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"If we can solve the food problem, our base area will not be afraid of any raids!" Secretary Yang of the Northern Bureau nodded.

Deputy Commander Peng also agreed with Secretary Yang's opinion and echoed: "Whoever has the food right now will win the battle."

Commander-in-chief Zhu, who was sitting in the meeting room, said: "So we must prepare food and carry out anti-sweeping work at the same time. At present, there is a food shortage and locust plague in the base area. Everyone's life is difficult. For a long time, the people in the base area have been tightening their grip. The trouser belt supports the Anti-Japanese War. What needs to be reminded is that you should not compete with the common people for food, wild vegetables, and elm leaves. Try to give priority to the masses. The masses are the foundation of the army. This must not be forgotten at any time. It is not allowed to eat more and take more, let alone corruption, if anyone embezzles money without permission, it will be dealt with by military law."

He weighed the document in his hand, and the left chief of staff said: "From the information gathered by the General Staff, the Japanese army's next military move is not clear, and they don't know what offensive strategy they will adopt, and the center of gravity of the attack is also unknown. People have stepped up their secrecy work since this year, but there are signs that the base area is about to face a major war, and all divisions need to pay full attention, and send additional manpower to keep a close eye on the enemy's troop mobilization. Prepare for the upcoming sweep."

Since the last intelligence theft incident at the North China Command of the Japanese Army, Masao Sato, the captain of the special service team in charge of hunting down the spies, returned home. Neji Okamura was furious, and the Japanese army carried out a large-scale cleansing of the interior, and a considerable number of officers and soldiers were secretly arrested. And executed, the Japanese army headquarters and command departments at all levels not only strengthened the confidentiality work, but also intensified the infiltration of the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese revolutionary base areas. [

Everyone present at the conference table is seriously taking notes, preparing to release tasks after returning to their area.

Tapping the table with his fingers, his mind was running extremely fast, Commander Zhu lightly exhaled a smoke ring, and said: "Since Okamura Ningji became the commander-in-chief of the North China Front Army, the Japanese army's fighting methods have become very strange. Unpredictable, judging from the raids during the Spring Festival in February this year, the Japanese army has learned how to seize the weak opportunity of our army to launch an attack, which needs to be notified to all troops, and they must remain vigilant at all times."

Commander-in-Chief Zhu cleared his throat and said with a serious expression: "Our Taihang Mountain base is not the Hawaii of the Americans. Since the enemy intends to launch a surprise attack, we will also use a trick. The current locust plague and food shortage are inherently unfavorable. This determines that we cannot face the enemy head-on like the Hundred Regiments War and the Autumn Anti-Sweep. Therefore, we must make full use of the advantage of home combat, set up a ecstasy array, and make the usual situation to paralyze the enemy. Responding to all kinds of changes, the art troupe is preparing quietly in private. Isn’t the art troupe to welcome the May [-]st International Labor Day cultural activities? Let them continue to rehearse and perform at the original scheduled time. Please do not stimulate the enemy to launch an attack in advance in all districts. Now we need Time, as long as we survive this period of time and persist until the crops are harvested. With food, we can hit the enemy hard. In the upcoming anti-sweeping battle, I hope that all troops must effectively eliminate the enemy and firmly Firmly guard our anti-Japanese achievements and play our own style."

"Yes!" All the cadres present responded in unison.

The theme and spirit of the meeting were determined by the two commanders and deputy commanders. The left chief of staff took out the prepared meeting documents and said: "The following are the tasks listed by our general staff for the combat preparations in each district, as well as the relevant points and suggestions. , I hope that all troops can implement it. At the same time, pay attention to confidentiality work..."

Because there is no food, the soldiers cannot eat enough, and their physical strength and spirit are inevitably weakened. This has caused a general decline in the combat effectiveness of the troops in the various theaters of the Taihang Mountains. Senior executives generally feel helpless, it is unwise to fight recklessly, and they can only take more covert actions, hoping to persevere through this difficulty.Stay until the first batch of grain harvest this year, and try to preserve your strength to deal with the Japanese army.

After the meeting, the high-level cadres of each division immediately rushed back to the station without stopping to issue task arrangements.

In order to enable the people in various places to actively respond to the Japanese offensive, anti-sweeping mobilization orders were issued layer by layer, and at the same time, all troops were ordered to step up locust eradication and replanting work.

Watching the Japanese army secretly preparing for the mopping up, all the troops gritted their teeth anxiously, but the army of locusts that fell from the sky could not be ignored. Without food, the troops could not survive, let alone fight, and if the locusts could not be wiped out completely , Leaving even a little bit of eggs and locust pupae can plunge the base area into a nightmare of locust natural disasters.

During the locust extermination operations day and night, some troops, such as the third regiment and the second battalion in the first division, summed up a number of locust extermination experiences, submitted them to their superiors, printed locust extermination leaflets and distributed them everywhere. Organizations launched mass locust extermination activities in full swing.

In order to be able to effectively use manpower to eliminate locusts, the base area even learned the tactics of large-scale mopping up from the Japanese army, such as encircling with iron walls, combing and mopping tactics, and cross-sweeping. .

There are always more solutions than difficulties. The collective wisdom of the base area should not be underestimated. Not long after the locust plague broke out, the locust extermination smoke, locust extermination potion, and pesticide sprayer came out one after another. Many people have never seen or even thought of exterminating locusts before. All kinds of utensils are constantly emerging, which has brought great convenience to the work of exterminating locusts.

Troops at all levels also rewarded many soldiers who provided valuable locust extermination experience. The reward was ten rounds. Although it was not much, it could at least kill a few more enemies on the battlefield and give them more chances of survival. In the eyes of the soldiers in the army, ten hairs are more real than military medals.

"God! Help me!" Li Wei watched the locusts scurrying all over the sky and rushing towards the fire. From time to time, the insects hit people's faces and crawled on people. This kind of scene is really scary, if it weren't With the Lian Shen Jue vibrating, the true qi surrounding the surrounding area continued to burst and fell on the locusts on his body, Li Wei really had the urge to flee in despair.

At night, several piles of flames were lit in the field, and the unusually conspicuous flames attracted a large number of phototaxis insects in early spring, who threw themselves into the fire regardless of everything.

I don’t know how many locusts were swallowed by the exuberant fire, and the air was full of pungent scorching smell, but many soldiers from the countryside happily picked up one or two locusts that were roasted just right, and stuffed them into their mouths Chewing with a smile on his face, Li Wei almost vomited out the last night's meal. Such a disgusting thing can still be stuffed into his mouth. Li Wei has never been able to accept eating those weird things.

But sometimes it just doesn't go his way. For a while now, the kitchen has specially provided iron plate locusts, and the supply is limited, and they can be eaten with their stomachs open. As a result, Li Weiyi lost his appetite when he saw those locusts piled up in the shape of a hill. Moreover, he often went to the kitchen to threaten the cooking soldiers, not to mix locusts into pancakes or other food, otherwise he would rather die than eat, which made the cooking team laugh. For them, eating some roasted locusts is nothing more than normal.

There are a lot of people in the base area and there is a lot of power, so all-out culling of the locusts has achieved some results. In just one week, the overwhelming locust plague was effectively suppressed. Although the number of locusts is countless, they cannot hold back the soldiers and civilians in the base area. They cull in three shifts day and night, and they don't know how many chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry they have fattened up in a week.

It should be noted that the heavenly cycle and natural disasters are caused by an imbalance, but even if the natural disaster lasts for too long, there will be nemesis to correct it. Flocks of migratory birds returning from the north are like magic soldiers descending from the sky. Birds of all sizes, Cheering and joining the army of predating locusts, all the soldiers and civilians on the ground cheered loudly. The large-scale gathering of locusts is also subject to the macro-control of nature, which directly attracts the gathering of natural enemies of locusts. Even the Japanese devils could only stare dumbfounded at this strange phenomenon of natural creatures. They could stop the Eighth Route Army and the revolutionary masses, but the iron blockade couldn't stop the birds from flying in the sky. [

Just after returning from the night shift of locust extermination, Li Wei rubbed his eyes that were a little uncomfortable with the smoke, and saw a large number of birds suddenly appearing in the sky after dawn. After being stupid for a while, Li Wei suddenly wanted to be happy I sang "The Serf Turns Over and Sings" loudly, but considering the copyright issue, I can only sing it n times in my heart.

The appearance of black flocks of birds meant that the soldiers and civilians in the base area finally breathed a sigh of relief. The natural selection, the so-called locust disaster, was not defeated by itself, but the fake scourge was met with the real scourge.

"The way of heaven, if there is more than enough, it is enough to make up for what is not enough. If food is lost, locusts are left, locusts are lost, and birds are left, then birds are lost. Let's make up for my five internal organs temple. This food has turned around. It's still back in our stomachs."

Locusts eat food, birds eat locusts, and Li Wei eats birds. Li Wei's eyes seem to be like a complete food chain. His saliva almost flows down. The food shortage in the base area also makes Li Wei, who is growing up, miss him very much. Before the anti-Japanese era, the daydream of a big bowl of white rice in the life of modern society, oh my god, this modern society is bad in every way, but it can always make people full, and malnutrition for a long time is also Let Li Wei become extremely thirsty for food. Now it is an extremely energy-consuming fighting life, not a practice of escaping from the world and self-cultivation. Bigu is simply impossible.

This damn north, why do birds fly south in winter, but now is not the time to hunt birds to satisfy their hunger, we have to wait until the birds have eaten up the locusts, Li Wei will not be ignorant of current affairs at this time.