Chapter 642: Receiving disaster victims and providing relief through work
At the end of November 1941, the weather got colder.
South of the Longhai Line, there are people with families and families all over eastern Henan, coming in groups towards the north.
Since this granary in southwestern Shandong was occupied by the Eighth Route Army, in order to complete the task of raising food, the Japanese army of the 35th Division sent their puppet troops to attack the people in the occupied area during the autumn harvest.
Already affected by natural disasters, the harvest was poor, and they were levied and expropriated by the little devils. Some people who were living in poverty saw that they could no longer survive. Among them, the clever ones simply had a sudden change of heart and decided to defect to the Eighth Route Army with their whole family.
go.
The Japanese army implemented the Baojia system locally and strictly controlled the occupied areas. The guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army could not move freely, let alone ordinary people.
This situation was quickly discovered by the local Japanese army, and many people were killed and injured. Various localities successively reported the situation of ordinary people in the occupied areas moving north to the headquarters of the 35th Division.
At first, Harada Xiongyoshi didn't care. In his eyes, the lives of the Chinese people were as insignificant. In order to prevent the manpower and material resources in the occupied areas from flowing into the Eighth Route Army base area, it didn't matter if a few Chinese were killed or injured.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the current situation is different from before. The Eighth Route Army has occupied the densely populated counties in southwestern Shandong and there is no shortage of troops. On the contrary, due to the poor harvest this year, there are signs of drought in the coming year. If there is a large population influx,
Entering the Eighth Route Army base area must be a huge burden for the Eighth Route Army. Taking this opportunity, the Imperial Army can also send personnel to infiltrate the Chinese people and inquire about the defense situation of the Eighth Route Army base area. However, the chaos in the occupied area of the Imperial Army can be reduced.
Why not?" suggested the chief of staff on the side.
Harada Xiongyoshi immediately understood the intention of the chief of staff, and then said to the adjutant: "Order the defenders in various places to drive the ordinary Chinese people in the division's area to the territory of the Eighth Route Army!"
"Hi!" the adjutant responded.
The words can be divided into two parts. With the opening of the base area in southwestern Shandong, the construction from the local area to the army has been making great strides forward.
The factories and mines operated by the Japanese army there were all taken over by the Eighth Route Army, such as clothing factories, kerosene factories, power plants, cement factories and other non-military industries.
The only pity is that although Heze was an important town for the Japanese army, it did not have a self-sufficient logistics system like Handan, so the plan to build the Southwest Shandong Arsenal could only be implemented slowly.
In addition, there are large mines operated by the Japanese army in Zhangwan and Qinggangji in Cao County, which are full of high-quality coking coal fields. There is a steelmaking plant specially set up by the Japanese army in Dingtao. There are several iron ore and copper mines in the territory.
The most surprising thing is that technical personnel brought by the deputy chief of staff discovered a rock salt deposit at the junction of Chengwu and Shanxian. According to the technical personnel, the deposit is shallowly buried. Judging from the current mining level, its thickness is
Enough to be mined for fifty years.
Food is the most important thing for people, but salt is indispensable for three meals a day.
Since ancient times, the business of selling salt has always been a huge profit. According to the previous agreement, the Eighth Route Army needs to give away profits from the sales of rock salt. One-third of the rock salt produced every year is sold by large local households outside the southwestern region of Shandong.
From the current point of view, this is a win-win move. This kind of move is similar to the cargo stores in the Tainan base area, which uses real benefits to tie the local landlords to the tanks of the Eighth Route Army, and at the same time induces the development focus of the landlords to shift from
The transfer of agriculture to commerce has beneficially alleviated the conflicts in agricultural production means in the base areas.
On the other hand, although the official monopoly was broken, the premise was that local large households were not allowed to sell in the base area, thus preserving the Eighth Route Army's basic market, and at the same time using the connections and channels of local large households to broaden sales paths.
Once the sales route is widened, the benefits will not only be reflected in rock salt, but also in various handicrafts in the area, and goods will be circulated to the outside world, thereby promoting the prosperity of handicraft industry and commerce, and fundamentally promoting the circulation of border area tickets issued by the Eighth Route Army.
Inside the headquarters, Cong Hansen, director of the Southwest Shandong Region Government, made a sudden visit.
"Chief of Staff, Communist Party members, and ordinary people from counties in eastern Henan went north to enter the base area. It first appeared half a month ago, but it was just a sporadic phenomenon at that time. This happened in previous years!"
"But just two days ago, the number of people pouring into the base area suddenly increased. Refugees poured in from Dongming in the west to Chengwu in the east. According to the news from intelligence agents in enemy-occupied areas, this move is
The little devil did it on purpose!" Cong Hansen said one after another.
"Comrade Hansen, you said that we are already aware of this situation. Similar situations have occurred not only in southwestern Shandong, but also in Huaxian and Junxian counties!" the deputy chief of staff said.
When Zhou Weihan heard this, he immediately asked: "Is there any measure at the moment?"
"I have informed the democratic government personnel to set up multiple relief points along the way to solve the problem of food for the people!"
"As for long-term measures, there are currently two plans. One is centralized resettlement and the implementation of the farming system. The common people who enter the base area will be placed in the area where the troops confront the Japanese and puppet troops. This will facilitate management!"
"The second is dispersed resettlement. Based on the current situation in the counties in southwestern Shandong, it is possible to resettle as many as five to six thousand households in each county, and as few as two to three thousand households. Overall, it is not a problem to resettle 60,000 to 70,000 households!
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"However, if this happens, disputes will inevitably arise between the newly arrived people and the local people, which will cause chaos in the base area!"
After hearing Cong Hansen's plan, neither the deputy chief of staff nor Zhou Weihan gave an immediate reply.
"Monk, call Commissar Luo!" Zhou Weihan shouted.
After arriving with Luo Benzhong and briefly understanding the situation, Zhou Weihan said: "The influx of large numbers of people into the base area was expected before, but it has not yet been time to relocate them to the confrontation area. Moreover, the confrontation area involves military secrets.
It would be too passive for the enemy to know the troops' defense status and various positions. At the same time, once the enemy fights, it will inevitably affect the people who are placed here!"
During the land reform, in order to facilitate future battles with the Japanese and puppet troops, ordinary people from Dongming, Caoxian, and Chengwu areas bordering the Japanese army were moved to the hinterland of the base area. Except for the long-term Eighth Route Army stationed in this area, there were no
Ordinary people exist.
"Yes, this should indeed be taken into consideration!" The deputy chief of staff nodded: "Now is the time to test the power of the local government at the grassroots level. In my opinion, some people can be concentrated and resettled in various mines in the hinterland of the base area.
Factories, build military camps, implement the work-for-relief method, and the remaining people can be dispersed and resettled in villages with smaller populations!"
"That's okay, but if this happens, I'm afraid there might be enemy spies mixed in, making it difficult to manage!" Cong Hansen said worriedly.
Luo Benzhong on the side said: "People who come from enemy-occupied areas often bring their families with them. At the same time, people from several surrounding villages all move together. We can use this as a breakthrough to screen!"
"People can be allowed to prove to each other, and people with families or people from the same village can be placed together, while scattered people can be placed separately. In this way, a group of people with ulterior motives can be screened out!"
"That's it, Comrade Benzhong, you come to help the local comrades complete the resettlement work, and let Li Yunlong drop three regiments to Dongming, Caoxian, and Chengwu to cooperate!" Zhou Weihan finally said: "The weather is changing.
Leng, resettlement work needs to be done as soon as possible, and land reclamation work will be carried out at the same time next year!”
