Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

Large-scale land reforms began in many places in North China. Under the guidance of China Merchants, a large number of factories sprung up like mushrooms after rain.In Shaanxi Province, which is just across the river from Shanxi, the Red Party that occupies the territory here has also aroused the vigilance of the top leaders of the Red Party because of the continuous outbreak of a series of incidents.

In a Red Party barracks less than one kilometer away from the Yellow River, the head of the regiment with a rough face was furious in the headquarters.The only simple table was slapped down by the leader continuously, like a dying old man who might be knocked down by the leader at any time.

Finally, after the group leader got tired of scolding, the political commissar had the opportunity to say: "Old Wang, stop swearing, comrades are all watching outside, the influence is not good. Besides, what is our urgent delay now? How to solve it?" This problem in front of me, instead of standing here and scolding mothers, scolding mothers can't solve any problems."

"How to solve it? The total number of our regiment is only 1000 or 130 people. Now, more than [-] people have left the team and have not returned. How do you ask me to solve it? Do you want to go around and catch strong men like the Central Army..."

"Also, what do the trainers and instructors at all levels in the regiment do? The comrades at the grassroots level have such a big fluctuation in their thinking, and they didn't even notice or prepare for it. If they had prepared in advance and made preventive preparations in advance, the 100 Will many soldiers leave the team and never return?"

Compared with the regimental leader's rough personality, the political commissar of the regiment is much more meticulous.

After a long sigh, he analyzed: "Commander, this matter is far from as simple as you imagined..."

"According to statistics: the more than 100 fighters who left the team without returning have one thing in common, all of them are recruits who have just been recruited from Shanxi."

"After getting the following report: I immediately ordered political cadres at all levels to closely monitor the Shanxi soldiers in the army, and learned some things we didn't know through chatting..."

The head of the group frowned.Shen Sheng asked back: "What's the situation..."

After a helpless sigh came from the mouth of the political commissar, he said, "It's not the fault of the National Defense Forces on the other side of the Yellow River."

"It's not that you don't know the benefits of ordinary soldiers of the National Defense Forces on the other side of the Yellow River. As long as they join the National Defense Forces, they will be given a one-time settling allowance of 100 yuan, and recruits are paid 1000 yuan a month. Veterans are paid [-] yuan a month. If they are promoted, The military salary will double and go up. More importantly, if one day you accidentally die on the battlefield, the National Defense Army will pay your family a one-time pension of [-] yuan."

"Think about our Red Army again. Let alone the military salary, it is thankful that we can be issued a new uniform throughout the year."

"Such a huge gap, let alone those new comrades, it is me, an old party member. After hearing it, my heart will be moved..."

Hearing this, the leader who was still full of anger just now calmed down.

After taking a deep breath, he asked the political commissar, "How's the mood in the army? Has it fluctuated because of this incident?"

"The soldiers' emotions are very unstable, especially the remaining 100 soldiers from Shanxi in our regiment, who are clamoring to go home and no longer participate in training. Because our Red Army's regulations cannot beat and scold soldiers, facing these Soldiers, cadres at all levels can only persuasion. However, as far as the current situation is concerned, these methods have not played much role..."

"Is there anything else..." The head of the group, who had already frowned unknowingly, continued to ask.

"Yes..." the political commissar affirmed.

"Because of the propaganda of these Shanxi soldiers, all kinds of information about the National Defense Army has been spread in the regiment. Even the soldiers in the cooking squad of the regiment headquarters know that they are serving as soldiers in the National Defense Army. They can receive at least eight oceans in salary every month, and The family members can also get 100 yuan in one lump sum as a settling allowance..."

"Now everyone is spreading the word that the National Defense Forces, like us, distribute land to the common people for free. It also reduces all kinds of exorbitant taxes on the common people. Why can the National Defense Forces pay the soldiers and housing allowances to the soldiers, but we, as the people's army, don't give the soldiers They pay the army. And sometimes they don’t even have enough to eat..."

"It can be said with certainty that the morale of the army is not as good as when we crossed the Xiangjiang River..."

Hear here.The group leader's brows had unconsciously frowned into a big "Chuan".

After a short thought, he said to the political commissar: "No accident, this situation must not be limited to our regiment. I reckon that this situation has occurred in all the troops assigned to Shanxi soldiers. Therefore, this situation has already It's not something we can solve..."

"Head, what do you mean..." the frowning political commissar asked in a deep voice.

As an old Jinggang who came to Shanxi from Jiangxi, what the head of the regiment lacks most is determination.

Under the watchful eyes of the political commissar, he ordered without thinking: "Immediately report the situation of our regiment to the division headquarters verbatim, and let the division headquarters and even the higher-level leaders solve this problem. As for ourselves, we will immediately report the situation to the division headquarters." All the Shanxi fighters in our regiment were separated out and formed into a separate unit. In a word, these Shanxi fighters must not be allowed to confuse people in the army anymore."

In the office of the central leadership of the Red Party in Yan'an, several members of the Standing Committee sat around a table with frowning faces, puffing away.

The few telegrams on the table are the urgent telegrams sent not long ago by the regimental commanders of the Red Party and Red Army.

Although there were several telegrams, the content of the telegrams was surprisingly the same.

It can be summed up in two things: "A large number of soldiers from Shanxi in the army left the army and never returned... The army has begun to feel unstable because of the various treatment of the National Defense Forces in the army. Many soldiers have asked the army to pay military salaries...."

After a pair of gloomy eyes glanced at the telegram on the table again, the great man took a deep breath of cigarettes, spoke with this Xiangtan accent, and first spoke to break the increasingly dignified atmosphere in the conference room.

"The reason why our Red Army was able to win this battle is to rely on the morale and morale of the enemy. Now that the morale of the army is unstable, it means that our Red Army has lost the magic weapon to fight against the enemy. Everyone said that in the face of this unprecedented The severe test of the situation, how should we solve it..."

Seeing the silent people around him, the great man said again: "Boss, you are the commander-in-chief of our Red Army, so please tell me first. What do you think about this serious issue..."

Under everyone's gaze.After half a minute of silence, the boss raised his head and said: "I haven't thought of opinions and solutions. However, I have a word to tell everyone. There has been a saying in China since ancient times, 'Being a soldier It’s only right and proper to eat food, and it’s what we should do to give our comrades military salaries.”

"It's a matter of course for soldiers to eat food..." After pondering this sentence, the great man sighed.

"That's a good sentence... But in reality, our Red Army doesn't have any extra funds to pay the soldiers. It's even harder to say: don't talk about paying the soldiers. The simple requirement of feeding the soldiers every day is fulfilled. not."

Now that the words have been spoken, the other members of the Standing Committee have no hesitation.

Especially Vice Chairman Zhou, who has a deep understanding of the real situation, said to everyone sharply.

"In the past, the reason why our Red Army didn't have to pay the soldiers was because our policy of 'distributing the land to the local tyrants' was the most important thing. In order to protect the land we got from being invaded by landlords and bullies, the soldiers had to pick up steel guns and defend own homeland."

"However, it's different now... The National Defense Army, which is only separated from us by the Yellow River, not only distributed the land that the people wanted, but also legalized all of these lands. Under such circumstances, our only advantage is gone. live."

"The common people have their own land, so they don't have to live without food. In the long run, will the common people pick up steel guns for free, risk their lives and fight with us..."

Speaking of which.Vice-Chairman Zhou, who was in charge of the Red Party's intelligence agency, suddenly took out several documents from the folder, distributed them to everyone with the help of the boss around him, and continued to speak.

"This is some information I just received. You must not know it yet. However, you can take a look now..."

"Although the Shaanxi Province we occupied has completely completed the land reform, every household has been allocated their own fields. However, because of the barren land in Shaanxi and the huge burden of our tens of thousands of Red Army. Even if they are allocated their own land, The people under our rule are barely hungry..."

"Look at Shanxi on the other side of the Yellow River. After the National Defense Force's land reform in Shanxi Province was completed, the latest tax policy was promulgated immediately. In Shanxi Province, a family of five can be allocated [-] acres of fertile land. According to the National Defense Force coalition government promulgated According to the latest tax standard, forty acres of fertile land only need to pay two thousand catties of grain tax."

"That is to say, after a year of hard work among the five people, there will be at least [-] catties of grain left over. Among the [-] catties of grain, except for a family of five who eat and drink for a year, there will be at least [-] catties of grain for the family. free reign..."

"In addition, there is another important news that you may not know... In order to increase farmers' income, the National Defense Forces established a super-large chemical fertilizer factory in Qingdao, and provided free chemical fertilizers to all the people for the first year. According to the effect of chemical fertilizers on food production After a year of hard work among the five, the harvested grain will directly increase to [-] jin..."

"How is this possible... How could the warlord treat the common people so well... Impossible, absolutely impossible. Vice Chairman Zhou, you must have been blinded by the enemy..." Has not yet been disqualified from the Standing Committee, to this dare The big brother of the Soviet Union, the Wang* who has always been hostile to the Wehrmacht, almost pointed at Vice Chairman Zhou and roared loudly.

At the same time, several other members of the Standing Committee who did not understand the situation also looked at Vice Chairman Zhou with doubts.

Vice Chairman Zhou did not evade these gazes, and said directly: "These messages are not only sent by the intelligence agency, but also sent by the frontline troops and the party organizations scattered in Shanxi."

"Especially the party organizations in these places, because of the National Defense Force's series of policies that benefit the people, the local people not only no longer accept us, but also take the initiative to report the existence of these party organizations to the local National Defense Forces."

"Preliminary statistics show that in this short period of two months, at least more than 60 local party organizations were sent to Shaanxi by the National Defense Forces."

"The last one, because the National Defense Forces are carrying out infrastructure construction in Shanxi Province, building railways and roads everywhere. Facing the temptation of two oceans of wages in ten days, at least 8000 people in Shaanxi Province have worked on these construction sites through various means. Among them are quite a few family members of the Red Army and grassroots members of our party...."

Just when Vice Chairman Zhou was about to continue speaking, Wang*'s angry growl sounded again in the conference room.

"Traitors. Selfish capitalists...abandoning their principles to work for the warlords for a little profit. It's a shame for our Red Party members...I suggest that all these party members be expelled from the party immediately..."

Faced with this unreasonable demand.All members of the Standing Committee, including the great man, curled their lips in disdain.In the end, Wang Jiaxiang, who still had some friendship with him, persuaded him: "Comrade Wang*, your method will not only fail to solve the problem, but will also vilify our party's opinions among the masses to a certain extent. Therefore, I firmly disagree with you. Views….."

"The reason why the common people ran so far to earn wages, what does this mean? It means that these common people did not live well under our rule. Otherwise, who would take such a big risk and travel so far to earn a wage of [-] cents a day... .”

"So. I think there is generally only one problem we need to solve at present: to make the common people rich. If the common people are rich, we will receive more taxes every year, and we will have enough funds to pay the soldiers to meet the needs of the soldiers. The soldiers need to stabilize the morale of the army...."

Ren Bishi, who had been seldom speaking at the meeting, suddenly said: "I agree with Comrade Wang Jiaxiang's opinion that the common people must be rich. Otherwise, the local government will not even be able to collect the public grain."

"I also have a situation here that needs to be reported to the standing committee members..."

"According to the reports from local governments at all levels, so far, the progress of public grain collection in various places has been less than [-]% of that of previous years. Many people who originally supported us, for some reason, started to collect public grain after only handing in part of the public grain. The food in the house is hidden. Refusing to continue to hand in..."

"When I first got the news, I thought it was only a small number of people who were doing something wrong. Now it seems that things are not as simple as I imagined."

"Our people in Shaanxi learned that the people under the National Defense Army only need to pay a grain tax of [-] kilograms of grain per mu. They directly pay us public grain according to this standard, especially the people along the Yellow River. Almost every household pays us according to this standard. This standard shall be handed over."

"You know, the Yellow River is a major production area for us in Shaanxi. Once the public grain harvest in these places cannot be harvested, our shortage of funds and food this year will become very large... Therefore, I think our immediate delay is to develop the economy , Only when the economy develops can the people’s taxes be reduced and the army’s salaries be paid…”

Seeing the boss around him and Vice Chairman Zhou nodding in agreement, the great man ignored Wang *'s objection and said decisively: "The minority obeys the majority. From today onwards, the main task of our party is to develop the economy. The province's economy has developed..."

After the words fell, the great man who had been engaged in rural work and military affairs frowned again.

Because Shaanxi Province is located inland, not only the land is barren, but also there are not many resources.Under such circumstances, it is as difficult as reaching the sky to develop the economy of Shaanxi Province.

Just when the meeting room fell into deathly silence again, Ren Bishi unexpectedly spoke.

"I have a plan, let's discuss it together to see if it is feasible..."

"Shaanxi Province has nothing else, but it has one thing that other provinces do not have, and that is oil."

"Because we use indigenous refining methods to produce oil, we can only produce one ton of oil a day at most. If we can build a small oil refinery and drill an oil well in the oil-producing area. I am sure that this oil refinery will definitely become A mother aircraft capable of laying golden eggs will bring us a steady stream of wealth..."

Before Ren Bishi finished speaking, Vice Chairman Zhou, who had a certain understanding of the economic strength of the Red Party, shook his head and said in denial: "Comrade Bishi, your idea is good, but it cannot be realized..."

"Do you know how much all the equipment in a small oil refinery costs... To process oil, just one refinery is definitely not enough, and there are many factories such as supporting power plants..."

"Not only that, but the drilling equipment is not something we can afford. Of course, even if we have enough money to buy these equipments, it is impossible to transport them to Shaanxi, and we don't have enough technicians to operate them..."

Vice Chairman Zhou's words were like a basin of cold water, directly waking Ren Bishi awake.

For a while, the small conference room fell into a deathly silence again.

Just when everyone was frowning and had no clue.The commander-in-chief, who has been studying various tactics and tactics of the National Defense Forces, said unexpectedly: "Everyone wants to build an oil refinery by themselves. Why change the way of thinking and see if we can cooperate with others to build a factory?"

"According to my research on the National Defense Force, it is found that with a large number of tanks and cars equipped with troops, the National Defense Force's consumption of various oils will become larger and larger. At present, there is no oil source in the country at all, which causes the National Defense Forces. All kinds of oil need to be imported.”

"The sources of fuel for the troops are all in the hands of foreigners. This is definitely a fatal threat to an army. I believe that Li Guosheng, the commander-in-chief of the National Defense Forces, also sees this."

"Under such circumstances, if we extend goodwill to the National Defense Forces and work with them to exploit the Changqing Oilfield. I can confidently say that Li Guosheng, Commander-in-Chief of the National Defense Forces, will definitely agree. At that time, we will not need to pay any price, and we can start from the Changqing Oilfield. If you get a large dividend, why not do it..."

After some disputes, in order to get rid of the various difficulties faced by the Red Party and the Red Army as soon as possible, the boss's proposal was accepted by everyone without any dispute.As a result, a negotiating team represented by Vice Chairman Yi Zhou was established at the Standing Committee and rushed to Taiyuan to negotiate with Li Guosheng, commander-in-chief of the National Defense Forces, to jointly develop the Changqing oil field. (To be continued..)