Sanjin belongs to the mid-latitude zone of inland China and has a typical temperate continental monsoon climate. It has the characteristics of four distinct seasons, synchronized rain and heat, and sufficient sunlight, which is very suitable for the cultivation of various crops.
After the First Independent Anti-Japanese Detachment in Northwestern Shanxi achieved gradual military stability, economically, in addition to various external commodity trade, more emphasis was naturally placed on basic agriculture.
In the plan for the agricultural development of a team's base area, Kong Jie proposed a total of three aspects at the agricultural development meeting held by the headquarters:
First, mobilize the people and civilians at the base and lower levels, including in the relatively stable guerrilla areas nearby, to reclaim a large amount of wasteland and expand the area of cultivated land.
And encourage the common people, disaster victims and the troops themselves to invest in the large-scale production movement of self-cultivation and self-rescue.
Allocate land to households and take the lead in implementing the contract responsibility system around a team.
After the people put in their sweat, they will receive correspondingly more food as rewards, and the land can be used rationally to maximize the people's enthusiasm for planting land.
As for the household responsibility system in later generations.
Even though it is an excellent system, it may not be suitable for the current period, so Kong Jie temporarily gave up this plan.
At present, the situation of the Anti-Japanese War is still severe, especially behind enemy lines and in a complicated environment against the enemy. The soldiers and civilians of the Eighth Route Army should share the same hatred of the enemy.
At this time, the soldiers, including the common people, were still quite pure.
When people farm, they want to use their power in one place to make the country prosperous, revitalized, and independent.
It’s about working hard for faith and freedom.
Coupled with the people's support and support for the Eighth Route Army troops.
Kong Jie is not worried about the large amount of reclaimed wasteland without the help of villagers to plant it.
The army and the people help each other and help each other.
The food grown together ensures the food supply of the people and the troops.
Second, Kong Jie specifically proposed a farming method for scientific planting and management of land and crops.
"What does the so-called scientific planting and management mean?
To put it simply, one is to rationally maximize the use of land. You can't just plant half an acre of potatoes on this acre of land, and the remaining half acre of land will be completely abandoned, right?
There are also many crops that can be interplanted. For example, when we plant soybeans, it will not delay us from planting some sweet potatoes. We only need to separate the two crops in rows. Not only will they not affect each other, they can even promote the growth of the two crops.
The common growth of crops.
We have to consider whether the soil is barren or fertile, and consider giving the land a buffering time to cultivate..."
"The other issue is breeding. Everyone knows that the final yield of those excellent seeds on the same acre of land is completely different.
This is even the most important and effective way to quickly develop agriculture in our base area.
Instead of messing around in the ground, we should cultivate these excellent seeds.
For example, the high-yielding potatoes in our base area can produce thousands of kilograms per mu. If we can cultivate similar high-yielding varieties from our corn, sorghum, peanuts, soybeans, sweet potatoes, etc.
One person can even manage dozens of fields and feed hundreds of people.
Are we still worried about not having enough food to eat?"
Of course, this includes agricultural scientific planting management and breeding, etc.
Based on what Kong Jie said at the meeting, although many relevant agricultural cadres who participated in the meeting were excited, the effect was ultimately limited.
So Kong Jie used the system to get a relevant guidance book on "Scientific Planting and Management of Common Crops".
It contains a lot of scientific planting experience and techniques in agriculture.
In addition, in order to promote the rapid development of agriculture in the base area of a team.
Kong Jie also established an independent Ministry of Agriculture in the detachment.
And Zhou Ainong was appointed as the Minister of Agriculture of the first team, to lead the entire first team according to the development of above- and below-ground agriculture.
In addition, many farmers with rich farming experience were recruited from above and below the base, and they were gathered together. The cadres of the Ministry of Agriculture provided special teaching through the guidance of relevant books on scientific planting and management.
"As for the last one, it is naturally a question of how to protect our harvest."
Commander Kong’s words made it clear:
"Everyone knows in recent years that our military and civilians are behind enemy lines and there is not much arable land. Every year when the crops are about to be harvested, the little devils will always send people to grab the food and cause damage."
"Our soldiers and civilians have worked so hard to grow the food for so long. We cannot afford to have the fruits of the harvest stolen by others when it is about to be harvested."
"If you can't protect the crops you plant, what's the difference from not planting them at all? On the contrary, you are nourishing the enemy in disguise!"
"Therefore, every piece of land planted by our military and civilians, and every grain of grain planted by our military and civilians, must be guaranteed not to be snatched away by the little devils during the harvest."
Finally, his words became extremely sharp:
"In this battle to defend the autumn harvest, we can only win, not lose!"
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Time flies and it’s late September.
During the autumn harvest, many of the various crops planted in a large amount of wasteland cultivated by a team are close to maturity, or even mature.
For example, high-yielding potatoes, which are the key planting crops this year, and autumn potatoes are planted around August.
It will be officially harvested between October and November this year.
At this point, Kong Jie no longer knew how huge the number of high-yielding potatoes the team currently owned was.
Anyway, after the first few rounds of planting, expansion, and sowing, those high-yield potatoes have reached millions of kilograms.
In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture’s newly researched detoxification treatment for high-yielding potato seeds.
It can ensure that the yield per mu of these high-yielding potatoes will not drop significantly after rounds of planting.
The original batch of only a few dozen kilograms of seeds were used as high-yielding potatoes for a prairie fire.
Now it has spread all over Taihang and Taiyue, and even every corner of the Jizhong and southern Hebei base areas.
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Along with the spread of this high-yielding potato, Kong Jie's name also spread.
Any rumors will gradually become outrageous.
Some people say that this is the kind of high-yielding potato cultivated by Captain Kong.
Others say that Captain Kong got the high-yielding potatoes from nowhere by chance.
Gradually, Kong Jie was rumored to be the father of these high-yielding potatoes.
It is said that some troops even called this high-yielding potato "Lao Kong Potato" to thank Kong Jie for bringing these high-yielding potatoes to feed thousands of soldiers and civilians.
The Eighth Route Army headquarters even stockpiled large amounts of these high-yielding potatoes as war preparations.
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In addition to these potatoes, millet, also known as millet, was planted in mid-June this year and should be harvested by late September.
Then there are corn, sorghum, peanuts, soybeans, sweet potatoes, etc. planted in July.
These are crops harvested in autumn.
A team headquarters.
On the wall inside the staff headquarters, there is a map that is particularly special compared to the usual military combat maps.
There are a large number of red dots marked with a red pen on it, scattered randomly throughout the map.
Like sesame seeds scattered on the map, some are clustered together in large numbers, while others are scattered in twos and threes.
Zhou Ainong, the Minister of Agriculture of the first team, was using the map in front of him to introduce the specific situation to Kong Jie, Xu Guoan and Li Wenjie.
"Regiment leader, political commissar, chief of staff, you see, I have marked all the points on the entire map with a red pen."
"This is the specific distribution location of all the centralized managed farmland above and below our base that is larger than ten acres and exceeds ten acres in our base."
"Including some farmland planted by the villagers, as well as farmland cultivated and planted by our troops themselves, and even farmland planted by the villagers and our soldiers. They are all marked on the map."
"In addition, there are some areas that are not specifically marked, which are small areas of cultivated land and are distributed in peripheral guerrilla areas, including relatively scattered small plots of farmland around some villages."
Kong Jie nodded and made a joke with a smile:
"It's quite a bit like a hundred flowers blooming. The red flowers blooming on these maps make people feel happy just looking at them!"
Zhou Ainong responded: "Who says it's not true, Commander, before we reclaim a lot of wasteland in our base area.
If the original cultivated land area were marked with red dots on these maps, it would probably be less than 1/10 of the current area.
But look, in less than a year, our detachment has vigorously promoted the propaganda of reclaiming wasteland and farming to save ourselves.
Our Second Independent Regiment alone has reclaimed nearly 50,000 acres of surrounding wasteland."
Then, Zhou Ainong’s words were full of emotion:
"In addition, Captain, when I talk about this matter, I have only two words for you - admire."
"Before the drought in the Central Plains spreads widely, you asked us to build a large number of canals and divert irrigation water around the base area in addition to reclaiming wasteland."
"Ensure water for our crops."
"Later, the disaster in the Central Plains gradually spread to other provinces, and even affected the base area of our first team. Leader, the canals you asked us to dig in advance have really come in handy."
"If it weren't for the large number of canals we built in advance, after the drought spread, our farmland was affected by the lack of irrigation water, and this year's harvest would definitely not be so good."
"In addition, what admires most our comrades in the Ministry of Agriculture is your wonderful ideas, head."
"You said that since the drought has become serious, our comrades in the Ministry of Agriculture have been faced with the increasingly tight water situation, and they have broken their minds and thought of no solution.
How come we were able to solve it in just a few words when we got to the head of the regiment?"
"Use bamboos that are opened up to make water pipes, and then add holes to irrigate the crops. This saves water and ensures that every drop of water is sent to the roots of the crops where they are needed most.
Commander, your method is absolutely amazing!"
Cough cough cough——
Although he was thick-skinned, Kong Jie couldn't help but cough a few times.
This guy, I can praise you for a few words, but it’s not over yet.
I can’t bear it if you praise me so much.
As for the application of drip irrigation in agriculture, it naturally benefits from Kong Jie’s knowledge of standing on the shoulders of giants.
"...Okay, you kid, stop flattering me all the time and get down to business!"
Kong Jie interrupted Zhou Ainong's words, which seemed to be unprepared to stop at all.
"Yes!"
Zhou Ainong responded, then turned to the topic and said: "Captain, please look at the distribution area of our main farmland marked with red dots.
Our autumn harvest defense campaign mainly focuses on these twelve major areas."
As he spoke, Zhou Wainong started working on the map. He used a pencil to draw twelve circles that were approximately circles.
Sure enough, under these twelve circles.
There are not many red dots left on the periphery of the circle, and most of them are sparsely scattered.
"So, this time our autumn harvest defense war will mainly focus on these twelve areas. As long as we can harvest all the crops in these twelve areas, even if the rest are all lost, the loss will not be big for us.
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Kong Jie nodded, but his frown did not loosen.
Don’t look at what Zhou Ainong said was easy.
Kong Jie, Xu Guoan, and Li Wenjie knew how difficult it was to defend these twelve farmland areas.
For a long time, the main mode of the Eighth Route Army's operations behind enemy lines has always been the Japanese attack, while the Eighth Route Army used guerrilla warfare to defend.
The Japanese launched large-scale raids behind enemy lines again and again.
The Eighth Route Army carried out counter-mops again and again.
The most troublesome thing about the Japanese attack on the Eighth Route Army was that there was no fixed attack target at all. They could only be led by the Eighth Route Army in the mountains and plains, resulting in the final sweep being in vain.
As for the current Autumn Harvest Defense War, the Japanese army must have also detected the news.
These twelve areas may be drawn on the map of the Japanese headquarters at this moment.
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No matter how powerful a team is, it cannot move a fixed piece of land.
As a result, the Japanese army had a fixed attack target for this battle.
For a team to defend these farmlands that cannot be moved at all, it is actually much more difficult.
"Recently, disasters have been severe in various counties, and the enemy-occupied areas of the Japanese have been more affected than our base areas."
"In addition, not long ago we intercepted the Japanese army's transportation of military rations many times."
"This batch of autumn harvest food is not only important to us, but also important to the little devils."
"This is also the reason why until these crops mature, the Japanese have not harassed the farmland in our base area so far."
"The little devil is also hoping to steal our autumn harvest food to celebrate the new year!"
Kong Jie continued his analysis: "So, we can completely imagine that in the autumn harvest defense battle surrounding these farmlands, the Japanese will definitely use no less troops."
"When the target is set, the Japanese infantry, tank troops, including aircraft and artillery may all be used."
"So this autumn harvest defense battle, comrades..." Kong Jie paused, "The scale of the battle is probably not small!"
In silence, everyone was thinking about the map.
After a while, Chief of Staff Xu Guoan said: "Lao Kong, this time the Japs have a clear attack target. Once the battle begins, we will definitely suffer a fierce attack from the Japs.
We must make complete preparations in advance.
I suggest that we make certain adjustments to the military defense deployment in the base area and gradually shift the focus of defense to these twelve farmland areas."
Zhou Ainong nodded frequently when he heard this. The soldiers and civilians of the detachment had worked hard for so long, and the autumn harvest grain they had grown would not have been ruined by the little son of a bitch.
Kong Jie did not reply immediately. After a moment of silence, he said: "Old Xu, what do you think the soldiers in our team often say is the best defense?"
Xu Guoan immediately understood what Kong Jie meant and said in shock:
"I said, Lao Kong, are you still thinking about attacking?"
"Why not?"
"We have no idea of the time, location, troop strength, or firepower of the enemy's attack.
But the little devil knows exactly what farmland target he wants to attack. Under such circumstances, no matter how good our defense is, we will eventually fall into passivity.
It's not our team's style to be beaten passively.
So I was thinking, instead of waiting for the Japs to come and attack us, we should use offense as defense and attack the Japs first."
Kong Jie said loudly.
"Lao Kong, how do you want to fight?" Xu Guoan asked, so-called "a raccoon dog of the same species", his eyes also shone with light.
Who the hell wants to be passively beaten when they can take the initiative to attack?
Kong Jie smiled, and his smile was extremely bright, "Old Xu, you are confused now, aren't you.
It's now the autumn harvest season, and the crops in our farmland are ripe, aren't the crops in the little devil's farmland also ripe?
Why, you allow his devils to rob us, but you don’t allow us to rob his little devils?