Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Yanzhou is a holy land of revolution, where young people from all over the world gather. At first, due to local restrictions and the long-term blockade by the national army, life in Yanzhou was not easy.

Later, as all the military and civilians carried out large-scale production movements in the base areas, various industries sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, which greatly alleviated Yanzhou's economic difficulties.

In particular, the recovery of the salt industry in the three border areas (Dingbian, Jingbian, and Anbian) increased Yanzhou's income. At that time, the national army even put forward the slogan of "salt the border area to death" and prohibited the salt traders in Xi'an from only selling salt. It can transport salt to Ning and Qing areas further away.

However, Yanzhou also had countermeasures. Based on the current supply situation of the salt industry in Xijian, it was decided not to lower the price of salt but to raise it, causing panic among Xijian salt dealers.

After raising the price by 20%, the salt merchants demanded to buy at the original price, but Yanzhou insisted on not lowering the price. The salt merchants calculated that even if the price increased by 20%, it was still more cost-effective than selling salt from Ning and Qing, so they rushed to Yanzhou to buy.

Yanzhou currently implements small-scale communism, but there are still subtle differences between leading cadres and ordinary soldiers. This difference is mainly reflected in allowances and meals.

When Zhou Weihan first arrived in Yanzhou, he received a set of daily necessities and a monthly allowance.

According to the allowance standards established in 1938: one yuan for ordinary soldiers or squad leaders, two yuan for platoon leaders, three yuan for company commanders, four yuan for battalion commanders, and five yuan for regiment leaders and above, including the number one.

The only exceptions are teachers from Kangda University, Ma Academy, Luyi and other schools. Some famous cultural figures and scholars basically get [-]-[-] yuan.

For example, Xian Xinghai received 15 yuan, teachers from the Music Department of Luyi received 12 yuan, and teaching assistants received [-] yuan. Of course, they were all issued border currency.

Zhou Weihan is a cadre at the regiment level or above, and is given a monthly allowance of five yuan. Since he teaches at the Anti-Japanese University, he is given an extra three yuan for teaching fees. After Wen Qiang arrived in Yanzhou, he was given an allowance of four yuan as a battalion-level cadre, for a total of 12 yuan for the couple. .

按照延州的物价，一斤猪肉2角钱、10个鸡蛋1角钱、土布每尺3角、食盐每斗5角8分，可以说非常不错。

According to different levels, the food treatment is also different, and there are large, medium and small stoves.

The small stove for high-ranking cadres consists of four dishes or two dishes and one soup, the middle-level cadres eat the medium stove, and the small stove for ordinary cadres consists of sorghum rice or millet porridge and large pot dishes.

The difference is still not big, as follows:

Dazhao: Meat eight times a month, four taels each time, steamed buns four times a month, add four or five yuan of oil to the vegetables, grind fine rice, and add beans to the rice soup.

Zhongzao: The meal is based on the current level, three ounces of meat per day.

Xiao Zao: Maintain the current level of vegetables, with half rice and half rice and noodles every day, and pay attention to adjusting and changing the meals.

Taking the Kangda University where Zhou Weihan is from as an example, the students live in cave dwellings, which are more than one foot high and two feet long. There is a long pit in front of the cave next to the window and against the wall, which can sleep more than a dozen people.

Each person was given ten pieces of paper, five yuan of ink, two pencils, one newspaper per kiln, and one kerosene lamp for each person every month.

Senior classes (cadres from the prefectural committee and brigade level and above) get the middle class, and ordinary or intermediate classes get the big class.

The Spring Festival has special significance to the Chinese people. Even during the war years, it still did not affect people's desire to celebrate the New Year.

With the Chinese New Year just days away, Kangda University also gave students a holiday. The director of education brought over a dozen big fat pigs, as well as many local Yan'an specialties.

Each teacher was given five kilograms of pork, two kilograms of red dates from Yanzhou, two kilograms of walnuts, plus ten kilograms of millet, and three feet of homespun cloth.Zhou Weihan carried these things, and the comrades he met along the way were all smiling. When he entered the yard, he found that the monk, Wan Jingang, and Liang Daxi were all there.

"Chief, we've given something away!" The monk grinned.

The three monks were all incorporated into the Yanzhou garrison, and they usually trained together and were treated at the platoon level. Liang Daxi was young and was organized into the garrison, but he always followed Wen Qiang.

Zhou Weihan nodded when he heard this. The monks and the others ate on a large stove and couldn't usually start a group, so they always came to Zhou Weihan to enjoy the autumn breeze.

"Okay, we'll eat here all night!" After Zhou Weihan finished speaking, he took out two more yuan from his pocket and told the monk: "I'll give you two yuan, one yuan to buy two packs of cigarettes, and the remaining one yuan to buy some wine!"

Wen Qiang and Zhou Weihan usually don't eat at home. Although there is a kitchen in their residence, it is not of much use because neither of them is good at cooking.

It was Yang Xiuqin who used the cooker the most, so Zhou Weihan had no choice but to ask Liang Daxi to call Yang Xiuqin over. In this way, Li Yunlong would naturally be able to eat and drink every time.

It was getting dark, and the yard was very lively. The big pot in the yard was stewed with pork vermicelli, and there was also a pot of rice in the house.

Li Yunlong lowered his voice: "I was very popular for spicy food in southwestern Shandong, but after I arrived in Yanzhou, I couldn't drink water all day long, and the oil in my stomach was completely wiped out!"

Li Yunlong's little allowance was not used to improve his life. It was all used to buy cigarettes. A pack of cigarettes cost [-] cents. The monthly allowance of [-] yuan was all used to buy cigarettes, which was only ten packs of cigarettes.

These days, there are many old smokers like Li Yunlong, and superior leaders also understand this, so senior cadres can receive two cigarettes every month.

While several people were talking, the brigade commander's voice came from outside the courtyard: "Li Yunlong, I knew you were coming to Zhou Weihan's place again to fight the autumn wind. You made it easy for me to find you!"

After arriving in Yanzhou, because he lived in a cave with the brigade commander, Li Yunlong didn't change his expression as before. He laughed dryly and said: "Brigadier, my wife is a skilled fellow, and we are just taking advantage of her!"

"Okay, then why don't you go with me alone? Let me tell you, I also brought something with me today!" The brigade commander said, taking out a pack of cigarettes from his cotton coat: "Hey, I'll get the cigarettes for next month in advance. Advance!"

Compared with the joy and laughter on the Eighth Route Army side, the North China Expeditionary Army side can be described as gloomy.

Under the command of Kanji Ishihara, the North China Dispatch Army captured the Nakatiao Mountain area, indirectly reversing the previous decline. However, the good times did not last long. As an uprising broke out in Japan, Japanese senior officials found out that the leader of the insurgent army was the same person who had been there. Nobuo Yumoto, the leader of the rebels who mutinied in Jinmen.

So he sent telegrams of reprimand to the North China Expeditionary Force one after another. Ishihara Wanji was equivalent to taking the blame for Neji Okamura.

The domestic uprising in Japan has been going on for more than a month. Originally, Japanese senior officials believed that putting out the uprising would be a piece of cake. However, insurgents emerged one after another, and one after another emerged after being extinguished.

After the rebel army led by Nobuo Yumoto swept through Kobe, Kyoto, and Osaka, they were severely damaged by the Japanese garrison division stationed in the Kansai region and had to move to the mountainous areas.

But the fire of revolution has been sown, and workers and farmers have risen up in other places in Kansai. As we all know, the Japanese army's divisions are organized and trained based on regions.

These garrison divisions were doing their best to exterminate the rebels in other areas. However, when they heard that an uprising broke out in their hometown, their morale was suddenly disrupted. They all clamored to return to their hometowns to garrison, for fear that the garrison divisions in other areas would harm them. Hometown elders. (End of chapter)