This is not a trivial matter, but a major matter concerning the life and death of more than 1 million people.
Northwest Shanxi did not produce much grain originally, and more than 1 million people were counting on autumn grain to save their lives. Now the Japanese took away or destroyed all the autumn grain.
To put it mildly, more than 1 million people will go hungry.
At a larger scale, more than 1 million people will starve to death.
In this war-torn era, human life is at a loss, and it is normal for people to starve to death in large areas.
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Seeing so many people starving to death made everyone feel very sad.
In addition, these people have no food to eat, and the development of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment will also be greatly affected.
The common people in the New Regiment's defense area have already harvested their autumn grains, and the New Regiment does not require the common people to pay taxes. Therefore, there is no problem for the hundreds of thousands of common people in the New Regiment's jurisdiction to survive until next year.
"That's a problem."
Li Yunlong nodded, with a dignified expression on his face.
Before the war, he and Zhao Gang had considered this issue, but at that time the Japanese army was about to attack, so they could only wait until the battle was over before figuring out a solution.
Now that the battle is over, it's time to consider this issue.
Li Yunlong, who was born as a farmer, needless to say that he also knew that there must be many people who came to northern Shaanxi and had already eaten one meal but not another.
"I do have a suggestion."
Looking at the frowning Li Yunlong, Xing Zhiguo, Kong Jie and Ding Wei, Chen Feng, who had been silent, put down Kuaizi and said.
"Consultant Chen, do you have any ideas?"
Li Yunlong looked at Chen Feng and asked hurriedly.
Chen Feng said: "In recent years, I have stored some food in overseas military bases, enough to feed more than 1 million people for a year."
Only then did everyone realize that there was a big boss beside them.
Not only the weapons and ammunition sold are calculated in thousands of tons, but also the food sold are calculated in thousands of tons.
The eyes of Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and others quickly lit up.
Li Yunlong then asked: "Consultant Chen, if we want to exchange grain from you, what is the specific price?"
Although the three regiments in northwestern Shanxi guarded the Tongpu railway and highway and were able to rob some food from the transportation lines, it was a drop in the bucket.
And the Japanese are not stupid. Knowing that you are short of food in northwestern Shanxi, they will definitely not transport food through this line, or only transport a little food at a time.
But doing business with Boss Chen in exchange for food is different. As long as you kill the Japanese, you can get food, and the price is clearly marked.
What's more important is that Boss Chen never defaults on wages and always delivers goods to his door.
Regarding this point, Captain Li has always thought that Boss Chen is very good.
Xing Zhiguo, Kong Jie and Ding Wei also looked at Chen Feng with expectant eyes.
"What's the price..."
Chen Feng pondered: "I have two kinds of food here: fine grain and coarse grain. The fine grain is white flour and rice. It can be calculated according to the price of killing a Japanese soldier per ton."
"What about coarse grains?" Li Yunlong looked slightly happy and asked quickly, "What's the price?"
"Coarse grains are grains such as barley, millet and corn." Chen Feng said, "The price of coarse grains can be calculated based on the price of killing one Japanese soldier in two tons."
“The price is very cheap!”
Kong Jie's face turned into a chrysanthemum with a smile.
Ding Wei, Li Yunlong and Xing Zhiguo were all smiles.
At this price, what else can we farm?
If you kill a Japanese soldier, you can get one ton of fine grain or two tons of coarse grain. Isn't this much more cost-effective than farming?
The land in northwestern Shanxi is already barren. A family guards a few acres of land, gets up early and works in the fields late at night, sleeps later than a dog and gets up earlier than a chicken. All the sweat is drained for a year, and the harvest is only a few hundred or even a thousand kilograms of grain. If
In a disaster year, the harvest may even be greatly reduced, or the Japanese and puppet troops may enter the village to steal food, which will make the already insufficient food even worse.
Now, if you kill a Japs, you can get 4,000 kilograms of coarse grains or 2,000 kilograms of fine grains.
"So, what Consultant Chen means..." Xing Zhiguo said, "The Japanese killed by the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment this time can be exchanged at this price to meet the urgent need for food for the people in northwestern Shanxi?"
"That's right!" Chen Feng nodded and said, "That's what I mean."
As soon as Boss Chen said these words, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong all let out a sigh of relief.
If Boss Chen asked them to lead his troops to kill the Japanese again, it would still be a bit difficult given the current state of the three regiments.
The combined combat power of the three regiments is still there, and it is very strong. However, after fighting the Japanese for more than half a month, the casualties of each regiment are not small, and the soldiers are also relatively tired. It is best to rest for a while now.
"The total number of people arriving in northern Shaanxi this time is about 1 million. Based on the calculation that each person needs 1 kilogram of grain per day, 365 days a year, a total of 365 million kilograms of grain is needed."
Ding Wei asked someone to bring an abacus to calculate the amount of grain currently needed for the northwestern Shanxi Province.
Of course, northwestern Shanxi cannot produce so much grain. It would be good if every citizen eats half a catty of coarse grains every day.
"Our two regiments, the number of Japanese we killed this time was about 16,000, all of which were replaced by coarse grains, that is, 32,000 tons of coarse grains..."
"That's 64 million kilograms of grain."
Ding Wei calculated it one by one and found that there was still a long way to go to support so many people.
Kong Jie said: "Each common person can only eat half a catty of whole grains a day. Although they are not full, they will not starve to death."
Ding Weidao: "That still requires more than 180 million kilograms of grain, which is far from enough."
"These 16,000 are total casualties." Chen Feng reminded, "Some of them are wounded, not killed."
Ding Wei said: "That's even more insufficient."
Li Yunlong said: "The troops of our new regiment completely wiped out the Japanese infantry regiment of the 1st Division and a heavy artillery regiment in Miaoergou. This heavy artillery regiment was replaced by 26 fire-breathing tanks and 8 Ci tanks.
The hammer of the father.”
"This Japanese infantry regiment has about 3,800 people. They will be wiped out. I originally wanted to replace them with beautiful weapons and equipment. I can exchange them all for food."
Xing Zhiguo also said: "In the Xinzhou battlefield, our new regiment defeated the 39th Regiment of the Japanese 10th Division and the 13th Army Tank Regiment. This should be considered a business, right?"
Chen Feng nodded: "Destroying the Japanese infantry regiment and tank regiment must be considered a business."
Although more than 80 Japanese aircraft and an artillery regiment were killed in the Xinzhou Campaign, those were all killed by Boss Chen's aircraft, so they were not included in the business.
After a pause, Chen Feng looked at Li Yunlong and said: "This can be a long-term business. If your group wants to exchange grain in the future, you can exchange it with me at any time. The price of killing a second-line division is 1 ton of fine grain or 2 tons of coarse grain."
, the number of Japs killed in an A-type division is twice that of the Japs in a second-line division.”
