Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 545 Indirect Influence
The answer to this question raised by Wang Xuexin is self-evident.

What China lacks most must be food.

This may be difficult for modern people to understand, because it seems that no matter how poor you are, you can never afford to eat.

But food is a big problem in this era.

The main reason is that the people's willingness to farm is generally not high during the war.

To be precise, it's not that the willingness to farm is not high, but that farming is too risky... After working hard for more than half a year, it's all over when the devils come, people can run away, but the crops can't walk.

The area controlled by the stubborn army is almost the same, except that the devils are replaced by the stubborn army.

The base area of ​​the Eighth Route Army is still relatively good now. The two defense lines of Luliang Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain have been consolidated to protect the safety of southwestern Shanxi, so that a large area of ​​wasteland can be reclaimed and cultivated. Looting food, and incidental burning, killing and looting.

So the people thought in their minds that if they grow their own grain and others harvest it, they will still be hungry in the end, so why bother?It's better to do odd jobs to earn some money to fill your stomach, and maybe save some money.

On the other hand, it is the devils who have occupied the northeast and the eastern coastal areas, and occupied 70% of China's grain-producing areas. The output of grain has always been on the dangerous line and relies heavily on imports.

Now, if the Yunnan-Burma Highway is cut off again, the channel for importing grain from overseas will basically be lost, and even if you want to buy grain, you will not be able to buy it... The hump route has a small volume and can only be used to transport scarce strategic materials. Transporting food can only be described as a luxury.

Therefore, even a stubborn soldier will only be able to eat two meals a day and each meal will be three or two meters.

Even three or two meters can't be guaranteed, because under the layers of deduction by stubborn army officers, the rice is mixed with a lot of chaff, sand and so on.

What Wang Xuexin has to do now is to take the Yunnan-Myanmar Highway before it is blocked, and buy more grain reserves to cope with the difficulties he will face.

The chief was the first to agree. He nodded slightly with a serious face, and said, "If the Yunnan-Burma Highway is blocked by devils, then you really need to buy food! If you don't have enough to eat, how can you have the strength to fight the enemy with bayonets? Just starved to death!"

"Chief!" said the chief of staff, "shouldn't I remind the recalcitrant army of the possible situation now, and see if I can prevent the Yunnan-Burma Highway from being blocked by devils? None of the supplies can come in!"

What the chief of staff said was not very comprehensive.

The line of communication with Maoxiong in the north is still unimpeded.

The problem is that Maoxiong can't protect himself under Hans' attack and also needs to import a large amount of supplies from Yingjiang, of course he can't take care of Huaxia.

In addition, the chief of staff at this time was not the hump route used for "a drop in the bucket", so he thought it was completely blocked.

The cadres in the conference room immediately understood the seriousness of the situation after being told by the chief of staff.

Among them, Zhang Wanhe, the Minister of Logistics, who understands the stakes the most, interjected: "Chief, Chief of Staff, I think this matter will not have much impact on our Eighth Route Army, but it will have a great impact on the recalcitrant army!"

The chief nodded and affirmed Zhang Wanhe's analysis.

The reason is that the Eighth Route Army has been blocked by devils and recalcitrant troops for a long time...Under their blockade, the Eighth Route Army has established a system of "doing it yourself and getting enough food and clothing". Not expensive but much better than before.

Under such circumstances, the Burma Road had little impact on the Eighth Route Army.

If there is any impact, it is that it will not be so convenient for Wang Xuexin to do business with Ying Jiang in the future. Everything he needs must be shipped by the hump route, and the shipping cost is several times that of the material itself.

The chief frowned and said: "Although this is true, we must not only care about ourselves, we must take care of the overall situation! No matter how you say it, the stubborn army is also the enemy of the devils. If they have a hard time, it will definitely affect us!"

The cadres nodded in agreement.

Although the recalcitrant army always does things that hinder its legs, at least it has dragged down many troops of the devils in the front line of defense. There is a saying that "the enemy of the enemy is a friend". No matter how the recalcitrant army targets the Eighth Route Army, this point in the overall strategy It cannot be changed.

Therefore, the interests of the stubborn army are also the interests of the Eighth Route Army.

However, the chief then shook his head and sighed: "The problem is that it is not the recalcitrant army that may be in trouble now, but the sun never sets, and it is because they have no determination to fight and no willingness to fight. This cannot be solved in a few words of!"

The cadres nodded in agreement one after another, knowing that this battle is not optimistic will not help much.

Wang Xuexin didn’t think about this. Before, he always thought about how to avoid danger after the Yunnan-Myanmar Highway was blocked. He never thought about whether this result could be changed. If it’s impossible, it would be a good thing for the road to be blocked later...

Then Wang Xuexin thought of Sun Erwei, maybe he could influence the situation indirectly through Sun Erwei's influence on Yingjiang.

There was no suspense about the outcome of the meeting. After the cadres saw clearly the development trend of the future war situation, most of them agreed to use the 1000 million US dollars to buy food.

But Wang Xuexin's focus has long been beyond this.

As soon as he returned to Luotuoling, he found Sun Erwei.

"We have decided!" Wang Xuexin told Sun Erwei: "We will use all the 1000 million US dollars in aid to buy food!"

"Food?" Sun Erwei was quite surprised when he heard the decision at first: "Are you so short of food? Do you need to buy 1000 million US dollars of food?"

Wang Xuexin didn't want to discuss this with Sun Erwei in detail, so he put on a bitter face and said: "You know, we have been in short supply of food under the blockade of the recalcitrant army and devils, not to mention the large number of people in the base area, so save more You can't go wrong with the food!"

Sun Erwei also knew something about the situation of the Eighth Route Army, and laughed when he heard it: "Poor Wang, it's really not easy for you! Well, I will pass on your decision to the superiors. It shouldn't be a big problem to deliver food, because we You can buy it directly from Asanna!"

What this is saying is that Asan is a big grain-producing country. Although the country's land area is not as large as China's, the arable land area is larger than China's. In addition, the warm climate can produce three crops a year.

But even so, Ah San's life is not easy.

The reason is that it is a colony where the sun never sets at this time. It fights against Hans on the African battlefield without setting the sun. The country is blocked and bombed by Hans submarines, and it fights devils here... All the cost of the war is passed on to the colonies. Heavily taxed on his head.

So at this time, Ah San was even suffering from famine.

But the famine did not affect Ah San's ability to sell food abroad.

(End of this chapter)