Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 291 Gold has a price, but medicine is priceless. We can use sulfa drugs to break the enemy’s

Zhao Gang cleared his throat and continued with a serious face: "Thanks to Lao Li's combat operation this time, the food and cotton problems that have been plaguing our base have been solved. We also seized a large amount of cotton cloth, and the soldiers have a place to buy winter clothes!"

"Especially in terms of food, the food we have now is enough to feed more than 200,000 people in the base for half a year. In addition, with the expansion of the base, we have planted a lot of radishes, cabbages and potatoes, so we don't have to worry about vegetables this winter."

"In order to increase the meat supply in the base, we have also opened up a large amount of land to grow sweet potato vines, which can be used to feed poultry. With the help of this series of measures, the soldiers will be able to have a good year this winter!"

"As for the canned food we seized from the devils, we have also specially stored it up and implemented the food standard of eating meat once every seven days. As for the poultry we raise, they are about to gain weight in autumn, and it would be too disadvantageous to slaughter them now. In the next few months, the source of meat for the soldiers will still be the canned beef and fish seized from the devils."

"Previously, college students asked us to accept a group of refugees. We have already made preparations in advance. The two compressed biscuit production lines of the arsenal have been successfully put into production. A large amount of food will be processed into biscuits for storage."

"Next, we will expand the trade of grain and increase the grain reserves through barter. In addition, the autumn grain harvest in the base area will begin in more than a month. The top priority of the base area is to ensure that the autumn grain is stored in the warehouse to prevent the Japanese from launching a large-scale autumn raid."

Li Yunlong stood up and echoed, "What Lao Zhao said is very reasonable. The autumn grain harvest is very important to our base. We have three main tasks ahead. The first is to ensure the safety of the autumn grain. When the harvest time comes, we must help the people harvest the autumn grain and bring it home, and we must also dispel the devil's covetous heart."

"The second task is to receive the disaster victims. Old Kong has been trying to open up a channel to the Central Plains. After these days of hard work, we have achieved results. We expect to be able to receive refugees from the Central Plains in mid-to-late September. There has been an unprecedented drought there, and we can't just stand by and watch. We have to help no matter what!"

"The third one is to open up the air transportation line for rubber. In the next half month, our task is very heavy. We must transport the fuel to two reliable stopover points in advance. In order to ensure the safety of the stopover points, I decided to send a battalion of troops to defend them."

"College student, the opening of this air transport line can only be done by you. You told me before that it would take half a month, but now I require you to open this air transport line within ten days. This time it's not that I, Li Yunlong, am being ruthless, but I am really forced to do so."

Everyone's attention was immediately drawn to Li Yunlong. When they were having dinner last night, they felt that the joy on Li Yunlong's face disappeared, and instead he became silent. They were afraid that something new had happened again.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Li Yunlong did not feel any light on his face. Instead, he said in a serious tone: "According to the information Lao Xu sent back from Ping'an County, there will be a regiment of Japanese soldiers stationed in Ping'an County. This alone does not scare me, but the news he passed on next really makes me lose my appetite!"

"Our main force suffered heavy losses in the previous battle with the devils. Now we have retreated to the border area of ​​several provinces. Only a few regiments of troops are left, still fighting guerrilla warfare in the Taihang Mountains. The rest of the troops have either been annihilated by the devils or have been broken up into small groups and hidden. The situation is extremely serious!"

"Fortunately, the Japanese suffered heavy losses in this summer sweep, and the divisions that were reinforced have already left, which has made the Japanese troops somewhat stretched, but they have not stopped their sweep work against us. As the Japanese previously stockpiled combat supplies have been consumed in large quantities, they are temporarily unable to launch a large-scale offensive operation. Next, they will intensify the blockade of our base. The days ahead will become increasingly difficult. The college student's previous prediction has come true!"

"Food and weapons and ammunition have become our two most important lifelines. Our current food crisis has not been resolved. We must reserve enough food for 40 people for a year to have the confidence to not be afraid of the Japanese blockade. With the help of the arsenal, we can achieve self-sufficiency in weapons and ammunition, and we are no longer afraid of the Japanese blockade in this regard."

"But the problem of raw materials must be solved as soon as possible. The Zhangjiazhuang market must continue to expand. As long as it is urgently needed, whether the other party needs money or other items, we can exchange them."

"Especially with the official launch of our sulfonamide production line, we have a real flagship product. Those merchants may sneer at guns and ammunition, or may not care about the white oceans and golden bars, but they will definitely not be indifferent to life-saving medicine. Instead, they will flock to it, not to mention the huge profits hidden in it. Even if there is a Japanese blockade in the middle, they will find a way to transport the materials we urgently need."

"In the next period of time, all sulfonamides produced by the sulfonamide production line will be used for external trade. Don't think that I am ruthless, but there is not much left for us. Once the Japanese recover, the war between us will be imminent!"

"The production of fighter jets can be temporarily suspended for a while. The independent regiment now has 14 Thunder fighter jets, which can meet the needs of combat and training. The workers who produce fighter jets can be deployed to produce transport aircraft, so that the production speed of transport aircraft can be accelerated."

Lin Zhenhua nodded and replied solemnly: "Old Li, the second transport aircraft production line has been assembled long ago, but due to lack of manpower, it has to be idle. Now that the production line of the Thunder fighter has been stopped, I guarantee that I can produce eight transport aircraft within ten days to carry out the task of building an air transport line."

"That ton of rubber you brought back earlier is really useful this time. It means that we won't run out of rubber in the production of our transport planes, and we can definitely deliver on time!"

"In addition, I have good news for you all. We have successfully copied the Japanese trucks. Although the performance is slightly inferior to that of the Japanese trucks and the load capacity of the copied trucks is only one ton, due to the reduced size and the use of a large number of castings, we can produce a large number of trucks in a short period of time, which just solves the problem of insufficient ore transportation capacity!"

"In addition to imitating the enemy's trucks, we have also successfully manufactured fuel tricycles on our own. They are much simpler to produce, with a monthly output of 60 vehicles. In fact, this output can be further increased, but due to the insufficient production of our engines, we can only produce this much for the time being."

Originally, Lin Zhenhua wanted to produce two-wheeled motorcycles, but the engine production capacity of the arsenal had reached its limit, so he had to give up the idea. In order to increase the engine production capacity, he conducted several research and development, but still achieved no results.

Listening to the exciting good news from Lin Zhenhua, Li Yunlong laughed heartily and said excitedly: "Before, I was worried about the transportation of ore, but now it has been solved by college students. If it were in ancient times, college students would definitely be like Zhuge Liang!"

After a few jokes, Li Yunlong continued with a serious face: "Lao Kong, you have to go in person to receive the disaster victims. With the help of trucks, we can directly pick up the fleeing people, which greatly speeds up the transportation of personnel. For safety reasons, I decided to steal two more battalions to be responsible for the safety of this route."

"After these days of expansion, our strength has recovered quickly. The two battalions responsible for guarding the rear of the base have been fully replenished. They will be responsible for guarding the base in the future. They are the first and second garrison battalions, each with 800 people."

"The Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment have completed their expansions and restored their organization to three battalions, each with 800 men, for a total of 7200 men. The current strength of our base has been restored to 8800 men. If we include the guards of the arsenal, the total strength has directly reached more than 9200 men. This shows how great our achievements have been during this period. The troops have been greatly expanded, thanks to my external combat this time. I recruited more than four battalions of new soldiers at once. Otherwise, I really wouldn't have the confidence to set up such a large stall!"

"In order to ensure the safety of the base, we have to deploy our troops. I have already discussed this with Lao Ding and Lao Kong, and arranged four battalions of troops to be responsible for the defense of the outer positions of the base!"

Ding Wei also stood up to support him, saying, "Old Li has already discussed with us that the four battalions are enough to defend the outer positions, and the rest of the troops will be used to do big things. In particular, the plan to receive the disaster victims is our top priority. Now our base is very large, but we don't have enough people. If we don't think about increasing the population of the base, it would be a pipe dream to want to compete with the devils for a long time!"

Kong Jie also stood up and echoed, "After many expansions, the base has been depleted of manpower. If it weren't for Li Yunlong's recruitment this time, it would be impossible for us to recover our strength in a short period of time. For the sake of the future, we must reserve more people in advance from now on to deal with future crises!"

Zhao Gang had also heard about this matter. Li Yunlong had asked for his opinion in advance, and he fully supported this matter. Lin Zhenhua had nothing to say. He had long seen that the base was about to run out of soldiers. After all, there were only so many people of military age, and it was impossible for everyone to serve. After all, they still had to farm in the fields. Before, the population of the independent regiment base was only tens of thousands. If it had not received a large number of refugees, the crisis of soldiers would have appeared long ago.