What Chen Zhengyu didn't know was that the leader was under much more pressure than him.

As a time traveler, no one knows better the situation of the War of Resistance in North China in the next few years.

The anti-Japanese military and civilians not only have to endure the increasingly severe raids and blockades of the Japanese and puppet troops, but also have to endure an unprecedented drought.

If Zhou Cheng remembers correctly, starting this year, the harvest of ordinary people will be affected by this severe drought that lasted for nearly three years and will begin to reduce production.

It will reach its worst level next year, and the harvest in the fields is likely to not even have enough food for the people, let alone maintaining the army.

In history, in the face of this sudden natural disaster and the more cruel sweeps and blockades by the Japanese and puppet troops, the Eighth Route Army, whose total strength has maintained rapid growth, experienced negative growth for the first time, and it lasted for two years.

It was during this period that the Eighth Route Army proposed ways to overcome the crisis by simplifying the military and streamlining government, relying on one's own strength and self-sufficiency.

The Eighth Route Army, who had strong military strength and controlled large areas of base areas, suffered heavy losses in the face of this natural disaster, let alone the national rescue army.

In order to increase the ability of the National Salvation Army to deal with this natural disaster in the future, Zhou Cheng began to raise and reserve food a year ago to ensure that after the natural disaster comes, the troops will not increase the pressure on the people in the defense zone, and the military and civilians in the defense zone will survive that period together.

The unexpected arrival in front of him undoubtedly disrupted Zhou Cheng's plan.

Originally, I had already reserved grain for the troops for about two years. If I find a way to reserve some of the autumn harvest this year, the troops could rely on the reserved grain to survive the natural disasters.

In order to help the victims, the regiment had to take out half of the reserved grain to the people, which meant that there was a year-long grain shortage in the reserved grain of the army.

After the expansion of the troops, the total strength of the National Salvation Army exceeded 10,000 people, plus the local cadres, local troops, disabled soldiers, arsenal workers who needed food to be raised... all the food needed to be eaten in total exceeded 15,000.

Calculated by one person’s daily food needs, the annual food shortage is 5.6 million kilograms, plus the food shortage of more than 6 million kilograms needed by the disaster victims is about 12 million kilograms.

This means that when the national rescue army does not move this year's autumn grain, it will also find a way to get 12 million kilograms of grain to ensure that the defense zone can safely survive the next natural disasters and man-made disasters.

The first thing Zhou Cheng thought of was the upcoming Eighth Route Army's elite troops and simplification of government.

If you control the number of people eating public food in the defense zone to less than 10,000, you can have more than 5 million kilograms of grain left in three years, which is equivalent to the food gap required by the troops.

For the current National Salvation Army, the shortage of millions of kilograms of food will definitely greatly reduce the pressure on the regiment headquarters and itself.

Not only that, after the combat troops are reduced by several thousand, the defense zone will have several thousand more laborers."

If the regiment organizes them to open up land and farm in the defense zone and engage in agricultural production, it can not only be self-sufficiency, but also provide the troops with a large amount of food, further reducing the pressure on the people in the defense zone...

In order for the military and civilians in the defense zone to survive the next natural disasters and man-made disasters, Zhou Cheng decided to discuss with him the matter of simplifying military affairs when Tang Yufeng arrived in Yangquan.

But there is also a problem. From starting the army to simplify the government, to organizing the troops to clearing land and farming, to harvesting food... This takes a lot of time, and more than 100,000 victims who are hungry in the defense zone cannot afford to wait.

Therefore, before the National Salvation Army began to streamline the government, it must first solve the grain and food that the disaster victims urgently needed, and also supplement the iron pots and farm tools that they must live in, otherwise they will not be able to cultivate food in spring.

The brain is running rapidly and thinking about possible solutions to problems.

But I thought about several ways to obtain food in a row and I rejected it.

Seeing Chen Zhengyu staring at him, Zhou Cheng replied helplessly: "The way to obtain food from outside has been basically cut off by the Japanese and puppet troops and the war zone. We can only find a way to be self-sufficient!"

Chen Zhengyu didn't expect that the leader was also in trouble when facing this problem, and replied with a disappointed look: "If you are self-sufficient, you have to wait until the autumn harvest as soon as possible. I am worried that more than 100,000 victims will not be able to hold on at that time!"

"Can you harvest early in the autumn?" Zhou Cheng put forward a seemingly stupid idea!

"Impossible..." Chen Zhengyu blurted out.

"Although I have never planted land, I know that grain has a production cycle and must be sown until spring plowing, and the time is up to harvest. If the autumn harvest is early, it will not only affect the grain production, but may also have no harvest. Commander, you cannot do such stupid things, otherwise our national rescue army will definitely be scolded to death by the people."

"Growth cycle..." The speaker is unintentional, and the listener is intentional.

Zhou Cheng kept repeating these words, then frowned and fell into deep thought again.

A minute later, two rays of rays of light suddenly shot out from their confused eyes, and their eyes lit up and shouted: "There is a way!"

"We cannot change the growth cycle of crops, but we can temporarily plant some crops with short growth cycles."

"It's best to plant it now and harvest it in five months."

"If possible, the best harvest will be within four months!"

After hearing this idea, Chen Zhengyu's eyes began to shine, but his stretched brows frowned again not long after.

He is a soldier, so there is definitely no problem in fighting. But if he is asked to farm, he will definitely not be as good as ordinary people.

Although the leader had a good idea, neither of them was an agricultural talent. He had no idea what to plant now, nor what food could be harvested within four months, nor did he know whether the food he wanted to plant was suitable for the geographical environment of Yangquan and Shouyang...

"Report..." Deng Jinghua suddenly appeared at the command department.

"Come in!" Zhou Cheng temporarily put away his inner thoughts and ordered at the door.

Deng Jinghua hurried in and reported happily without waiting for Zhou Cheng to speak again: "Captain, the war zone just sent us a telegram, saying that the telegram that had been scolded before was sent to appease the Eighth Route Army, and it was not the original intention of the war zone, so that we should not compensate the Eighth Route Army for medicine."

"In order to show sincerity, the war zone specially gave out 5,000 yuan to privately reward our national rescue army, hoping that we will continue to kill the Japanese behind enemy lines and fight bravely."

"Also let us stay away from the Eighth Route Army in the next battle to prevent the troops from being infiltrated by the Eighth Route Army..."

Chen Zhengyu smiled and sighed, "Captain, you are still powerful!"

"As soon as you take action, you will turn the so-called master moves in the war zone into a stupid move, and you have to pay the price for your impulsive behavior."

"Although the compensation for 5,000 yuan of oceans is not much, it is enough for us to save the country and use it for a month or two."

"I contact us and we will immediately reply to the war zone: We will execute the order and will not give the Eighth Route Army medicines, but they will send 5,000 oceans as soon as possible. After the troops get these 5,000 oceans, we will find a way to secretly send the medicines to the two independent regiments!"

After saying that, Chen Zhengyu looked at Zhou Cheng and waited for him to nod in agreement.

Zhou Cheng thought for half a minute and spoke: "The orders in the war zone must be executed."

"They don't want to see us reconcile with the Eighth Route Army, and they have already made them pay the price for this matter, and we have also gotten the benefits. Then we will satisfy their wishes and continue to rebel against the Eighth Route Army and will not give medicines."

"But the war zone promised to compensate us for the five thousand dollars of oceans, I don't want it."

"I remember that the Shanxi Provincial Government has been moving with the theater command center, with many talents there, and there must be experts in agriculture."

"We were still in trouble just now and didn't know what crops with short growth cycles were planted? If we had experts in this field, he would definitely help us make the right decision and guide everyone to rush to grow food, ensure that the defense zone can harvest a batch of food in four months, and allow more than 100,000 victims to survive until the autumn harvest."

"So I decided to trade these 5,000 oceans with the war zone and exchange them for ten experts in agriculture and water conservancy!"

Chen Zhengyu was a little confused and asked with a frown.

"Captain, I can understand that the defense zone urgently needs talents in this area now."

"But I can't understand the experts in water conservancy. Do you plan to build water conservancy on a large scale in the defense zone?"

"After our defense zone expanded from two counties to four counties, the jurisdiction has become larger and larger, the population has become larger, and the funds are needed."

"But our National Salvation Army has a weak foundation and limited funds. In order to stabilize the defense zone, every piece of ocean spent on usually can't be used in two pieces, and it can't even divide the funds to build water conservancy. Even if the water conservancy experts you exchanged from the war zone come, they can't play their strengths, and it's better to have a few thousand pieces of oceans."

Zhou Cheng did not explain.

These water conservancy experts are preparing for the next drought resistance.

The drought has not begun yet. If you can prepare for the future, let experts in water conservancy repair some water conservancy projects in the defense zone in advance, dig a few more wells, and store more water. After the drought comes, the drought resistance pressure in the defense zone will definitely be much smaller.

But this matter cannot be said yet, so I can only order it as the commander of the regiment: "Chief of Staff, don't worry, I will definitely not let them be idle and execute the order!"

Seeing the leader of the group insisted so much, Chen Zheng did not continue to talk nonsense on this issue. He watched Zhou Cheng ask another question: "Will there be too many for five thousand yuan to exchange for ten experts? I am worried that the war zone will think that our lions speak out loud and disagree with this transaction."

Zhou Cheng shook his head: "If it was a peaceful era and there was no war, there would be less than 5,000 yuan for two experts."

"But Chief of Staff, don't forget the current situation... Wars are everywhere in North China, whether in war zones or the Japanese, they focus their main energy on the troops and wars. Almost no one cares about those marginalized experts, so the request I made is not too much."

"I believe that for the war zone, they would rather spend 5,000 yuan to support one more regiment's troops than to raise a few experts who have no impact on the war."

"Just reply to the war zone as I just wanted, they will definitely agree to the deal."

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