"Captain, there are many wastelands around the village. Do you think we can reclaim the wastelands and grow some crops ourselves?”
"Or we can provide some crop seeds and reclaim the wasteland. The rest will be left to the villagers.”
"When the grain is collected, we will distribute a portion of the grain to the villagers? What do you think?"
Iron Bull stared at Ding Wei, wanting to know what Ding Wei would think.
Without Ding Wei's support, it would be difficult for Iron Bull to lead the soldiers to reclaim the wasteland.
Even if Iron Bull didn't care about his own future, he still had to think about the soldiers under him. He couldn't let such a thing affect their future.
However, Iron Bull believed that as long as Ding Wei was not stupid, he would agree to this.
"Open source? Not a bad idea."
Ding Wei pondered for a moment and understood.
It was naturally not enough for the soldiers to use just by snatching it from the Japanese.
As for buying supplies from the villagers, it was also a little difficult.
After all, some villagers did not have that much food on hand. They had to enter the town to buy it in large quantities.
The Japanese were very strict with the cities and towns under their control. Large quantities of food could not be transported out at all.
There were also some problems with buying from the controlled areas. The 8th Route Army might not be able to buy a large amount of supplies.
In order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the revolutionary team, it was undoubtedly best to be self-sufficient.
"Your idea is not bad, but I need to consider whether this will affect the combat strength of the soldiers.”
"In addition, the Japanese may encircle and annihilate us again at any time. If we are forced to retreat, our efforts will be useless.”
Looking at Iron Bull, Ding Wei said in a deep voice.
Ding Wei's expression was a little serious. He was sure that the Japanese would encircle and annihilate the 8th Route Army again. The fight between the new regiment and the Sakata United Army was proof.
The Japanese chose to retreat because they were reorganizing themselves, not because they had given up on the idea of dealing with the 8th Route Army.
The front line involved the Japanese. No matter what the problem was, they couldn't deny the effect.
If they didn't exist, then the Japanese would definitely be able to take out more experience to deal with the 8th Route Army that was active in the enemy's territory.
In the enemy's territory, the Eighth Route Army had taken up a lot of the Japanese's energy, so they needed to spend more energy protecting important facilities such as transportation lines and railway networks.
"Captain, the Japanese will definitely attack us again, but we can't give up just because we're worried about them.”
"The three armies have not moved their rations yet. If we want to obtain more results in the enemy's territory, we need to ensure that we have enough supplies. We can't always rely on the rear, right?”
"Besides, our Eighth Route Army is constantly expanding. It is far from enough to rely solely on supplies and spoils from the rear.”
"Combat strength is linked to the physical fitness of the soldiers. If their physical fitness can't be improved, it's useless no matter how much they train.”Iron Bull thought so.
The large-scale production movement that would take place two years later showed that this was very necessary. They could not wait another two years to do this.
A lot of things could happen in two years. If the 8th Route Army could complete a portion of their self-supply in two years, then the pressure on the rear would be much less.
"You're right. How about this, your artillery company will do this first. You can decide whether to cooperate with the villagers or not.”
"As for whether or not our entire regiment should do this, I need to report it to the headquarters and listen to their decision.”
"No matter what we do, we can't let the new group's combat strength be affected.”Ding Wei thought for a moment and said in a deep voice.
Ding Wei knew that Iron Bull was right. Doing this would greatly replenish the new group's predicament of insufficient resources.
However, this was related to the decision of the new regiment. He needed to ask the headquarters.
Compared to Li Yunlong, Ding Wei was more stable. Moreover, this matter was not small and needed to be reported to the headquarters.
In Ding Wei's opinion, the possibility of this matter being passed was still very high. The heads of the headquarters should also be able to see the benefits of doing so.
Choosing to let the artillery company do this first was also to accumulate experience first. Once the headquarters agreed, the soldiers of the new regiment would all be mobilized.
Even if they did not pass, the soldiers of the artillery company would reclaim a certain amount of wasteland, which would reduce the pressure on the new regiment.
"Regiment commander, our artillery soldiers can do this first, but we have to keep 70% of the land and crops we cultivate.”Iron Bull said.
Ding Wei was slightly stunned." Alright, I knew you would say that. Don't worry, the Regiment Headquarters won't take advantage of your artillery company.”
"At that time, even if the decision is not passed, the regiment headquarters will not ask for food from you for free. They will only buy it at market price.”
"Niu Zi, are you relieved now?"
"Don't worry! Don't worry! How can I not trust you, Guild Leader? Regiment commander, please forgive us. It's just that the soldiers of our artillery company are too weak.”Iron Bull hurriedly smiled apologetically.
It was also because Ding Wei was open-minded. Otherwise, Iron Bull would have easily offended others by saying this. He only cared about his own artillery company. Iron Bull was a little too petty.
Iron Bull had no other choice. There were only so many soldiers in the artillery company. He could not let the soldiers continue to cultivate the land, which meant that the yield of crops was limited.
Reclamation was done by the artillery company. They could not lose the artillery company when harvesting food. This could not happen.
"Go, do this. I hope the headquarters will give a reply soon.”Ding Wei said.
After leaving the regimental headquarters, Tie Niu heaved a sigh of relief. He was quite satisfied to be able to obtain the support of the regiment commander, Ding Wei.
He quickly walked towards the warehouse of the new group. He needed to borrow some farming tools.
It was impossible to reclaim land without farming tools.
If the soldiers of the new regiment needed to reclaim land, the farm tools of the new regiment would not be enough. If they borrowed them earlier, the artillery company could reclaim more land.
Soon, Iron Bull returned to the artillery company with a cart full of farming tools. There weren't many farming tools, only twenty to thirty pickaxes.
Looking at the soldiers who were training, Iron Bull picked out some soldiers who had better training results and gave them pickaxes to let them cultivate some wasteland first.
The rest of the soldiers continued to train. The training was handed over to the first squad leader to lead the soldiers.
Iron Bull led the other warriors to the wasteland around the training ground.
"Company commander, shouldn't our artillery company be training with all our might? Why are you opening up wasteland now?"
The second class monitor came to Iron Bull's side and asked with some doubt.
The surrounding soldiers also looked at the company commander, Iron Bull, and wanted to know what was going on.
Reclaiming wasteland was not something they should do.
"It's like this. During the morning training, I saw that everyone's physical fitness was not very good, so I thought of planting some food ourselves. After harvesting, everyone can eat more to nourish their bodies and become stronger.”
"Now, the wasteland is reclaimed to grow something. If everyone wants to eat their fill in the future, they need to work hard to reclaim the wasteland.”Iron Bull explained.
The soldiers 'eyes lit up. As expected of the company commander, he could even think of such a method.
The soldiers gripped the pickaxes in their hands tightly, their hearts filled with anticipation.
The thought of being able to eat their fill every day filled them with motivation.
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