Seeing that everyone's mood was very high, Liu Yimin took a sip of wine and said slowly: "There are several major events in front of us, the first of which is naturally to drive the devils out of the base area and restore the normal production and life order of the military and civilians in the base area as soon as possible. There are two ways to do this: One is to fight a war of annihilation and dispatch the main force to eliminate the puppet army that has entered the base area as soon as possible. However, this method cannot be used at present, mainly because they do not want the main force of the little devils to quickly return to the division and ravage the base area again. Another method is to conceal the main force, and all units will attack from all sides in regiments, battalions, and companies, and carry out a wide range of cold guns and cold artillery campaigns to besiege the little devils in their strongholds, weaken them step by step, and finally squeeze them out of the base areas. Of course, when the time is ripe, we still have to dispatch the main force to fight a big battle and thoroughly solve the problem of the Shandong base area. However, there is one thing to pay attention to, that is, for the time being, we will no longer destroy railways, highways, and airports, and we must give the little devils a head start, so that they can build railways, roads, and airports with peace of mind, and restore Shandong's infrastructure. Otherwise, we will drive the devils away, and it will be impossible to repair these infrastructures for a while. ”

When Liu Yimin spoke, not only a few gay men at this table were stopping, but even Tang Xingying and the others stopped their chopsticks and listened carefully.

I only heard Liu Yimin say: "The second major event is to establish an economic system in the base area. This problem has reached the point where it has to be solved, so many of us need to eat and dress, and the villagers need to eat salt, light lamps, and buy other supplies. These problems can be supplemented by seizures alone, but in the long run, they will never work. In considering this issue, I have mainly solved three points at present: First, we should launch a large-scale production campaign, seize the agricultural time for planting autumn crops and autumn vegetables, and make concerted efforts by the military and civilians in the base areas to plant late corn, beans, autumn sweet potatoes, and autumn potatoes on a large scale, and plant Chinese cabbage, so as to solve the problem of military rations. After the previous stage of publicity, the annual double cropping method has been popularized in the base area, and the growth of early interplanted corn is gratifying, so it is the right time for us to continue to promote the planting of autumn crops. All units should take the lead in planting and set an example for the villagers. From me and Political Commissar Luo, everyone has to put into production, with a gun in one hand and a hoe in the other, and strive to seize the autumn grain harvest. The second is to establish a commercial circulation system to maintain prices in the base areas. I thought that we should set up cooperatives, which could be fixed or mobile, and sell all kinds of commodities such as salt, oil, wine, cigarettes, candles, and cloth seized by the troops, so as to enrich the supply of the market in the base areas. Coupled with the policy of encouraging commercial trade, there will be a good momentum of a good cycle in the base market. Of course, the fundamental solution to this problem still depends on expanding production and increasing production capacity. Looking back, Wu Zheng first set up the machinery factory, I have some ideas, see if I can draw drawings, let Bill? Clemen and others referred to the production of some light industrial equipment such as flour grinders, dough sheeters, and oil presses, and set up flour mills, edible oil factories, candle factories, and match factories to improve the production level. Like the plough used by the common people to plough the land, or the wooden plough handed down from the Qin and Han dynasties, the plough is shallow and slow, wasting labor and accumulating power, and affecting grain production. With a machine factory, we can produce a new type of iron plough to solve this problem. Third, it is necessary to build up bank outlets and taxation systems as soon as possible to support the economic development of the base areas. With regard to taxation, I am considering that the tax rate should be unified in the base areas of Shandong, and that there should not be so many types of taxes, which means that the tax should be lightly levied, so as to attract the transfer of land capital to industrial and commercial capital and cultivate national industry and commerce in the base areas. For example, banks should realize the exchange of money with Shaanxi and other base areas, and the money deposited in our army's base areas in Shaanxi and Shanxi can be withdrawn in Shandong as long as it is renminbi, legal currency, US dollars, and British pounds. The money deposited in Shandong can also be withdrawn from any base area of our party and our army. In this way, those who do big business and those who run small business will reduce their losses, improve their efficiency, and do business with the Eighth Route Army with confidence and boldness. I have roughly calculated that with the strength of our army, once the strategy of the army is greatly adjusted and it turns to Britain and the United States, our army can take advantage of the situation to recover the whole of Shandong and create a unified Shandong base area. When the time comes, we will build Shandong into a powerful base area with abundant troops, a substantial increase in production levels, and abundant materials. Then, based on Shandong, they went north and south, and carried out a large corps duel with the Yue army, so as to end the war of resistance as soon as possible. ”

Liu Yimin wanted to say more, as soon as he looked up, he saw that Tang Xingying had already taken a small notebook and climbed on the table to record quietly, the long braid on his back swayed gently with the action of writing, just like a female student who was concentrating on hard work, and his heart couldn't help but move: Tang Xingying had just finished confinement, and his body didn't know if it had completely recovered. Alas, this girl saw that she had grown up step by step, not only became a mother of two children, but also exercised her ability to work.

Retracting his thoughts, Liu Yimin said: "The third major thing is to expand the armed forces as soon as possible. Han Fuqu finally did a good thing in those years, that is, before the Anti-Japanese War, military training activities were carried out in various schools and civilians in Shandong, and a considerable number of people received preliminary military training, and there were still some soldiers in Shandong who had retired from various warlord units in those years, these people were all valuable soldiers, and our army may be lost if it is not absorbed. At present, the army is preparing to set up security regiments, police teams, and village protection teams in various parts of North China, and is still trying to expand the scale of the North China Public Security Force. The little devils also transferred a large number of Manchurian defense forces from the northeast to cooperate with them in defense and clearance. The purpose of the army is obvious, that is, to concentrate all the young and middle-aged people in their Han annihilation political axe and Han annihilation army sequence, and disguise North China. This move is very insidious, if they succeed, there will be a situation in which the puppet army is everywhere in North China and the Han is annihilated everywhere. In response to this situation, we must take immediate action to expand our troops. All brigades and brigade-level detachments must be expanded on a large scale. Below the Shandong Military Region are all military regions, and all military subdivisions are set up under the military sub-districts, and each military sub-region must set up a garrison regiment or garrison brigade. In the future, once the conditions are ripe, the existing eight main brigades, the Luxi Garrison Brigade, the Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade, the Tai'an Detachment, and the Southeastern Lu Detachment will all be upgraded to divisions, and each division will be organized into three brigades, which will be attached to an artillery regiment, a machine gun regiment, an engineer regiment, a baggage regiment, and a cavalry regiment. A total of 12 main divisions were organized to form the field corps of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, which was used for strategic decisive battles. The combat effectiveness of each of our divisions should exceed that of one garrison division of the Chinese army, and by concentrating two or three divisions, one division of the devil can be defeated. These 13 divisions are the capital of our contest with the Yue army, and the basis for us to unify Shandong and then fight a decisive battle with the Yue army. The other Luxi Second Garrison Brigade, Taixi Garrison Brigade, Qinghe Garrison Brigade, Jiaodong Garrison Brigade, and Northern Jiangsu Detachment constitute the foundation of Shandong's garrison force, and are responsible for commanding the local armed forces of various military subdivisions and undertaking Shandong garrison tasks. As long as this goal is achieved, don't say that the army wants to concentrate its forces to sweep us, it just won't come, and we will have to settle accounts with them! ”

After a slight pause, Liu Yimin glanced at a few old comrades-in-arms, and felt that the prospect he depicted was too tempting, so he said again: "Of course, this goal is relatively distant for the time being. The main reason is not the lack of soldiers, but the weapons, ammunition, propaganda and training. It's easy to deal with weapons, we just have to seize them. Ammunition alone cannot be captured, and the burden on the Logistics Command is heavy. However, as long as we have consolidated our base areas and have a stable environment, we will be able to mine and smelt steel, copper, and lead, and produce artillery shells and bullets on a large scale. As for training, I considered that it would not be enough to rely solely on the Formation and Training Headquarters and the First Branch of Kang University, but that the Cavalry Brigade should be renamed the Cavalry Command and Cavalry Division, the Engineer Regiment would be renamed the Engineer Command and Engineer Brigade, and the Heavy Machine Gun Regiment would be renamed the Weighing Machine Gun Command and Heavy Machine Gun Regiment, which would be responsible for the training of cavalry, engineers, and machine gunners throughout the army. Cadres of the first branch of Kang University and the teaching corps of the Shandong Military Region, cadres who have not entered the teaching team at or above the level of squad leader of the whole army, and cadres who have not participated in the training of cadre training classes in local areas, must enter the school for study and training. The automobiles, armored vehicles, and tanks of all units of the whole army were unified and organized into an armored regiment in the 1st Brigade of the Army, which served as the assault arrows of the whole army, and the establishment of the 2nd Regiment was restored. With regard to propaganda and mobilization, it is not enough to rely on newspapers alone, but it is necessary to let Zhao Xiaoman and his colleagues organize more propaganda teams, and they must also draw armed work teams from various units to go deep into the depths to propagate to the masses the truth of resisting and saving the country, and mobilize everyone to rise up and join the army, become militiamen, and fight devils. ”

Liu Yimin said so much in one breath, and he was a little carried away by what he said. But when I stopped to look, everyone was listening and pondering, and no one was drinking and eating. Liu Yimin scratched his head, smiled embarrassedly, and beckoned everyone to move their chopsticks.

Luo Ronghuan shook his head, thought for a while and said: "This plan is very grand, but with the current foundation, although it is a little difficult, it is not a fantasy. If it is more prudent, the 1st Brigade, 2nd Brigade, and 3rd Brigade can be organized into the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Shandong Divisions, and these three divisions do not need recruits, they themselves have five main regiments, and then the four main regiments can be transferred, and weapons and ammunition can also be guaranteed. This will ensure that the combat effectiveness of the main forces does not decline. As for other troops, we can let them organize and train new units, and return to the formation and training headquarters for training. In this case, the three main divisions, plus the cavalry brigade and the artillery brigade, will be enough to cope with any aspect of the battle. Other units were assigned to various base areas to develop and consolidate base areas. I think this may be approved by the central government. ”

Wu Zheng took off his military hat and said: "Division commander, political commissar, now all the eight main brigades of our army are the establishment of five main regiments, each brigade is more than 10,000 people, and in addition to the Eighth Brigade, the other seven main brigades are all on the Long March Road and during the Shaanxi period, all of them have experienced the test of war, are united as one, and have high tactical quality. You can be a platoon leader by pulling out a squad leader at random, and there is no problem at all if you want to expand the army. But the larger the size of the troops, the greater the logistical pressure. In the past, we fought battles with huge captures, and the main force basically did not need to spend the people's money and eat the people's grain. Now money is not the problem, but food is. In order to solve the grain problem, in addition to developing production and running military farms, it is necessary to ask the villagers in the base areas to pay public grain. If you want the villagers to pay the public grain, you must first let them grow crops with peace of mind. This will have to drive the devils out of the base areas. I think we should concentrate on driving all the little devils in the Yimeng Mountains to the railway line, and then move the army north to solve the enemy in Jiaodong, at least we must fight them so that they dare not move on the railway line. Especially the last time I hit Weixian and Fangzi, I thought that it was good, and the ready-made power plant, what factory do you want to set up with a power plant? The Cold Gun Cold Gun Campaign is only a temporary strategy to deal with the devils, not a long-term solution. The long-term solution is still the concentrated force ambush warfare that we have been implementing, and the capture is large and the results are great. After a great victory, the prestige of our army will be high, and there will naturally be more people participating in the Eighth Route Army. ”

Liu Yimin glanced at Wu Zheng, and Wu Zheng immediately said: "What I said is the truth. Of course, after driving the devils to the railway line, it is better to carry out the cold gun and cold cannon movement and slowly consume the devils. As for the power plant in Fangzi, I am just saying that there are too many devil planes, and even if we occupy Fangzi, it is impossible to produce them. Anyway, we have already moved the things of the power plant, and it is okay to build a power plant in the mountains. ”

Everyone laughed at this.

Cai Zhong pointed at Wu Zheng and said with a smile: "I said Lao Wu, you want to run a factory and want to go crazy, and you don't want to see what time it is, you still want to open a factory in Fangzi, it's strange if the little devil doesn't blow up your factory into ruins!" Even the arsenal you are going to set up now, I think in the short term it can only use diesel and gasoline generators to generate electricity. Formal power plants can be built, but when they will be completed and put into use depends on when the little devils are driven out of Shandong. The eastern part of this mountain is Shaanxi, and the devil's plane flies in the sky all day long, how can there be a reason not to blow up when you see a chimney? ”

Yang Zhicheng has never participated in this kind of strategic-level discussion, and what Liu Yimin said made his eyes light up when he heard it. In particular, Liu Yimin said that only those big banks can do this, and if our army can do the same, then the economy of the base areas will be much easier.

After thinking for a while, Yang Zhicheng said: "Division commander and political commissar, I think it's good to run a bank, engage in taxes, and run a factory, but the matter is too big, and it can't be done by one person or two people." I have an idea: Is it better to first hold a training class for financial, taxation, and logistics cadres to train a group of backbones, and then start working. Otherwise, something will go wrong. ”

Luo Ronghuan said that you are right, the affairs of the bank and the tax are the work of the political axe, and Li Yu and they have already started to build. However, we have to let him run a cadre training class first, and we must also formulate financial and economic discipline, and we must not mess up the good deeds.

Liu Yimin saw that everyone's opinions were similar, so he persuaded them to eat again, chatting while eating. In the end, it was decided to first report to the Central Committee on the establishment of cavalry, engineer, and heavy machine gun commands and the formation of armored regiments, and not to mention the expansion of the troops, and then to consider it after a period of development, so as not to arouse the vigilance of devils and misunderstandings in other quarters.

(To be continued)