In response to Ye Chao's worries, Yang Zhen frowned and said, "Do we have anyone in our army who grew up in this mountainous area? It would be best if they were hunters who are familiar with the habits of wild beasts. We can find ways to get rid of them with some traps."
Do you want some wild animals? The mountains here are connected with each other, and the vegetation is lush. There should not be too many wild animals. Hunting two wild boars and dry food, I think it should be enough for us to replenish our strength."
"In short, the same sentence remains. We must reduce all opportunities for exposure as much as possible. Even here, we cannot relax our vigilance. Who can guarantee that there will be no small-scale enemy search troops here? Who can guarantee that the mountain people here will not
Covet the bounty and inform the enemy?"
"You are the deputy chief of the Operations Section. You should know that in addition to the regular army in the Third War Zone, there are also various security forces. Although these people are not strong in combat effectiveness, they are local snakes and are specially used to control the place. We should
Be more careful. No matter what, there is nothing wrong with being careful.”
In response to Yang Zhen's insistence, Ye Chao shook his head helplessly and turned around to make arrangements according to his plan. There were a lot of wild boars on Chikeng Mountain, but shooting them down would easily reveal their whereabouts. Simply setting a trap, where would it be?
Is it so easy to get enough wild boars to feed nearly a thousand people?
This is considered an old district, and the mass base is pretty good. If you send someone down the mountain to buy some food, it won’t necessarily expose you. Even if you can’t buy much, it can at least alleviate your immediate needs. If you are really worried about the troops’ whereabouts being exposed,
Can the troops be transferred immediately after purchasing the food? Political Commissar, this is really too cautious.
Yang Zhen knew the reason why Ye Chao shook his head very well. In the past two years in southern Anhui, the logistics have been stable. Although we can't say that we have no worries about food and clothing, it is a good thing that we don't have to go hungry. We don't have to live every day like when we were fighting guerrillas a few years ago.
A life where everyone is fighting for a meal has made some people's way of thinking simple.
Since the establishment of the New Fourth Army, the National Government and the Third War Zone have deducted pay in many ways and have experienced several arrears of pay. And the amount is pitifully small compared to an army, with only 70% of the pay of a division of the Central Army. But for
For these soldiers who are accustomed to living without food and clothing in the deep mountains and forests, after all, they have a relatively stable source of funding and do not have to work hard for a bite to eat.
With a stable source of funding and seemingly stable supplies at least on the surface, many of the troops have forgotten the most basic survival instinct they once had. Although it is winter, the mountainous areas in southern Anhui are
It's much better than the Northeast where the temperature is over minus 30 degrees and there's snow everywhere.
The vegetation here is lush, and the wild animals are not almost wiped out by greedy people like in later generations. There are wild boars and various herbivores. Get a few traps and get a few wild boars, enough for everyone to have a meal with dry food.
Yes. If you are lucky and get two deer, it will be even more delicious.
Not to mention, there is a kind of special delicacy in the bamboo forest all over the mountain. Although it has been artificially cultivated on a large scale in later generations, it is still sold at a sky-high price because of its rich nutrition and special taste. Although it is winter, as long as there is a bamboo forest, you can find it.
The hiding place for these guys is not difficult.
In this mountainous area in southern Anhui, which is as fertile as the Northeast, it is a bit difficult to get enough meat to feed thousands of people, but it is not impossible. At least in this mountainous area, the biggest pest of mountain agriculture, the wild boar, is
The number is quite large. However, these basic skills of survival in the wild have been forgotten by them after fighting a arduous guerrilla war for three years.
It is true that the troops in this area have a mass base, but their thinking is a bit one-sided. They only consider the mass base, but do not consider whether the circulation of food will attract the enemy's attention. This is located in the hinterland of the mountainous area in southern Anhui.
The population is not large. And due to terrain restrictions, it is not a food producing area.
Most of the residents here make a living by collecting herbs and hunting. Even the rich families mainly cut trees and plant tea. Although it is located in the south of the Yangtze River, the output of food is not large, and the amount of food that can be purchased is even more limited. If you want to
If you buy enough grain to feed a thousand people, it would cost more than a thousand kilograms based on the amount of one kilogram per person.
And this number is an astronomical figure for the several small mountain villages around. Even if the people contribute all their food to support the troops and can make up the amount, they must still go there for their own survival.
Purchase food outside the mountains.
Once a large amount of food suddenly enters the mountains, it will definitely cause fluctuations in surrounding food prices. This will not fail to attract the attention of some people. The combat staff of the Third Theater Zone and the 32nd Army are not fools. On the contrary, their intelligence collection capabilities are still good.
There is a certain level. If this abnormal situation cannot attract their attention, then the military's intelligence system will be useless.
As the saying goes, an army must first move before it uses food and grass. Food is the most basic element for the survival of an army. Without food, even the most powerful army will lose without a fight. After all, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. Blockade his opponents,
The most important thing is to block the channels for food circulation. As long as you control food, it means controlling the opponent's development and even the basis of survival.
Several mountain villages located in the deep mountains suddenly bought a large amount of food, which means there must be something abnormal. I broke through from Sanxi to Caijiaqiao, and my whereabouts have been exposed. If there is another abnormality in the food on the Chikeng Mountain front line, then
Any fool knows that he must be hiding on the front line of Chikeng Mountain. This means that his whereabouts will be completely exposed.
These cadres only thought that the masses here have a good foundation and can buy a certain amount of food supplements. However, they did not expect that the troops need to eat, and the people need to eat even more. Let’s not talk about whether the people here can collect more than a thousand kilograms of food.
, it is estimated that their family wealth will also be wiped out. In order to survive, these people still have to buy food from outside the mountains.
This is why Yang Zhen insists on trying not to buy food from the people at the foot of the mountain. In addition to the fact that it is difficult to get the required amount of food here, he is worried that purchasing the required amount of food will inevitably cause a local food shortage. And once it suddenly happens,
A large amount of grain entered Chikeng Mountain, which meant that his traces were exposed.
The original guerrillas mostly carried out scattered activities with dozens of people, and at most no more than a hundred people. Even if they purchase a certain amount of food, it will not cause too much fluctuation. However, although the number of people in the army is not large, it is still enough.
There are thousands of people buying so much food at once, so it would be strange if it didn't attract attention.
As subordinates, they can ignore these things, but as the supreme commander, it is impossible not to consider them. As long as there is a way to solve the problem, don't go down the mountain unless you can. For me, the supreme commander, he can be exposed one day later.
It's one day.
This place is located in a sparsely populated mountainous area. Although the production of food is not much, the vegetation is quite lush despite the high mountains and dense forests. In addition, the ecology here has not been damaged. When the troops went north, there was no battlefield here, and wild animals
The number is quite a lot.
As soon as he entered the Chikeng Mountain Area, Yang Zhen saw a group of beautiful sika deer. They were frightened by the troops and ran away in front of him. There were a lot of wild boars and other animals that could provide meat here.
Although we can't get food, we have plenty of time, so it's not a problem to get some wild animals to supplement the food shortage.
I once said in the Northeast that it is a big joke to guard a mountain like a treasure house and still be hungry. Although I can't bear to eat this stuff for a long time, I occasionally use wild animals to supplement the army's food shortage.
There is still no problem. Now and in future generations, hunting down some wild animals will not cause ecological damage. It’s just that some people have forgotten these things and have forgotten them all.
Thinking of this, Yang Zhen shook his head and sighed. He stood up, looked at the seemingly endless bamboo forest where he was, and took Zhang Zixiong with a sack to search carefully in the bamboo forest. He wanted to lead a leader, let
These people who have forgotten the hardships of their semi-stable life are picking up the past they seemed to have forgotten.
Yang Zhen's eyes were very poisonous. Although the burrows of the little guys were very hidden, he found them one by one easily. The bamboo rats in the breeding period were very fat, and when they were picked out and stuffed into sacks one by one,
, staring with a pair of cute round eyes, looking at this guy who grabbed him inexplicably. Perhaps he had foreseen his fate, and when he was grabbed by Yang Zhentie's big hand, he was still struggling desperately with unwillingness.
Looking at Yang Zhen, he picked up another fat guy from a cave that he had never seen before. It was somewhat similar to a mouse, but much bigger. Behind him was Zhang Zixiong, who was already carrying a sack full of these strange animals.
He said curiously: "No. 1, what is this thing? Why does it look like a mouse? It is somewhat similar to the beavers in the Xing'an Mountains in the northeast, but not very similar."
"When I was fighting guerrillas in the Eighth Army of the Anti-Japanese War, due to the Japanese siege, I also ate mountain rats from our Northeast. The taste was pretty good, almost the same as chicken. But we all know that thing, but it looks so good.
Weird, this is the first time I have seen it. Are these things edible?"
In response to Zhang Zixiong's question, Yang Zhen smiled and said: "This thing is called a bamboo rat, which specializes in eating bamboo. This thing is not found in the Northeast. It is a specialty of the bamboo-producing areas in the south. Because this thing eats bamboo all year round,
Especially the bamboo shoots, so the meat on them is quite delicious, a delicacy that you can’t find in the Northeast.”
"Don't underestimate these little guys. If left in a few decades, the price of a pound of meat will be more expensive than the gun in your hand. This is the price of artificial breeding, and pure wild ones are rare. Wait a moment
The cooking team is ready, I'll get you some to try, I'll make sure you eat it once and want a second time."
Zhang Zixiong grew up in the mountains and forests of Northeast China since he was a child, and fought guerrillas during the most difficult period of the Anti-Japanese War. Despite his young age, Zhang Zixiong has extremely rich experience. When he was hungry and anxious, Zhang Zixiong ate everything. Hearing Yang Zhen's words
, when looking at the squirming sack in his hand, not only did he not feel anything disgusting, but his eyes were gleaming with anticipation.
Zhang Zixiong's throat was slightly squirming because of Yang Zhen, and he looked like he was swallowing saliva. However, he was greedy again, but he said with some curiosity: "No. 1, is this thing really as delicious as you said?
I have to give it a try. But No. 1, you are from the north, how do you know there is such a delicious thing in the south? And you are so good at catching it."