[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 773: Economic Construction (Subscription Requested!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

Hearing Ma Zheng call himself a big boss, Political Commissar Luo couldn't help laughing, and then said: "If our god of war is a big boss, we people are simply illiterate people who can't read a lot of words, hehehe." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Then Political Commissar Luo continued: "It has been a few days since I arrived in the military region, and although I still don't have a comprehensive understanding of the affairs of our military region, it can be seen that the economic development of the military region is quite good. If the chairman and others see it, they will definitely be very satisfied! ”

Ma Zheng shook his head and said, "Satisfied? I don't think so! ”

"Why, our Grand Commander Ma seems to be very dissatisfied with the economic development of the military district?" Political Commissar Luo asked with a smile.

Ma Zheng sighed and said: "Hey, it's not that I'm not satisfied, but that the economic development of the military region has seriously affected the development of our troops, you know the natural environment of the two provinces of Suicha, and it is certainly not possible to engage in agricultural production here, the most fertile land in the two provinces of Suicha is in the Hetao area, but that side is the territory of the Kuomintang department, to be precise, the territory of Fu Zuoyi's department in the Eighth War Zone. ”

"If agriculture is not good, tax revenue will definitely be affected. In fact, in the past two years we have collected very little tax from the peasants, and if we count the seeds we subsidize, we will even have to put a lot of them in. But even so, the people's living standards are still very low, and the food stocks at home are still pitiful. ’’

"This year, we can barely have enough food and clothing, and some individual areas even have to be relieved by military districts, so if we are hit by the economic blow of the Japanese puppet army, or if we encounter a disaster year, even if the Japanese army does not come to attack us, we will not be able to bear it ourselves. And I think that if this happens, the Japanese army will definitely fall into the ground, and I am afraid that even the Nationalist Government will attack us at that time, so we will have to take precautions! ”

It's not that Ma Zheng is worried, but he knows very well what the Eighth Route Army will face in the next two years. It can be said that during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the financial sources of the entire Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and the party and government organs in Yan'an were divided into two stages and two different sources.

Between 1937 and 1940, foreign aid was an important source of revenue for the border areas. In 1941, after the Southern Anhui Incident, the political, economic, and military blockade of the Kuomintang made the border areas financially difficult. It was only after this that the government of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Region began to carry out large-scale economic construction, which also launched a vigorous large-scale production campaign.

Therefore, economic development is an urgent matter, and Ma Zheng wants to set an example in the Suicha region, so that all base areas in the country will realize the importance of economic development.

Political Commissar Luo has just taken office for less than half a month, so he does not know much about the situation in the Suicha Military Region. However, I know very much about the current defense area of the Suicha Military Region, and all the territory of the Suicha Military Region was taken back from the Japanese army by Ma Zheng and his troops.

However, the Japanese army did not take the whole of Suiyuan before it was wiped out by Ma Zheng's department, and there were still a large number of troops of the Nationalist Government west of Baotou, especially in the Bayannur area, and its supreme commander was no stranger to everyone, that is, Fu Zuoyi, who was the deputy commander of the Eighth Theater and the commander of the 35th Army.

The 35th Army, as the most combat-effective unit among the local miscellaneous armies, was not in vain, and although it fought against the Japanese army many times and had a record of winning and losing each other, it had always held its own turf, and although it did not recover much lost ground, it did not let the situation worsen.

The garrison of the 35th Army is the most fertile Hetao area in northern Saibei, and although there are no big cities there, and a small city near the river is only a very small city, the economic situation in the Hetao area is not comparable to that of any other region in northern Saibei.

Combined with what he saw and heard in the Suicha area during this time, Political Commissar Luo believed Ma Zheng's words, but he himself had never done anything about the economy, so he could only patiently ask for these things that Ma Zheng said: "Old Ma, I can barely understand these things you said, but if I am asked to give advice, I can't do it, I don't see it as thoroughly as you, and I don't see it as long-term as you see." Besides, my specialty is in political work and the internal affairs of the military, and I am not good at economics. ”

Ma Zheng also knew that what Political Commissar Luo said was the truth, and he also thought of this result before he spoke, after all, he had a general understanding of the ordinary experience of this old marshal in later generations, this old revolutionary who was known as a "time-tested and loyal communist fighter", "staunch Marxist", "great proletarian revolutionary", "politician" and "military strategist", all his life was engaged in political work in the army during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression or the War of Liberation, or after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The positions they hold are generally political leaders such as political commissars.

Of course, he also has a high talent in military affairs, and his operational command ability is not worse than Chen Geng, Nie Rongzhen and others. However, this marshal is not a material for economic development, and he has hardly ever been engaged in presiding over economic construction, so asking him for advice on economic construction can be regarded as embarrassing for him.

However, Ma Zheng has his own plans, and if he wants to engage in economic construction, he can't bypass Political Commissar Luo. If it weren't for his support, Ma Zheng alone wouldn't have been able to do it.

It is not possible for His Excellency, the new commander of the Japanese army in Beiping City, to be hot-headed, and another 100,000-strong army to attack the Suicha Military Region, then some of his subordinates will run to the battlefield, and then there will be no one in the military region who can hold down the foothold, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

Although he also knew that this old handsome man who was the leader of political work could not understand what he said, and even if he did, he would not know what to do, but as long as he understood the importance of engaging in economic development and did not object to Ma Zheng's large-scale economic construction in the military region, then he would be regarded as doing Ma Zheng a great favor.

"Lao Luo, the situation in the military region looks very good now, but the responsibility on our shoulders is also very heavy. Not to mention that we have to bear the defense of the entire Suicha area, we must also be able to afford to support friendly forces with supplies, ammunition and weapons. ”

Then Ma Zheng continued: "Maybe you don't know, since the beginning of 37, our army has supported nearly 20 regiments of weapons and equipment and a large amount of food and salary to the Party Central Committee and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the troops under the jurisdiction of the Eighth Route Army. ”

Ma Zheng slowed down and continued: "There is also the geographical conditions and climate here that limit the development of agriculture, as we all know, agriculture is the basis of all industries, especially industry, although the current defense area of the Suicha Military Region is very large, spanning more than a dozen longitudes from east to west, but only the easternmost part of eastern Hebei that has just been occupied is suitable for agricultural production, and the rest of the areas are located in the semi-arid zone of the northwest, and the peasants rely on the weather for food all year round, and there is barely a hope for a good harvest, and even enough to survive if the harvest is not good. Therefore, we are forced to carry out economic construction, otherwise we do not need the Japanese army to attack us, and we ourselves may be dragged down. ”

This time, Ma Zheng said very clearly, so Political Commissar Luo also figured out the current environment of the military region, and while smacking his tongue and smacking the wealth of the Suicha Military Region, he also had to feel the tremendous pressure that the military region is now facing.

Luo Ronghuan is also very clear about the climatic conditions and soil conditions in Saibei, after all, it is not far from northern Shaanxi, and there are still many similar places between the two places, and nine droughts in ten years are common. A small drought is not enough to kill people, and it can be regarded as a little harvest, but a big drought is enough to cause thousands of miles of grass on the red land, and it is difficult for people and animals to live.

Especially this year, the successive droughts have led to a large area of crop production, although Ma Zheng has ordered the people in the area from the beginning to plant drought-tolerant crops, but it is only barely enough for the farmers in the area to harvest a little food ration. This year is the case, but what to do in the next two or three years, it is no wonder that Ma Zheng is in a hurry. (To be continued.) )