Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 632

Linpuji, approaching noon.

A group of Eighth Route Army cavalry marched along the field path, and saw that the originally endless green gauze tents had turned into bare stubble fields.

The corn and corn stalks have been taken away, but women from nearby villages with their children are digging corn stubble in the field, obviously preparing to use it as firewood.

The sudden appearance of the troops apparently panicked the children playing in the field, but the women who were working obviously recognized that it was the Eighth Route Army team, and instead of panicking, they took the initiative to greet them.

The relationship between the Eighth Route Army and the common people is like fish and water. It is with the full support of the common people that the Eighth Route Army can persist in the struggle against the little devils behind enemy lines.

How could the boss not understand this truth, immediately got off the horse and started a chat: "Old sister, what kind of land is this?"

"Comrade, this is Linpuji, where are you going?"

"Heze County!"

"That's very close. We'll be right next to Heze County, and we'll be there after a short walk to the south!" The old lady pointed to the road enthusiastically. The two children timidly hid behind the old lady, staring at the big black eyes. The stranger in front of him still chewed the sweet straw in his mouth.

The boss has no children so far, so he subconsciously touched the child's head: "How old are you this year?"

"The older one is four years old, and the younger one is three years old!" the old lady replied.

"Here!" The older child took out a sweet straw from his pocket.

"For me?" The boss pointed to himself.

"Well, here it is!"

The boss smiled and took the sweet straw without peeling the skin, put it in his mouth and bit it, the sweet juice echoed in his mouth: "It's so sweet, kid!"

Then the boss touched his empty pocket, turned to the deputy chief of staff and said, "Is there anything to eat?"

The deputy chief of staff also had nothing in his pocket, but fortunately, an accompanying guard took out a handful of hawthorns: "Boss, this is from the landlady!"

"Little friend, I'll exchange this with you!" The boss put the hawthorn in the pockets of the two children without any explanation.

"Haha!" The old lady and the boss laughed.

"Old sister, should you divide the land in your village? How many acres of land has your family divided? Is there enough food to last until next summer's harvest?"

"There are ten members of our family, six adults and four children. We originally had three acres of land, but now the comrades in the government have divided the land into three acres and four quarters according to the head of the family!"

"According to this year's harvest, the yield of corn per mu is nearly 300 catties, enough to feed for half a year in one province!" The old lady grinned.

"That's good. Having enough to eat is the most important thing. The little devils will be beaten away in a few years. When the children of their generation grow up, everyone will have enough to eat, and everyone will have enough food." Got it!" said the boss.

Soon after, the team set off again.

"Boss, the land in the plains is really fertile. Even with the lack of rain this year, it can still produce [-] catties per mu. If all parts of Southwest Shandong can achieve this output next year, we will have enough energy to support other base areas!" The chief of staff laughed.

"Yes, even with the use of chemical fertilizers in Tainan, the yield of corn planted on flat land will only reach [-] catties, and the yield on sloped land will be greatly reduced!"

"This trip to Southwest Shandong is worthwhile. Southwest Shandong will become an important food producing area for the Eighth Route Army in the future!" said the boss.

The Southwest Plain of Shandong has a vast area, and local landlords of all sizes own many fertile fields, and even ordinary people have a few mu of land in their homes.

But it is also densely populated, and some owner-owned wasteland cannot be reclaimed at will. During the land reform, the fertile land and wasteland obtained from the landlords gave every family a land on which to live.

As long as we survive the past two years, we will have great potential for development in the future.

At noon that day, Zhou Weihan and Tan Lin welcomed the headquarters and the head of the Northern Bureau.

After lunch, Zhou Weihan and Tan Lin respectively led the chiefs to understand the situation of the government and military sub-region in Southwest Shandong.

That night, everyone gathered together, and Zhou Weihan prepared a slightly richer meal.

"Where have you Zhou Weihan been? The food is not bad?" the deputy chief of staff joked while looking at the food on the table.

The boss didn't say much, instead he raised the tea bowl on the table: "Comrades, the Chief of Staff and I are here in Heze today. Besides understanding the actual situation in depth, we also want to present a bowl to the head of the Military Commission to celebrate his achievements." liquor!"

"Taking Heze and opening up the base area in southwestern Shandong. All the comrades who participated in this operation have contributed a lot. We must continue to work hard in the future to keep the hard-won achievements. Today, we will replace wine with water and do it!" .

Seeing that the boss was talking about this point, the people present stood up one after another and drank it all in one gulp.

"Sit all, sit all, Li Yunlong, why do you look so reserved today? This is not your temper!" The deputy chief of staff laughed.

Li Yunlong looked at the boss and smiled, but didn't dare to speak, just like a bad student seeing a teacher.

"Li Yunlong, in the future, you will be permanently stationed in the southwestern Shandong base area. As a commander who leads the troops alone and stationed on one side, you can command thousands of troops under your command. You can't make mistakes like before. You must always be responsible for the comrades around you. Great role model!" said the boss.

"Yes, Chief, please rest assured that I will be able to take care of myself in the future!" Li Yunlong immediately got up and gave a military salute.

"Then the boss and I believe you?" said the deputy chief of staff.

"Hey, Chief of Staff, as long as I, Li Yunlong, stay in the base area in southwestern Shandong for one day, I will work together with the comrades of the local government to turn the base area into an iron bucket. If the little devil wants to sweep the base area, I am ready to let them go and never return!" Li Yunlong Patted his chest and said.

"Okay, this sounds encouraging!" said the boss.

The reason why Li Yunlong is so confident is that he knew Zhou Weihan's expansion plan for the Southwest Military Division in advance. In the future, although Li Yunlong is only a member of the military division, he will command combat forces at the division level.

After dinner, Zhou Weihan took the initiative to ask: "Boss, how long do you and the Chief of Staff plan to stay?"

"What? Are we going to be driven away when we first come?"

"how could be?"

"This time, the chief of staff and I will come here in person. We want to clarify the development direction of the southwestern Shandong base area together. Besides, we also need to convey the latest instructions from the Military Commission!" said the boss.

"The latest instructions?"

"That's right. With the development of the base area in Southwest Shandong, the Hebei-Luyu Military Region and the Western Shandong Military Region have been completely connected. In order to better resist the Japanese army's raids on the base in the future, the two military regions must strengthen their ties!"

(End of this chapter)