After the meal, Zhou Weihan asked Zhang Fucai to send soldiers from the third company to escort the comrades from Yanzhou back to their base first.
Tan Lin understood that Zhou Weihan had something to say, and immediately asked the accompanying comrades to leave first.
Zhou and Tan were strolling on the path back to their base, with the monk and Tian Defu following behind.
Then Zhou Weihan introduced the current situation in the Hebei, Shandong and Yu regions to Tan Lin in detail.
"Comrade Uyghur and Han, to be honest, the current situation in Hebei, Shandong and Henan is much better than what I estimated before I came here. Compared with the mess before, the stubborn armed forces that are currently in friction with our Eighth Route Army have been neutralized.
, the situation is much better, and you have contributed a lot to this!" After hearing what Zhou Weihan said, Tan Lin was quite optimistic.
"Hey, I can't talk about merit, it's all the result of the joint efforts of comrades!"
Tan Lin smiled after hearing this, and then said: "According to what you said, in the Hebei, Shandong and Henan regions, the periphery is dominated by the Japanese army, and the hinterland has two armed forces, the Eighth Route Army and the New Eighth Army. Our Hebei, Shandong and Henan Military Region currently only occupies
In the southern triangle area such as Neihuang, Qingfeng, and Nanle, only one battalion of main force and local armed forces are left in southwestern Shandong to rely on the mountainous areas to fight guerrillas?"
"Yes, even the armed forces in the Hebei, Shandong and Yu regions were still at a disadvantage compared to the Japanese army in their heyday. Therefore, instead of spreading their development to various places, it is better to actively shrink their strength and tighten it into a fist. If the little devil dares to come,
Just beat him!"
"If the little devil doesn't come, we can take advantage of this winter to concentrate on training the troops. At the same time, with the Zhang River at our back, we can also take care of each other with the Tainan Military Region!" Zhou Weihan said.
"Well, that should indeed be the case. But is the New Eighth Army, which is in the same hinterland as our Eighth Route Army, reliable?"
"How can we be considered reliable? Gao Shuxun, like most generals of the national army, has the idea of preserving his strength and is even afraid of fighting the Japanese army, but he does not lack national justice in his heart!"
"He chose to sit on the sidelines during the previous anti-recalcitrant campaign in Hebei, Shandong and Henan. In addition, most of the grassroots soldiers and mid-level officers of the New Eighth Army were still determined to resist Japan. Otherwise, he would not have been fighting against the lack of food and pay behind enemy lines.
The Japanese have resisted for so long!"
"So, whether from within the National Government or the New Eighth Army, Gao Shuxun has no choice. It is impossible for him to truly join hands with our Eighth Route Army to fight against the enemy, but Gao Shuxun will never
He will take refuge in the Japs like Sun Liangcheng."
Zhou Weihan's evaluation of Gao Shuxun and the New Eighth Army was relatively fair, and he had never dismissed the contribution of the national army on the battlefield.
No matter what the Nationalist government did, if there were no Nationalist soldiers to contain the large number of Japanese main forces on the frontal battlefield, the Eighth Route Army would never be able to open up the situation behind enemy lines.
"In other words, Gao Shuxun and the New Eighth Army under his command can still be fought for?" Tan Lin said.
"right!"
"Then it seems that we need to do more work in this area in the future!" After talking, Tan Lin seemed to remember something and took out three letters from the briefcase he carried with him.
"Your superiors already know about your personal problems. Before I came, your superiors specifically stated that you should solve your personal problems as soon as possible. You must not let your personal problems affect your work!"
"These are the three letters you asked me to bring over on the 1st. Comrade Weihan, please arrange for them to be delivered to the recipients!"
Zhou Weihan took the letter and looked at the recipients on the envelope one by one. They were Wen Qiang, Wen Qiang, and Zhou Weihan himself.
Zhou Weihan then opened the envelope addressed to himself, and when he took out the letter paper inside, a five-yuan border ticket fell out.
The letter written on the paper:
Comrade Weihan, I already know about your personal issues with cousin Wen Qiang. I have been away from home for many years and have long lost contact with my family. I am extremely happy to learn about this.
You now hold an important position in the army, and your personal issues with cousin Wen Qiang should be resolved as soon as possible. It is best to get married before or after this year. Personal issues must not affect your future work.
The five yuan in the envelope is a gift from me and many comrades. Please accept it.
Regarding the matter of Wen Yu, please pay more attention to it in the future and guide him to the right path.
Signed by:***
Zhou Weihan finished reading the letter, put the letter paper and the five-yuan border ticket back into the envelope, then folded the letter and carefully put it into his pocket.
"How's it going? Finished reading!" Tan Lin asked.
"After reading this, isn't it a bit fast to get married?" Zhou Weihan was actually very happy in his heart, but he still maintained the proper reserve on his face.
"Tch!" Tan Lin saw Zhou Weihan's little thoughts at a glance: "You know whether it's going to be fast or not, so we'll do something special!"
"Although arranged marriages are not as good as those in the Qing Dynasty, we now pay more attention to independent love, but there are still many people who get married in the 16th or 17th century. If I remember correctly, you are 26 years old this year and Wen Qiang is 24 years old. They are not young.
My children are all good at making soy sauce!" Tan Lin said with a smile.
Zhou Weihan was minding his own thoughts, and Tan Lin didn't say much when he saw this.
Tan Lin and his party arrived at noon and had lunch at the Third Company. They originally asked the comrades to take a rest first according to Zhou Weihan's wishes, but Tan Lin insisted on convening a meeting.
After the two returned to the station, Zhou Weihan immediately asked the monk to call the heads of several regiments, political commissars and political cadres at all levels. Also called were comrades from the local government.
There are three meetings to be held, one is a meeting between Tan Lin and the chief officers of the regiments of the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Military Region, the second is a meeting of political cadres at all levels in the military region, and the third is a meeting of the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Region Government.
The first meeting went very smoothly. After all, with Zhou Weihan's support, and the candidates for the political commissar had already been selected, no matter how reluctant everyone was, they did not dare to refute the appointment of their superiors.
As for how to carry out future work, it depends on Tan Lin's own ability.
Zhou Weihan did not want to attend the subsequent political workers' meeting and the district government meeting, but Tan Lin made it clear that although the two had a clear division of labor, how could the specific work bypass Zhou Weihan, so he strongly invited Zhou Weihan to attend the meeting.
Since Tan Lin had just arrived, even though he learned some information through Zhou Weihan, he did not act too aggressively.
At a meeting of political cadres, Tan Lin emphasized that political cadres at all levels should cooperate with military chiefs to do a good job in the ideological work of recalcitrant soldiers and report any problems in a timely manner.
However, at the meeting of the regional government, Tan Lin successively appointed several people from among the accompanying comrades, thereby filling the vacancies in the regional government positions.
Winter is already short, and after three meetings, it was already dark.
"Comrade Weihan, where do I live?"
"Comrade Tan Lin, if you don't mind, we can live in the same room!"
"We are all gentlemen, what do you mind, that's it!" Tan Lin didn't notice anyone else, picked up his luggage bag and threw it directly on the kang.
The current situation in the Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region is indeed limited. In Tainan, most of the battalions and companies under each regiment of the military region have their own separate camps.
But in Hebei, Shandong and Henan, now I can only live in the homes of local fellow villagers.