The recruitment went smoothly. The independent regiment fought against a Japanese brigade with one regiment, and finally the Japanese army retreated from the battlefield. Although there was a reason for military division reinforcements, ordinary people did not know it.
Therefore, the people of Laiyuan City directly placed all the merits of fighting against the Japanese brigade on the independent regiment.
Although the Independent Regiment suffered heavy casualties in this war, huge casualties and a situation of filial piety appeared in every village in Laiyuan. However, the people knew that it was normal for soldiers to kill Japanese soldiers. And after joining the Eighth Route Army and dying, the Eighth Route Army sent them here
The pension and food are real things. It is better than being recruited by some troops and dying on the battlefield without even a body being found.
Therefore, after the order to recruit soldiers for the Independent Regiment was issued, the people of Laiyuan still rushed to join the army.
"Captain, the people's enthusiasm is so high, I think we should do something?" Cheng Xiao found Wang Ping just two days after recruiting troops.
"In just two days, we have received nearly 400 qualified recruits from recruitment points scattered around the country. At this rate, it won't take long for the independent regiment to be fully staffed. The people are helping us unconditionally, and we are
The small settlement allowance given to them is definitely not enough. We must find ways to give everyone some compensation in other aspects, and we cannot let them just send their husbands and children to our Eighth Route Army!"
After all, Wang Ping's soul comes from later generations. Apart from the most common financial and material compensation, he really has never thought of any other way.
He frowned and asked: "Political Commissar, did you hear something?"
Cheng Xiao shook his head and replied: "The first and second regiments of the military division were ordered to expand the base area, and their gains around us were greater than ours. Not only did they gain a large number of recruits, they also gained the full support of the local people. In this regard, our independent regiment
Incomparable!"
"Although there are many ordinary people joining our independent regiment, many of them do it to fight the Japanese, or for the little compensation we give them, and some do it so that they can have a bowl of food in the army so that they will not starve to death at home.
.As for the people who really support us, there are some, but not many. I think we must change this situation. When the Japanese army does not have the strength to leave the city to attack us, gather all the hearts and minds of the people of Laiyuan to us and truly support us.
Let’s fight the devils!”
"So, I think we should learn from dividing the two main force groups and establish base areas and travel areas in rural areas of Guangda. Gather all the people together to fight the Japanese and engage in production so that everyone will not go hungry and truly support us!"
"Then do it, do whatever you have to do. You are the political commissar, and establishing the base area is your business. You don't need to report to me!" Wang Ping reacted immediately, then stared at Cheng Xiao and asked.
Cheng Xiao smiled bitterly and said: "It's my business to build a base area, but I don't have enough people!"
"Also, this time the Japanese army attacked us, the snobbery of the Japanese and puppet troops who had been quiet in various villages once again jumped up, and many villages were once again controlled by traitorous landlords who worked for the devils. I need the support of troops to eliminate these landlords' armed forces, and by the way,
The land controlled by the traitors will be distributed to the people for free, so that during the autumn harvest, we can receive grain taxes and reduce the logistical pressure on the army."
"Also, another advantage of allocating land to ordinary people and then collecting taxes on them is that it forces the local landlords and gentry to reduce rents and interest rates. If the taxes we collect are low, the people will cultivate the land we allocate to them.
They will not serve as tenants to the landowners and gentry who have high grain rents. Without tenants, their fields will be idle, but the taxes that should be paid to us must be paid. They can only lower the grain rent, and then someone will farm their land.
, they will gain something.”
"Also, after the base area is established, each village must form a guerrilla team, a district squadron, or a district team to protect its own property and then fight the Japanese. This also requires your support, leader, to send troops to help each village form and train guerrillas.
If possible, it would be best to send some military backbones to directly join the district squadrons and district squads as commanders to train and direct them in combat."
Wang Ping quickly understood and agreed to send troops without much thought.
The three battalions were organized into companies, armed with mortars and heavy machine guns, and attacked together. Within a few days, half of the traitors in Laiyuan suffered a devastating blow.
The remaining traitors finally became afraid and hid in the county town to seek asylum from the Japanese.
Although Ono was very divided, he was also very unwilling to do so.
But it is very difficult for him to even defend Laiyuan City. How can he send troops out of the city to protect these villages that are definitely undefendable.
As a result, these people had no choice but to give up their property and land outside the city, and Ono could only watch in frustration as the Eighth Route Army turned the countryside around the county into their base.
"Captain, you still need to give orders to establish local guerrillas, district squads, district squadrons, and county brigade. You also need to decide the commanders of these troops. After all, after the guerrillas are established, they will also have combat missions, and
Are you cooperating with the main force to fight?" A few days later, political commissar Cheng Xiao found Wang Ping again.
"How is the guerrilla formation going?" Wang Pingmei answered directly.
"The effect is very good!" Cheng Xiao replied happily.
"After the traitors and bullies were eliminated in each village, every household was allocated fields and grain. Although there were not many fields, it was not a problem to feed the family, excluding the grain tax."
"In order to defend these lands, everyone is very motivated to join the guerrillas. In smaller villages, the guerrillas are as large as a platoon, and in larger villages, the guerrillas are more than one company. There are all guerrillas in Laiyuan, big and small.
In total, there are more than 6,000 people!"
Wang Ping came to this world, and these days were the most leisurely for him.
After hearing about Cheng Xiao's establishment of a base a few days ago, Wang Ping realized that although he had brought many advanced military ideas and concepts with him after his rebirth, he had also forgotten one of the fundamental reasons why the Eighth Route Army was able to defeat the Japanese invaders in this era.
Reason, People's War!
I don’t know if I don’t want to, I’ll be frightened when I think about it.
No army can replace the use of people's war in the eight-year war of resistance.
Just a simple statistic: During the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War, the main force of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area grew from a few thousand people at that time to more than 300,000 later, and the strength of the force expanded more than a hundred times. But the militia force in the base area not only grew from scratch
Yes, and it has grown to more than 900,000 people.
The soldiers who join the main force are basically from the militia.
Moreover, the base area has fought countless battles in the past eight years, almost all of which could not have been separated from the support or help of the militia.
Since the militia is so important, Wang Ping must pay attention to it. If nothing else, the fact that the militia can provide trained and qualified soldiers to the main force is enough for Wang Ping to pay attention to him.
Therefore, before Cheng Xiao arrived, Wang Ping had thought about how to develop a good militia force.
However, after hearing that the number of militiamen in Laiyuan exceeded 6,000 in a few days, Wang Ping not only lost any smile on his face, but instead wrinkled into a big frown!
