The newly sent Zoaf Corps, the fifth and sixth Army were arranged outside the city of Palermo, located to the west and south of Palermo, forming a triangle with the First Army stationed in Palermo to prevent the enemy's attack... In fact, this is just for the sake of emergencies. Since the German and Italian troops retreated from Sicily, they will basically not be attacked by the enemy.

Zhang Chi handed all the rectification matters to Cookyi, fellow villagers and General Zhu An to make trouble. Anyway, he had the experience of rectification in the First Army before, so now he just needs to copy it. All Zhang Chi had to do was to approve some documents in a single way... Speaking of this, Zhang Chi never wrote his name over and over again in his life.

"General!" At this time, two Chinese people walked into the command center under the leadership of Zhang Qinghou.

Zhang Chi looked at them very familiar, but couldn't remember who they were.

When Zhang Chi was stunned, the young man in the lead smiled and said, "The general is a nobleman who forgets things, so he can't recognize him! I am Liu Zhenguo! We have seen him in Xinjing..."

"Oh, Liu Zhenguo!" At this time, Zhang Chi thought about the group of intellectuals he had met in Xinjing. At that time, they suggested to Zhang Chi to modify textbooks or even abolish Chinese characters.

"Come on, sit down!" Zhang Chi hurried forward and held Liu Zhenguo's hand and asked them to sit down.

No wonder Zhang Chi couldn't recognize him. When he met Liu Zhenguo in Xinjing, he was still wearing a long gown, but now he was wearing a suit and tie, looking like a "gentleman".

"Aren't you... supposed to be in Okinawa?" Zhang Chi asked in confusion.

"Yes!" Liu Zhenguo politely said thank you to the orderly soldiers who came to serve tea, and then explained: "We just got off the plane and sent military uniforms to the Zoafu Corps. Let's find the general!"

"Oh!" Zhang Chi nodded gratefully.

Only then did Zhang Chi truly realize the feeling of "meeting an old friend in a foreign land"... It was really a bit different.

Zhang Chi thought that this may be because communication equipment is too backward in this era, which is related to the fact that Zhang Chi can understand some domestic development from the telegram, but he is not that good at it. Now when he meets Liu Zhenguo, he can ask clearly.

In fact, this is also the main purpose of Liu Zhenguo's trip, which is to report to Zhang Chi that there are some development direction issues that require Zhang Chi to make decisions.

"The country has developed very well overall!" Liu Zhenguo said: "Because there are many large number of orders from the United States, everyone is busy and there is not enough manpower... and the general doesn't know anything, and there are many Japanese people secretly taking a boat to Okinawa!"

"The Japanese came to Okinawa by boat?"

"Yes!" Liu Zhenguo nodded: "They are hidden here and there, and some even row small boats, turning from islands one by one, and after a lot of hardships to Okinawa..."

"What are they doing in Okinawa?" Zhang Chi was a little puzzled.

"Let's have a good meal!" Liu Zhenguo said: "We have many job opportunities and our living standards have improved quickly, but Japan is blocked and life is in a state of lockdown. According to them, many people have starved to death. Food is extremely short of food, and they are all at the point of catching frogs and catching rats!"

"Oh!" Zhang Chi understood after hearing this.

This situation should be said to be inevitable. Japan does have land to grow grain, and the area of ​​arable land is quite large. If everyone cultivates it, it will be enough to support itself... In this regard, blocking Japan will not have any effect.

But the problem is:

1: Japan's labor force is lost in large quantities, and most of the people who stay in Japan are elderly, women and children, who are unable to engage in productive labor.

2: The United States continues to bomb Japan's mainland. The goal of the bombing is to destroy Japan's industry and agriculture, so farming cannot be carried out normally.

3: The United States also once made a move to land on Japan, forcing Japan to organize the small amount of labor force, even the elderly, women, and children, to invest in military training and military production to deal with the possible "invasion" of the enemy.

One of these is gasoline... To deal with "invasion", we must first ensure air supremacy. If we have air supremacy, we must have airplanes. If we want to fly into the sky, we must have gasoline. In addition, cars, tanks, etc. all require gasoline. Without gasoline, it is difficult to resist the attack of the "enemy" modern troops.

However, Japan was extremely short of resources and could not find oil at all, so they could only use pine root oil instead... It is difficult to produce pine root oil, so they called on the whole people to refine pine root oil for military use.

The method is to go to the mountain to collect pine roots and then boil them according to the procedures. Every day, soldiers will knock on the door and collect the pine root oil cooked by the people. If the portion is not enough, a meal will be inevitable.

You should know that the people are already unable to eat and are extremely lacking in labor at this time, but there is still such heavy labor that has nothing to do with production on them, so famine will naturally occur.

On the other hand, it is easy for them to know that Okinawa, which is not far away, is a different scene, so just like the popular smugglers in the 1970s and 1980s, they smuggled to Okinawa to make a living... At this time, don't talk about "the whole nation's jade break" or "Bushido spirit". People are almost starving to death, but they can still care about so many places.

"Actually!" After a while, when Liu Zhenguo saw that there was no one around, he said to Zhang Chi: "We are here this time to ask for a few questions!"

"Yeah!" Zhang Chi knew of course, otherwise Liu Zhenguo would not have had any effort to fly from Algiers to Palermo.

"One is about those French experts!" Liu Zhenguo said: "They have settled down. We followed the general's instructions and sent many 'returnees' to learn from them. But we don't know... what to do next!"

"Missile!" Zhang Chi replied without thinking.

"Missile?" Liu Zhenguo couldn't help but ask in confusion: "What is a missile?"

"Oh, it's just an airplane missile!" Zhang Chi explained: "It's the thing the Germans used to bomb Britain!"

"Oh!" Liu Zhenguo nodded to show his understanding. Zhang Chi thought of going with those French experts.

"Another question!" Liu Zhenguo said: "You know, we built many factories in Okinawa, and these factories and transport ships and so on... all require gasoline. Okinawa does have gasoline refining plants left by Japan, but we lack oil! The gasoline provided by Americans is only for military use, and we have to buy it from them at a high price... So, a considerable part of the money we earn falls into the pockets of Americans."

"These Americans!" Zhang Chi couldn't help but curse.
Chapter completed!