"Don't be too happy too early!" Li Hao reminded tactfully!
"In addition to the Japs, there are also a large number of traitors and spies lurking in Laiyuan. Many times they are more cunning than the Japs and more difficult to deal with!"
Huang Shengshen felt the same way: "They are indeed difficult to deal with!"
"Because they are local snakes, they are more familiar with the terrain here than we are. Catching them is like finding a needle in a haystack."
"And the common people are so afraid of them, and they come from the bottom of their hearts! Especially after several retaliations against our underground party members spread, the common people are almost becoming scornful towards them!"
"They have always avoided us. If we mentioned those traitors, we would definitely turn around and run away without saying a word!"
Having said this, the smile on Huang Sheng's face disappeared, his serious expression returned, and his brows slowly wrinkled!
There is no doubt that this is a very headache for him!
Li Hao suddenly said: "Since we know this is a big problem, let's find a way to solve it!"
"The regiment headquarters has helped you solve the biggest problem in controlling Laiyuan!"
"You only need to take out a company and keep an eye on Laiyuan City, and the Japanese threat will be gone!"
"What you need to do next is to completely eliminate all traitorous spies in Laiyuan, restore peace to the people, make them believe in us and support us, and then establish a base area and form local troops..."
"My idea is to take advantage of the huge impact this victory has had on Laiyuan, especially the psychological change that the people are no longer afraid of the Japanese as before, and make persistent efforts to kill the traitor agents lurking in the territory as well!"
"Kill two birds with one stone and completely capture Laiyuan!"
Huang Sheng immediately heard a different flavor from this sentence!
His eyes lit up and he asked with expectation: "Captain, do you already have an idea?"
Li Hao does have an idea. The 500,000 kilograms of grain parked at the junction of Lingqiu and Laiyuan are used to solve this problem!
But Li Hao didn’t intend to say it explicitly!
The territory controlled by the garrison regiment is getting larger and larger, and the troops will definitely become more and more dispersed. They cannot ask the regiment headquarters for instructions on everything!
In particular, several main battalions have to take charge of their own affairs sooner or later. One main battalion controls a county!
This requires several main battalion commanders to have unique command capabilities!
We can no longer be like before, when we encounter problems, we just ask for help from the regiment headquarters. We only know how to execute orders and don’t know how to use our own brains!
If he came up and told the answer to the question, Huang Sheng would definitely not use his brain!
Compared with other battalion commanders, Huang Sheng has always been known for his stability!
If he can be more steady and more energetic, have his own ideas when facing problems, and no longer rely on the regiment, he will definitely become a very powerful commander!
What Li Hao has to do now is to let Huang Sheng learn to think and solve problems by himself!
After thinking about it for a while, he replied: "Camp Huang, how did you mobilize more than a hundred people at once from Gongqiao Village!"
"If I remember correctly, the local people have always avoided our Eighth Route Army. How did you let them come with us? You didn't force them to come with force!"
In fact, when the Third Battalion went to the battlefield, Li Hao figured out the method he used!
The reason why he pretends not to know is that he wants him to spread his thoughts based on the methods he has already used, think of the problem he wants to solve now, and draw inferences from one example!
Huang Sheng replied with an embarrassed look on his face: "Captain, there is indeed a reason for forcing him, but he definitely did not violate discipline! And the main reason is inducement!"
"I remember that this time of year is the most difficult time for the people in the base area because they are in dire straits!"
"The people here have been exploited by the Japanese and puppet troops, and their lives must be even harder than in the base area, so now they must be even more destitute and without food!"
"I first issued an order requiring that every household must have one person to help us clean up the battlefield, otherwise he will be a traitor!"
"Although everyone is afraid of the little devils, they dare not contact us for fear of retaliation!"
"But they are Chinese after all, and China is not yet dead. Anti-Japanese troops are active everywhere!"
"They are also worried that they will be labeled as traitors and attacked by our anti-Japanese army!"
"So after my order is issued, no matter how unwilling everyone is, they can only choose to obey!"
"In addition, after taking Gongqiao Village, we seized a lot of food at the Japs contact point!"
"Since the people are short of food, food must be very tempting to everyone!"
"It is death to be retaliated by the Japanese and puppet troops, and it is also death to be hungry if we run out of food. If we release this food, someone will definitely stand up and fight for these life-saving food!"
"Then we issued an order that all the fellow villagers who help us clean up the battlefield can each receive ten pounds of white flour as a reward. There is no limit to the number of people!"
“Finally, I found out that I still underestimated the temptation of these life-saving foods!”
"In order to get these life-saving food, every household has to donate at least two people, and even some villagers with a large population directly donate three people!"
"good!"
Li Hao answered with a smile: "Intimidation and inducement directly arouse everyone's enthusiasm!"
"I'm thinking about a problem. Through coercion and inducement, we can change the attitude of the people from staying away from us to actively helping us, and no longer shun us because of fear of little devils!"
"Then can we use the same method to eliminate other concerns in everyone's mind, take the initiative to help us, provide us with intelligence, and then kill those lurking traitor agents!"
Huang Sheng fell into deep thought at that time!
The more I think about it, the more feasible this proposal becomes!
His eyes were shining as he replied: "It's really possible!"
"I learned on the way that many people in the village have begun to live in isolation because the Japanese and puppet troops have repeatedly requisitioned food!"
"There are still a few months until the autumn harvest. If there is no food, they will definitely not be able to survive the autumn harvest!"
"Since the Eighth Route Army will starve to death if you don't help us, why not take a chance and help our Eighth Route Army get food that can sustain them until the autumn harvest!"
"Even if we are really attacked by the Japanese and puppet troops in the future, at least my family can survive because of these life-saving food!"
"And whether he will be retaliated against in the end is still unknown!"
"If our Eighth Route Army successfully kills all the lurking traitor agents with their help, and the little Japs are trapped in Laiyuan and dare not come out, then this revenge will not exist!"
"If I were an ordinary citizen and my family ran out of food, as long as the Eighth Route Army provided enough food, I would definitely stand up and fight!"
Seeing that Huang Sheng was enlightened, Li Hao decided to take advantage of the victory and pursue it: "Then how much benefit do you think would allow everyone to risk retaliation and come forward and provide us with information!"
Huang Sheng thought for a moment and replied: "After all, this is a risk of life. Anything less will definitely not be attractive!"
"I estimate that it would take at least a hundred kilograms of grain to exchange for some useful information!"
What surprised Huang Sheng was that as soon as he opened his mouth, Li Hao made a decisive decision: "Then settle on one hundred pounds!"
