At this time, Minister Li next to him also reacted from the shock, looked at the list and continued to ask: "The weapon problem has been solved, what about these materials?"

"Fifty thousand kilograms of white flour, fifty thousand kilograms of rice, and a hundred boxes of canned food, two whole meals of other good things... These are all good things. Wang Ping, don't tell me that these things can't be finished in your new ball..."

"If the troops eat coarse grain cakes and wild vegetable soup every day, you will send all the refined grains and canned food to Yan'an, even if we accept them, we will not be able to eat them!"

The smile on the commander-in-chief's face disappeared all of a sudden, and then he looked at Wang Ping with a serious look on his face.

"Please rest assured. If it weren't for the conditions that would not allow, I really wanted to bring a million kilograms of grain here..." Wang Ping did not explain, but gave an amazing answer.

"Since this autumn harvest, I have ordered the troops to hoard grain in the mountains. So far, by snatching grain from the Japanese, purchasing, etc., I have hoarded nearly 30 million kilograms of grain and dozens of tons of canned food!"

"What do you want to do with so much food?" the commander-in-chief immediately asked.

"Prevent business accidents!" Wang Ping explained briefly.

"No!" the commander-in-chief immediately retorted.

"Even in order to prevent business accidents, you don't have to stock up on that much food. Thirty million kilograms of food, even if you have 15,000 troops in your hands, that's enough for you to eat for three years. There must be other reasons!"

"Go wise!" Wang Ping did not expect that the commander-in-chief was so wise, and he could see his little thoughts at a glance!

He hesitated for a long time before answering: "There are indeed other reasons!"

"During the autumn harvest this year, I met a Taoist priest from You Fang while inspecting the base area. He told me that there will be a severe drought in North China in the next few years, and I didn't take it seriously at that time. However, once when I talked to an old man in the base area about the harvest, the old man also raised concerns about a severe drought, and then I took it seriously!"

"In my opinion, no matter whether there will be a severe drought in the next few years, there will definitely be no problem in the hoarding harvest season in case of emergencies. Then, we ordered the troops to hoard grain in various ways..."

"It seems that my original decision seemed to be correct."

"Before I came, I visited some people in the base area with rich grain cultivation experience. Based on their past experience, they all judged that they would be 60% or 70% sure to grasp the heavenly stems next year... Of course, this is just their inference and speculation, and there is no direct evidence!"

"But, I believe them. They are all people who have been growing grain for decades, and they are rich in experience, so they will definitely not make a mistake!"

The faces of the commander-in-chief and Minister Li suddenly became serious.

The inference of the severe drought brought too much shock to the two of them.

Once this inference becomes a reality, the grain output in the entire North China will definitely drop sharply.

If the people have no food in their hands, the troops will not receive public food, and hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line will go hungry.

As the old saying goes, before the troops move, food and grass will come first. Without food, hundreds of thousands of troops of the Eighth Route Army will collapse by themselves without the attack of Japanese soldiers.

Both of them realized the seriousness of the matter. If Wang Ping's judgment was correct, then this judgment would definitely bring a devastating blow to the Eighth Route Army.

The commander-in-chief stared at Wang Ping and asked back: "So you brought these food and supplies here... If a drought really happens, these food and supplies can be used urgently!"

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief..." Wang Ping did not hide it.

"If a large-scale drought really breaks out, the commander, who has poor conditions, is unlikely to not even be able to eat a full meal every day. The safety of the heads of the commander is related to the future of our Eighth Route Army. There must be no accidents. These materials and food are mainly life-saving food that the commander will use at critical moments!"

No one knows the difficulties of the commander-in-chief better than Minister Li of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Regardless of whether the drought will arise due to Wang Ping's judgment, these food and materials are very important to the commander-in-chief. He nodded to the commander-in-chief and made a decision!

"Since that's the case, we'll accept these food and supplies~"

"Deputy Minister Li, stockpile all these food and materials as combat preparations for the command headquarters. Without the orders of me and the command headquarters, no one can use them!"

"It's...long~"

The commander-in-chief next to him followed and added: "Also, after arriving at the commander-in-chief, we will send telegrams to all military regions, military sub-districts, and base areas below to check and evaluate the situation on the spot to confirm the possibility of severe drought next year!"

"As long as this possibility is more than 50%, we must prepare in advance."

"Otherwise, there will definitely be problems with the food rations of hundreds of thousands of main troops of the Eighth Route Army next year, and the food rations of tens of millions of people in the base area may be problems with the food rations of thousands of people!"

"Minister Li, you must also be prepared and consider solutions. I will go to the commander and deputy commander to report this matter later!"

Minister Li immediately replied: "Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, there is a solution, which is the self-sufficiency and rotation system proposed by Commander Wang in Suide Garrison District..."

"Drought will lead to large-scale land production cuts and even extinction of harvest!"

"The grain needed in North China every year is fixed. In order to ensure output, the only way is to increase the age of the land!"

"The number of people in the base area is limited, and the land they can cultivate has reached its limit, and it will be very difficult to increase it further. The only solution is to let the entire army be self-sufficient. During the rotation, each soldier reclaims two acres of land, and the entire North China is a total of more than one million acres of land."

"Even if we encounter the Heavenly Stem, grain yield will be reduced, and it should be no problem to harvest 50 kilograms of grain per mu of land. The total of more than one million mu of land is more than 50 million kilograms of grain, which is enough for our troops to eat for several months..."

The commander-in-chief's eyes at Wang Ping changed again, and he said with admiration: "Wang Ping, you have made another great contribution~"

"If things are really as you inferred, you, Wang Ping, are the benefactor of our entire Eighth Route Army. In addition, the solution was also found by you. I will report to the commander and deputy commander in person and reward you with a Red Star Medal!"

"I finally know now that Commander Nie, Commander Chen, the boss, and the deputy chief of staff... why do they like you so much? They are rushing to let you do things under their command!"

"You are indeed a talent, and a talent to solve problems... If it weren't for the frontline, I really want to keep you in the commander!"

"In addition, Commander Nie and Commander Chen specially sent a telegram to make a suggestion on your matter. Considering that your wife Comrade Ouyang is also in Yan'an, and you separated as soon as you got married, the headquarters specially approved a cave for you in the logistics department where Comrade Ouyang is located, allowing you to leave school for two days a week during your study period. I'll go there tonight and give you two days off and report to the school in two days!"

Minister Li next to him said, "President Wang, don't be too happy too early. In addition to accompanying your wife every day, you also have to report to the Ministry of Economic Affairs. I heard that Commander Nie and Deputy Commander mentioned that the economy is very good, and it is impossible to transfer you to the Ministry of Economic Affairs. You can come to the Ministry of Economic Affairs to help me..."
Chapter completed!