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The more Tang Yufeng listened to the expression on his face, the more solemn it became.

The regiment commander said many things he had experienced. Before he joined the National Salvation Army, he had experienced the village slaughter twice.

A village with more than 200 people, regardless of gender, age, was killed by the Japanese within a few minutes.

Some Japanese devils are even more ruthless, and they specially pick out the people in the village as live targets and train the new recruits for bayonets.

After the people in the village were massacred, the village was abandoned, and more than 1,000 acres of land in the village were abandoned. No one continued to farm, and then slowly turned into a wasteland covered with weeds.

In order to avoid the war, many ordinary people left their hometowns before the Japanese came to kill. The land that originally belonged to them would naturally be abandoned because no one cultivated it!

If all these lands are added up, there will be more than 10 million acres!

With less cultivated land throughout North China, grain output will naturally decrease.

If there are any natural disasters and man-made disasters, the total grain output in North China will continue to decrease. At that time, the Japanese, war zones, and the Eighth Route Army will definitely launch an unprecedented battle for food.

Whoever has more food in his hands will be able to survive in short supply and gain the initiative in the battlefield...

When that time comes, food can really become a hard currency.

Seeing that Tang Yufeng seemed to have figured it out, Zhou Cheng continued to analyze: "I just mentioned man-made disasters only include the people leaving their hometowns, the huge reduction in the labor level of young and strong behind enemy lines, and the impact of the reduction in cultivated land."

"In addition, we cannot ignore the direct impact of war on food production."

"This time our national rescue army is lucky. During the spring plowing, the Japanese and puppet troops did not come to attack us, so the land in the defense zone was planted with food. As long as we ensure that no Japanese and puppet troops entered our base to cause damage before the autumn harvest, there would definitely be no problem with the autumn harvest."

"North China is so big, not every place has such good luck as us."

"I don't know from Taiyuan. Let's talk about the Yangquan Independent Regiment and Shouyang Independent Regiment, which had just gained a foothold in the new base, now they should call them the Unique Regiment and the Second Independent Regiment. During the spring plowing, the Japanese and puppet troops were sweeping the new base they had just formed, and this sweep lasted for more than a month."

"After the Japanese retreat, the spring plowing had passed."

"When the Japanese and puppet troops were storming, there must be a large amount of land that did not plow in time. Even if the people in the base areas took advantage of the Japanese and puppet troops to withdraw and rush to plant some food in time, the output of these lands will be more or less affected."

"And now there are still several months before the autumn harvest, and no one can guarantee whether the Japanese and puppet troops will send troops to sweep them again."

"If so, there will definitely be a lot of fertile land in their base areas being ruined by the Japanese and puppet troops, which will further affect the grain output in the base areas."

"I believe that during the spring plowing period, more than two independent groups of bases were attacked, and there will definitely be a large number of other bases in the few months before the autumn harvest."

"No matter how large the war between the two sides is, fertile land will be ruined by the Japanese and puppet troops, which will affect the autumn harvest in a few months."

"Unless the Japanese are defeated by us and the villagers are no longer affected by the war, regardless of whether there are natural disasters or not, the grain output in North China will be worse year by year."

"We are prepared for any trouble. When the Japanese are willing to sell our grain, we will definitely not suffer any losses in the end."

Tang Yufeng and Zheng Yunshan were persuaded by Zhou Cheng, and Zheng Yunshan first said: "Captain, I think what you said is very reasonable. In the future, the food in North China will definitely decrease and less."

"If we have too much food in our hands in the future and we can't finish it, we can give it to the Eighth Route Army."

"And the grain is very resistant to storage. As long as we repair the warehouse, it will be fine to reserve it for two or three years."

"No one knows what happens three years later. If there is any natural disaster, these foods will become our life-saving food. If there are too many, it will not only support the Eighth Route Army in the surrounding area, but also replace them with weapons and ammunition and medicines that we cannot produce ourselves!"

"So as long as the price is right, we will charge as much as the Japanese sell."

Tang Yufeng nodded, but soon asked three other questions: "Captain, do you think the Japanese sold so much food to us?"

"There are prices. Although they really want to win over us, they don't want to see us contact the Eighth Route Army and buy grain from the Eighth Route Army. But the market price of grain is there. If we cannot buy it at a lower price than the current market, we will suffer. According to the rules of previous years, the price of grain will drop to a higher or lesser extent after the autumn harvest."

"If we traded with the Japanese at a price lower than the market, they would be the ones who suffered the loss. Would the Japanese be so stupid?"

Zhou Cheng thought for a while and spoke: "I'll answer your first question first!"

"The Japanese must have 10 million kilograms of food in their hands, but maybe 20 million kilograms are included."

"Don't forget that the more than 100,000 victims in our defense zone were caused by the Japanese and puppet troops, and all the food of the victims was stolen by the Japanese and puppet troops."

"Originally, some of the food was rewarded by the Japanese and puppet troops on the front line, but we killed all these Japanese and puppet troops. The rewards naturally fell on the Japanese troops stationed in Shanxi."

"The 130,000 victims have been able to maintain the food for the autumn harvest. Even if the per capita food is more than 100 kilograms of food, the Japanese and puppet troops have stolen at least 15 million kilograms of food."

"In addition to ordinary people, Yangquan and the landlords and traitors in Shouyang were also relocated to the hinterland of their occupied areas by the Japanese. During this process, a lot of food must have fallen into the hands of the Japanese. We calculated it based on five million kilograms, which totaled exactly 20 million kilograms of food."

“The price is better.”

"The 20 million kilograms of grain I just mentioned were either snatched by the Japanese and puppet troops from the hands of ordinary people, or they got it from the traitor and landlords. They did not pay any price, and they would make a profit even if they sold it at a low price."

"And the Japanese are not like us. They snatch food from the people in the occupied areas when they lose food, and they will not be short of food at all."

"Twenty million kilograms of grain are not only useless in the hands of the Shanxi garrison, but will also become a burden for them. It requires a large number of warehouses to store it. It is better to exchange it for oceans and gold. The military department will divide it with a good deal."

"So as long as the price we offer is not too excessive, the Shanxi garrison will definitely agree to sell the grain to us for cash in order to achieve their ulterior motives."

"As for the money we buy food, of course, the wool comes from the sheep."

"These food was stolen by the Japanese from the hands of the people, and it is an ill-gotten fortune. We must not let the Japanese take all the advantages."

"Even if 10 million kilograms of grain is pulled by train, it will take several times, so the transaction between us and the Japanese will definitely not be completed in one go."

"Old Tang, just prepare the ocean of the first two transactions. I will find a way to ensure that the Japanese and puppet troops will lose their wife and soldiers!"

The Japanese military headquarters in Taiyuan, looking at the negotiation news sent back by the intelligence department, the chief of staff was shocked at first, but unexpectedly, the commander's judgment was right again, and the fact that the National Salvation Army would start negotiations today was really discussed.

After he finished reading the negotiation content sent back by the intelligence department, the shocked expression on his face had become puzzled.

"Sir, the National Salvation Army has a big appetite. It will buy 10 million kilograms of grain when it opens its mouth, which is five times more than the amount of grain we have calculated."

"The National Salvation Army must have planned to take the opportunity to store food and prevent such accidents from happening in their defense areas. It's too cunning."

Speaking of this, a hint of anger suddenly flashed on the Chief of Staff's face: "Baga, they dared to threaten us in negotiations. They were too arrogant and didn't even understand their own situation. If they forced us into a hurry and didn't trade with them, they wouldn't even buy food."

The commander did not scold people, but his expression was particularly heavy after reading the information, and he was obviously very angry.

He slapped the intelligence on the table with two slaps, staring at the chief of staff and cursed: "Shut up, if we don't trade with them, the National Salvation Army will really bow to the Eighth Route Army and buy grain from the Eighth Route Army with weapons, ammunition and medicine!"

"This sentence in the intelligence is too true: as long as the National Salvation Army does not openly surrender to us, no matter how bad their relationship with the Eighth Route Army cannot change their identity as Chinese, nor can they change their relationship as friendly forces."

"If we really force the National Rescue Army to the point of being too late, they will definitely buy grain from the Eighth Route Army at all costs."

"I can't accept this result even more than selling them 10 million kilograms of grain."

"It was finally difficult to make the National Salvation Army rebel against the Eighth Route Army, and to make the National Salvation Army an isolated army. We must not waste all our previous efforts because of the incident in front of us."

"A little impatience will cause big plans, and I don't think this is not without any benefit to us."

The Chief of Staff understood most of the time, but still couldn't understand some of the questions. He frowned and asked, "Please help me solve my doubts."

"I totally couldn't imagine how good this would be for us."

"If we agree to sell 10 million kilograms of grain to the National Savior Army, they will definitely store most of the grain. In the future, it will be difficult for us to use grain to balance them."

The commander sneered and asked, "Chief of Staff, even if we only sell two or three million kilograms of grain to the national rescue army, do you think we still have the chance to use grain to balance them like we are now?"

The Chief of Staff was stopped and hesitated for a while before answering: "It's very difficult!"

"After learning from one's mistakes, the National Salvation Army has begun to prepare for the situation in order not to fall into the crisis of food cuts."

According to the intelligence department report, the National Salvation Military Defense Zone has cultivated hundreds of thousands of acres of land this year. Some of the common people and some belong to the army. At first, we thought they were not doing their jobs, but now we know that they are preparing for the reserve of food."

"As long as there is no accident before the autumn harvest, the food they received in the defense zone is enough for the entire national rescue army to eat for two years."
Chapter completed!