"Captain, there is a lot of wasteland around the village. Do you think we can reclaim the wasteland and grow some crops ourselves?"
"Or maybe we provide some crop seeds, reclaim the wasteland, and leave the rest to the villagers. When harvesting the grain, we will distribute part of the grain to the villagers? What do you think?" Liu Gen stared closely.
Ding Wei, I want to know what Ding Wei would think.
Without Ding Wei's support, it will be difficult for Liu Gen to lead his soldiers to reclaim wasteland. Even if Liu Gen doesn't care about his own future, he still needs to consider his soldiers, and he can't let such a thing happen.
It will affect their future. But Liu Gen believes that as long as Ding Wei is not stupid, he will agree to do this.
"Open source? It's a good idea." Ding Wei thought for a moment and then understood.
Naturally, it would not be enough for the soldiers to rely on robbing the enemy. As for purchasing supplies from the villagers, it was also somewhat difficult.
After all, some villagers don't have that much food in their hands, and they need to go to towns to buy in large quantities. The Japanese manage the towns in the areas they control very strictly, and large quantities of food cannot be transported out at all.
There are also certain problems in purchasing from areas controlled by the National Army. The National Army may not necessarily allow the Eighth Route Army to buy large amounts of supplies.
If you want to maintain the combat effectiveness of the revolutionary team, it is undoubtedly best to be self-sufficient.
"Your idea is good, but I need to consider whether this will affect the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. In addition, the Japanese may attack us again at any time. If we are forced to evacuate, our efforts will be in vain."
Looking at Liu Gen, Ding Wei said in a deep voice.
Ding Wei's expression was a little serious. He was sure that the Japanese would encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army again. The previous battle between the New Regiment and Bantian United was proof. The Japanese chose to retreat because they were recuperating, but they did not give up the idea of dealing with the Eighth Route Army.
The national army on the frontline involves a certain amount of energy from the Japanese. No matter what problems the national army has, the role played by the national army cannot be denied. Without the existence of the national army, the Japanese will definitely be able to use more experience to deal with those who are active in enemy-occupied areas.
The Eighth Route Army. In enemy-occupied areas, the Eighth Route Army took up a lot of energy from the Japanese, which required them to allocate more energy to protecting important facilities such as transportation lines and railway networks.
"Captain, the Japanese will definitely launch an encirclement and suppression campaign against us again, but we cannot give up doing such things just because we are worried about the enemy's encirclement and suppression."
"The three armies will go ahead without using food and grass. If we want to achieve more results in enemy-occupied areas, we need to ensure that we have enough supplies. We can't always rely on supplies from the rear, right? Besides, our Eighth Route Army's ranks are constantly expanding.
It is not enough to rely solely on supplies and seizures from the rear. Combat effectiveness is linked to the physical fitness of the soldiers. If the physical fitness cannot be improved, it will be useless no matter how much you practice." Liu Gen believed very strongly.
The large-scale production movement that took place two years later showed that it was very necessary to do this. We can't wait another two years to do this. Two years is enough for a lot of things to happen. If the Eighth Route Army can do it in two years,
By completing part of the self-supply, the pressure on the rear can be reduced a lot.
"You are right. Let's do this. Your artillery company will do this first, and you can decide for yourself whether to cooperate with the villagers. As for whether all the soldiers in our regiment want to do this, I need to report it to the headquarters and then follow it.
It’s up to the headquarters to make the decision. No matter what we do, the combat effectiveness of the new regiment cannot be affected in any way." Ding Wei thought for a moment and said in a deep voice.
Ding Wei knew that Liu Gen was right. This would greatly supplement the New Regiment's shortage of supplies, but he needed to ask the headquarters about the New Regiment's decision-making. Compared with Li Yunlong, Ding Wei was more
Be more prudent. Besides, this matter is not too small and it does need to be reported to the headquarters. In Ding Wei's opinion, the possibility of this matter passing is still high, and the heads of the headquarters should also be able to see the benefits of doing so.
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Choosing to let the artillery company do this first is also to accumulate experience first. Once the headquarters agrees, all the soldiers of the new regiment will be mobilized. Even if it is not approved, the soldiers of the artillery company can reclaim a certain amount of wasteland.
Let the new group bear less material pressure.
"Commander, our artillery company soldiers can do this first, but we have to keep 70% of the land we have reclaimed and the crop yield." Liu Gen said.
Ding Wei was slightly startled, "Okay, I knew you were going to say this. Don't worry, the regiment headquarters will not take advantage of your artillery company. When the time comes, even if the decision is not passed, the regiment headquarters will not ask you for food for free.
I will only buy at market price."
"Genzi, are you relieved?"
"Don't worry! Don't worry! Can I still believe you, Commander? Captain, please forgive me. It's really the soldiers of our artillery company whose physical fitness is so poor." Liu Gen quickly apologized with a smile. It's also Ding Wei's open-mindedness, otherwise Liu Gen
Gen said this, it is easy to offend people, Liu Gen only cares about his own artillery battery, Liu Gen is a bit too petty.
Liu Gen had no choice. There were only so many soldiers in the artillery company, and he couldn't let the soldiers keep cultivating the land, which meant that the yield of crops was limited. The artillery company was responsible for cultivating the land. It couldn't be done when harvesting grain.
For the sake of the artillery company, this kind of thing cannot happen.
"Go ahead and do this. I hope the headquarters will give you a reply soon." Ding Wei said.
After leaving the regiment headquarters, Liu Gen breathed a sigh of relief. He was very satisfied with the support of the regiment leader Ding Wei. He walked quickly towards the warehouse of the new regiment. He needed to borrow some farm tools to cultivate the land, but there was no
Farm tools are not enough. If the soldiers of the new regiment need to cultivate land, the farm tools of the new regiment will not be enough. If they are borrowed earlier, the artillery company can cultivate more land.
Soon, Liu Gen pushed a small cart back to the artillery company. The small cart was filled with farm tools. There were not many farm tools, only twenty or thirty pickaxes.
Looking at the soldiers who were training, I saw that something was wrong. I selected some soldiers with better training results, gave them pickaxes, and asked them to reclaim some wasteland first. The remaining soldiers continued to train, and the training was handed over to them.
The squad leader came to lead the soldiers, while Liu Gen led the other soldiers towards the wasteland around the training ground.
"Company commander, shouldn't our artillery company be training with all its strength? Why are we reclaiming wasteland now?" The second squad leader came to Liu Gen and asked with some confusion.
The other soldiers around also looked at the company commander Liu Gen, wondering what was going on. Reclaiming wasteland was not something they should do.
"It's like this. During the morning training, I saw that everyone's physical fitness was not very good, so I thought of growing some food ourselves. After harvesting, everyone can eat more to replenish the body and make it stronger. Now we are reclaiming wasteland.
In order to grow something so that everyone can have enough to eat in the future, they need to work hard to reclaim wasteland," Liu Gen explained.
The eyes of the soldiers lit up. As expected of a company commander, such a method could be thought of. The soldiers clenched the pickaxes in their hands and had some expectations in their hearts. They were full of motivation when they thought that they would have enough to eat every day in the future.