Rise from the sword

Chapter 393 Zhang Wanhe's Price, Ding Kong's Discussion
logistics department.

Zhang Wanhe is busy and happy.

After the devils withdrew, he immediately started to resume production, recalling the skilled workers and experts who had been transferred and hiding, digging out buried machinery and supplies, and by the way, improving some old problems found in the arsenal before, increasing efficiency.

Due to sufficient preparations and the help of big mules for transportation, this time, the loss of personnel and materials was very small, which would not affect production, and the recovery work was relatively fast.

"How long will it take to resume production?"

The boss took time to inspect and asked Zhang Wanhe.

"Production can be resumed in three days, the previous production can be restored in half a month, and the production of grenadiers can be increased a little."

Zhang Wanhe made a vow.

"Where's the livestock farm? How's the preparation going?" The boss continued to ask.

As a boss, he has a long-term vision.

Animal power is too important for troops and base areas.

Troops need a lot of animal power to increase their mobility. If the devils raid this time, if the troops have enough big mules, even the first generation of big mules, casualties can be reduced by about half.

The common people need animal power to increase productivity.

A first-generation big mule is equivalent to a strong laborer who does not consume much food. In this era when people rely entirely on the land for food, a first-generation big mule is equivalent to a tractor, which can turn a poor peasant into a middle peasant or even a rich peasant in no time.

Even though the first generation of big mules is much worse than the third generation of big mules, the standard load is only 65 kg, which is similar to ordinary mules, but the extremely low breeding requirements, high disease resistance, and good endurance make ordinary animal power completely incomparable.

"The construction has already started, and the technicians from the border area have arrived. However, the information is incomplete, and relying on our own horses and donkeys, it will take five or six years to breed the first generation of big mules."

Zhang Wanhe replied with a wry smile.

"There is no rush, we have time and patience."

The boss's tone is rare and warm:

"If there is any difficulty that cannot be solved, just tell me."

"There is no difficulty at the moment." Zhang Wanhe said in a relaxed tone.

This is true. With the growth of the logistics department, the manpower in his hands has also grown, and all kinds of materials are also very sufficient, and the treatment of workers is much better than before. Coupled with spiritual development, the enthusiasm for production has greatly increased.

"Boss, let's have food..." Zhang Wanhe said in a worried tone.

After each raid, the base areas will inevitably face food problems, and they have prepared for it before, but because the scale and time of the devil's raids were not expected, the food preparations were insufficient, and many base areas and troops were seriously short of food.

"This time I came here to tell you about this..."

The boss smiled mysteriously.

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In the logistics department, in a room, Zhang Wanhe and Staff Officer Mo of the headquarters are sitting at a table.

Staff Mo spoke first:
"Li Yunlong will definitely want new grassroots cadres and officers."

"Boss means, this kid has added 160, so we won't give him any more. Although there are a lot of new grassroots cadres and officers trained in the border area, the demand for troops is also great."

"Ah."

Zhang Wanhe nodded.

He just learned that Li Yunlong used 160 tons of grain to replace [-] grassroots cadres and officers.

In the face of Li Yunlong, who is so aggressive and shameless, he was able to negotiate such a high price. Zhang Wanhe was amazed and admired from the bottom of his heart, and at the same time, he felt ashamed of himself.

look at others.

That group of officers was decided from the beginning, and most of them were given to Li Yunlong.

Everyone can see the contribution of the independent regiment in this raid, and everyone can see the loss. There is no way to do anything about the supplies. They can only be a bit biased in personnel replenishment. A thousand tons of grain took advantage of Li Yunlong.

Looking at myself again, every time Li Yunlong took advantage of him, he didn't get any benefit.

Why is the difference so big?
"He will definitely want the gun crew."

"There are still quite a few artillery crews in the Artillery Regiment of the Headquarters. The boss approved four artillery crews and gave some technical arms. We have to think carefully about how to extract more good things from this kid."

Staff Officer Mo is full of smiles.

"Hahaha···"

Zhang Wanhe laughed loudly, his eyes full of anticipation.

Li Yunlong has so many good things, he will definitely think of other troops. This kid is not a real landlord and rich man, but he can earn the title of stingy old Li. Li Yunlong is not a fuel-efficient lamp, so he will definitely take advantage of the opportunity.

Li Yunlong wanted more, and wished to transfer all the good things to his army, but he hoped to give less and leave more talents for the logistics department. After all, there are only so many talents, and everyone wants them.

It depends on the battle of wits and courage between the two sides.

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The new second group.

"Captain."

In the regiment headquarters, a soldier walked in: "Xinyi regiment, regiment leader Ding is here."

"Oh?"

Kong Jie's eyes lit up while he was smoking his pipe.

Li Dingkong, the three of them would never go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and would never wander around each other if there was nothing to do, so Ding Wei must have come to see him for something good when he came here now.

As for asking him for help, it is absolutely impossible now. We have just been chased away by the devil for more than a month. The troops suffered heavy casualties, and life is miserable.

The two met at the regiment headquarters, Kong Jiezhi dismissed the guards, and poured a cup of tea for Ding Wei himself.

After looking at each other and smiling, Ding Wei went straight to the topic:

"Your regiment, how is the food now?"

"food?"

"Hey, I'm having a headache about this!"

Speaking of food, Kong Jie suddenly frowns:
"There are now more than 500 people in the Labor-Capital New Second Regiment. People eat horse chews every day and get at least two thousand catties of grain. The people in the base area here are not rich. In addition, this year is a severe drought, and I can't fill my stomach. Where can I get food?"

"Why are you asking me this?"

"Labor and management don't have food to help you."

Kong Jie frowned.

He is having a hard time, and Ding Wei must be having a hard time too. The devils have just left, and the base area has been severely damaged. Everyone is having a hard time, including the headquarters and the brigade.

"Our two regiments have similar food conditions."

Ding Wei chuckled: "Have you thought about asking Li Yunlong for help?"

"Li Yunlong?"

Kong Jie froze for a moment, then shook his head:

"His current life is probably not easy, and I'm afraid it will not be better than ours."

He had thought about asking Li Yunlong for help. Even if the New Second Regiment is economical, the food is only enough for a month, but after knowing that the Li Yunlong Independent Regiment has lost nearly half of its staff, two-thirds of the cadres and officers have been killed and injured, and the equipment has been seriously lost. I dismissed this idea.

The independent group transferred from Shou County to Zhaojiayu, and it was impossible to carry much food. I am afraid that Li Yunlong himself is also having a headache with the food problem!

"We still underestimated Li Yunlong and Chen Fan's methods."

Ding Wei suddenly sighed with emotion.

He thought so too at first.

Li Yunlong's independent regiment suffered heavy casualties. They retreated from Shouxian County to Zhaojiayu, and they might have a hard time for a while. No matter how powerful his benefactor friend is, it is impossible to transport supplies to Zhaojiayu to help Li Yunlong in a short time.

But the reality was far beyond his expectations.

"Oh?"

The pipe in Kong Jie's hand stopped suddenly:
"How to say?"

"I went to the brigade headquarters a few days ago. Do you know what this bastard Li Yunlong did? He used 160 tons of grain to replace [-] grassroots officers and cadres." Ding Wei held up two fingers and said every word talking.

"Two thousand tons of grain!"

Kong Jie took a breath.

Two thousand tons is enough to feed the soldiers of his new second regiment for several years.

Afterwards, Kong Jie seemed to think of something, and his eyes widened:
"It's still half a month before the independent group arrives in Zhaojiayu?"

"Yes, including today, exactly fourteen days."

Ding Wei clearly remembered that the three regiments were arranged in a triangle at this time, located on the edge of the base area, directly in contact with the area occupied by the devils, so he was very clear about the time when the independent regiments were all assembled in Zhaojiayu.

"This····"

Kong Jie was at a loss for words.

In other words, within a few days, Li Yunlong got at least [-] tons of grain?Li Yunlong had no less than [-] tons in his pocket if he could take out [-] tons to exchange for officers and cadres. Kong Jie dared to use his pipe as a guarantee.

"Why do you care how he got here?" Ding Wei snorted.

Ding Wei knew what Kong Jie was wondering about. It was nothing more than so much food, how it was transported in, and how it escaped the blockade of the devils and the government, but he didn't bother to think about it. Anyway, the food was not fake. , Haven't you thought about this before?

Now I'm hungry, and I have something to eat, no matter where he came from, just swallow it in the stomach and it's over.

"Let's think about how to get food from Li Yunlong." Ding Wei reminded.

"Do you have any idea?"

If they asked for it, Li Yunlong would definitely give it to him, but if he asked for it directly at the door, for example, the last time he asked for it with wine, if it wasn't really impossible, Kong Jie really didn't want to do that.

Friendship doesn't work that way.

"Li Yunlong hinted that he and his regiment can get food by killing the devil's technical soldiers. We can't help directly, but we can provide information, or use it as bait..."

Ding Wei lowered his voice:
"The devils are very wary of Li Yunlong, so they are not so wary of us."

"good idea···"

Kong Jie's eyes lit up.

It would be too stupid to insist, how much depends entirely on Li Yunlong's mood, he has tried, even if Li Yunlong is drunk, it will not be much, but if he has a price tag in his hand and trades, it will be different.

"Any specific plans?"

Kong Jie brought out a map of northwest Shanxi.

"Pan County..."

Ding Wei pointed to a point on the map:

"There is a car convoy of devils stationed here. Not long ago, this group of devils transported supplies to Ping'an County. There are more than 30 cars in it, that is, there are at least 60 devils' technical soldiers."

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The day.

Independence Corps.

"Head, the little devil has issued a commendation order."

While he was busy, Zhang Dabiao walked into the regiment headquarters, spoke in a murderous tone, and handed Li Yunlong a newspaper at the same time, which had the devil's military flag and Zhu Ziming's portrait on it.

"Hey hey..."

Li Yunlong also had a stern flash in his eyes.

The reason why he has not touched Zhu Ziming is that he waited for today, for the little devil to abandon this spy first.

It was also when Li Yunlong was smirking murderously.

An unnamed mountain.

Ding····

"Business: The new spy..."

"Daily business expansion..."

Along with the prompt, the system panel popped up automatically, and a series of subtitles spread out.

"Yo."

Chen Fan raised his brows, a little surprised, this time the system actually had a notification sound, instead of just popping up silently, it's an improvement.

While complaining in his heart, he focused and looked at the text that popped up.

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(End of this chapter)