"Captain, there are a lot of wasteland around the village. Do you think we can reclaim the wasteland and grow some crops ourselves?"

"Or it is to say that we provide some seeds of crops, reclaim wasteland, and leave the rest to the villagers to make. When collecting grain, we will distribute part of the grain to the villagers? What do you think?" Liu Gen stared at Ding Wei, wondering what Ding Wei would think.

Without Ding Wei's support, it was a bit difficult for Liu Gen to lead the soldiers to reclaim wasteland. Even if Liu Gen doesn't care about his future, he still needs to consider the soldiers under his command. He can't let such things affect their future. But Liu Gen believes that as long as Ding Wei is not stupid, he will agree to do so.

"Is it open source? It's a good idea." Ding Wei pondered for a moment and then understood.

It is naturally not enough for soldiers to snatch the goods from the Japanese. As for buying supplies from the villagers, it is also a bit difficult.

After all, some villagers do not have that much grain in their hands, and they need to buy in large quantities of food into towns. The Japanese are quite strict in managing the towns in the areas they control, and large quantities of grain cannot be transported out at all. There are certain problems in purchasing from areas controlled by the Kuomintang army. The Kuomintang may not necessarily allow the Eighth Route Army to buy a large amount of materials.

It is undoubtedly the best to maintain the combat effectiveness of the revolutionary team and be able to be self-sufficient.

"Your idea is good, but I need to consider whether doing so will affect the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. In addition, the Japanese may encircle us again at any time. If we are forced to evacuate, we will be useless." Looking at Liu Gen, Ding Wei said in a deep voice.

Ding Wei's expression was a little serious. He was sure that the Japanese would encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army again. The previous battle between the New First Regiment and the Sakata United team was proved. The Japanese chose to retreat because they were repairing it, not giving up the idea of ​​dealing with the Eighth Route Army.

The National Army on the front line involved a certain amount of energy from the Japanese. No matter what problems the National Army had, it was impossible to deny the role played by the National Army. Without the existence of the National Army, the Japanese would definitely be able to withdraw more experience to deal with the Eighth Route Army active in the enemy-occupied area. In the enemy-occupied area, the Eighth Route Army involved a lot of energy from the Japanese, which made them need to divide more energy to protect important facilities such as transportation lines and railway networks.

"Captain, the Japanese will definitely launch an encirclement and suppression on us again, but we cannot give up doing such a thing just because we are worried about the Japanese encirclement and suppression."

"The three armies have advanced before they move their food and grass. If we want to achieve more results in the enemy-occupied areas, we need to ensure that there is enough material supply. We can't always rely on the supply from the rear, right? Besides, our Eighth Route Army team is constantly expanding, and relying on the supply and seizure of the rear is far from enough. The combat effectiveness is linked to the physical fitness of the soldiers. If the physical fitness cannot be improved, it is useless to practice more often." Liu Gen thought very much.

The large-scale production movement that took place two years later shows that it is very necessary to do this. You can't wait for two years to do this. Two years is enough to happen a lot. If the Eighth Route Army can complete part of its self-supply in two years, the pressure behind will be much less.

"You are right, let's do it this way. You can decide whether to cooperate with the villagers. As for whether the soldiers of our entire regiment want to do this, I need to report to the headquarters and follow the decisions of the headquarters. No matter what you want to do, the combat effectiveness of the new regiment cannot be affected at all." Ding Wei thought for a moment and said in a deep voice.

Ding Wei knew that Liu Gen was right. Doing this would greatly supplement the dilemma of insufficient supplies for the New Yituan, but it was related to the decision of the New Yituan. He needed to ask about the headquarters. Compared with Li Yunlong, Ding Wei was more stable, and this matter was not small, so he really needed to report it to the headquarters. In Ding Wei's opinion, there was still a great possibility that this matter would be passed, and the heads of the headquarters should be able to see the benefits of doing so.

Choosing to let the artillery company do this first is to accumulate experience first. Once the headquarters agrees, all the soldiers of the New First Regiment will be mobilized. Even if they fail to pass, the soldiers of the Artillery Company will reclaim a certain amount of wasteland, which will make the material pressure on the New First Regiment bear less.

"Captain, our artillery company soldiers can do this first, but we will leave 70% of the land we reclaimed and the crop yield we have to leave." Liu Gen said.

Ding Wei was slightly stunned, "Okay, I knew you would say this, don't worry, the regiment headquarters will not take advantage of your artillery company. At that time, even if the decision is not passed, the regiment headquarters will not ask you for food for free, and will only buy it at market prices."

"Genzi, are you relieved like this?"

"Don't worry! Don't worry! Can I still not believe you, regiment commander? Please forgive me. The soldiers of our artillery company are really poor in physical fitness." Liu Gen quickly smiled. It was Ding Wei's open mind, otherwise Liu Gen would easily offend people if he said this. He only cared about his own artillery company. Liu Gen would be a little too petty.

Liu Gen had no choice. There were only so many soldiers in the artillery company, and he could not let the soldiers keep reclaiming the land, which meant that the yield of crops was limited. The land reclaiming was done by the artillery company. When collecting food, there was no share of the artillery company. This kind of thing could not happen.

"Go, go do this, I hope the headquarters will give a reply as soon as possible." Ding Wei said.

After leaving the regiment headquarters, Liu Gen breathed a sigh of relief. He was still very satisfied with the support of the regiment commander Ding Wei. He walked quickly towards the warehouse of the Xinyi Governor. He needed to lend some farm tools to reclaim the land. It would not work without the farm tools. If the soldiers of the Xinyi Governor had to reclaim the land, the Xinyi Governor's farm tools would not be enough. If you borrow them early, the artillery company could reclaim more land.

Soon, Liu Gen pushed a small cart back to the artillery company, and the cart was filled with farm tools. There were not many farm tools, only twenty or thirty pickaxes.

Seeing that the soldiers in training had made good mistakes, they selected some soldiers with good training results, gave them the pickaxe to reclaim some wasteland first. The remaining soldiers continued to train, and left the training to a squad leader to lead the soldiers, while Liu Gen led the other soldiers to the wasteland around the training ground.

"Company Commander, shouldn't our artillery company be fully trained? What are you doing now for reclaiming wasteland?" The second squad leader came to Liu Gen and asked in confusion.

The other soldiers around also looked at Liu Gen, the company commander, wondering what was going on. It was not what they should do to reclaim wasteland.

"It's like this. When I was training in the morning, I saw that everyone's physical fitness was not good, so I thought that we could grow some food ourselves. After harvesting, we could eat more to replenish our bodies and strengthen our bodies. Now, we are reclaiming wastelands to grow some things. If we want to eat full every meal in the future, we need to work hard to reclaim wastelands." Liu Gen explained.

The soldiers' eyes lit up, and they were worthy of being the company commander. Such a method could be imagined. The soldiers held the pickaxe in their hands tightly and felt a little hope in their hearts. When they thought they could have a full meal every day in the future, they were full of motivation.
Chapter completed!