After frowning and thinking for a long time, Li Hao spoke: "Because the Japanese and puppet troops blockade food from outside, there is only so much food in the base area. If we eat more, the villagers' rations will be less. In order not to let the common people in the base area
If there is hunger and famine, the army's rations will certainly not be increased."
Hong Linfeng's face became more and more solemn, and he analyzed with a stern face: "If you want to ensure that the troops have physical training, having enough food is the most basic thing."
"After the army expands, the rations will definitely increase. Unless we have something to replace the food, we can ensure that the soldiers can have full stomachs."
"Meat..." Li Hao blurted out.
Several scenes of what I experienced during the Long March immediately came to mind.
As the troops moved all the way to the fighting, they often couldn't see anyone or buy food for several days.
In order to keep everyone well fed and able to march and fight, the superiors tried their best.
At that time, my company also had this problem.
My solution at that time was to replace food with meat, which was nutritious and could reduce food consumption, killing two birds with one stone.
Because of this incident, he made an exception and was appointed as squad leader by his superiors. He led a squad of soldiers and was responsible for the nutrition and food of all the wounded in the regiment.
At that time, the troops were marching and fighting, and they were able to get a lot of meat.
Now the army has a base area, and the area is very large, with rivers and vast mountains everywhere.
The resources and environment are good, so as long as we find a way, we will definitely be able to bring back a lot of prey.
Compared with grain, meat is more nutritious and more resistant to hunger.
Under normal circumstances, one pound of meat can easily carry two pounds of grain.
If the army can bring back one thousand kilograms of prey every day, it is equivalent to two thousand kilograms more rations, and it is more nutritious.
Thinking of this, Li Hao made a decisive decision: "Chief of Staff, there must be many warriors with hunter backgrounds in the regiment."
"Organize them, each person will lead an infantry platoon, form a hunting team, and take turns going into the mountains to hunt."
"There are many base areas in the mountains, and now is the time for prey to store fat for the winter. They must be fat and strong. It shouldn't be a problem to bring back four hundred kilograms of prey every day."
"In addition, we should also organize soldiers with fishing experience in the regiment."
"There are many large rivers in the base area. They have not stopped flowing for decades. There must be many big fish hidden in them."
"Set up a few fishing teams to go fishing in these rivers. You will definitely gain something. And fishing is easier than hunting. We will try to get 600 kilograms of fish meat for the team every day."
"Six hundred kilograms of fish plus four hundred kilograms of prey equals one thousand kilograms of meat. If we cook them all for the soldiers to eat, we can save at least two thousand kilograms of food every day and feed at least seven hundred more soldiers."
"In addition, the army will also set up a wild vegetable team to organize everyone to dig wild vegetables in the mountains to reduce food consumption. In this way, the saved food can feed an additional hundred soldiers."
"The last way is to attack the Japanese and puppet troops."
"There must be some smart soldiers in the regiment who are traders and have done business. Pull them out and form a purchasing team to go deep into enemy-occupied areas to buy food. Then, with the cooperation of the intelligence department and the commando team, they will move in batches like ants.
Send it back to the base."
"You don't need too much. If you can send back one or two thousand kilograms every day, the food gap of the main force will be solved."
Hong Linfeng thought for a while and asked: "How to solve the funding problem for the purchasing team."
"There is a severe drought in North China, and the price of food in the enemy-occupied areas is also frighteningly high, and most of the food is in the hands of the little devils. We can only buy it little by little, accumulate a little, and then send it back to the base area. This will definitely require a lot of manpower.
and funding.”
Li Hao blurted out: "Let the commandos solve it."
"The commando team and the purchasing team entered the enemy-occupied area together, and then were divided into two: one part of the commando team was responsible for collecting the funds of the purchasing team, and the other part of the commando team was responsible for covering the purchasing team and returning the grain to the base area."
"There are many kidnappers and traitors in the enemy-occupied areas. If the commando team takes action, they will definitely be able to solve the funding problem."
"I have only one request for them: to get food back to the regiment headquarters at all costs without violating discipline."
At this time, Hong Linfeng thought of another problem: "Captain, I'm not worried about the three or four methods. They can continue forever."
"One or two methods will not work. The emergency response will definitely be effective in the short term, but over time, the harvest of the hunting and fishing teams will definitely continue to decline."
"The growth cycle of prey and fish is too long. After the first batch is finished, it will take at least a year for the second batch to grow up."
"In three months at most, we will eat almost all the prey and fish in the base area."
Li Hao's brows that had just relaxed were furrowed again: "Chief of Staff, you are right. The growth cycle of prey and fish is too long, and we cannot afford to wait."
"They can only help us solve temporary needs, but they cannot last long. We must find something with a shorter growth cycle to replace them, which can not only ensure the nutrition and physical strength of the soldiers, but also reduce food consumption."
"chicken……"
This is an animal that appeared in Li Hao's mind.
In his memory, the production cycle of broiler chickens is only one and a half months, and the production cycle of laying hens is only three and a half months. This is also a very important reason why he originally established a chicken farm in the base area.
However, judging from the supply of meat and eggs from the chicken farm to the troops, its production capacity has not met the requirements.
If the egg-laying cycle of chickens can be shortened to three and a half months in later generations, each chicken can produce 300 eggs per year, which can completely replace prey and fish and become a very important source of nutrition for the main force, greatly reducing the main force's burden.
Food consumption.
Thinking of this, Li Hao immediately asked: "Chief of Staff, how is the chicken farm in the base area doing now?"
"You have to ask Deputy Commander Luo about this. He manages several factories in the base area." Hong Linfeng replied.
"But I guess there won't be much production capacity."
"As the drought continues, the supply of chicken and eggs in military meals has been significantly reduced by nearly half compared to normal conditions."
Li Hao's frown deepened. In his eyes, this situation should not happen.
Chickens are the best to raise among all livestock, especially laying hens. Their growth cycle is nearly half shorter than that of native chickens, and their egg production is high. They should be supplied to the army in large quantities.
Luo Yun came very quickly, and Li Hao didn't waste any time and asked straight to the point: "Deputy Commander Luo, what's the situation in the chicken farm now? I heard that the chicken farm's supply of meat and eggs to the troops every day is at least half less than before.
,How is this going?"
A flash of embarrassment flashed across Luo Yun's face.
The regiment leader trusted him and therefore entrusted him with the management of several major financial resources of the garrison.
In order to ensure their production capacity and provide more funds to the troops, Luo Yun put almost all his efforts into them after taking over the sweet potato flour factory, chicken farm, and pig farm.
But as luck would have it, his efforts did not pay off.
After the continuous drought, the food supply to chicken farms has been continuously reduced, and now it has been completely interrupted.
Without food and just eating grass, not only will the fattened pigs not gain fat, but the growth cycle will be greatly increased, the growth cycle of the chickens will also slow down, and the egg production will be less than one-third of the original.
Many hens have stopped laying eggs and have slowly lost weight due to lack of nutrition and too little protein intake.
Luo Yun saw it and was anxious in his heart, but there was nothing he could do.
There is a shortage of food in the base area. The limited food is not enough for people to eat, and it is impossible to feed chickens and pigs.
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