Yan Dong had been giving out porridge for eleven days, regardless of the cost. He had three meals a day in the morning, noon, and evening, two of which were thin and one was dry.
This dry meal was accompanied by two dishes, and there would definitely be some meat paste.
In times of peace, such a thing was equivalent to torturing people.
However, in a time of war when people could starve to death at any time due to lack of food and clothing, these grains could not only save lives, but also make the people grateful.
In these eleven days, the young adults first took the initiative to register with the Jinsui Army to join the army.
Following that, even the old, weak, women, and children came to plead, hoping to help their hometown do something, to help the Jinsui Army fight the devils.
There were two main reasons why everyone was so enthusiastic.
First, every day when food was distributed, whether it was the person distributing it or the officers walking in the crowd, they would inadvertently remind the people that the food they ate was saved from the soldiers of the Jinsui Army.
Especially Yan Dong. He only ate two meals a day, and the dinner was especially small. He had to save food so that the people would not starve.
These eleven days of propaganda were like brainwashing, instilling in the minds of these people the idea of repaying Officer Yan.
Second, Yan Dong had selected about two thousand people and used Loyalty Potions on them.
These refugees who had been given the Loyalty Potion immediately showed their usefulness. They cooperated with the Jin Suijun to spread the word about how good the Jin Suijun was and how they should repay them.
After double brainwashing, hundreds of thousands of refugees had already decided that Yan Dong was their savior. They had to help their savior so that their good days could continue.
This was exactly what Yan Dong wanted. He selected the qualified young adults to be incorporated into the army, and the rest were to form the militia.
As for the old, weak, women, and children, they were all incorporated into the militia according to the proportion.
These old, weak, women, and children were the most inconspicuous on the battlefield. When the Japanese did not pay attention to them, it was the best time for them to kill.
Yan Dong gave the order to distribute all the captured weapons to the militia, and almost everyone had a cantaloupes grenade.
All of a sudden, Yan Dong had hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
The biggest advantage of these people was that they would not be noticed by the Japanese. They could then help the regular troops to attack the Japanese, making the Japanese army have no place in Shanxi.
Yan Dong's move was even worse than Shinozuka Yoshio's worst-case scenario.
After all the militiamen were simply trained on how to use weapons, Yan Dong gave the order to distribute most of the food of the Jinsui Army to them. They were to surround the Japanese army or infiltrate the Japanese army.
On the 14th day, the 800,000 refugees near Jinzhong had all left.
Dong Ying Bin rushed over to Yan Dong's place,"Officer Yan, we, we are running out of food!”
"I know!" Yan Dong smiled and nodded.”
Dong Ying Bin didn't expect Yan Dong to be so calm, and immediately said,"At the very least, the food is enough for us to eat for four days. Four days later, the entire army would run out of food!”
"I know!" Yan Dong was still very calm.
Dong Yingbin thought that he had not made himself clear and shouted,"Once we run out of food, the army will fall into chaos. It's chaos, chaos!"
"Come with me!" Yan Dong stood up with a smile.”
Dong Ying Bin was dumbfounded. He did not know what Yan Dong meant and could only follow behind him.
By the time they left the headquarters, there were already many generals of the Jinsui Army waiting outside.
They had all heard that the food supply was about to run out, so they had come to ask Yan Dong what they should do.
"Since you're all here, follow me!”Yan Dong nodded at everyone and got into the car alone.
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what Yan Dong was up to.
However, since the commander-in-chief was so calm, there must be a solution.
The convoy drove out of Jinzhong and headed into the mountains.
After entering a mountainous area covered in yellow soil, the convoy finally stopped.
"Officer Yan, why did you bring us here?”Shang Zhen asked curiously. The others also looked at Yan Dong curiously.
"Seven days ago, I asked my brother to bring some people here to open up a thousand acres of fertile land. Counting the days, it should be about time for it to mature, so I brought you guys here to take a look!”
"What?" Everyone widened their eyes in shock.
"The field was only opened up seven days ago, and now, it's already ripe?”Dong Yingbin asked in surprise.
Anyone with a little common sense would know that rice or wheat needed three months to mature.
Moreover, it could only be done under the conditions of sufficient water, sufficient sunlight, and fertile soil.
However, it was winter now, and the ground was as cold as iron. Recently, it had been cloudy, so water was even rarer.
How could the fruit ripen in seven days in such an environment? Wasn't this nonsense?
"Y-Commander Yan!" "I know you're under a lot of pressure. Why don't we go back?" Dong Yingbin sighed. We can think of another way to get food!”
Fu Zuoyi looked at him with heartache." Officer Yan has been too tired these days. He led us to fight against the Japanese, recaptured the land, and trained the soldiers. He must be exhausted!"”
"Officer Yan, leave these matters to us!”Sun Chu patted his chest and said,"Isn't it just food? Brothers, go and snatch it."?Rest well, we won't let you down!”
Seeing that no one believed him, Yan Dong smiled.
"Alright, follow me and take a look!"
Everyone followed him forward. When they reached the end of the cliff, everyone was stunned.
At the foot of the hill, thousands of acres of fertile land grew all kinds of crops.
Some were green, some were red, and some were golden yellow.
Everyone's jaws dropped to the ground when they saw the scene of the harvest.
Yan Dong looked at their expressions and smiled. This was the super seed he had obtained when he opened the gift bag ten days ago. It would mature in ten days.
"Officer Yan, you are really a god!”Dong Ying Bin was full of admiration.
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