Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 486 Tang Dao's Gift

However, no matter how Tang Dao complained in his heart, this potato feast had to be eaten.

Didn't you see that the lieutenant generals of the three major armies ate half a potato in one bite and it was delicious?

This is because potatoes are used to it!Tang Dao picked up a slice of potato fried in horse oil and put it in his mouth, but his eyes were more solemn.

The taste of the potato chips is of course very ordinary. The skill of the lieutenant general who seldom cooks is secondary. The salty taste is the first. If a dish is even slightly salty, how can it taste good?

This shows that the lack of supplies in the army has reached a shocking level.

But this was indeed beyond Tang Dao's expectations. He remembered that when he evacuated from Songjiang, because the war was raging and the people along the way had to flee with their families, it was difficult for the army to requisition food on the spot, so he used many methods to take away the original Songjiang city. food.

Songjiang City was originally rich, and there was a lot of rice, white noodles, and salt. The whole army had more than 20,000 people, and they carried food besides ammunition. It has only been more than ten days, so why is there such a shortage of supplies?
"Sir, this." Tang Dao thought and thought, but finally couldn't hold back, stopped the chopsticks in his hand and asked.

The three lieutenant generals who were eating potatoes happily all had wry smiles on their faces.

"You baby, this is a celebration banquet for you. What's the matter, you still despise these potatoes! The whole army has been eating them for several days. In this day and age, it's good to have something to eat." The bearded uncle glared first. , expressing dissatisfaction with Tang Dao, the guest who stopped chopsticks.

However, what Tang Dao saw in the eyes of this 'Tie Hanhan' was clearly not anger, but an apology, a deep apology.

Because, it was not only an apology to Tang Dao and Tantai Mingyue, two young people who were regarded as guests.

That is, for the entire Songjiang army.

"Hey!" Lieutenant General Wu also put down the chopsticks in his hand, looked at Tang Dao with a puzzled expression, and let out a long sigh.

"Forget it, I won't hide it from you, the military supplies are indeed not enough, and the number of refugees encountered on the way is beyond our military's imagination! Even if you want to ignore it because of the military emergency, it is my Chinese people after all! "

"I'm in charge of logistics distribution, Commander Wu, let me talk about it!" Lieutenant General Guo also had a bitter face, and said, "However, reporter Tantai, you can't write these in your field diary, right? Because what military secrets are not military secrets, but the suffering caused by the war, I really can't bear to witness it!"

"Before the Battle of Songhu, millions of refugees migrated from Jiangsu and Zhejiang and from the north to Shanghai after the Battle of Pingjin. Some of them flooded into the concession before the war, but many had no choice but to leave. After passing the two most important railway stations in Shanghai, the refugees could only rely on one pair of feet to migrate southward, but how fast could they go without food and clothing? There are only two roads to the south, one is from Kunshan to Jinling, and the other is natural. This is where it came from." When General Guo said this, his eyes were already shining brightly.

"When our army arrived here, there were still tens of thousands of people in Jiashan County with the old and the young, all of whom had run out of money and food. When our army arrived, an unknown number of people looked at us like that, and even had the energy to beg. None, the frail, the old, the weak, women and children are even more desperate.

Tang Dao, do you know that when a woman who is only about [-] years old can no longer produce milk to support her three-month-old child because she has not eaten for a long time, she is forced to kneel on the road like that. Taking her away, I, a general in the army who claims to be able to command tens of thousands of troops, is also a father with several children, how did I feel in my heart at that time?

You are not a general, you are not a father, you may not understand.But my heart really hurt at that moment, it was so painful.Without this war initiated by the Japanese, she would have been in a small courtyard filled with shade trees. On sunny days, she would play with her young children in the shade, waiting for her husband to return from working abroad, and then helping him Wipe off the ashes from your shoulders, and wipe the sweat off your husband's forehead and face. The family of three enjoyed themselves together!

However, all of this is gone!The child in her arms didn’t even have the strength to cry, she was pale and emaciated from hunger, and her husband didn’t know where she went. I didn’t even dare to ask if her husband was a soldier, no matter whether he was in the north or the southeast battlefield, If he knew that his wife and children were only asking for a morsel of rice to survive the march of the army, what kind of mood would he be in! "

This may be a very rare emotional moment for the always calm and profound Guo Zhongjiang, and it is hard to speak when talking about it here.

Although Tantai Mingyue is full of heroism and does not lose to a man, she is actually an extremely emotional person, otherwise she would not have such touching words in her pen. Hearing this, she naturally burst into tears.

Her country, her people, no, their country, their people, why are they suffering so much!

War is for men.

However, women and children were never allowed to go away.

The country and the family have always been one and closely related!

Lieutenant Generals Wu and Gu also had gloomy eyes, even more gloomy than hearing the Japanese army attacking.When the Japanese army attacked, they could still take up the guns in their hands and fight to the death, it was just death, but in the face of such a suffering crowd, what could these generals do?
"Hey! Brother Guo has a compassionate heart and used nearly 150,000 catties of rice noodles to relieve the crisis of the refugees stranded in Jiashan. The whole army has fallen into such a food shortage situation. It is also my fault that the 128th Division has dragged everyone down!" Hu Zi The uncle couldn't help but speak now.

It turned out that 150,000 catties of rice noodles were given to nearly [-] refugees. On average, at least five catties per person allowed these refugees to continue walking for another [-] kilometers with wild vegetables. When they arrived in the big cities behind, they could get some relief and would not starve to death on the road. However, Lieutenant General Guo, who had carefully calculated, still left enough food for the [-] troops in Songjiang for half a month.

However, he didn't expect that there was an infantry division waiting for him.

The 128th Division of the Hunan Army has not received the supplies from the theater headquarters for almost a month. These days, it has been living frugally on the potatoes prepared when it set off from Jinling.

If you want to keep the horses from grazing when they run, suddenly there are ten thousand mouths to eat, and the Songjiang army's supplies, which were originally relatively abundant, will dare to give them as before. The whole army is either toasted bread or dried meat, and it is also paired with horse broth?
As soon as they entered the line of defense, the whole army began to enter the saving mode. Refined foods such as white flour and rice were only provided to the officers and soldiers who entered the frontline trenches. Potatoes needed.

If not, I'm afraid the battle hasn't been over yet, and this man has nothing to eat.Thirty thousand troops can die on the battlefield, but they must never starve to death in the trenches.

"Brother Gu, you and I fight against Japan side by side, so why is there such a drag? Also, brother Guo, it's not your idea alone to show up as a military force for the refugees to retreat south, so don't feel guilty anymore. What’s wrong with the potatoes? This thing makes me very hungry, and two of them are worth a bowl of rice. I’m quite comfortable eating it.” General Wu glanced at the two guilt-ridden colleagues, said disapprovingly, and then leaned back. Focusing on Tang Dao, he knocked on the table with his chopsticks:

"You kid, don't blame me for being stingy. You just made the first contribution and made faces for us. Otherwise, there are still a few plates of potatoes for you to eat. It's not bad to give you an extra potato. That's it The altar wine, I went to the medical team on purpose, and exchanged it with two taels of jerky that I personally collected by the guards. Do you like it or not!"

"Sir, from your tone, are you addicted to eating potatoes? You just like it?" Tang Dao looked at the tough first commander with some amusement.

"Why, I just like it!" General Wu Zhong ate half of the baked potato in his hand, his cheeks puffed up.

Said that it is really fragrant.

"Well, heavy rain! Come in." Tang Dao shouted outside.

Xia Dayu trotted in.

"Go, bring in the presents I prepared for the officers!"

"Yes!"

"You've learned badly, you've learned how to give gifts! I don't like that!" The lieutenant general, whose mouth was full with half a potato stuffed, waved his hand.

"Not money!"

"Bring it in, Wu Junzuo doesn't want it, I want it!" Guo Zhongjiang definitely has enough melon seeds in his head, and his eyes are shining.

"Brother Guo, you..." the bearded uncle was full of regret.

Where did the army boss who was so pitiful just now go?Why are you so greedy!Even asking for a gift has to be so calm.

30 seconds later!

"Hey! Good stuff!" The bearded uncle's actions can be called a cheetah.

(End of this chapter)