"But I'm curious, other troops want people and guns, why do you need a lot of notebooks and pens? Our base also needs people, especially local staff. ”

Li Qinghe suddenly stood up and looked at Yang Qing, "Old Yang, let me ask you a question, what is our current goal?" ”

"What, of course it's a counter-sweep." Yang Qing replied without thinking.

"Okay, then let me ask you, do our soldiers have the ability to fight a front-to-head field battle with the Japanese army?"

"Nope." Yang Qing shook his head.

"Okay, the Japanese sweep is coming, how do we defend Funing County?"

Yang Qing was speechless, just like Li Qinghe said, the Japanese army is really going to encircle and suppress, and it is impossible for them to fight a positional battle with the Japanese army for Funing City. At least until now, judging from the strength of the Anti-United Nations, it is not qualified to say that it can be fought.

"Also, Lao Yang, I'll ask you again. How should we build our base? Can our current strength support us to protect the entire Funing County? ”

Yang Qing stopped talking, and he didn't know how to defend the base area, so he could only wait for Li Qinghe to speak.

"After the resurgence of the Japanese army, it is inevitable to support important bureaucrats such as the puppet maintenance committee, the puppet town mayor, and the puppet county magistrate to exercise control over the localities. So, how to keep the township still in our hands, that's what we have to consider. ”

"So, Lao Yang, what if these pseudo-maintenance council presidents, pseudo-town mayors, and pseudo-county magistrates are all our people? What when they were all anti-Japanese fighters who cooperated with us, and served as rulers of these positions in the Japanese army? Lao Yang, you should understand that the Japanese army's control of the place has always been clan control, so as long as the people of these clans cooperate with us, then your land is controlled by you on the surface, but in fact it is still controlled by us. ”

"But Lao Li, the people of the clan will also betray, they can also do one thing in front of them and one thing behind their backs, so what should I do?"

"Hit." Li Qinghe said very simply. "Lao Yang, we have established a base area by relying on the grassroots to sink to the civilian and powerful troops. If our grassroots leave, but the strong troops are still there, then the other party's betrayal will have to be weighed to see if their betrayal is worth it. But if our troops are no longer strong, then they will rebel or even betray immediately. ”

"So the best way to do that is to fight. How to fight? Fight the Japanese army, fight the puppet army, fight the traitors. Only by fighting can you gain fame and be able to guarantee that these guys will not betray you. These guys are very calculating, who is strong, who they help. ”

"But you also know very well in your heart that this is all grass on the wall. They are with us today, and tomorrow they may betray us for a sufficiently large benefit. Therefore, we must still train our own cadres and use our cadres to solve the problem of grassroots political power in a real sense. ”

"So Lao Yang, the reason why I want books is to cultivate a group of cadres with a strong style for our troops, and when we can completely control the entire Funing County, we can let our cadres sink into the countryside and lay the foundation for our future development."

"But we should be able to use people, and we can also directly use the staff of the land committee." Yang Qing still didn't understand too much.

"Lao Yang, you must be clear that we are seriously understaffed now. To take the simplest example, if the personnel are very sufficient, then you should bring at least 30 people when you come to Funing County. And you only brought 11 people when you came, and the number is actually obviously not enough. ”

"And Lao Yang, the troops need to jump out of the Japanese defense line next and open up a base behind enemy lines. They have opened up a larger base area, and they are more important than us. We must learn to reduce the burden on the organization now, do it ourselves, and have enough food and clothing. ”

Yang Qing pinched the bridge of his nose, "Then who will come to class?" We? ”

"Of course, the two of us here have a strong political level, how can it be that we are not teaching."

Yang Qing slapped his head fiercely, "Okay, just think of it as a contribution to the next work." Also, what about literacy? Most of the people we want to train still have very low literacy rates. ”

"It's not difficult to be literate," Li Qinghe said, "There are a few teachers in Funing County, and I have invited them to be teachers in the literacy class." Moreover, the normal number of literacy 500 is sufficient, and the higher quality is about 1500-2000 words, and we don't have many commonly used words. ”

"If you write...... It's better to bear with it, just look at it, don't force it to look ugly. ”

"Okay, but you still have to say hello to the commander about cultivating talents, after all, this kind of thing is still more important."

Li Qinghe nodded, "Tonight, I just went to the commander to ask for something, and by the way, I will also talk about this matter." ”

After dinner, Li Qinghe left the dormitory to talk to the commander, and it was only after three hours that Li Qinghe returned to the dormitory with a tired face.

"It's done, and the rest will talk on the way back."

The next morning, Li Qinghe and Yang Qing bid farewell to several leaders of the Anti-Japanese Federation and returned to the base area with the soldiers and a considerable batch of supplies. Along the way, Yang Qing and Li Qinghe chatted a lot, and their expressions were very serious.

Li Qinghe made a detailed analysis of his previous analysis with Zhang Niu and Wang Ergou, as well as what he saw and did at the meeting. When Yang Qing heard this, he was a little angry, but he was helpless. Because this involves the relationship between the leaders of the Anti-Japanese Federation and the leaders of the four columns, Li Qinghe and he are a little unable to get involved. Although I was a little annoyed, I had to accept it.

Returning to the base area, Li Qinghe immediately convened a meeting to convey the spirit of the corresponding meeting.

First of all, it was announced that the 24 Corps would continue to operate in the vicinity of Funing County, and that all units would still enter a state of training. But always be ready for battle, the Japanese army's big net of confrontation has been opened, and a new battle may begin at any time.

Secondly, the one-month intensive course for political staff was officially launched, in which all staff members participated. In addition, Li Qinghe announced that 12 young people over the age of 16 with excellent academic performance will be selected from the previous literacy classes to enter the intensive class. After completing the study, he will go directly to the base area to work.

Third, it is necessary to set up a base area task force to be formally responsible for docking with the militia and ensuring the security of the base area. And Li Qinghe is ready to turn this unit into another kind of force in the future - the hoe team. In the future, when the base area changes hands or the base area is infiltrated, those enemies, traitors, and two devils will be hoeed and raped to deter those small people.

One order after another began to be issued, and the base area entered the war phase from the original tranquility. The fighters began to intensify their training, and many times, everyone was full of tension, and the clouds of war returned to the heads of the fighters.

In the evening after the meeting, Li Qinghe found Yang Qing, "Old Yang, please trouble you." ”

Yang Qing stopped writing, "What's wrong?" ”

"Lao Yang, do you know any intelligence staff? Especially the kind that has nothing to do now, the more idle kind. ”

"How can you be idle," Yang Qing said with a wry smile, "What you said is too layman." There are never enough intelligence officers, and no matter what the situation is, as long as there is no job, they will be sent to work on the battlefield. ”

Li Qinghe scratched his head, he didn't know what the intelligence system was like, so if there was a misunderstanding, there would be a misunderstanding. "That's it, you help me find someone who is very familiar with intelligence work, and I plan to establish an intelligence agency here to be responsible for intelligence issues in Lulong, Funing, Qinhuangdao and Qinglong regions."

"It's too big," Yang Qing frowned, "I'm afraid we can't stand the intelligence personnel and funds we need to invest in such a big place." ”

"No, this is small, I am even ready to start from Shanhaiguan in the east, Yutian and Jixian in the west, Tangshan in the south, and Qinglong in the north. Build a very large intelligence system. ”

"You're thinking too well," Yang Qing rolled her eyes, "You don't have money, people, or supplies, where can I get it for you?" Even if you have a lot of money, you definitely don't have enough money to spend in the intelligence system. ”

"And that kind of talk? I have seen it for a long time. Li Qinghe shook his head, "In that case, you better help me find one first, and I'll solve the rest myself." Isn't it just money, it's a big deal to go to the devil and the second devil to rob it, anyway, these guys are richer than us. ”

"Then let me think about it." Yang Qing began to ponder seriously. After pondering for a long time, Yang Qing said slowly: "There is really such a person, and it can be regarded as my old acquaintance back then." Back then, he was engaged in intelligence in the white zone, and worked as an undercover agent in a certain station of the military command. Later, this guy encountered something unknown, and then withdrew from the hiding place, and killed several white dogs as he left. ”