Chapter 199 Great Development of Base Areas
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After more than half a year of continuous struggle and effective policies, the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army has thoroughly laid a deep foundation in the hot land of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningbo.
Under the correct leadership of the commander-in-chief and the party Central Committee, and with the vigorous support of the governments of the base areas, the vast numbers of poor people in the base areas were all allocated land, and the reactionary local tyrants and shoddy gentry were overthrown, and for the first time they had the happiness of being the masters of their own affairs.
The working people have turned over to become masters, and once the enthusiasm for labor is released, it is really stunning, and they are eager to stay in the fields 24 hours a day, carefully tending to their own crops.
The people in the base areas have unlimited support for the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and the government of the base areas, and every time the farming is not working, the singing and suona sounds belonging to the original ecology of the great northwest will resound throughout the land in the towns and villages.
The men of northern Shaanxi wore white cloth handkerchiefs on their heads, wore short vests, and pinned small gongs and drums on their waists, beating the rhythm while holding the big Yangge, while the girls wore big red flowers on their heads, and held red ribbons and twisted the Yangge with great characteristics and good-looking, and they were very happy.
The old man blew the suona, which made people feel happy when they heard it, and the old grandmother said that since the Red Army came to northern Shaanxi, the life of the common people has been like the New Year every day -- it is prosperous.
Workers in the towns, at the call of the party, have set up trade unions in their enterprises.
When the bosses in the factories oppressed the workers, the trade unions, with the support of the workers' and peasants' party, made decisions for the workers, suppressed and exploited the reactionary bourgeoisie, and got rid of all irrational policies that oppressed the workers.
The local governments severely suppressed factory owners and bad businessmen who made a living by exploiting workers, but they also gave strong support to those benevolent businessmen who had a good reputation and treated workers well, both in terms of policy and economy.
The People's Bank of Northwest China, which has just been established not long ago, has vigorously expanded its loan business with the injection of a large amount of funds, and has become an incubator for a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises. Every working day, a large number of people who are interested in business line up to handle the loan business and prepare to start a business.
Moreover, the Red Army seized a set of money-printing equipment from Yan Laoxi's territory, and also solved the key problem of the People's Bank of China's printing of the renminbi.
When they found that they could buy large quantities of grain and commodities with the renminbi, they took out some rusty and even rotten silver and copper coins from their homes and cellars in exchange for brand new renminbi.
At the same time, under the effective guidance of the Northwest Economic Development Commission and with the investment of a large amount of funds, all the major factories in the base areas have ushered in vigorous development, and the governments of the base areas have also actively expanded the economic circulation areas and increased commercial circulation with the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army.
Under the temptation of huge economic interests, Chang Kaishen's economic blockade order was like waste paper, and a large number of businessmen risked killing their heads to bring a large number of "contraband" to the Soviet area, and a large number of commodities produced in the base areas also flooded the democratic control areas, and the economies of the two places gradually merged together.
In the case of Zhangcheng's golden finger, a large number of resource-based industrial and mining enterprises have been established, such as Shenmu's coal plant, Yulin's iron plant, Yanchang's oil plant, etc., all of which have ushered in great development.
In addition, the victory of the Red Army's Eastern Crusade cut a large piece of meat from Yan Laoxi, who was slamming the door, and not only brought back a large amount of industrial equipment, but also attracted a large number of experts, engineers, college students, and technical personnel from the educationally developed Jin Province, laying an extremely solid foundation for the industrial construction of the base area.
On July 15, after Zhang Cheng and the Red Third Army Corps handed over the garrison task, they led the main force of the Shaozong back to Yan'an, northern Shaanxi.
On the avenue leading to Yan'an City, Zhang Cheng and the political commissar rode high-headed horses, talking as they walked.
Due to the rapid victory of the Red Army, the Hexi Corridor in the northwest and Ordos in the north were firmly in control, and the opening of the international communication line with the Soviet Union had become an urgent problem for the commander-in-chief and the Party Central Committee to solve.
The political commissar was also very interested in this issue, and he said: "After Comrade Zhang Hao returned to China, he brought back not only the instructions of the Comintern, but also the codebook for getting in touch with the Comintern.
At present, the Party Central Committee has been in contact with the Comintern, and under the instructions of Comrade Iron Man, the Comintern has decided to intensify its support for our army. Moreover, in order to develop the great northwest Soviet region, our army also urgently needs military and industrial assistance from the Soviet Union, and opening up the international line has become the consensus of all people of insight in the whole party and the whole army.
Zhang Cheng, you have always had your own unique views on the general trend of revolution at home and abroad, what is your view on the next move of our army to open up the lines of communication? ā
Zhang Cheng paused when he heard this, and said with a straight face: "I agree with the opinion of most comrades, the industry in the northwest is weak, the economy is difficult, and it will take a long time to develop without external assistance.
However, now that the Japanese invaders launched a full-scale war of aggression against China, we did not have time to develop slowly, so it was very necessary to obtain the assistance of the Soviet Union. However, to open up the Soviet lines of communication, my opinion is to adopt a two-pronged strategy.
I know that many comrades are in favor of taking the line of communication from the northwest, on the grounds that Sheng Shicai is pursuing a pro-Soviet policy. But Sheng Shicai seems to be a pro-Soviet faction, but in fact he is a two-faced and three-sworded wall-rider, we must not fully trust him, we must prepare enough back-up, and we must have countermeasures against him.
There are two countermeasures, one is to deploy a large number of troops in the Hexi Corridor to form a huge military deterrent to Sheng Shicai, and the second is to open up a communication line to the Soviet Union in the north, so that Sheng Shi knows that we are not indispensable, even if he cuts off the northwest communication line, we also have a northward passage to deal with the Soviet Union. ā
The political commissar was extremely appreciative of Zhang Cheng's opinion, and he smiled and exclaimed: "Okay! Commander Zhang is Commander Zhang, and his ideas are very good, just like people, walking on two legs will not fall, I think you have to mention the two-pronged opinion to the central government as soon as possible and ask for the central government's approval. ā
Zhang Cheng laughed and said: "Haha, those who know me, the political commissar, I have this intention now!" ā