"The two leaders, the regiment leader, and the political commissar, the equipment I just mentioned are just a small part of what we captured this time!"
"The equipment of an integrated division is only small?" The deputy chief of staff was stunned and stared at Huang Yuanqiang with a look of disbelief.
Soon, his face was shrouded in huge surprise: "Bai, tell us, what is the bulk of the seizure this time?"
Commander Chen also stared at Huang Yuanqiang with wide eyes, and then looked at Huang Yuanqiang expectantly.
"Yes, Chief!" Huang Yuanqiang affirmed.
Then he took out a list and reported: "The biggest seizures were supplies and ammunition, of which supplies accounted for the majority. Including 60,000 Japanese army coats, 60,000 sets of winter combat uniforms, and 60,000 blankets. If
These uniforms are separately equipped for the troops and can at least meet the winter needs of our 120,000 Eighth Route Army."
"In addition, there are 12 million jins of grain, 250 tons of various cans, and 5 tons of medicine..."
This time, it was Commander Chen who was the first to react. In his excitement, he interrupted directly as the owner of this batch of supplies: "I'm getting rich, I'm really getting rich... Chief of Staff, with these supplies and uniforms, not only will the Taiyue Military Region be able to
There is no need to worry about food and clothing, and we can also support the Northwestern Shanxi and Good Night Parts!"
"Yan'an is colder than here in winter. My idea is to support Yan'an with 10,000 sets of quilts, military coats, and blankets, support northwestern Shanxi with 10,000 sets, and support the Taihang Military Region with 10,000 sets. You can take them away when you visit the headquarters.
Ten thousand sets, the rest will be left in the Taiyue Military Region, and each military division will be divided into five thousand sets..."
Five thousand sets of quilts, military coats, and blankets, with the current equipment level of the Eighth Route Army, can fully equip 10,000 people.
Other military divisions have the main force of a brigade, plus local troops, five thousand sets may be just enough.
But the situation is different in our own four divisions. A main regiment plus local troops will only have four to five thousand people at full strength. Even if the army is expanded, it will be difficult to reach 10,000 people in a short time. Five thousand sets are enough, and there are also
many.
Therefore, although most of the supplies flew away, Wang Ping had no objection at all. He agreed without thinking about it: "Commander, I agree!"
Commander Chen nodded and continued: "Medicine is a good thing that the entire Eighth Route Army is short of. Chief of Staff, you can share it. However, the New Regiment and the Direct Brigade paid a very heavy price for this battle. The total number of wounded in the two armies is
There are nearly two thousand people. These medicines must meet the needs of these two armies before they can be distributed!"
"In terms of food, I plan to support Yan'an with 2 million jins, northwest Shanxi with nearly 2 million jins, and Taihang base area with 2 million jins. Chief of Staff, you will bring back 2 million jins to the headquarters, and the rest will be left in the Taiyue Military Region. Each army will
One million catties for each division, and one million catties for the troops directly under the military region!"
"I agree...Political Commissar Huang, you continue!" the deputy chief of staff confirmed after hesitating for a few seconds.
Huang Yuanqiang, who had been standing all the time, continued to report: "In addition to the seizure of large and small warehouses of the Japanese and puppet troops at the train station and Linfen City, we also seized a large amount of materials and gold and silver from the hands of the Japanese residents and the chamber of commerce in Linfen City."
"I won't go into details about the supplies. They are too complicated and the quantities are very messy. They haven't been fully counted yet!"
"I mainly report on the gold and silver we seized from these devils!"
"This includes 425 kilograms of gold and gold jewelry, 1,653 kilograms of silver and silver jewelry, 686,530 yuan, and 529 pieces of various antique calligraphy and paintings. In addition, there are
Nine hundred and twenty-five thousand six hundred legal currency, two hundred and fifteen thousand Japanese yen, twenty-five thousand U.S. dollars, and ten thousand British pounds were all seized from the private vaults of several little devil presidents."
"What our leader means is that except for Dayang who keeps 36,530 yuan and legal currency who keeps 25,600 yuan, all the remaining funds should be handed over!"
Wang Ping saw huge surprises on the faces of the Chief of Staff and Commander Chen.
You know, Chongqing now distributes military pay and funds to the Eighth Route Army every month, which is only 600,000 to 700,000 French currency. If all those gold, silver, oceans, Japanese yen, U.S. dollars, and British pounds were replaced by increasingly worthless French currency, that would be
The Eighth Route Army still needs more military pay and funding per year.
As the person who directly seized this batch of finance, Wang Ping only left less than 1% of the finance, and the two people did not disagree.
The Chief of Staff affirmed without hesitation: "I agree, but the New Regiment and the Directly Affiliated Brigade have paid a very heavy price for these finances and have to be seriously injured. On behalf of the Eighth Route Army, I have decided that the New First Regiment and the Directly Affiliated Brigade will each be rewarded with one hundred thousand
Legal currency. As living allowance and allowance for the soldiers!"
"Thank you, chief!" Wang Ping affirmed.
Then he suddenly thought of something, frowned and reminded: "Chief, Commander, I have an idea, I don't know whether I should mention it?"
"If you have anything to say, just say it!" the deputy chief of staff replied.
Wang Ping hesitated for a few seconds and then replied: "I hope that after the commander answers the headquarters, he can give an order to all the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army. No matter what channel is used, all the legal currency in hand should be spent immediately in the Kuomintang-controlled area, preferably with the little Japanese expatriates.
It doesn't matter if you lose a little when you trade with those traitors!"
"I would rather spend money than I owe. What's the truth...Wang Ping, have you thought of something again? I remember that you are also a master in economic development and have great vision. Have you discovered anything?" the deputy chief of staff asked immediately.
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As the head of the headquarters, he is more aware than Wang Ping of the circulation of legal currency in the base area and the Eighth Route Army.
This is because all the military salaries and funds provided by Chongqing to the Eighth Route Army one or two years ago were in legal currency, and legal currency is indeed the currency designated by Chongqing. If all added up, it could be tens of millions or even tens of millions.
More importantly, in order to deal with possible accidents, both Yan'an and the Eighth Route Army headquarters, and even the base areas and main divisions below, have reserved a lot of legal currency as a reserve as strategic funds.
If something goes wrong with the legal currency, not only the people in the base area will suffer greatly, but also the Eighth Route Army base areas and even Yan'an will suffer huge losses.
Therefore, upon hearing Wang Ping's suggestion, the deputy chief of staff's face became solemn, and then he looked at Wang Ping seriously.
Wang Ping knows that not only China, but also the entire world, does not yet have the concept of inflation.
In order to prevent the base area from suffering huge losses, Wang Ping did not mind revealing something to attract the attention and vigilance of the two chiefs.
After organizing the thoughts in his mind, he analyzed it to the two people: "Chief, don't you feel that the purchasing power of legal currency has become worse and worse than before?"
"When the legal currency was first issued, one ocean could be exchanged for one legal currency. There were few legal currencies at that time. Now, if you exchange two legal currencies for someone else's one ocean, others may not be willing to do so! This is caused by the fact that Chongqing has not really issued legal currency on a large scale.
depreciation. If Chongqing starts to issue legal currency on a large scale in order to feed more and more troops, I don’t know whether the legal currency will be money or waste paper. Maybe no one will agree to exchange fifty legal currency for an ocean!"
The expression on the deputy chief of staff's face became more serious. He immediately recognized the key point in Wang Ping's words. He frowned and reminded.
"You mean, Chongqing will also issue legal currency on a large scale!"
"That's for sure!" Wang Ping answered with certainty.
"Chongqing controls fewer and fewer provinces, and its tax revenue is less than the original 20%. Loans from foreign countries are limited. And they need to feed more and more troops. Military pay, equipment, ammunition, and supplies all need money.
Coupled with the widespread corruption within Chongqing, he has no way to solve this problem without large-scale issuance and large-scale printing of legal tender!"
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