Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 573
The interim government meeting of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region was held in Matian for three full days. In addition to preparing for the establishment of the border region government and electing committee members, responding to the initial disaster situation in various places became the top priority.

At the same time, after the boss left, Zhou Weihan ordered the Tainan Military Region and the various departments of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region to go deep into the local area to understand the situation.

In Pingshun City, Wang Ying, Director of Tainan District Government, and Tan Lin, Director of Hebei-Shandong-Henan District Government came together.

"During the meeting, political commissar D said that you were in Pingshun, so the two of us came to find you together!" Tan Lin explained.

Zhou Weihan was not surprised that the two came over: "The disaster in Hebei, Shandong and Henan is serious, I think Tainan doesn't seem to be affected at all!"

Zhou Weihan returned to Tainan from Hebei, Shandong and Henan just before the summer harvest. When he was in Hebei, Shandong and Henan, his attention was always on the troops, and he did not pay attention to the situation of the local crops.

"Except for Lin County, the harvests in the other counties in the Tainan base area are good. After the year, they mobilized manpower to build several water conservancy projects. The villages along the way solved the water problem, and with the help of chemical fertilizers, they were not affected by the disaster. impact!" Wang Ying said.

Zhou Weihan nodded after hearing this, and looked at Tan Lin again, only to see Tan Lin said worriedly: "Judging from the yield per mu in Tainan, the yield per mu harvested in Hebei, Shandong and Henan this year is reduced, but there is no problem with surplus grain for the winter! "

"According to the survey, the water level of various rivers has dropped, and there is less rain this summer. If the response is not timely, the autumn harvest will be greatly reduced. At that time, the surplus grain in the hands of ordinary people, let alone paying public grain, is hard to say. what!"

"The most frightening thing is that some experts at the meeting suggested that this drought will not end in the short term. If this is the case, it will be troublesome!"

The Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area was laid down by Zhou Weihan, and then land reform was carried out on a small scale. After Tan Lin arrived, he rebuilt the prefectural government and issued a notice to mobilize the rebels to return to their hometowns to divide their fields and spring plowing. This year's summer harvest.

As early as 40, Zhou Weihan, in the name of Mr. Zheng, proposed to the Deputy Chief of Staff the possibility of severe drought in 41 and 42 years.

Therefore, the various bases of the Eighth Route Army, on the one hand, selected and bred fine seeds, on the other hand, built large-scale water conservancy projects, and proposed preventive measures. At least the stable base areas such as Taibei, Taiyue, Tainan, and Southern Hebei were not affected.

Yesterday, Zhou Weihan summoned Ding Dasuan and the cadres in charge of the logistics of the two military divisions, and ordered them to report the combat preparation grain depots built by the Tainan Military Region in various places.

After checking the bills, Ding Dasuan led people to have the largest grain depot near Yanwang Mountain in Wuyi, with a reserve of more than 3400 million catties of various grains.

In Wu'an, Li Daben's Fifth Regiment built a grain stockpile of 1200 million catties, and the grain stockpile of the base regiment in Shexian County was 800 million catties.

A small part of the above-mentioned stored grain was seized from the Japanese army, and the other part was grain purchased from other places continuously by the dealers. The biggest source was that the land reform in Wuyi and Wu'an was carried out by troops. stored up.

The first and second districts were established relatively late, and the land reform was in the charge of the prefectural government. Lidongnan, Ludongnan, Pingshun, and Lin counties, the four counties of Lidongnan, Ludongnan, Pingshun, and Lin counties, had a total of just over 1500 million catties of grain stored in the combat readiness warehouses.

The land reform in Ci County was also in charge of the army. At that time, Ding Dasuan reported that more than 2000 million catties of grain had been confiscated, but it was distributed to some of the local villagers. The grain stock of Ci County’s grassroots regiment was about [-] million catties.

The food mentioned above is all used for war preparations, and after the base area is stabilized, the food consumed by the Tainan Military Region on weekdays is generally provided by the prefectural government from the public grain or captured food.

"I asked someone to make a statistics yesterday. Right now, the troops in the Tainan Military Region have less than [-] million catties of food in their hands. When it's really difficult, one catty of grain per person per day should be enough for [-] people to eat ten. Moon!" Zhou Weihan said with a smile.

"Damn it, where did you get so much food?" Tan Lin, who never swears, also swears.

Zhou Weihan chuckled, and glanced at Wang Ying: "It's land reform, this can only be done once, and it's bought by dealers!"

"Comrade Wang Ying, you just let him mess around like this?" Tan Lin complained.

Wang Ying's face twitched, and he said immediately, "Comrade Tan Lin, you don't know that before the establishment of the Tainan Special District Government, he alone had the final say on the affairs of the base area, and only the comrades in the army were in charge of the land reform! "

"Don't be miserable here. The land reforms in Lidongnan, Ludongnan, Shexian, and Pingshun are all in charge of the local government. After that, the army that paid the public grain has never reached out. To be honest, how much grain do you have in your hand?" Zhou Weihan He asked Wang Ying forcefully.

"It's not much. I'll distribute some of it to the local villagers, and then hand it over to the higher-level government. Now I have this amount in my hand!" Wang Ying said, carefully stretching out three fingers.

Seeing Wang Ying's troubled expression, Zhou Weihan knew that this guy was not telling the truth. The government of the Tainan Special District has nine counties under its jurisdiction, how many people, how many acres of land, and the amount of public grain paid is more than that.

"Hey, it's better than not knowing. I was shocked when I compared it. It stands to reason that Tainan has more mountainous areas and Hebei-Shandong-Yu plains. The land conditions are better than Tainan, but the foundation is still weak!" Tan Lin couldn't help crying.

After the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area was stabilized, the first summer harvest would reduce production, and families in need would inevitably be unable to hand in public grain.

When the prefectural government carried out the land reform, most of the grain confiscated was distributed to the villagers for the winter, and the rest had to be supplied to the army, which made Tan Lin look distressed.

"Hey, there is a reason for this. You can look at the bases of the Eighth Route Army to see which bases have the deepest mass base in Tainan. Most of the bases are fragmented. How can there be such an effect as Tainan!"

"The foundation of the Jiluyu base has been laid down, and it will be even better than Tainan when it is managed well!" Zhou Weihan persuaded.

"In this way, I will set an example on behalf of the army. In order to support the local government, when times are really difficult, [-] million catties of food can still be taken out. The remaining food needs to prevent people from outside the base area from flooding into the base area. So we have to leave some surplus food!" Zhou Weihan looked at Wang Ying again after finishing speaking, the meaning was very obvious.

"Don't look at me, the superiors have instructed that Tainan and Jiluyu are next to each other, and they will support Jiluyu's duties!" Wang Ying said.

Hearing Zhou Weihan and Wang Ying's statements one after another, Tan Lin's anxious mood also improved: "Maybe the situation will not be too bad. After I go back, I will mobilize the people to build water conservancy projects, and it will definitely help!"

Since 40, Zhou Weihan has been preventing the drought that began in 41. Through unremitting efforts, he finally achieved some results.

(End of this chapter)