"It's really okay?" Zhong Yi said, "The early rice season is about to be harvested."

Yinjiang can plant rice for two seasons a year. On the way to Xiaogang just now, Zhong Yi saw that the rice fields on the roadside had begun to turn yellow, and it was obvious that the harvest season was about to come.

"I said it's okay, it's okay." Zhao Xingjiu said, "Besides, early rice rots in the fields, and the loss is only one season of rice. If Yinjiang is gone, the loss is not one season or two seasons of rice."

"Listen, everyone, listen." Zhong Yi turned to face the dozen or so reporters accompanying him, and pointed at Zhao Xingjiu and said, "This is the common people of our Yinjiang River. This is the real hero!"

More than a dozen reporters accompanying him raised their cameras and shot them hard.

A reporter from Yinjiang Daily even interviewed Zhao Xingjiu, and Zhong Yi took the opportunity to escape.

Zhong Yi came to check the preparations of the transportation team. With Mr. Zhao Xingjiu accompanying him, it is difficult to obtain the real situation, because Zhao Xingjiu is the mayor of Xiaogang Town and the head of the Zhao clan.

In front of him, no one in Xiaogang Town dared to tell the truth.

Zhong Yi walked to the corner of the crowd and grabbed one of the middle-aged men who were about forties and looked honest.

"Uncle, how old are you?" Zhong Yi asked.

The man said: "Forty-six years old."

Zhong Yi said: "How many people are in the family?"

"Seven." The man smiled silly, "The old couple has five children. The two daughters are already married, and there are two sons under him. The youngest daughter is just three years old."

Hearing this, Zhong Yi's expression suddenly became gloomy.

From the man's oral statement, we can tell that the couple had at least ten babies, but only five survived. Due to poor medical conditions, the mortality rate of infants and young children in this era can be said to be very high.

Next is the long-lived old people, because the man in front of him is only forty-six years old, but his parents are no longer there, which shows that there are very few elderly people over the age of seventy.

Zhong Yi said again: "The first season of rice is about to ripen, so how can the family be busy?"

"That must be too busy." The man shook his head, "My eldest son joined the Coast Defense Corps, and I joined the Transportation Team again. Only the child and the second child were left at home. The second child was only ten years old and could not do heavy work at all."

Zhong Yi's heart was slumped and he said, "The clan leader asked you to come and join the transportation team?"

"What if I don't come?" said the man, "Our family is pretty good, but it's even harder for other families."

Zhong Yi asked in a low voice: "Uncle, tell me the truth. Did you volunteer to join the transportation team or did Mr. Zhao force you? Don't worry, I won't tell the old man."

Regarding the transportation team, Zhong Yi’s request is based on the principle of voluntary action and must not be forced.

In this regard, the situations of the People's Liberation Army and the National Army in another time and space have given the most distinctive comparison.

In another time and space, the People's Liberation Army fully united the masses and mobilized them fully. Therefore, in the process of supporting the front, not only did not cause any shortage of materials, but also had very high efficiency. The fellow villagers who participated in the transportation team would rather go hungry than use the food they carried.

The Kuomintang army, which transported materials by catching strong men, was a different situation.

Therefore, Zhong Yi never hopes that the Zhejiang East Coast Defense Corps will repeat the mistakes of the national army.

"I voluntarily, the patriarch didn't force me." The man hurriedly said, "You don't know, my boss is in the Coast Defense Corps. If no one helps them transport supplies, they will not be able to defeat the Japanese. If the war is lost, my boss will not be able to come back. Compared with the boss's life, what is a mere season of rice, let alone..."

Zhong Yi's heart moved and asked again: "What's more?"

The man said: "What's more, even if the early rice rots in the fields, there is still a second season."

Zhong Yi was not at ease and asked several villagers in a row, but the answers were the same.

It was not until this time that Zhong Yi finally felt a little relieved. It seemed that the transportation team was fine.

The transportation team organized by the Propaganda Department may not be able to compare with the supporters of the Huaihai Campaign in another time and space, but it should be more than enough to ensure the more than 30,000 officers and soldiers of the East Zhejiang Sea Defense Corps.

At this time, Zhao Xingjiu had already accepted an interview with a reporter from Yinjiang Daily and came over.

"Xiao Zhong, I have something to tell you." Zhao Xingjiu said, "It's the human-powered tricycle. Can you give us more than a dozen? If you can't get a dozen, a few can be used. This thing is really useful."

Three days ago, the first batch of 500 human-powered tricycles trial-produced by Sanyou Industrial Club were already produced.

There is a reason why Sanyou Industrial Club is so efficient, because Sanyou Industrial Club originally had a bicycle factory in Shanghai, and this bicycle factory has a serious backlog.

After receiving the order for human tricycles, Chang Chengyun immediately rented a merchant ship from China Shipping Company and transported all the 500 bicycles in stock to Yinjiang, and then converted the 500 bicycles into human tricycles. At the same time, Chang Chengyun began to relocate the bicycle factory in Shanghai to Yinjiang.

The bicycle factory in Yinjiang is under construction. Since Zhong Yi issued an administrative order in the name of the mayor, all departments have given the green light to the bicycle factory, so the progress is very fast.

The most conservative estimate is that Yinjiang Bicycle will be completed and put into production in another half a month.

The reason why Zhong Yi was eager to build a bicycle factory was because he wanted to start building a self-produced force with "Yinjiang characteristics".

Self-propelled troops are not actually the concept created by Zhong Yi.

In another time and space, during the Japanese army's battle to sweep Southeast Asia, the commander of the 25th Army, Tomomo Yamashita, used thousands of bicycles seized by Hong Kong to form a silver wheel force.

This Silver Wheel Force is based on the 42nd Infantry Regiment of the Fifth Division, and each has a bicycle.

The Japanese base camp issued an order to Yamashita to break through the Malay Peninsula, which is within 100 days, cross the Johor Strait, and conquer Singapore.

The British troops stationed in Singapore also thought that it would take at least three months for the Japanese army to reach the back of the Johor Strait.

However, the Silver Wheel troops formed by Yamashita Fengwen's ingenious intention took less than a month to travel across the entire Malay Peninsula and suddenly appeared on the north coast of the Johor Strait.

When the Japanese army suddenly appeared on the north coast of the Johor Strait, the 110,000 British troops stationed in Singapore were immediately disintegrated. After only three days of symbolic resistance, they raised the white flag and surrendered to the less than 5,000 vanguard troops sent by the 5th Division. It was precisely because of this battle that Yamashita Fengwen won the reputation of the Malay Tiger and became a famous general.

Therefore, Zhong Yi also wanted to follow the example of Fengwen of Yamashita to form a self-propelled force.
Chapter completed!