Xia Jian also encountered something similar to Gu Changfeng in Jiaxing, but because the Shanghai-Hangzhou railway and highway ran through the entire territory of Jiaxing, the oncoming victims were more ferocious.
Since the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Japanese army has forcibly expelled Chinese people along the Huangpu River and coastal areas. Baoshan County, Shanghai County, Chuansha County, and Nanhui County have become the hardest-hit areas. People were driven out of their homes at gunpoint by the Japanese army from house to house. Like
They rushed outside the Japanese-controlled area like a duck, beating and kicking any resistance. Afterwards, the Japanese army set up checkpoints at major intersections to allow Japanese personnel to enter and exit.
Fortunately, because this area is close to Shanghai and has a huge international influence, the Japanese army did not have any looting or looting by the Japanese army. However, many people's properties and land left by their ancestors were thrown away to the Japanese. Although the Nanjing government repeatedly
They expressed their loyalty, but the Japanese army turned a deaf ear and falsely announced that this was an expedient measure to ensure the security of Shanghai. The purpose was to avoid the stationing of Chinese *** troops in the above areas, maintain peace and stability in the Shanghai area, and prevent Shanghai from being affected by the war.
People who left their homes flocked to the concession area, Baoshan County, Shanghai County, Fengxian County, Songjiang County and other cities and towns, waiting for the Japanese to relax their control and return to their homes. However, as the war broke out, various rumors spread.
Through the spread of the word, one said that Japan had been defeated, another said that a horrific massacre had occurred in such-and-such a place, and still others said that the Nanjing government had moved the capital. People are most afraid of the unknown, and coupled with the asymmetry of information,
Thinking that China had little chance of winning in a war between China and Japan, and recalling the cruelty and murderousness of the Japanese army that had been spread in various newspapers in recent years, many people chose to move inland.
Among the refugees, those with a little wealth first fled to big cities such as Hangzhou and Nanjing by taking trains, buses, etc. to observe changes in the current situation before deciding on their next move. However, most people who were short of money had no choice but to follow the
Roads and railways were used to move to the distant and unknown western regions to stay away from the threat of war.
"Why are there so many people? Can we accommodate them?" Beside the Jiahu Highway in Qixing Township, east of Jiaxing City, a group of generals stood on a mound more than three meters high, looking at the endless crowd of people. Yang, the director of the operations department,
Major General Lie looked shocked.
Xia Jian's eyes were stern: "We have to resettle them even if they can't be resettled. The boss has issued a death order. These people are precious resources and we cannot give up any of them."
Deputy Army Commander Deng Bin asked suspiciously: "Can Xiangxi, Qianxi, Xufu, southern Yunnan and other places accommodate such a large population? On our way from Jiaxing City, there are at least tens of thousands of people. Look at this
The formation, I don’t know how many people are behind me.”
All the military officers and generals also expressed the same views as Deng Bin.
Xia Jian glanced around and lowered his voice: "Thanks for being stationed in southern Yunnan for so long, don't you understand the purpose of the tunnels we built to connect the borders between China and Myanmar, China and Laos, and China and Vietnam? French Annan's northern part and Myanmar's Shan State
The plateau area is sparsely populated and fertile, and it can easily accommodate 20 to 30 million people without any pressure. With the war between China and Japan, the world's attention has been drawn to North China and the Songhu area, and those exports are extremely secretive.
All the tunnels have been opened by our Southern Yunnan Engineering Corps. Hongxingshe has contacted our Southern Yunnan security forces and quietly entered the area to closely monitor the movements of the colonial government and garrison.
"Today, Europe and Asia are not at peace. Germany, Italy, Soviet Russia and Japan have become the four major sources of instability. Britain and France have been unable to organize large-scale censuses of colonies similar to those carried out before the European War. This
This creates conditions for us to fish in troubled waters. Most of the people moving west this time will be moved to French Annan and northern Myanmar, creating conditions for our forces to enter the Indochina Peninsula."
All the generals were dumbfounded after hearing this. Yan Yaohuan, chief of staff of the army and commander of the 30th Division, said with a smile: "Don't worry, everyone. When have you ever seen the boss fight an uncertain battle? With only the small troops of French Annan and Burma,
It will not pose a threat to us. This is also the reason why the troops in western Guizhou and western Hunan are temporarily unable to move eastward to assist in the war. We must always pay attention to the reactions of Britain and France and make targeted deployments."
Major General Luo Lei, chief of staff of the 30th Division, shook his head: "Do we have enough food? This drought has spread throughout the southwest and northwest regions, and the grain storage warehouses in the southwest have consumed a lot. Seeing that this war cannot be resolved in three or two years, let's take a look
If there are so many more people to eat, can our food reserves be enough?"
Xia Jian said with a smile: "This is what our boss is good at. Since the year before last, a series of economic reforms led by Song Ziwen have achieved initial results. Currency reform and national economic construction have achieved good results. At the same time, with the vigorous efforts of our Sichuan South Group and Jiangnan Group
Under this promotion, enterprises in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the two lakes areas generally adopt our self-developed machinery and equipment. Their production capacity has doubled, and industry and commerce have developed rapidly. We can produce almost all industrial products in European and American countries by ourselves, which has greatly resisted the development of developed countries in our country.
of goods dumping.
"The capitalists in Europe and the United States are all-pervasive. They are trying to make a profit after failing to achieve success. After examining the Chinese market, they suddenly discovered that the price of China's agricultural products is much higher than that of their countries, so they used ships to bring in large amounts of grain and suppress it.
Our agricultural production attempts to attack our industrial and commercial development by bankrupting farmers and reducing purchasing power.
"Our boss made a decisive decision and ate a large amount of foreign rice. As a result, tens of millions of tons of grain from European and American countries were shipped to China, and we digested it without even catching a single bite. The weather was good the year before last and the year before last, and the Jiangnan and Lianghu areas were
There was a bumper harvest in agriculture, and grain prices dropped rapidly. It was our boss who purchased a large amount of grain at a price that was 20% higher than the market price, maintaining the stability of China's grain prices, and at the same time greatly stimulating farmers' enthusiasm for production. Everyone knows where this grain is now.
Is it? They are all in Jiangnan Group’s material warehouses across the country. Therefore, there is no need to worry about food issues. The Sichuannan material storage center is just a facade. It is for the central government and the outside world to see. The bulk is in the inventory of Jiangnan Group and Sichuannan Group.
The outside world doesn’t know this.”
The generals were dazzled and admired An Yi's foresight.
Colonel Lu Taofeng, the director of the Communications Division, was very puzzled: "China is a big agricultural country, and Europe and the United States are big industrial countries. How come the prices of agricultural products in big industrial countries are lower than those in our big agricultural countries? Isn't this impossible?"
Qu Muye, Director of the Munitions Department, explained: "I can answer this question for you. It is actually very simple. Countries such as the United States, Canada and Australia have vast territories and sparsely populated areas. Each farm covers an area of hundreds of thousands of acres, and machines are widely used for farming.
Therefore, the production cost is very low, and the corresponding agricultural product prices are very low. After dumping at a price lower than that of our country's agricultural products, they can still make a profit. This is why even though they know that some people are deliberately buying and hoarding food in the market, those giant ships are still shipping one after another.
The reason for shipping food to China."
Qu Muye is the childhood friend of Jiang Dingwen. He graduated from the Cornell University School of Management in the United States. After returning to China, he joined the army and entered the management department of the Central Military Academy. During his schooling, he liked An Yi's tactics classes very much. When he graduated, he took the initiative to apply to join the Anjia Army logistics department.
The security system made Jiang Dingwen, who envied his talent, feel regretful.
In fact, it was Qu Muye's idea for An Yi to let Jiangnan Group purchase and hoard grain. After many years in the United States, Qu Muye was very familiar with the agricultural production situation in the United States, especially Cornell College, which has specialized agricultural courses. There are information about American agriculture in the library.
There are many collections of books produced, and Qu Muye is an expert in this field.
Food is so important to war-torn China. After An Yi figured out that the U.S. food dumping policy was not a conspiracy, he followed Qu Muye's advice and ate a lot of food. Now it finally comes in handy.
While everyone was talking, there was a commotion at the end of the road in the distance. Many people gathered together and didn't know what they were clamoring for.
Xia Jian frowned: "What is Pei Guangrong doing? Why don't his officers and soldiers of the 87th Brigade maintain order? What if so many people gather together and accidents such as shoving, trampling, etc. occur?"
Deng Bin looked at the dark clouds rolling in from the southeast sky and jumped off the ridge:
"I'm going to find out about the situation... Commander, the storm is coming soon. You should go back to the shanty towns by the South Lake first and check the construction and resettlement of the people. If it rains continuously, some of the refugees will be sick."
Indispensable, field hospitals must prepare more traditional Chinese medicines to prevent typhoid fever and epidemic diseases, and medicines to expel wind-heat and colds must also be properly prepared, otherwise the disease will spread to a large area and cause widespread panic."
Yan Yaohuan, Luo Lei and Fang Jide, several 30th division generals, also jumped down. Yan Yaohuan said: "I'm going to see what's going on too. Pei Guangrong, the bastard, actually made me lose face in front of the army commander. Let's see how I deal with it."
he."
At this time, Xia Jian also saw the thick dark clouds coming from the southeastern sky, and his expression changed: "Everyone should pay attention to protect yourself. Typhoons along the coast of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian are very scary. I heard that sometimes even a cow can be rolled up. I
I don’t want to see everyone flying in the sky!”
Xia Jian's words caused a burst of laughter, and then everyone quickly dispersed.
Deng Bin and a group of generals from the 30th Division, riding in a Leopard off-road vehicle, quickly arrived at the gathering place under the tight protection of guards on the front and rear vehicles.
I heard a burst of heart-wrenching cries: "Boss, please do a good job and catch these beasts... Yesterday they were the ones who broke into our family's temporarily rented house and took my daughter to the house.
...It was ruined... They... They took away the jade bracelet and gold necklace from me... Now my daughter is half-dead, left to my old family
Pull... and lie on the cart behind..." Although the voice was intermittent, the sadness and anger contained in it made Deng Bin tremble and move.
"Old godmother, who knows whether what you said is true or not? You said that I raped your daughter, do you have any evidence?" A fierce and violent voice shouted angrily.
"Yes, when my daughter struggled, the thugs were scratched on her face and body. Also, before I was knocked unconscious, I saw a red birthmark on someone's waist... I...
..I just saw the injuries on your faces on the road and discovered you thieves, so I followed you secretly and reported it to the police officer."
"Comrade, please take off your clothes and take a look. Are there any scratch marks?" came a majestic voice.
"What kind of comrades are different from comrades? Are you ***? I have a name and a surname. My surname is Jiang Batian. I am the number one hero in Pudong. I have injuries on my body, but that was when I was kicked out of the house by the ***.
The injury has nothing to do with the daughter of this old pious woman? As for the birthmark, who knows if this old pious woman took advantage of it and hid aside to peek while I was swimming?" In the arrogant voice, several times
The sound of laughter came.
"Since you admit that you are injured, well, please come with us. Right and wrong will be decided by themselves. If you are really unjust, we will clear your name." It was still the same majestic voice.
"Go, go, why do you want me to go with you? You guys are still waiting to go to the camp ahead to rest. Go away, I said, good dogs don't block the way, otherwise don't blame me for being rude.
.....”
"Stop, we will shoot if you continue! Our 26th Army is responsible for order and security along the route from Shanghai to Jiaxing. We will never tolerate criminals who endanger society and have great public resentment. If you are not guilty of treason, why not
Dare you follow us?"
Then there was a sound of fists and kicks.
"Help... Folks, the *** is beating people... No, the *** is killing people..." The howling sounded, attracting more onlookers.
Crowds, more and more people are gathering on the road, almost blocking traffic.
At this time, Deng Bin couldn't bear it anymore, opened the door and walked out. The security personnel in the cars in front and behind quickly got out of the car to guard and keep the crowd at a distance.
As soon as the people gathered around the crowd saw this formation, they knew that a high official was coming, and they automatically made way for them.
Deng Bin walked forward quickly, the slanderous and insulting voices still heard in his ears, and his face became more and more angry.
"Shut up! How has our Anjia army ever killed people randomly? Yes, we want to kill people, but we only kill those who deserve death, such as the ***! If you really do something worse than a beast
, I deserve to kill you because I am doing harm to the people!" Deng Bin approached the three wretched men who were causing trouble on the ground and shouted loudly.
"You...you framed good people...we...we are all good people...if they were bad people, we...we would have gone away happily
How could you... choose to flee?"
From the voice of the man speaking, he knew that he was the one who had just been called the best hero in Pudong. When he saw Deng Bin's imposing manner and the security guards with guns and ammunition around him, he knew that things were going to be bad, so he pretended to be aggrieved in order to win the sympathy of the people around him.
"The matter has not been investigated yet, and we have not made a verdict. How do you know that we will wrongly accuse good people?" Deng Bin's eyes were cold and he waved his hand: "Come here and arrest them."
The three guards quickly stepped forward, stretched out their thick hands, and quickly held their hands behind their backs. Each of them picked up one of them. Before the three wretched men screamed in resistance, the guards quickly removed their chins, and their lips and tongues were suddenly at a loss.
I could only scream "Yiyiyiya" and drooled all over the floor.
Deng Bin glanced at the thirty-year-old woman sitting on the ground with tears in her eyes full of gratitude, and nodded to the three soldiers of the 87th Brigade on duty:
"It's good that you can distinguish right from wrong, but you still didn't handle this matter decisively enough. Under normal circumstances, you should take the victim with you, capture the suspect first, and then hand it over to a specialist for trial, rather than confronting him in public.
Causing chaos."
The three soldiers saluted Deng Bin, and the leader reported: "Commander, the main reason is that there are too many things happening along the way. We are so busy and confused that we can't turn our heads... Now our brigade
The chief is still handling similar cases at the county government office in Jiashan County. We promise that this will not happen again next time."
Deng Bin thoughtfully asked: "Are there many similar robbery cases?"
The three soldiers nodded together.
Deng Bin felt quite heavy: "Okay, I will tell your brigade commander when I get back and tell him not to bother with it. All suspects will be sent to the military headquarters. We will form a special court to handle these cases. Criminals should be killed."
The killing should be punished, and heavy punishment should be used in troubled times. Anyway, our mines are short of people, and all the prisoners who have been sentenced should be sent to the mines for labor reform."
"yes!"
The three soldiers were very happy: "If this were the case, it would be much easier for our brigade commander."
When the three soldiers saluted and left, they discovered Yan Yaohuan and others standing beside the crowd. They were so frightened that they hurried forward and saluted one by one.
Yan Yaohuan said: "It's going to rain soon. You must pay attention to protecting the safety of people along the way. Try to resettle as many people as possible in Jiashan County. You can rent houses from local fellow villagers. All the money and materials spent will be allocated by the military. At the same time, due to the refugees,
The good and the bad are mixed, and crimes are likely to occur frequently. In addition to increasing patrols, you must be resolute and decisive when dealing with criminals to avoid causing widespread commotion."
"Okay, we will report the division commander's request to the brigade commander immediately after we return." The leading soldier finished saluting and was about to leave with his men. Deputy division commander Fang Jide said: "I will go back with you. After I have finished explaining Lao Pei, I will
Go to the headquarters of the 88th and 89th Brigades and make sure this is your top priority."
At this time, the guard had already stepped forward to help the middle-aged woman. The woman said gratefully: "Thank you, sir, thank you..."
Deng Bin consoled her in a harmonious voice: "Mom, don't worry, our Anjiajun will never let a bad guy go. When you go back, be careful to persuade your daughter and don't let her do stupid things. It's the Republic of China now, a new era.
What matters is the beauty of the soul, and I think she will find a good husband."
"Really? Who would want a broken shoe?" A weak and sad voice asked.
Deng Bin turned around in surprise and saw a fragile girl wearing a jade-colored lake crepe short jacket and a black skirt sitting on a cart supported by two wooden wheels. Her eyes were slightly red and swollen, and she spoke with a cynical expression.
Look at yourself.
Deng Bin looked back without fear and said with a serious face: "In our southern Sichuan, there are some such heroic and warm-blooded men, and some are stalwart men who value life more than righteousness. If a girl has super talent and outstanding moral character, anyone can become a girl."
In my opinion, with the girl's stunning natural beauty, if a man pays too much attention to that layer of membrane, he is not worthy of the girl's love. On the contrary, if he knows the girl's past and still has no regrets, then such a man can be considered a good match.
He is a true hero and a true hero."
The girl was thoughtful, watching Deng Bin lead the people away, and said nothing for a long time.