Zhao Tiehu, who crossed over from later generations, seems to have become accustomed to the principle of 'soldiers do not interfere in politics'. But in this era, if you want to really do this, I'm afraid it seems a little difficult.

Even the committee member who was far away in Yan'an once said that 'power comes out of the barrel of a gun'. It is not easy for a soldier to truly refrain from interfering in politics. But when it comes to politics, is it a trivial matter?

The arrival of Luo Rong this time allowed Zhao Tiehu to finally find someone who could tell his thoughts. In his opinion, Luo Rong, who cares about him very much in his heart, may one day understand the hardships in his heart.

Considering the upcoming Zhang Jingshan and his entourage, Luo Rong and others, who were originally scheduled to participate in the arsenal, also decided to wait one more day. When the time comes, together with Zhang Jingshan and others, go to the cave arsenal, which is currently under the extreme secrecy of the task force.

The day after arriving at the task force, Zhao Tiehu took Luo Rong and his party to the secret camp in the mountains. After listening to Zhao Tiehu's talk about the establishment of the secret camp, Luo Rong and Chen Ming were very interested.

In their view, if this set can be replicated in the base areas behind enemy lines where the advancing columns are located, it will also play a great role in learning and reference for the advancing columns in the future, and will help to improve and speed up the construction of the column's troops and base areas behind enemy lines.

When I came to several mountains near the headquarters, I saw that every secret camp was arranged for troops to be stationed. Luo Rong said thoughtfully: "You combined the secret camp with the army station, is it also to strengthen the security of the secret camp?" ”

'Yes! At present, the secret camp of our detachment is divided into two types: light and dark. Under normal circumstances, a secret camp with troops stationed is the one that is on the surface, and it is most likely to be discovered and breached by the little devils. But in the vicinity of the troop station, there is a secret camp with a high degree of secrecy.

There, a large number of supplies, weapons and ammunition captured by the detachment were stored. Once the secret camp on the surface is attacked, if it cannot be resisted, the troops stationed in the secret camp can also decide whether to retreat or not.

As long as the real secret camp is not discovered, the little devils who came to encircle and suppress will also feel that they have destroyed our secret camp. But in fact, as long as the secret camp is not damaged, the secret camp can be re-established at any time as soon as the little devil leaves.

This method was also made on the basis of the light and dark posts laid out by the troops. As for the transportation and storage of materials in the secret camp, we all adopt a cross-type transportation method. One unit to send supplies to the secret operation of another force.

In doing so, the security of the secret camp was confirmed to a large extent. As for the troops that transported the supplies, most of them were carefully selected veterans. These fighters have a high political consciousness and a strong sense of secrecy, and there is basically no possibility of leaking secrets.

And another advantage of building a secret camp is actually to prepare for war and settle the people who have withdrawn into the mountains. If you really leave the little devils out of the mountain, the little devils will inevitably take revenge on them.

But we can move the people into the mountains, and we will arrange for their food and lodging. If there is no material support from the secret camp, I am afraid that it will not last long with the support of the troops on the surface. But with the secret camp, it's a different story. ’

In the process of Zhao Tiehu's explanation, Zhao Tiehu used the secret camp as a strategic material warehouse to operate. As long as there are sufficient supplies, even if there are heavy casualties in the troops, or they are surrounded by layers of little devils, they can also be fearless.

There are enough supplies, and most of the secret camps are set up in the mountains, if the little devils want to go into the mountains to carry out encirclement and suppression, they will inevitably have to pay a heavy price. But if you don't go into the mountains to search and arrest, the Eighth Route Army and the people who retreat into the mountains can stay at ease.

The longer it drags on, the more beneficial it will be for the Eighth Route Army. After all, if the little devil wants to drag the Eighth Route Army hidden in the mountains, the number of troops it sends must be quite large. To some extent, this also weakened the strength advantage of the sweeping forces.

With Zhao Tiehu's combat principle of being good at scheming, he may be able to break the sweeping and encirclement advantage formed by the little devil in a short period of time. By diverting the attention of the little devils, the sweeping action of the little devils will be carried out according to the rhythm of the Eighth Route Army.

Once the opportunity is grasped, with the current strength of the task force, it is enough to be able to walk around the little devil without eating. After listening to Zhao Tiehu's detailed explanation, Chen Ming and the military and political chiefs who came to visit felt deeply educated.

Bring this trick back to the base areas behind enemy lines that they are responsible for, and they all believe that the future development of the base areas will definitely be very good. But only Zhao Tiehu knew that it was not easy for many Eighth Route Army to successfully establish a secret camp.

Although the southwestern part of Shandong, where the advance column was located, was also a mountainous area. Before you can build a secret camp, you must have a base area in front of you as a peripheral defense force, and the second is the materials needed to expand the secret camp.

Another role of the secret camp is actually the material reserve warehouse of the Eighth Route Army. The more secret camps there are, the more supplies the troops have in stock. In this way, the troops will have sufficient confidence to fight and sweep up.

It was precisely because he saw that there were many advantages to organizing a secret camp that Luo Rong and the military and political chief of the advance column who came to visit asked Zhao Tiehu to lead them to see the secret camp formed by the task force in the mountains, and also listened to Zhao Tiehu's opinion.

After listening to some of the conditions for organizing the secret camp, Chen Ming, the commander of the column, also said in a timely manner: "It seems that if you want to set up a secret camp in our base area, you really have to win more battles, and you must also have a stable base area as the rear. ”

'Yes, Commander Chen. As things stand, we are not in a position to regain lost ground. is about to occupy the county seat, and it is estimated that the little devil will definitely not be able to sit still. Once they gather a heavy force, they will eventually have to retreat with our current strength.

The reason why the task force set up a secret camp was to store more materials to expand the troops, and secondly, to leave a way back for the people in the base area. The little devils are sweeping, and our way of dealing with it is to clear the wilderness.

In recent years, the little devils have been going to the countryside to carry out sweeps, and the people in our base areas have suffered the most. If we can't provide them with a safe living environment, it is estimated that the people will not dare to support us if we kill them a few more times.

With the secret camp, as long as the little devils invade our base area, we can move the people into the mountains in advance. The little devils can't find anything to eat, and they can't find where our main forces are, so they still have to go back to the city after all.

When they are gone, the people can return to the village safely. Even if the house is burned, as long as the person can recover in the end. If we let the little devils kill or move the people away, it will still be very bad for us. ’

After briefly explaining the original intention of forming a secret camp, Luo Rong also sighed and said: "It seems that you kid thinks more steadily than we all do in the long run, no wonder these people support our team so much!" ”

He has also led troops to fight behind enemy lines for some years, and Luo Rong can see to some extent that the people in the guerrilla areas and base areas of the task force are indeed very supportive of the Eighth Route Army. Such a situation is indeed very rare.

The old chief's words are too much praise for me! To be honest, most of what I'm doing now is what we did in the early years. It's just that now I've thought about these things more thoroughly. In fact, this is also a big burden and drag.

Before each battle, I must grasp the time when the little devils come in advance, and transfer the little devils to sweep the people on the road in advance. Don't look at every time I seize a lot of good things from the little devils, but a lot of things are posted on the resettlement people.

Fortunately, after a few times, the people also sincerely felt that we were indeed good to them, and they gradually accepted us. Not only that, but there are many young people who are joining our main force right now.

In many cases, the conscription cadres of our detachment have to conduct a strict screening of the recruits who are attracted to the ranks. If it is not suitable for the time being, we recommend that the young people first go to the militia or guerrilla group to get used to it for a while.

And every time our troops are expanded, the main force is selected from the local troops. In this way, even if our recruits are trained for a period of time, we can ensure that their combat ability is not too weak! ’

In Zhao Tiehu's view, in order to expand the number of troops, most of the young people who join the army are not refused. Often after a hasty training, these recruits are pulled onto the battlefield to fight the little devils.

This kind of recruit, who has not even trained recruits for three months, is pulled to the battlefield to fight with the little devils, and it is strange that it does not collapse! Perhaps this is also the reason why, many times, when fighting with little devils, the Chinese Anti-Japanese War troops often use crowd tactics.

But this situation in the task force is strictly forbidden. According to Zhao Tiehu's requirements, most of the recruits were recruited in batches, trained intensively for at least three months, and were released to the unit only after they had conducted a minimum of five live firings.

With veterans to help pull a few rounds, these recruits can also slowly train out. After all, veterans are also new recruits!

Hearing Zhao Tiehu say this, Chen Ming was also surprised and said, "Three months, this is too long, right?" ”

'Commander Chen, these recruits are going to have a bloody battle with the little devils. If you don't give them a little more time to train, and rush them into battle, I'm afraid that many people will be scared to pee their pants.

For the first month of joining the army, our detachment only conducts political and queue training. In the second month, the focus is on physical and tactical training. It was only in the third month that training in live ammunition began.

For three months in a row, these recruits lacked only some guts. And this kind of courage, as long as they follow the veterans of the main force to fight a few more times after they decentralize the troops, the courage will slowly fall out.

It seems to me that I would rather them spend more time in the mountains than rush them to battle. This is a responsibility to our troops, a responsibility to their lives, and even more to their families. ’

The casualty rate of recruits in the combat units behind enemy lines of the Eighth Route Army was in no way less than that of the Zhongyi Army. Even the Jin Sui army in Shanxi earlier seemed to have expanded a lot of troops after leaving Taiyuan. But these troops are much worse than the previous veterans' combat effectiveness.

Pushing such troops into the battlefield is completely about letting these soldiers fill in their lives. Perhaps in the eyes of many commanders of the Zhong Yan Army, even if they exchange three for one or four for one, they have all earned. But I seldom think that the lives of those recruits are just as precious!