The New Second Regiment did not retreat too far after fighting against the Japs from Wuyi and Wu'an.
According to the agreed time, at three o'clock in the morning, all units of the New Second Regiment passed through Wuyi and returned to the camps of each battalion as planned.
"Captain, Kang Shunzi is here, and he's bringing some supplies." Li Da said in a sly voice.
Zhou Weihan frowned, not really understanding what this meant, so he said, "Let him come over."
"Captain Zhou, I am the deputy commander of the Wuyi Emperor's Alliance Army. You can just call me Kang Shunzi. I have admired your army for a long time."
Zhou Weihan saw Kang Shunzi chattering non-stop and interrupted directly: "Captain Kang, please tell me if you have anything to say."
Kang Shunzi gave himself a mouthful and said: "Hey, look at my bad mouth, it's like this. Colonel Watanabe asked Captain Watanabe to entrust me to send some labor supplies to your army to express his gratitude for your army's cooperation."
"It's nothing good. There are eight big fat pigs in total and 30,000 rounds of ammunition. Please accept it and I won't disturb you." Kang Shunzi said with a pained look on his face. He waved his hand and asked his men to leave the car and take the people.
Just left.
Zhou Weihan, who stayed where he was, looked at each other in confusion. Zhao Gang smiled and said, "Old Zhou, this temple warrior is too particular."
"What's so particular about it? It's called reciprocity. I gave Isamu Terauchi a huge sum of money for the supplies for the Bantian United." Zhou Weihan shook his head and said. "However, Isamu Terauchi is quite particular. I gave him all the gifts, so we accepted it with a smile.
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Since the all-round cooperation between Teraui Yong and the New Second Regiment, the puppet troops in Wuyi and Wu'an counties have been greatly affected. Teraui Yong's calculations have been ringing, and the puppet troops have been reduced using the excuse of good security in the defense area.
The expenses, including the daily carrying of more than a dozen rounds of ammunition, were all saved up to prepare for a deal with Zhou Weihan.
The next day, Zhou Weihan convened everyone for a post-war summary meeting.
"Let me introduce first, this is Comrade Wang Wenying sent by our superiors to assist us in our work. The base area was officially established according to the instructions of our superiors. Comrade Wenying, please tell me," Zhao Gang began.
"Hello, comrades, my comrades from the working group and I have been in our base area for some time and have been visiting during this period. According to my investigation, there are a total of 84 villages in the defense area of our new second regiment. Most of them are in the mountains, and a few
On the plains, the people in the defense area are very enthusiastic and supportive of the work. The revolutionary foundation is very good. These are all the contributions of the comrades. Head of the regiment, please tell me the details of the political commissar first." Wang Wenying looked at Zhou Weihan and Zhao Gang and said.
Zhou Weihan saw both of them staring at him, and simply said: "You two, please tell me about the establishment of each department first. Don't hide it. Jing Dagang, you come first."
"Regiment leader, political commissar, our first battalion now has 835 people"
“We don’t have that many people in the second battalion, only 720 people.”
"There are 690 people in the third battalion," each battalion commander reported in turn.
"I don't care how many people you have in each battalion. Just remember how big your appetite is and how much food you eat. It's your ability to draw up a team, but one thing is that your combat effectiveness cannot be reduced." Zhou Weihan said.
"The base area has been established, and our new Second Regiment has roots. We cannot just shoot and change places like before. As the saying goes, political power comes from the barrel of a gun. If we want to defend the base area, the barrel of the gun must be strong."
"After you go back, all ministries will strengthen training, and the regiment headquarters will set up training courses. Company commanders, platoon leaders, and squad leaders of each ministry will go to the regiment headquarters in batches for rotation training. The political commissar and I will take military and ideological education classes."
"On the basis of the original militia teams in each village, several adjacent militia teams set up district teams. Wu'an and Wuyi established county brigades. The training of each militia team in the defense area was handled by each battalion. The training of the militia teams in Wuyi and Wu'an fell areas was by
The independent brigade will be in charge, and will then be handed over to local comrades for unified command. You will cooperate with local comrades to consolidate political power and gradually encroach on the enemy-occupied areas."
"Li Da is responsible for establishing an intelligence network. With the help of cargo stores, he established contact points in several surrounding counties to keep an eye on the movements of the Japs and collect intelligence."
"Establish a repair shop and plan to set up a small arsenal later. Of course, the goal is a bit far away. Your ministries should pay attention to recruiting talents."
"In order to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, a medical team was established. The personnel were mobilized from the captured seven little Japanese military doctors and fifteen health workers. You, the political commissar, are responsible for this matter."
"Comrade Wenying, your local comrades must provide troops for the army, absorb educated patriotic youth, expand the Eighth Route Army's armed forces; implement rent and interest reductions, carry out agrarian revolution; at the same time implement judicial administration in each village, crack down on evil landlords and old wealth,
You can rest assured that my new second team will support you."
"Last point, the three armies have to go ahead without using food and grass. If we want the soldiers to increase their combat effectiveness, they must first eat enough. If we want to achieve more results with the little devils, we need to ensure that there is enough material supply. Although there is enough food now
, but we must be prepared for a rainy day, because we may not be able to stop at any time. The team is expanding too fast. It is far from enough to rely solely on the supplies and seizures of the common people. Everyone came to give their opinions on this point." Zhou Weihan said a lot in one breath.
"Yes, Commander, the team has expanded. I see that we cannot just rely on the common people to provide us with food. In order to reduce the burden on the common people in the base area, each battalion should carry out large-scale production and strive to be self-sufficient as soon as possible." Zhao Gang added.
"Captain, now is a good time for spring plowing. I see that there is a lot of wasteland around the village. We will reclaim the wasteland and grow some crops ourselves, or we can provide some crop seeds to reclaim the wasteland and hand over the rest.
Let the villagers do it, and when the grain is harvested, we will distribute part of the grain to the villagers?" Wang Wenying was still very experienced and immediately proposed a solution.
"Yes, we can reclaim wasteland while ensuring combat effectiveness, but report this matter to our superiors in a timely manner, increase revenue and reduce expenditures, and be self-sufficient. I don't think our superiors will disagree," Zhou Weihan nodded. "
"Captain, there are many crops suitable for planting here, including sorghum, millet, corn, soybeans, wheat, rice, barley, buckwheat, peanuts, sweet potatoes, potatoes and a variety of vegetables. We can also engage in breeding, and we can raise them ourselves, too.
It can be distributed to each household and let the villagers help raise pigs, cows, sheep, chickens, and ducks. Then there will be no need to buy these supplies all the time." Ding Abacus understands the situation very well because he always interacts with the people.
The more I talked, the more excited I became.
"Captain, leave the task of purchasing crop seeds, farm tools, and livestock to me," Li Da said proactively.
"These are the specifics. You go back and implement them step by step. This is related to the future survival of our base area, so I should pay attention to it." Zhou Weihan instructed.
Zhou Weihan had already had ideas about the mass production movement. He knew very well how bad the Eighth Route Army's living environment was in 1941.
After the Anti-Japanese War progressed to 1940, the little devils intensified their "mopping up" and blockade of the anti-Japanese base areas. Coupled with successive years of natural disasters, the production in each base area was greatly damaged. The people did not have enough to eat. How could they supply the Eighth Route Army?
It is important to plan ahead at this time.
Zhou Weihan decided to take advantage of the opportunity of the New Second Regiment's large-scale production to put forward suggestions to the headquarters and let all the Eighth Route Army departments try it.