"Commander ***, good news, a call came from the 15th Brigade. More than 5,000 people from the Puppet First Army have surrendered in Sui County!"
Zhou Weihan was overjoyed after hearing this. The First Puppet Army had been stationed in northern Anhui. As the main force of the Eighth Route Army moved south, the local Japanese and puppet troops could not conceal their decline. After several consecutive defeats, the remaining troops quickly fled to eastern Henan.
A few days ago, the 15th Brigade called to report that some officers in the Puppet First Army frequently contacted the 15th Brigade and seemed to want to change things. The reason was forced by the situation.
The Thirty-fifth Division has five organized puppet armies under its jurisdiction, including the Puppet Third Army that confronts the national army in the Changjin area, Sun Dianying's Puppet Fifth Army in the northern Henan area that changed the future, and the Puppet Army in the Shangqiu area.
Sun Liangcheng's Puppet Fourth Army.
The Puppet First Army in eastern Henan and the Puppet Second Army in northern Anhui had a strength of more than 80,000 at their peak. However, internal factional conflicts were serious, and their strength today is far less than before.
After the remaining 7,000 members of the Puppet First Army fled to eastern Henan in a hurry, they were constantly suppressed and divided by the Puppet Second Army due to the loss of territory and supplies. The puppet army was divided internally.
At this time, Li Yunlong's 16th Brigade returned from the Shandong Military Region, and was then ordered to station in the Yucheng area for rest and reorganization. After Zhou Weihan had more cards to play, in order to reduce the pressure on the 15th Brigade in East Henan, he decisively ordered two troops from the Southwest Shandong Military Division to
One regiment sent troops from Caoxian County and marched to the east of Minquan and west of Shangqiu of Caoxian County. Two regiments from the Northern Henan Army Division sent troops from Kaocheng and marched to the west of Minquan and the east of Lanfeng.
The four regiments dispatched by the local military region are all newly established basic regiments. Although their combat effectiveness is not very strong, they have created quite a stir.
As a result, the Eighth Route Army formed a comprehensive suppression of the 35th Division in three directions: northern Henan, southwestern Shandong, and eastern Henan. To describe it in one sentence, the situation was excellent.
The Puppet First Army has lost the qualifications to negotiate at this time. Anyway, the treatment compared with surrender is obviously very different. Rather than surrendering voluntarily, it is better to say that it is forced to surrender by the Puppet Second Army. They can't even eat enough.
Under such circumstances, one can only choose to lay down his weapons and surrender.
Zhou Weihan understood that the northern Anhui base area needed to stage a good show to scare the monkeys, and the surrendered Puppet First Army had been stationed in northern Anhui for a long time and had deep grievances with the local people, so it was obviously a good target.
"Call back to Zhao and Ding. Carefully screen the surrendered puppet troops so that suitable troops can be replenished. Be sure to find out the leaders and those with blood debts, and send the rest to the northern Anhui base together!" Zhou Weihan said.
"In addition, the 15th Brigade continues to put pressure on the Japanese and puppet troops of the 35th Division and cannot let them relax!"
"Yes!" Yang Bo responded.
Luo Benzhong on the side obviously understood Zhou Weihan's thoughts and said: "Commissioner, if this group of people is sent to northern Anhui, then I will arrange for someone to deal with it. The main leaders will definitely be tried locally!"
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"Currently, the local government is setting up collective farms to relocate disaster victims from various places to places close to the yellow flood zone, and the remaining puppet soldiers are simply put into labor reform on the farms!"
The rectification movement in the Wanbei base area was started by Zhou Weihan, but the person specifically responsible was Luo Benzhong. So far, the effect is good, and the atmosphere and work efficiency have obviously changed.
Zhou Weihan looked at Luo Benzhong: "Lao Luo, I have read the research report on the Yellow River Flood Area in detail. It mentioned that re-cultivation is very difficult and difficult to complete in a short time. This is true, but it must be implemented. We don't do it now.
If you do it, there will always be someone to do it in the future, you can’t leave the trouble to future generations!”
"Besides, you are right to propose land reform. Since it is already too late, you might as well postpone it a little longer!"
The Yellow River Flood Area is causing endless harm. Objectively speaking, it is difficult to solve the problem of soil desertification in the Yellow River Flood Area with the current technical level. Even in areas that are far away from the hardest-hit areas, soil salinization is still quite serious in areas with slightly better conditions.
The Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area specially sent a technical team to investigate the Yellow River Flood Area, and then put forward two suggestions. First, collective farms can be set up in areas with better conditions for re-cultivation. Second, several villages can be built in areas with severe desertification.
Use the sand field as raw materials to build concrete plants and glass plants.
The resumption of farming in the Yellow River Flood Area and the land reform in the base areas are closely related. The real root cause is people and land. The land reform in the base areas is to distribute the land of the landlords to poor peasants and farm laborers.
So a key question needs to be faced: will the influx of victims be divided into different parts of the land?
Everyone wants a piece of ready-made land. For the local people, they are either from the same village or outsiders. People in the same village are fighting over land and water sources, let alone the victims from the yellow flood area?
The amount of land is limited, and dividing it will require landlords to give up more land, which will also harm the interests of local people and will inevitably arouse conflicts among the people.
If not, how will the victims be resettled? Therefore, the only option is to adopt a re-cultivation policy.
The position of Zhou Weihan Station is high, so you can see further and think more clearly. In the end, these victims are eating food transported from the Hebei, Shandong and Henan base areas. With the current situation in the northern Anhui base area, it is not good to implement the policy of providing relief for work.
, simply arrange them all into collective farms.
These victims will be a burden for a few years, but with the collective farms, some production can be restored. After the land reforms in northern Anhui and eastern Henan are fully completed, the public grain collected will continue to feed these victims.
The people in the northern Anhui base area have not yet surrendered, so there is no rush for land reform. However, it is necessary to use a public trial of the puppet army leaders to deter the people who are jumping up and down. After the game with the Japanese army is over, land reform can be carried out with the power of victory.
After talking about the business, Zhou Weihan suddenly asked: "Lao Luo, as a firefighting captain, do you plan to continue working in Northern Anhui in the future, or..."
Luo Benzhong had not thought about his future before: "Has the superior decided to go north?"
"This is natural. Yanzhou has already considered the overall policy. Going north is the best development direction under the current situation. We will definitely take action before the autumn harvest!" Zhou Weihan gave Luo Benzhong reassurance.
Luo Benzhong said: "My personal wish is definitely to follow the main force to the north. Of course, I will obey the organization's arrangements!"
"Okay, but you have to deal with northern Anhui and eastern Henan properly before letting go. During this time, you can cultivate more comrades. You can't let the stalls you left behind cause trouble again after you leave!"
"Understood, I know it well, and I will handle the relevant matters before leaving!"
Zhou Weihan is not trying to pull the mountain, but the troubles caused in the northern Anhui base area need to be learned from experience and lessons. Luo Benzhong is the one who has experienced it. In the future, the main force of the Eighth Route Army will go north to regain the lost territory. The newly established base area will need experienced comrades like Luo Benzhong to take charge.