"Common people, the key breakthrough point in this battle lies with the common people!" Wang Ping answered while staring at the map.
"As long as the common people don't fall into the hands of the Japs, we will have much less worries about the Japs. If the house is burned down, we can still rebuild it. It's no big deal!"
Zhong Chenggong responded with a look of approval: "Yes, it's the common people! The four companies that were eaten by the Japanese today were all caused by rescuing and protecting the common people... Captain, do you already have a solution?"
Wang Ping did not answer, but stared at the political commissar next to him and asked: "Old Huang, if I remember correctly, the defense of the entire base area is very poor this year due to drought!"
"That's right~" Huang Yuanqiang affirmed.
"The harvest of the common people is only 30 to 40 percent of that of previous years. This is the result of us mobilizing everyone to reclaim a large amount of wasteland and increase the area of land for cultivation. Otherwise, it would be a blessing for the common people to have twice as much harvest this year as in previous years..."
"In other words, these harvests are only enough to feed the people for three to four months..." Wang Ping continued to ask.
"If you save some wild vegetables, you should be able to eat it for half a year!" Huang Yuanqiang replied.
Then he said with emotion: "Captain, I have to admire you again~"
"We stockpiled tens of millions of kilograms of grain in advance, and asked the troops to take turns to reclaim wasteland between battles, ensuring an average of two acres of land per capita. Although the output of the dry land was reduced, our new regiment of more than 15,000 people still harvested nearly 30,000 acres of land.
One and a half million kilograms of grain is enough to feed the troops for three months."
"Coupled with the tens of millions of kilograms of grain stored in advance, it will not only ensure that the more than 10,000 main troops of the new regiment will not go hungry, but also ensure that the common people will hold on until next autumn harvest!"
Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "There are two to three million people in the base area. Even if each person only eats half a catty of grain a day, two to three million people will eat more than one million catties of grain a day. The little grain we have hoarded can at best be regarded as
A drop in the bucket!”
"It is better to solve the problem than to solve the problem without food!" Huang Yuanqiang affirmed.
Obviously, because of the existence of this batch of grain, the pressure on political commissar Huang Yuanqiang's shoulders has been reduced a lot!
Wang Ping did not continue the discussion on this issue. He frowned and thought for a few seconds before continuing to ask: "It has been more than three months since the autumn harvest, which means that the common people have at most one or two taels left in each household."
One hundred catties of rations!”
"Those who can get one or two hundred kilograms of rations are those who have harvested and defended the city this autumn. I estimate that most people have less than one hundred kilograms of rations left at home!"
Wang Ping was surprised and replied: "With less rations, it will be much easier to move!"
"Political commissar, issued an order in the name of the New Regiment and Military Division: All common people within a hundred kilometers of the frontline deep into the base area should withdraw. We cannot let the common people become our concern in the entire counter-mopping up... According to the current attack speed of the Japanese army, I think
It will take at least twenty days to completely occupy this 100-kilometer area. And what we have to do is to control the pace of the Japanese attack within this 100-kilometer range and not allow them to penetrate further into our base!"
Huang Yuanqiang stared at Wang Ping and asked with disbelief: "Captain, do you know what you are talking about?"
"There are hundreds of thousands of people within a 100-kilometer-deep area. How can it be possible to just transfer them at the drop of a hat!"
Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "What happened to the hundreds of thousands of people? Our frontline combat troops, local garrison troops, and guerrillas must all add up to more than 20,000 people!"
"It is not too difficult for 20,000 people to command and transfer hundreds of thousands of people. Moreover, I did not ask them to transfer all of them to the rear at once. Instead, they were transferred step by step. The people closest to the Japanese were transferred first, and then the people in the rear were transferred.
the common people!”
Huang Yuanqiang continued: "Even if we have this ability, Commander, have you ever thought about whether the people will be willing?"
"Especially the people who are closest to the front line have been moved nearly a thousand kilometers directly to the rear. What if the people don't agree?"
"This requires you, the political commissar, to do your work!" Wang Ping replied with a hand-off-the-shop expression.
Seeing the embarrassment on the political commissar's face, Wang Ping immediately added: "Political commissar, I'm sure that we all have far underestimated the destructiveness of the Japanese army's raid on our base area~"
"In just one day, the base area has lost four infantry companies due to the cover and rescue of civilians. More importantly, more than a hundred civilians and local armed forces have been massacred by the Japanese!"
"This means that the little devil is trying to wipe out us at all costs this time!"
"Look at the enemy's mopping up methods. Ten infantry brigades advance together, and only advance five kilometers every day. Then they stop, build artillery towers and strongholds in the occupied villages and towns, and leave troops to completely control the place!"
"If we follow the previous strategy and wait until the main force of the Japs has civilians to go back, I am sure that these civilians will soon become the handle for the Japs to threaten us!"
"According to the situation reported by the military region, the people who support us will first be retaliated by the Japanese and puppet troops, and then they must completely surrender to the Japanese and puppet troops and cut off contact with us. By then, burning, killing, looting and looting will definitely be inevitable, and the entire village may not be able to avoid it.
It is possible that all the common people will be massacred by the Japanese!"
"In order to avoid this kind of tragedy from happening, we must prevent it in advance and nip it in the bud!"
Huang Yuanqiang hesitated for a long time and replied: "Transferring the people in this area completely to the rear will indeed prevent future troubles!"
"However, the entire transfer project is too large. Even if we explain clearly the seriousness of it, the people may not be willing. Especially the old people, who may have never left the village in their lives, are now asked to travel a hundred miles
Kilometers, they will definitely not agree to it even to death!"
"Then use food to attract them to the rear!" Wang Ping answered very confidently.
"Staying at home with a sense of luck, even if the Japanese don't kill them, the food in their hands will only be enough for them to live for two or three months. After two or three months, there will be no food, even if the Japanese don't kill them, they will be hungry.
You can also starve them to death!"
"I believe that no matter how much they trust the Japs, they still won't believe that the Japs will give them food!"
"For all people who agree to be transferred later, regardless of gender, old or young, as long as they arrive at the resettlement site, the base government will be responsible for their food and drink!"
"During the transfer, we agreed to build water conservancy projects in the base area according to the arrangements of the local government. The base government will pay everyone based on the standard of one pound of food per person per day!"
"The base area government is responsible for their food and drink, and also provides them with job opportunities to earn food rations. I believe that the people in the base area, regardless of age, will agree to the transfer!"
Huang Yuanqiang was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses.
Staring at Wang Ping, he asked: "Captain, this is a big deal, you have to think about it!"
"The transfer of hundreds of thousands of people to the rear area will consume nearly 10 million jins of food in one month. If the entire raid lasts for three months, the 30 million jins of food we have worked so hard to hoard will be exhausted.
!”
"Also, is it necessary to move the people to the rear to build water conservancy projects and pay them one pound of food a day?"
"The land in the base area basically depends on the weather. Is it necessary to build water conservancy projects?"
"It's necessary!" Wang Ping replied with certainty.
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