Chapter 160 The Moon of Yesteryear
As the weather grew colder, Da Ni led her troops back for rest and recuperation, but less than a month later, they had to return to the battlefield.
Da Ni, holding the cotton shoes that Xie Ning had asked Aunt Meng to make, smiled and whispered to Xie Ning, "Sister Changning, I think the Japanese devils are about to give up. After I come back from fighting the Japanese devils this time, I'll take you to the Taoist temple in Yanjing to see an old Taoist priest. Although we should believe in science."
"It's good to have peace of mind." The old lady believed him; in fact, she also thought that the old Taoist priest was quite capable.
Xie Ning flicked Da Ni's forehead and laughed, "Don't say such things in the future. You should believe in science." This kind of feudal superstition should be reported.
"By the way, how did you know the Japanese soldiers couldn't hold out any longer?"
Da Ni chuckled, "What did I capture when I fought the Japanese? They said it was beef jerky and canned goods! It smelled so good. If you added some cabbage and vermicelli and cooked it, it would be a very sumptuous meal."
But now, those Japanese canned goods, at first, didn't have pure meat chunks anymore; they were filled with some kind of scraps of meat that I didn't know what they were. Later, they didn't even have scraps of meat anymore; instead, they had all sorts of internal organs. They were so smelly and pungent that I couldn't even eat wild vegetable dumplings that day.
So I think if they can't even get decent food, they're definitely going to die.
"That's true," Xie Ning nodded approvingly. "War is very expensive. Japan's resources are very limited. High-standard equipment can only last for a short time and cannot be maintained in the long term. Moreover, the United States is their largest supplier of materials, but the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Without the supply of materials, their resources in all aspects will plummet... They cannot afford a protracted war."
China couldn't afford to lose either. The Japanese soldiers were in bad shape, but the Chinese army was in bad shape as well. The only difference was that one had at least a high standard of equipment, while the other had always been at a low standard.
But let's see who lasts the longest.
After Da Ni left, they saw off Hanwazi, who had left with the troops. Yun Ai'ai helped Xie Ning walk back, muttering as they walked, "Hanwazi has gotten thinner again. He has too much work in the fields and is busy with training. The jerky I secretly gave him definitely didn't get eaten by himself."
How could she eat it all by herself? She would share a little with this person and a little with that person to taste. She could only eat something good when she had a spare moment at home. Yun Ai'ai would try her best to stuff the child with food, thinking of making up for all the food that the silly boy had missed.
Her supplies were good, and she received a stipend, so she was able to save up quite a bit of food.
Then he laughed again, "Teacher, that silly boy is still thinking about his little cannon. When he becomes as powerful as his older sister, he'll be able to have his own little cannon."
"Although we don't have small cannons, we are equipped with heavy machine guns. Our soldiers' equipment will get better and better."
Speaking of heavy machine guns, Yun Ai'ai remembered Hanwazi's disdain. "That heavy machine gun weighs 130 pounds. There was a little guy in their team who wanted to carry it, but he was too small and thin, so he couldn't lift it at all. Hanwazi disliked him, saying that the silly boy needed to eat more to grow stronger, otherwise how could he carry the gun?"
But who can get enough to eat?
Xie Ning also thought of this and comforted him, "We will get better and better. Once we recover, we will produce more agricultural machinery to improve the efficiency of agricultural production. There will be a day when everyone can have enough to eat."
"Hmm, in that case, wouldn't it be a peaceful and prosperous era?"
Children can attend classes with peace of mind in the classroom, instead of picking up guns and going to the battlefield at a young age, shedding blood on the battlefield.
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