At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the continuation of the drought has made everyone in the Eighth Route Army feel great pressure, and the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army is no exception.

In order to alleviate the logistical pressure on the base areas, the food standard of the headquarters has been reduced again and again, and up to now, there are only two nests left, a bowl of pickles, and a bowl of millet porridge where you can count the grains of rice at noon every day.

"Boss, this is what I just calculated: even if all the base areas of the whole army carry out lean troops and streamline administration, grow grain on a large scale, and be self-sufficient, the food shortage of the main force will still exceed 50 million catties."

"And that's not even counting the food shortages for the common people."

"There is a great drought in the base area, and the rivers in many places have been cut off, and there is not enough water for people to drink, let alone grow food."

"If the drought continues, this autumn harvest will definitely be a loss in these places."

"The common people are the root of our Eighth Route Army, and we must not watch them starve to death, so the troops must find a way to transfer food for disaster relief, even if the army rations are reduced, we must ensure that not a single ordinary person in the base area will starve to death!"

The deputy commander-in-chief had a sad face, and put back the wowotou that had just been delivered to his mouth.

If he didn't solve this problem, even if the delicacies of the mountains and seas were in front of him, he would not have the appetite to eat them.

"Chief, the Jinchaji base area forwards the encrypted telegram of the Lingqiu Garrison Regiment!" The communications staff officer suddenly walked over with a serious face, and then handed a telegram full of numbers to the deputy chief of staff.

Unless something big happens, they will never send encrypted telegrams, which is the first reaction of the two people subconsciously.

The deputy chief of staff did not dare to delay, and quickly took out the code book to translate it himself.

By the middle of the time, the sadness on the face of the deputy chief of staff had disappeared, and the tense nerves had relaxed.

The deputy commander-in-chief kept staring at his partner, thinking that something big had happened in the garrison regiment, and as soon as the deputy chief of staff put down his pencil, he hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" Even encrypted telegrams were used. ”

"Rest assured, boss, it's good news."

"Comrade Li Hao sent a telegram: He has a way to get us food, but he needs the support of the headquarters."

The deputy commander-in-chief was almost overwhelmed by the food rush during this time, and immediately replied: "How much can he get, as long as he can get the Eighth Route Army through this difficulty, I will give him the right to give him the right to ask for money, and I will give him the money to support him absolutely and unconditionally." ”

The deputy chief of staff shook his head and replied: "He doesn't want money or power." ”

"Speaking of money. It is estimated that all the funds of our Eighth Route Army Headquarters are not as much as the two of them. ”

"Even if we send this money together, he won't be able to look at it, so it's better not to send it and use the money for what is more needed."

The deputy commander-in-chief was anxious: "I don't want money, I don't want power, so what does he want?" ”

"He needs an authorization from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army." The deputy chief of staff replied directly: "Use the 12 heavy artillery pieces and 600 heavy artillery shells equipped by the garrison regiment as bargaining chips, negotiate with the Jinsui Army in the Second War Zone, and unite to do a business, purchase grain from the Great Northwest, Sichuan, Chongqing and other places, and send it to North China to alleviate our food shortage." ”

"Heavy artillery for food?" The deputy commander-in-chief's eyes immediately widened, and then a shocked expression appeared.

The deputy chief of staff explained: "This is what the telegram says: the garrison regiment has a total of twenty-eight heavy guns, all of which were captured by the Japanese army. ”

"Twelve fifty percent new heavy artillery pieces and 600 heavy artillery shells were dispatched and sold to the Jin Sui Army in the form of half selling and half sending, on the condition that the Jin Sui Army cooperate with us to purchase grain from the Great Northwest, Sichuan, Chongqing and other places, and transport it back to the base areas to relieve our grain pressure."

"How sure is he?" The deputy commander-in-chief continued to ask.

"More than eighty!" The deputy chief of staff replied.

"This is Comrade Li Hao's conservative estimate in the telegram, and if the headquarters can give him the authority to handle this matter with full authority, he will be at least 90 percent sure of success."

The deputy commander-in-chief was moved and wanted to answer and agree.

But I was reluctant to give up the twelve heavy cannons.

This is not an ordinary artillery, even if Chongqing has a fairly complete military production strength, it does not have the ability to produce such large-caliber artillery.

Looking at the entire Eighth Route Army, there were only twenty-eight heavy artillery pieces captured by the garrison regiment.

Once it is sent out, twenty-eight gates will become sixteen, almost halved.

What's more, the half-delivery and half-sale targets of these heavy artillery are the Jin Sui Army, and one day they will use these heavy artillery to attack the Eighth Route Army in turn.

But without food, the situation faced by the Eighth Route Army would definitely be even worse.

Because of the lack of food, the morale of the main force is unstable, the combat effectiveness is weakened, and it is possible that the battlefield will collapse directly.

If the troops suffered great losses due to lack of food in this great drought, the area of the base area was seriously reduced, and the support of the people and the army was lost, even if 28 heavy artillery pieces were in hand, it would not be possible to turn defeat into victory and reverse the situation.

Thinking of this, the hesitant expression on the deputy commander-in-chief's face was slowly replaced by firmness.

"The artillery is gone, and in the future, we can snatch it from the devils and reorganize the heavy artillery battalion into a heavy artillery regiment, or even a heavy artillery division."

"If the army collapses and the morale of the army and the people is lost because of the lack of food, then our Eighth Route Army will not even have a chance to turn over."

"The people take food as the sky, I decided to get food first, and when we have food, the soldiers are full of food and drink, and we have the opportunity to think about other things."

"Call back to Comrade Li Hao immediately: The headquarters agrees to his request, has full authority to deal with this matter, and the more grain you buy, the better."

At the headquarters of the garrison regiment, the headquarters called back much faster than Li Hao expected.

After seeing the word "agree" in the telegram, the whole person was excited, and immediately shouted: "Inform the artillery battalion commander Yuan Qingfeng to come to the regiment headquarters immediately, quickly." ”

Five days later, Yan Youjin appeared at the headquarters of the garrison.

Seeing Li Hao, he obviously showed an embarrassed expression.

The military rank on his shoulders, the more and more wealth in his family, and the heavier and heavier authority in his hands were all brought to him by Li Hao.

is reasonable, he should help Li Hao, continue to send food to the garrison group, and earn more money by the way.

But the arms can't twist the thighs, and the orders of the superiors must be carried out, unless they don't want the official hat on their heads.

This time he came to the garrison regiment, and Yan Youjin was ready for heavy bleeding.

As long as Li Hao does not mention food, even if the purchase price is increased, he will agree to it, and it will be regarded as compensation to the garrison regiment.

"Commander Li, I haven't seen you for a long time, the problem with food is that my brother is sorry for you, but my arm can't twist my thigh, I have to carry out the orders of my superiors, I'm really sorry." Yan Youjin said embarrassedly.

Li Hao waved his hand: "I don't blame you." ”

"Hurriedly called you over, there is a bigger business to talk to you, no, to be precise, it should be to talk to your Chief Yan, and you are responsible for pulling the strings. If the negotiation is completed, I guarantee that Brother Yan will gain both fame and fortune, and you will be able to take the opportunity to become Chief Yan's real confidant. ”

"Let's go, I'll take you somewhere first, I'm sure to scare you."

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