Chapter 314: Ideas for Cadre Building. Please subscribe.
On the dinner table.
Zhou Weihan reported the details of the transaction with Isamu Terauchi to the chiefs.
When he learned that the first batch of transactions included 5 tons of steel, 45 tons of cotton bales, and 27 tons of various types of ammunition and artillery shells, the boss's face was full of smiles.
"Zhou Weihan, why didn't you inform the headquarters immediately? The boss has been worried about this matter for several days, for fear of losing his wife and losing his troops!" the deputy chief of staff said with a hint of reproach.
"Hey, don't I want to give the leaders a surprise?"
"This first batch contains 5 tons of steel. How much can be traded next time? Has the time been set?"
"These 5 tons of steel are just a drop in the bucket compared to the output of the Fengfeng Mining Area Steelmaking Plant. It's just that Isamu Terauchi was more careful in his first operation. The remaining 130 tons of steel may be traded for dozens of tons at a time!" Zhou Weihan
explained.
"Okay, hurry up and do this as soon as possible. What you eat is your own. Ready-made steel is much stronger than the Japanese army's rail steel!"
"Although we often trade ammunition and other supplies with the Japanese army now, the military-industrial foundation of our Eighth Route Army must not be neglected. As Lao Deng said just now, both hands must be strong and walking on two legs must be much more stable. With this
By approving the steel materials, the comrades of the Huangyadong Arsenal can unleash their full potential!" The deputy chief of staff was so happy that he almost lost his job.
"In addition to steel, these 45 tons of cotton can also be of great use. A cotton coat is of sufficient weight. Even if it weighs 3 kilograms, it is still 30,000 pieces. It is enough to solve a large part of the gap. This time the soldiers finally managed to
There is no need for a cotton-padded coat, three or five people can wear it!"
"Boss, these cotton-padded clothes should be distributed by our division!" the division commander glanced at the boss and said.
"Our Eighth Route Army has developed too fast. Even if we count 30,000 cotton-padded clothes, it's still not enough for your 129th Division!" the boss said with a sigh.
"This is easy to handle. Handan produces cotton per year. Chen Zaidao, please make a statement on behalf of the Southern Hebei Military Region and buy another 45 tons of cotton to support the Taihang and Taiyue Military Regions!" Commander Liu said to Commander Chen.
After hearing this, Commander Chen couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Commander, it is true that Handan produces cotton. 45 tons of cotton is not a small number!"
"Don't complain to me here. Last time I went to Nangong, in the base area, I saw many fellow villagers planting cotton! In this Hundred Regiment War, I don't believe that you have seized less cotton and cotton cloth. You
Every soldier in the Jinan Military Region has cotton-padded clothes, and there are quite a few soldiers from other units who have suffered frostbite!"
"Yes, I guarantee that the Jinan Military Region will raise 45 tons of cotton within a month!" Commander Chen promised.
"That's right. When we cross the Pinghan-Han Line, please communicate with Zhou Weihan in advance to facilitate transportation!" Master Liu instructed.
At this time, Commander Chen secretly thought that he could only take advantage of the fact that the Japanese army had not yet recovered its strength and raid the planned cotton-producing areas in the Japanese-occupied areas of each county.
The Japanese army strictly blocked the flow of cotton in the occupied areas, but they couldn't bear it. Every household in the southern Hebei base area planted some cotton in their homes.
The troops in the Southern Hebei Military Region are not short of cotton at all, but the Japanese army previously implemented a strict blockade in the Taihang Base Area and the Southern Hebei Base Area. Cotton, a large-volume material, is difficult to transport.
Now the Eighth Route Army passing through the Ping-Han Railway in the Handan section is like passing through their own home, so transportation is no longer a problem.
Among the topics discussed by everyone present, weapons and equipment and coal were the least discussed.
Although the monthly transaction volume with Isamu Terauchi is not as high as this time, it is still maintained at around 15 tons, and the leaders have long been used to it.
As for coal, the Eighth Route Army mostly relied on burning firewood for heating at this time, and only a very small amount of coal was supplied. These coal mines were all supplied by local people secretly using open-pit coal.
In the end, the boss waved his hand and all 135 tons of coal were left in Tainan, under Zhou Weihan's full control.
Zhou Weihan has already made arrangements for these 135 tons of coal. The quantity of 135 tons seems to be a lot, but in fact, a modern family needs about 2 tons of coal in one winter.
Zhou Weihan decided to leave the coal to the hospital and the chicken coops on the rear farm, which are the places that need the most warmth in winter.
At this time, Commander Chen, who was sitting next to Zhou Weihan, suddenly stretched out his finger and poked Zhou Weihan in the back. Zhou Weihan understood what he meant, but did not respond.
Then he poked again, Zhou Weihan shook his shoulders, and the deputy chief of staff could see their small movements.
"What are you two hiding from us? You two are secretly engaging in small tricks in private!"
Seeing that he could not escape, Zhou Weihan had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Chief, there are more than 300 comrades who have been rescued this time!"
"Yes, did these comrades ask me to take them back after visiting and studying?" Commander Chen cast an inquiring look at Political Commissar Deng.
Political Commissar Deng also had a big headache at this time. Although he was the political commissar of the 129th Division, he was also the top leader of the Taihang Administrative Region.
But the current problem involves both military and administrative issues, as well as the two administrative regions of Taihang and Southern Hebei.
The rescue order was issued by the headquarters. The boss took the lead and said: "Let me express my opinion. Although there is a shortage of cadres everywhere in the army, these 300 or so people are originally local comrades. The army does not want people. You two administrative regions have their own
We will discuss it, but the comrades rescued from the Japanese concentration camps and engineering camps will be uniformly accepted by the army!"
Deputy Chief of General Staff, Commander Liu also nodded, agreeing with what the boss said.
"Shouldn't it be Lao Yang who came to talk to me? Why are you here?" Political Commissar Deng said.
"Here, Director Yang is busy with his affairs and has no choice but to entrust me!"
The Hebei-Taiwan Liaison Office was the predecessor of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region Government. It is currently under the leadership of the Northern Bureau and has three administrative regions under its jurisdiction: Taihang, Taiyue and Jinan.
The top leaders of the three administrative regions are Deng in Taihang, Bo in Taiyue, and Yang in southern Hebei.
"Forget it, we can't bring this matter to Secretary Yang of the Northern Bureau. It won't look good on both sides. We only have 100 people in the Taihang Administrative Region, and you can take the rest with you. How about that?" Political Commissar Deng waved his hand and said.
Commander Chen was overjoyed. He didn't expect that Political Commissar Deng could take away more than 200 people so happily. He had already exceeded the set goal.
Seeing that more than 300 cadres were divided up in the blink of an eye, Zhou Weihan did not forget Wang Ying's request that it would be good to keep those patriotic young people from the Spark Club.
Then he said: "Wang Ying mentioned to me before, can we keep the more than 100 patriotic young people from Xinghuo Club in Tainan? We are going to set up a cadre school in Tainan based on these patriotic young people to specially train administrative personnel.
and military reserve cadres.”
"Then stay in Tainan!" Political Commissar Deng made the decision.
According to Zhou Weihan's plan, after the Tainan Cadre School is established, young people of appropriate age will be selected in a small area in Tainan to teach cultural classes as a reserve source of students for the Cadre School.
In this way, with the patriotic young people recruited from all over the country and the reserve students trained in the base area, the Tainan Cadre School can continuously provide talents.
