The deputy chief of staff looked at everyone with a smile: "How's it going? Are we done talking?"
Several people looked at each other and smiled, and then nodded in unison. This result was considered to be a happy one, and both mountains were well taken care of.
The personnel in the lower military divisions basically have their own basic bases. Even if there are vacancies, other personnel will fill them.
In fact, there were not many people who were qualified to speak just now. They were just the four branch committee members: Tan Lin, Zhou Weihan, Yang Yong, and Xiao Hua. The former Hebei, Shandong, and Henan Military Region had a lot of personnel changes before, so most of them were represented by Tan Lin, who knew the situation well.
speak.
Zhou Weihan believed in Tan Lin unconditionally. Even though he was a little confused, he did not interrupt him.
"That's good. The discussion results will be formed into reporting materials as soon as possible, and then reported to the Northern Bureau and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters!"
The deputy chief of general staff gave full autonomy in this personnel appointment and did not even intend to go through the reporting materials personally.
"The war is all about logistics, but now our Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area has not formed an effective supply system for either food or weapons and equipment. The next development focus should be on these two aspects!"
"Especially the food issue. If people don't have enough to eat, they can't do anything. Comrade Zhou Weihan, your Fifth Column is a big food eater. Tell us what you think!" The deputy chief of staff directly named Zhou Weihan.
In order to cope with the disaster, each base area carried out large-scale production campaigns. Generally speaking, the fields were sufficient during the war years, but some wasteland needed to be reclaimed.
At that time, Tan Lin called on every commander and soldier to participate in reclaiming wasteland. On average, each person reclaimed two acres of wasteland.
These lands are collectively managed by the catering units. They are usually taken care of by a small number of people, and intensive farming is done during busy farming seasons. Basically, each company has its own small farm.
However, these lands were planted with winter wheat in September and October last year. If you want to see the results, you have to wait until May or June. After that, you will continue to plant corn on this land.
The local people are familiar with this set of procedures, and the fields are planted with high-quality seeds obtained from the Tainan base area, but water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the nearer.
In contrast, the side businesses developed by local governments and the army have achieved rapid results. In addition to the common raising of pigs and sheep, workshops such as oil raising, rice flour, tofu, etc. have sprouted everywhere.
Qualified units have also joined forces with local people to set up groups for spinning cotton yarn, knitting sweaters, knitting straw hats, sewing, and making shoes.
The large-scale papermaking, tanning, salt, mining and other factories in the base area are also very impressive, revitalizing the economy of the base area in disguise.
Zhou Weihan smiled bitterly, and he was not prepared to hide it: "I talked to Comrade Zhao Gang in Tainan Base Area before, and he agreed to provide 50 million kilograms of grain. It is estimated that it can be shipped in two or three days!"
"Well, you see there is still a way. Twenty million kilograms of this batch of grain will be set aside for the exclusive use of the fifth column, and the rest will be used as disaster relief grain." The deputy chief of staff nodded, and then said: "It's difficult for the place, and it's difficult for the army as well."
, but the most difficult thing is the common people. It’s hard to say whether they can survive until May. Everyone needs to use their brains to find a way!"
"Whether it's through formal channels or by activating your personal relationships, be brave and go get food alms. As long as you can get food, I'll claim 10 million kilograms of food!"
When the deputy chief of staff said this, it was equivalent to forcing others into a corner. Whether it was secretly hiding food or trying to find ways to get it, they had to produce food.
Zhou Weihan's brainpower was very fast. Although the Hebei, Shandong and Yu column had not yet been reorganized, it was roughly calculated that the full strength would be nearly 37,000 people, including the 1,000 horses of the cavalry regiment.
According to the daily ration of three kilograms of food for combat troops, they need to consume at least 3.6 million kilograms of grain in a month. All these people will be out of work and will not participate in production activities for the time being.
The current main force of the military region, as well as the basic regiments and semi-full-time county brigades and district squadrons, plus the 1.2 million people who came from the Yellow River area, the food consumed in a month is simply an astronomical figure.
The next step was the claiming process. Everyone present did not run away. I am afraid that the local landlords would be gnashing their teeth.
Zhou Weihan's head felt a dull pain. The Jinan Military Region had taken over the Zhangbei area, but they hadn't been able to negotiate the price yet. He didn't know how much food they could get out of their mouths.
"Why are you drooping your face? There's nothing you can do about it. Let's talk about business!" said the deputy chief of staff: "The enemy is taking advantage of the spring plowing to cause friction. The headquarters and the Northern Bureau have issued orders to have each base area summarize the surrounding intelligence and use it to
It won’t take long for the results to come out!”
"The headquarters speculates that the enemy's main targets should be Huxi, Lunan, and the Jianghuai area. Comrades of the New Fourth Army have been warned in advance!"
The reason why the Eighth Route Army headquarters made such speculations was mainly based on experience. Historically, frictions between recalcitrant armies were temporal and regional, and frictions rarely occurred nationwide.
Furthermore, the struggle situation in the area south of the Longhai Line, east of the Ping-Han Line, and north of the Yangtze River is the most complex. The enemy and we are intertwined, and we are among you, and you are among us.
There are only three groups of the Nationalist Army in the form of an organic system. One is the 21st Group Army of the Guangxi Army that retreated to the Dabie Mountains after participating in the Battle of Xuzhou. The second is the Lu-Su-Henan-Anhui Border Region Headquarters headed by Tang Enbo, which has jurisdiction over the 21st Group Army.
The 31st Group Army and the 28th Group Army are located on the north and south sides of the Yellow River respectively.
The third is the troops under the jurisdiction of the Lusu War Zone, plus many local stubborn troops, the national army has a large number of troops here.
In particular, the 28th Group Army was established after the year and was specifically used to cause friction this time. This unit is adjacent to the Huaibei Military Region of the New Fourth Army and once squeezed the troops in the Huaibei Military Region to the east of the Jinpu Line.
The Lusu Theater was intertwined with the New Fourth Army's Northern Jiangsu Military District. On the contrary, after the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese army took the initiative to shrink its forces near the transportation lines, which intensified the conflict between the New Fourth Army and the National Army.
"The 28th Group Army of Li Xianzhou Department is located in Bo County, Woyang and other places east of the Huangfan District. To the east, it can attack our Huaibei Military Region, and to the north, it can send its troops northward, with the frontline pointing directly at Huxi and Southern Shandong!"
"In addition, the Japanese and puppet troops have deployed as many as 60,000 to 70,000 troops along the Longhai line. Once the two forces merge together, our situation will not be good..."
The deputy chief of staff understood the situation much more clearly than Zhou Weihan and others, and could analyze the surrounding situation clearly in a few words.
Zhou Weihan couldn't explain this clearly. His understanding of the situation south of the Longhai Line was still six months ago, but Li Yunlong said: "This group of national troops is very rampant. They took the initiative to provoke in September last year. The comrades of the Huaibei Military Region even
Withdrew from Xiayi and Yongcheng to Xiao County!"