"Captain, Laiyuan Independent Battalion has an urgent call!" Communications platoon leader Zhou Liang hurried in to report.
"The defense area they are responsible for today saw an influx of more than 13,000 civilians in one day. They are all old and weak, women and children, and no one is young and strong. Moreover, they all entered the base area empty-handed and did not bring a single piece of clothing."
"I learned from these people that the Japanese and puppet troops surrounded their village this morning, and all the young men were sent to nearby strongholds to work as coolies for the Japanese."
"Then the puppet troops took away all the food rations from their homes and set fire to the village. Finally, they were sent to the edge of the base area and forced to enter our base area at gunpoint."
"What a sinister trick!" Li Hao instantly saw the Japanese conspiracy and cursed with a stern face.
Wang Hong's face also darkened: "This little devil's move is indeed quite poisonous."
"All the food was taken away and all the houses were burned down. This completely cut off these people's escape route and forced them to enter our base area and increase our burden."
Hong Linfeng also came to his senses and said with a stern face: "It's quite cruel to leave Qing Zhuang behind."
"Without young people, we can't recruit soldiers from these people, and we can't even find a single strong laborer. This means that these old, weak, women and children who enter the base area can only consume our limited food for a long time.
, increases our burden and cannot provide us with any help."
Seeing that several regiment leaders fell silent, Zhou Liang continued to report: "Battle Commander He reported that in order to prevent these old and weak women and children from being frostbitten and freezing to death at night, he has organized local troops and guerrillas from each village to vacate all available space nearby.
room to temporarily accommodate them."
"And all the food stored in the battalion headquarters was used to make porridge to ensure that the villagers would not starve to death."
"But there are too many people pouring into the base area, and their food stocks can only last for ten days at most."
"If people flood into the base area again tomorrow, no one knows how long the food will last."
"What's more important is that they can no longer spare any extra rooms in their defense area."
"If more people flock to the base area, they will have no choice but to sleep in the open."
"Please ask the regiment headquarters to come up with ways to resettle these people as soon as possible."
Wang Hong reminded: "Captain, if the Japanese really intend to use these old, weak, women and children to consume our food and increase the pressure on the base area, there must be more than just these people."
"We must be fully prepared to welcome more old, weak, women and children into our base area."
"Captain, telegram from Guangling Independent Battalion!" Zhou Liang, who had left less than five minutes ago, appeared in front of them again.
"The defense area they are responsible for has an influx of more than 9,000 civilians in one day. All of them are old, weak, women and children, and they do not carry a grain of food. Otherwise, the situation is the same as that of the Laiyuan Independent Battalion. Please ask the regiment headquarters to take over them as soon as possible."
Li Hao's face became even heavier, and he looked at Wang Hong and replied: "Political Commissar, your judgment is correct. In the next few days, more people will definitely be driven into our base area by the Japanese and puppet troops."
"Our Eighth Route Army is an army of ordinary people. Even if those who enter the base area are old, weak, women and children, they may overwhelm and drag down our garrison. We cannot stop them outside the base area and stand by and watch them starve to death.
freeze to death."
"We still don't know how many people will eventually flood into our base area. I suggest everyone prepare for the worst."
"Political Commissar, how much food do you still have?"
"All the people who enter our base area must ensure that each person has half a catty of food per day based on the number of people. This is the minimum standard for a person to survive. Any less will lead to death from starvation."
"If people really starve to death in our base area, then we will be sorry for wearing the Eighth Route Army uniform and the name of the Eighth Route Army."
Wang Hong did not hide anything: "Twenty-five million catties, five million catties of which are rations for the troops, must not be touched, and the remaining twenty million catties are reserved for life-saving purposes before next autumn's harvest."
"I have investigated the situation of the people in the base area."
"Although we dug deep wells, built reservoirs, etc. to obtain water sources and allowed 30% of the land in the base area to be planted with food, this year's harvest was not satisfactory. The yield per acre of land was only 60 to 70% of previous years."
"Even if we dispense with all the public grain, this amount of food will only be enough to feed the people in the base area for eight months. The remaining four months of food shortage will depend on the food in my hand."
"I calculated that 20 million kilograms of grain is barely enough for the people in the base area to last until next autumn's harvest."
Li Hao thought for a moment and answered firmly: "We will find ways to solve the food gap before next year's autumn harvest. The top priority is to ensure that the people who flock to the base area do not starve to death."
"Political commissar, you are personally responsible for this matter. Use as much food as you need, don't be reluctant, and ensure that no one in the base starves to death."
Wang Hong nodded and continued to ask: "How to solve the problem if we live here."
"It's winter now. It's too cold, especially at night. Any accident may cause these old, weak, women and children to freeze to death and get frostbite."
This question did not stump Li Hao, and he blurted out directly: "The base area is so big, we can definitely accommodate them."
"Every village in the base area has ancestral halls, empty houses, and even many villages that have been left empty due to the war. People can live in these places."
"We will resettle these people in proportion to their population."
"A village of one hundred people is responsible for the residence of ten old and weak women and children, a village of two hundred people is responsible for the residence of twenty old and weak women and children, and so on."
"The political commissar is still responsible for this matter. With the assistance of Deputy Commander Luo, at dawn tomorrow, we will order the local troops and guerrillas along the route to organize these people to move to the interior of our base area, and then distribute them to each village in proportion."
"But there is one thing you must remember."
"Be sure to register well when allocating. Villagers who originally belong to the same village should try to be together, or in several villages next to each other. This will make it easier for their relatives to enter the base area to search in the future."
"In addition, the little Japs destroyed their home. Even if we have a chance to rescue the young men left behind by the Japs in the future and reunite their families, it will be difficult for them to return to their original villages and continue living."
"So each village must find ways to provide them with support and let them settle there."
"Although these people are old, weak, women and children who cannot serve as soldiers and are not as physically strong as young people, they can still do some basic farm work and self-help in production."
"You can organize local people and troops to help them build the house base area, but they must cultivate the land themselves."
"There are still a few months until next year's spring plowing. Even if they are old, weak, women and children, they can still cultivate food fields for themselves and their families."
The heavy expression on Wang Hong's face slowly eased.
Facing the little devil's new poisonous plan, it was still a mess just now, without any clue.
Now after listening to the leader's analysis and orders, my confused mind suddenly became clear.
Then I discovered that this was not an unsolvable problem.
After recording all Li Hao's orders, he put away his pen and replied confidently: "Don't worry, captain, we will definitely be able to place these old, weak, women and children in place and ensure that there will be no trouble in the base area and no one will starve to death or freeze to death."
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