Double-Cut During the War of Resistance: My Wife Came from 1937

"Sir, let me report on my work!"

Xia Weiwei said to Chief of Staff Ni, "The commander said before that the soldiers in the north wanted to eat noodles, so this time, Comrade Hongwei specially purchased 270 tons of flour."

"Comrade Hongwei said that flour spoils even more easily than rice, so he didn't buy that much. The soldiers can buy more when they run out, but buying too much at once and letting it get moldy can affect their health."

"270 tons?"

Upon hearing this, Chief of Staff Ni couldn't help but exclaim, "That's 54 jin! That's quite a lot!"

"At the current rate of 1.5 jin per person per day, that's enough to feed 6 people for six days."

"By the way, sir!"

Xia Weiwei said, "Now that our space is getting bigger and bigger, and we are transporting more and more supplies, I think the soldiers can have more rations."

"Originally, it was 1.5 jin (750 grams) per day, with an average of 250 grams per meal. I don't think it's a problem to now provide 2 or even 3 jin per day."

"Only when the soldiers are well-fed will they have more energy to fight!"

Chief of Staff Ni nodded and said, "What you said makes a lot of sense, but our Eighth Route Army is currently expanding. If we continue to increase supplies, won't you be under too much pressure?"

Don't be fooled by the fact that their three main divisions combined have only a little over 50,000 regular troops, less than 60,000.

However, when local guerrillas and militia Red Guards are included, the number has exceeded 105,000.

This is more than 25,000 more than their original plan of 80,000 people.

However, these guerrillas and Red Guards were all militia forces, and during the farming season they would also cultivate the land and reclaim wasteland themselves.

Therefore, they only needed the Eighth Route Army to provide some supplies, and they had to be self-sufficient in the rest.

By the year 38 of next year, their mission is to double the number of the main force of the Eighth Route Army, guerrillas, and Red Guards.

In other words, by the end of next year, the number will reach more than 210,000.

If there are 100,000 people as the main force here, and each person consumes 1.5 jin (0.75 catties) per day, then that would amount to 150000 jin (75 tons) per day.

A single shipment of 270 tons of supplies was only enough to feed the main force for 3.6 days.

"We can supply the higher-ups!"

Xia Weiwei said earnestly, "The space currently has 2156 cubic meters!"

"If all of it were used to transport flour, it could transport 1293.6 tons, which is more than 258 million jin!"

"The size of this space will continue to increase in the future, so we don't have to worry about the soldiers going hungry."

Chief of Staff Ni nodded and said, "In that case, let's set the soldiers' daily ration at 2 jin for now!"

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Speaking of spatial enhancement, yesterday the Eighth Route Army headquarters sent another 3000 taels of gold."

"Recently, the Japanese have started to blockade this area, so the Jiaodong Special Committee's transport of gold has been delayed."

Xia Weiwei said, "The soldiers' safety is our top priority. We have enough space right now."

Then she continued her report: "In addition to 270 tons of rice, Comrade Hongwei also bought 30 tons of pork. These are all half-pigs of raw pork, which are more prone to spoilage, so they need to be transported to various places as soon as possible to be cooked for the soldiers."

"Comrade Hongwei said that the soldiers would get tired of eating canned meat all the time, so it would be better to buy some raw meat."

"In this way, with both flour and raw pork, the soldiers can make dumplings, pies, and roujiamo (Chinese hamburger)."

"You're too kind!"

Chief of Staff Ni couldn't help but say, "It's wartime now. The soldiers can eat rice, flour, and canned meat. Their lives are already much better than before. There's really no need to insist on getting some fresh meat."

"This isn't fresh meat; it's frozen pork."

Xia Weiwei said, "Hongwei originally planned to buy fresh pork, but fresh pork is 0-4 degrees Celsius, which makes it more prone to spoilage, so we bought frozen pork that is less than 60 days old, which can preserve it for a longer period of time."

"It's alright, as long as we can eat meat, we're not entitled to be picky!"

Chief of Staff Ni, however, didn't seem to care.

「另外还有30000只道口烧鸡、30000只椒麻鸡、30吨的滷鸡蛋、30吨卤猪肝、30吨滷鸡肝，以及134.4吨的压缩饼乾和10吨的奶香巧克力。」

Xia Weiwei continued, "Hongwei heard that the soldiers were short of cotton mattresses, so he urgently purchased 50000 cotton mattresses, all of which were made of 3 jin of cotton."

Hongwei also said that the quilts are all in production and each uses 5 jin of cotton. They will be delivered next time he comes.

"hiss!"

Upon hearing Xia Weiwei's report on the supplies, Chief of Staff Ni couldn't help but gasp.

He never expected that Xia Weiwei would buy so much meat this time.

It was half a whole pig, a chicken, liver, and eggs.

Even the chocolate was purchased in bulk, 10 tons at a time.

Due to the Japanese blockade, chocolate was extremely expensive here.

If these 10 tons of chocolate were delivered to Chongqing, they could definitely make a fortune.

"Such a large quantity of chocolate could be used to trade with the Jin-Sui Army and the Central Army!"

Chief of Staff Ni thought to himself, "These scarce luxury items should be enough to exchange for a lot of guns and ammunition."

Whether it was the Jin-Sui Army or the Central Army, there were countless instances of people secretly reselling military supplies and drawing salaries without working, all for the sake of making money.

Therefore, Chief of Staff Ni believed that if they could provide so much chocolate, the other party would definitely be willing to trade with them.

In this way, they could acquire more guns and ammunition, and also form more regular troops.

Suddenly, Chief of Staff Ni remembered something and quickly asked, "Comrade Xia, those chickens and eggs seem to be pre-cooked? Aren't they prone to spoiling?"

"Those don't break easily."

Xia Weiwei said, "They are not only cooked, but they have also undergone high-temperature sterilization and vacuum packaging."

"As long as the packaging is intact, it can be stored for more than six months. If the packaging is damaged, it's best not to eat it, as it may have spoiled."

"That's good! That's good!"

Chief of Staff Ni breathed a sigh of relief.

If they have to eat all of these quickly, they'll be eating meat like crazy.

Chief of Staff Ni was worried that the soldiers would get diarrhea from eating too much meat.

In the past, soldiers rarely ate much oily or fatty food, so their stomachs would definitely not be used to eating so much meat all of a sudden.

Therefore, they had been controlling the soldiers' diet and hadn't started feeding them so much meat every day.

Eating it once or twice occasionally is fine, but eating it every day definitely won't be sustainable.

This requires a familiarization process.