Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 639 Receiving Disaster Victims, Relief with Work

At the end of November 1941, the weather was getting colder.

In the south of the Longhai line, there are people with families in all parts of eastern Henan, and they come to the north in groups.

Because the granary in Southwest Shandong was occupied by the Eighth Route Army, in order to complete the task of raising grain, the Japanese army of the [-]th Division dispatched their puppet troops to attack the people in the occupied area during the autumn harvest.

Affected by natural disasters, the harvest was short, and they were extorted by the little devils. Some ordinary people who lived in poverty saw that they could not survive. Among them, the clever people decided to take the whole family to join the Eighth Route Army. go.

The Japanese army implemented the Baojia system in the local area, and the control of the occupied areas was extremely strict. The guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army could not move freely, let alone ordinary people.

This situation was quickly discovered by the local Japanese army, and many people were killed or injured, and all localities successively reported the situation of ordinary people in the occupied area going north to the division headquarters of the [-]th Division.

At first, Harada Kumakichi didn't care. In his eyes, the lives of Chinese people were worthless. In order to prevent the manpower and material resources in the occupied area from flowing into the Eighth Route Army base area, it was nothing to kill or injure a few Chinese people.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the current situation is different from before. The Eighth Route Army has occupied the densely populated counties in southwestern Shandong, and there is no shortage of soldiers. On the contrary, due to the poor harvest this year, there are signs of drought in the coming year. Entering the Eighth Route Army's base area must be a great burden for the Eighth Route Army. Taking this opportunity, the Imperial Army can also send personnel to mix in with the Chinese people to inquire about the deployment of the Eighth Route Army's base area, while the imperial army's occupied area can reduce chaos. Why not do it?" The chief of staff at the side suggested.

Harada Kumayoshi immediately understood the intention of the chief of staff, and then said to the adjutant: "Order the defenders everywhere to drive the ordinary Chinese people in the division's area to the territory of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Hi!" replied the adjutant.

The story is divided into two parts. With the opening up of the southwestern Shandong base area, the construction from the local area to the army has been making great strides forward.

The local factories and mines operated by the Japanese army were completely taken over by the Eighth Route Army, such as clothing factories, kerosene factories, power plants, cement factories and other non-military industries.

The only pity is that although Heze is a major Japanese military base, it has not formed a self-sufficient logistics system like Handan, and the plan to build an arsenal in Southwest Shandong can only be implemented slowly.

In addition, there are large-scale mines operated by the Japanese army in Zhangwan and Qinggangji in Cao County, which are full of high-quality coking coal fields, and a steel factory specially set up by the Japanese army in Dingtao. There are several iron ore and copper mines in the territory.

The most surprising thing is that the technicians brought by the deputy chief of staff discovered rock salt deposits at the junction of Chengwu and Shanxian. Enough to mine for fifty years.

Food is the most important thing for the people, but salt is the only thing that is indispensable for three meals a day.

Since ancient times, the business of selling salt has always been a huge profit. According to the previous agreement, the Eighth Route Army needs to give up the sales of rock salt. One-third of the rock salt produced each year will be sold by local large households to outside the southwestern Shandong area.

From the current point of view, this is a win-win move. This kind of move is similar to the goods dealers in the Tainan base area. It uses real benefits to tie the local big landlords to the chariots of the Eighth Route Army, and at the same time induces the development of the big landlords. The transfer of agriculture to commerce has beneficially alleviated the contradictions in agricultural production materials in the base areas.

On the other hand, although the official monopoly was broken, the premise was that the local big households were not allowed to sell in the base area, which preserved the basic base of the Eighth Route Army, and at the same time used the contacts and channels of the local big households to broaden the sales channels.

Once the sales channels are broadened, the benefits will not only be reflected in rock salt, but also various handicraft products and goods in the base area will be circulated to the outside world, thereby promoting the prosperity of handicraft industry and commerce, and fundamentally promoting the circulation of border tickets issued by the Eighth Route Army.

In the headquarters, Cong Hansen, director of the government of Southwest Shandong Province, made a surprise visit.

"Chief of staff, members of the Communist Party, people from the counties in the east of Henan went north to enter the base area. It first appeared half a month ago, but it was only a sporadic phenomenon at that time. It has happened in previous years!"

"However, just two days ago, the influx of people in the base area suddenly increased. Refugees flooded in from Dongming in the west to Chengwu in the east. According to the news from the intelligence agents in the enemy-occupied area, this move is a The little devil did it on purpose!" Cong Hansen said one after another.

"Comrade Hansen, you said that we already know about this situation, not only in Southwest Shandong, but also in Hua County and Jun County!" said the deputy chief of staff.

Zhou Weihan heard the words and immediately asked: "Is there any measure right now?"

"I have notified the democratic government personnel to set up multiple relief points along the way to solve the problem of food for the common people!"

"If we talk about long-term measures, there are currently two options. One is centralized resettlement, implementing the farming system, and resettling ordinary people who have entered the base area in the area where the troops and the Japanese and puppet troops confront each other, which is easy to manage!"

"The second is scattered resettlement. Based on the current situation in the counties in southwestern Shandong, it is possible to resettle as many as five or six thousand households in each county, or as few as two to three thousand households. Overall, it is not a problem to resettle [-] to [-] households! "

"However, in this way, there will inevitably be disputes between the newcomers and the local people, and chaos will arise in the base area!"

After hearing Cong Hansen's plan, neither the deputy chief of staff nor Zhou Weihan gave an immediate reply.

"Monk, call Commissar Luo!" Zhou Weihan shouted.

He brought Luo Benzhong to the place and briefly understood the situation. Zhou Weihan said: "The influx of a large number of people into the base area was expected before, but it is not yet time to be placed in the confrontation area. Besides, the confrontation area involves military secrets. It would be too passive if the troops’ deployment and positions were known by the enemy, and once the enemy fights, it will inevitably affect the people who are placed here!”

At the time of the land reform, in order to facilitate future wars with the Japanese and puppet troops, the common people from Dongming, Caoxian, and Chengwu were moved to the hinterland of the base area. Except for the Eighth Route Army stationed for a long time, there was no Ordinary people exist.

"Yes, this should indeed be considered!" The deputy chief of staff nodded: "Now is the time to test the power of the local government at the grassroots level. In my opinion, some people can be concentrated and resettled in various mines in the hinterland of the base area. factories, set up military settlements, implement the method of cash-for-work, and the remaining part of the people can be scattered and resettled in various villages with a small population!"

"That's fine, but in this way, I'm afraid that some of the enemy's spies will get in and it's not easy to manage!" Cong Hansen said worriedly.

Luo Benzhong, who was on the side, said: "People who come from the enemy-occupied area are often accompanied by their families. At the same time, people from the surrounding villages all act together. We can use this as a breakthrough to screen!"

"The common people can prove to each other. Those who drag their families or people from the same village can be placed together, and the sporadic ordinary people can be resettled separately. In this way, a group of people with ulterior motives can be screened out!"

"That's it, Comrade Benzhong, you come to assist the local comrades to complete the resettlement work, let Li Yunlong drop three regiments and go to Dongming, Cao County, and Chengwu to cooperate!" Zhou Weihan finally said: "Watching the weather change It’s cold, the resettlement work needs to be done as soon as possible, and the land reclamation work will be carried out in the same place next year!”

(End of this chapter)