Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 803 Work
"Transport the disaster victims here?" Principal Tang, who had a background in logistics, couldn't help being surprised: "Battle Commander, you have to think about it, there are... at least hundreds of thousands of disaster victims!"

President Tang made an analysis based on the current situation, and believed that there were only a few hundred thousand people affected by the disaster.

But Wang Xuexin knew that the number of victims was far more than a few hundred thousand. From 10 to 42 years in history, the number of people affected by disasters in Henan reached 43 million, and 3000 million died of starvation.

At this time, the disaster situation in Henan was just beginning. President Tang hadn't seen the ensuing locust plague and the situation after the summer drought.

However, tens of 10 people is not a small number for the base area of ​​the Eighth Route Army.

Although the Eighth Route Army has food reserves to tide over the difficulties temporarily, there is a saying that "sit and eat the mountains and empty land". The land area of ​​the base area is so large, and the production capacity cannot keep up. It is difficult to feed the Eighth Route Army and the local people. Drinking sweet potato porridge, how will it last in the long run?

But Wang Xuexin did not hesitate. He nodded to President Tang and said, "Just reply to the chief of staff like this!"

Principal Tang could only forward Wang Xuexin's words to the chief of staff, and another copy to the headquarters, because this matter also required the chief to make a decision.

When the chief saw the telegram, his brows furrowed together.

It's not that he doesn't sympathize with those victims, and it's not that he doesn't want to save them.

If you don't want to, you won't think about transporting food.

But the question is, can North China accommodate so many people?

As a battalion commander, Wang Xuexin may be able to think about the problem purely from the emotional aspect, thinking about saving as much as he can, but as the head of the first army, he has to think about the overall situation.

If because of the influx of these victims, the base area is in a desperate situation due to the food problem... then not only will the victims not be rescued, but the army and civilians in the base area will be involved!

The chief thought for a while, and then sent a telegram to ask the chief of staff: "You are in Zhengzhou, have you counted the number of victims?"

The chief of staff hesitated for a moment, and then called back: "There is no detailed figure. It is conservatively estimated that there will be 30 in the first batch. These are still too difficult to survive. I’m afraid it’s not less than a million, and there may be more in the future!”

Hearing this, the chief became even more worried.

No less than one million, and it is still a conservative estimate, this is no small matter!

After walking back and forth in front of the headquarters for a few times, the chief sent a telegram to Wang Xuexin: "Little Northeast, we can't be emotional in this matter! Because of the previous food reserves, although there is no problem for us to receive the victims in front of us, But have you ever thought about the long-term problem, what will you do in the future?"

Wang Xuexin had already thought about the answer, and he replied: "Chief, we can let them work!"

"It's easy to say, what kind of work can there be?" The chief replied: "Our Eighth Route Army has launched a mass production campaign, and almost all the land that can be opened has been opened, and the work that can be done and the business that can be done have almost made people think about it. Have you ever thought that this will cause serious social problems, and in the end it will harm others and yourself!"

Wang Xuexin admitted that what the chief said was right, especially the Eighth Route Army was still under the double strangulation of devils and stubborn soldiers. There were wolves before and tigers behind. Once there was a food crisis, the soldiers couldn't even eat enough, and the devils took the opportunity to attack. Then it's all on fire.

but……

Of course Wang Xuexin has a solution, otherwise he would not have made this suggestion.

"Chief!" Wang Xuexin replied, "Do you still remember the prisoner we captured earlier named Ye Peng?"

The chief was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately remembered: "You mean Ye Peng, the defense minister of the puppet army? You insisted on not letting us shoot him, saying that he was useful. What? Have you found a way to use him?"

Wang Xuexin nodded and replied: "It can be said that after this period of detailed interrogation, he has recruited almost everything I want to know!"

"Oh, what is it?" The chief was a little surprised, because as far as he knew, this Ye Peng was just a nominal defense minister. He said he was the defense minister, but he just wrote and gave reactionary speeches. He didn't know any secrets. Can Xiao Dongbei pry out something?

Wang Xuexin replied unhurriedly: "Chief, in order to supply the army with rations, daily necessities, and urban basic living facilities, the devils have built secret factories in many places!"

The chief nodded. He knew this. This was a way for the devils to save transport capacity.

Originally, the devil's factories were all built in the northeast, where it was safer and the equipment was better.

The problem is that the good things produced in the Northeast still need to be transported south by train, and the troops needed along the way are transported and distributed along the way. When they reach the front line, the things are almost finished.

So the devil thought, there is so much coal available in Shanxi, and there are a large number of free labor (common people), why not set up factories in Shanxi and let the nearby troops be self-sufficient?There is even spare capacity to deliver supplies to the front lines in the south...

Soon, a lot of equipment was moved to Shanxi, and factories were built one by one.

For security reasons, the main reason is that they are worried about being attacked by guerrillas. Most of these factories are built secretly and far away from the city... There is no secret at all when they are built in the city, and closed management is implemented when they are built in the suburbs, that is, all Laborers can only enter and not, so few Chinese people can know the location of these factories, so the guerrillas can't carry out targeted sneak attacks on them.

When the chief heard it, he immediately understood what Wang Xuexin meant: "You mean, Ye Peng knows the locations of these factories?"

"Of course!" Wang Xuexin laughed: "Boss, Ye Peng 'sold' many workers in these factories to the devils, of course he knows where they are!"

It turned out that although the devils arrested many people to do hard work in this kind of sweatshop, but because the death rate in this factory is extremely high, there is always a shortage of people.

What the traitor Ye Peng did was to bludgeon and deceive the people and use various means to recruit labor from the people. He tricked the people into sweatshops with a few copper coins, and made a lot of money by changing hands.

After the chief knew this, he couldn't help but punched the table fiercely, and said, "This Ye Peng, if I don't shoot him, I won't be able to relieve my hatred!"

Wang Xuexin didn't care anymore at this time, anyway, he had already got the information he wanted.

As for Ye Pengna... Wang Xuexin can completely tell him: "Your meritorious deeds can be worth nine lives, but the crimes you committed have to die ten times. Now one death is enough!"

But that's not the point, Wang Xuexin continued: "Sir, these factories include glass factories, canning factories, brick factories, tile factories, textile factories... If we can get these machines, at least we can solve some of the victims. work problem?"

(End of this chapter)