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Chapter 127 Enemy Camp Positions, "Eight Treasure Rice" (5th update, requesting monthly votes)

April 20, 38, 7:4 AM.

Yuxikou in Anhui was the first section of the Yangtze River to be crossed during the Crossing the Yangtze River Campaign.

It is also one of the key breakthroughs designated by the General Headquarters.

At this moment, this place, as a key point of breakthrough, is still undergoing final reconnaissance.

Ugh~

A reconnaissance drone slowly took off from the position.

It flew up to an altitude of 300 meters and then sped towards the opposite bank of the Yangtze River at an extremely high speed.

A soldier sits cross-legged on the ground, intently controlling a drone.

With her hair tied back, she was a female soldier named Wang Ying.

He became the team's first pilot due to his outstanding performance in previous training.

At this moment, the drone, under her control, is flying along the selected route.

He reported loudly, "Reporting to the squadron leader, the drone has crossed the river. Please contact the reconnaissance comrades for assistance."

"Okay, the drones will immediately begin reconnaissance of the enemy camp deployment and artillery positions."

Li Yimin gave the order in a deep voice, and then relayed the order to prepare for the rescue through the walkie-talkie.

At this moment, these artillery pieces, which could cause heavy casualties, look like matchsticks when viewed from above.

The soldiers, no bigger than ants, were lazily gathered in twos and threes nearby.

The entire position looked loose and disorganized.

They probably thought that with 70 troops stationed along the entire Yangtze River, the People's Liberation Army couldn't defeat them.

They might have thought that since they were hiding in the rear and there were no reconnaissance planes on the other side, it would be impossible for them to know their location.

Even after the three major battles ended, they captured the same type of advanced artillery.

But how can we strike them if we don't even know where they are?

Furthermore, given the current situation, the Kuomintang army was already in a state of panic, with no will to fight from top to bottom.

If it weren't for the order from higher authorities to kill anyone who tried to escape, many of the conscripted laborers would probably have already run away.

Now that there's no war, everyone's become quite lazy.

The drone footage showed several chefs wearing white aprons carrying over several large iron buckets.

The artillerymen, who had been listless just moments before, immediately swarmed around him as if they had been injected with adrenaline.

They swarmed and began to fight over the food.

I guess the reason many of the conscripted men didn't run away was because they were provided with food.

It's important to understand that during this period, the economy collapsed, military spending was enormous, and the Nationalist government over-issued legal tender, leading to inflation of approximately 47 times!

It triggered one of the most rampant inflations in human history.

Rice prices have risen several times a day; 100 yuan can only buy a few grains of rice!

The money that ordinary people earn through hard work is simply not enough to buy food.

In addition to numerous exorbitant taxes and levies, there were more than 240 types of taxes and levies explicitly stated.

The burden on self-sufficient farmers often exceeds their harvest by 60-90%.

More than 700 million men were forcibly conscripted into the army, and armed requisition of grain led to "crying in every household and desertion of men in every village".

Farmland abandonment is severe, with approximately 500 million mu (26.7 million hectares) of land lying fallow nationwide.

In such dire circumstances, even if they escaped, they would only starve to death.

It's better to stay in the military camp; at least you can get free food and drink there.

Although the food was a bit mediocre, we could still occasionally eat eight-treasure rice mixed with sand and pebbles.

It's not enough to starve to death, it's just a little hard to chew.

No wonder that when the fighting actually started, these soldiers collapsed at the first touch and ran away faster than anyone else!

The artillerymen grabbed the food and happily sat down to eat it.

Unbeknownst to them, their meal was being filmed by a drone.

Even picking up the crumbs that fell on the ground was clearly visible.

The drone circled around and flew to the next reconnaissance location.

He inspected everything from the artillery positions to the front lines, even marking out where the heavy machine guns were.

When the fighting starts, these coordinates will be the primary targets of the artillery.

"Commander, everything has been recorded. Based on the reconnaissance compared with yesterday, the enemy has added a howitzer regiment. This has been recorded in detail."

A female soldier handed over a piece of paper with coordinates clearly marked on it, exactly the same as the situation found during the reconnaissance two days ago.

"Retrieve the drone!"

"Reconnaissance squad, retreat!"

Li Yimin issued the retreat order, and only after seeing the drone return with his own eyes did he take the report to the command post to report the situation.

As time passed, the sun rose.

Around 9 a.m., a British warship sailed from east to west and entered the People's Liberation Army's defense line on the Yangtze River!