As a large number of people poured into the base area, in two consecutive days, according to the number of people reported from the front, there were more than 6,000 households and nearly 30,000 people entered the base area.
During this period, the democratic government of southwestern Shandong resettled the people with the assistance of the army, and on the other hand issued the "Relief Law for the Southwestern Shandong Border Area" with legal effect.
The first article of the law stipulates that refugees can enjoy the rights to land allocated by the government and the same democratic rights as the people in the border areas, and provide various preferential treatment conditions.
Such as allocating land, tax exemption for 3 years to those who are willing to reclaim open wasteland, and reducing various burdens during the 3 years; giving priority to agricultural loans; calling on local people to transfer cultivated land, residential buildings, grain, seeds and farming tools to help refugees; refugees can obtain
Citizenship rights; it is strictly prohibited for old households to oppress refugees, etc.
The able-bodied were called upon to work in the mines, and military camps were built in the surrounding areas. Their families were given priority to engage in the production of handicrafts upstream and downstream of various factories with the help of local governments.
In order to effectively carry out the immigration and refugee resettlement work, the democratic government of southwestern Shandong has continuously strengthened education and publicity, and required governments at the county, township, village and other levels to formulate plans one by one and guide their implementation, with special emphasis on eliminating sloppy work and conservative and xenophobic ideas.
In the early days, the resettlement work was slightly chaotic, but with the assistance of the army, the gathered people quickly completed the diversion work, and the first batch of nearly 30,000 people was successfully integrated into the southwestern Shandong base area.
During this period, rations for the month were distributed to each household according to the head of each household.
At the same time, good news also came from the Luxi Military Region.
"Commander **, telegram from Luxi Military Region!"
Zhou Weihan received the telegram, quickly glanced at its content, and immediately said with joy: "Chief of Staff, good news, comrades from the Western Lu Military Region have occupied the entire three counties of Yuncheng, Shouzhang, and Yanggu, and have captured a lot of
Feng, the cavalry regiment and the mountain artillery battalion are on their way back!"
Hearing this, the Deputy Chief of General Staff's sad face gradually disappeared for many days: "I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. I am afraid that the Luxi Military Region will also make a lot of money this time, but the Japanese army is too indifferent!"
"No matter what, the territory of the base area has been expanded, and we have money and food. The current situation is good for our Eighth Route Army. I believe the comrades of the Luxi Military Region can survive next year!" Zhou Weihan said.
Throughout the War of Liberation, the fundamental reason why the Eighth Route Army grew larger and more numerous was that it implemented land reform in the liberated areas. On the one hand, it gained the support of the people, and on the other hand, it had direct benefits and obtained a large amount of money and food from the landlord class.
The benefits of land reform have been verified in the Tainan Base Area, the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Base Area and the current Shandong-Western Base Area.
Seeing that the situation in the base area was stable and on track, Zhou Weihan's eagerness to return to the Tainan base area suddenly became restless.
After discussing with the deputy chief of staff, Zhou Weihan decisively deployed troops to each military region.
The 35th and 36th regiments directly under the Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region continue to assist the local government in resettling the people. The Tainan Cavalry Regiment, the Artillery Regiment, and the 37th and 38th Regiments are stationed in the Heze area.
In view of the fact that Juye east of Heze is the defense area of the 7th Teaching Brigade of the Luxi Military Region and is protected by this barrier. In order to facilitate Li Yunlong's command on the front line in the future, Zhou Weihan ordered the 39th Regiment to take over the independent regiment garrisoned in Zhencheng.
He immediately rushed to Dingtao.
The 40th Regiment went south and was stationed in the mountainous area of Luling Town at the junction of Dongming and Heze, while Wu Qin's third regiment continued to be stationed in Dongming, and the 41st Regiment took over the regiment stationed in Caoxian. After the order was issued, the 1st Regiment coordinated with the 42nd Regiment.
The regiment returned to the Zhinan Military Division to garrison.
At this time, the eight infantry regiments Li Yunlong was responsible for training began to be stationed in various places in batches after nearly two months of training.
Facing Shangqiu, the triangle area of Dingtao, Caoxian, and Chengwu, as the first-line defense area of the Southwest Shandong Military Division, gathers three infantry regiments including the New 1st Regiment, the Independent Regiment, and the 41st Regiment, plus a Southwest Shandong Cavalry Regiment.
"Given the high probability that the Japanese army will not send troops to sweep the base areas this winter, this is a rare opportunity for rest and recuperation. All regiments, especially the newly formed infantry regiments, must take advantage of this winter to continue training the soldiers!" Zhou Weihan
Finally said.
Everyone dispersed and Li Yunlong did not come to the meeting. Zhou Weihan left Luo Benzhong alone: "Comrade Benzhong, your task is very heavy. You must not only coordinate the army and local affairs, but also pay close attention to the ideological work of the army!"
"In response to this situation, the 40th Regiment in Luling Town and the 41st Regiment in Caoxian County belong to the Southwest Shandong Military Division. The 35th Regiment, 36th Regiment, 37th Regiment, and 38th Regiment in the Heze area are headed by the deputy chief of staff.
Take command personally, go back and explain this situation clearly to Li Yunlong, don't let him make mistakes for me!"
"Yes, I understand, *** member, Lao Li still has this consciousness!" Luo Benzhong said.
The next day, Zhou Weihan did not wait for the 1st Regiment and the 42nd Regiment to go north together. Instead, he led the reconnaissance company back to Leijia Village where the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Army Division Headquarters was located.
Previously, the Zhinan Military Division was located in the same place as the military region. Neihuang to the west was bordered by the Japanese troops in Anyang, Qingfeng to the south was bordered by the Japanese troops in the Liangpu area. Nanle in the north was the East Asia Alliance with the Daimyo area.
The autonomous armies faced each other across the Zhang River.
There was only an independent regiment of Zhou Weiguo stationed in the huge base area. Zhou Weihan ordered the 1st and 42nd regiments to go north, which was also Tan Lin's request, which solved the current situation of empty troops in the base area.
In Leijia Village, Zhou Weihan and Tan Lin, who had not seen each other for a long time, sat together for a rare drink and had a drink.
Listening to Tan Lin's description of the various situations faced by the Zhinan Army Division, Zhou Weihan couldn't help but get angry: "This group of East Asian Autonomous Army was originally a group of bandits, but now they have turned into spirits?"
According to Tan Lin, although Wang Tianxiang, the commander of the East Asia Alliance Autonomous Army, was loyal to the Eighth Route Army, when the army was first established, his strong internal competitor Cheng Ximeng was killed by Wu Qin on the way to Daimyo to attend the founding ceremony of the East Asia Alliance Autonomous Army.
The three regiments took the opportunity to annihilate most of them.
However, as Wang Tianxiang came to power, the Japanese advisers did not want to see Wang Tianxiang's family becoming the dominant one, and immediately deliberately supported other forces internally.
The East Asian Autonomous Army could not afford to offend the Zhangbei Military Division, but it targeted Nanle and Guancheng on the other side of the Zhang River.
Even with Wang Tianxiang's many warnings in advance, the people in the base area still suffered considerable losses during the autumn harvest.
"I estimate that when the Zhang River freezes over in winter, this group of puppet troops will be dispatched more frequently, but we can't annihilate them in one fell swoop now, just cripple them!"
"On the one hand, it can provide strong support to Wang Tianxiang. On the other hand, the troops in the Zhangbei Army Division can continue to attack the transportation lines and obtain a large amount of supplies!" Tan Lin said.
