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Text Chapter 272 Because we are all soldiers

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    Xiao Huzi went very quickly and brought back a few dishes in a short time. While arranging the dishes, he smiled and said: "Commander, today is really the right time. [.Com text] The director of the afternoon canteen is behind  Several traps were placed on the mountain, and I wanted to trap a roe deer to provide some nutrition to the leaders. "

    "It's a pity that we didn't get the roe deer, but only two rabbits. Didn't you burn them all? In addition, Commander Wang of the First Brigade got some peanuts and good vermicelli when we captured Jiamusi. In the afternoon  I just sent someone to deliver it. These dishes are all cooked by our chief executive when he heard that several chiefs were going to have a dinner together."

    The so-called extra dishes include only a large bowl of stir-fried radish with pork and a bowl of stewed potatoes and pumpkin made from captured Japanese canned beef.  A bowl of braised rabbit, a plate of scrambled eggs, a plate of fried peanuts, and a plate of fried vermicelli, a Northeastern specialty.  Apart from these items, there is only a large bowl of millet porridge and a plate of large pancakes as the staple food.

    The dishes are very ordinary, and there are two dishes that are from the canteen.  It¡¯s just that there¡¯s an extra can of beef added to that bowl of potato stew and pumpkin.  As for this canned beef, Yang Zhen still had to pay for it at his own expense.

    Although the dishes were nothing more than simple, when he saw the dishes on the table, Li Yanping rubbed his hands and smiled at Xiao Huzi: "I said Huzi, you are not qualified to be a housekeeper.  How much wealth has your leader accumulated? Is this a lot of money?"

    Yang Zhen shook his head indifferently and said: "My food and clothing are all provided by the army, and I am a bachelor. Unlike you, Lao Li, who takes care of his family and smokes. There is no use in keeping it. It's all spent."  . On the other hand, among the five of us on the Standing Committee, including Lao Zhang, you, Lao Li, have a heavy burden on your family, and you still smoke."

    Speaking of this, Yang Zhen said with some half-complaints: "In this war, you smoke one cigarette after another. The four cigarettes issued by the army every month according to regulations are not enough for you. You have to save the rest.  All the money I spent was spent on smoking.¡±

    "You are the same, why don't you talk to Lao Zhang and give you more every month? Lao Guo and Lao Gao don't smoke, I smoke some occasionally. You are the only one in the whole headquarters who smokes, and you are the political commissar.  You should still take care of yourself. You should also save some money and improve your family life. Besides, you, a powerful political commissar, can't even afford a piece of tofu at home.  , Is this something ridiculous?¡±

    In response to Yang Zhen's concern, Li Yanping shook his head and said: "I can't start with this. This is not a matter of one or two cigarettes. Rules are rules and must be strictly implemented. If those of us who make the rules cannot take the lead,  Enforcement is a violation of regulations. Who else can abide by the regulations? If I smoke four cigarettes a month, it is already a special treatment. "

    "My family has a large population and many children. However, although your sister-in-law is not paid a salary at the military region's quilt factory, doesn't the military region also provide a subsidy of three yuan, and each child has a subsidy of one yuan. I also enjoy the supply system.  Food and clothing are also provided by the army. In fact, the rest of the monthly allowance and food can be used for smoking. "

    "Besides, my monthly allowance is ten yuan, which is paid on a monthly basis. It is six or seven yuan more than the soldiers below. I also get some food allowance every month. The soldiers below, due to financial constraints,  The two-dollar living allowance is rarely paid on time. Those of us who are leaders can receive it on a monthly basis, so we can¡¯t get more.¡±

    As a political commissar, Li Yanping paid great attention to setting an example and taking the lead in everything he did.  After the base was stabilized, Yang Zhen sent people secretly to the south to pick up Li Yanping's family members from his hometown in Yanji.  After Li Yanping's family arrived at the base area, he did not let his wife enjoy the benefits of being an official wife at home. Instead, he sent his wife, who was good at sewing, to the military area quilt factory, and his several children were left in the care of his mother.

    Although his wife works in the Military Region's Clothing Factory, according to regulations, except for free medical treatment at the health department, she does not enjoy salary or supply system benefits.  There are many children, and the two sons are at the age when a half-grown man is living in poverty. Their mouths can eat more than Li Yanping, and they still have an old mother to support.

    Although the army provides a monthly family allowance of three yuan and a monthly living allowance of one yuan to each child, there is not much left after excluding the purchase of food and daily necessities, and life is still tight.  In addition to not having to hide and worry every day.  When there is no fighting, apart from enjoying family reunion for a few days every month, it is better to live a better life farming in my hometown.

    Due to financial constraints, limited funds must not only maintain the daily needs of the expanding army, but also invest heavily in military industry.  Especially the military industry is simply a bottomless pit.  Sometimes, in order to maintain military production, the troops have to fight for their living expenses.It's a small sum of money, and in many cases it can only cover some basic living expenses.

    Therefore, after the base area was established, Yang Zhen clearly stipulated that any military family member whose husband's allowance is more than seven yuan and who works in the military region's uniform factory will not enjoy the general worker's monthly salary of ten yuan, but will be paid monthly by the military region.  A living allowance of three yuan will be given, and those with children will receive an additional yuan of living allowance per child per month.  Even if I undertake technical work, I don¡¯t enjoy it.

    Not only are military family members working in the uniform factory not receiving allowances, but also in the arsenal, the only place in the Jidong Military Region besides the uniform factory that pays salaries, and it is also the highest-paid place. Even if you are an ordnance industry expert, you will not get a penny.  I also only received a family allowance of three yuan.

    Fortunately, among the current cadres of the army, bachelors account for the vast majority.  The few who have family members are either far away in the customs, or they have long been living in unknown places.  A few cadres who came from the Anti-Japanese War had family members, and most of them were illiterate.  Either farming in the Construction Corps, or working in a quilt factory with relatively low wages.  Basically no one works in the arsenal.

    ???????????? Otherwise, seeing that my colleagues who do the same job in the arsenal earn at least 17 yuan a month, and the highest skilled workers even earn 30 yuan, many of these cadres may have revolutions in their families.

    This rule applies not only to family members working in local areas, but also for both parties in the military.  If both people are soldiers, then after marriage, the wife's allowance will be cancelled, and the wife will also be given a living allowance of three yuan every month.  At most, the benefits they enjoy under the supply system will remain unchanged.

    If Zhang Ting had not sacrificed, after she married Yang Zhen, regardless of her position as deputy director of the logistics department, the eight yuan monthly allowance based on her level would still have been cancelled, and she would have received a monthly living allowance of three yuan like other family members.  Except for the nutritional subsidy of five yuan given to all other family members when a child is born, there is no special treatment.

    This is not because Yang Zhen wants to save money from the family members.  This is a fiscal austerity policy adopted as a last resort under the current circumstances where the military's financial management is not yet sound, with very few sources of income and most of which can only rely on seizures.

    In the base area, in order not to kill the goose to lay eggs, ensure the enthusiasm of farmers, and stabilize the people's hearts, the agricultural tax collected is only 30% of the actual income, and all of it is offset by grain.  The excess will be purchased in cash at market prices.  Not only can grain collection fail to maintain a balance of payments, but Tangyuan, which is the main battlefield, has to provide a considerable amount of grain relief under the premise that this year's autumn harvest has become a foregone conclusion in most areas.

    ??????????? In addition, the original occupied towns were all small counties, there was not much industry and commerce, and the commercial tax collected was really not much.  Even in order to encourage commercial circulation within the base area, except for brothels that have not yet been banned and the brewing industry that deliberately charges heavy taxes to reduce food consumption, the rest are exempted from tax from time to time.

    Now the main expenditures of the army almost all rely on confiscated Japanese and puppet assets.  The sources of income are pitiful and the expenses are huge. No matter how much money is saved, the money is still not enough to spend.  The income from several gold mines has basically been invested in military construction.

    ¡°Funds are limited, expenses are high, and there is a lack of financial management personnel in the army, so the current use of funds is stretched.  In desperation, Yang Zhen could only work on himself and save whatever he could.  In addition to ensuring necessary expenses such as food and clothing for the troops, save the rest if you can.

    Yang Zhen was very moved by Li Yanping¡¯s words.  So for a large family, in addition to himself enjoying certain benefits according to the supply system, the rest of the people have to go to the market to buy food and clothing. His allowance is not as high as the income of a hotel waiter in Manchukuo, so he can barely maintain it.  Life.

    He is a dignified political commissar of the military region and a political officer who commands tens of thousands of troops. He usually doesn't even see any oil flowers at home.  The standard of living is not even as good as that of the local people who can occasionally eat some meat to improve their lives.  The six members of the family are all crowded into a palm-sized dormitory provided by a quilt factory that has moved to Luobei County.

    Yang Zhen has seen him save the extra-subsidized eggs more than once and feed them to his children.  Occasionally, the headquarters cafeteria is used as a substitute for distributing meals because there is no money. The cans seized are not eaten and taken home to the old mother and several growing children.

    I think of those in later generations who would spend tens of thousands of public funds on a single meal. They would not smoke unless a cigarette cost tens of thousands. A bottle of imported high-end foreign wine would cost tens or even hundreds of thousands. Do not drink domestic wine except top-quality Maotai.  , the tables full of shark fins, sea cucumbers, abalone and other high-end seafood made the officials feel that they had no place to take their chopsticks.

    ??????? In front of Kankan, he has always set an example, not to mention high-end cigarettes such as Hardman, which are now less valuable than a chicken.  Li Yanping is afraid that even adding two cigarettes of the cheapest Xiehe brand cigarettes every month will have a negative impact on the army.  Yang ??I took a deep breath and sighed, these are our seniors who have fought for the country and the people for most of their lives, even staining the battlefield with blood.

    Seeing Yang Zhen deep in thought, not knowing what he was thinking, Guo Bingxun tapped the bowl lightly and smiled and said: "Commander, the political commissar has just been in a daze for a long time, and let everyone accompany him to endure hunger for a long time.  . Now the food is here, why don¡¯t you come over? Your wine has been poured for you, shouldn¡¯t we have a drink?¡±

    Guo Bingxun, who is a light drinker, does not drink liquor easily, so what he has in front of him is a tea vat of beer.  Besides him, everyone including Yang Zhen poured liquor.  Looking at the tea jar full of white wine in front of him, Yang Zhen, who was awakened by Guo Bingxun, couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I said you guys are just trying to pour me down out of pure intention. How can I drink so much white wine?"  Really? This is over 50 degrees alcohol. If I drink this tea pot, I will faint. How can I still be on duty?"

    Li Yanping smiled when he heard this and said: "Commander, Lao Guo just said that he will go on duty in a while. As for you, just stay here and drink. This drink is a celebration drink for our victory this time. You  A great hero must drink even if he doesn¡¯t drink.¡±

    "These words were originally just told the truth, but when thinking of the sacrifice of Zhang Ting, Li Yanping realized that he had said the wrong thing.  The celebratory drink was indeed true. As the supreme commander of this battle, Yang Zhen's status as a hero was well deserved.  But Zhang Ting's sacrifice cast a big shadow on this hero.

    It was just beyond the expectations of Li Yanping and even Gao Yumin.  Regarding Li Yanping's words, Yang Zhen seemed very calm.  He just said calmly: "The great hero of this battle is not me, but the martyrs who died on the battlefield. Without their sacrifices, would we have won one battle after another?"

    Yang Zhen raised his wine glass and said with a bitter smile: "Although Zhang Ting is my fianc¨¦e, she is also a soldier. Since she is a soldier, she should be prepared to sacrifice. Not only her, but also everyone here  "In this war to safeguard sovereignty, independence and national dignity, the entire nation should be prepared to sacrifice."

    "Because we are soldiers, whether we join the army voluntarily or not. But since we put on this military uniform, we should be mentally prepared to sacrifice everything. Although I am very sad about Zhang Ting's sacrifice, I am also proud. She died in  On this battlefield of national liberation against foreign aggression, she realized her value as a soldier."

    "From now on, I will miss her forever. For the rest of my life, I will never forget her or this lover who fell on the battlefield of the liberation of the motherland. But I will not remain silent in pain. There are no wolves that trample on the land of the motherland.  Drive away, our compatriots are still living under the iron heel of the invaders, we must forget all the pain, wipe away the blood and tears, and fight them to the end until we finally defeat them and drive them back to their home base."

    "Because we are soldiers, soldiers with the mission of protecting our country. When our country is invaded and the people are massacred, we hold the gun tightly and fight bloody battles for the independence of the motherland, the dignity of the nation, and the people's peace and contentment. In the end, we are the ones who fight bloody battles.  The only choice."

    Having said this, Yang Zhen's expression was calm, but he said almost word for word to the people present: "I will celebrate Zhang Ting's birthday for three years. Within three years, I will not get married again, nor will I even fall in love."  . I broke her heart when she was alive. Now, I will keep it safe for her for three years.¡±

    After saying that, Yang Zhen drank the full glass of wine in one gulp.  While the wine was drying up, Yang Zhen also suppressed the pain deeply in his heart.  He knew that he would never show this kind of pain again.

    Hearing what Yang Zhen said, except for Guo Bingxun, who understood what he was thinking, the other three people present were all dumbfounded.  They just know Yang Zhen's character, and they also know that no one can persuade Yang Zhen's stubborn temper.  The only commander-in-chief who could suppress him was not here at this time. After receiving the signal from Guo Bingxun's eyes, several people stopped trying to persuade him.

    Seeing that the scene was a bit cold, Yang Zhen, who had finished his glass of wine, took the first bite of rabbit meat and said with a smile: "The political commissar is right. Some things have passed, and we all have to look forward. Come on.  , everyone eats vegetables. This meal has consumed half of my allowance. It would be a waste if I didn¡¯t eat it.¡±

    "I can tell you, I am a very stingy person. After this opportunity, if you ask me to treat you next time, you won't know whether it will be the Year of the Monkey or the Horse. Besides, these dishes have taken a lot of effort from the Chief of Staff of our headquarters.  If you don¡¯t eat it, it will be a waste of people¡¯s efforts.¡±

    Yang Zhen¡¯s words clearly enlivened the atmosphere and made several people laugh.  They also changed their silence just now and raised their chopsticks or wine glasses.  The director of the headquarters canteen who no longer cooks himself is really good at cooking, and simple things are cooked by him.??You get all kinds of colors and flavors.  After the meal, everyone had a great time.  But Yang Zhen was drunk.

    Although Yang Zhen was already in control, he was still so drunk that he had other things on his mind. He even forgot to discuss some matters with Li Yanping alone after dinner.  This was the first time he had been drunk since he returned to this era, and he was so drunk.

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