Chapter 479: Captured after the war, training new soldiers
In the straight south triangle area, two days have passed since the main force returned.
After the anti-recalcitrant campaign in Hebei, Shandong and Henan ended, the Jinan Jigan Regiment handed over the captured recalcitrant soldiers and captured materials to the third regiment, and immediately returned to southern Hebei, and then the third regiment stationed in the straight south triangle area.
According to Zhou Weihan's order, the first regiment, the third regiment, and the fourth regiment were stationed in Neihuang, Nanle, and Qingfeng respectively.
In addition to their garrison duties, the three regiments also have to carry out the task of training new recruits.
The Zhinan base area is in urgent need of recovery, and the top officials of the regional government have either died or been sent to other places to recuperate. At this moment, the Zhinan base area is completely dependent on Zhou Weihan.
Zhou Weihan was not polite. Relying on the power granted by the Northern Bureau to act for convenience, Zhou Weihan immediately selected a few people from among a dozen middle-level cadres of the local government and entrusted them with important tasks.
Zhang Faming, the former director of the Democratic Movement Department of the Nanle County Party Committee, temporarily served as the director of the Military Supplies Department, and was initially responsible for counting various types of seized materials.
Feng Zihui, the former military director of the Puyang County Party Committee, was fully responsible for commanding the local armed forces in the Zhinan base area and restoring grassroots political power.
Anyone else would have been extremely happy to have military command and local administrative power under control, but Zhou Weihan would have been extremely annoyed.
The newly appointed director of the Military Supplies Department, Zhang Faming, was serious about his work, but he always sought instructions from Zhou Weihan on all matters involved.
"Chief, this is the list of materials seized this time. Please take a look!"
Zhou Weihan glanced at Zhang Faming and took the list from his hand.
After Zhang Faming arranged for people to count the seized materials, the numbers were listed in detail on the list.
The seized grains included more than 6.5 million kilograms of various types of coarse grains, and more than 4 million kilograms of fine grains such as rice and white flour. There were also large amounts of edible oil, salt, cotton, tobacco leaves and other materials.
In terms of weapons and equipment, there are various types of weapons. There are not many heavy weapons. There are more than 800 Japanese-style rifles. In addition, they are all made by Jin, Gong and even the 29th Army and the Northeast Army.
Overall, there are a lot of weapons and equipment, but not many bullets. On average, the recalcitrant soldiers only have seven or eight rounds.
The seized money included more than 600 kilograms of gold, more than 4.5 million yuan, and more than 1 million yuan in legal and counterfeit currency.
"Is this all the food?" Zhou Weihan said after reading it.
According to Zhou Weihan's estimation, the grain stored in the homes of many landlords and armed forces in the Zhinan area should be indispensable.
"Before the official statistics of the materials were released, the three regiments had each taken away 400,000 kilograms!"
"Also, Chief, although most of the Hebei, Shandong and Henan regions are plains and rich in products, since the little devils came, there were three political regimes at once. Every time when grain was produced, the little devils collected a batch of grain, and the local
The National Government Office will collect a batch, and our anti-Japanese regime led by the Eighth Route Army will also raise food!"
"The life of ordinary people is not good, even these landlords don't have much food in their homes!" Zhang Faming explained.
Seeing Zhou Weihan nod, Zhang Faming continued: "I learned from the comrades of each regiment that the daily ration for each soldier is three kilograms of grain. Now, not counting the recruits selected from the stubborn prisoners, the number of the main force has already been
There are more than 8,000 people, so the consumption is 24,000 jins per day, and 720,000 jins per month!"
"If we follow this standard, including new recruits and local armed forces who join forces, at least 1.2 million kilograms of grain will be needed every month, and the captured grain will only be enough for ten months!"
Zhou Weihan nodded when he heard it, and then said: "Then what do you mean?"
"Chief, when the other main forces were here, the food standards were not as high as ours now. Should we reduce the rations appropriately?" Zhang Faming suggested.
"No!" Zhou Weihan refused immediately.
"Three kilograms of rations may seem like a lot, but the soldiers have no oil or water in their stomachs, plus they usually train a lot, so they can't resist hunger!"
"Don't worry about not having enough food. After the base is stabilized, there will be a batch of food when the food is produced. Besides, keep those legal and counterfeit coins in your hands. They will depreciate if you keep them in your hands. Take them all.
Sell and buy food!”
In fact, the Tainan Military Region's troop rations are set at three kilograms, which is very particular.
There are some pot-bellied men in the army, and there are also some who eat less. Generally speaking, there is a surplus of rations.
But there is still a big expenditure. The Eighth Route Army and the local people, the saying that the soldiers and civilians are one family is not an empty talk. On weekdays, part of the soldiers' rations is saved to support the local people who are living in difficulty.
"You are the chief steward of our army. I think you have done a good job during this period. As the director of munitions, I have also seen comrades who are more cunning than you. But, don't pick on your own comrades. You
We must do everything possible to open source.”
"After all, you are in charge of more than 8,000 people. If you need anything, you can call them, but they still dare not give you, the great butler, face?"
"Also, we need to pick out the usable weapons and equipment as soon as possible and distribute them to the recruits in each regiment. You go and communicate with the regiment leaders about these matters. If you don't have anything else, come to me!" Zhou Weihan waved his hand and acted as a hand-off shopkeeper again.
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When Zhang Faming heard this, his face turned bitter, thinking that this family was not easy to get into.
After several battles, a total of more than 7,000 stubborn soldiers were captured from northwest Shandong, Zhinan, southwestern Shandong and other places. These 7,000 people had been screened in advance to exclude those with the most heinous crimes and bad living habits.
Under the Eighth Route Army's policy of preferential treatment of prisoners, no matter how excellent the political work of the Eighth Route Army cadres was, not every prisoner would be willing to obey orders. From a prisoner to an ideologically qualified recruit, it would take a long time to transform.
Each group has its own approach to this.
A regiment stationed in Neihuang was assigned a total of 3,000 recruits. Li Ziwen, the political commissar of the regiment, led political cadres at all levels to rehabilitate the prisoners every day. He was so busy that he had no time to eat. After a few days,
But it didn't have much effect.
Jing Dagang was impatient and came up with an idea directly.
Within a regiment's defense zone.
Jing Dagang and Li Ziwen were standing on a hill. Not far away, a group of soldiers mixed into the prisoners and were marching around the foot of the mountain.
I saw a group of soldiers covered with weapons and ammunition, and all the marching equipment on their bodies. On the other hand, the prisoners were only wearing clothes and their hands were empty.
"Political Commissar, we are just a rough guy with no culture, but that doesn't mean we can't deal with these cowards!"
"You political cadres rely on words, but words alone are not enough. Just watch this trick, it will be effective in a week!" Jing Dagang looked at the situation down the mountain with a telescope.
Many stubborn prisoners fell behind, but were immediately picked up by a group of soldiers around them. Want to be lazy? There was no way.
"Captain, aren't you abusing the prisoners?"
"You damn tortured prisoners, did I eat them short, or did I punish them corporally? Look, which of our soldiers has no weight on them?"
"Let me tell you, our three regiments have all received the task of training new recruits, and the detachment leader is watching!"
