[69 Book Bar-www.] Chapter 73 Suppressing Bandits and Expanding the Army
The current Northeast Anti-Japanese Anti-Japanese Alliance is struggling, and new forces must join the anti-Japanese cause and fresh blood must be injected. Also, our base area, the various military commanders in Shanxi are overcrowded, and the material supply is seriously insufficient.
We also need to open up new battlefields. And the Northeast is the country's big granary. Where can we meet our needs?
In addition, I dare say that the current combat capability of our troops has far exceeded that of the Japanese army. We should not stay in the countryside and need a larger space to display our ambitions.
We need to completely drain the Japanese troops in China. We cannot allow them to mobilize with peace of mind. The Kwantung Army in the Northeast comes out to encircle and suppress, massacring the soldiers and civilians in our base areas, and the anti-Japanese armed forces in our customs. Then someone needs to do this job. It is an important task.
fell on our shoulders.
I have a few things to announce now:
First, cadres above the military class level will undergo centralized rotation training, first for full-time officers, then for deputy positions. In the third phase, outstanding soldiers with the potential to serve as military chiefs will be trained. An officer training brigade will be established in the regiment to conduct rotation training.
Second, the conditions for expanding recruitment are still the old rules.
Third, the targets were concentrated in the Northeast Army, and of course other troops could not be spared. Including the bandit armed forces in Shanxi. The main purpose was to call on the former soldiers of the Northeast Army to return to their hometowns in the Northeast. This set off a new upsurge of returning to the Northeast and fighting back to their hometowns.
Fourth, start buying winter clothing for the army now, including dog-skin hats, sheepskin cloaks, fur-integrated cotton boots, cotton gloves, and soldier scarves.
Five, all Cobra troops enter the Northeast in advance.
Sixth, the decisions of this meeting must not be leaked to the public, and those who violate the order will be subject to military law.
7. Each recruiting unit will be given 10,000 yuan to fund the recruitment expansion.
After the meeting, the whole regiment immediately launched a vigorous training campaign, and the regiment's machinery was also in operation. Groups of officers and outstanding soldiers were trained in turn. It was a devilish training. Fortunately, these people have already learned about this kind of training.
Training becomes routine.
But as a military commander, he should know what he should know. It is still a headache. As for Jiang Shuirou's essentials of leading troops, it is necessary to understand it. Otherwise, it will fail. Followed closely by the army stick, it is a real fight.
Two months later, when you look at Jiang Tuan's troops, their mental outlook has changed greatly. Just one look at them will give you a shock that pierces your heart and lungs.
When Shui Rou saw that the conditions were ripe, he announced at the combat meeting that the troops would go to the combat area to fight the enemy in company units. The first thing to do was to suppress bandits. The bandits' armed forces could not exist there.
With the good sources of soldiers we need, we will be the bandit kings. They must submit to our team. We will fight, expand our recruitment, and train at the same time.
This is a brand new recruitment method that wants everyone, and it focuses on suppressing bandits. This is something that ordinary people would never think of.
Due to successive years of war, banditry in Shanxi has reached the point of overflowing. Shanxi has many mountains and few plains, which is a breeding ground for bandits. Coupled with the war, no one manages it. It is like rich nutrition, and there are more and more bandits.
In Shanxi, there are Taihang, Luliang, Zhongtiao, and many other mountain ranges, winding for thousands of miles. There are thousands of bandits. There are bandits in almost every mountain, and they commit robberies every day. The nature of bandits is also mixed, good and bad.
.Most of them were self-organized gangs formed by the later National Army stragglers. Without control, they took over the mountain and became the king. If you have a gun, it belongs to the grass-headed king.
As a result, Shanxi was plagued by banditry. Even members of the poor Eighth Route Army often disappeared. Among them were some important leading cadres, and they still had important missions. They caused immeasurable damage to the revolution.
The Party Central Committee tried several times to make up its mind to suppress the bandits, but it was because the war situation was too confusing to take into account.
This time, by expanding the army, Jiang Shuirou had a clear idea. He could kill seven or eight of the bandits in one fell swoop. The bandits' nests were like mouse holes, a warehouse like a cornucopia, where they could collect food and ammunition.
, cloth, money and other materials; young and middle-aged warriors can be recruited as soldiers; there are also experienced gunners; and obstacles on underground transportation lines can be cleared.
Now comes the opportunity. Due to the frequent sieges and massacres of villages by the Japanese in Shanxi, the number of men of working age is withering away, and there are very few young and strong laborers. The only way to obtain more personnel is to suppress bandits in large numbers, and to persuade them to surrender as much as possible to ensure that
People come first.
On the other hand, this is a critical moment in the war against Japan. It is not easy to attack the troops of friendly neighbors. We can only let them take the initiative. Otherwise, it will give people excuses and be labeled as sabotaging the war of resistance.
Jiang Shuirou's principle is that those who agree to be annexed and recruited for peace will be treated kindly; those who disagree with the call for peace will be annihilated by force. Especially those who have colluded with the Japanese must be resolutely eradicated and never be lenient.
As soon as each company received the order to fight, the soldiers were extremely excited. They immediately led the troops to their destinations. Each unit marked its area of responsibility on its own map. For a time, wailing broke out in Shanxi.
The smoke was billowing. The bandits, big and small, were frightened every day and could not sleep every night.
But there are also some big guys who talk arrogantly,
"They haven't met me, Lord Tiger. If they dare to come, they won't be able to come back. I have more people, more guns, more gunners, and the Japanese give me guns and ammunition. What the hell am I afraid of?"
"Our Eagle Ridge has high mountains and dangerous terrain, and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Don't be afraid. Didn't we just kill a few of their people? There's nothing to make a fuss about. Brothers, please rest assured."
There were various comments. The little bearded ones either surrendered or ran away one after another. Some were wiped out on the way to relocation. A few large strands of hair were still stubbornly resisting.
Facing the stubborn bandits, Jiang Shuirou did not hesitate to use special forces and personally led the team to carry out a resolute attack on them without mercy. A battle to encircle Hu Xiaoling began.
The bandit "Hu Ye" in Huxiaoling was originally a bandit for several generations. He relied on the high mountains and dangerous roads, which made it easy to defend and difficult to attack. He had a deep relationship with the officers and soldiers of the past dynasties. He was suppressed repeatedly, and often
He committed some major crimes, killing countless people and accumulating blood debts.
The so-called "Master Tiger" was the first big bandit in Shanxi. His real name was Hu Sanhu. He originally had two brothers, but he only surfaced because he died one after another during the confrontation with the army.
He came out of the water and became the boss of the village.
There are three bandit leaders on the mountain. They all have certain skills. However, only the third one is literate and plays the role of military advisor. He is usually quite sinister. The collusion with the Japanese was his idea.
The bandits entrenched in Huxiaoling have harmed all directions, robbed businesses and hotels, robbed homes and houses, and raped women. They colluded with the Japanese and repeatedly intercepted and killed passing personnel of our Eighth Route Army. They are unforgivable bullies.