Chen Fujun is right. In fact, many bandits hope to be incorporated, especially by the Eighth Route Army.
The main reason is that the Eighth Route Army is difficult to deal with.
In the words of the Eighth Route Army, "The Eighth Route Army is an army that comes from workers and peasants and is a people's army, and is connected by flesh and blood with the people."
To outsiders, this may not sound like much, just a propaganda slogan.
But when the bandits heard this, they trembled and were frightened.
You must know that bandits can only survive by robbing people... With the few guns of bandits, they can't rob hard and may be retaliated, so they can only bully and fear that they will force themselves on the people to earn a living.
Usually no one cares about the life and death of the people, and the bandits live a relatively comfortable life.
But now that a "people's army" has come to stand up for the common people, life will be difficult for all the bandits!
The bandits are having a hard time, and some of them have guns in their hands. Why don't we just hope that the Eighth Route Army can collect them?
But when the Eighth Route Army came to talk to them about their recruitment, they started raising prices and being pretentious again. One person was making conditions and the other was writing documents with great joy!
Bandits will even compete with each other: What conditions does such and such a village have for inclusion? Why don’t I have any? Is it because I look down on people? I must have these conditions too, otherwise I will just stay in the mountains and be happy!
This time the Eighth Route Army was very passive:
Agree, the bandits, one by one, are increasing their numbers one by one. The Eighth Route Army is already not well-off, and this will make things worse.
Don't agree. The value of the people and guns in the hands of the bandits far exceeds those conditions. What's more, it is necessary to transform the bandits who kill and steal goods into disciplined Eighth Route Army soldiers. No matter how bad it is, you can watch them under your nose so that they can't commit crimes.
No matter how you calculate it, it’s all a transaction that comes from a stroke of genius!
So I usually grit my teeth and agree to all the conditions.
For example, the conditions Xie Baoqing of Heiyun Village offered to Kong Jie were:
One: Keep the establishment of Heiyun Village and set up an independent brigade in the New Second Regiment.
Two: Xie Baoqing is appointed as the captain of the independent brigade, and the second, third and fourth leaders are appointed as deputy captains.
Three: Military pay is issued according to regular military standards.
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Then there are four, five, six... a total of more than a dozen conditions are listed.
At that time, only three divisions of the Eighth Route Army were formally established and could receive military pay. The remaining nearly a hundred regiments, including Li Yunlong's independent regiment with great military achievements, had to fend for themselves to strip clothes and shoes from Japanese soldiers.
Who do you think you are in Heiyunzhai?
How many years have you been a bandit and you still have a bad temper?
You actually want military pay and still maintain your establishment?
Aren't you planning to join the Eighth Route Army and continue to be a bandit?
But in order to take the overall situation into consideration and not give up any hope that unity can unite, the superiors decided to agree to these conditions after discussion.
In the words of the leader, it is: "Let's recruit them first, and then we can slowly educate them later! Regarding the issue of military pay... let's tighten our belts and help him make up for it, and it will be an independent brigade!"
The problem is that Heiyun Village is not the only one asking for prices, there are also several bandits bargaining there! All of them are as awesome as the King of Heaven!
This is good, Xiaodongbei made such a fuss and all these guys became silent.
Because they will think so:
This matter should not be that simple. It is probably the Eighth Route Army who killed the chicken to scare the monkeys!
If they really want to take action, the Eighth Route Army does not need to go up to the mountains to encircle and suppress them like the National Army. They are a workers' and peasants' army. It is not a big deal to send a few people to live in the surrounding villages for ten days and a half.
What's more important is... there are only one or two of them when they come, and they will be able to form a team in a few months. How will we survive then?
So those who negotiated good terms were afraid that the Eighth Route Army would regret it, so they took the time to go down and "behave".
If the conditions are not negotiated, immediately lower the standard and negotiate. The sooner the negotiation is completed, the better!
If you were still hesitant at first, don't hesitate now. It will be too late when the knife is placed on your neck later!
In just a few days, more than a dozen groups of bandits were recruited, many of whom had been negotiated for more than a year without success.
This makes it pointless to be alone in Heiyun Village and be stubborn.
Chen Fujun was actually a drunkard who didn't care about drinking. He handed Xiao Dongbei a cigarette, looked in the direction of the tunnel, and praised: "Comrade Wang Xuexin, this tunnel is really like that, what are you doing?"
Thought-of?"
Wang Xuexin replied: "Company Commander, just tell me what you want to say. I will help as much as I can. We, our family, will not go around this way!"
Chen Fujun smiled awkwardly, came up and said, "I feel relieved because of your words. Aren't you...worried about the Japanese spy team? You know, my mission is to protect the commander and the headquarters. I can't stand it."
I feel weak when I live in the Japanese special agent team. When I feel weak, I can't sleep well and I can't eat well. Can you help me think of something?"
"Aren't there landmines?" Wang Xuexin asked, "I told you last time!"
"This mine is indeed a good idea!" Chen Fujun nodded: "This is how we deal with it. But what if the Japanese use grenades to clear the mines and force their way in?"
Wang Xuexin nodded.
Blocking positions with landmines can only solve the problem of early warning, but it is impossible to block the Japanese special forces.
Chen Fujun frowned and said, "I've been thinking about it for a while, and I feel that the only way to withstand the Japs is to fight them head-on, but... I just can't stand the Japs' fighting style!"
This is a rough statement, but nothing can withstand the "grenade and submachine gun" style of fighting in street battles, unless you bring tanks and armored vehicles.
Therefore, there is only one way, and that is to treat others in their own way.
Wang Xuexin replied: "It's simple. We will fight no matter how the Japanese special forces attack us. If we learn their tricks, we will be inseparable."
Chen Fujun replied in embarrassment: "How could I not think of this method? But what about the submachine gun? Where is the ammunition?"
This is indeed a problem. In this era, even the Japanese lack useful submachine guns and can only use the German MP38, let alone the Eighth Route Army.
But Wang Xuexin had other ideas.
"We don't necessarily have to use a submachine gun!" Wang Xuexin patted the box cannon hanging on his waist and said, "Here's a 20-shot box cannon. Isn't it better than a long gun indoors? It's not much worse than a Japanese submachine gun, right?"
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Chen Fujun was stunned for a moment, then slapped his thigh and shouted: "Yeah, why did I forget about this thing? I kept thinking about submachine guns... Wouldn't it be enough if each person is equipped with a box cannon?"
Wang Xuexin raised his head in the direction of the tunnel again and said: "At that time, you can also practice like this. One team pretends to be the Japs and the other team pretends to be the guard company. They attack and defend each other inside and outside several empty houses to find each other's weaknesses. If we want to fight against the Japs again, we
That’s why I’m on guard!”
"Yes, yes!" Chen Fujun nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and then held Wang Xuexin's hand tightly: "Comrade Wang Xuexin, these few words of yours have solved the problem that has been bothering me for a long time! I didn't say anything, but I am so convinced.