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Taiyuan City, the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army in Shanxi.

News came from the direction of Yangquan, Shouyang and Tan County.

According to the plan of the Devil's Command, the forced conscription of military rations did not go as smoothly as imagined, and the pre-planned abundant food and materials were not collected to supply the garrison troops.

The news reported by the command of Shouyang, Yangquan and Tan counties:

Through this forced grain requisition plan, which almost covered the whole city, the final collection of grain was only enough for the defenders to hold out for half a month longer.

Most of the grain was collected from the homes of some pro-Japanese large households, wealthy merchants, and squires in the county.

That's it, the little devil can be regarded as completely offending the only remaining pro-Japanese faction in the three main counties of Yangquan, Shouyang, and Tan County.

"General, this grain requisition operation is so unsmooth, there must be something greasy in it.

Maybe those Diao people had already colluded with the Eighth Route Army and deliberately hid the food at home, unwilling to hand it over to the imperial army! ”

Kitagawa, the chief of staff of the devil, was naturally not so easy to fool, and he directly put forward his own speculation.

Yoshio Shinozuka said, "It's an obvious thing.

However, Beichuan-kun, if our army wants to maintain stable law and order in the whole of North China and even more occupied areas, the Huairou policy must not be abandoned.

For the sake of the safety of the three cities of Yangquan, we must not destroy the image of our empire as close to the people in one fell swoop.

This forced conscription of military rations was already a forced means, and it was impossible to kill chickens and take eggs, so we directly surrendered the three cities of Yangquan to the Shunmin of our Great Japanese Empire, and all of them were forced out of the city and pushed to the Eighth Route Army.

In addition, I heard that after the proclamation was issued in the Three Cities of Yangquan, all the sins were put on the head of the Eighth Route Army.

The eight roads are quite rampant, and they are directly preached to the outside world:

It is said that the food and materials in the three cities of Yangquan were burned in order to deal with our Japanese army.

As for the innocent people who were affected by the disaster, they could leave the county seat and rush to the base area of his Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army would provide shelter, food, and even jobs for the people! ”

Beichuan scolded with some disdain: "General, this Kong Jie has a big mouth.

Yangquan, Shouyang, and the three cities of Tan County, there are no less than one million people, if they are all sent out, can his team eat them all? ”

"Confused! This is Kong Jie's radical method! ”

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "If the people of the three cities of Yangquan are all gone, wouldn't people be panicked?

What's the use of my empire occupying three empty cities with no people?

It is said that after the notice of the Eighth Road came out, many people in Yangquan, Shouyang, and Tan County had a tendency to leave the county seat.

This matter must be solemn, although most of those Chinese people are Diao people, but after all, they are in the occupied areas of our Great Japanese Empire, and they are the property of our Great Japanese Empire.

We must not let them leave the county seat easily and run to the boundary of the Eighth Route Army! ”

The reason why he said this is that Yoshio Shinozuka is also helpless.

By the end of the year, many places in the areas originally occupied by the Japanese army were affected by the drought, and almost no harvest was lost, and a considerable number of people became victims of the famine because they could not eat.

And the Japanese army's financial system was already on the verge of collapse, and it had to support a huge army, so it didn't pay attention to ordinary people at all.

For the large number of disaster victims, the little devils naturally would not be kind enough to help and resettle, so they simply pushed it directly to the Eighth Route Army.

The devils even directly drove a large number of victims to the base of the Eighth Route Army.

Originally, I thought that with the help of this large number of victims, the Eighth Route Army troops would be dragged down alive.

Especially the first anti-Japanese detachment of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Jin.

According to the investigation of the relevant intelligence departments of the Japanese army, it is believed that there are no less than 100,000 victims who have poured in from the areas occupied by the Japanese army.

But the next situation was something Yoshio Shinozuka never expected.

I thought that so many victims would have to eat, a place to live, and consume supplies, and maybe they would bring down the team.

His Japanese soldiers can destroy a detachment of base areas without bloodshed.

As a result, Kong Jie was stunned to successfully settle down in the base area of the detachment by giving the huge masses of disaster victims, and in accordance with the blueprint of the demographic dividend, he was stunned to use all the labor force of the hundreds of thousands of disaster victims for the development and construction of the detachment base area.

It has promoted the rapid growth of the entire team.

At this point, Yoshio Shinozuka was completely stunned.

Only then did he realize that once a large number of people were transported to the base area of the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Base Area would become a population concentration area.

It is not necessarily a bad thing for the Eighth Route Army, for example, the Eighth Route Army detachment has developed its economy rapidly with the help of a large population.

This would even make the overall economy of the Eighth Route Army's base areas crush the counties and towns in the occupied areas of the empire.

That's no joke.

Isn't this an act of adversarialism?

Since then, Yoshio Shinozuka no longer dares to casually push the people to a detachment of bases.

In order to retain the people in the occupied areas, this little devil has even actively implemented a lot of policies to encourage the people to live and work in peace and contentment in the areas occupied by the Japanese army.

I am afraid that the people's base will be taken away by Kong Jie.

"Hey! Please rest assured that the three cities of Yangquan, Shouyang and Tan County have issued a military order to close the city gates all day and will not reopen until the early spring of next year.

In this way, it is possible to put an end to the situation where the people in the county town secretly moved to the base area of the Eighth Route Army. ”

Beichuan, who also knew about the growth of the team with the help of the victims, responded.

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The headquarters of the first independent detachment of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi Province.

The notice can be sent out directly, and the content is very simple, just one sentence:

But all the ordinary people in the three cities of Yangquan, Shouyang and Tan County, who have no place to eat, as long as they are willing to come to the base area of our Eighth Route Army.

I'm in charge of everyone eating, everyone drinking, and if you are willing, you can also provide you with a job and live for a long time! ”

Captain Kong Da said quite arrogantly.

Why?

In Kong Jie's words, "Our team now has this confidence!" ”

"These days, the little devils are in the three cities of Yangquan, Shouyang, and Tan County, forcibly collecting military rations, exploiting our people, and pouring dirty water on the heads of our Eighth Route Army.

Although our people are simple, no one is a fool and will believe the nonsense of the little devils.

Having said that, we in the Eighth Route Army should also show our attitude.

The above words are the attitude of all the officers and men of the Eighth Route Army on behalf of our team!

Didn't the little devil say that our Eighth Route Army harmed the people?

Then open the gates of the city to me, and let the people out.

How many people have been affected by the disaster, we want as many as we want! ”

Xu Guoan, the chief of staff on the side, couldn't help but smile and said: "Lao Kong, what you said is really too domineering, a few years ago, with the conditions of our Eighth Route Army base area, I really can't think of it."

Aren't you afraid that Yoshio Shinozuka, the old devil, will be ruthless and really push all the victims of the major counties to our team? ”

Kong Jie said with a smile: "The devil is not a stupid person, if he really dares to do that, believe it or not, our old Kong can make the major counties in the area occupied by his devils completely become empty cities?"

Look at what his little devil still uses to feed the troops, and what he uses to fight our Eighth Route Army! ”

"That's the truth!" Xu Guoan echoed with a smile, and then he changed his words: "It's just Lao Kong, since our notice was posted, although the little devil closed the city gate and strengthened the blockade.

But there are still some people who took the opportunity to escape from the county seat from some hidden mountain roads, and really rushed to our base area.

And there are quite a few of them, and there is even a tendency to increase.

Aren't you afraid that too many people will come and crush our base again? ”

In this regard, Kong Jie smiled very confidently: "Lao Xu." You're thinking too much about it.

First, these victims came in waves, not all of them, or we really couldn't bear it.

In addition, I also asked Wen Jie and Xu Qingnian, based on the current material situation of our team, and another 180,000 victims, there is no problem at all.

When this time comes, after we have rationally distributed and operated the labor force in the entire base area, we can continue to accept more disaster victims, and we are not afraid of being dragged down by the people.

Second, with the launch of our winter counteroffensive, the territory we occupy is getting bigger and bigger.

This is really vast and sparsely populated, so much wasteland, fertile land, how many manpower is not enough.

We're short of manpower now, so he's a little devil who will send us benefits!

When the people came, they happened to devote themselves to farming and economic production, and continued to devote themselves to the construction of the entire base area in accordance with our demographic dividend plan. ”

After such an analysis, what else can Xu Guoan say?

Full of admiration, he smiled and said: "Lao Kong, Lao Kong, I can understand why the brigade commander would have such an evaluation of you as early as a year ago!" ”

"What's the evaluation?"

"The brigade commander said that when it comes to the combat effectiveness of the troops and the command ability of the commanders, it is not good to overestimate Kong Jie and the combat units led by Kong Jie.

When it comes to the rapid development of the army and the economic construction of the base area, the team led by Kong Jie can really be regarded as the first regiment of our Eighth Route Army in North China! ”

Xu Guoan said with a smile.

"And this?"

Kong Jiele is broken, from the old brigade commander so highly praised, the gold content is not covered.

Then, the captain of Kong Da's detachment was quite "brazen" and boasted: "It's still the old brigade commander's vicious eyes, what he said is really not wrong at all!"

Not to mention the whole of North China, but also the entire Eighth Route Army, as well as the entire New Fourth Army, if we really talk about the rapid development of the troops and economic construction.

I Kong Jie recognizes the second, who dares to recognize the first? ”

As soon as the voice fell......

"Kong Jie, Kong Jie, I haven't seen you for a while, and you, an honest man, have you learned to brag?"

Suddenly there was a hearty laugh outside the courtyard, and the words that sounded immediately were really familiar to Xu Guoan and Kong Jie.

Kong Jie and Xu Guoan glanced at each other, didn't dare to stay, and immediately rushed to the door and warmly entertained the visitors.

Kong Jiele said: "No wonder there are always two magpies chirping in the plane tree at the gate of the courtyard early this morning, I just said, there must be some great joy, and then the old brigade commander is here!" ”

But he said that at this time, the person who broke into the courtyard with a horsewhip in his hand was not the old brigade commander of the 386th Brigade, who else could it be?

The brigade commander smiled: "What, I finally came to your team for a trip, and that's how you entertained me?"

On this cold day, you still have to stand in the courtyard and talk to your Kong team leader? ”

Kong Jie hurriedly said: "Old brigade commander, look at what you said. If you come, of course, this is good meat and good food, and all the meat and vegetables will be served to you, so please hurry up and come to the house! ”

The three of them entered the house together.

Kong Jie closed the door, and from the cold weather outside, he entered the room with a hot kang, and as the temperature soared, it immediately warmed up.

The brigade commander was envious again, looking at the spacious, bright and warm environment in the headquarters of this detachment, and said with emotion: "Kong Jie, Kong Jie, you kid is a person who can enjoy it, you can live in such a comfortable house when you fight on the front line, this cold day, I can't freeze you for half a minute!" ”

Kong Jie immediately replied: "Hey, I'm not the old squad leader of the cooking class, I'm afraid that I'll be frozen, so I'm stunned to burn this kang hot."

Brigade commander, if you like it, I will go back and arrange for someone to build your brigade headquarters for you according to the layout of my house! ”

"Hehe, even if you kid has a heart, so I really didn't come in vain this trip!"

In a joke, Kong Jie invited the brigade commander to the main seat of the kang.

The three of them sat on the kang and studied the battle on the battle maps of Yangquan, Shouyang, and Tan counties that were unfolded on the wooden table.

Chief of Staff Xu Guoan reported the situation to the brigade commander: "Brigade commander, so far, it has been more than half a month since our winter counteroffensive was officially launched.

The first phase of the operation is proceeding quite smoothly, and the second phase of the operation is now nearing completion.

The third phase of the operation is about to begin.

The target is to some small and medium-sized mines and private enterprises of the devils, so as to completely destroy the economic construction of the Japanese-occupied areas, so that the economic system of the devils is getting closer and closer to collapse. ”

The brigade commander said clearly: "Okay, they have all been trained, and they can really be on their own."

This winter counteroffensive spearheaded by your team this time was indeed a beautiful fight, and it reversed the inherent defensive situation of our Eighth Route Army troops in one game.

It can even be called a large-scale local counteroffensive of our Eighth Route Army since the Anti-Japanese War......"

Then, the topic turned to the direction of the development and construction of the base area after the end of the winter counteroffensive of the detachment.

The brigade commander said: "This heavy snow has completely melted, and after the end of winter, the little devils with a strong sense of revenge will definitely attack your team."

The four towns and three towns occupied by your detachment will also become the primary targets of the Japanese army's attack.

Kong Jie, what do you think about the follow-up troop building and economic development of the base area? ”

This is also the situation when the brigade commander personally rushed to the headquarters of a detachment this time and wanted to find out thoroughly.

Kong Jie replied truthfully: "Old brigade commander, what you said is not bad.

Whether our detachment took advantage of this heavy snow to launch a winter counteroffensive and whether the four towns and three towns that were defeated in one fell swoop can be firmly controlled in their hands depends on whether they can fight this defensive battle well after next spring.

But please rest assured, there is still some time before this winter is completely over, and all the officers and men of our team have already devoted themselves to the defense and construction of the township base areas.

I am still very confident in the follow-up defensive operations. ”

The brigade commander smiled: "If you Kong Jie can say that, I will be relieved." ”

At this time, Kong Jie suddenly remembered something again, and said: "Old brigade commander, I have an idea about the construction of our base area, and I originally wanted to report to you, but you happened to come over, and I want to take this opportunity to discuss it with you." ”

"Oh, you say!" The brigade commander came in interest.

After three days, it should be impressive.

Today's Kong Jie is not the honest tiger general he had in his previous impression who would only order and prohibit and fight bravely.

Kong Jie said: "Brigade commander, Lao Xu, this is the case, we all know that the foundation of our Eighth Route Army is the vast mountainous area, the vast suburbs, and the vast rural foundation located in the remote area.

Encircling the cities with the countryside and finally seizing the power of the whole country by armed force is also the grand strategy that we have always adhered to.

From a local point of view, those important county towns and towns are often a region, the center of economic construction, and also the center of military construction, so they are firmly controlled by little devils.

Although our Eighth Route Army has a very vast rural base, the vast rural areas are too scattered.

There is a lack of close ties and cooperation between villages.

This is equivalent to completely dispersing the already small amount of power.

The inability to concentrate forces against the Japanese army was always a big drawback.

So I'm thinking that if we can integrate all of our rural areas, the total amount of resources we have may not be lost to his little devils.

Taking our detachment as an example, with the gradual expansion of the base areas, the number of rural areas under the jurisdiction of the underground is also increasing.

How can we integrate all these thousands of scattered villages and become our most powerful backing and cornerstone against the Japanese army? ”

That's a very good question.

Xu Guoan's eyes widened when he heard this.

The brigade commander said thoughtfully: "Go on!" ”

Kong Jie said: "Brigade commander, I have an idea.

Led by our Eighth Route Army, we will pool the resources of the vast rural areas and set up a multifunctional organization composed of peasants, the military, and the local government.

And what exactly is this organization for?

There are two main functions.

First, it is necessary to concentrate on supplying the vast number of rural means of production and daily necessities.

For example, the vegetable seeds that the villagers need to plant the land, the seeds of various crops, as well as the oil and salt they usually eat, the cloth they use, and so on.

It can be provided by this joint organization in a unified manner, and find a way to raise and buy.

Second, the purchase and sale of agricultural and sideline products produced by the people.

Ensure that the villagers have planted the land and have surplus grain, which can be sold through convenient and stable channels and converted into other means of production.

This will be much more convenient for our people, or every household will have to rush to the county seat dozens of miles away to sell it, otherwise it will be much more difficult.

Naturally, the sales channels of individual people are not as good as those of joint organizations.

In a nutshell, it is an economic organization that supplies the means of production and daily necessities, purchases grain from the peasants, and helps the peasants sell agricultural and sideline products.

I think we can give it a pretty graphic name. ”

"What?"

"Supply and marketing cooperatives!" Kong Jie said loudly.

(End of chapter)