Chapter 578: 120 million kilograms of war food preparations
The temporary meeting of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region Government was held in Matian for three full days. In addition to preparing for the establishment of the border region government and electing committee members, responding to the initial disasters in various places became the top priority.
At the same time, after the boss left, Zhou Weihan ordered the Tainan Military Region and the Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region to go deep into the local area to understand the situation.
In Pingshun City, Wang Ying, director of the Tainan District Government, and Tan Lin, director of the Hebei, Shandong and Yu District Government, came together.
"During the meeting, political commissar D said that you were in Pingshun, so we came together to find you!" Tan Lin explained.
Zhou Weihan was not surprised that the two people came over: "The disaster in Hebei, Shandong and Yu is serious. I don't think Tainan has been affected at all!"
Zhou Weihan returned to Tainan from Hebei, Shandong and Yu just before the summer harvest. When he was in Hebei, Shandong and Yu, his attention was always on the troops and he did not pay attention to the situation of local crops.
"Except for Lin County, the harvests in the other counties in Tainan Base Area were pretty good. After the year, manpower was mobilized to build several water conservancy projects. The villages along the way solved their water problems. Coupled with the effect of chemical fertilizers, they were not affected by the disaster.
influence!" Wang Ying said.
Zhou Weihan nodded after hearing this, and then looked at Tan Lin, who saw Tan Lin saying worriedly: "Judging from the yield per mu of Tainan, the yield per mu of Hebei, Shandong and Henan this summer will be reduced, but there will be no problem with the remaining grain for the winter!
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"According to the survey, the water levels in various rivers have dropped, and there has been less rain this summer. If we do not respond in time, the autumn harvest will be greatly reduced. By then, it is hard to say whether the surplus grain in the hands of the people, not to mention paying for public grain, can last through the first half of 2020.
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"The most terrifying thing is that some experts at the meeting pointed out that this drought will not end in the short term. If this is the case, it will be in trouble!"
The Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area was conquered by Zhou Weihan. Afterwards, land reform was carried out on a small scale. After Tan Lin arrived, he rebuilt the district government, issued announcements, and mobilized the rebellious people to return to their hometowns to divide their fields for spring plowing. This ensured that the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area was secured.
This year’s summer harvest.
As early as 1940, Zhou Weihan used the name of Mr. Zheng to raise the possibility of severe drought in 1941 and 1942 to the deputy chief of staff.
Therefore, on the one hand, the Eighth Route Army's base areas selected and bred improved seeds, and on the other hand, they built large-scale water conservancy projects and took preventive measures. At least the stable base areas such as Taibei, Taiyue, Tainan, and Jinan were not affected.
Yesterday, Zhou Weihan summoned Ding Abacus and the cadres in charge of logistics from the two military divisions, and ordered them to report on the war preparation grain depots built by the Tainan Military Region in various places.
After checking the bill, Ding Abacus led people to have the largest grain depot near Yanwang Mountain in Wuyi, with a reserve of more than 34 million kilograms of various grains.
In Wu'an, Li Da's fifth regiment built a grain store with a grain storage of 12 million jins, and the Shexian County cadre regiment had a grain storage of 8 million jins.
A small part of the above-mentioned grain stocks was seized from the Japanese army, and the other part was grain purchased continuously from other places by the merchants. The largest source was Wuyi. The land reform in Wu'an was carried out by the army, and most of the grain collected was used by the army.
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The first and second divisions were established relatively late. In addition, the land reform was the responsibility of the regional government. The grain storage capacity of the war preparation warehouses in these four counties, Lidongnan, Ludongnan, Pingshun, and Linxian, was just over 15 million kilograms.
The land reform in Cixian County was also the responsibility of the army. At that time, Ding Abacus reported that more than 40 million kilograms of grain had been collected, but some of it was later distributed to local fellow villagers. The grain inventory of Ci County's basic cadre regiment was about 20 million kilograms.
All the food mentioned above is used for war preparations. After the base area is stabilized, the food consumed by the Tainan Military Region on weekdays is generally provided by the regional government from public rations or captured food.
"I made some statistics yesterday and found that the troops in the Tainan Military Region currently have less than 90 million kilograms of grain stored in their hands. In really difficult times, one kilogram of grain per person per day should be enough to feed 300,000 people.
Moon!" Zhou Weihan said with a smile.
"Damn it, where did you get so much food?" Tan Lin, who never swears, also cursed.
Zhou Weihan chuckled and glanced at Wang Ying: "I got it from the land reform. I can only do this once, and I bought it from a store!"
"Comrade Wang Ying, you just let him do this?" Tan Lin complained.
Wang Ying's face twitched, and then he said: "Comrade Tan Lin, you don't know that before the Tainan District Government was established, he alone had the final say on matters in the base area, and only comrades in the army could be responsible for land reform!
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"Don't be miserable here. The local government is responsible for the land reform in Lidongnan, Ludongnan, Shexian, and Pingshun. After that, the army has never reached out to pay public grain. Honestly, how much grain do you have in hand?" Zhou Weihan
He asked Wang Ying forcefully.
"It's not much. Part of it was distributed to the local fellow villagers, and part of it was handed over to the higher-level government. This is the amount in hand now!" Wang Ying said, carefully holding out three fingers.
As soon as Zhou Weihan saw Wang Ying's troubled expression, he knew that this guy was not telling the truth. Tainan District Government has nine counties under its jurisdiction. How many people and how many acres of land are there? The public grain payment alone is more than this amount.
"Hey, it's better than I don't know, but I'm shocked when I compare it. It stands to reason that Tainan has many mountainous areas and plains in Hebei, Shandong and Henan, so the land conditions are better than Tainan, but now the foundation is still weak!" Tan Lin couldn't help but complain.
After the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area was consolidated, the first summer harvest saw a reduction in production, and families in need were bound to be unable to hand in public grain.
When the district government was carrying out land reform, most of the grain confiscated was distributed to fellow villagers for winter use, and the rest had to be supplied to the troops. This is how Tan Lin looked in embarrassment.
"Hey, there is a reason for this. You can look at the Eighth Route Army base areas and see which base areas have a deep mass base in Tainan. Most of the base areas are fragmented. How can it have such an effect in Tainan!"
"The foundation of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area has been laid, and if it is managed well, it will be even better than Tainan!" Zhou Weihan advised.
"In this way, I will set an example on behalf of the army. In order to support the local government, if the real difficulties come, 50 million kilograms of food can still be provided. The remaining food needs to be prevented from people outside the base area flooding into the base area.
So we have to leave some surplus food!" After Zhou Weihan finished speaking, he looked at Wang Ying again, his meaning was very obvious.
"Don't look at me. There are instructions from superiors. Tainan and Hebei, Shandong and Yu are close to each other and will support Hebei, Shandong and Yu in their respective affairs!" Wang Ying said.
After hearing Zhou Weihan and Wang Ying's statements one after another, Tan Lin's anxious mood improved: "The situation may not be too bad. After I go back, I will mobilize the people to build water conservancy projects, and it will always have some effect!"
Since 1940, Zhou Weihan has been preventing the drought that began in 1941. Through unremitting efforts, he finally achieved some results.
