Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

The deputy chief of staff looked at everyone with a smile: "How is it, has the deal been negotiated?"

Several people looked at each other and smiled, and then nodded in unison. This result can be regarded as a happy one, and both mountains were taken care of.

The personnel in the military divisions below basically have their own basic bases. Even if there are vacancies, other personnel will fill them.

In fact, there were not many people who were qualified to speak just now. They were just the four branch committee members, Tan Lin, Zhou Weihan, Yang Yong, and Xiao Hua. The former Hebei, Shandong, and Henan Military Region had a lot of personnel changes in the past, so most of them were represented by Tan Lin, who knew the situation well. speak.

Zhou Weihan believed in Tan Lin unconditionally. Even though he was a little confused, he did not interrupt.

"That's good. The discussion results will be formed into reporting materials as soon as possible, and then reported to the Northern Bureau and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters!"

The Deputy Chief of General Staff gave full autonomy in this personnel appointment and did not even intend to go through the reporting materials personally.

"The war is all about logistics, but now our Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area has not formed an effective supply system for either food or weapons and equipment. The next development focus should be on these two aspects!"

"Especially the food problem. If people don't have enough to eat, they can't do anything. Comrade Zhou Weihan, your Fifth Column is a big food eater. Tell us what you think!" The deputy chief of staff directly named Zhou Weihan.

In order to cope with the disaster, each base area carried out large-scale production activities. Generally speaking, the fields were sufficient during the war years, but some wasteland needed to be reclaimed.

At that time, Tan Lin called on every commander and fighter to participate in reclaiming wasteland. On average, each person would reclaim two acres of land.

These lands are collectively managed by the catering units. They are usually taken care of by a small number of people. During the busy farming season, intensive farming is carried out. Basically, each company has its own small farm.

However, these lands were planted with winter wheat in September and October last year. If you want to see the results, you have to wait until May or June. After that, you will continue to plant corn on this land.

The local people are familiar with this set of procedures, and the fields are still planted with high-quality seeds from the Tainan base area, but water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the nearer.

In contrast, the side businesses developed by local governments and the army have achieved rapid results. In addition to the common raising of pigs and sheep, workshops such as oil raising, rice flour, tofu, etc. have sprouted everywhere.

Qualified units have also joined forces with local people to set up groups for spinning cotton yarn, knitting sweaters, knitting straw hats, sewing, and making shoes.

The large-scale papermaking, tanning, salt, mining and many other factories in the base area are also very impressive, revitalizing the economy of the base area in disguise.

Zhou Weihan smiled bitterly, and he was not prepared to hide it: "I talked to Comrade Zhao Gang in Tainan Base Area before, and he agreed to provide 50 million kilograms of grain. It is estimated that it can be shipped in two or three days!"

"Well, you see there is still a way. Twenty million kilograms of this batch of grain will be set aside for the exclusive use of the fifth column, and the rest will be used as disaster relief grain." The deputy chief of staff nodded, and then said: "It's difficult for the place, and it's difficult for the army as well." , but the most difficult thing is the common people. It’s hard to say whether they can survive until May. Everyone needs to use their brains to find a way!"

"Whether it's through formal channels or by activating your personal relationships, be brave and go get food alms. As long as you can get food, I will claim 10 million kilograms of food!" When the deputy chief of staff said this, it was equivalent to putting other people on the spot. When people are pushed into a corner, whether they are hiding food secretly or finding ways to get food themselves, they have to produce food.

Zhou Weihan's brains are very fast. Although the Hebei, Shandong and Yu column has not yet been reorganized, it is roughly calculated that the full strength will be nearly 1000 people, including the horses of the cavalry regiment.

According to the daily ration of three kilograms of food for combat troops, they need to consume at least 3.6 million kilograms of grain in a month. All these people will be out of work and will not participate in production activities for the time being.

The current main force of the military region, as well as the basic regiments and semi-full-time county brigades and district squadrons, plus the 120 million people who came from the Yellow River area, the food consumed in a month is simply astronomical.

The next step was the claiming process. Everyone present did not run away. I am afraid that the local landlords would be gnashing their teeth.

Zhou Weihan's head ached faintly. The Jinan Military Region had taken over the Zhangbei area, but they hadn't been able to negotiate the price yet. He didn't know how much food they could get out of their mouths.

"Why are you drooping your face? There is nothing you can do about it. Let's talk about business!" said the deputy chief of staff: "The enemy is taking advantage of the spring plowing to cause friction. The headquarters and the Northern Bureau have issued orders for each base area to compile surrounding intelligence and use it to It won’t take long for the results to come out!”

"The headquarters speculates that the enemy's main targets should be Huxi, Lunan, and the Jianghuai area. Comrades of the New Fourth Army have been warned in advance!"

The reason why the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army made such speculation was mainly based on experience. Historically, frictions between recalcitrant armies were time-based and regional, and frictions rarely occurred nationwide.

Furthermore, the struggle situation in the areas south of the Longhai Line, east of the Ping-Han Line, and north of the Yangtze River is the most complicated. The enemy and we are intertwined, and we are among you, and you are among us.

There are only three groups of the Nationalist Army in the form of an organized army. One is the 21st Group Army of the Guangxi Army that retreated to the Dabie Mountains after participating in the Battle of Xuzhou. The second is the Lu-Su-Henan-Anhui Border Region Headquarters headed by Tang Enbo, which has jurisdiction over the 31st Group Army. The 28st Group Army and the th Group Army are located on the north and south sides of the Yellow River respectively.

The third is the troops under the jurisdiction of the Lusu War Zone, plus many local stubborn troops, the national army has a large number of troops here.

In particular, the 28th Group Army was established after the year and was specifically used to cause friction this time. It was adjacent to the Huaibei Military Region of the New Fourth Army and once squeezed the troops of the Huaibei Military Region to the east of the Jinpu Line.

The Lusu Theater was intertwined with the New Fourth Army's Northern Jiangsu Military District. On the contrary, after the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese army took the initiative to shrink its troops near the transportation lines, which intensified the conflict between the New Fourth Army and the National Army.

"Li Xianzhou's 28th Group Army is located in Bo County, Woyang and other places east of the Huangfan District. To the east, it can attack our Huaibei Military Region, and to the north, it can send its troops northward, with the frontline pointing directly at Huxi and Southern Shandong!"

"In addition, the Japanese and puppet troops have deployed as many as 60,000 to 70,000 troops along the Longhai line. Once the two forces merge together, our situation will not be good."

The deputy chief of staff understood the situation much more clearly than Zhou Weihan and others, and could analyze the surrounding situation in just a few words.

Zhou Weihan couldn't explain this clearly. He was still concerned about the situation south of the Longhai Line half a year ago, but Li Yunlong said: "This group of national troops is very rampant. They took the initiative to provoke in September last year. The comrades of the Huaibei Military Region even Withdrawn from Xiayi and Yongcheng to Xiao County!" (End of this chapter)