483 Arrangement of troops and the beginning of the battle
The base area of the Independent Regiment must raise funds to establish a bank on its own. Kong Jie thought that it would be very necessary to issue its own border tickets belonging to the base area.
As for the existing financial system in the base area, in terms of currency, it is actually quite complicated. There are some border area tickets sent by the Jizhong Military Region, as well as the national army's legal currency, and even some daily tickets, silver coins, copper coins, etc.
There is circulation.
Therefore, a unified monetary system needs to be established.
Kong Jie has been making preparations in this regard. In addition, Kong Jie also sent a team to ask for a template for minting coins from the Jinzhong Military Region.
Used to continue printing the corresponding border tickets.
As for other equipment needed for minting, the Independent Group has already prepared it. They are some molds for minting that they grabbed from the Japanese mints in some counties.
"So after our own bank is established in the base area, my next idea for the base area is that we can use the border tickets issued uniformly by us to collect all kinds of money in the hands of the villagers, such as legal tender, silver coins, copper coins, etc.
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"When it comes to the specific exchange, we should exchange for the same amount of grain as we can buy, or even exchange at a higher price. In short, we should not let the people suffer. We should make the villagers willing to exchange the border tickets and use the border tickets that support us." "Why do this?
If the currency in our base area can be unified, it will be of great benefit to the financial stability of our base area.
We can implement a policy that only border area tickets are allowed to be used in major villages and markets around our base area."
"This can, to a considerable extent, prevent the wealth in our base areas from being exchanged for currency with no real value by the Japanese army and the national army."
"You must know that in the Kuomintang-controlled areas, except for French currency, silver coins, and copper coins, other currencies are not allowed to circulate. The same is true in the counties in the Japanese-occupied areas."
This is what Kong Jie said after discussing with Finance Minister Xu Qingnian about the establishment of a bank and the establishment of the local financial system.
Xu Qingnian raised a question and said: "Captain, the legal currency of the national army has been abolished and changed into yuan, and the silver dollar is the standard currency. The Japanese currency issued by the little devil is based on gold."
"Whether it is silver dollars or gold, these are goods of high value in the eyes of the people, so they can be used as the base currency."
"Then once our border tickets are issued, what will be used as the standard currency so that the people can use them with confidence?"
"Whether it's silver dollars or gold, we basically have no reserves on hand."
Kong Jie thought for a while and replied: "During war, special situations are dealt with specially. Besides, what we want to maintain is a financial system in a smaller region than the country as a whole, so the difficulty will naturally be much less." p>
"Old Xu, let me ask you, in this war-torn era, especially for the people behind enemy lines, what is the most important thing to them?"
Xu Qingnian thought for a moment and replied: "Captain, I think it's food."
Kong Jie said: "Yes, it is food, not gold or silver coins. When we are really hungry, only food can keep people alive."
"If we think about it from this aspect, the Japanese use gold as their standard and legal currency uses silver dollars as their standard. Why can't we use food as our standard?"
"Together with the credibility of our Eighth Route Army in the hearts of the villagers, if we flexibly say that food plus the credibility of our Eighth Route Army, this will be the standard currency of the border tickets we issue."
Xu Qingnian was a little confused after hearing this. Although everything the team leader said was reasonable, for him, a talented man who graduated in finance, it was really difficult to change his ideas in a short time.
Kong Jie became more and more excited as he talked. He thought about the U.S. dollar and how hateful it was.
"Old Xu, let me give you some more ideas. You might as well think boldly. This standard currency may not necessarily be a currency with higher value, or a rare metal.
Food can do it, reputation can do it, and even currency itself can do it."
Xu Qingnian wondered: "Can currency itself be used?"
Kong Jie said: "If one day, the folks in our hometown only recognize the border ticket as the only base currency, and whether it is the people in the occupied areas or the people in the Kuomintang-controlled areas, they only recognize the border ticket of our Eighth Route Army as the base currency.
At this time, our border tickets can be used as legal tender and the standard currency of the Japanese yen."
"And once the Japanese army and the Chinese army recognize our border ticket standard system, what big impact will it have? Lao Xu, you studied finance, you should have more experience than me, right?"
Xu Qingnian said in a daze: "Commander, when that time comes, the role that the border ticket can play, whether it is military or economic, will be quite terrifying."
"We can even use small border tickets to carry out disguised economic plunder on areas controlled by the Japanese and Chinese troops."
Kong Jie said: "When that time comes, to sum it up in one sentence, the border area tickets are the wealth of our Eighth Route Army, but they are the opponent's problem."
"We can even use a series of means from the border ticket to punish our opponents."
"This is the horror of the currency standard, this is the horror of currency war."
"Of course", Kong Jie smiled and patted Xu Youngnian on the shoulder, and said: "It is basically a fantasy to achieve that level in the overall situation. I don't need much, just in the surrounding areas of our base.
That’s probably all we can do.”
After talking about it, it is said that on the day Xu Qingnian left the regiment headquarters, he seemed to have lost his soul.
The next day, when Xu Qingnian appeared at the regiment headquarters, his whole person was glowing with glory, as if he had found some unwavering goal and path, and his whole person was full of energy.
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And just when Kong Jie was thinking about the future financial development of the base area.
On the other side, Taiyuan City, the headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi.
Since returning from the disastrous spring raids, the Independent Regiment has officially become the primary target of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi.
At this moment, the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, was discussing the next plan to deal with the independent regiment with the captain of the special agent team of the First Army, Japanese Colonel Yamamoto Kazuki.
It sounds a bit funny. The dignified commander of the Japanese First Army and the Japanese colonel were actually conspiring to deal with a regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
But the actual situation is that the Japanese First Army in Shanxi has long raised the threat of the independent regiment to the Japanese army, even to the division level of the National Army Central Army.
The final defeat of the Spring Cleanup at the hands of the Independent Regiment made Yoshio Shinozuka grieve even more, thinking that this was a great shame for the First Army.
If we don’t avenge our shame, we will have trouble sleeping and eating.
Yamamoto Kazuki was the first to speak, and his main target was the sniper platoon that had appeared in the independent regiment's counter-mopping operations.
"General, according to preliminary investigation, this sniper platoon composed of an independent regiment has about forty people. The members' marksmanship is very good, and they are by no means weaker than the imperial veterans."
"In addition, their sniper tactics are quite flexible. According to the intelligence obtained during the battle, these snipers of the independent regiment are not only powerful in marksmanship, but also very flexible in movement and position. They often evacuate immediately after taking a shot and continue to look for the next ambush location.
After concealing yourself, make a sneak attack again."
"Not only that, each of their snipers seems to be equipped with a scout with a range-finding telescope, working in teams of two for tactical coordination."
"Such a combination, where the target search and sniper target coordination are carried out in one go, can often exert efficient sniper combat effectiveness on the battlefield. The mutual cooperation between the two can improve each other's survival chances on the battlefield."
"At the last meeting, the general said that the Commander-in-Chief once proposed that we should lower our status and learn the practices and tactics of the Eighth Route Army."
"I think the sniper tactics used by the independent regiment in front of us are exactly what our army's shooters need to learn."
Speaking of this, Kazuki Yamamoto seemed to feel a little sad:
"General, forgive Yamamoto for speaking frankly. The special marksmen of our imperial troops, even some of the veterans of the empire, are no less skilled in marksmanship than the so-called snipers of this independent group.
However, they did not play a corresponding role on the battlefield. Especially during the spring sweeps, the special shooters who accompanied the troops often fought rigidly. Even if they had superb marksmanship, they only shot in one place. Some even
It's simply stupid to tie yourself to a tree trunk until it breaks into pieces."
"Today, the existence of the sniper platoon in the independent regiment has posed a serious threat to the regional security and stability of the imperial forces. I think our army's special marksmen can also form a similar sniper combat team and change the original tactics to be flexible.
Adjust the application to deal with independent regiment sniper platoons."
"円西!" Yoshio Shinozuka nodded, agreeing with Yamamoto's view.
"Yamamoto-kun, it turns out that the Imperial Army's traditional combat tactics of special shooters accompanying the army are no longer appropriate."
"Now it seems that it is necessary to learn sniper tactics from the Eighth Route Army."
"In this way, I will order that special shooters be selected from each unit immediately to form a sniper squad that will accompany the army. They will also be equipped with the newly issued Type 99 sniper rifle and a four-times optical sight to replace the original two-times
Mirror 97-type sniper rifle."
"In addition to snipers, the sniper team of the independent regiment is also equipped with corresponding observers, and we are also equipped with observers."
"The newly formed sniper squad will first be used in the guerrilla areas where the independent regiment's base is located."
"Our army has far more special shooters than the independent regiment. After changing the combat tactics, we will be able to suppress the independent regiment's sniper tactics."
"Hi!" Yamamoto responded.
Yoshio Shinozuka thought for a while and added: "The failure of this spring sweep has brought unprecedented humiliation to the imperial troops, but now is not the time to retaliate against the Eighth Route Army."
"The Commander-in-Chief has made a follow-up campaign plan to march into southern Shanxi. All ministries are currently making preparations. What we need to do is to ensure that the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area does not cause any trouble."
"As for the Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang area, the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment is the most troublesome. This time the Eighth Route Army's living space is further reduced, and the focus must be on the independent regiment, the thorn in the side."
"Yamamoto-kun, based on your understanding of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, how do you think our army should deal with this independent regiment?"
Yamamoto Kazuki seemed to have thought about this problem for a long time and immediately replied:
"General, I think the following points are enough to deal with or even severely damage the independent regiment."
"Oh? Tell me!"
"Hey, considering the special nature of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment, they have thousands of troops, sophisticated equipment, abundant ammunition, and even a considerable number of artillery for attacking fortresses."
"First, additional troops must be deployed correspondingly to the strongholds stationed in the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment base areas and around the guerrilla zones."
"Second, as the general said, we need to send a sufficient number of sniper squads to the vicinity of the independent regiment's base to deal with the independent regiment's sniper tactics."
"Third, the original masonry structures of the fortifications built in the major strongholds outside the independent regiment's base are no longer sufficient to deal with the artillery in the hands of the independent regiment.
I think we need to rebuild reinforced concrete turrets and bunkers to deal with the independent regiment's attacking firepower and give special treatment."
"Fourth, according to what the Commander-in-Chief said, three parts are military and seven parts are politics, which will gradually encroach on the major villages on the periphery of the independent regiment's base and further compress the independent regiment's living space."
"Fifth, the advance team and plainclothes team have been prepared. Next, they will focus on infiltrating into the area where the independent regiment's base is located, and attacking and destroying its headquarters or important military facilities within the independent regiment."
"Sixth, general, this has actually always been a problem with our army's response to the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla tactics.
Our troops sometimes carry much larger ammunition than the ammunition used in actual combat. Once they are raided by the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army can often seize a considerable amount of ammunition, and in turn continue to expand their ranks to deal with the imperial troops.
The Eighth Route Army often likes to fight guerrilla warfare, mobile warfare, and ambush warfare. Unlike the national army, there will not be positional warfare where the two sides enter into fierce battles and compete for ammunition consumption.
Therefore, I believe that in the subsequent local sweeps and operations, we should reduce the amount of ammunition carried by each soldier except when necessary."
Yamamoto said six o'clock in one breath, while Yoshio Shinozuka nodded frequently.
In order to deal with the Independent Group, these two old devils who spared no effort wanted to go together...