After all, the common people don't know the twists and turns inside, they can only use what they see to explain the current situation, so public opinion propagandized that Zhang Zizhong forced Song Zheyuan away, and he stayed as a traitor, and at the same time, because the previous battles were fought by Feng Zhi's Ministry and Zhao Dengyu's department, Zhang Zizhong's troops were stationed in Tianjin, and basically did not fight any war, even the Japanese felt that he was a pro-Japanese element, and after occupying Beiping, not only did not insult Zhang Zizhong, but let Zhang Zizhong become the mayor of Beiping City for the first time, and put him in charge of reorganizing the Jicha Political Affairs Committee.

In order to gain time for the retreat of the 29th Army, Zhang Zizhong had no choice but to conform to the Japanese army, and rushed to reorganize the Jicha Political Affairs Committee, and also complied with the Japanese to recruit a large number of traitors and lackeys into the committee, and reassigned Zhang Yunrong, Zhang Bi, Pan Yugui, Jiang Chaozong, Leng Jiaji, Chen Zhongfu, Yang Zhaogeng and others as members, and appointed Pan Yugui as the chief of the Beiping City Police Department, and designated Chen Juesheng, Pan Yugui and others to be responsible for negotiations with Japan. The committee is full of traitors, and there are as many scum as dogs (no wonder they are called lackeys).

But Zhang Zizhong immediately learned that the Japanese army not only did not slow down its pace, but continued to move south non-stop, ready to continue to pursue the 29th Army, the angry Zhang Zizhong jumped like thunder, you know, the current newspapers have scolded him as "the number one traitor in North China" and "Zhang Zhizhong" Some are quite poetic and sarcastic about General Zhang's "self-righteousness", in fact, "after Zhang Bangchang" Looking at these newspapers, Zhang Zizhong didn't know how many times he secretly wept, and then found that he could not stop the Japanese army in Beiping, and immediately resigned from all positions, Later, he complained of illness, hid in a German hospital, and then fled to Tianjin by bicycle, and then changed to a British steamer to Qingdao and Jinan, in an attempt to transfer to Nanjing.

Not to mention Zhang Zizhong's nest life in Beiping.

The camera shifts to Lugou Bridge, after holding on for more than 20 days. Because the city of Beiping was broken, the Lugou Bridge was worthless, Ji Xingwen led the troops to Zhuoxian County to set up defenses, because the former 109th Brigade commander He Jifeng was seriously injured and could not be a director, Song Zheyuan temporarily appointed him as the acting brigade commander of the 109th Brigade.

Song Zheyuan also sent a downsized special regiment (formerly the Nanyuan Special Brigade), a cavalry battalion, an air defense battalion, and a mountain artillery regiment, and ordered him to command all the troops retreating to Zhuozhou in order to defend Zhuozhou.

By the time the Japanese army reached Zhuozhou, it was already August 3, during which the Japanese army had eliminated all the remaining 29th Army units in Tianjin, and a large number of the 29th Army surrendered to the Japanese army after seeing Song Zheyuan leave. Ruan Xuanwu, commander of the 39th Brigade stationed in Beiyuan, sent Chief of Staff Zhang Luqing as a representative to shamelessly assure the Japanese army that the 39th Brigade had absolutely no intention of resisting the war and took the initiative to disarm. He surrendered to Japan the next day.

Warlord forces often choose to surrender when faced with forces they cannot handle, which is a low-risk, high-reward option.

With the 20th Division as the vanguard, more than 30,000 troops came to the Liuli River in Zhuo County and faced Ji Xingwen's troops across the river.

July 26, 1937 - Yan'an

Jiang Cheng brought the remaining modern arms to Yan'an again, at this time Yan'an was already in the midst of a major reorganization, tens of thousands of troops were reorganized into three integrated divisions, Mr. Zhu, Mr. Peng and others went around to appease the army's morale and hold a meeting to do ideological work.

After all, these old Red Army soldiers have been fighting with the White Army for nearly ten years, and now they are told that they will wear the uniforms of the White Army from today onwards. There are quite a few fighters who can't figure it out and are in a state of flux.

Knowing that Jiang Cheng was back, Chairman Mao immediately asked Xiao Wang, who was beside him, to pick up Jiang Cheng in the cave to prepare for a meeting.

When Jiang Cheng entered the cave, Chairman Mao was alone. Chairman Mao said with a smile, "Don't look for it, I'm alone, Mr. Zhu and Vice Chairman Zhou have left Yan'an, and Mr. Zhu has gone to the army." Vice Chairman Zhou went to Lushan again. Come on, come on, I'll talk to you about things. ”

As he spoke, Chairman Mao took a puff of his cigarette and looked at the map of China in front of him and said, "Little Jiang." You see, the 29th Army has the same history as you said, and it is still so bad. Our situation and history have not changed at all. ”

Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "Although the overall situation is like this, our Red Army is in a good situation, isn't it?" ”

Chairman Mao nodded and said, "Yes, our seed program is very successful, and now there are many college students running to our Yan'an." I'm here to tell you about it. ”

Jiang Cheng asked, "I don't know how our industrial facilities are being built?" ”

As soon as Chairman Mao said this, he became excited and said, "Very good, those engineers and overseas Chinese from the United States are very capable, our mining areas and factories have been established, but unfortunately there are still a large number of factories lacking, by the way, I will take you to a meeting later, this meeting should have been held a long time ago." I've been waiting for you. ”

Jiang Cheng couldn't help but wonder, "Wait for me?" I don't know what it will be? ”

Chairman Mao said with a smile, "It's an economic development conference, and now our main force is about to go east, but those of us who stay behind must do a good job of Xiao He and do a good job in economic logistics." This requires your help, but there are some things that I can't get for fear of future generations, so I need you to listen to them too, and besides, you are the secretary of our Central Secretariat, and it is time to perform your work. ”

Jiang Cheng nodded in understanding.

Chairman Mao said again, "Speaking of this, there is a special person later, speaking of this person, thanks to you, he came back from the United States this time, and now he is our newly established vice minister of industry." ”

Jiang Cheng couldn't help but be secretly surprised when he heard this, he didn't know who was sacred, and he was able to climb to the position of deputy minister in such a short time.

Chairman Mao continued: "This person, after coming for a week, he handed over an industrial design plan of more than 100,000 words to our Central Committee, which is all-encompassing, and we finally have a comrade who understands industry. That's a rarity. ”

Jiang Cheng couldn't imagine that there would be such a talent, and asked again, "By the way, how is our army now?" ”

Chairman Mao smiled and said, "What else, the first time I saw so many weapons and ammunition, I laughed badly." ”

Jiang Cheng accompanied him and talked for a while, chatting about Jiang Cheng's experience in the United States, when Jiang Cheng talked about the power of the American consortium, Chairman Mao couldn't help frowning and said, "According to you, the real reason why these consortiums can control the US Congress is the Federal Reserve?" ”

Jiang Cheng replied, "That's right, the American consortium relies on the control of American factories and currency to control the country. ”

Chairman Mao took a hard puff of cigarette and said, "What we use now is fiat currency, and you once told me that fiat currency will seriously depreciate in the future." We cannot allow the people of our red zones to suffer such a catastrophe. ”

At this time, Xiao Wang came in and said, "Chairman, the time is up, it's time to have a meeting." ”

Chairman Mao pinched his cigarette and said, "Let's go, let's have a meeting." ”

The people who attended the meeting were all the main personnel of Yan'an's political work, and there were no military personnel, probably mainly because the army was busy with the reorganization of the army.

Chairman Mao said, "Our meeting is mainly to talk about the economic development of the red zone in the next few years, we all know that we can have a large number of machinery and materials through special channels, we must make good use of this period, let's discuss it." Let's start with the currency issue. ”

Due to Mao Zemin's illness, he went to the Soviet Union. At this time, the meeting was attended by Cao Juru, deputy governor of the Red Zone Bank. Cao Juru said, "According to the agreement with the White Party, we will stop issuing currency in the future and use all fiat currency, but after our research, we believe that this will make our economic lifeline completely controlled by the White Party, so I suggest that we should continue to open banks." ”

Chairman Mao said, "What he said is very true, but the overall situation of the anti-Japanese united front cannot be destroyed, and we cannot open banks." ”

Jiang Cheng could think of the practice of later generations, wrote a small note and handed it to Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao nodded, and said with a smile: "Our Comrade Gu has made a suggestion, let's take a look." We don't open banks, we open shops, we don't issue currency, we don't issue vouchers. This is not a violation of the agreement with the White Party, what do you think? ”

Cao Juru clapped her hands and applauded, "This is a good idea, I think it's called Guanghua Store, we can set up stores in all places above the county level." Some of the larger towns can also be set up, and all people can exchange our vouchers for the equivalent currency in our store, as long as we are in good standing. Naturally, people will use it. ”

After the vote was approved by a show of hands, the discussion on agriculture began.

Food is a big problem in any era, and because of Jiang Cheng's appearance, Yan'an has determined to vigorously develop industry in the next few years. In particular, the military industry will have to fight wars, and the labor force in the rural areas will inevitably be greatly reduced, and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Region includes a part of the border between Shaanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia provinces, with a total of 23 counties and a population of about 1.5 million. These populations are not as large as a larger district in Shanghai in later generations, and the pressure on these populations to support the current 50,000 troops is already very great, and one of the purposes of the main eastward advance is also to reduce the pressure on the border areas.

If it is necessary to carry out industry in the border areas, then agriculture must use fewer people to grow more land; since it is an old area, most of the areas have already undergone land reform, and the peasants' enthusiasm for work is there, and the problem lies in the planting technology, management methods, and improved seeds.

These revolutionaries of the older generation all had rich experience in the rural areas, and you explained all the problems they were facing, and listed the solutions one by one, and Jiang Cheng took notes beside him with a sour hand, and he was amazed at the familiarity of these old revolutionaries with rural issues.

After sorting it out, they felt that although most of the border areas are Loess Plateau, the land is relatively fertile, suitable for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry, and there is abundant grain, cotton, and salt, so they can do a great deal.

Chairman Mao put forward the slogan of "developing production and self-reliance" two years in advance, and demanded that all the troops left behind should set an example for the peasants, grow their own vegetables, raise their own pigs, collect firewood, and make their own shoes in their spare time, so as to reduce the pressure on the border areas as much as possible.

As for the peasant problem, the following aspects should be solved.

First, from August to December, a group of cadres who are proficient in agricultural production should be trained by surprise from the agricultural books obtained through special channels, and these people should have some understanding of the fields from farming to manure accumulation, from animal husbandry to tree planting, and be proficient in the classification of agricultural books, and go down to various townships and towns before next year's spring planting to give guidance to the peasants in planting and use new technologies and new ideas to improve the output of the rural areas.

Second, it is necessary to organize disabled servicemen, veterans, and surplus labor in the rural areas, and to form a peasant reclamation corps; these people are different from the militia and the left-behind corps; the militia does not leave home, and the main task of the left-behind corps is combat and training, while the main task of the peasant reclamation corps is to engage in construction, especially the cultivation of improved breeds, the raising of young animals, and the planting of cash crops such as cotton.

Third, it is necessary to set up sideline jobs for peasants to produce more sideline jobs, encourage the common people to engage in more sideline jobs, and combine them with the workers who go to the countryside to provide interest-free loans to peasants who do not have sufficient financial resources.

Fourth, use advanced tools to replace old agricultural tools with new agricultural tools obtained through special channels.

Fifth, for the sake of industrial development, farmers can be allowed to participate in industrial construction, such as soil mining and nitrate.

The central idea is to do everything possible to increase peasants' incomes and increase the output of grain and other crops.

After discussing agriculture, the discussion began on industry.

In fact, the conditions in the border area are not very good, although there are the three most important minerals such as coal, iron and oil, but there is an extreme lack of rare metals, which makes the steel in the border area unable to become an alloy to make guns.

Moreover, the industrial system in the border areas is not perfect, and the equipment brought from the United States last time is not all the factories of the basic industry, and the power generation is also extremely low.

Many people can't talk about industrial problems, after all, there are still many liberal arts students in this era, and there is too little talent in science and engineering.

At this time, Jiang Cheng finally saw the person who was praised by Chairman Mao. This man looked different from the others, who looked swarthy and generally thin because of the years of revolution, but this man was red and fat. Although he wears a pair of glasses, he is gold-wired, and when Chairman Mao speaks, he is not as attentive as others listen.

This person is the Communist Party from the United States - Ren Chi.

It was probably during this time that Ren Chi did give everyone a lot of good advice. When Ren Chi said his vision for the future of industry, everyone was a listening suit, after all, the Chinese Red Party at this time was still unfamiliar with such a tall thing as heavy industry.

Although Chen Yun is the minister, he is still in the learning stage in industry, and Jiang Cheng doesn't seem to understand, so he has to write it down first and go back to find an expert in later generations to see if it is feasible.

In fact, it is best to find future generations to design, but there are too many restrictions in the border area, but it is not as feasible as this era.

Ren Chi first said about the expected situation, "I know, everyone hopes to develop our heavy industry in the shortest possible time, but I want to remind you that whether it is industrial or economic development, it is a step by step, there is no fast road, even according to the chairman, we don't have to worry too much about the problem of machinery, I expect that this time next year, we can have 8,000 tons of steel production is already a miracle." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned, and Jiang Cheng was stunned, eight thousand tons? How much is that? China will produce more than 100,000 tons of steel annually in later generations, but the people in Yan'an are already very happy, after all, the steel output of the whole China in the hands of the White Party is only 40,000 tons. (To be continued......)

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