With the order of Zhou Cheng, the huge war machine of the National Salvation Army started to operate at high speed.

The baggage battalion quickly transported food to the border of the defense zone in a company-based unit, and several garrisons stationed on the border of the defense zone were also ready to take over a large number of disaster victims as soon as possible!

Dongzhuang is a village northeast of Yangquan, less than two kilometers away from the Japanese army occupied the area.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the first batch of more than 200 victims who were taken over by the Yangquan Guard were sent here to rest.

Compared with the victims who had just arrived in the enemy-occupied area, the villagers in Dongzhuang were in much better condition. Although they had not reached the point of being radiant, everyone's face was filled with longing for the future and looked very energetic.

In contrast, the more than 200 victims, except for a few of them, all looked pale and thin, with inferiority and disappointment in their bones.

Looking at the people in the village, I was envious and full of fear for the days ahead.

The Japanese and puppet troops were too much and did not give them a single piece of food before expelling them.

They didn't give them food when they were on the road, which made everyone hungry. If the National Rescue Army did not save them and gave them food, they would probably have some poor health elderly, weak women and children who were in poor health were starved to death to death toll night.

At this moment, dozens of ordinary people in the farm suddenly appeared in their sight. Two people were in groups, some were carrying bamboo baskets and some were carrying wooden barrels, and quickly walked towards them.

At the front, a middle-aged man was carrying a box gun pistol on his waist. He walked majestic and greeted everyone when he came over.

"Hello fellow villagers, I am the person in charge of the National Salvation Army sent to the resettlement of everyone. You can call me Captain Li. Since everyone has entered our National Salvation Army defense zone, we are our own people from now on, and we will definitely not watch everyone go hungry!"

"I have asked the villagers in the village to prepare mixed grain cakes and millet porridge for everyone. Everyone should have dinner first. After that, I will announce the rescue policy of the National Salvation Army for everyone!"

After eating, everyone's face, with pale and thin faces finally had a hint of rosy, and the expressions of fear and despair on their faces were also much more relieved.

Although it is not clear how the National Salvation Army plans to resettle everyone, judging from the food situation just now, the National Salvation Army will definitely take care of everyone. As long as nothing unexpected happens, it will be fine to survive here.

Seeing everyone focusing on themselves, Captain Li stood up decisively: "Friends, I just said that since we have arrived at the National Salvation Military Defense Zone, we will not ignore everyone's life or death!"

"But our National Salvation Army does not raise idle people. As long as everyone works hard, does not cheat, and does things that are sorry to everyone, they will not go hungry here!"

"According to the order of the superior: after everyone enters our defense zone, no matter the elderly, weak, women and children, we will distribute ten kilograms of food to everyone as food rations for the villagers in the next twenty days."

"We will disperse you to the villages in the defense zone within twenty days, and each village will be responsible for everyone's food rations for the next year!"

"But these rations are not for nothing. Before next spring plowing, everyone must reclaim a sufficient amount of land in the resettlement area, and then the local people will carry out spring plowing together on time."

"As long as everyone meets the requirements for land reclamation, the superiors will also reward everyone with a batch of food."

"In addition, in order to reduce the burden on everyone, half of the food eaten by the villagers at the resettlement site will be borne by the war zone. After the autumn harvest is over, the remaining food will be paid back to the villages with their own harvest!"

"There is one last thing. According to the proportion, our National Salvation Army will recruit six new recruits from you. If we pass the review and join the National Salvation Army, we will compensate each new recruit's family with a hundred kilograms of food!"

The victims became excited after hearing this, and the panic expression on their faces disappeared almost at this moment.

Because of the drought and the increasingly heavy taxes in the enemy-occupied areas, even if they refused to pay taxes through various means and saved some of the food, the little food at home was only enough for them to persist for a few months, and the remaining half a year was enough to live by borrowing usury.

Even if you persist until next autumn harvest, a good family will be dragged down by usury and end up with a tragic ending of a family being destroyed.

Compared with the hard days where the Japanese and puppet troops were dark and had almost no hope, the life of the National Salvation Army was simply better than that.

Although there are no houses or land for the time being, the National Salvation Army will provide everyone with food for half a year and allow everyone to reclaim land and farm. Although the remaining food for the half-year is lent to everyone and needs to be repaid, it is not a loan shark. There should be no pressure on the family to pay as much as they eat.

Moreover, the grain tax on the National Salvation Army is very low. As long as you are not lazy, the food you get next autumn will not only be enough to pay off all your debts, but also have excess food to support your family's life in the next year!

With a vision for the future, more than 95% of the victims were very satisfied with the arrangements of the National Rescue Army, and a few unsatisfied victims had to compromise in the face of the general trend.

However, these people have been targeted by the militia team at the resettlement site and are scattered in various villages. No matter how dissatisfied, they cannot cause any big waves!

At the command center of the National Salvation Army, Tang Yufeng rushed in and reported with an excited look on his face: "Captain, your solution is great!"

"I went to the nearby village where the victims were arranged to learn about the situation. The villagers had more food than we expected."

"Although we have reduced the burden on the villagers in the defense zone by reducing rent and interest rates, allowing the villagers to leave more food to fill their stomachs, and even leave a lot of food every year. But everyone was afraid of being poor before, and they dared not waste food at will. They still kept it as tight as before, and often replaced fine grains with coarse grains to fill their stomachs."

"With this saving, the villagers can save an extra month of food every year. With the surplus food that already exists, over the years, the villagers around them have saved no less than a year of food."

"We arrange disaster victims for each village at a ratio of 10 to 1, so that local people can be responsible for the food rations of the victims until the autumn harvest next year. It is equivalent to that every ordinary person in the village only needs to be responsible for the food rations of one victim for a month, half a pound a day, and only fifteen pounds in total."

"Everyone can easily take it out and support the policy of the regiment headquarters to support the food rations of the disaster victims. There are even villages who say: In order to thank the National Salvation Army for the good days they brought to them, they can take over a group of disaster victims!"

"I think we can agree to the request of the villagers!"

"Pingding and Xiyang are old defense areas, and almost every household has rations of no less than one year. If there is a family member in our National Rescue Army, the additional rations of one and a half years will be less. Arrangement of more disaster victims for them will not affect everyone's lives at all, and it can further mobilize everyone's enthusiasm and support our National Rescue Army!"

"Shouyang and Heshun are our new defense zones. The villagers have less food in their hands, which is as much as four or five months, and the fewest is as little as two or three months. It is already their limit to arrange a disaster victim by ten ordinary people. If there is more, it may affect the lives of the villagers. So I think the troops can appropriately reduce the number of disaster victims in their place!"

Those who are capable work harder. Of course, Zhou Cheng would not refuse Tang Yufeng's proposal and nodded immediately: "You can do it yourself!"

"As long as it is beneficial to our defense zone, I agree with your decision!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chief of Staff Chen Zhengyu rushed over with a smile on his face.

When recruiting soldiers in the enemy-occupied area, although the villagers were very moved when facing the huge temptation of food, they were afraid of revenge by the Japanese and puppet troops. There were not many people who signed up for the National Salvation Army in the end, so they did not have the conditions to conduct assessments, which eventually led to the recruits brought back to the defense zone and could not afford it.

It's different now. Without the threat from the Japanese and puppet troops, and the National Salvation Army increased the compensation grain standard from 50 kilograms to 100 kilograms, and the victims entering the defense zone were waiting for the rice to be put into the pot.

As soon as the recruitment conditions for the National Salvation Army were released, almost all the victims who met the requirements were signed up.

But the National Salvation Army only recruited 15,000 new recruits, so there was a situation where five choices were chosen.

Through the competition, select the strongest person to join the National Salvation Army.

This has led to the recruits recruited by the National Salvation Army now being very excellent. Although they have never been a soldier, they have a good foundation and good physical strength.

As long as you complete the training of a recruit and go through a few actual battles, you will grow into the best warrior.

Chen Zhengyu ran over so anxiously to report the good news to Zhou Cheng!

Zhou Cheng was also very excited after listening to this. With these excellent recruits, the overall combat effectiveness of the National Salvation Army can be increased to at least one level.

Ask immediately: "How many new recruits have been recruited now?"

"There are almost three thousand people!" Chen Zhengyu introduced immediately.

"I plan to replenish these people first and recruit battalions. After the main forces are fully in place, then form an independent battalion!"

"I have selected the ten independent battalions, all hidden in the mountains in the defense zone. In addition, the environment arranges the baggage battalions to transport food and supplies to these secret battalions to ensure that the independent battalions need half a year!"

"As long as we allocate the cadres and equipment of the ten independent battalions, we will have ten thousand elites added at most half a year!"

Zhou Cheng said: "I have put up the shelves of the first three independent battalions, and I can replenish new recruits to train at any time."

"At most ten days, the shelves of the remaining seven independent battalions can be set up. Lao Chen will continue to recruit soldiers at your own pace. After the main force is fully organized, it will be sent to the independent battalion. Lao Tang, you are responsible for transporting food and supplies to the ten independent battalions. Since we have decided to form these ten independent battalions, we must train them well."

Chen Zhengyu quickly replied: "I must have no problem here!"

"The villagers are very motivated to join the National Salvation Army. Not to mention 15,000 people, I can recruit even 50,000 people."

"As long as there are continuous disaster victims entering our defense zone, I can complete the recruitment mission in at most ten days!"

After saying that, Chen Zhengyu suddenly changed his subject and looked at Zhou Cheng and continued: "Captain, if you want ten independent battalions to form combat power as soon as possible, we must equip them with enough weapons and ammunition, but the weapons and ammunition seized in this anti-sweeping process will not be much after replenishing the main force's losses. Even if the arsenal repairs all the weapons that can be repaired, it can only arm three or four independent battalions."

"We can't let the remaining independent camps train empty-handedly!"

"There are also heavy weapons, especially heavy machine guns and mortars, which have almost no remaining after replenishing the main force's losses!"

"According to your previous decision, each newly established independent battalion has 1,000 people. This is definitely a strengthened battalion. According to principles, at least one firepower company must be configured! We do not have extra heavy weapons now, so we must not equip these independent battalions with heavy machine guns and mortars!"

"If they were only equipped with pneumatic guns, an independent battalion of one thousand people could form at least six reinforcement companies. Isn't this a bit too large!"

Zhou Cheng blurted out: "I will solve the weapons and ammunition that the Independent Battalion lacks, but it will take time!"

"In order not to affect the training of the independent battalion, after the weapons and ammunition that the main force lacks are filled, the remaining weapons of the regiment headquarters are distributed evenly to ten independent battalions, and each independent battalion is required to be equipped with at least two hundred rifles and ten light machine guns, and everyone is rotating in training!"

Chen Zhengyu felt the spirit as soon as he heard this: "Captain, are we going to fight the Japanese again?"

Zhou Cheng did not deny: "The production capacity of the arsenal is limited, and we are still short of at least 6,000 rifles. Except for the Japanese, no one else can take it out in the entire North China region!"

Chen Zhengyu nodded and continued to ask: "Where are you going to do that group leader?"

This time, Zhou Cheng did not answer immediately, and a mysterious smile flashed quickly on his face, and then he responded: "Even the Japanese, six or seven thousand rifles are not a small amount, and ordinary Japanese troops will definitely not be able to take it out!"

"So this time I plan to have a big game with the Japanese. I will keep it confidential for the time being. I will tell you when I think of the entire action plan!"

Compared with Chen Zhengyu's excitement and expectations, Tang Yufeng's expression on his face was very complicated, and he looked worried.

In his eyes, although the anti-sweeping army of the National Salvation Army won the battle, they killed one thousand enemies and suffered 800 of them. The National Salvation Army also paid a huge price in the battle. Now they need rest and cannot experience another big battle at all.

I'm just about to remind the leader not to be impulsive.

Zhou Cheng was like a roundworm in his belly and immediately explained: "Old Tang, I know what you are going to say!"

"The National Salvation Army urgently needs remediation now. I will definitely not let the troops go to the battlefield with illness and die in vain."

"I have already said it clearly. It takes time to solve the problem of weapons and ammunition, which means I will not launch a new battle in a short time."

"And I just thought about attacking the target. As for how to attack and when to attack, it's still nothing!"

"If you don't believe it, I can guarantee you that the National Rescue Army will not have major actions in the next two months, but some small-scale actions will definitely not be stopped, otherwise the Japanese and puppet troops will mistakenly believe that the National Rescue Army has been crippled and has no combat effectiveness, and then send troops to raid us and take advantage of us!"

This time it was Chen Zhengyu's turn to be disappointed.

Now he has grown into a qualified chief of staff and is particularly warlike.

After learning from the regiment commander that the troops would not have a big battle at least two months later, he realized that his dream of going to the battlefield was shattered.

Because he was the chief of staff of the National Salvation Army, it was definitely not his turn to command ordinary small-scale battles.

So no matter how small the troops make a fuss, he can only stay at the command center to watch.

Tang Yufeng sighed and asked with satisfaction: "Captain, why are you planning to make a small fuss to teach the Japanese and puppet troops a lesson so that they dare not mobilize troops to raid our defense zone."

Zhou Cheng's face suddenly became cold, staring at the map with a murderous look on his face, "In order to drag us down, the Japanese soldiers fell into civil strife, and they couldn't take care of themselves and could not grow and grow. They didn't even spare the last bit of food in the hands of hundreds of thousands of ordinary people, and even drove them out of their homes. They were simply worse than beasts!"

"Although we cannot stop this behavior, we can find ways to reduce the losses and make the Japanese and puppet troops pay some price in the action of expelling the villagers. Otherwise, the final advantage will be taken by the Japanese. Our national rescue army will compensate our wife and soldiers!"
Chapter completed!