preparing to delay time with street fighting, but their firepower advantages and military strength advantages were in the hands of the Eighth Route Army, so they would definitely not last long!"

The brigade commander couldn't understand why the battle situation changed so much.

If he remembered correctly, the attacking troops of the fourth route were very smooth yesterday, with great success all the way, and they won six villages in total.

Although he only fought with the Eighth Route Army five times in the middle, each time it was the same as before. The two sides retreated as soon as they contacted the Eighth Route Army and did not dare to confront the attacking troops head-on.

After only one night, why did the Eighth Route Army seem to have changed its troops?

Not only did I dare to confront my own troops, but I also had so many weapons and ammunition, and I wanted to eat all the attacking troops in one bite...

The brigade commander couldn't figure it out and had no time to think about these problems. He raised his eyebrows and began to give an order: "Order the reinforcements to break through the enemy's blocking positions at all costs. You must arrive at the battlefield within an hour, otherwise the reinforcements commander will not come back."

"Order the reinforcements to hold on for at least an hour..."

"The intelligence department immediately figured out whether the enemy attacking us had been active in the Eighth Route Army in Laiyuan North. If so, where did the heavy weapons and ammunition suddenly come from in their hands?"

The Chief of Staff understood the implicit meaning of the brigade commander's words as soon as he heard it: "General, what do you mean is that the Eighth Route Army operating in the north of Laiyuan suddenly got a large amount of weapons and ammunition, so he had the courage to take the initiative to attack us?"

The brigade commander asked calmly: "Or what do you think?"

"If the Eighth Route Army, which was operating in Laiyuan North, had such good weapons and ammunition, we would fight back when we started to eat away at their base. How could we wait until now?"

"They either have troops reinforcements or have received a lot of weapons and ammunition, and there is no third possibility!"

In Xuejia Village, nearly twenty kilometers away from Laiyuan City, gunfire sounds loudly, and nearly a thousand troops from both sides of the enemy and us were scattered in every corner of the village.

Under the desperate resistance of the Japanese, the Eighth Route Army, as the attacking party, had to fight repeatedly for each yard several times before it could be completely taken down, and there was a huge price.

Commander Li stared at a battlefield not far away and saw three or four soldiers rushing into the yard. He thought the battle here was about to end, but suddenly a Japanese wounded soldier rushed out of the house, holding a grenade in one hand and quickly rushed towards the four soldiers.

The warrior reacted very quickly, quickly raised his rifle, pulled the trigger, and finally killed the Japanese two meters away, but the grenade held by the Japanese still exploded.

In the splashing flames, all four soldiers were blown away, life and death were uncertain...

"The regiment commander, you can't continue to fight like this anymore. The troops suffered too much casualties. We only entered the village for less than half an hour. The first battalion had lost a company, and only forty or fifty Japanese devils had been killed!" The first battalion commander rushed out of the battlefield and reported with a painful look on his face.

Captain Li also felt heartbroken, but he was reluctant to let go of the fat meat that had already eaten in his mouth.

If the remaining Japanese and puppet troops in the village were unable to wipe out the remaining Japanese and puppet troops, the soldiers who had already died on the battlefield would die in vain.

He gritted his teeth and ordered: "Current all the mortars in the cannon company, and use shells to blow up all the houses occupied by the Japanese. If there are no houses, I see how the remaining Japanese will stick to it!"

The political commissar on the side became anxious: "Captain, don't be impulsive. If you blow up the house, what are the common people in the village living?"

The regiment commander pinched his fist tightly, stopped for three seconds and continued to order: "Blast... and order the mountain cannon company to fire immediately. Compared with these houses, the lives of the soldiers are more important."

"We can rebuild the house if it explodes, but if it is gone, it will be gone."

"At worst, after the battle, we mobilize the villagers to collect more copper and iron to get the national rescue army to exchange for the ocean, and then there will be funds for rebuilding the village..."

"Execute the order, the mortar company fires immediately, and strives to end the battle within half an hour."

"The pressure to fight the aid forces is also very high. Don't mess them up by then!"
Chapter completed!