Chapter 590: Better troops and simpler administration
In September 1941, the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region Government was officially established.
The border region government consists of three administrative regions: Jinan, Taiyue, and Hebei, Shandong, and Henan. Taihang is a direct jurisdiction with 21 special agencies and 105 counties.
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The jurisdiction of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region is the area east of the Tongpu Railway, south of the Zhengtai Railway, west of the Pinghan Railway, and north of the Yellow River, including southeastern Shanxi, northern Henan, western Shandong, southern and southwest Hebei, and has 105 county seats.
With a population of 25.5 million, it is the largest of our party's 19 anti-Japanese base areas across the country.
On July 14, 1940, the "Liberation Daily" published in Yanzhou published an editorial "The Great Contribution of Democratic Politics Behind Enemy Lines" pointing out: The Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region has a large territory and a large population, which is comparable to that of the anti-Japanese base areas in North China.
Called number one.
Zhou Weihan's teacher, Yang Xiufeng, director of the Jinan Administrative Region, serves as the chairman of the border region government, Bo and Rong serve as vice-chairmen, Yang, Bo and 16 others are committee members, including six from the Eighth Route Army side. Wang Ying and Zhou Weihan serve as the chief and deputy directors of the Tainan Region Government, and Tan
Lin, as director of the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Administrative Region, and others are alternate members.
The political commissar d is still the top leader in the Taihang Administrative Region, but also takes on some tasks in the Northern Bureau.
At the meeting, the border region government issued an initiative to all base areas and all military regions of the Eighth Route Army, proposing to streamline troops and streamline administration and reorganize troops at all levels based on the expected harvests of the current year and the coming year.
The Eighth Route Army Headquarters agreed to the proposal and stated that a formal document would be issued after the meeting.
After the meeting, Zhou Weihan, Tan Lin, and Wang Ying fought together on the way back to Tainan. The three of them discussed the issue of better troops and simpler administration.
"Comrade Tan Lin, congratulations to you. Less than a year after the establishment of the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Region Government, it has suddenly become the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Administrative Office!" Wang Ying said with quite jealousy.
"Comrade Wang Ying, what you said is wrong. The burden on my shoulders is too heavy. I can't eat well or sleep well every day. If it weren't for the organizational appointment, I would rather not be the director of the office!" Tan Lin waved his hand and said.
Before the establishment of the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Region Government, the Tainan Region Government was unique. It governed Wuyi, Wu'an, Shexian, Licheng, Lucheng, Pingshun, Cixian and Lin County, a total of eight counties with a population of nearly 2 million.
The area reaches 15,000 square kilometers.
With its large area, large population, and solid base, it ranks among the best among all regional governments at the same level.
Subsequently, the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Region was established, directly under the Northern Bureau, and this time it was upgraded to the administrative office.
Gein, the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Administrative Office has three base areas under its jurisdiction: Zhinan, North Henan, and Southwest Shandong. Seven counties, including Neihuang, Qingfeng, Nanle, Guancheng, Guanxian, Junxian, and Huaxian, have relatively stable political power.
, the Liangpu area and the counties in southwestern Shandong are also within the radiation range. It is only the administrative level of a regional government, which cannot meet the current development of the base area.
At the same time, Tan Lin's qualifications were enough to take on the heavy responsibility of the Hebei, Shandong, and Henan Administrative Office, so he was nominated at the border region government meeting and passed by multiple votes.
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Zhou Weihan couldn't see the sour energy exuding from Wang Ying. The Eighth Route Army emphasized equality, but at the same time it was extremely particular about seniority. From all aspects, Wang Ying could only be regarded as a junior in front of Tan Lin, and the same was true for Zhou Weihan.
"Okay, let's get down to business. What do you think of the idea of better troops and simpler administration proposed by superiors?" Zhou Weihan asked.
"Looking at the overall situation, it is right to streamline the military and streamline administration, but we need to analyze it in detail. I think there is no need for the Tainan Military Region to implement streamlined troops and streamline administration!" Tan Lin said.
"Indeed, based on the fact that the number of unemployed people does not exceed 3% of the entire population, the population in the Tainan base area is around 2 million, so the number of combat troops is around 60,000. You haven't expanded it privately, have you?" Wang Ying said
He glanced at Zhou Weihan.
"Bullshit, how can I expand to 60,000 people!" Zhou Weihan glared. To be honest, as a *** member, he really didn't know how many people there were in the Tainan Military Region at present.
Except for Pingshun, where the Second Division headquarters is located, it is not clear whether the other first divisions and regiments have been privately expanded, including Zhou Weihan.
Before coming to the meeting, Zhou Weihan had instructed Xing Zhiguo to lead the team to continue the unfinished statistics on the weapons and equipment of each regiment and to verify the personnel establishment of each regiment.
"In the base area, people's lives are better. Judging from the situation in our Tainan base area, it is not a problem for every 100 people to feed four people, because the income of the base area is not limited to agriculture, but also has prosperous industry and commerce."
"Because the enemy is easy to get to, the guerrilla areas suffer more destruction and less construction. The affordability of the people in the guerrilla areas is less than that in the base areas. Every 100 people can only feed 2 people. As for the enemy-occupied areas and areas close to the enemy, the affordability of the people is even worse. We are too
Although there is no guerrilla zone in the Southern Base Area!"
"But we in Tainan also have a problem, that is, some towns and villages close to the county seat are under the control of our Eighth Route Army, but they are co-governed by the Japanese army. In addition to paying taxes to the regional government, the people also have to pay taxes to the puppet government.
Pay taxes, so this should be taken into consideration!" Wang Ying said one by one.
Wang Ying has a say in the development and basic situation of the Tainan base area, and he understands it better than Zhou Weihan.
Zhou Weihan nodded after hearing this and said deliberately: "That means that the army can grow to 60,000 people, and the regional government supports it!"
"Don't get in my way here. I didn't say that in addition to supplying the main force, the local armed forces are semi-off-the-job and also rely on the regional government to raise food!" Wang Ying immediately defended: "Sixty thousand people
It's too difficult, and a combat force of 30,000 people has no problem at all!"
Hearing Tan Lin's assurance, Zhou Weihan also felt relieved: "Well, there is nothing to streamline the personnel establishment of the Tainan Military Region. There are not many personnel in the agency. The combat company was very full of personnel at the beginning of the reorganization, so we will keep it as it is.
alright!"
After Zhou Weihan finished speaking, he looked at Tan Lin again. He brought up the topic just to test the opinions of Wang Ying and Tan Lin. Zhou Weihan said: "The Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region is the same as the Tainan Military Region. All the main regiments are in
The Tainan reorganization does not have a top-heavy problem. On the contrary, I think each military division has been established for a relatively short period of time. The regiment headquarters is the military division organization. This also leads to the personnel structure of the organization being imperfect and should be strengthened!"
"At the same time, the defense area of each military division is too large. One main regiment plus one basic regiment cannot meet the combat needs. Once a war breaks out, the base area will be empty and there will be no troops available, so I think we should expand it as appropriate!"
When Tan Lin heard this, he did not directly answer Zhou Weihan's question. Instead, he asked: "Did you know that a cavalry regiment has been established in the Southwest Shandong Military District?"
Zhou Weihan raised his eyebrows and was deeply surprised. He didn't know about this, but in Zhou Weihan's opinion, it was Li Yunlong's ability to form a cavalry regiment in the Southwest Shandong Military Division.
Tan Lin was not surprised when Zhou Weihan did not speak to him, and continued: "Comrade Luo Benzhong went to the military region for a meeting and reported this to me in private. It's not a big deal!"