Jagged Changjin Lake: Kill the enemy and become stronger

Hu Zhiwan started the work of ideological education in due course.

"Yes, we will be the strongest when we train hard."

The fighters are very confident.

After chatting with everyone for a while, Qiao Lin urged the soldiers to go to rest early, and they have to continue training tomorrow.

"Instructor Qiao, there is something I need to tell you in advance."

After the soldiers dispersed, Sun Desheng pulled Qiao Lin aside and said with a embarrassed face.

"what's up?"

Qiao Lin raised his eyebrows. In his impression, Sun Desheng rarely did this, so it was probably not a trivial matter.

"I did an inventory yesterday, and there are only five days' worth of food left in the company, and half a month before the regiment distributes food. The remaining food is not enough even if you save it. This matter... ."

Sun Desheng rubbed his hands together, unable to continue.

Since the cavalry company started formal training, the food intake of the soldiers has increased sharply. Yesterday he went to the warehouse to take stock and found that there was not much food left. According to the current standard, it was only enough for five days.

It was Qiao Lin's idea to increase the amount of food for the soldiers. High-intensity training must have sufficient physical support. Although the conditions are difficult and nutrition aside, the soldiers cannot be trained hungry.

From the very beginning, Sun Desheng told Qiao Lin that if the amount of food was increased, the rationed food would not be enough.

At that time, Qiao Lin said that he would come to find a solution to this matter, but as the company commander, how could Sun Desheng really ask Qiao Lin to solve the food problem.

After discovering that there was not enough food yesterday, he has been thinking about how to solve it.

Borrow food from fellow villagers in the village?

It's unrealistic. The villagers don't have much food at home, and they don't have enough food for themselves. Where can they borrow the surplus food?

Looking for a superior?

It's even more impossible. All the food is allocated by quota. Why should the cavalry company receive an extra grain than other troops?

Reduce food rations and save money?

It was too late, no matter how cheap the five-day ration was, it would not be enough for half a month. Besides, the soldiers still had to train, and it was a trivial matter to be hungry. I was afraid that they would not be able to keep up with the training steps.

At that time, not only will I be hungry, but I will also have no results in training, and I will fail at both ends.

After thinking about it all night, Sun Desheng didn't think of a solution to the problem, so he had no choice but to ask Qiao Lin for help.

"Five days, except for today, there are only four days left, which means that our cavalry company has no food to eat in the last ten days."

Qiao Lin calculated silently in his heart. The next time the rations were distributed, it happened to be the day when the cavalry company finished training.

How should I spend these ten days?

He is not a careless person, and he has always been on his mind when he promised Sun Desheng to solve the food problem.

At the beginning, he was so confident because he had never done logistics work, and he thought it was not a difficult task. He thought that he would go back to the independent group sometime and ask Li Yunlong to ask for the lack of food.

But when he chatted with Brigadier Chen last night, he realized how naive his thoughts were.

Because he was worried that Brigadier Chen would bring up the matter of the cavalry company again, he didn't dare to speak out, but asked Brigadier Chen in a roundabout way, what should the soldiers of the independent regiment say about not having enough food and rations.

As a result, Brigadier Chen popularized the knowledge of the distribution of rations for the troops to him.

It turned out that the Eighth Route Army was different from other armies. Except for the rations allocated to troops with numbers in the ranks, non-staffed troops like the Independent Regiment and Xinyi Regiment had to find their own solutions to the ration problem.

Because the army may fight at any time, and change the station according to the change of the war situation, it is unrealistic to farm land and grain. There is only one solution, which is to buy it with money.

The Eighth Route Army is not a bandit tyrant, and will not forcibly expropriate or rob the people's food in the garrison. If the people have surplus food, the Eighth Route Army will buy food from the people at a price higher than the market price.

If the people have no food in their hands, they can only find ways to buy food from other places and transport it back and distribute it to the troops.

The process of buying food is also very complicated. Wars and blockades from all sides often require complicated procedures to buy.

For example, the independent group wanted to buy a thousand catties of white flour, but it was not available in the local area. It was available in a county [-] kilometers away, so they had to go there to buy it.

But this is not as simple as sending someone over to pay the money to bring back the white noodles.

First of all, the little devil will not just watch the independent group go to buy white noodles, but will set up several or even dozens of blockades along the way to intercept them.

Even if they evade these blockades and successfully reach the county seat, the little devil will try his best to make the merchants with white noodles refuse to sell the white noodles to the independent group, such as intimidating, threatening, or even killing them directly to take away the white noodles.

Even if the little devil is hidden, there are some other forces with malicious intentions who don't want the independent group to be able to buy white noodles and continue to obstruct it.

After overcoming all kinds of difficulties and dangers, I finally bought the white flour, and the transportation back became a problem. A thousand catties of white flour is not a bean, which can be hidden in the body. How to pass through the blockade of the little devil and transport it back?

Can only take a detour.

It was originally a [-]-kilometer journey, but by the time the thousand catties of white noodles were transported to the independent group, it was very likely that thousands of kilometers had been detoured. The white noodles bought from the county might have been shipped back from other provinces. The difficulty can be imagined.

The land in Northwest Shanxi is barren, and the grain output is not high. The common people don't know what surplus grain is.

Therefore, the rations of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were basically bought from other places, and they had to help the poor local people who had no food to eat from time to time.

Due to financial constraints, transportation difficulties, and various conditions, the Eighth Route Army can only buy food for one to two months each time, so it will be rationed.

During the period when grain was available, the Eighth Route Army was also trying its best to continue purchasing grain through various means.

Chapter 530 Three Robbery Is a Solution

Through the popularization of Brigadier Chen's knowledge, Qiao Lin finally figured out that it was impossible to reach out to the troops for food.

It's not that the troops don't help, but that the troops can't help.

Qiao Lin asked Li Yunlong for food, and the rest of the independent regiment had to starve.

The independent regiment asked Brigadier Chen for food, and the rest of the [-]th Brigade had to starve.

Brigadier Chen asked the division commander for food, and the [-]th Division had to go hungry.

The division commander asked the headquarters for food, and the entire Eighth Route Army had to starve.

Although it may seem exaggerated, it is an indisputable fact.

On the surface, it’s just that the cavalry company is short of rations for ten days, and it’s resolved from within the army. The company head finds the regiment head, the regiment head finds the brigade head, the brigade head finds the division head, and the division head finds the headquarters. The entire Eighth Route Army will be brought in. .

This is called pulling one hair and moving the whole body.

Unless a certain level of command department no longer seeks help from its superiors, for example, Li Yunlong does not seek brigade commander Chen, and takes back part of the food distributed to each battalion to supplement the cavalry company.

In this way, the cavalry company will not have to starve for ten days, but the soldiers of other troops will have to starve.

Food is not like other things. It is a necessity. No matter how worn out the military uniform is, it is no problem to wear it for ten days, but if you do not eat for ten days, you will starve to death.

The troops don't have any extra food, so can we spend some money to buy some for emergency?

It is possible in theory, but not in practice.

Just like the example of the independent group buying white flour, after going through various hardships and overcoming various obstacles, it may take a month before they cross thousands of mountains and rivers to buy the grain back.

This is also the reason why Sun Desheng didn't sleep all night and couldn't think of a way to solve the problem. It wasn't that he was stupid, but that he had no way at all.

So Qiao Lin directly dismissed the idea of ​​reaching out to Li Yunlong. He originally wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Sun Desheng about the food, but he didn't expect that Sun Desheng approached him first.

No food can be borrowed or bought. The problem before us is actually very simple. Even if you have superpowers, you can't get food.

"Company Commander Sun, don't worry, I'll find a way."

Qiao Lin comforted Sun Desheng first, and then began to think about how to break the deadlock.

What is the root cause of the food problem?Let the soldiers not be starved to death with enough food, and have the strength to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.

In fact, you don’t have to rely on food alone to have a full stomach, but you can eat any food you can.

Qiao Lin suddenly remembered the field survival training he had conducted with the Dark Blade fighters on the peninsula battlefield.

At that time, hunting could also fill one's stomach.

This seemed to be a solution, but it was quickly given up by Jolin.

Although the condition of the peninsula battlefield is difficult, there are still a lot of prey. A bear is enough to feed the entire Dark Blade for two days. There are also wild wolves, hares, and various wild animals.

But that is on the peninsula, the geographical environment is different.

Where can I find large wild animals such as bears and deer in Northwest Shanxi?

In addition, in this season, spring has just started, and the animals are in the breeding stage, and they basically never leave their nests. Finding a wild rabbit is no easier than killing a little devil.

The cavalry company has nearly [-] people, even if they don't need to train every day, they may not be able to eat enough just by hunting.

Military horses must not be eaten. These are their own military horses, not the enemy's. The soldiers' feelings for military horses are like comrades-in-arms. Let them eat military horses, and they would rather starve to death.

"You can't hunt, and you don't have grass roots or tree bark. You can't buy it, you can't borrow it, and you can't rob it!"

Qiao Lin patted his head a little bit, the problem of eating was even more difficult than fighting.

"Instructor Qiao, don't dare to talk nonsense. Our Eighth Route Army has discipline. How can we rob people if we don't take needles and threads?"

Sun Desheng shivered in fright, feeling that Qiao Lin was a little out of control.

Qiao Lin didn't say a word, the hand patting his head stopped in the air, as if he suddenly thought of something, the corners of his mouth slowly raised upwards: "I didn't say to rob the common people, it's not a violation of discipline to rob the little devil."

Qiao Lin laughed sinisterly, making Sun Desheng's back feel chills.

"The one who snatched the little devil?"

Sun Desheng asked in disbelief.

"That's right, where did the cavalry company's horse rifles and sabers come from? Isn't it just to rob the little devils? Since we can rob equipment, why can't we rob food? Let the little devils rob us ordinary people, and let the Eighth Route Army not rob us." Little devil?"

Qiao Lin felt a little dark under the lights, and even forgot the easiest way.

"But where do we go to grab it?"

Sun Desheng suddenly felt that what Qiao Lin said was very reasonable. Why can't he grab food if he can grab knives and guns?It's just a question of who to grab.

"Don't worry, don't you have four days left? I'll arrange it. The cavalry company will go to the battlefield after training. I just take this opportunity to come to the graduation assessment first."

Qiao Lin smiled brightly, and a plan related to the meals of the soldiers of the cavalry company began to be brewed.

Early the next morning, the soldiers gathered at the wheat field, and Qiao Lin held a short meeting for everyone.

The content is very simple, and the training subjects have been taught to everyone. What the soldiers need to do is to constantly consolidate, become proficient, and use them flexibly.

That is to say, most of Qiao Lin's work as an instructor has been completed. For the rest of the time, all he needs to do is to watch, find the shortcomings, point them out, and let the soldiers improve.

In fact, a few cadres like Sun Desheng can do the job of supervision. Qiao Lin has a lot of leisure time in the wheat field, so he needs to find some work for himself.

Focus on training the reconnaissance team of the cavalry company.