inspire-indiana Chapter 586 As long as Chu Yunfei can get some food, we will take as much as he can. We will give yo
Chapter 586 As long as Chu Yunfei can get some food, we will take as much as he can. We will give yo
Zhao Gang did not stand up to object. After learning that Lin Zhenhua was going to take in millions of disaster victims, he had been worrying about food. With the current food reserves in the Zhaojiayu base, it was impossible to feed 200 million people, so he could only find a way to get food from other places.
"The college students' proposal is very reasonable. We can ask for less copper, 100 to kilograms a day, but we cannot ask for less than million kilograms of food a day. Every time our fighter jets are deployed, the cost is very high, and we have to make up for it from other places."
"In addition, we need to ask Chu Yunfei if he can sell us a batch of grain at a discount. We have a lot of money in our hands, and we can use it to buy grain. As long as Chu Yunfei dares to sell, we dare to buy!"
"As for the fuel problem in the base, I think it's easier to solve. As long as we don't plan to carry out large-scale mobilization, the fuel consumption is actually very small. Yesterday, the college students issued a military order requiring us to use a batch of reserve fuel to protect agricultural production!"
"If it were in the past, this would have been very difficult to handle. At that time, we had more than 100 fighters, and the fuel consumption for daily training alone was a very scary number. But now we only have 41 fighters left, and only three are used for training. The fuel consumption has dropped by %, and the fuel crisis has been miraculously resolved."
"When I heard the news, I was also a little stunned. This also shows how much fuel is consumed by fighter planes and armored forces. However, these big oil consumers are very powerful. Otherwise, we would not be able to successfully crush the Japanese's spring anti-mopping-up operation."
"Whether the Japanese admit it or not, their spring anti-mopping-up campaign can no longer be carried out, which gives us two or three months of respite. The weather is getting hotter day by day, and the impact on the operations will become greater and greater. If it were in the spring or autumn, the Shanxi Suiyuan Army would never be stopped by the Japanese in Guxian."
"I just checked the outdoor thermometer made by the college students. Today's temperature has reached 39 degrees. It is too hot. If we didn't have thousands of water pumps for irrigation, we wouldn't be able to irrigate the fields at all."
"Also, people really can't live in air-raid shelters. I had planned to clean up the air-raid shelters and let the upcoming disaster victims live in them. But who would have thought that the air-raid shelters were so stuffy and hot, with the temperature directly exceeding 40 degrees. People simply couldn't stay in them. The exhaust system installed before didn't have much effect at all. We have to find a way to build a new air-raid shelter quickly. I suggest that it's best to build it underground, at least it won't be as hot as above ground."
Hearing Zhao Gang mention this, Lin Zhenhua was scratching his head. If an underground air-raid shelter was to be dug, it would not only require a large amount of manpower and material resources, but the construction would also be very difficult. He really didn't want to do this unless it was absolutely necessary.
"Old Zhao, we have to think about this matter carefully. I plan to build an air raid shelter under the cliff of Zhaojiayu and surround the entire cliff bottom of Zhaojiayu. However, this project is too huge. It will take at least a year to complete. Given the current situation of our base, we simply cannot spare the manpower to complete this task. We can only leave it for later!"
"To be honest, I'm not worried about where the victims will live. They can just build some shacks to live in. What really worries me is the Japanese's biological weapons. Once the Japanese use biological weapons on a large scale among the victims, it will bring very terrible consequences. This is what we need to be most vigilant about."
"In order to ensure the safety of the base, we must first establish a temporary disinfection shelter outside the base. All disaster victims must complete disinfection before entering the base. At the same time, we must also mobilize to fully occupy the first blockade line of the Japanese, and when the conditions are right, we will immediately expand the scope of our base."
In terms of expanding the base, everyone reached a tacit consensus. They knew clearly that the failure of the anti-mopping-up operation in the spring had made the Japanese further aware of how powerful they were. The next attack by the Japanese would be even more fierce, and they must start preparing now.
Ding Wei put down the tea bowl in his hand and said in a relaxed tone: "The battle for Shuiquan Oilfield must be fought, but when to fight must be in our hands. The most important thing for us now is to rush to harvest and plant. Before the food problem is solved, we must avoid large-scale battles with the devils."
"Previously, college students said that our base should be prepared to receive millions of disaster victims. I think the college students are a little too optimistic. The entire Central Plains region has tens of millions of people. The scope of the disaster is very large this time. We must be prepared to receive two to three million disaster victims."
"According to the information we received earlier, the Japanese intend to drive 2 to 300 million disaster victims to our base in order to cause civil unrest in our base. Their intentions are extremely malicious and sinister. At first, none of us took this news seriously, but according to the intelligence obtained by the reconnaissance aircraft in the past two days, the Japanese have already started to do this. They took the initiative to open a loophole and let the disaster victims drive to our area. Now more than 30 disaster victims have learned of this news and are rushing to our area."
"This is just the vanguard. Once more victims know about this, I estimate that the number of victims arriving will exceed 200 million. The food we have is far from enough. We must find a way to expand the base again, preferably to the second blockade line of the devils. In this way, we can get hundreds of thousands of acres of good farmland and feed millions more people."
"I, Old Ding, have always been a bit radical in combat, but after this drought, I think we should change our original combat methods in the next battle, from radical to conservative. We must first work hard to improve our internal strength and solve the problem of food for the victims. Before the food crisis is resolved, the base will not be able to afford our large-scale combat operations."
"According to the statistics from Lao Zhao, the material consumption of a soldier during combat is six times that of normal days. I, Lao Kong, am not making this up. The data in Lao Zhao's hands proves what I said is true. Before, we had no food and no ammunition, so we could take it from the Japanese because they were so rich. But now, the Japanese are not having a good time either, so we can only look at them and eat our fill."
"Take the Japanese canned food for example. Previously, their beef cans were filled with large chunks of beef, but now they are filled with leftovers. I estimate that the cans will become longer and longer. From this point, we can see that the Japanese have a huge problem with their material supply, otherwise they would not have launched such a crazy campaign to the south."
"Like the college students said before, the next few years will be very difficult, and we must be prepared for hard times. I find that no one is prepared for this, and is still extravagant in the use of supplies. I think we must start to save now and strictly control the food supply of the entire base, not allowing a single grain of food to flow out."
Kong Jie stood up and agreed, "What Lao Ding said makes a lot of sense. We must ensure internal stability before launching a large-scale offensive. Shuiquan Oilfield must be attacked, but we have to wait until we plant the seeds before we can attack it. If we send out a large army to attack Shuiquan Oilfield now, I, Kong, will be the first one to disagree!"
"Old Li, I know what's going on in your mind. If you disobeyed orders at ordinary times, I, Old Kong, would turn a blind eye. But the current situation does not allow me to do that. Once a large number of disaster victims enter the base, it will have a huge impact on the existing order of the base. We must ensure that these disaster victims can survive. This is our most important task in the next six months."
Li Yunlong did have his own thoughts. He wanted to launch the Shuiquan Oilfield Operation and had contacted Kong Jie and Ding Wei privately to get their support. At the beginning, Kong Jie and Ding Wei planned to stand up and cheer for Li Yunlong, but after learning the real situation of the base, they persuaded Li Yunlong to be honest and not to cause trouble at this time.
The reason why Lin Zhenhua and Zhao Gang said so much this time was to let Li Yunlong know how big a predicament the base was facing now, and to tell Li Yunlong clearly not to do any small tricks at this time. No matter what tricks Li Yunlong played, they would not agree.
Li Yunlong was quite discouraged. He thought that they had a great chance of success if they attacked Shuiquan Oilfield while the main force of the Japanese was fighting with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. It was hard for Li Yunlong to accept seeing such a good opportunity slip away.
But after learning about the predicament of the base, he also knew that Lin Zhenhua would never send troops to support him. Suppressing his inner reluctance, Li Yunlong replied gloomily: "College student, you are the temporary commander-in-chief of the base. I, Li Yunlong, will resolutely obey your orders and will never act on my own. You can rest assured about this!"
"Ping'an County has been occupied by us. I plan to open the market in Ping'an County during the next half month of truce to raise food and other scarce materials for our base."
Lin Zhenhua strongly supports Li Yunlong's idea of opening a market. He thinks that Ping'an County can be used as a bridgehead for them to exchange materials with the outside world. However, whether it can succeed in the end depends on whether the Japanese are willing to do so!