Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 640 Troop deployment
With the influx of ordinary people into the base area, in two consecutive days, according to the number of people reported from the front, there were more than 6000 households, and nearly [-] ordinary people entered the base area.

During this period, the democratic government of Southwest Shandong resettled the common people with the assistance of the army, and on the other hand issued the "Shandong Southwest Border Region Relief Act" with legal effect.

The first article of the bill stipulates that refugees can enjoy the right to land allocated by the government and the same democratic rights as people in the border areas, and provide various preferential treatment conditions.

For example, in the distribution of land, those who are willing to reclaim open wasteland will be exempted from tax for 3 years, and all kinds of burdens will be reduced during the 3 years; agricultural loans will be given priority; Citizenship; prohibiting old households from oppressing refugees, etc.

The able-bodied people were called upon to work in the mines, and new military settlements were built in the surrounding areas. With the help of the local government, their families were given priority in producing handicraft products upstream and downstream of various factories.

In order to do a good job in immigration and refugee resettlement, the democratic government in southwestern Shandong has continuously strengthened education and publicity, and required governments at all levels, including counties, townships, and villages, to formulate plans and guide implementation one by one.

In the early days, the resettlement work was a little chaotic, but with the assistance of the troops, the gathered personnel quickly completed the diversion work, and the first batch of nearly [-] people were successfully integrated into the Southwest Shandong base area.

During this period, according to the head of each household, the rations for the current month were distributed to each household.

At the same time, good news also came from the Luxi Military Region.

"Commissioner, telegram from the Luxi Military Region!"

Zhou Weihan took the telegram, quickly glanced at the contents of the telegram, and immediately beamed with joy: "Chief of Staff, good news, comrades from the Luxi Military Region have occupied the entire territory of the three counties of Yuncheng, Shouzhang, and Yanggu. Feng, the Cavalry Regiment and the Mountain Cannon Battalion are on their way back!"

Hearing this, the Deputy Chief of Staff's sorrow faded after many days: "I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. I'm afraid the Luxi Military Region has made a lot of money this time. It's just that the Japanese army is too indifferent!"

"No matter what, the territory of the base area has expanded, and we have money and food. The current situation is good for our Eighth Route Army. I believe that the comrades in the Luxi Military Region will be able to survive next year!" Zhou Weihan said.

Throughout the War of Liberation, the fundamental reason why the Eighth Route Army grew larger and more numerous was that the land reform was carried out in the liberated areas. On the one hand, it gained the support of the common people, and on the other hand, it had a direct benefit, obtaining a lot of money and food from the landlord class.

The benefits of land reform have been verified in the Tainan base area, the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area, and the current Luxi base area.

Seeing that the situation in the base area was stable and on track, Zhou Weihan's eagerness to leave and return to the Tainan base area suddenly became agitated.

After discussing with the deputy chief of staff, Zhou Weihan decisively deployed troops to each military region.

The 35th and 36th Regiments directly under the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region continued to assist the local government in resettling ordinary people. The Tainan Cavalry Regiment, Artillery Regiment, 37th and 38th Regiments were stationed in the Heze area.

In view of the fact that Juye to the east of Heze is the defense area of ​​the Seventh Brigade of the Luxi Military Region, it is guarded by this barrier, and Zhou Weihan ordered the 39th Regiment to replace the Independent Regiment stationed in Zhencheng in order to facilitate Li Yunlong's command on the front line in the future. Immediately went to Dingtao.

The 40th regiment went south to station in the mountainous area of ​​Luling Town at the junction of Dongming and Heze, while Wuqin's third regiment continued to be stationed in Dongming, and the 41st regiment was stationed in Cao County. After the order was issued, the first regiment cooperated with the 42nd regiment Return to the Zhinan Military Division to garrison.

At this point, the eight infantry regiments Li Yunlong was in charge of training began to garrison various places in batches after nearly two months of training.

Facing the triangle area of ​​Dingtao, Caoxian, and Chengwu in Shangqiu, as the first-line defense area of ​​the Southwest Military Division, there are three infantry regiments, the Xinyi Regiment, the Independent Regiment, and the 41st Regiment, plus a Shandong Southwest Cavalry Regiment.

"There is a high probability that the Japanese army will not send troops to sweep up the base areas this winter. This is a rare opportunity to rest and reorganize. All regiments, especially the newly formed infantry regiments, should take advantage of this winter to continue training the soldiers!" Zhou Weihan Finally said.

The crowd dispersed, but Li Yunlong did not come to the meeting. Zhou Weihan left Luo Benzhong alone: ​​"Comrade Benzhong, your task is very heavy. You have to coordinate the affairs of the army and the local government, and you must also pay close attention to the ideological work of the army!"

"In response to this situation, the 40th Regiment in Luling Town and the 41st Regiment in Cao County belonged to the Southwest Military Division in terms of organizational system, and the 35th Regiment, 36th Regiment, 37th Regiment, and 38th Regiment in the Heze area were personally controlled by the headquarters of the Deputy Chief of Staff. Commander, go back and explain this situation clearly to Li Yunlong, don't let him confuse me!"

"Yes, I understand, member of the Communist Party, Lao Li still has this awareness!" Luo Benzhong said.

The next day, Zhou Weihan did not wait for the first regiment and the 42nd regiment to go north together. Instead, he took the reconnaissance company back to Leijia Village where the headquarters of the Hebei-Shandongyu Army Division was located.

In the past, the Zhinan Military Division and the military headquarters were located in the same place, and Neihuang in the west bordered the Japanese army in Anyang, and Qingfeng in the south bordered the Japanese army in the Liangpu area.Nanle in the north is across the Zhang River from the East Asian Alliance Self-Governing Army in the Daming area.

In the huge base area, only Zhou Weiguo's independent 42st regiment was stationed. Zhou Weihan ordered the [-]st regiment and the [-]nd regiment to go north, which was also Tan Lin's request, and the status quo of the lack of troops in the base area was resolved.

In Leijia Village, Zhou Weihan and Tan Lin, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, rarely sat together and had a drink.

Listening to Tan Lin's description of the various situations facing the Zhinan Army Division, Zhou Weihan couldn't help but get angry: "This group of East Asian Autonomous Army was originally a group of bandits, but now they have turned into elites?"

According to Tan Lin, although Wang Tianxiang, the commander of the East Asia Alliance Autonomous Army, had a heart for the Eighth Route Army, at the beginning of the establishment of the army, his internal rival Cheng Ximeng was killed by Wu Qin on his way to Daming to participate in the founding ceremony of the East Asia Alliance Autonomous Army. The three regiments took the opportunity to wipe out most of them.

However, as Wang Tianxiang came to power, the Japanese advisers did not want to see Wang Tianxiang's family dominate, and then intentionally supported other forces internally.

The East Asian Autonomous Army couldn't provoke the Zhangbei Army Division, but aimed at Nanle and Guancheng on the other side of the Zhang River.

Even though Wang Tianxiang warned many times in advance, the people in the base area still suffered a lot of losses during the autumn harvest.

"I reckon that when the Zhanghe River freezes over in winter, this group of puppet troops will dispatch more frequently, but they can't be wiped out in one fell swoop just yet, just maim them!"

"On the one hand, it can give Wang Tianxiang strong support. On the other hand, the troops of the Zhangbei Army Division can continue to attack the transportation line, thereby obtaining a large amount of supplies!" Tan Lin said.

(End of this chapter)