Are you a spy? Killing the enemy is too cruel.

Chapter 611 Employment

"Commander, the situation is not good!"

Early in the morning, Zhang Ye hurried over and said anxiously, "The news that we hired common people and distributed a large amount of money and food yesterday spread all over Xuchang City and outside the city. Especially the poor families in the towns and villages outside, they started rushing to the city before dawn, and are now heading towards the building."

Ye Feng asked, "How many people are there?"

Zhang Ye said, "We can see tens of thousands of people at the moment. Most of them are young and middle-aged, but there are also quite a few young and old. They are all very strong."

Ye Feng smiled and said, "The people in Ka are all thinking about working for us so that they can bring food back home before dark!"

Zhang Ye said, "Commander, we don't have that much money and food on hand right now!"

Wars are fought for money, food, weapons, and ammunition. Their 12th Army has tens of thousands of troops, and their daily consumption is an astronomical figure.

On weekdays, Zhang Ye, as Ye Feng's clerk and liaison, would also pay attention to some logistical supplies.

They could squeeze out a portion of the money from their military supply warehouses and give it to the people as rewards.

The days ahead will be difficult!

Ye Feng asked, "When the Japanese were driven out of Xuchang, didn't they leave behind a lot of warehouses for supplies?"

Zhang Ye said, "The food stored in these warehouses will be used to expand the army in the future."

The army would not incur much extra cost if it recruited new soldiers in other areas.

In those turbulent times, being a soldier, entering the barracks and having something to eat was considered good.

But Ye Feng, the commander of the Shanghai, Jiangsu and Anhui regions, is different from others.

As long as you register, pass the physical examination, and become a new recruit of their underground party, you will be directly given a resettlement allowance, which is not small. If you don't want the money, you can exchange it for equivalent food.

This resettlement allowance is enough to provide food for a new soldier's family of three for three months.

Then, Ye Feng will give each new recruit a one-month advance on their military salary. When distributing weapons and equipment, he will also give them an extra set of military uniforms and bedding. This means that you can take the extra clothes and bedding home and give them to your parents, wife and children at home, so that they won't freeze to death when the cold winter comes.

It can be said that Commander Ye Feng always puts the people first and is never stingy with the poor people at the bottom of society.

So many recruits said that they would never find an officer as good as Ye Feng even with a lantern.

"Xiao Zhang, remember, for those who come to register, check their identities. As long as they are poor and hungry, we will accept them all."

"If there are any guys who dare to pass themselves off as the real ones, or if they are lurking enemy spies, they will be arrested on the spot. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"

Ye Feng continued:

"Don't worry about the money and food issue. Compared to the lives of ordinary people, what does this little money and food mean?"

"We have taken control of the warehouses left by the Japanese. We must have a lot of money. As for food, we can start with the local big families and big forces. I believe it will be easy to solve the food problem for tens of thousands of people."

yesterday.

Ye Feng has sent a telegram to Shanghai, informing Liu Wei and asking him to transport another batch of grain.

In order to speed up efficiency, Ye Feng also asked the air force soldiers who had been trained for a long time to fly directly to Central Plains in the modified transport planes.

Of course, the aircraft of this era were not as sophisticated and large as those of later generations.

But its structure is simple, it just needs to be able to fly and carry loads, so it doesn't take much effort to modify it.

In Shanghai, seventeen transport aircraft have been modified based on the drawings provided by Ye Feng.

At the same time, more than ten of the most advanced fighter jets were purchased from foreign trade channels.

"Commander, even if we have extra money and food, what are we going to let the people do after they successfully sign up?"

In Zhang Ye's opinion, the battle of Xuchang has ended and it is not the front line of the fighting. There is a high probability that there will be no war in the short term.

Therefore, there is no need to mobilize a large number of civilians to dig trenches and set up defensive positions outside the city.

There are tens of thousands of people, maybe more than a hundred thousand. What can such a large group of people be hired for?

Ye Feng said, "We are taking over more than a dozen factories. We fired all the original employees and arranged for the poor people who signed up to work in the factories."

"Then dig trenches and positions north of Xuchang, Yuzhou, and Changge."

"Forget it. I will be in charge of the defense of the position myself. Select 3 people for me and form 30 teams of 30 people each. Let them choose their own captains, and then have the captains assemble."

Zhang Ye asked in confusion, "Commander, the Japanese troops in Xuchang were just defeated. They won't come back immediately, right?"

Ye Feng said, "Not far to the north of Xuchang is the largest city - Zhengzhou. The Japanese over there hate me to the core. I guess the Japanese officers in Zhengzhou may have already been planning a counterattack against Xuchang."

The Japanese are not stupid either.

Knowing that you, Ye Feng, don't have many troops, how dare you split your troops into two groups at this time? One group attacks Luoyang in the west, and the other group attacks Kaifeng in the east.

In this case, how many troops do you, Ye Feng, have left in Xuchang?

The Japanese command will certainly take advantage of this opportunity to march south in an attempt to regain control of Xuchang.

After hearing the analysis, Zhang Ye was surprised and asked, "Then wouldn't it be easy to lose Xuchang, which we conquered with great difficulty?"

How many troops are there in Xuchang now?

Except for the guard company around Ye Feng, all the other troops were sent out.

Xuchang is equivalent to a ghost town.

Ye Feng said, "It's okay. The Japanese know that I am personally in charge of Xuchang. They dare not act rashly before they find out the truth and get accurate information."

Ye Feng's individual combat capability is equivalent to that of an entire regiment in the eyes of the enemy.

In the eyes of those Japanese officers, even if Ye Feng was the only underground party member in Xuchang, they dared not send a regiment over. The reason was very simple. They could not win the battle. If they forced a fight, Ye Feng might wipe out the entire regiment.

This is why Ye Feng dared to split his troops into two groups. He is so powerful that he can do whatever he wants.

Zhang Ye asked again, "Commander, should we take the opportunity to recruit new soldiers while hiring civilians?"

Ye Feng said, "Yes, we will select those strong young men with the best physical qualities. The number will be set at around 5000. If there are enough suitable candidates, we can increase it appropriately."

"As for the new recruits joining the army, they will be given resettlement allowances and food as before."

After hearing this, Zhang Ye finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the large number of people who kept pouring in could finally be accommodated.

Some of it goes into factories.

Some of them went to dig trenches.

Some of them became recruits.

Even if there were still a lot of people left, Zhang Ye could make arrangements, such as setting up a temporary militia, forming a logistics transport team, rebuilding destroyed houses, repairing streets, etc.

Half a day later, Zhang Ye led 35 men into the office building in Xuchang.

After waiting for Ye Feng's appointment, each person will be responsible for managing one thousand people.

Originally, they only needed to hire 30,000 civilians, but too many people signed up, so Zhang Ye had no choice but to add another 5,000 people.