Chapter 412 Migrating Population and Transferring Land
19th day and night.
At the junction of Gaoping and Lingchuan, two national armed forces were stationed in the east and west. The headquarters of the two sides were less than five miles apart, and the closest sentinels on both sides even used a bonfire as a dividing line to guard each other.
The national army in the west has old uniforms and slightly messy weapons and equipment. It is part of the 39th Division of the 40th Army.
In comparison, the armed forces of the national army in the east are quite different. They are superior to their opponents in terms of military uniforms and weapons and equipment. There are even 60 small artillery pieces visible in the company, which is the 46th Army of the 27th Army.
Division One.
The sentinels on both sides were less than thirty meters apart, and the blazing bonfires made people's faces turn red, but at this time, the people on both sides had their eyes wide open.
"Opposite me, how come you haven't captured Gaoping County with so many of you?" the sentry of the 46th Division said, bored.
"That's an arrangement from the superiors. How could he, a top soldier, know about it!"
"Don't you think you're scared when you see the little devil? You can't even hold the gun steady!"
As soon as these words came out, the sentries on the side of the 46th Division burst into laughter.
The 27th Army is a direct descendant of the Central Army, and the 46th Division is formed from the surviving members of the Officer Training Corps, and has always looked down on miscellaneous armed forces.
"Fart, damn it. During the Battle of Xuzhou in 1938, you didn't know where you were when I was fighting against the Japs in Ly?" A bearded officer from the 39th Division came out and cursed directly.
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"Oh, compare your results with us, right? The predecessor of our Forty-sixth Division was the Teaching Corps. During the Battle of Songhu, we killed a lot of Japanese!" They were all soldiers fighting, and no one was bloody. There were also dissatisfied people on the other side.
came the voice.
As long as the unit you belong to has some achievements, it will become bragging rights when chatting.
"Nonsense. I admire the brothers of the Teaching Corps who preferred to die during the Battle of Songhu rather than retreat, but you are the supplementary soldiers with the title of Teaching Corps? Have you been to the Songhu Battlefield?" the bearded officer said directly.
Went back.
"Let us bastards stand on the front line, while you, the Central Army, enjoy the hot food and drink in the back. This time you go to the front to pick peaches. Do you want me to take your place in the bridal chamber?"
As soon as these words came out, the situation on the other side exploded instantly. Regardless of Shangfeng's previous explanation, the boundary was immediately crossed, and the two sides struggled together.
The 39th Division is Pang Bingxun's old foundation brought from the Northwest Army. It adheres to the tradition of the Northwest Army. Due to poor equipment, the soldiers have a lot of martial arts training and are good at close combat.
The Forty-sixth Division on the opposite side is a direct descendant of the Central Military Army. Its daily food level is much better than that of ordinary troops, and its physical fitness is stable compared to that of the bearded officer.
The movement here suddenly caused a commotion in the quiet night. More and more soldiers from both sides joined in the melee. Fortunately, they still had normal sense and did not use their guns.
It was not until the division commanders from both sides arrived, and with the sound of a gunshot, that the melee caused by the verbal dispute came to an end.
The chiefs of both sides tried their best to suppress the incident, and it did not spread to the rear.
Early morning on the 20th.
As the vanguard, the Forty-sixth Division set out to continue its march north, but the soldiers in the vanguard were all bruised and swollen. It was obvious that they did not take advantage of yesterday's melee.
There is a peaceful scene in Changzhi City.
In the two days after the war, after the people and businesses in the city learned that the Eighth Route Army had recaptured Changzhi City, they rushed to the streets to express condolences to the Eighth Route Army soldiers with the few grains left at home.
After personnel from the Changzhi District Government arrived, a large number of people were mobilized from the city and nearby suburbs to assist our soldiers in transporting seized money, grain, weapons and equipment, various supplies and factory equipment.
As of the morning of the 20th, with the help of nearly 10,000 people, all the belongings of the Japanese soldiers and their nationals in Changzhi City had been removed.
At the same time, Zhou Weihan personally formulated a population relocation plan. On the one hand, a group was separately dispatched. Under the guidance of comrades from the Changzhi District Government, they carried out a cleanup against some bully squires and other pro-Japanese forces in the city and suburbs.
However, Changzhi is destined to be handed over to the hands of the national army. If land reform is carried out rashly, not to mention the political impact, it is just a question of whether the people who were allocated the fields will suffer retaliation afterwards.
Therefore, on the basis of the suppression campaign, Zhou Weihan asked the Changzhi District Government, which had a mass base here, to come forward and mobilize local people to move to the Eighth Route Army base area.
Headquarters in Changzhi City.
Li Ziwen, political commissar of the First Regiment, and Zhao Wenjiang, the representative of the Changzhi District Government and Minister of Military Transportation, reported on the work of the past two days.
"Detachment leader, the remaining forces of the bully squire, pseudo-government, and pseudo-officers on the list have all been eliminated. Their properties in the countryside are being counted, and all the money, grain and other loose wealth have been transported away. However, there are still a large number of fields and some houses left.
Easy to deal with!" Li Ziwenhui reported.
The attack on Changzhi this time was very different from the previous attack on Handan. The independent detachment had plenty of time. Some of the puppet government officials in the city had most of their property in the countryside. How could Zhou Weihan let go of this opportunity?
"How is the population relocation work going?" Zhou Weihan asked with concern.
War is about logistics, and logistics is reflected in manpower and material resources.
Material resources are based on population. Among the counties in Tainan, only Ci County has a sparse population. Zhou Weihan wanted to take this opportunity to solve this problem.
"Currently, there are about 500 households in Changzhi City, and about 2,000 people have followed the transportation team. 4,000 households, less than 20,000 people, have been mobilized in the suburbs. If there is enough time to pass, we should be able to mobilize another 10,000 people!" Zhao
Reported by Wenjianghui.
"Well, we have to understand that it is hard to leave our homeland. The people in the city have slightly better living conditions and are not willing to follow our Eighth Route Army to follow the normal path. The people in the suburbs still need to do more ideological work and make it clear to them that the areas around Changzhi will become a
On the frontline battlefield, big battles and small battles are indispensable, so it is a good thing to leave early!" Zhou Weihan nodded and said.
"As for the land and real estate in the countryside, this is a huge amount of wealth. If we don't deal with it now, it may go into some people's pockets by then. Wouldn't this be an advantage to them?"
"Yes, there are a lot of people staring at me now!" Zhao Wenjiang said with a smile: "They are all very jealous!"
"In this case, we must preside over the division of profits!"
"However, those squires are not stupid. They know that our Eighth Route Army will not be able to stay in Changzhi for a long time. I am worried that they are all holding back and are unwilling to shed money to buy ownerless land from us!" Zhao Wenjiang said worriedly.
"Hey, Comrade Wen Jiang, where did your past struggle experience go? Be more flexible. Rich people are all human beings, but they can still be monolithic. There must be an enemy!"
"If no one really takes this as the first person, this matter will be really difficult to handle. But if the first person eats the enviable land in front of them, how can the rest of them hold back?"
"Find a few Eighth Route Army squires who are close to us, shout among them, and declare in advance that you must act quickly. I will buy you two more days at most!"