"What are you talking about? Commander?" Yu Ting said angrily, "You are talking nonsense. The commander is far away in Wei County, four to five hundred miles away from here. Besides, if the commander comes, why is the independent brigade not here?
Come?"
"I find it strange too." Wang Xiaomao scratched his head and said, "Am I seeing something wrong?"
"You little bastard, you must have made a mistake." Yu Ting shook his head and said to Greilin, "Political Commissar, it seems we don't need to go to Yangliutun. Chi Laohu must be in the county seat. Let's just go directly to the county seat.
, I also want to see what good things Chi Laohu got from the Japanese this time?"
"Okay." Greilin said happily, "Let's leave now."
When he walked to the door, Greilin suddenly remembered something again and warned: "Oh, by the way, don't forget those two machine guns."
"Machine gun?" Yu Ting wondered, "Political Commissar, I can go with you, even if I apologize to him, but I'd better not take the machine gun with me, right? You said Chi Huhu just ate the Qiuye Brigade,
We also have the arsenal of Qinghe County. If the equipment is not very good, will we be short of these two crooked weapons?"
"One code equals one code. Since these two machine guns were borrowed from others, they must be returned!" Greilin said seriously, "We, the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party, have to be trustworthy. As the saying goes, if you don't trust others, you won't believe it..."
"Definitely." Yu Ting immediately begged for mercy, "Can't I take it with you?"
"You." Greilin shook his head and said with a wry smile, "With this little potential, don't you just have two machine guns?"
After that, Greilin turned around and left, and Yu Ting followed him out of the headquarters, cursing behind his back.
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Qinghe County, Baoshan Brigade Headquarters.
Yue Weihan is holding a vase and appreciating it seriously. Frankly speaking, Yue Weihan's knowledge of antique calligraphy and painting is really mediocre. However, since this vase can be locked in a safe by the little devil, it must be a rare treasure. It is said that there are eight in history.
During the Anti-Japanese War, a lot of cultural relics were lost to the East.
Amidst the rapid footsteps, Liu Yi and Chi Chengfeng walked in hand in hand.
Yue Weihan still stared at the vase and said without raising his head: "Are you done?"
"Yeah." Liu Yi nodded and said, "A total of two Japanese-funded clubs and one Japanese-funded bank branch have been seized, plus the assets seized from the gendarmerie headquarters. This time we conquered Qinghe County, and the total revenue was now over 100,000 yuan.
More than 150,000 yuan, more than 90,000 yuan in legal currency, gold, jewelry, antiques, etc. are discounted to about 100,000 yuan."
"Not bad." Yue Weihan said happily, "The small Qinghe County is actually so rich?"
In the twenty-eighth year of the Republic of China (1938), the national government's legal currency was still quite strong, basically equivalent to Guangyang.
"What's this?" Chi Chengfeng grinned and said solemnly, "Tomorrow, I will lead people to arrest those traitorous maintenance presidents, and I can squeeze at least half a million yuan out of them!"
"Catch! All traitors will be arrested. All those who bear blood debt will be shot, and all assets will be confiscated!" Yue Weihan's eyes suddenly gleamed, and he said murderously, "But Lao Chi, listen to me, we will never
We cannot accidentally kill a patriot, let alone let go of a Japanese traitor!"
Chairman Chiang Kai-shek has already cut off the supplies of the Baoshan Brigade. If the Baoshan Brigade wants to persist in the war of resistance, it will definitely not work without money and food. It has no choice but to attack the Japanese traitors in the occupied areas.
However, it is also appropriate to attack the Japanese traitors.
Chi Chengfeng said solemnly: "Don't worry, Traveler, you can't make a mistake."
Liu Yi hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Your Excellency, relying solely on confiscating the assets of Japanese traitors is not a long-term solution. According to my opinion, local officials should be appointed as soon as possible to restore production and living order as soon as possible. In this way, I
Only then can the army have a stable source of tax revenue and be able to resist the war for a long time..."
"I know this." Yue Weihan raised his hand to stop Liu Yi and said, "But it's not the time yet."
After saying this, Yue Weihan asked Liu Yi again: "Chief of Staff, in addition to money, how many weapons and equipment have been seized?"
"Brigade, there are quite a lot seized this time." Before Liu Yi could answer, Chi Chengfeng rushed to say, "Hanyang made more than a thousand rifles, old sleeves, bird guns, and more than 400 fire guns.
, there are more than 50 shell guns, more than 100 tortoise boxes, more than 800 Type 38 rifles, 36 crooked handles, six Type 92 heavy machine guns, and thirty-six grenades.
, six 81mm mortars, four Type 92 infantry guns, oh, by the way, there are also more than twenty trucks and a dozen three-wheelers."
"Where's the ammunition?" Yue Weihan nodded and asked, "How much ammunition is there?"
"There is not much ammunition for domestic equipment, but there is a lot of ammunition for Japanese equipment." Liu Yi said, "I haven't counted the details yet, but there are at least five base numbers."
Five base numbers is really a lot! Take a rifle as an example, one base number is twenty rounds of bullets, five base numbers is one hundred rounds! Another example is the Type 92 infantry cannon, one base number is two hundred rounds, five
One base number is a thousand rounds! Five base numbers of ammunition are enough to fight five small-scale battles, or to continue fighting for half a month.
It sounds like good luck. Yue Weihan and the Baoshan Brigade really got lucky this time.
Originally, the garrison in Qinghe County only had one squadron of the Japanese army and one regiment of puppet troops, and the weapons and ammunition stored in the arsenal were very few. However, in the past month, in view of the intensification of "banditry" in counties in southern Hebei, the Japanese garrison in Shijiazhuang formed an independent 8th Army.
Major General Segawa of the brigade decided to eliminate the "bandit trouble", so he dispatched Major Akino's 7th Infantry Battalion to go out and clean up.
The sweep time is tentatively set to be one month, and the ammunition provided by Major General Segawa to the Akino Brigade is also based on one month!
As a result, as soon as the Qiuye Brigade arrived in Qinghe County, the first stop of the raid plan, Chi Chengfeng's Chi Jiajun was completely wiped out, and the Baoshan Brigade was deprived of a month's worth of ammunition.
Yue Weihan muttered: "Now that we have money and weapons and ammunition, let's step up the expansion of our troops!"
After saying this, Yue Weihan said again: "Tomorrow, we will display the Baoshan Brigade signboard and set up recruitment offices in the county, towns, and townships. The recruitment slogans should be more realistic, and don't make slogans about saving the country and the people. These are very important to young students."
It's useful, but it won't work for uneducated country people. You have to use white flour steamed buns and two legal currency monthly military pay to persuade them."
Having said this, Yue Weihan couldn't help but sigh in his heart. In fact, there is a more powerful way to recruit soldiers, and that is land reform!
Once the killer trick of land reform is revealed, its appeal to the poor and lower-middle peasants will be unprecedented. If the poor and lower-middle peasants are allowed to own their own land, even if it is only a small piece, they will dare to risk their lives to defend their property. The Chinese nation's
The land complex has already been deeply integrated into my bones.
In the eyes of every descendant of Yan and Huang, land is the lifeblood!
For a small piece of land, an honest and fawning farmer dares to pick up a hoe and fight against others; for a small piece of land, a gourd that can't knock out half a fart with nine hammers can chop people with a hatchet; for a small piece of land,
, his uncle and his aunt could send all three of their sons and six grandchildren to serve as soldiers without hesitation!
It is no exaggeration to say that if Yue Weihan carried out land reform to allocate land in Qinghe County tomorrow, his recruitment office would be overrun by young men from Qinghe County the day after tomorrow!
This is beyond doubt!
Unfortunately, it is not yet time for land reform.
Now is the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War. Even in the occupied areas, the vast majority of landowners and gentry still support the National Government. They are always looking forward to the national army's return. If Yue Weihan carries out land reform at this time,
This would severely dampen their enthusiasm for resisting Japan, and would also force all landlords and gentry into the arms of the Japanese!
Such a result is definitely not what Yue Weihan wants, at least at this stage, Yue Weihan does not want to see it.
Therefore, the Baoshan Brigade can only use white-flour steamed buns and two silver dollars a month as military pay to lure the landless refugees who cannot fill their stomachs. However, do not underestimate the fighting power of these landless refugees. The rabbits will bite when they are anxious.
, let alone a seven-foot man of flesh and blood? As long as they have food to eat and military pay, these refugees still dare to risk their lives.
When Yue Weihan was lost in thought, Chu Zhongtian suddenly strode in and reported: "Brigade, there are two people outside claiming to be the captain and political commissar of the Qinghe County Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. They want to see Chi Tuanzuo."
"Yu Ting?" Chi Chengfeng suddenly said in a bad mood, "This bastard must have heard the news and came here to beat the autumn wind. He probably wants to get two machine guns from me. Go ahead and say I'm not here."
"Wait a minute." Yue Weihan frowned and said, "They came from afar, why didn't you see them, Lao Chi?"
Chi Chengfeng said: "You don't know, Brigadier, that guy Yu Ting is unreasonable. When I first came here and saw that his county brigade was poorly equipped, I kindly lent him two machine guns and agreed to return them after finishing the gun towers. As a result,
This guy took the machine gun and refused to return it. If you hadn't told me repeatedly, I would have killed his bullshit county brigade."
"Shut up!" Yue Weihan said angrily, "It's just two machine guns. What about you?"
Chi Chengfeng explained: "It's not that I can't bear to part with the two machine guns, but I can't swallow this breath. We, Lao Chi, have always been the only one to take advantage of others. When will it be someone else's turn to take advantage of us?"
"Okay, just talk about useless things." Yue Weihan scolded Chi Chengfeng, and then said to Chu Zhongtian, "Zhongtian, go and invite the guests in."
Chu Zhongtian took the order and left, and soon walked in with two Tubalu.
Yue Weihan and Liu Yi looked back and saw that they were two typical "Tuba Road" people. The one in the front looked quite polite and was probably a scholar. The one in the back was full of earthy smell and must have mud legs. They were both dressed in gray and plain clothes.
He wears military uniform, leggings on his legs, and cloth shoes on his feet.
Seeing Yue Weihan, the two "Tuba Road" were immediately stunned.
After a long while, the mud-legged Tubalu behind him said in disbelief: "Commander, why are you here?"