"I won't go. I believe the Eighth Route Army will not let us down!" Lao Zhang replied unexpectedly!
"I thought about it seriously last night. If the Eighth Route Army hadn't moved us to the hinterland of the base area, now our house would not only be burned down, but we might not even be able to save our own lives!"
"We heard about it when we were in the hinterland of the base area. The little Japs who entered the base area this time were completely different from the previous Japs. They killed everyone on sight. If not tens of thousands of people were killed in the base area, they must have been seven or eight thousand.
Yes, and there were several villages where entire people were massacred. If we had not been transferred by the Eighth Route Army, many people would have been massacred by the little devils!"
"Also, there is a severe drought this year, which will reduce food production."
"The food harvested from the land can only last for half a year. Even if there is no attack by the little devils, without the food in our hands, even if we eat wild vegetables, we can only last for eight or nine months! By then, there will be no food, all of us will
They will all starve to death, even if they have a house, it will be of no use!"
"Although the house has been burned down now, the Eighth Route Army was responsible for our food and drink during the entire transfer period. They also made us do things and gave us food as compensation!"
"The food saved during the transfer, coupled with our income from work, if we save some food, maybe we can last until the autumn harvest!"
"And I also believe in the Eighth Route Army. They will definitely keep their promise and will not ignore us!"
Just when everyone was deep in thought because of these words, an Eighth Route Army company commander came over!
"This fellow said it well!"
Lao Zhang, who just spoke, recognized at a glance that this company commander was the person who arrested him last night.
The company commander walked up to everyone and answered with certainty: "We in the Eighth Route Army keep our word and will never ignore you and let you live in shacks in the cold winter!"
"According to orders from superiors, the newly formed Second Battalion and Second Company of the New First Regiment are responsible for repairing all the burned houses in Huangjia Village. Before the repairs are completed, all the old, weak, women and children will be compensated with one kilogram of food per person per day!"
"However, because our new regiment's food reserves are also very effective, we still need everyone's help when repairing the house!
"We will definitely help!" Lao Zhang, who had just spoken, immediately said.
"You, the Eighth Route Army, saved our lives, gave us food, and now you are building our houses for us. You are closer to us than your own relatives. We will help you no matter what!"
There is no doubt that what Lao Zhang said today was given to him by the company commander last night. The purpose is to alleviate the bad impression that the common people have on the Eighth Route Army due to their noise in the past few days, and then help the Eighth Route Army regain the people's support!
This method was successful. As soon as Lao Zhang finished speaking, the people around him burst out in agreement.
Because we had food in hand, the base area recovered very quickly.
In less than ten days, more than 30% of the damaged houses were repaired.
The wounded who were placed in various field hospitals also began to be discharged one after another.
Because of the heavy casualties of soldiers and civilians, the atmosphere of sadness that enveloped the entire base area slowly dissipated, and because the New Regiment compensated the families of the soldiers and civilians who died in the battle with a large amount of food.
The entire base area directly presents a prosperous scene.
At the recruitment offices scattered in various counties, scenes of ordinary people enthusiastically signing up to join the Eighth Route Army reappeared.
"Commander, all the vacancies in the main force have been filled. They are all veterans drawn from the local garrison and guerrilla forces!" Zhong Chenggong, the chief of staff, rushed into the war room and reported when he saw Wang Ping, with a look on his face.
With a smile till the end!
"Also, as of yesterday, the recruitment offices in various areas of the base have recruited 3,568 qualified recruits. I plan to assign all of them to the garrison!"
"Finally, there are three garrison battalions that performed well in the counter-mopping up. They are preparing to expand into the main force according to the order. This requires you, the regiment commander, to give them an organization..."
Wang Ping replied without thinking: "Give them the main sixth battalion, the new sixth battalion, and the independent sixth battalion!"
"After the three battalions are formed, they will be stationed directly near the regiment headquarters as a mobile force at the regiment headquarters!"
"In this counter-mopping operation, if the regiment headquarters has one or two battalions of mobile troops, even if the Japanese attack into our hinterland, we will not be so passive, causing so many casualties of soldiers and civilians, and causing such huge losses!"
"We must learn lessons. At any time, the regiment must have a certain number of mobile troops!"
"I agree!" Zhong Chenggong replied immediately.
Less than five minutes after he left, Wei Yong from the security department came looking for him.
"Captain, I have two situations here... After this period of hard work, the Security Department's counterintelligence has achieved good results. It has captured 128 spies and traitors planted by the Japanese in our base area. Among them, the two highest-ranking people are the main force.
Troop company commander, deputy county magistrate of the base area!"
"These more than 100 people have definite evidence, and there are more than 200 suspects. Because there is no evidence, we have not taken action, we are just monitoring!"
"There is another situation related to the Japanese army in Linfen City!"
"According to the intelligence reports we sent into Linfen City, the Japanese division commander has been replaced!"
"The original division commander, Lieutenant General Ito, committed seppuku in his office! The newly appointed division commander was also a lieutenant general, and he taught Fujino a lesson by name. Although they haven't actually fought each other yet, some of the orders issued by Lieutenant General Fujino after he arrived in Linfen
I’ve already had someone get it, all based on this information!”
"I watched it, and I feel that this Fujino is much more cunning than his old rival Lieutenant General Ito!"
"Uh~" Wang Ping suddenly became interested.
After receiving the information, I started to browse it. After reading it over and over, my brows were already twisted into a big "Sichuan".
Then he sat down on the chair and fell into deep thought.
A few minutes later, he turned his attention to the intelligence again and read it again before speaking: "This Lieutenant General Fujino is indeed more cunning than Ito!"
"Ito surrounded us and used Japanese soldiers as soon as they came up. As for the puppet troops, he didn't really believe it!"
"However, this Fujino obviously attaches great importance to the puppet army. The first thing he did after taking office was to expand and form the puppet army!"
"Also, he has a very vicious vision. Just like Lieutenant General Ito who committed seppuku, he can see the disadvantages of our new regiment at a glance, and he starts taking action directly to target our disadvantages!"
"Tens of thousands of houses in the base area were destroyed, and the common people were clamored by some people to ask our Eighth Route Army to compensate them with food. At that time, we guessed that there were shadows of Japs inside, but we did not expect that it was Fujino who came up with it!"
"After consuming all the limited food we have, we will have no food to feed the troops."
"Then I had to learn from other Eighth Route Army units, streamline their troops and streamline their administration in order to reduce logistical pressure, and weaken their own strength..."
At this point, Wang Ping changed the subject and continued: "However, this Fujino obviously underestimated the strength of our new group!"
"This time, I will make all his plans come to nothing!"
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