Henan has been a strategic location for competing for the world since ancient times. No matter who unifies the world, it cannot avoid Henan, even if it is invaded by foreign enemies.

Therefore, the military disasters suffered by Henan people are often the most severe. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, 109 of Henan's 111 counties were occupied by the Japanese army. The tug-of-war between China and Japan in Henan brought huge harm to the people of Henan.

In 1937, under the fierce offensive of the Japanese army, the Kuomintang army retreated step by step until it was not breathing slightly until it relied on the natural danger of the Yellow River, and the entire northern Henan fell.

In order to stop the Japanese army's crazy attack, the Chairman secretly ordered the explosion of the Yellow River embankment at Huayuankou, Zhengzhou, allowing the surging Yellow River water to rush southeast, capturing the Huai River into the sea.

After the Yellow River broke down and flooded, it flooded 54,000 square kilometers of land in 44 counties, including Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, and millions of people died in the water.

The National Army's "using water instead of soldiers" could only temporarily block the Japanese army's attack, but caused immeasurable damage to the people downstream.

After the Yellow River retreated, a yellow flood area of ​​more than 400 kilometers was formed. The fertile soil of thousands of hectares of fertile fields in the eastern Henan plain became a sandy river bank, which could not be cultivated.

Since then, the Yellow River water has flooded year by year and has frequently broken down. After severe drought and drying in the yellow flood, the abandoned land has become a breeding ground for locusts to grow rapidly.

From the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in 1937 to the disaster in Henan in 1942, the amount of grain produced in the country ranks first in the country in the past five years.

During the eight years of the War of Resistance Against Japan, most of the time, Henan, which only had half of the province, sent a total of 1*****8,000 troops, making it the second largest province except Sichuan.

With such a heavy burden, even if the weather is good, Henan farmers can only rely on wild vegetables and grains to survive after paying the grain tax.

The excessive demands from the people made the people's disaster resistance close to zero, and many farmers had long been on the verge of bankruptcy. Once natural disasters came, the outbreak of famine would inevitably occur.

In 1942, the disaster came, and the lives of thousands of ordinary people in Henan fell into a state of hunger.

The victims slaughtered the chickens and dogs they usually love, plowed oxen, sold their hoes, cotton jackets, sold their land, and finally cut off their flesh - sold their children and wives. In the end, they were still taken away by the god of death.

Wang Yunsheng, the chief editor of Ta Kung Pao, wrote in an editorial in 1942 "Looking at Chongqing and Thinking of Central Plains":

"The starving person who lost his bones and flesh, the fleeing person who helped the elderly and the children, the wife and children were separated, the crowded people, and the beaten clubs may not be able to obtain the registration certificate of the relief committee.

Those who eat weeds die of poison, while those who eat dry tree bark can't help but thorn and tug the throat.

If you carry your wife and daughter to a distant human flesh market, you may not be able to exchange for a few buckets of food... "

The victims began to eat grass roots and bark, and soon the grass roots were almost dug up, and the bark was almost stripped naked. The victims began to have anemia, thinness, disease, and then their faces were swollen.

In Luoyang, a victim from Xingyang could not bear to suffer from hunger, so he killed his wife and two sons with his own hands and then threw them into the well.

There are also tragic situations of "people eat each other" in many places. At first, they only eat dead bodies, but later, killing and eating living people is common.

After quelling the drought, locust plague was encountered. Because Henan is located on the front line, with subordinates concealing reports, policy mistakes, traffic congestion and other reasons, 96 counties in Henan were affected by the disaster, of which 39 counties had serious disasters, with a total number of people suffering from the disaster reaching 12 million.

According to the results obtained by the statistics from multiple parties later, from 1942 to 1943, Henan's population dropped sharply from 30 million to more than 21 million.

More reliable analysis results show that at least 3 million of them were starved to death, and more than 5 million migrated to Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places, and about 1 million others died or disappeared after the disaster.

Henan has not yet reached the most difficult time in another time and space, but famine has begun to come on a large scale, and millions of victims are already in a state of semi-starvation.

If it is allowed to develop, it will obviously only repeat the same mistakes.

"Brother Fan!"

“Are we supposed to do something?”

After listening to Huang Hong's story, Wu Juan and Xia Yu, who were standing aside, turned pale. They really didn't expect such serious natural disasters and man-made disasters to occur in Henan just hundreds of kilometers away.

"Since that's the case, start the Ark Plan immediately!"

After a little thought, Yang Fan nodded and said, "I ordered the lurking personnel from various departments in Henan to act immediately, and also sent Deputy Commander-in-Chief to conquer the remaining counties in the Luxi Plain as quickly as possible. At the same time, a team of elite troops were sent to the west to open up the Henan passage, and to guide the Henan victims to Shandong as much as possible!"

"Yes! I'll send a telegram right away and arrange the implementation of the Ark Plan!"

Hearing this, Huang Hong was so happy that he was very happy. He saluted Yang Fan and ran away happily.

"Brother Fan, it turns out that you have planned the plan long ago?"

After Huang Hong ran away, Wu Juan asked anxiously with a strong curiosity: "Brother Fan, what is the ark plan? If it is convenient,..."

"It's convenient, why is it inconvenient? As long as you want to hear it, I will naturally know everything!"

Yang Fan laughed and then trayed the long-planned Ark plan.

In fact, this ark plan is not mysterious. It is nothing more than Yang Fan’s arrangement in Henan in advance, and he has prepared both ways to deal with the possible famine.

The best result is that before the great famine in 1942, the entire territory of Shandong was recovered, and the connection with Henan was directly connected, and then the disaster victims could be moved into Shandong on a large scale through land transportation.

This will not only save the victims from the deep suffering of natural disasters and man-made disasters, but also greatly enrich population resources and increase the potential for war.

If the goal of connecting Henan cannot be achieved, then Yang Fan can use external forces to transport a large amount of grain to various commercial banks or bases in Henan for disaster relief.

Anyway, Yang Fan would not sit idly by, allowing the starving famine that has been killed for thousands of miles in the current time and space.

"Wow, you are so amazing, you're simply a magic trick!"

"Yes, Brother Fan, you are really a god!"

"Fortunately with you here, we ordinary people can find a paradise to settle down in this troubled world!"

"That's all there is to say. When I first arrived at the Shandong Peninsula from Shanghai, I was stunned by everything here. I really never dreamed that the remote countryside I remembered was more rich and advanced than Shanghai, and even the United States..."

After listening to Yang Fan’s story, Wu Juan and Xia Yu both turned into fans, and they all extended their thumbs and praised them with great admiration. They were praised in a hurry and could not stop even if they wanted to.

"Hehe, what's this? It's just a shady piece of willows that are unintentionally planted."

Mr. Yang waved his hand modestly, but there was a smirk in his mouth, and his heart was as sweet as eating honey.

It is different from other big men's flattery. The admiration and praise of his wife made Mr. Yang extremely enjoyable, without any sense of incongruity.

Well, beauties have privileges everywhere, so there is nothing wrong with this.

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