After Kong Jie gave Dong San the design sketch of the anti-infantry directional fragmentation mine, also known as the Broad Sword mine.
After Dong San finished browsing, he was even more amazed.
Kong Jie said: "We have the drawings and technology, and the next step is continuous experimentation. There is not much time left for you. I will give you two months to produce the first batch of directional fragmentation mines." "How about it? Can it be done?"
Dong San thought for a while, gritted his teeth, and nodded heavily: "Sure, it's just... Captain, I have one more request."
"As long as you can complete the tasks on a regular basis, if you need anything, just ask," Kong Jie said.
Dong San looked at Kong Jie and replied: "Hey, Captain, when we are developing and producing this new type of directional fragmentation mine, if there are any technical blind spots or something, I hope you can be invited to the repair center for guidance at any time." Kong Jie was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "That's no problem, but don't expect too much from me. I only know some concepts, but when it comes to actual operations and specific production, I don't know anything about it.
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Dong Sandao: "Yes, leader, please rest assured, with your words, we guarantee to complete the task!"
Kong Jie: "..."
Looking at Dong San's leaving figure, Kong Jie was actually wondering whether it was a good thing or a bad thing that the broad sword mine appeared in advance.
After thinking about it, he finally made a judgment that the advantages should outweigh the disadvantages.
From the immediate perspective, the Eighth Route Army has always been good at mine warfare, focusing on defense, while the Japanese army focuses on offense.
If the broad sword mine appears, it can be said to be even more powerful for the Eighth Route Army.
From a long-term perspective, taking the broadsword mine technology into hand early and developing it will have more advantages than disadvantages for the Chinese army's future external operations.
It’s not surprising that the Americans were beaten until they howled.
In addition, Kong Jie plans to mass-produce this kind of directional fragmentation mine.
Some will be kept in the Taihang base area for use, and another batch will be sent to the Jizhong base area.
Jizhong is a plain area with a lot of open terrain, which is the perfect stage for broadsword mines to work.
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In mid-August, the enemy's Ministry of Industry sent news from major counties around the base area.
The Japanese army's assistance and resettlement of the victims in the occupied areas has initially shown signs of being unsustainable.
For example, in Yangquan County.
After the little Japs began to advertise to the outside world that they would help the victims in the occupied areas, a large number of victims swarmed in, which was completely beyond the Japs' expectations.
But you can’t blow it off so quickly.
The Japanese have built a lot of refugee houses in some villages and towns, and provided some rice and porridge for the victims.
At first it could barely survive, but as the number of victims increased, the number of victims increased.
Since the Japanese army could not properly resettle these victims, the victims just relied on the food distributed by the Japanese army to survive.
It didn't take long for the little devil to find that the granary had bottomed out, and he couldn't hold on any longer.
The original two meals of gruel a day quickly turned into one meal, and then one meal every two or even three days.
They no longer dared to accept disaster victims from other places at will. The Japanese directly ordered the city gates to be controlled and no longer allowed victims from other places to enter the city.
But it won’t be a problem if this continues.
The Japanese officers at the headquarters howled angrily.
It has always been these hateful Chinese thieves who used food and materials to feed the Imperial Japanese Army.
Now it's better to do it in reverse.
In this way, it didn't take long before the Japanese began to engage in duplicitous activities. On the surface, they continued to promote the people-friendly image of the Japanese Empire and publicized their charitable deeds to rescue the victims.
Privately, a large number of victims were gradually driven towards the Eighth Route Army base area.
But the Propaganda Department and Intelligence Department of the Eighth Route Army are not just for free.
In the first independent anti-Japanese detachment in northwestern Shanxi.
As soon as the Japanese and puppet troops made a move, the news spread to the detachment headquarters immediately.
Political Commissar Li Wenjie and Chief of Staff Xu Guoan discussed it and immediately launched a propaganda war.
Comrades from the Literature and Art Department and Propaganda Department prepared materials and performed some theatrical performances.
Reporter Xiao Song took photos on the front line of the first detachment's victory over the Japanese army and bombardment of the Japanese invaders.
Including the Japanese army beating the victims and forcibly expelling the victims to the Eighth Route Army base area, many scenes were also secretly filmed.
These photos and reports were spread secretly to the enemy-occupied areas through the intelligence line of the first detachment.
The people who already sneered at the hypocrisy of the Japanese and puppet troops became increasingly aware of the hypocrisy of the little devils.
Poor those stupid Japanese invaders. Their bad trick of singing and singing on the stage to help the victims has long been exposed, and they are still pretending to be shy without knowing it.
The territory of the Jinsui Army.
Chief Yan never expected that the disaster would be so serious, so he opened the door to rescue the victims, and a large number of victims poured in like a tide.
Chief Yan was smart and did not drive away the victims directly like a little devil.
Instead, he expressed to the outside world that his Jinsui Army's supplies were limited and its ability to rescue victims had reached its limit.
Then he called on the friendly Eighth Route Army troops to help receive and resettle the victims and tide over the difficulties together.
Listen, you have such a profound understanding of righteousness, as if you are taking credit for the Eighth Route Army’s efforts in rescuing the victims.
The Eighth Route Army headquarters did not make a corresponding counterattack.
In the opinion of all Eighth Route Army cadres:
The common people cannot use it to make an issue.
Whoever treats the people well will have a stronghold in their hearts!
Since the little devils and the Jinsui Army can no longer withstand it, and their boast will soon be blown away, then it is up to us, the Eighth Route Army, to step up.
After learning the news at the detachment headquarters, Kong Jie said at the meeting:
"Receiving and helping to resettle the victims, whether they are local or out of town, is the duty and obligation of our Eighth Route Army. But this must be done openly and with great fanfare to prevent the Japanese from stumbling upon us secretly.
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"In this way, if the news is released, it is best to let the entire northwestern Shanxi, even the entire Shanxi, and the entire North China know."
"Since you little devil no longer has the ability to continue to rescue the victims, then let's come with the Eighth Route Army!"
"We just agreed that the two sides have temporarily agreed to an armistice agreement. You little devil can't take advantage of our Eighth Route Army to rescue the victims to carry out sneak attacks."
The initial parties involved in this incident were Kong Jie’s first detachment and the Japanese Yangquan Command.
Since the first team's external publicity was in place, the news spread quickly, and all forces in the entire northwestern Shanxi and even Shanxi heard about it.
Immediately after the armistice agreement between the two sides to "share the disaster together", it rose to the level of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi.
China and Japan, including the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army, held a rare meeting. Each party sent representatives to discuss the drought that has spread throughout the country in recent years.
And finally reached a temporary armistice agreement.
All parties are working together to deal with this drought.
As for why the little devil agreed to this agreement, the reason is very simple:
The Japs are also human beings, and the Japs’ troops also need food to fight, and the main source of income to support the Japs is the tax revenue from the people in the Japs-occupied areas.
It really starved the Chinese people to death, leaving an empty city for the little devils, who themselves couldn’t survive.
In addition, the Japanese adopted a soft policy and wanted to stabilize the hearts and minds of the people in the occupied areas. They could not risk the disapproval of the world at this time and jump out to oppose the armistice, harming the people and aggravating the disaster.
Of course, the little devil who harbors evil intentions will not be so pure.
Headquarters of the First Japanese Army in Shanxi Province in Taiyuan City.
When Yoshio Shinozuka was discussing this matter with a group of Japanese army officers, the abacus was rattling.
On the one hand, it can alleviate the disaster situation and reduce the pressure of disaster relief in the occupied areas.
Secondly, by pushing a large number of refugees to the Eighth Route Army base areas, if it can also bring down the internal economy of the Eighth Route Army base areas, wouldn’t it kill two birds with one stone?
Thirdly, you little devils are so shameless. They say they have reached an armistice agreement and do not engage in small tricks. In fact, this is not the case at all.
The Japanese officers had long made up their mind to use the influx of refugees to the Eighth Route Army base area to secretly insert spies and conduct unannounced reconnaissance visits to the Eighth Route Army base area.
You can even use some small tricks to deliberately create chaos and disrupt order.
This laid the foundation for the subsequent large-scale raids to wipe out Taihang, Taiyue and other main forces of the Eighth Route Army.
It’s important not to engage in large-scale operations on the surface, and just maintain the general agreement.
For the Eighth Route Army troops.
As for Kong Jie and other Eighth Route Army military cadres, they were never naive enough to believe that the little devil would be bound by a piece of paper.
If little devils don’t care about international conventions, why would they still care about this small agreement?
What everyone wants is just a short-term ceasefire on the surface to reduce the pressure of disaster relief.
Before the results of whether the Eighth Route Army base area can successfully rescue and resettle the victims and assist in fighting the disaster are known.
The Japanese army, Jinsui Army and other forces waiting to see the Eighth Route Army's joke have no big possibility of taking action for the time being.
What Kong Jie thinks about this is also very clear:
The Japanese and the Jinsui Army are waiting to see our Eighth Route Army’s jokes.
By the time our Eighth Route Army not only was not overwhelmed by the disaster, it even relied on the demographic dividend brought by the large number of disaster victims who poured into the base area to rapidly develop the base area.
Even in terms of total economic output, it once crushed your Japanese-occupied areas in some areas, forming an economic crushing advantage and in turn fighting an economic war.
By then it will be too late for you little devil to cry.
Inside the headquarters.
When Kong Jie mentioned his idea, Xu Qingnian, the finance minister of the first team, was convinced.
And expressed deep admiration for his team leader.
All the situations seem to be proceeding according to the blueprint of the base area drawn up by the regiment leader.
Establish the base area's own financial system, stabilize the operating mechanism of the economy, and even one day completely crush the Japanese-occupied areas economically in local areas or even large areas.
By that time, the idea of being able to defeat the Japanese without any blood by just using banknotes, making the banknotes in the hands of the Japanese worthless, and thus wearing down the Japanese army, may not be impossible to realize.
This is the leader’s advanced strategic concept for the development of the base area...