Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

In September 1941, the government of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region was officially established.

The Border Region Government consists of three administrative regions: Southern Hebei, Taiyue, and Hebei-Shandong-Henan, with Taihang as a direct-controlled region, 21 agencies, and 105 counties.

The jurisdiction area of ​​Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region is east of Tongpu Railway, south of Zhengtai Railway, west of Pinghan Railway, and north of Yellow River, including southeast Shanxi, northern Henan, western Shandong, southern Hebei and southwest, with 105 counties, With a population of 2550 million, it is the largest of our party's 19 anti-Japanese base areas across the country.

On July 1940, 7, the "Liberation Daily" published in Yanzhou published an editorial "The Great Contribution of Democratic Politics in the Enemy's Rear", pointing out that the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region is so large in size and population that it ranks among the anti-Japanese base areas in North China. called the first.

Zhou Weihan's teacher, Yang Xiufeng, the director of the southern Hebei administrative region, served as the chairman of the border region government, Bo and Rong served as the vice chairmen, and 16 members including Yang and Bo served as committee members, including six members from the Eighth Route Army. Lin, as the director of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Administrative Region, is an alternate member.

Political commissar D is still the head of the Taihang administrative region, but he also holds some jobs in the Northern Bureau.

At the meeting, the border region government issued a proposal to each base area and each military region of the Eighth Route Army, proposing to streamline the army and streamline administration, and reorganize troops at all levels according to the expected harvest in the current year and the coming year.

The Eighth Route Army Headquarters agreed to the proposal and stated that an official document would be issued after the meeting.

After the meeting, Zhou Weihan, Tan Lin, and Wang Ying fought together on the way back to Tainan, and the three discussed the issue of streamlining the army and simplifying the administration.

"Congratulations, Comrade Tan Lin, the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Special District Government has been established for less than a year, and it has suddenly transformed into the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Administrative Office!" Wang Ying said with envy.

"Comrade Wang Ying, what you said was wrong. The burden on my shoulders is too heavy. I can't eat well and sleep well every day. If it wasn't for the appointment of the organization, I would rather not be the director of this administrative office!" Tan Lin said with a wave of his hand.

Before the establishment of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Special District Government, the Tainan Special District Government was thriving. According to the underground jurisdiction of Wuyi, Wu'an, Shexian, Licheng, Lucheng, Pingshun, Cixian, and Linxian, there are a total of eight counties with a population of nearly 200 million. The area reaches 1.5 square kilometers.

With its large area, large population, and stable base, it ranks among the best among all prefectural governments at the same level.

Subsequently, the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Special Area was established, directly under the Northern Bureau, and this time it was upgraded to an administrative office.

Gein, the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Administrative Office has three base areas under its jurisdiction: Zhinan, Henanbei, and Southwest Shandong, and seven counties including Neihuang, Qingfeng, Nanle, Guancheng, Guanxian, Junxian, and Huaxian have relatively stable political power , the Liangpu area and the counties in the southwestern Shandong area are also within the radiation range. They are only the administrative level of a special district government, which cannot meet the current development of the base area.

At the same time, Tan Lin's qualifications are enough to provoke the heavy responsibility of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Administrative Office, so he was nominated at the border government meeting and passed by a majority of votes.

Zhou Weihan couldn't see the sourness exuding from Wang Ying. The Eighth Route Army paid attention to equality, but at the same time they were extremely particular about seniority. From all aspects, Wang Ying could only be regarded as a junior in front of Tan Lin, and Zhou Weihan was the same.

"Okay, let's talk about the business, what do you think of the better troops and simpler administration proposed by the superior?" Zhou Weihan asked. …

"Looking at the overall situation, it is right to streamline the army and streamline the administration, but we need to analyze it in detail. I don't think it is necessary for the Tainan Military Region to implement streamlining the army and streamlining the administration!" Tan Lin said.

"Indeed, based on the number of off-duty people, which does not exceed 3% of the total population, the population in the Tainan base area is about 200 million, and the number of combat troops is about 6. You didn't expand the number in private, did you?" Wang Ying said. He glanced at Zhou Weihan.

"Nonsense, how can I increase the number to reach [-] people!" Zhou Weihan stared. To be honest, as a member of the Communist Party, he really doesn't know how many people there are in the Tainan Military Region.

Except for Pingshun, where the second branch office is located, the military region, including Zhou Weihan, is not sure whether the rest of the first branch and the regiments have been expanded privately.

Before coming to the meeting, Zhou Weihan instructed Xing Zhiguo to lead the team to continue to carry out the unfinished statistics of the weapons and equipment of each regiment, and at the same time check the staffing of each regiment.

"In the base area, the people's life is better. Judging from the situation in our Tainan base area, it is not a problem to feed 4 people for every [-] people, because the income in the base area is not limited to agriculture, but also flourishing industry and commerce."

"Because the enemy is easy to come to in the guerrilla zone, the destruction is more, and the construction is less, the affordability of the people in the base area is lower than that in the base area. Every hundred people can only support 2 people. As for the enemy-occupied and near-enemy areas, the affordability of the people is even worse. We are too Although there is no guerrilla zone in the southern base area!"

"But we also have a problem in Tainan, that is, some towns near the county seat are under the control of our Eighth Route Army, but they are jointly ruled by the Japanese army. In addition to paying taxes to the prefectural government, the people also have to pay taxes to the puppet government. Taxes, so this should be taken into consideration!" Wang Ying said one by one.

Wang Ying has a say in the development and basic situation of the Tainan base area, and he knows it better than Zhou Weihan.

Zhou Weihan nodded after hearing this, and deliberately said: "That is to say, the army can grow to [-], and the prefectural government supports it!"

"Don't trip me up here. I didn't say that apart from supplying the main force, the local armed forces are half-full-time, and they also have to rely on the prefectural government to raise food!" Wang Ying immediately argued: "[-] people The difficulty is too great, and the [-] combat troops have no problem at all!"

Hearing Tan Lin's assurance, Zhou Weihan was also relieved: "Well, there is nothing to simplify the staffing of the Tainan Military Region. There are not many personnel in the agency. The combat company was fully staffed at the beginning of the reorganization, so it will remain as it is. All right!"

After Zhou Weihan finished speaking, he looked at Tan Lin again. When he brought up the topic, he wanted to test the opinions of Wang Ying and Tan Lin. Zhou Weihan said, "The Hebei-Luyu Military Region is the same as the Tainan Military Region. There is no top-heavy problem in Tainan's reorganization, on the contrary, I think the establishment of each military division is relatively short, and the regiment headquarters is the military division organization, which also leads to the incomplete personnel structure of the organization, and it should be strengthened!"

"At the same time, the defense area of ​​each military division is too large, and one main regiment plus one core regiment cannot meet the combat needs. Once a war breaks out, the base area will be empty and there will be no soldiers available, so I think it should be expanded as appropriate!"

Tan Lin didn't answer Zhou Weihan's question directly when he heard the words, but instead asked: "Did you know that a cavalry regiment has been established in the Southwest Military Division of Shandong Province?"

Zhou Weihan raised his eyebrows, deeply surprised, he didn't know about this matter, but in Zhou Weihan's view, it was Li Yunlong's ability to form a cavalry regiment in the Southwest Military Division of Shandong Province.

Seeing that Zhou Weihan didn't talk to him, Tan Lin was not surprised, and continued: "Comrade Luo Benzhong went to the military region for a meeting and reported it to me in private, so it's not a big deal!"