The political commissar strongly disagreed with this unscrupulous approach, because not only would the Chinese lose in the end, but once exposed by the Japanese army, it would be very detrimental to our army in terms of public opinion. Let’s look at what Yang Zhen mentioned When he saw these counterfeit coins, he had a disapproving expression on his face and shook his head even more.
Although he knew that the young general in front of him now had the same position as himself, and was more valued by the Central Committee and the Chairman, as a senior and veteran, he felt that there were some things he still wanted to say, but he just wanted to think about it. What to say, but after being signaled by the commander next to him, he didn't say anything in the end.
Although the political commissar concealed his displeasure well after hearing what Yang Zhen said, they fought together during the Nanchang Uprising. During the Red Army period, one served as chief of general staff and the other served as political commissar of the First Red Army. , during the Long March, there was another commander of the advance team, an old comrade and partner who served as political commissar. The commander sitting next to him would not be able to tell.
As for the role and harm of Yang Zhen's move, as a veteran who has been in the army for decades and has military experience older than Yang Zhen, he doesn't understand. Although as an authentic soldier, he doesn't understand. The importance of finance, but he also knew what would be the result of an army without a reliable source of finance.
After serving in the army for more than thirty years, he has seen too many armies that mutinied because of lack of pay. Even the Red Army back then, in order to cope with the blockade of the national army, printed its own currency and raised funds by attacking local tyrants. Currently, various base areas behind enemy lines are They are also issuing their own currency in order to cope with the blockade of the Japanese and puppet troops and invigorate the economy of each base area.
To put it in a vulgar way, troops cannot march and fight without money, nor can they eat, drink, or have sex without money. However, this is the first time he has heard about making the other party's currency and messing up the other party's finance. It's just that it is the first time he has heard about finance. The term war does not make it clear what this financial war is about.
He also knows what the consequences will be if a large number of counterfeit currency flows into the market, but as someone who has experienced it, warlords in various places in the past issued currency indiscriminately in order to raise military salaries and make money. There were also currency issued by the Japanese army in the early days of occupation to rob supplies. He is still very clear about the harm that military tickets bring to the people.
He knew how many people issued these currencies just to make money. There was no deposit, no limit on the quantity, and even worthless currencies. He was still clear about the loss of his family and his family. Those currencies in the past that still had a certain circulation capacity were so harmful, not to mention Those fake coins they printed.
The Japanese plundered the Northeast, and what they transported back to their homeland were various minerals, timber, grain and other resources and real gold and silver. There was no place for these after leaving the Northeast, and even the pseudo-Manchu coins that were not allowed to circulate in the neighboring Japanese colony of Korea. The Japanese will not be shipped back to their country.
The losses caused by these counterfeit coins were ultimately passed on to the Chinese in the Japanese-occupied areas, and the unlucky ones were the Chinese. Even the commander, who is a military cadre, can clearly see this. I am afraid this is a problem. A battle that killed a thousand enemies and suffered eight hundred losses, and the losses were all ordinary people.
But for him, although he did not agree with Yang Zhen's actions, he felt that it was not the time to talk about this now. As his former subordinate, he must have his reasons for doing this. Some things still matter. It's best not to ask too many questions, especially judging from the expression on the face of this old partner of mine, he must be quite dissatisfied.
Although the young man in front of him is young, he is already the commander of a grand strategic area on the same level as himself. From the perspective of the central government's future deployment, the Northeast will be a very important part of the entire war situation. Old chief, that's just the respect others have for me. Now, no matter in terms of strength comparison or other aspects, others are much more confident than me.
If his partner spoke too directly and the young man had a good reputation, he might have gone wrong. In order to dispel the political commissar's thoughts, the commander immediately changed the subject and asked the guards to move the things away and asked the political commissar to move the things away. Ministry officials sent most of the tonics and nutritional products to various field hospitals.
The commander stopped Yang Zhen's attempt to persuade him, dragged Yang Zhen to the dining table, served him the meal himself, and then said: "Comrade Yang Zhen, I am very interested in your guard platoon. See if you can leave a few people behind this time and train us a group of people like this."
"I know that your army has trained a group of similar people at the Central Committee, but I always feel that the troops you trained at the Central Committee and your guard platoon are a little different. In addition to weapons, your guard platoon is tactically There are also many differences in its application.”
"In addition to guard work, its tactical use is also quite beautiful. Although your tactical use may not look too eye-catching, it is extremely useful when fighting in such a small space, especially during rescue operations. When our army captured people, it can be said to have played a decisive role."
"Comrade Yang Zhen, you are well aware that troops in various base areas within the pass will inevitably have personnel captured during frequent counter-mopping operations, and among them there may also be important figures in our party's government and military. They were captured for various reasons. This time during the anti-mopping up process of the Jizhong Military Region, a military division commander, a deputy commander, and several regiment commanders were captured."
"During the anti-mopping operations in the Taihang Mountains, the Secretary-General of the Eighteenth Army Headquarters, who was also the Secretary-General of the Northern Bureau, was captured by the Japanese army and killed in Taiyuan. If we had an armed force like yours, even if someone was captured, it would not be There is no hope of rescue at all."
"Furthermore, this time the Japanese army has launched successive raids on our base areas behind enemy lines, and the new tactics and tactics they have adopted have brought us great losses and are quite destructive. If we have a similar force in each of our base areas, The armed force will be of great help when fighting the Japanese army."
The commander is the commander. After all, he is a veteran who has been on the battlefield. His vision is much more accurate than that of ordinary cadres. He can tell at a glance the role of Yang Zhen's guard platoon's tactics in this rescue operation. This kind of The tactics are not only extremely cleverly designed, but also very practical.
The Japanese and puppet troops have always closely guarded the captured personnel of our army, especially the senior commanders whose identities have been exposed. They are heavily guarded. In the eyes of the Japanese and puppet troops, these people are big fish. , our army has paid a high price to rescue captured personnel, especially to rescue some senior captured personnel, which often has to pay a considerable price.
After the Secretary-General of the 18th Group Army and the Secretary-General of the Northern Bureau were captured, the current acting Taihang Military Region Commander and the 129th Division Commander, the former commander-in-chief of the Fourth Front Army, immediately mobilized the two remaining troops who had not suffered too much losses. It was also the few remaining main regiments in the base area that intercepted the Japanese mopping up troops in an attempt to rescue them.
However, various rescue forces suffered heavy casualties under the Japanese attack, and there were not many Taihang Military Region left in the old base area. One of the two main regiments was defeated. The regiment leader and political commissar both died in the Japanese air raids, and the troops suffered casualties. In one third, the troops were almost completely defeated. Under the command of the Chief of Staff, it took a lot of effort to get rid of the Japanese counterattack.
This regiment is one of the few main regiments left in the base area after the main force of the Taihang Military Region was transferred north. It is also the only regiment that is entirely composed of old troops and has no newly upgraded local armed forces. The old Red Army, one of them was an old cadre who participated in the December 9th Movement, and there were not many top students of Yenching University in the base area. The regiment was defeated, especially the sacrifice of the regiment leader and political commissar. After receiving the telegram, the commander I felt distressed for a long time.
In the commander's view, if each base area can have such a force, when similar rescue operations are carried out in the future, the success rate will be much higher and the losses will be much smaller. It has professional tactics, professional qualities and professional skills. Equipment cannot be compared with temporarily mobilized troops.
The most important thing is that judging from the intelligence reports from the Jizhong Military Region and the Taihang, Taiyue, and Beiyue Districts, the Japanese army adopted a variety of new tactics in this raid, not only killing everyone, burning them all, A series of cruel and unusual policies such as the three-light robbery, as well as a series of tactics such as the iron cage.
We also organized a large number of special teams disguised as ordinary people or our military troops. Under the cover of large troops or before the Japanese army swept away, they secretly penetrated into various base areas to specifically attack our high-level headquarters and assassinate or capture our senior military officers. The commander guides the Japanese aircraft to carry out air strikes on our army's high command, disrupts our army's command system, and destroys a series of important targets such as arsenals and food reserves. At the same time, he guides the large Japanese and puppet troops to find the main force of our army.
In terms of equipment, except for grenades, the remaining weapons of these Japanese troops were all Czech rifles and rifles. Moreover, most of them at least understood Chinese, and a considerable number of them even spoke in local dialects. Also quite fluent.
In this anti-mopping operation in the Taihang Mountains, the 18th Group Army's arsenal and headquarters, as well as the 129th Division and Taihang Military Region Headquarters, the Taihang Border Region Administrative Office and the Prefectural Committee, were repeatedly attacked by small groups of Japanese troops and suffered heavy losses. A considerable number of local cadres Although they were killed or captured in the hands of these people, the arsenal was also severely damaged, and a considerable part of the equipment and supplies in reserve were set on fire or blown up.
Although these people do not have many troops, they are quite destructive. Under this severe situation, various base areas within the pass are in urgent need of forming similar combat troops to break the Japanese army's various attacks on our senior generals and some Attempts to sabotage important institutions.
For the advancing army and even the troops in the pass who are in the process of counter-mopping up, this can be regarded as a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye, a fire-for-fire tactic. It tries to contain the special tactics of the Japanese and puppet troops from destroying the base area as much as possible. This is also a very important reason why the commander made this request to Yang Zhen.
To be honest, the commander's request was not too much. Yang Zhen was very responsive to the commander's thoughts. However, this request made Yang Zhen somewhat embarrassed. The equipment was easy to say. In the warehouse directly under the reconnaissance brigade, There is ready-made reserve equipment. Although the quantity is not too large, there is absolutely no problem in forming a similar force for the advancing army first.
It's just that this kind of unit requires long-term and extremely arduous training to cultivate, and it takes more than half a year to even form the most basic combat effectiveness. These tactics are not basic infantry tactics. After three or four months of crash training, It can be trained, and it is not an ordinary reconnaissance company. As long as there are veterans, the combat effectiveness will be formed very quickly. This is a brand new combat mode that requires long-term training to cultivate.