When the political commissars of each regiment came to the meeting, the atmosphere of the meeting was relatively relaxed and pleasant because they had just won a big victory.
The meeting has not yet started, and the brigade commander, political commissar and others have not yet arrived.
All the political commissars were chatting away.
A political commissar didn't know where he got the information from. He looked at Li Wenjie, the acting political commissar of the Independence League, and asked with a smile:
"Wenjie, I heard that Li Yunlong and Kong Jie competed in the independent regiment a few days ago. What happened next? Who won between them?"
Li Wenjie: "..."
It seems that no one is immune to the heart of gossip.
Before Li Wenjie could answer, a political commissar rushed to say: "Do you still need to ask? Li Yunlong and Kong Jie have been arguing with each other since they first met. They have always been at odds with each other, and no one is convinced by the other."
"It's just that now that they are both group leaders, if they get a bruise and a swollen face, I'm afraid they will make people laugh!"
As he said this, everyone couldn't help laughing.
A voice came from behind: "What are you talking about? It's so lively?"
Everyone turned around, and it turned out that the brigade commander, political commissar, and chief of staff had arrived.
Political Commissar He, Ding Wei’s partner in the New Regiment, smiled and explained:
"Brigadier, we were talking about the victory and defeat of Li Yunlong and Kong Jie in the independent regiment a few days ago!"
"Oh, what was the result? Who won?" the brigade commander asked curiously.
Political Commissar He replied: "Then we don't know. Not many people saw the two competing at the time, but Lao Ding was at the scene. But when I asked him, he didn't tell me the result and said he wanted to keep it secret."
"But if you ask Wenjie, he will definitely know. He was also present at the time."
Everyone's eyes focused on Li Wenjie again.
Li Wenjie smiled bitterly and said: "Political commissars and brigade commanders, please forgive me for having nothing to say. I was entrusted by others to be loyal to my people. I promised the person involved that I would never tell anyone else the result."<
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"If you really want to know the result, you'd better ask Commander Li or our Commander Kong directly!"
Li Wenjie's explanation aroused everyone's curiosity even more.
A political commissar said: "They have been sparring for a long time. They have always been at odds with each other, but this time they have a good grasp of the result. Could it be that there is a winner this time?"
Another said: "Did Kong Jie win?"
"That's not the case. It's just losing a competition. It's a common thing."
During the discussion, the brigade commander smiled and said: "Okay, okay, get ready for the meeting and get down to business!"
After the cadres straightened their expressions and waited solemnly, the brigade commander and political commissar proposed the main content of the meeting.
The brigade commander said:
"Since the beginning of this year, disasters have been severe in various places, especially in Henan. There have been severe floods, droughts, and locust plagues. Disasters have also begun to occur in various counties in Shanxi."
"Many counties, villages and towns have been affected. Due to consecutive days of drought, crops have even died in large areas."
"The regiments in our base area should pay attention to the current disaster situation and discuss appropriate response measures."
Having said this, the brigade commander looked a little grim:
"Comrades, as the disaster spreads and the situation worsens, the most severe test for our Eighth Route Army troops may no longer be the Japanese army's repeated raids behind enemy lines, but the issue of how to feed our troops." p>
"In the base area, life is not easy for the villagers."
"We can't rely on the villagers to support us just because of the war and increase the burden on the people.
Those who can think of their own solutions should do so, especially the frontline combat units. The headquarters and brigade headquarters can only help you so much. You must rely on your own efforts to support the troops."
"As for the specific measures, you political commissar cadres will discuss among yourselves after you go back and choose countermeasures..."
The meeting continued, and the brigade commander said a lot.
Li Wenjie was a little surprised that Kong Jie had told him these words and worries a few days ago, and they were almost the same as the words of the brigade commander.
The brigade commander noticed that Li Wenjie was a little distracted, stopped talking, and asked with a smile:
"Wenjie, what are you thinking about, so fascinated?"
Li Wenjie said: "Brigadier Commander, I'm thinking that the content of your meeting this time has many similarities with what our regimental leader said."
"Oh, what did Kong Jie tell you?" the brigade commander asked.
Li Wenjie said: "The leader said that according to some intelligence received from other provinces recently, disasters have occurred in various places. We are afraid that we will face an unprecedented severe test."
"After the disaster, the people live in poverty. Our Eighth Route Army troops are fighting behind enemy lines, and the most closely connected are the masses. Once the masses are affected by the disaster, our troops will be directly affected."
"When the time comes, we will no longer be able to continue to increase the burden on the people. We will have to find ways to be self-sufficient and support the troops. Secondly, we will even have to take responsibility and help the people affected by the disaster."
"The most difficult thing among them is naturally the problem of eating. It is easy to have two mouths to eat and two people to work in the fields. But if there are ten mouths to eat but only two people to work, it will be difficult."<
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The chief of staff nodded in agreement, pointed out the problem to the point, and said: "In recent years, with the growth of our anti-Japanese team, the command structure has actually become somewhat bloated, and the number of people who have left work has increased too much. It is not an option to continue like this." "Wenjie, did that boy Kong Jie come up with any specific countermeasures?"
Li Wenjie nodded and said: "Yes, the leader said that in the face of this difficult situation, there are only four words: increase revenue and reduce expenditure."
"The specific explanation is to reduce the consumption of the troops, increase production in the base areas, reduce the burden on the people, overcome material difficulties, improve the quality and work efficiency of our soldiers and cadres, unite the people, and overcome difficulties together." Having said this, Li Wenjie added: "The regiment leader said that if you don't have long-term worries, you will have immediate worries. As a commander, you should consider the bad situation that may happen at any time."
"In order to cope with the disaster that may continue to worsen, the Japanese army also imposed a comprehensive economic and military blockade of the base area."
"We should prepare in advance while the current situation is not too bad."
"During this period, under the arrangement of the regiment leader, our independent regiment is doing its best to collect food from everywhere, and has built multiple new granaries in the regiment to store food for later use."
"In addition, the regiment leader proposed the idea of downsizing the main force and command organizations, and replenishing the reduced personnel into combat companies."
"The pressure is to support the main force in the base area.
On the one hand, the main force must strengthen training and improve combat effectiveness.
On the other hand, when appropriate reduction is made.
After reducing the troops, some cadres can be transferred to local troops and militia forces.
It is used to reduce the pressure on the base area and at the same time pass on the combat tactics and combat spirit of our main force.
Further strengthen local armed forces and develop our militia."
"In addition, we can also rectify the political organization, reduce the number of command institutions and personnel, strengthen infrastructure, and put more personnel into actual production."
"The regiment leader summed it up as having elite troops, streamlining administration, increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, and hoarding supplies to prepare for a rainy day."
After Li Wenjie said this, the cadres all fell into thinking. These words gave everyone a lot of inspiration.
Finally, Political Commissar He was the first to express emotion:
"Wenjie, your independent regiment is the largest among the regiments in our base area, and it is also the one with the best economic development."
"Does your regiment even need to cut back on food and clothing and implement this policy of having better troops and simpler administration?"
As soon as the words "better troops and simpler administration" were mentioned, the minds of the cadres seemed to be stirred by something.
The brigade commander repeated these four words in his mouth, and his eyes gradually brightened.
Li Wenjie smiled and said: "Our group leader said that precisely because our independent group is large and has many mouths to eat, it will be the most difficult if we encounter a crisis, so we should learn to prepare in advance."
"The ancients often said that one is born in trouble and dies in happiness. The more rapid development occurs, the more one must always be alert to the coming crisis."
Then, everyone discussed the series of countermeasures proposed by Kong Jie to deal with the disaster.
Finally, the brigade commander and political commissar expressed their opinions.
The various measures taken by the independent group in advance to deal with the disaster will be reported to the headquarters.
If approved by the headquarters, this policy will be implemented in all departments in the base area.
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Independent group.
Kong Jie is in a good mood since he competed with Li Yunlong.
Facts have proved that all this time spent practicing martial arts with the monk was not in vain.
Li Yunlong has been at odds with him for so many years.
In this competition, I was almost beaten into a real Li Datou.
Kong Jie couldn't help but want to laugh when he thought of the resentment in Li Yunlong's eyes when he left the independent group.
Regiment Headquarters.
Kong Jie called in Dong San, the director of the logistics department, and Xu Qingnian, the director of the finance department.
Commander Kong has been quite melancholy these days. Others don't know the situation, but he knows very well that eight provinces, including Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Hubei, are about to suffer an unprecedented severe drought.
At that time, droughts and demons will be raging, and the land will be bare for thousands of miles, and there will be no land without disaster.
Coupled with frequent wars, it is really a combination of natural and man-made disasters.
Millions of people were affected by the disaster, starving to death and mourning everywhere.
That situation is probably no different from purgatory.
The Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang, Taiyue and other base areas were affected by the disaster on the one hand and the Japanese military blockade on the other hand. They ushered in the most difficult moment from 1941 to 2002.
If Kong Jie wants to change all this, he must at least try his best.
But when it was actually put into practice, Kong Jie truly realized that it was too difficult.
After Dong San and Xu Qingnian arrived, Kong Jie went straight to the point:
"Have you all heard about the disaster that came from Henan during this period?"
Xu Qingnian said: "Captain, not only in Henan, but also in many counties in Shanxi, drought has begun to occur, and the signs are getting worse. I'm afraid..."
Dong Sandao: "We still don't know the specific disaster situation.
But last time the merchant ship we cooperated with the Yankees passed through Henan.
According to your instructions, the leader, we took in some victims. At that time, the victims came in large numbers. They almost regarded the merchant ships as their last life-saving straw. There were even trampled casualties.
I witnessed it with my own eyes at that time. At a glance, the fellow villagers were in ragged clothes, with thin faces and yellow muscles.
Our boat could barely hold it any longer, so some women threw their children onto the boat, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed to us.
Commander, you didn't see the situation at that time. Many of our soldiers couldn't help but secretly wipe their tears. That situation was simply a nightmare!"