"Hello, Commander..." As soon as Li Yunlong appeared, the soldiers cheered around him.
The commander of the guard battalion of the northbound detachment rushed towards him at the same time: "Battalion Commander..."
"The guard battalion lived up to expectations and successfully captured the Xijiagou Puppet Manchurian Army and all surrounding settlements..."
"Destroyed 19 puppet Manchurian soldiers and 103 Japanese armed nationals, captured 128 puppet Manchurian soldiers and 198 Japanese nationals, and seized a large amount of equipment, ammunition and supplies..."
"The company commander of the Puppet Manchuria Army stationed in Xijiagou was also captured by us."
"During the battle, this kid tried to blow open the back wall to escape, but he hit our gun."
Li Yunlong took a look at the terrain around the Puppet Manchuria Army station and made a decision: "This is indeed a good place to first-hand Nangou."
"Had it not been for the Puppet Manchuria Army's low combat effectiveness and lack of vigilance, which allowed us to make a surprise attack, the troops would definitely not have been able to take it down so easily. From now on, the headquarters of our northward detachment will be located here..."
"The guard battalion immediately established a headquarters here and set up guard posts..."
"The deputy chief of staff will be here soon..."
When Huang Yu arrived here with everyone from the headquarters, it was already dawn, and the battle results of the main battalions of the northbound detachment were gradually summarized here.
"Commander, Deputy Chief of Staff..." The combat staff officer was reporting on the total results he had just reported.
"After summary, last night we occupied a total of eight Puppet Manchurian Army garrisons and strongholds, and raided 158 settlement points, 52 of which were occupied by armed foreigners..."
"568 puppet Manchurian troops were wiped out and 2,198 people were captured..."
"834 armed foreign nationals were wiped out and 1,059 Japanese were captured, most of whom were women and children."
"We seized six mortars, 11 heavy machine guns, 31 light machine guns, 2,483 rifles of various types, 300 rounds of mortar shells, 24,000 rounds of heavy machine gun bullets, 190,000 rounds of rifle machine gun bullets, and grenades
More than 6,500 grenades and more than 1,200 grenades..."
Li Yunlong said with excitement on his face: "All captured Puppet Manchurian Army soldiers will be handed over to the political commissar. They will be examined immediately, do their ideological work, mobilize them to join our Eighth Route Army, and strive to recruit 1,200 new soldiers from these prisoners."
"At the same time, a work team was formed to go deep into all settlement sites and allocate land to the people according to their population."
"From today on, only 30% of the harvest from all the land in the base area will be collected as public grain to support our Eighth Route Army in resisting Japan and fighting the Japanese. All other grain will be owned by individuals."
"There are nearly one hundred and sixty settlements, and based on six hundred people in one settlement, the total number of people is nearly one hundred thousand..."
"If an ordinary person cultivates three acres of land and harvests one thousand kilograms of grain, and turns over three hundred kilograms of grain as public grain, one hundred thousand people can turn over thirty million kilograms of public grain."
"Assuming that a soldier consumes 600 kilograms of grain per year, 30 million kilograms of grain is enough to feed an army of 50,000 people."
"Of course, a real battle to raise troops cannot be calculated like this."
"Our soldiers not only need to eat food, but also eat vegetables, meat, buy medicines, weapons and ammunition, and daily necessities..."
"There are many things here that we need to exchange for food."
"Despite this, it is still no problem to feed 5,000 elites with 30 million kilograms of grain."
"The total strength of the Northward Detachment is only over 3,000 people. In order to meet the needs of the base area and defend the base area we are about to establish, the army must expand the Northward Detachment to 5,000 people in a short period of time."
"In addition to the main force, we also need to learn from the Eighth Route Army in Guannei and form guerrillas and militia teams in each village to assist the main force in protecting the base areas."
While recording the order, the combat staff officer asked: "What about those Puppet Manchurian Army soldiers who don't want to join our Eighth Route Army?
"There are also hundreds of Japanese prisoners who have no fighting ability, almost all old, weak, women and children..."
"Rather than locking them up and wasting food, it's better to release them. There's no use keeping them anyway."
Li Yunlong likes to fight, and when it comes to fighting, he is absolutely clear-headed.
But he is not good at political work and logistics work, so he frowned as soon as the combat staff spoke, and then turned his attention to Huang Yu: "Xiao Huang... what do you think..."
Huang Yu shook his head and refused: "It would be too easy for them to release him unconditionally."
"Commander, the little devils are squeezing the people through the settlement points. We can also form a settlement force to reclaim wasteland within the base area, produce food for the troops, and reduce the burden on the people in the base area."
"Whether it was the puppet Manchurian Army or the little Japanese nationals we captured, they had more or less oppressed the people."
"Directly organize those puppet Manchurian troops who have done evil things or are unwilling to join our Eighth Route Army into the reclamation troops and let them reclaim wasteland and cultivate land in the hinterland of the base area."
"The little Japanese expatriates are no exception..."
"Not only must we grow food to feed ourselves, but we must also hand over part of the food to us as atonement..."
"This will also protect those prisoners of the puppet Manchuria Army who mainly joined our Eighth Route Army."
“The Kwantung Army only knew that a large number of Puppet Manchurian Army soldiers had been captured. It did not know who had joined us, who had been killed, or who was working in the army to cultivate land. They had no way to retaliate against the families of the Puppet Manchuria Army soldiers who had joined our Eighth Route Army...
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"There are more than 2,000 puppet Manchurian Army prisoners. If 1,200 people can be mobilized to join our Eighth Route Army, the remaining 1,000 people will be incorporated into the reclamation force."
"Using the retired horses and mules from the army to cultivate wasteland in the hinterland of the base area, one person can harvest 1,500 kilograms of grain from five acres of land, leaving 500 kilograms of grain for them as rations, and the remaining 1,000 kilograms of grain will be handed over to the base area
, one thousand captives can deliver one million catties of grain to the base every year."
"And what the base area paid was only some grain, which is equivalent to a costless transaction..."
Li Yunlong was moved when he heard this, and then analyzed Huang Yu's words: "The Northeast is vast and sparsely populated..."
"There was no fighting in the army some time ago, so I traveled around a lot..."
"I don't know about other places. Take the base area we currently control as an example. Although there are nearly 100,000 people and 300,000 to 400,000 acres of fertile land."
"But as long as we have the manpower, it will be no problem to reclaim another four to five million acres of fertile land..."
"The Northeast is full of black soil and has high grain yield. As long as we are willing to spend money, we can easily harvest three hundred kilograms of grain from one acre of land..."
"I fully support the establishment of special reclamation troops in the base areas..."
"Don't the main force have veterans who are disabled and unable to fight? Let them colonize the army, equip weapons, and manage prisoners. They can reclaim wasteland and farm in the hinterland of the base area to reduce the burden on the people in the base area."
