621 How did the militia and labor corps become a military force?
Establish the Zhongtiao Mountain Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Base Area.
Follow the original process.
It was until January 1942 that the 129th Division, according to the instructions of the headquarters, was composed of the Taiyue Column and the 386th Brigade of the Taiyue Military Region, the 17th, 18th Regiment, and the 57th Regiment...
Southward Detachment.
A total of more than 2,600 people from the Henan-Shanxi District Party Committee went south to carry out the task of opening up the Zhongtiao Mountain Anti-Japanese Base Area.
And now, due to Kong Jie's first prediction of the situation in Zhongtiao Mountain.
Even before the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain broke out, Kong Jie sent a mountain company to the Zhongtiao Mountain area.
So far, due to the existence of the three mountain companies, Zhongtiao Mountain has established a considerable front-line foundation for the establishment of the anti-Japanese revolutionary base.
After successfully arriving in the Zhongtiao Mountain area, Han Feng and other three mountain companies did more than just fight guerrillas.
At the same time, based on the rich experience of the Eighth Route Army in opening up base areas in the past, we contacted everywhere, mobilized the masses, attacked bandits and die-hard armed forces, and assisted local governments in establishing anti-Japanese regimes and armed forces.
And achieved considerable results.
Because of this, Kong Jie believed that it was extremely necessary to break the original process and send teams to the Zhongtiao Mountain area as soon as possible to open up anti-Japanese revolutionary base areas.
Just when Captain Kong was thinking about these things and checking for omissions to fill them.
The other side.
After Kong Jie discussed the demographic dividend base development plan with Dong San, Director of the Logistics Department of the Independent Regiment, and Xu Qingnian, Director of the Finance Department.
Dong San and Xu Qingnian followed Kong Jie's plan and began to gradually accept refugees to settle in the independent regiment's base areas, and arranged these refugees one by one.
Either work in a factory, farm, or join the migrant workers' league, and work step by step towards the blueprint of demographic dividend.
In less than a month, the independent group actually expanded into five migrant workers' groups, with a total of more than 4,000 migrant workers' groups.
According to the plan discussed by Kong Jie, Li Wenjie and other cadres, the migrant workers' corps organizations were divided into three types of migrant workers' corps according to different tasks.
The first category is the front-line standing migrant workers' regiment accompanying the army.
To put it simply, this type of migrant workers' regiment is directly used by an independent regiment and assigned to command.
In addition to the fact that weapons will not be distributed to the front lines to fight against the Japanese, whether during combat or non-combat periods, the front-line civilian workers who accompany the army can always take care of various transportation tasks within the regiment and wherever work is needed.<
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The second category is the second-line migrant workers who are responsible for transportation between the rear troops and the troops in the base area.
The third category is temporary migrant workers, who need to be quickly established when needed and are responsible for the local government to assist in the transportation of combat troops.
Most of these migrant workers are composed of local villagers who provide temporary labor force. After completing their tasks, they will return to the village to continue farming and work.
Kong Jie’s independent group currently has five migrant workers’ groups.
Among them, the first, second and third regiments are migrant workers who accompany the army on the front line, and most of their members are composed of refugees who have fled.
Since these members have no family burdens in the base area and can work with the army for a long time, the Logistics Department even specially arranged accommodation for them in the base area of the independent regiment, and provided them with clothing, food, housing, and wages.
The Fourth Regiment and the Fifth Regiment are second-line transfers of migrant workers.
As for temporary migrant workers, there are naturally some, but they are not included in the statistics at the moment.
If we add local temporary migrant workers who can be organized quickly, the Independent Group can even pull out nearly eight migrant workers groups at once.
In other words, if Kong Jie needs it, he can quickly draw a team of nearly 6,000 migrant workers from around the Independence Regiment.
There are more than 5,000 soldiers in the independent regiment, and each soldier can even be assigned a militiaman to be responsible for transportation.
To be honest, it is indeed a bit luxurious.
But who gave Commander Kong the capital?
After the migrant workers' group was quickly formed, it followed the plan discussed by Kong Jie and Li Wenjie.
Let members take the lead in investing in various economic constructions in the independent regiment base area.
Kong Jie said this when speaking to members of the migrant workers' league:
"Comrades, what is the nature of our migrant workers' league? What is it here for? I think all the cadres in the league have told you."
"In a word, apart from not fighting a war, you can basically be said to be a militarized organization."
"To put it more seriously, everyone comes here to make a contribution to our anti-Japanese cause. They also do not want to be slaves to the country's subjugation and want to drive the invaders out of China!"
"But I, Kong Jie, like to tell the truth, except for the big principle of serving the country and the people."
"I think everyone comes here to work, to earn wages, to support their families, and to live a prosperous life."
"Here, on behalf of the entire independent group, I, Kong Jie, can assure you that as long as you come here in good health, I will definitely find jobs for all of you so that you can have work and make money." p>
"But there is one thing I have to tell you. If you join the militia, you will belong to a militarized organization. You must obey the command and the arrangements and orders of your superiors."
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Captain Kong gave a heartfelt speech.
The local people were grateful to Kong Jie for finding jobs for them and making them money.
Not to mention the refugees who escaped, Captain Kong not only provided food for everyone, but also gave them a place to settle down and pay their wages. He was simply a living Buddha in everyone’s hearts.
Therefore, no member is willing to obey Kong Jie's arrangements.
Kong Jie also kept his word and quickly provided corresponding positions to members of these five migrant workers' groups.
Those who work in agriculture do farming, those who raise livestock keep in good health, those who work in factories work in factories, those who engage in transportation engage in transportation...
The cadres of the independent regiment were extremely efficient in their work. It took less than two days to put all five militia regiments and more than 4,000 migrant workers on duty.
The people have jobs to do and are paid, and they feel the stability of life and the realization of their self-worth, not to mention how happy they are in their hearts.
Li Wenjie rushed to the regiment headquarters and reported to Kong Jiehui:
"Captain, I now understand what you mean by demographic dividend."
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"The injection of more than 4,000 laborers has replaced all the soldiers we previously used in these positions at once."
"Moreover, the members of the migrant workers' corps who came here with the purpose of working are extremely capable of learning. They can become proficient in some simple positions in just a few days."
"We soldiers can finally free up our hands and focus on military operations and training."
But having said that, Li Wenjie said sadly from another angle:
"But... Commander, we are still preparing to streamline our troops and streamline our administration. As a result, our regiment's strength has even exceeded 10,000."
"If this is misunderstood by the superior..."
Kong Jile said: "There is nothing to misunderstand from the superiors. We are a team of elite soldiers and simple administration. This migrant workers' group is neither a soldier nor involved in politics, so it is not among them."
"Wenjie, just report the affairs of the militia corps to the headquarters truthfully. In addition, send us the documents on the preparations, systems, and methods for forming the militia corps to the headquarters."
"Hey!" Li Wenjie responded.
But the subsequent development surrounding the migrant workers' league was far beyond Captain Kong's expectations.
But they said that the leader of the First Independent League of Migrant Workers was none other than Xie Baoqing.
Since joining the migrant workers' corps, Xie Baoqing has performed quite well with his construction team.
In addition, Xie Baoqing managed the Heiyun Village in Nuoda, so the bandits had their own ideas and managed them in an orderly manner.
In terms of organization and management, Xie Baoqing is very good at it.
This migrant workers' regiment is also a front-line standing migrant worker accompanying the army. It is directly commanded, appointed and established by the independent regiment.
Kong Jie later thought about it and decided to give Xie Baoqing a try and first let him be the first battalion commander of the migrant workers' regiment.
Kong Jie will temporarily serve as the group leader.
As a result, Xie Baoqing did a good job. Every time Kong Jie assigned a task to a group, it was quickly completed under Xie Baoqing's efficient organization.
After the first migrant workers' regiment was formally established, Kong Jie appointed Xie Baoqing as the leader of the first regiment.
Of course, Kong Jie also arranged suitable cadres within the regiment for the political commissar and director of the political office of the first regiment.
I'm not afraid, but I'm just afraid of the unexpected. You have to be careful and don't let Xie Baoqing lead the militia astray.
Xie Baoqing is mainly responsible for organization and management work.
Until July.
Xie Baoqing arranged for the Second Battalion of the First Migrant Workers' Regiment to transport a batch of supplies from the Independent Regiment to Commander Feng's Fifth Regiment.
As a result, on the way, these supplies were robbed by a group of bandits entrenched in the mountainous area.
When the news reached the Independent Regiment, Kong Jie was furious.
This group of bandits without eyes dared to offend Commander Kong. They really don’t know how many eyes Lord Ma has.
Kong Jie was immediately ready to issue an order to directly encircle and suppress these bandits, leaving no one behind.
After hearing about this, Xie Baoqing quickly ran to the Independent Regiment and expressed to Kong Jie:
"Captain, let me try it!
I will take my two brothers there to ensure that we get our batch of supplies back, and if everything goes well, we can even recruit the bandits from that mountainous area to your independent group."
Kong Jie thought about it, Xie Baoqing had been a bandit for many years, and he was very knowledgeable about banditry, so he simply nodded.
If we can fight without losing any blood, it will be much better than wasting manpower and material resources to eliminate bandits.
As expected, Xie Baoqing took several members of the migrant workers' corps and found the group of bandits in the mountainous area based on his familiarity with the bandits.
What’s the specific method?
Xie Baoqing first pretended to be a bandit and used all kinds of slang words that he could easily tell. The bandits who came to meet him were stunned for a while.
"It's incredible, sir, the chief gunner of Heiyun Village, Mr. Xie, is here!"
"Xie Baoqing? I heard that his Black Cloud Village was surrounded and suppressed by the Eighth Route Army, and even the village was burned down?"
The bandit leader Yao Hu was puzzled.
However, it is not unusual for a bandit leader like Xie Baoqing to escape from the hands of the Eighth Route Army.
Yao Hu didn’t suspect anything.
"Are you sure it's really Xie Baoqing?"
The follower said: "You can't be wrong, the slanderous talk is slanderous, and the little business in our village can be exposed with just one sentence."
Yao Hu didn’t go to the Three Treasures Hall for any reason, so Yao Hu didn’t know Xie Baoqing’s purpose of coming.
But the original power of Heiyun Village was much greater than that of his mountain.
Even out of respect for the seniors in the bandit world, Yao Hu still chose to meet Xie Baoqing.
When the two parties met, they first exchanged greetings.
Xie Baoqing deliberately led the topic, and the two of them lamented and lamented about the difficulties of being bandits in the current troubled times.
Next:
Xie Baoqing changed the topic and said in a solemn tone:
"Brother, I'm here specifically to rescue you this time. Do you know whose transport team you robbed last time?"
"Isn't it just a group of ordinary people?"
"Common people? Let me tell you, that is the transportation team of Commander Kong of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. Brother, how many of you have the brains to dare to offend Commander Kong?"
"Just this morning, I learned that you robbed the transport team. Commander Kong was so angry that he was about to send troops to directly surround you, brother!"
"With Commander Kong's temper, not even a single rat in the ravine will be left alive in the entire mountain, let alone your brothers!"
Yao Hu had heard of Kong Jie's reputation as a ruthless man who would make any kid tremble when he met him. He was very frightened.
If they want to live long as bandits, they will find out in advance who can be provoked, who cannot be provoked, and who should never be provoked.
Kong Jie and the Independent Group are on the list of people who must not be messed with.
"Brother, you are in big trouble."
"But Nian Zaitong is a green forest hero. I specifically asked Commander Kong to come and see you this time."
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"What's wrong with surrendering to the Eighth Route Army? Commander Kong is in charge of food and drink, and also pays wages.
We are working on the Eighth Route Army, which can be regarded as a career for the Anti-Japanese War. We can make money, have enough food and shelter, and do not have to go to the front line to take risks. Isn't this much more comfortable than being a bandit?"
"Brother, you are also the chief gunner, you should have such awareness."
"Which of us big bosses in the village dares to sleep soundly one night?"
"Fighting day and night, living in fear all day long, what are you trying to do?"
"Rather than take your brothers to starve in the mountains and take the risk of being surrounded and suppressed by the Eighth Route Army at any time.
Why not follow me and work for Commander Kong in the Independent Regiment? Not only can you gain fame, but you can also make money, so why not?"
"Don't worry, what kind of person is Captain Kong? He can accommodate you!"
Xie Baoqing, who is also a bandit, understands Yao Hu's thoughts very well.
After saying these words, Yao Hu suddenly surrendered to the independent group with the family wealth accumulated in the bandit village for many years as a certificate of surrender.
However, this matter is far from over yet.
Then Xie Baoqing passed the Yao Hu line and persuaded many bandits from the surrounding mountainous areas to surrender.
Who is Xie Baoqing?
At that time, he was the head of Heiyun Village, the largest bandit force in northwestern Shanxi.
Since surrendering to Kong Jie, Xie Baoqing has taught the Eighth Route Army his experience in fighting bandits.
What kind of routes do bandits usually choose to carry out robberies, where in the village they generally place spies, and some channels for selling stolen goods...
From then on, how could the bandits have any secrets from the Eighth Route Army?
Otherwise, traitors are the most hateful!
With Xie Baoqing, an old bandit, around, the various regiments in the Taihang base area even came to him for advice on their anti-bandit missions.
From then on, the life of the bandits in the entire Taihang and Taiyue areas was miserable.
He hid like a mouse and never dared to offend the Eighth Route Army.
I dare not touch any village where the Eighth Route Army is stationed.
I have been struggling in the mountains in recent years, and I can no longer hold on any longer.
Just like that, Xie Baoqing spread the news through Yao Hu and extended an olive branch to Kong Jie, and a group of bandits came to surrender one after another.
And what is Xie Baoqing’s current identity?
Head of the First Civilian Workers' Regiment of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment.
It didn’t take long for the news to spread:
In less than a week, the Eighth Route Army Civilian Workers Group wiped out dozens of bandit forces in Taihang, Taiyue and surrounding mountainous areas.
As soon as the news came out, all the little devils in the county were shocked.
The Japanese also hated those bandits who would harass the Japanese army even when they had nothing to do. However, because of the existence of the mountains, the little Japanese were helpless against the bandits.
As a result, the Eighth Route Army and Civilian Workers Group eradicated dozens of bandit forces in such a short period of time.
What kind of combat effectiveness is this?
As the Japanese intelligence department conducted in-depth investigations, the Japanese were even more horrified.
According to the investigation of the Japanese military intelligence department, a number of military organizations called migrant workers' regiments appeared around the Eighth Route Army base areas.
The Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army alone has more than five migrant workers' regiments under its jurisdiction.
The little devil couldn't sit still for this.
Some Japanese officers even believed that the Eighth Route Army was frantically expanding the size of its troops and preparing to massively expand its base areas.
The emergence of the migrant workers' regiment made the Japanese army even more fearful of the Eighth Route Army troops.
As the situation developed, and with the formation of the migrant workers' group, news even came out from the headquarters not long after:
The existence of the Eighth Route Army militia and labor corps was recognized, and each militia labor corps even gave them their serial numbers.
Now, Kong Jie originally planned to form a civilian organization with similar military management but a real people organization.
It was actually rumored to be a militarized armed force!
Even if you jump into the Yellow River, you won’t be able to wash yourself away.