The meeting continued. After the second battalion jumped over, the commanders of the third battalion, the fourth battalion, and the fifth battalion reported the seizures of each battalion respectively.
In fact, the seizures of each battalion were very rich, especially weapons, equipment, and ammunition.
When it comes to fighting, these things are also the most important for the entire combat force of the Eighth Route Army, which has backward equipment and scarce ammunition.
Even for an independent regiment whose equipment has developed quite well over the past year or so, the more guns and ammunition the better.
After the seizures of each battalion were reported, the current organizational situation was reported in more detail.
Kong Jie also proposed the establishment of an internal selection system for independent regiments to motivate soldiers to train and fight.
"There is only one requirement. A year ago, our battalions and companies had few soldiers, but the emphasis was on unity, strong coordination and strong execution capabilities."
"Right now, our battalions and companies have made great progress. The team is getting stronger day by day, and the number of troops is increasing day by day. Those of you who are battalion commanders, company commanders, instructors, and instructors cannot relax.
It is necessary to ensure the unity of the entire team and the ability to execute.
Neither military training nor cultural studies can be left behind, and the construction of the army must strive for excellence."
This move naturally won the support and approval of the cadres.
Chen Quan responded: "Commander, don't worry! Whether it's military training, cultural study, or ideological education, our battalions and companies will not fall behind.
Now that the camp has grown in size and has seven or eight hundred people, it can't be as powerful as the two or three hundred people it used to be, right?
So what do we need so many people for? We have to waste a lot of food every day!"
As he said that, Shen Quan also glanced at First Battalion Commander Wang Leihu, who immediately glared and counterattacked.
What do you mean, Old Shen? You are calling the soldiers of our first battalion a freeloader!
Kong Jie held back his laughter. Battalion commanders and company commanders compete with each other and make progress together. This is a good thing.
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After the meeting, the cadres left in twos and threes, and Li Wenjie, who was responsible for the general statistics, stayed.
Reporting to Kong Jiehui: "Captain, after this battle, excluding our combat attrition and the further development of each battalion, so far, our independent regiment has more than 4,800 combat personnel.
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"That's it, not counting various non-combatants, there are more than 500 wounded who are temporarily unable to participate in the war."
After Kong Jie heard this, even though he was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but sigh.
This is good. When other people fight, the number of troops becomes smaller and smaller, but when it comes to the Independent Regiment, the number of troops becomes larger and larger.
The current combat strength is much greater than before the start of this battle.
The greater the scale of development of this independent regiment and the better the construction of its base, the heavier the burden on the leader of the regiment. Kong Jie now fully understands it.
Eating with hundreds of mouths and eating with thousands of mouths are completely different things.
Considering the growing independent group, Kong Jie thought it was time for him to sort out the situation and adjust the existing economic operation model of the independent group.
When it's time to expand the base area, the base area must be expanded to support such a large army.
Li Wenjie naturally guessed what his regiment commander was worried about, and said with relief: "Captain, don't worry, although our regiment is now larger in size and has more troops, each battalion is stationed in separate areas and each is responsible for providing support.<
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Coupled with the rich supplies seized this time, there will be no problem in supporting the troops of each battalion for at least half a year."
Kong Jie naturally knows this.
After subsequent intra-group industries, such as briquettes, cigarettes, chicken essence, and other products are mass-produced, the independent group can also obtain a steady supply of materials from the outside world.
This time the Japanese army launched a spring sweep, but fortunately they did not hit the headquarters of the Niukou Village Independent Regiment.
In February, a large amount of wasteland was reclaimed around Niukou Village. The potatoes planted in the wasteland around Niukou Village were only bombed by Japanese military planes a few times. They were not seriously affected and could be harvested in a short time.
This time, the harvest of high-quality potatoes will weigh at least more than 10,000 kilograms. These high-yielding potatoes are the source of Kong Jie’s confidence.
As long as these potatoes can be produced stably and in large quantities, let alone the current strength of more than 5,000 troops, even if the size of the independent regiment is doubled, it may not be unable to survive.
This is also the reason why Kong Jie would never choose to retreat easily when facing a massive Japanese attack.
The final focus is still on the words "the stability of the base area".
You have worked hard to develop the economy and develop the agricultural foundation, but as a result, the defense capabilities of your base area are not good, and the Japanese will directly take the blame for you with a sweep, and everything will be in vain.
"So, in this special period, all development must still be based on military foundation."
"Only if our team can defend the base area and ensure the stability of the base area, can our base area be fully developed." Kong Jie concluded.
Li Wenjie deeply agreed and said: "Commander, what you said is to the point. Without an absolute military foundation, all base area construction is in vain."
The two discussed the various aspects of the development of the Independent Group for a while. Kong Jie suddenly laughed and said: "Wenjie, our Independent Group is gradually growing. You see, I, the leader of the group, was originally just in charge.
Military, we can’t take care of military affairs, but we also have to take care of daily life. Isn’t this exhausting me to death?”
"You have been practicing for more than a year. I want to make a report to the headquarters. You will stay at the regiment headquarters from now on. We will help each other to lead the independent regiment well."
The meaning is very clear, this is to make Li Wenjie the political commissar of the Independence League.
If Li Wenjie, who was full of passion and ambition when he first came here and wanted to serve his country and kill his enemies, would be overjoyed.
Now, after more than a year of hard work, Li Wenjie has become more humble and calm. He shakes his head like a rattle: "Captain, you'd better hire someone else. I can't do this. We are an independent group leader."
There are so many veteran instructors, which one is not more experienced than me? When it comes to the job of political commissar, they must do a better job than me."
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This is true. Li Wenjie, who worked his way up from the ninth company as an instructor, came into contact with other instructors and instructors of the Independent Regiment, and became more and more impressed by the tenacity of the revolutionary will and rich experience of these seniors.
Li Wenjie sometimes asks himself and feels a little ashamed. Compared with these revolutionary seniors, his experience is really too little. He just has a little more ink in his belly!
Li Wenjie, who became more humble and calm, made Kong Jie nod with relief and said: "In this way, since you feel that your experience is not enough, then become the acting political commissar of our independent group first! When you feel that you have enough experience, you can
How about officially taking office?"
"Captain, this..."
"Don't refuse. Anyway, what you are doing now is the work of a political commissar." Kong Jie said with a smile.
Now that the matter has come to this, Li Wenjie is not shy. Soldiers should have the responsibility and self-confidence of soldiers. He immediately puts his heels together, salutes Kong Jie with a military salute, and responds: "Yes, I promise to complete the mission!"
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After Li Wenjie left, Kong Jie asked someone to call the monk again.
"Monk, how did you go about what you were asked to do? What did the little devil say?"
The monk had a smile on his face and said cheerfully: "Hey, don't worry, captain, everything has been done. The Japanese are begging us, so the rules must be followed as we say!"
"We won't do anything if there's less food, supplies, or even guns and bullets."
Kong Jie said: "We should hurry up and get this thing done. It's getting hotter day by day, so we don't want those corpses to be left out for a long time and stink again."
"Yes!" the monk replied.
And what is going on?
It turned out that in the battle between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, because they were defeated, the Japanese retreated in a hurry. The Japanese army had no time to take away the bodies of many Japanese soldiers who died on the battlefield.
According to the past habits of the Eighth Route Army, out of humanitarianism, even the invading Japanese invaders would still find a pit to bury them or burn them with fire.
The company commanders of each battalion were originally planning to do this, but Kong Jie stopped them. Kong Jie asked the company commanders of each battalion to collect all the corpses of the Japanese first.
Then, Kong Jie asked the monk to go to the county town to spread the news to the Japanese, saying that the bodies of the Japanese soldiers could be returned to them.
When the Japs in various counties heard that there was such a good thing, they were almost moved. They immediately said that after Kong Jie transported the body, the Japanese army would accept it, and they absolutely guaranteed that there would not be an ambush in the middle.
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Regarding the remains of soldiers who died on the battlefield, the little devils have always followed the Eastern culture of returning fallen leaves to their roots. They will cremate the corpses and then transport their ashes back to the country. This can also be regarded as an explanation and souvenir for the relatives of the soldiers who stayed in the country.
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Not to mention that among the fallen soldiers, there may be friends or relatives of the living.
So when they heard that Kong Jie was going to return the body, the little devils were naturally overjoyed.
In order to express his gratitude to Kong Jie, the Japanese leader of the Yangquan Brigade, Nakahara Zhangxiong, even wrote a Japanese letter himself, and asked a translator to attach the Chinese translation below the Japanese text and have it delivered to the Independence Regiment base.
Delivered to Kong Jie.
The content of the letter is so touching.
As the monk joked: "If that old devil Zhongyuan Zhangxiong were here, he would probably kowtow to you, the leader, to say thank you!"
Captain Kong was also greatly moved by this and immediately wrote back a letter, which he wrote as follows:
"I am deeply moved by His Excellency Masao Nakahara's sincere emotions. Please rest assured that I will return the bodies of your fallen soldiers intact to you.
We Chinese are still too kind and always retaliate directly. Although you invaded our land and killed our compatriots, I will still return the bodies of your soldiers who died in the battle to you.
As the saying goes, how can this person compete with animals? If a dog bites you, you can't bite the dog again, right?
It's just that you may not know something. Our Eighth Route Army doesn't have many means of transportation at hand. Horse-drawn carriages are rare items. Unlike your Japanese army, you have trucks for transportation.
Coupled with your hasty escape this time, there are too many corpses dumped near our base.
I have to transport these corpses back to you one by one. The cost is not small. You have to reimburse the travel expenses, right?
However, you can rest assured that I, Kong Jie, have always been generous. This money, food, firearms, and supplies can all be used for travel expenses.
I have also attached a list to you. How many bullets, how many kilograms of grain, how many guns, and how much the cost of transporting the body can be covered, I have listed it clearly for you.
As long as you can afford the travel expenses, I will return the corpses of you soldiers to you in large numbers."
After writing this letter, Kong Jie arranged for some documents, copied dozens of copies, and asked the people to take them with them and spread them to major counties.
It is said that when the Japanese captain Nakahara Joio received the reply that day, his nose was almost crooked with anger.
Naturally, the sale couldn't be completed and the two parties broke up.
The little devil must understand that equipment and materials are much more important than corpses. If you don’t want to give those corpses to the independent group, I don’t want them anymore!
What bullshit transportation costs? It’s pure nonsense.
Kong Jie had naturally expected this, and then arranged for monks to transport the corpses of some Japanese soldiers who had been stripped to their crotch cloths overnight to some strongholds and around some counties, and arranged them neatly. Then write the words "Imperial Army of Japan" with a large pen dipped in ink.
Then spread public opinion, saying that the Japanese army was ruthless, defeated the battle, and even wanted the bodies of the soldiers.
Let’s see if you little devil can bear this insult and humiliate this person.
This incident quickly caused a stir, even alarming Yoshio Shinozuka of Taiyuan City.
Japanese soldiers stationed in various counties also became emotional and believed that the remains of their former companions should be properly disposed of.
In the end, Yoshio Shinozuka personally issued a military order, asking the Japanese troops from Yangquan to come forward and retrieve the bodies of these sacrificed Imperial warriors no matter what.
In desperation, Zhongyuan Zhangxiong had no choice but to send someone to convey the news to Kong Jie, expressing his willingness to exchange for the soldier's body at the price proposed by Kong Jie.
Captain Kong, who was firmly seated in Diaoyutai, happily wrote a reply.
He also stated in the letter that originally it was only the transportation fee, but now that there is a delay, the storage fees for the corpses of you soldiers, work delay fees, management fees, etc., have increased a lot.
Commander Kong used practical actions to perfectly explain to the Japanese army what it meant to raise prices from the ground.
In response to this, Zhongyuan Zhangxiong, who was full of humiliation, could only break his steel teeth and swallow it in his stomach, accepting Kong Jie's price increase.
After the two sides reached an agreement, the Japanese army placed the supplies Kong Jie needed at the designated location.
Kong Jie then sent soldiers to take away the supplies at night and return the bodies the Japanese wanted.
In this regard, Commander Kong was quite sincere, "We can't make a one-time deal. Since the Japanese have given us supplies, we will return the bodies to them and don't set up any more ambushes!"
But I can’t stand some people who like to make one-time deals.
In the New Second Regiment, Li Yunlong heard that the corpses of Japanese soldiers can be exchanged for supplies.
Good guy, some of them have already been disposed of. The corpses of the Japanese buried in the soil were suddenly dug out by Lao Li's order.
Then I took it to do business with the Japanese. Not just business, I exchanged supplies and had a few ambushes along the way.
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