"The Japanese have increased their troops again." Meng Xiang took this information and kept searching on the map. He was slowly learning military command.

"Here, the 114th Division of the Central China Expeditionary Army landed from Qingdao; the 5th Division moved down to Zhucheng; the 1st Army transferred the 16th Division back, and their direction was Jinan. These two divisions were also included in the Second Army, and the 108th and 109th Divisions were included in the First Army. What are they doing? Attack or go south?" Meng Xiang was confused by the continuous mobilization of a lot of organization. After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't make sure of his judgment.

"What are the Japanese going to do?" In the command center, Mao Shiba's alternative role was played again.

"They are going south!" Fan Zhong gave a positive answer in an instant. Although Meng Xiang had also guessed this, he was not sure.

"The Japanese have increased so many troops at once, why don't they come to attack us?" Mao Shiba became a curious baby again and continued to ask.

"They won't come in the whole February!" Fan Zhong seemed very confident. After half a month of training, the 54th Army was trained and trained, even when facing the siege of three divisions, he believed that he could defend it.

"From the many Japanese arrangements, it has been seen that the Japanese plan to use grain to drag us to death. Mr. Tang's procrastination strategy has already been effective." Fan Zhong glanced at Tang Yaoshi who was sitting there drinking tea slowly. "In the past three days, more than 60,000 refugees have come from all sides, mostly from the weak, women and children. They have begun to use this method to collapse our economy, and there should be no need to do anything more. Even if they come, we are not afraid. I think what they need most now is to control the surrounding food, tightly block our external contacts, and always beware of our counterattacks. The most important thing is that in the Huaihe River, the Japanese 13th Division was blocked from the attack and has been confronting the 21st and 31st Army along the Huaihe River. Yan Junliu, the new commander of the newly established Central China Expeditionary Army, could not hold back and sent the 9th Division yesterday. The North China Front Army also needs to make some statements."

He said this, and looked at Meng Xiang who was just hearing the sensation, and Tang Yaoshi who was drinking tea slowly, and said again: "All we need to do is wait. The veterans are recovering and returning to the team. It is best to train the new recruits for another month. If we can wait until April smoothly, at least 80,000 available soldiers, even if the Japanese army has three divisions heading south and cooperate with the Central Army, we are sure to annihilate them together."

"No, you can't wait until April!" Meng Xiang shook his head first. He vaguely remembered that the Taierzhuang Battle was in March. At that time, the war was in place, and the Pioneer Army was not allowed to be out of the matter. There are too many uncertain factors and must be considered in advance. Even with the Pioneer Army's arms transactions and support for them, perhaps this time the Taierzhuang and even the Xuzhou Battle was another situation. But the historical trend has been disordered, and he must consider it carefully in advance.

"I know that when April is unrealistic, we must solve the problem of food in advance." Fan Zhong admired this strategy, and was also worried about Meng Xiang's repeated emphasis on the guarantee that there was no problem with food. There are more and more refugees coming from the base area. Although only 60,000 are coming now, more than 30,000 people came one day yesterday. The number of people is increasing every day. So, is there enough food?

"After passing the railway, it will be the territory of the Pioneer Army!" Mou Pingyang raised his sleeves and wiped his sweat. He happily turned back to the old lady sitting on the wheelbarrow and said, "When we get there, we won't have to worry about food and clothing!"

His wife Liu Guiying, beside the car, helped her son who was napping in the car, and asked worriedly: "Is there any concern about food and clothing?"

Mou Pingyang hesitated for a moment and smiled, "Others said that there was guaranteed that one person would not starve to death. He opened hundreds of porridge shops that cost money, but it was not said by one person. So there was still fake? Uncle Li went there for a few days and ran back and took the whole family over. This shouldn't be fake!" He felt a little nervous, but the small amount of food was stolen by the Japanese. There was no food and he couldn't make summer food. Anyway, the family had no land because of treating his mother's illness, so it would be no harm to go over and take a look.

"There! They are the place they are talking about. There is no attention from the Japanese, only the puppet army. As long as they don't bring things over, it's easy to talk to!" Mou Pingyang pointed happily ahead.

Sun Qiren looked at the household in front of him, and after looking at it for a long time, he felt that there was no amount of oil and water. He put away the ten copper coins in his hand and waved his hand to let go. There were instructions above that as long as it was not something to be sucked, they would be let go. In the past three days, there were a lot of things left, but each of them were poor people.

"Thank you, sir, thank you!" Mou Pingyang thanked him in a series of ways, carrying my mother on her back and quickly left with his wife. The wheelbarrow was locked, but fortunately everyone was fine.

There was no one moving around the Jinpu Railway for 300 meters, which made Mou Pingyang feel a little nervous.

"What are you doing?" After walking a mile, someone suddenly shouted in front of him.

Mou Pingyang quickly put down his mother, stepped forward alone, bent his waist and shouted, "I've escaped."

Zhao Tiedan, who had noticed a long time ago, walked out of a bunker. In the past two or three days, there have been too many people coming here.

"Come here and register!" Zhao Tiedan waved his hand, turned around and left.

"Sir!" Mou Pingyang hurriedly followed and came to him. He looked at Zhao Tiedan's military uniform. Although he was a little afraid, he still asked timidly: "Is it really worth it? Is it guaranteed that people will not starve to death?"

Zhao Tiedan also smiled bitterly when she heard this. People who have come here these days have asked this.

A few days ago, Meng Xiang made a solemn promise to prevent people from starving to death on the territory of the Vanguard Army. The Japanese immediately changed the direction of the wind and began to promote it around, exaggerating the promise on the territory of the Vanguard Army, which caused many poor households around to flee here to find food.

Shandong has always had a large population and a small land area, and the land possession is extremely unreasonable, which has caused many people to live in extreme poverty. The Japanese invasions and wars have occurred, and disasters in various places have increased the number of refugees. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people go to the Northeast and other places to explore. However, after the Pioneer Army made a promise that people could not starve to death, many people chose to go to the Pioneer Army, after all, this is a closer country.

"Oh! It's guaranteed not to starve! But it can only guarantee that not to starve. If you want to eat enough, you have to work to have enough food." Zhao Tiedan recently learned a lot with the instructors in the army. Not only can he recognize words, but he can also imitate the instructor's tone when speaking.

"It's enough to be hungry!" Mou Pingyang didn't care. As long as he survived this time, he could still make a living with his own strength.

"Come here to register!" Zhao Tiedan pointed to a table in front. Two student soldiers behind were registering for an old man.

"Name?"

"Zhang Changgong." The old man smiled.

"Which word?" Tian Yushu stopped his pen and looked up and asked.

"I don't know either! I don't know!" the old man said with his eyebrows down, "I am Gong Changzhang. I have worked as a long-term worker in Zhang Ju's family in our village for more than 40 years, so people call me Zhang Changzhang. This year, when the Japanese came, Zhang Ju's family ran away, leaving me with no place to go, so I led my granddaughter out. I farmed very well, so I'll keep me!"

He looked at the cotton coat he was wearing on his granddaughter, and couldn't help feeling deeply and made up the idea of ​​staying.

At that time, Zhao Tiedan watched the **-year-old girl shivering in a single dress in the cold wind, so she put her own cotton coat on her. In fact, he didn't need to give it to her. Soon after, Old Man Zhang and the little girl could apply for a cotton coat each. In order to prevent the phenomenon of freezing to death, the Pioneer Army stipulated that everyone on the territory could apply for a cotton coat.

Meng Xiangxin discovered a **ug of the base. Although the military uniforms are limited in quantity, when the damage is serious and submitted to the base to judge that they cannot be used again, they can be handed over to the base for recycling, and the new military uniforms can be purchased at double the price. This immediately solved the problem of insufficient winter clothes in the base area.

As long as you produce a thick cotton coat from the World War I period, disassemble it, extract half of the large cotton fabric, and keep the limit on recycling at least half of the base, you can buy a new one again. With the discount on the base, even if you buy cotton coats from the World War I period at double the price, it is extremely cheap.

After the removal of the cotton and fabric, it can be sent to the three newly built wardrobes, and it has become new cotton coats in the hands of a large number of female workers.

Of course, this cotton coat is not for free. If it is for free, even if it is cheap, the Pioneer Army will lose money. In addition to allowing direct purchases, it can also be bought with credit. Anyone who has registered can apply for credit to buy one. Although the money purchased on credit can be calculated for no interest within 5 years, it must be recorded in the file. If the account is not paid back in the future, the interest will be calculated at that time, and the record of bad reputation must be kept.

At this time, the people don’t understand these things, but the price of this new cotton coat is very cheap on credit. Although it is not very thick, it is enough to ensure that people cannot die of freezing. The fabric is good and it is widely popular among people on the base area for a time. Even some people can’t help but buy one or two pieces. After all, this cotton coat is much more affordable than the same cotton coat on the market.

"Zhang Changgong!" Tian Yushu nodded and wrote down the name.

"age?"

There will be no major battles on the ground for at least one month, and the rest need to be integrated and developed. Planning and arrangement have become the focus.

In order to ensure management, every refugee needs to register and record, which is also a step for Meng Xiang to further carry out household registration management.

The household registration management and census in later generations made Meng Xiang deeply remember it. Although these are not very mature now, the family background on the territory is clear, and some follow-up plans are prone to deviations. At least, it is necessary to ensure that the data is not much different. The records of the Han Fuju government were considered to be fair, but when the war broke out, some people ran away and some people fled. All the data is inaccurate. What needs to be solved most is to find out the number of people on the territory and the related population structure.

People in later generations know the importance of demographic statistics. With his own impression, Meng Xiang adjusted the content of the census in later generations according to the actual situation and became a new table. This detailed and comprehensive new table and related systems made Zhou Bai very impressed.

But it is difficult to implement. People with families and careers are good records, but those refugees who flee are difficult to count.

One of the promises that Meng Xiang launched to be unable to starve was also aimed at this. He was not afraid of food shortages, so he had a solution for this. He simply used free food and cotton coats bought on credit to attract many refugees. At that time, each person and one license plate can also be roughly found out by relying on it.

With a precise record and a defined range, at least there are relatively fewer chaos among the refugees. It is much more difficult for various forces to intervene in and make small moves. The powerful role of the Chinese household registration ID card system in later generations made Meng Xiang decide to follow the example. Although there are some disadvantages, the stability of the base area is the first priority at this time.

It is not a big problem to expand outward with the current strength of the vanguard army, but the base in the rear is unstable, which makes Meng Xiang always cautious. If there is a problem in the rear, it will involve the safety of the main base.

Taking every step is the best description for the base. As long as there are continuous advancements in sub-bases, Meng Xiang believes that it is not a problem for him to recover lost land.

"Report to the commander, the base car No. 5 has arrived at its designated destination!" said Shi Er, and handed Meng Xiang an urgent telephone. After a few days of trekking, the base car on the Rome arrived smoothly.

"Although there is no major battle on the base ground now, there are still needs to be trained elsewhere!" Meng Xiang couldn't help but think of the other two places occupied by the vanguard army.

"The ** brigade should also expand! There is another ** group, why has there been no news for more than ten days?"
Chapter completed!