The blood of the Anti-Japanese War stained the mountains and rivers

"Now that there are so many civilians, there should be no problem with the layout of our preset battlefield. The first batch of civilians will set off tonight and go to the south to act according to the plan."

Now that there are enough people, Yang Ling is going to act overnight in order to worry about nights and dreams. After all, no one knows when the devil's large-scale attack will start.

"Sir, the problem of civilian husbands has been solved, but with so many people eating, the food we seized can't last long." Sun Zhong, the director of military supplies, said with a worried face.

Sun Zhong has been under a lot of pressure as the Chief of Military Supplies. Although their troops have been winning battles and capturing them, the troops are also expanding, and the people have to eat. Now they are almost unable to make ends meet.

Hearing Sun Zhong's complaint, Yang Ling also attached great importance to this issue, and immediately asked, "How long can our food last?"

"One week, at most one week." Sun Zhong replied with a bitter face.

"I said, grandson, we have seized so much food, so we can only last for a week. You won't take it privately and resell it, right?" Staff officer Lei Xiong was in disbelief when he heard that the food was so tight.

Faced with Lei Xiong's suspicion, Sun Zhong, the chief of military supplies, also called out his innocence: "Staff Lei, the conscience of heaven and earth, if I embezzle and resell a grain of grain, I, I will hit me with thunder!"

"Then tell me, where did all our food go?" Lei Xiong asked persistently.

Sun Zhong took out a small notebook bound with papyrus from his pocket and put it on the table and said to Yang Ling, "I have records of every grain receipt and expenditure. If you don't believe me, sir, you can check it. I, Sun Zhong, It was embezzling a grain of food, I didn’t need the officer to do anything, I killed myself.”

"Okay, okay, sit down, I didn't say I don't believe you, but the shortage of food is indeed huge, and it must be resolved immediately." Yang Ling waved his hand and asked Sun Zhong to sit down and talk.

The so-called people are iron and rice are steel. If you don’t eat a meal, you will be hungry. What you fight is logistics supplies. If the army runs out of food, let alone a war, you can’t do anything.

Now Yang Ling and the others have fought several big victories successively, and the weapons and ammunition they seized can barely support a medium-scale battle, but if there is no food, all the previous arrangements will be ruined.

"Sir, why don't you send people to the countryside to collect grain, and you should be able to collect a lot." Seeing Yang Ling frowning, Sun Zhong suggested.

After all, collecting food is the most effective way. In the past, when there was no food most of the time, attention was paid to the people.

This time, Yang Ling shook his head: "It's not like autumn now, and the people still count on this little grain to survive the winter. If we go to collect grain and take it away, wouldn't it be worse for people, and they will starve to death."

"Then let's levy less, it's better than nothing, we can't drink the northwest wind even if we fight." Lei Xiong muttered.

"No, the puppet army devils and the local armed forces have already conscripted once before. If we go to collect food now, I am afraid that what we are collecting is not food, but the lives of the local people." Yang Ling understands the suffering of the people at the bottom. If there is no food for the winter, it will really happen. starving.

"Then we can't fight without food. Why don't we lay off some peasants and save some rations?"

"I think there should be a lot of food on the devil's side, why don't we send people to get it, we should be able to get a lot of it."

Although several people in the room were racking their brains to find a solution to the thorny issue of food supply, it was difficult to implement it.

"Let the confidential room send a report to Chairman Han in the name of the North Jiangsu Corps, requesting a batch of food to support us." Yang Ling was silent for a long time, and decided to ask the superior to solve the problem.

If you send a report to the theater command now, you will not be able to quench your thirst in the near future. You can only ask the nearby chairman of Jiangsu Province for support.

"Sir, what if Chairman Han doesn't agree? After all, we are under the jurisdiction of the theater command." Sun Zhong, the director of military supplies, was still worried.

"Xinghua, the temporary residence of the provincial government, is not far from Gaoyou. We are now carrying the devils in front to ensure the safety of Xinghua. If we can't hold on and retreat to Huaiyin, Xinghua will face the attack of the devils. I think Han The chairman will not fail to understand the reason why lips are dead and teeth are cold, he will definitely give us food."

Yang Ling now has a feeling of seeing the blue sky through the clouds and mist. They have always been fighting against the devils independently from the Northern Subei Corps. Since they can pull the Sulu Guerrilla Corps into the water, they don't mind dragging the provincial chairman into the water. After all, we can't let the friendly army Always be a bystander.

"At the same time, I asked Chairman Han for reinforcements of ammunition and troops. He said that our corps was short of troops. It would be unsustainable to stop the devils on the front line of Gaoyou. If we could get reinforcements, we would fight to the end to ensure the safety of Xinghua!"

Yang Ling knew that there were not many troops of the 89th Army directly under the provincial government near Xinghua, so the strength of their Subei Corps was very important.

If their North Subei Corps quits, the biggest loss will be the provincial capital stationed in Xinghua. In any case, the provincial government will not allow their Subei Corps to withdraw northward.

If they want their Subei Corps not to withdraw, the provincial government can only compromise, and there are only two ways, either to provide military support, or to provide ammunition and food.

Text 9 Chapter Eighty Gambling

"Threat! This Yang Ling is so daring! He really thought that if he left his Subei Corps, our 89th Army would stop fighting?!"

In the provincial chairman's office where Xinghua's provincial capital is temporarily stationed, Chairman Han tore up the telegram handed over by the staff with a loud roar. angry.

Due to the food shortage crisis, Yang Ling had to ask the confidential office to write a carefully worded message and send it to Xinghua. In order to obtain food support, of course, he did not hesitate to threaten the North Jiangsu Corps to withdraw northward.

But who is Chairman Han, he is the majestic chairman of a province, and he is also the commander of the 89th Army. Facing the vague threat in the telegram of an officer who is several grades lower than him, how can he bear it? Just flew into a rage.

Of course, Yang Ling knew that his threat might offend Chairman Han, but he had no choice but to fight without food, and all battle plans would be ruined.

If he gave up fighting the devils in the water network area between Gaoyou and Baoying, it would be tantamount to giving up the geographical advantage and the strategic initiative, and the passive defense would suffer heavy losses.

So Yang Ling was also putting all his eggs in one basket. He had to fight the devils in this area. Even if he couldn't wipe out the devils, he would at least injure the devils so that they would be unable to go north.

As long as we get through this winter and the Huaiyin area stabilizes and develops, then the soldiers will be strong and horses will be strong, and they will not be afraid of devils.

"Sir, what made you so angry?"

As soon as the chief of staff came back from the outside, he heard Chairman Han Deqin's roar, waved his hand to make the staff back out, and said with a smile.

Seeing that the chief of staff had returned, Chairman Han, who was furious, wanted to find a way to confide in him, and angrily told the whole story.

"The captain of the Subei Corps surnamed Yang, a brat with no hair at all, dares to threaten me, you say I'm not angry!"

The chief of staff also murmured after listening: "I've heard of the captain of the Northern Subei Army. It turned out to be from the 74th Army. He didn't come to our Sulu theater for training in rotation. I didn't expect that in just a few months, It's impressive to let him play such a good situation."

"My chief of staff, this guy surnamed Yang threatened me and asked for money and food. Why are you speaking nicely for him instead?" Chairman Han said angrily.

The chief of staff was not in a hurry, he pulled a chair and sat down and said, "Don't be impatient, the military seat. I think since he wants food and ammunition, give it to him."

"My chief of staff, have you burned out your brains? You can't open this hole. After that, cats and dogs will come to ask for food and ammunition. Will I give them all? No, no, I can't. I have to send a telegram to Commander Yu, and the general's surname is Yang." Report the threat to the chief, so that the kid surnamed Yang can learn a lesson! Otherwise, I won’t be able to swallow this breath.”

Seeing Chairman Han's childish thinking, the chief of staff couldn't help shaking his head with a wry smile.

"Mr. Zuo, I just got the information. It's not too late for you to take a look before making a decision." The chief of staff took out a piece of paper from his coat pocket and handed it to Chairman Han who was still angry.

Seeing the seriousness of the chief of staff, Chairman Han took it over suspiciously, glanced at it, and his face immediately changed.

"Is the information reliable?" Chairman Han quickly became serious, staring at the chief of staff and asking.

The chief of staff nodded: "This is a message from a latent insider, absolutely reliable."

After receiving the affirmative answer from the chief of staff, Chairman Han couldn't sit still any longer, and once he got out of cursing, he stood up and paced back and forth in the room thinking.

"Seven brigades, this little devil is willing to pay for it!" Chairman Han muttered to himself before recovering from the shock.

Although they had learned that at least two captains of the Devils were coming from the south, they didn't take it seriously. After all, they still had a brigade in Xinghua. Depending on the terrain, they could fight. After all, there were Sulu guerrillas in Taizhou. The team is pinning it down.

But now Chairman Han had to pay attention to this information. According to the information, the Devils actually dispatched seven brigades to go north. Even if they were restrained by the Sulu Guerrilla Corps in Taizhou, they would hardly be able to avoid a bloody battle.

"In addition, in Yancheng, the devils in the Dongtai area were mixed into the 12th and 13th brigades. The devils are coming aggressively this time. I'm afraid they have a big plan." The chief of staff was also worried.

"The main force of our 89th Army is now stuck in the Yancheng and Dongtai areas. Once the seven brigades of devils who are gathering in Gaoyou attack the north, we will be hard to resist. I am more worried about causing a chain reaction. One opening cannot be defended. Then it will lead to a big rout, when not only the middle of Su, but also the north of Su will not be able to hold on..."

Chairman Han never knew the seriousness of the matter. He is the provincial chairman. If the entire territory of Jiangsu falls, can he have good fruit to eat as the provincial chairman? Maybe he was killed that way.

"That's why the Subei Corps, which is still near Jieshou, can't withdraw to the north. Once they withdraw, the seven brigades of devils will drive straight in, and the consequences will be disastrous."