Chapter 165 The Moon of Yesteryear
Although they were his students, Xie Ning did not immediately place his trust in them. There was a set of methods for vetting them here. This matter was under the jurisdiction of the Security Department and Political Commissar Chen. However, since they were short-staffed, Xie Ning could arrange work for them first.
The previous large-scale investigation uncovered thousands of spies and undercover agents. We must be on guard. Human nature is unpredictable; you never know if someone is loyal to you now but will be loyal to someone else tomorrow.
Therefore, Xie Ning transferred the people to the repair shop to repair firearms, and they were even separated into a room. Of course, this did not mean that there were only the two of them in the room; there were other workers as well. However, the workers who repaired the weapons with them were all eye-sighted.
Xie Ning didn't have time to choose this person; that would be handled by those below.
She's busy. People have arrived, and she still needs to discuss with the minister about selecting people to be sent down. The Northeast has been recovered, so it's inevitable that military bases will be established. They will be established in East Manchuria, North Manchuria, and West Manchuria, as well as in other recovered areas.
Of course, these base areas had to be established far from the Kuomintang-controlled areas in the rear. Therefore, a buffer zone was needed between the two parties, which was the guerrilla zone.
Relying solely on its own regular army was far from sufficient; naturally, it was necessary to mobilize the masses and expand the ranks, that is, to form multiple guerrilla units and self-defense forces to cooperate with the field army's operations.
These teams that are springing up like mushrooms after rain need to be equipped with firearms, right? Won't that increase the production workload?
Moreover, even though we are currently in a ceasefire phase, we must still resist any attacks, and we must also deal with the banditry in the reconquest areas. War and natural disasters have led to displaced people turning to banditry. For the sake of the people's peaceful life, bandits must not be allowed to live.
After arranging things at the main factory, Xie Ning took Yun Ai'ai to build the new factory. The Zhang family had shipped another batch of new equipment from the United States, and she had to oversee the assembly and debugging. By the time the factory was built and put into production, it was already the end of June.
The Kuomintang openly broke the ceasefire agreement, mobilized a large force, expanded from the Central Plains Liberated Area to other liberated areas, and launched a full-scale civil war.
No matter how hard Xie Ning tried, he had to admit that the Kuomintang had a much greater military advantage than the Labour Party. After all, the other side not only had a large numerical advantage, but also captured most of the Japanese military equipment, and had American military aid.
Leaving aside firearms and ammunition, the boats, ships, and aircraft are things they don't have on their side. As for tanks, they've only captured a few, which is nothing compared to what they have.
The guns, explosives, and artillery produced by their arsenals were far from meeting the needs of large-scale warfare, so they could only try to increase the rate of firearms deployment in the army.
Upon their return, Xie Ning directed the guards to move all the livestock that had been kept in the yard into the cave dwellings. She couldn't be sure of the bombing time, but the Kuomintang had planes and would definitely bomb them; they had to prepare early.
The report was also submitted, and the higher-ups had a response. Moreover, being in a cave dwelling was safer than being in a regular house in the face of enemy bombing; the cave dwelling was practically a natural air-raid shelter.
"Go buy some meat and eggs, let's have a good meal." Xie Ning rubbed her stomach; she also wanted to eat meat. Everything else was fine outside, but the food wasn't very good. Not only did they need a good meal, but the guards at home also needed one.
She doesn't always take all the guards with her when she goes out. If it's a long business trip, Xie Ning will leave half of the guards behind. Besides guarding the yard, they also have to do the work in the fields, which are production tasks that can't be taken lightly.
Fortunately, some agricultural machinery was invented, which made sowing and plowing much easier than before. As for water, there were irrigation ditches, so carrying water was not so hard. There were simple water carts, which made things much more convenient. But with dozens of acres of land, even oxen would be exhausted.
Seeing Chuncao return carrying a large basket of wild vegetables, Xie Ning waved and gave her two fruit candies, which were a gift from a foreign friend. They were wrapped in transparent colored paper, and it was the first time Xie Ning had ever seen such fruit candies here.
Chuncao ate one piece and then fed the remaining one to Xie Ning. Not wanting to throw away the remaining colored paper, Xie Ning took it and folded two small paper cranes for her, teasing her by saying that paper cranes could help people fulfill their wishes.
Watching the colorful paper cranes reflect various brilliant colors in the sunlight, Chuncao's eyes widened, "So beautiful!"
"Sister Changning, can I give this to someone else?"
Xie Ning nodded slightly. She wasn't curious about who Chuncao was going to give it to. It was a good thing for a child to have his own social interactions; it was better than keeping himself trapped in a marriage.
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