Chapter 84: Millions of Farmers, Millions of Soldiers (Part 2)

Chen Guang was a little resistant to Zeng Yiyang's concept of building a farm at the beginning, but after listening to Zeng Yiyang's explanation, he suddenly felt a sudden fist. The farm requires hundreds of thousands of farmers to farm every year, and the stationing of the Red Forty Army made it easier to organize these farmers for training.

It can also accommodate injuries, which is simply beneficial but not harmful?

The quasi-military training, coupled with one year of construction, will be self-sufficient in food, and in two years, it will be able to provide food for more than 200,000 people. In five years, it will be able to provide food for millions of people, creating a consolidated base for the Red Army and creating conditions.

The people who train the land to open up can not only provide qualified soldiers to the troops, but also soldiers who can pick up guns by putting down their hoes, but also create a large iron barrel-like rear.

In the Legion Command Post, Professor Li, who had just checked at various construction sites, brought the members of the survey team to Chen Guang: "General Chen, what you are doing now is to build a complete irrigation canal system, which requires a lot of manpower. Can you put the military training of the people first and wait until the canal is built before training."

Professor Li was very dissatisfied with the progress of the project, and the construction periods in many places were not completed on schedule.

"Professor Li, drink a sip of water to moisten your throat." Chen Guang handed Professor Li a cup of water and continued: "Training peasants into an army is an order from our Front Army Party Committee. I have no right to change it, but we will definitely complete the construction period you mentioned on schedule."

"How to complete it? Do you know that some of these canals have wide main channels and the human resources are limited. It is almost winter, and when winter comes, the land is frozen, and the ground can only be a white mark when an iron pick is down, and there is no way to construct it." Professor Li said anxiously. He understood that since he took over this project, it was only a few months from exploration to construction, and the time was very tight, but he still took his students to complete the drawings.

This is a revolutionary work. Professor Li believes that as long as the siege is completed, he will be recorded in history like Zheng Guoqu and Dujiangyan in history.

"Then don't stop in winter." Zeng Yiyang said firmly at the door. He understood that human patience is amazing, and winter cannot stop human creativity in transforming nature.

"Yiyang, you are back." Chen Guang looked at Zeng Yiyang at the door in surprise, immediately stood up and ran over. He muttered: "Have you healed? Let my brother see if he has any injuries."

"It's okay, everything is fine." Zeng Yiyang patted his shoulder and smiled: "This winter, let's have a big fight."

It is already September and after October, snow may fall in the northwest. Professor Li can’t figure out that it is cold and cold. Can people really change nature in such a harsh environment?

However, he was also very surprised. Since he first saw Zeng Yiyang, he felt that every word this young man said was trustworthy.

"This little comrade is..." Professor Li asked with black-framed glasses.

"Come on, this is Professor Li, whom I mentioned to you in the letter, and the water conservancy expert of Northwestern University." Chen Guang introduced to Zeng Yiyang, and then pointed to Zeng Yiyang and said to Professor Li: "This is the commander-in-chief of our Third Front Army, Comrade Zeng Yiyang."

"Thank you Professor Li, but your suspicion is unreasonable. You must know that human creativity is unlimited and the ability to transform nature is unlimited. I firmly believe that our Red Army and compatriots of all ethnic groups in the northwest who participated in the construction of agricultural reclamation will definitely overcome difficulties and build the irrigation facilities on the farm before the spring of next year." Zeng Yiyang replied to Professor Li's doubts with affirmation, with complete confidence in his eyes.

"General Zeng, I admire you for leading the Red Army soldiers in North China and defeating the elite Japanese troops, but this is a water conservancy project, not a battlefield." Professor Li poured a basin of cold water on Zeng Yiyang's head like a student criticizing him, without any attempt to give Zeng Yiyang face.

"It is difficult to excavate the land in winter by manpower, but if there is enough waste to blow up the frozen soil and then let someone transport the exploded soil away, I believe that this is much faster than simply digging the soil." Zeng Yiyang is indeed very confident. The source of his confidence is several ** factories in the northwest.

TNT cannot be created, and smokeless ** is even more of a luxury, but it is not difficult to create a general mountain **.

Zeng Yiyang organized manpower to reopen several ** factories and began to produce ** mass production. He was originally planning to start mining, but now he is still looking for mines, so it is the same for water conservancy.

"Use **?" Professor Li said in confusion, then figured it out again, and said happily: "Why didn't I expect it? This idea is simply amazing. Let me think about it... Let me think about it carefully. I can blow up a large area of ​​soil at once, and just move these... In this way, water conservancy construction in winter may be faster than other seasons... No, I will write it down soon..."

The crazy man took his book and ran out, just like a child who got the toy he had dreamed of and wanted to show off with the toy, and ran out in a wind.

Chen Guang and Zeng Yiyang looked at each other and smiled. This is the cuteness of intellectuals in this era. They think about saving the country through knowledge all day long. As long as they can show their value, they can happily sing the song.

At night, the dim oil lamp shaking the figures in the house. Outside, the wind carried sand, howling everywhere in the dark, as if torn apart the black fear...

The two divisions of the Red Forty Army and six main regiment commanders all sat in the room in one go.

Wang Lifa: The commander of the first division of the ** 1st Division of the Red Forty Army, now the commander of the first division of the Agricultural Reclamation Division;

Liu Sanming: Commander of the Second Regiment of the First Division of the Red Forty Army, currently the commander of the Second Agricultural Reclamation Division;

Li Manshan: Commander of the Third Regiment of the First Division of the Red Forty Army, currently the commander of the Third Division of the Agricultural Reclamation Division;

Li Lin: Commander of the 1st Regiment of the Second Division of the Red 40th Army, now the commander of the Fourth Agricultural Reclamation Division;

Wang Bingnan: Commander of the Second Regiment of the Second Division of the Red 40th Army, now the commander of the Fifth Agricultural Reclamation Division;

Zeng Chunjian: The commander of the Third Regiment of the **2nd Division of the Red Forty Army, first the commander of the Sixth Agricultural Reclamation Division;

...

Zeng Yiyang read the positions of the people in front of him quietly, glanced at them, and said word by word: "Are you very dissatisfied with your current positions?"

"Yes, the good combat team, the gun in his hand turned into a hoe, and I felt that I couldn't raise my head?" Zeng Yiyang's words immediately made the leaders' thoughts come alive. Everyone could hear that Zeng Yiyang had something in his words, and he was embarrassed by them in a different way.

"Commander, our first regiment is a combat regiment. Even if we die while standing, we won't blink. But if we want to farm, these soldiers are not good at it..."

"Who else, I feel wronged in farming? I will apply to the Military Commission to transfer you to Hanzhong and fight with Hu Zongnan." Zeng Yiyang waved his hand and interrupted Wang Lifa's complaint.

"Really..." Wang Lifa's eyes lit up.

"Of course it's true, but after leaving the Red Forty Army's gate, don't think about coming back, because you are a group of deserters, deserters retreating in the face of difficulties..." Zeng Yiyang's excited voice sounded, and when he was excited, he even slapped the table and cursed.

"Commander, please calm down. If we don't leave, I guarantee that the Third Agricultural Reclamation Division will complete the task with quality and quantity... Our Third Regiment is the most capable regiment of the First Division, and will definitely not fall behind in farming..." Li Manshan stood up and patted his chest and promised.

No one thought of leaving the Red Forty Army. The common honor of the army was burning in the hearts of every member...

"The Second Agricultural Reclamation Division will not fall behind..."

"The Sixth Division has the least number of people, but it must be the one that has done the most..."

Wang Lifa hated this! He was just a leader, and it would be fine if he was scolded. Now he is about to become a public enemy of the entire army. The first regiment is really going to be sent out. Maybe he will return to the regiment and no one will listen to his orders in the regiment.

"Commander, I'm just confused for a moment..."

"Are you confused? People are more like ghosts, and they are all thinking about fighting and expanding their troops. How many people are there in a group now?"

"I haven't even reached three thousand..." Wang Lifa whispered. Sometimes he was competitive and was competitive. He had more spoils, especially some hidden in the guns, and he expanded his troops privately.

"Good guy, our 2nd Division 3 Regiment only has more than 1,500 people..." Zeng Chunjian said this with sourness, and no matter how you hear it, it is full of envy.

"Don't think I don't know that your regiment sneaked into a regiment of the Imperial Army in North China. The seized weapons were not handed over, and you recruited soldiers." Zeng Yiyang slapped the table and said furiously: "Go back and write a check. You must deal with it seriously. If you are not qualified, your deputy regiment commander will first take over your position. When you pass the qualification one day, you will go back and be your regiment commander."

Huang Su persuaded him, "I think it's enough to review it. Captain Wang is still very good at leading troops."

"No, there is no discussion on this matter." Zeng Yiyang said with a tiger face.

After Zeng Yiyang finished speaking, he didn't look at Wang Lifa. He took out a booklet from his bag and asked the guard Zhou Yan to post it.

The booklet is very short, only a few pages of paper, and it smells of ink, so it is obviously printed for a while.

Zeng Yiyang raised the booklet in his hand and said to the people in the audience: "This booklet allows you to conduct military training for farmers who come to clear the land. There are 200,000 people this year, and we must ensure that there are eight to ten days of military training every month. Each division will master the specific training. However, the booklet has already put forward training requirements. These ordinary people not only come to us to help the Red Army clear the land, but whether they will be qualified soldiers in the future depends on your efforts."

"Next year, more than 200,000 people will join the ranks of land reclamation, and will increase year by year in the next few years. The main forces of the former Forty Army's regiments cannot delay normal training because of land reclamation. They must also ensure that every ordinary person who walks out of the farm will be a qualified soldier when he picks up his gun." As soon as Zeng Yiyang finished speaking, the audience immediately started to coax.

Every farmer needs to be trained to become qualified soldiers, with 200,000 people in the first year, and a few more each year in the future.

You should know that the farm laborers are all from all over the world. The documents have already been agreed that they will be rotated every year and a half. In less than four or five years, millions of qualified soldiers can be collected.

Oh my God? One million soldiers?

Except for Chen Guang, Huang Su, Wu Gaoqun, who knew the key points, the others were all confused.

Zeng Yiyang stood up and announced loudly: "You are right. We are planning to train one million soldiers who have not been on the battlefield in four or five years."

As soon as this said, the venue suddenly became as enthusiastic as an explosion...

Someone suddenly shouted: "Millions of farmers, millions of soldiers..."

After a while, the venue shouted in unison: "Millions of farmers and millions of soldiers."
Chapter completed!