"The superiors said that we have three ways!" The leader said: "The first is that the revolution cannot continue, then there will be no revolution. Everyone should disband and go home!"
Li Yunlong suddenly stood up: "What? No more fighting against the Japanese? How can that be done? Now when we are doing revolution, we can keep the Japanese out, and when we go out, we can grab their ears and beat them. If we all disband
How can you go home and not follow the enemy to bully you? This is not okay!"
The leader continued: "The second way is to not want to disband and do nothing, so just go on like this!"
"This won't work!" Zhang Wanhe said: "Now everyone is so hungry that their stomachs are growling. If this continues, people will starve to death within two months!"
Zhang Wanhe is the Minister of Logistics, and he has the most say in this regard. If he said two months, he would not be able to survive three months.
The leader nodded and said: "Then there is only the third way. We rely on our own two hands to develop production independently, and we can overcome difficulties together! Which way do you think we should choose?"
The cadres responded in a variety of ways:
"Of course there is a third way!"
"You're right, you can only do it yourself!"
"You can't wait to starve to death!"
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"The Independent Group's approach in this regard is worthy of praise!" The leader turned his attention to Li Yunlong and said: "The base area lacked salt, so he knew how to send horses to Dingbian to collect salt. Not only did he make a fortune, but he also
Along the way, we escorted the fellow salt collectors and ensured the safety of the people. This is worth learning from!"
As he spoke, the leader raised his head towards Li Yunlong and said, "Li Yunlong, tell me what you think? You also have experience in making a fortune, so that all comrades can learn from it!"
Li Yunlong became excited as soon as he heard this. He stood up and waved his hands and said: "Chief, there is actually no trick. In the final analysis, it just needs to be accurate, courageous, and quick. Otherwise, the day lily will be cold!"
The cadres booed for a while.
Ding Wei shouted: "I said, Lao Li, you can still fight, but don't do business! I'll bet you a load of salt, this must be Xiao Dongbei's idea!"
"Hey..." Li Yunlong replied unconvinced: "Xiaodongbei is a soldier of our independent regiment, isn't his idea my idea? Don't be unconvinced, you have the ability, your new regiment will also be the same as Xiaodongbei's.
come out!"
Ding Wei said: "Look, isn't this a trick?"
The cadres burst into laughter again.
Of course the leader and chief of staff knew in their hearts that this was Xiao Dongbei's idea.
In fact, the headquarters had a plan to go to Dingbian to collect salt in an organized way, and even opened a mule and horse shop along the way. It was Xiao Dongbei's idea.
The chief of staff kept saying that fortunately Xiaodongbei had thought ahead about this matter. Because of the preparations, salt from Dingbian has been continuously transported to various parts of the base area for more than a month to ensure the salt needs of various ministries.
Otherwise, you will be short of food and salt right now, and you will be caught off guard!
"Comrade Wang Xuexin!" The leader turned to Wang Xuexin and said, "It's better for you to say a few words. Your regiment leader is not reliable. If we learn from him, we will all have to drink from the northwest!"
The cadres burst into laughter again.
Wang Xuexin stood up and replied: "Chief, I am thinking, should we consider doing business with the stubborn army and the Jinsui army?"
"I'm talking about Xiaodongbei!" Ding Weiqi said: "In the past, when we were still cooperating with the stubborn army, it was reasonable to do business with them, but now that we are serious about it, can we still do business with them?"
Ding Wei's statement was recognized by most people. Before, we could barely cooperate without breaking up, but now we are besieging the New Fourth Army and blocking the Eighth Route Army. Can this deal still be done?
Many people in the Eighth Route Army did not even want to wear the Blue Sky and White Sun badge, and took them off one by one.
Wang Xuexin asked back: "Captain Ding, if we sell salt to the fellow villagers like this now, isn't this food equivalent to the left hand for the right hand?"
The cadres were stunned when they heard this.
What this means is that the base area has been sealed into a closed area. Isn't it just a matter of switching from left hand to right hand for internal business?
When the food is gone, as many people will starve to death as there are people to starve to death. The only difference is who will starve to death.
The leader nodded and said: "Xiao Dongbei is right. This is not a simple issue of capitalizing on the enemy. If we don't do business with the enemy, coupled with the hail disaster, the food in the base area will not be able to increase on its own. The more we eat, the less we will eat."
! What's more, the enemy tried every possible means to block us with turrets, barbed wire, and isolation ditches, and we still block ourselves. That's not fulfilling the enemy's wish!"
After hearing what the commander said, Li Yunlong breathed a long sigh of relief: "That's what I mean too. A load of salt can only be exchanged for a hundred kilograms of grain in the base area, but when transported to the enemy, it can be exchanged for more than a thousand kilograms.
The difference is more than ten times worse, wouldn’t it be foolish not to change it?”
In the base areas, food prices have skyrocketed due to the extreme shortage of food. This problem does not exist in enemy-occupied areas, so food prices are still normal.
In fact, the enemy's prices are also rising. After all, too many fiat currencies have been printed and many fake fiat currencies have flowed into the market. Of course, prices have to rise.
However, as commodity prices rise, so does the price of salt. The same amount of grain used to be exchanged for is still exchanged for the same amount of grain now, with just a slight fluctuation.
Li Yunlong had been staring at this big fat piece of meat for a long time, but he kept silent because of the intensified hostilities.
Now when he heard what the chief said, he knew it could be done.
Zhang Wanhe also agreed:
"We currently only have a few groups collecting salt from Dingbian, and the salt can still be sold at a good price in the base area for the time being."
"Next, if everyone swarms to Dingbian to get salt, will they still be able to sell it at a good price if there is too much salt?"
"So it must be sold to the enemy in exchange for food!"
"Whatever the enemy does, we just do the opposite! If the enemy blocks it, we have to break it. How can we help the enemy blockade it together?"
The cadres understood this and nodded in agreement.
Then this matter should be left to the New Regiment and the Independent Regiment... Li Yunlong had the skills and knew how to bribe the enemy to open the passage.
In addition, the leader also decided to look for breakthroughs from all directions and strive to transport supplies to the enemy in exchange for urgently needed food and other supplies.
Even areas occupied by the Japanese were considered.
The principle is the same. The Japanese have implemented a blockade on the base area. The base area cannot actively cooperate with the self-imposed blockade, but should proactively break the blockade.
The most valuable material that the base area could export was salt, so salt became the main "weapon" to break the blockade.
But Wang Xuexin feels that this may not be enough.
Because this is what the Eighth Route Army did in history.
As a result, the number of troops decreased by 100,000 in one year, and it was not until 1943 that things recovered.
So now, even with Wang Xuexin's reminder and some preparations, it won't be much better, right?