Rise from the sword

Chapter 493 Devils come to attack?It's pretty good looking.

January seventeenth.

Heyuan County.

This year's winter is extremely cold, the wind is howling, heavy snow has already covered the entire Northwest Shanxi, and the eaves are even covered with icicles.

But today's Heyuan County is in full swing.

The east area, that is, the direction near Zhaojiayu, the six-lane mountain road leading to Zhaojiayu, the standard gauge railway, more than a dozen factories, dozens of warehouses, and three mines are under construction in full swing. Although the main construction is carried out by the construction brigade, it is still More than 5 ordinary workers were recruited to assist.

At the same time, the 38-mu land reclamation plan in Heyuan County, the construction plan of [-] large and small reservoirs in ten canals, and the expansion and reinforcement of the surrounding road network have been carried out, turning the original soil single-lane road into a wide hard gravel road.

If you want to get rich, build roads first!

Relief with work.

Zhao Gang played these two sentences to the fullest when he heard them from Boss Chen.

He directly advanced multiple projects in parallel, accelerated the construction of the projects, and absorbed the fleeing people who flocked into the base areas by the way, so as to avoid chaos.

However, it seems that some force was too strong. In just one month, all the labor force of the entire Heyuan County was swallowed up, and even the surrounding population was attracted to Heyuan County. However, there is still a serious shortage of labor force.

For this reason, Zhao Gang had to transfer a group of people from other bases to alleviate the problem of labor shortage.

Sufficient material resources, as well as the mandatory nature of food coupons, allow him to mobilize labor without any scruples. Since the establishment of the construction brigade for so long, a large number of management talents have been trained.

As for the problems in the engineering process and the corresponding solutions, he directly copied foreign experience and made localized improvements in the process to adapt to the national conditions of the Republic of China.

"What a big change."

At this moment in Heyuan County, the four 'businessmen' looked at the county seat in front of them with admiration.

In Heyuan County in front of you, new buildings have sprung up, most of which are of masonry structure, but many of them are reinforced concrete buildings, which are full of vigor and vitality.

Even the coastal areas before the war were less lively.

It's hard to imagine that this is a county in northwestern Shanxi Province located in the Japanese-occupied area.

These four people are the elite investigation team sent by Boss Dai. They are responsible for investigating the situation in the base area of ​​the independent group. Three of them appeared near Ping'an County more than half a month ago. After collecting a lot of information, they came to Heyuan again county.

There is only one other person, a newly sent investigator with a relatively high position, a major.

"How can they recruit so many migrant workers?"

The new major investigator had a puzzled tone.

He is an old man in the military command, with rich qualifications, and has participated in the construction of the Yunnan-Burma Highway.

Even if the country is in crisis due to official recruitment, it is not easy to mobilize migrant workers in the southwest where there is generally insufficient food and clothing. At that time, 20 migrant workers brought their own dry food and hoes to participate in road construction and pave roads with flesh and blood** *
At that time, the counties were unable to provide wages or even supplies for migrant workers.

But right now, the people he saw working around Heyuan County, land reclamation, digging canals, and building reservoirs, estimated to be no less than [-], and those who built roads may add up to even more.

How can a mere county recruit so many migrant workers?

Moreover, these people's work efficiency is very high, they are active and enthusiastic, and the people participating in the construction are all strong laborers, which is incredible.

"A rough estimate is that there are about 13 laborers in Heyuan County, and they will pay wages to all of them."

Of the other three, one took out a food stamp:

"This is the food coupon, one to two per day, paid weekly, or once every half month, never in arrears, calculated according to work efficiency."

"13, for everyone?"

Looking at the food stamps in front of him, the major investigator's eyes twitched.

Pay wages to a total of 13 workers, shouldn't they be called workers?And this kind of food stamps?As an intelligence officer with a high status, he naturally knew about these food stamps, and even had some in his pocket.

Although the current food coupons are small units, according to the value of the coupons, the food exchanged for this one is enough to feed a family of three for a day.

That is to say, three people including myself can be supported by an ordinary laborer. If you work harder to get two tickets, you can still eat enough and have a lot of money.

"Yes, everyone."

The speaker nodded in affirmative tone.

"Unbelievable."

The captain couldn't believe it.

"Can these food stamps really buy enough supplies anytime and anywhere?"

He couldn't help asking again.

He knew that the food stamps were very hard to pass. After all, all businessmen received them, but to pay wages to 12 people, there was at least one stamp per day, and there could be two stamps if you work harder. It is said that there are more stamps in the base area centered on Zhao Jiayu. The total number of laborers shall not be less than 50.

There must be at least [-] tons of grain every day.

The whole of Chongqing can't bear it either.

This is one of the fundamental reasons why today's legal currency is depreciating rapidly every day.

"Here, as long as you have food stamps, you can buy any supplies."

Too lazy to explain in detail, an intelligence officer pointed to a newly built reinforced concrete structure room in the center of the city in the distance and said:

"There are their sales outlets over there."

"Go and have a look."

The major became interested.

The four of them walked towards the selling point. As the distance got closer, the major saw the building in front of him clearly.

As expected, it is a point of sale, rather than a super-large warehouse.

The boxy building is made of concrete as a whole. It should be very new from the outside, and the concrete layer is also very thick. The people who built it must be inexperienced, and some places even have steel bars exposed.

Of course, it may be intentional, after all, there is nothing stronger than steel.

This sales point can also be used as a bunker fortification or an air defense bunker when necessary. The huge space inside must be able to accommodate many people.

At this time, the gate of the sales point was opened, and there were several guards with guns and a machine gun. Through the gate, you could see various supplies piled up inside. Bags of grain were stacked on wooden shelves. Can't see the end.

Beside the gate, there are dozens of sales windows. From time to time, people come to shop with food stamps.

In just ten minutes, he saw all kinds of supplies, rice, white flour, corn, millet, bacon, soybean oil, canned meat, as well as clothes, quilts, cotton, etc.

Food, clothing and housing are all available.

He even saw a group of people with carriages coming to buy supplies. After just half an hour, nearly a hundred bags of grain were dragged away. Calculated at [-] kilograms per bag, that is two tons at a time.

There is no limit to the purchase of food, which is unimaginable during the war.

Continue to walk in, and you can see the price tag written on the wall.

"There are at least [-] tons of supplies here."

The young principal sighed:

"No wonder."

The huge and strong warehouse and selling point, the sufficient supplies that can be seen through the gate, and the unlimited purchase of food supplies, it is no wonder that the county is so stable, and it is no wonder that the food stamps are so stable.

During the war, if sufficient food and living materials can be provided, it can be guaranteed that there will be no chaos.

"Won't the little devil come to attack?"

The major couldn't help asking again.

This is Heyuan County, which is close to Taiyuan and Ping'an County, where a large number of devils are stationed.

The major’s voice was relatively loud. Waiting for the three colleagues around him to answer, a few farmers on the side chatted:
"The devil is attacking, don't tell me, it's pretty good."

"Yeah, it's much more beautiful than the New Year's fireworks, and I don't know when the devil will come next time."

"It's a pity that to join the army, you need to join the construction brigade first, and it is said that you must have cultural knowledge..."

Chatting and chatting, a few people stayed away, leaving only the major with a bewildered head.

?

Devils attack?

Pretty good looking?
The young man was at a loss, did the little devil come to perform?
Why are people here still looking forward to it?
"A month ago, Taiyuan's Yoshino United came to attack."

The intelligence personnel on the side explained:
"However, the devil was beaten back before he reached Heyuan County. The independent regiment here is very strong."

"Yoshino United?"

The Shaoxia intelligence officer knew that this regiment, the main force of the First Army, the field regiment, was very strong, so he continued to ask:

"How strong?"

"That time Yoshino United attacked all night."

The intelligence officer went on to explain:
"However, they stopped at the edge of the far highway pass thirteen kilometers away from Heyuan County, and could no longer move forward. Several attacks were blasted back by the independent regiment's heavy artillery."

"That day the Independence Regiment dispatched eighteen 105-caliber artillery pieces and 36 120-caliber mortars to bombard the Yoshino Regiment.

"Eighteen 105mm heavy guns, 36 large-caliber mortars?"

The major had a picture in his mind.

105 heavy artillery and large-caliber mortars fired at night, the shells streaked across the sky like meteors, the muzzle blast was like fireworks, and the shells landed like lightning.

Hiding behind Heyuan County, watching that battle, watching the shells in the sky streak across like shooting stars, that scene...

"Where is their barracks?"

As soon as the major asked, before anyone could answer, he saw a creaking sound on the left side of the county seat, and then, half-track armored vehicles emerged from the road leading a series of artillery pieces, and headed for the distance.

The long barrel allowed the well-informed major to directly confirm that these are all 105 artillery pieces, and the multiple diameter is greater than [-].

The major counted carefully, and there were a total of 72 half-track vehicles, pulling a total of 36 artillery pieces, and the remaining one was full of ammunition.Behind the convoy was a large number of infantry, including large-caliber mortars carried by strong mules and ammunition carts pulled by horse-drawn carts.

hiss····

The major couldn't help gasping.

36门105火炮，整个国府也就从德国进口了四十门105火炮。而且他还数了数，后面还有36门120重型迫击炮。

This artillery fire is more fierce than a division of the Devils.

and.

All the soldiers here are actually wearing uniform new gray military uniforms and uniform rubber-soled shoes!Machine guns, rifles, and grenades are also drawn from the same mold.

All their expeditionary troops still wore straw sandals, and only some of them were issued rubber-soled shoes by the Americans.

Is this really a dirt road?
(End of this chapter)