Nine hundred and ninetieth chapters leaked secrets
At this time, Minister Li next to him also recovered from the shock, looked at the list and continued to ask: "The problem of weapons has been solved, but what about these supplies?"
"Fifty thousand kilograms of white flour, fifty thousand kilograms of rice, a hundred boxes of cans, and two full meals of other good things... These are all good things. Wang Ping, don't tell me, these things are all in your new group."
Can’t finish eating…”
"If the troops eat coarse grain pancakes and drink wild vegetable soup every day, and you send all these refined grains and canned food to Yan'an, we won't be able to eat them even if we accept them!"
The smile on the commander-in-chief's face suddenly disappeared, and then he looked at Wang Ping with a serious look on his face.
"Please rest assured, chief, if it weren't for conditions that didn't allow it, I would have really wanted to bring one million catties of grain over..." Wang Ping did not explain, but gave an astonishing answer.
"Since the autumn harvest this year, I have ordered the troops to stockpile grain in the mountains. So far, nearly 30 million kilograms of grain and dozens of tons of canned food have been stockpiled by snatching grain from the little devils and purchasing it!"
"What do you want to do with so much food?" the commander-in-chief asked immediately.
"Prevent accidents!" Wang Ping explained simply.
"No!" the commander-in-chief immediately retorted.
"Even to prevent accidents, there is no need to hoard so much food. Thirty million kilograms of food, even if you have 15,000 troops, is enough to feed your new regiment for three years. There must be other reasons.
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"The commander is wise!" Wang Ping didn't expect the commander-in-chief to be so wise, and he could see his own little thoughts at a glance!
He hesitated for a long time before answering: "There are indeed other reasons!"
"During the autumn harvest this year, I met a wandering Taoist priest when I was inspecting the base area. He told me that there would be a severe drought in North China in the next few years. I didn't take it to heart at the time. However, I once discussed the harvest with an old man in the base area.
When I was there, this old man also raised concerns about a severe drought, and then I took it seriously!"
"In my opinion, regardless of whether there will be a severe drought in the next few years, there will definitely be no problem in taking advantage of the good harvest years to stockpile food for emergencies, and then order the troops to stockpile food in various ways..."
"Now it seems that my original decision was correct."
"Before I came here, I visited some people with rich experience in growing grains in the base area. Based on their past experiences, they all judged that there is a 60-70% certainty that the sky will be dry next year... Of course, this is just their inference and guess, and there is nothing direct.
evidence!"
"But, I believe them. They are common people who have been growing grain for decades and have rich experience. They will definitely not make a mistake in their judgment!"
The faces of the Commander-in-Chief and Minister Li suddenly became serious.
The inference of a severe drought shocked the two of them too much.
Once this inference becomes reality, the grain production in North China will definitely decrease sharply.
If the people have no food in their hands, the troops will not receive public food, and hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line will go hungry.
As the old saying goes, before the soldiers and horses are moved, food and grass go first. Without food, the Eighth Route Army's hundreds of thousands of troops will collapse without the help of little devils.
Both of them realized the seriousness of the matter. If Wang Ping's judgment was correct, it would definitely bring a devastating blow to the Eighth Route Army.
The commander-in-chief stared at Wang Ping and asked: "So you brought these grains and materials here... If drought really occurs, these grains and materials can be used urgently!"
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief..." Wang Ping did not hide anything.
"If a large-scale drought really breaks out, it is unlikely that the commander-in-chief, who is already in poor condition, will not be able to eat a full meal every day. The safety of the heads of the headquarters is related to the future of our Eighth Route Army. There must not be any accidents. These
Supplies and food are mainly life-saving food to ensure that the headquarters can use it at critical moments!"
No one knows the difficulties of the headquarters better than Minister Li of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Regardless of whether the drought as judged by Wang Ping will happen or not, these grains and materials are very important to the headquarters. He made a decision after nodding to the commander-in-chief!
"In this case, we will accept these food and supplies~"
"Vice Minister Li, hoard all these grains and supplies as war preparation food for the headquarters. No one can use it without orders from me and the top leaders of the headquarters!"
"It's...chief~"
The commander-in-chief next to him then added: "Also, after arriving at the headquarters, immediately send telegrams to all military regions, military divisions, and base areas below, so that they can conduct on-site inspections and assessments to confirm the possibility of a severe drought next year!"
"As long as the possibility exceeds 50%, we must prepare in advance."
"Otherwise, the Eighth Route Army's hundreds of thousands of main troops will definitely have food ration problems next year, and the tens of millions of ordinary people in the base areas may also have food ration problems!"
"Minister Li, you also need to be prepared and consider solutions. I will go to the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief to report this matter soon!"
Minister Li immediately replied: "Commander-in-Chief, don't worry, the solution is already there, which is the self-sufficiency and rotation system that Commander Wang proposed to Commander Wang in the Suide Garrison Area..."
“Drought will lead to a large area of land with reduced yields, or even no harvest!”
"The entire North China needs a fixed amount of grain each year. In order to ensure production, the only way is to increase the age of the land!"
"The number of ordinary people in the base area is limited, and the land they can farm has reached its limit. It will be very difficult to increase it. The only solution is to let the troops be self-sufficient. During the rotation, use the training and rest time, and each soldier can cultivate two
acres of land, the whole of North China adds up to more than one million acres of land."
"Even if there is a severe weather event and grain production is reduced, there should be no problem in harvesting fifty kilograms of grain from one acre of land. The total of more than one million acres of land is more than fifty million kilograms of grain, which is enough to feed our troops for several months...
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The commander-in-chief looked at Wang Ping with a different look, and said with admiration: "Wang Ping, you have made another great contribution~"
"If things are as you inferred, you, Wang Ping, are the benefactor of our entire Eighth Route Army. In addition, you came up with the solution. I will personally report it to the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief and reward you with a Red Star Medal!"
"Now I finally know, Commander Nie, Commander Chen, the boss, the deputy chief of staff...why they like you so much, and they are all rushing to let you work for them!"
"You are indeed a talent, and you are a problem-solver... If you were not needed on the front line, I would really want to keep you at the headquarters!"
"In addition, Commander Nie and Commander Chen specially sent a telegram to give you a suggestion. Considering that your wife, Comrade Ouyang, is also in Yan'an, and you separated just after you got married, the headquarters has specially approved it for you in the logistics department where Comrade Ouyang is located.
We have arranged a cave dwelling that allows you to leave school for two days a week during your studies to spend time with your wife. I will go there tonight and give you two days off. I will report back to school in two days!"
Minister Li next to him said: "Commander Wang, don't be too happy. In addition to spending two days away from school every day to spend time with your wife, you also have to report to the Ministry of Economic Affairs. I heard Commander Nie and Deputy Commander-in-Chief mentioned that you are engaged in economics.
You are very powerful. It is impossible to transfer you to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, so you can come to the Ministry of Economic Affairs to help me..."
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