Major General Matsumoto was a very decisive person, and since he had already made his judgment, he did not hesitate much and began to give orders directly.

"Send a telegram to the special brigade: The second squadron will stay in the north of Linfen and cooperate with the fourth infantry brigade to continue to annihilate the Eighth Route Army in the north of Linfen...... The 3rd Squadron went to Linfennan to eliminate the Eighth Route Army Special Combat Team operating in the area controlled by the Imperial Army...... The first squadron returned to Linfencheng for replenishment and training! ”

Xiao Yunshan and Li Wen did not know about Matsumoto's order.

But there was one thing they felt: the Japanese troops operating in the north of Linfen were not as arrogant as before.

The reconnaissance detachment, and even the field infantry on the size of a squad, did not dare to come out casually.

After tossing for more than ten days, the second battalion could finally stop and take a good rest.

At the headquarters of the new regiment in Tianjiazhuang, Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong did not look very good from the moment he entered the headquarters.

"Regiment commander, the first and third battalions fought well, and in a few days, both battalions eliminated many remnants of the Japanese puppet army. The people of Fengyun Town and Tianxin Town, everyone knows that our new regiment is back! ”

"However, we know what we know, but not many people have really stood up for us. Many people are watching, and many are even hostile to us! ”

Wang Ping's brows furrowed suddenly: "The common people are our roots, and without the support of the common people, we would not be able to gain a firm foothold here." Even if you stand firm now, as long as the devils come over with heavy troops, they will still be driven into the mountains! ”

"Not to mention anything else, without the support of the people, we don't even have the least food and soldiers to develop and grow!"

"I don't know why!"

"There are two main reasons!" Zhong Chenggong replied with a frown.

"One is that the last time the Japanese puppet army retaliated against everyone, it was too ruthless. It turns out that as long as the people who can be related to our new group, the light ones will be robbed of property by the Japanese puppet army, and their families will be ruined, and the heavier Japanese puppet army will directly arrest people and give them coolies, and the heavier ones will directly kill people by the Japanese puppet army! ”

"The common people are all scared, afraid that we will be liquidated by the Japanese puppet army again after we leave in the future!"

Wang Ping directly showed a helpless expression on his face.

"We can't solve this problem for the time being, we can only use time to prove to everyone: our new regiment has the ability to hold the base area, block the Japanese puppet army that may encircle and suppress our heavy troops, and protect everyone!"

"Another reason?"

"Food!" Zhong Chenggong replied without thinking about it.

"The autumn harvest is coming soon, and ordinary people can't open the pot at home for a long time, so they expect the autumn harvest to harvest some grain!"

"They are worried that our Eighth Route Army will distribute food to them like other armies!"

Wang Ping's frowning brow finally relaxed.

After a moment's hesitation, he replied: "This problem is easy to solve!" ”

"The public grain must be apportioned, otherwise how will our Eighth Route Army eat and fight devils. However, we must strictly follow the policy of our Eighth Route Army in this apportionment ratio, and you should be clear about this as the chief of staff. Since the common people have concerns about this, then we will dispel their concerns. Chief of Staff, you have organized the manpower to write down our public grain policy in black and white and posted it in every village, so that all the people will know about our policy. ”

"Also, start the field division plan as soon as possible."

"When the troops annihilated the remnants of the Japanese puppet army, each village should have seized a lot of land. We should take out all this fertile land and distribute it to everyone first, so as to arouse everyone's enthusiasm for fighting devils and protecting grain and land. But one thing to note is that these fertile fields are now planted with grain, and grain cannot be given to them together. According to the agreement between the tenants and the original owner of the land, we will give them as much as we should give, and we will save all the remaining grain. Maybe one day, this grain will become the life-saving food in our base area! ”

Zhong Chenggong's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to arrange it now, so he replied anxiously: "I'll arrange it now!" ”

"Wait a minute!" Wang Ping suddenly thought of something, and then stopped Zhong Chenggong, who was anxious to leave.

"The first question you raised just now, I thought about it again, in addition to using time to tell you that our new regiment will not leave this time, and we have the ability to protect everyone, we also want to let everyone see the strength of our new regiment, so that everyone has confidence in us!"

"And the most intuitive thing for the people to see our strength is equipment!"

"In the total annihilation of the two infantry brigades of the Japanese army, especially in the battle to eliminate the third brigade of the Japanese army, we captured a lot of heavy equipment. Putting weapons in warehouses and rusting is not the style of our Eighth Route Army, so I decided to further strengthen the firepower of our new regiment! ”

"The heavy machine gun company directly under the original battalion headquarters was expanded into a fire company, with a mortar platoon of three mortars and two heavy machine gun platoons of six heavy machine guns!"

"The firepower of the infantry company should also be strengthened, and the number of light machine guns will be increased to four, ensuring one light machine gun per platoon and one light machine gun for the company guard squad."

"The establishment of the small artillery squad remains the same, equipped with three grenadiers for captured devils. However, everyone in the small artillery squad should be armed with self-defense rifles! ”

The artillery company directly under the regimental headquarters was expanded into a firepower battalion, with Chen Dong as the battalion commander, and a mountain artillery company and four mountain artillery guns under its jurisdiction. One infantry artillery company, three infantry guns, a mortar battery, all the mortars left at the regimental headquarters were given to him! ”

In the village where the headquarters of the first battalion of Fengyun Town is located, early in the morning, a deafening bell rang at the entrance of the village.

As soon as the bell rings, all the people in the village must rush to the threshing floor at the entrance of the village for a meeting.

After the maintenance was eliminated by the first battalion, the rule of calling a meeting of the common people by the sound of the bell remained unchanged.

In less than half an hour, all three or four hundred people in the village gathered on the threshing floor!

Yesterday there was still no threshing floor, I don't know when, a platform more than one meter high has appeared in front of everyone, and people can clearly see everyone in the village when they stand on it!

The instructors of the first battalion who organized this conference stood on the rostrum and shouted at the top of their voices.

"Folks, there are two things that bring everyone here in a hurry."

"First, let the big guy know that our own team, the Eighth Route Army, is back. And this time we came back and we didn't leave after that. Now, please enter the Eighth Route Army! ”

The first to appear in front of everyone was a battalion and a company.

However, the faces of the ordinary people gathered in front of the rostrum did not change much as they watched the troops pass in front of them.

They have seen so many such troops that it is impossible to attract their attention.

But at this moment, the newly formed fire company of the first battalion appeared!

The first platoon of heavy machine guns carrying three heavy machine guns went first, followed by the platoon of guns carrying mortar barrels, and then the second platoon of heavy machine guns carrying three heavy machine guns.

This time, there was finally movement on the numb and calm faces of the common people.

Many people had shocked expressions on their faces.

A few months ago, the Eighth Route Army was also stationed in the village, but at that time, the Eighth Route Army did not even have a few light machine guns, which was similar to the company just now. In the end, under the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese, the soldiers were defeated and everyone ran away.

And the Eighth Route Army in front of you not only has light machine guns, but also so many heavy machine guns, and even artillery!

Thinking of the results of these Eighth Route Army's annihilation of more than 2,000 devils in order to take Tianxin Town and Fengyun Town some time ago, they all had an idea in their hearts, with such a well-equipped Eighth Route Army stationed in the village, maybe it could really protect everyone and block the Japanese attack!

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