Since the Mawushan guerrillas came to the Mawushan area, they have never added burdens to the people and have wholeheartedly protected the masses. When the masses were in difficulty, they also distributed food and cash. In addition, they also solved other problems for the masses. There are many practical difficulties. Even the coal produced by Mawushan's own coal mines is half buy and half free for ordinary people.
The masses support the Mawushan guerrillas very much. They heard that the guerrillas encountered financial difficulties, and the people voluntarily handed over part of their food and money to support the guerrillas.
Xu Dalong was still not at ease about this, so he specially participated in a symposium held by local organizations in Zheng Mansion, Mawushan Central County.
As a result, all participants said that the masses were willing to support the guerrillas and that there was absolutely no force.
After thorough discussions, it was finally decided that the people in the Mawushan base area would extract 3% of their annual income from each household and hand it over to the Zheng Mansion in the central county. This tax was 5% or 60% higher than what they had previously paid to the government. , this does not include the temporary increase in tax burden, which is simply a drop in the bucket compared to before, and the people have no complaints.
In addition, the meeting also stipulated that those who participated in the Eighth Route Army and county brigades should submit 1% of their family records, five-guarantee households, families with disabled people, and families lacking labor force.
Although the burden on the common people is very small, the territory controlled by the Zheng Mansion in Mawushan Central County is large enough, and the number of households is large enough. The tax burden collected is enough to meet all the expenses of the Zheng Mansion in Mawushan Central County, with a slight surplus. .
No longer responsible for the expenses of the Zheng Mansion in the central county, Xu Dalong's pressure has been reduced a lot. However, this is not enough. The huge force of the Mawushan guerrillas is like a huge gold-swallowing beast, which makes Xu Dalong exhausted.
The Mawushan guerrillas' current financial income, except for the coal mines, all depends on robbing the Japanese and puppets. Xu Dalong had no choice but to increase the intensity of the robbery. He issued the amount of robbery to each comprehensive brigade and defined the direction of their attack. , whether they are mules or horses depends on their own abilities.
Xu Dalong is sharing the task and letting them feel how much pressure he has to bear to feed these people.
The commanders and fighters of each branch of the guerrilla army originally believed that eating food and serving as soldiers was the right thing to do. All these matters were taken care of by the captains, and they had never worried about this issue.
Now that the mission has been assigned, they have deeply realized how difficult it is for the captain, and they have even more admiration for the captain. After receiving the mission, each unit carried out operations in accordance with the designated areas.
In this regard, Wei Monk's Special Operations Comprehensive Squadron was given a greater mission. Their tasks far exceeded those of other units. Wei Monk led the Special Operations Squadron and Wang Pao's Motorcycle Squadron to leave the base area. His first thought was to rob the Anyuan Gold Mine.
Monk Wei and others came to Anyuan Town, Xipu County, to learn about the situation from the puppet battalion commander.
The puppet battalion commander promised to send people to the gold mine to find out the truth. As a result, the people sent came back, and the Japanese owners of the gold mine also followed.
It turned out that the gold mine was afraid of being robbed by the Mawushan guerrillas, so they came to the town, sent a large sum of money to the puppet army battalion commander, and begged the puppet army in the town to protect them strictly.
The puppet battalion commander could not afford to offend the Mawushan guerrillas. It was unthinkable to open fire with the guerrillas. However, he couldn't withstand the temptation of money, so he discussed with the mine owner and paid protection fees to the Mawushan guerrillas. So the Japanese mine owners followed.
The Japanese mine owners proposed that from now on they would hand over five large yellow croakers and ten pounds of sand gold to the Mawushan guerrillas every month, hoping that the guerrillas would not come to rob again.
Monk Wei has been following Xu Dalong for a long time, and his level has improved a lot. He also thinks that this is good. Although the amount per month is not too much, it is not too small. If they come to rob often, the gold mine will not be able to produce normally, and the gold mine will not be able to produce normally. Such a quantity cannot be obtained, so it is better to have a fixed income easily, which can also play a certain role in improving the finances of the Mawushan guerrillas. So he agreed to the request of the Japanese mine owner.
While Monk Wei sent people to return the gold to the base and reported to Xu Dalong, he continued to lead the special forces and Wang Pao's motorcycle squadron to Jiuyang County.
In addition to Monk Wei's special operations brigade, the cavalry brigade is assigned the most tasks.
Sun Desheng used three cavalry squadrons as a combat unit and sent them out to complete the robbery mission farther away.
Cui Zhenyue's chariot brigade was not to be outdone and actively requested to go out to complete the task of raising funds.
He assured Xu Dalong that not only would he be able to grab enough money and food this time, he would also be able to replenish all the fuel consumed during the march.
Xu Dalong also agreed to Cui Zhenyue's request. In order to ensure their safety, he also sent two cavalry squadrons and three motorized infantry squadrons to accompany them.
Rabbits don't eat grass beside their nests. Cui Zhenyue and others did not want to rob the area around the Mawu Mountain base, so they set their target in Donggang County, northwest of Yinping County.
Donggang County.
When going out to carry out the task of raising supplies, Xu Dalong emphasized that if he could force the Japanese and puppet troops to hand over their property without fighting, he should try not to fight.
So Cui Zhenyue led a large group of troops to surround the county seat, and then sent people to shout to the city.
Zhao Deyuan, commander of the Second Regiment of the 8th Brigade of the 4th Division of Huang Xiejun, was stationed in this county after evacuating from Yunshui Town, Yinping County. Hearing that the guerrillas were coming, he hurried to the city wall to watch.
After hearing the shouting outside, he went to the captain of the Japanese military police in the city, hoping that he could pay a large sum of money as required by the guerrillas to prevent the guerrillas from attacking the city.
The Japanese gendarmerie captain did not see the scene outside the city. After hearing Zhao Deyuan's words, he said angrily: "Bage Yalu, Tubal Road is coming. You don't go out of the city to eliminate them, but you still want to give them supplies. It’s like eight toothed deer.”
The little devil's vocabulary is too small, and this is the only sentence he curses over and over again.
Zhao Deyuan was too lazy to pay attention to him and said to him: "Captain, if you are giving money to the guerrillas, you will know by yourself by going to the city wall and taking a look."
The captain of the gendarmerie came to the city wall cursing, and when he looked outside, his face turned pale with fright.
There are many tanks and armored vehicles outside, with their guns and muzzles pointed at the city wall. If someone wants to launch an attack, a charge will come in. With his small gendarmerie and the puppet troops in the city, the only risk is death.
He no longer had the arrogance he had just now, but instead humbly asked Zhao Deyuan to come forward to solve this problem.
Most of the county's fiscal revenue is in the hands of the gendarmerie, which must be handed over to superiors on schedule. At this time, this month's revenue has not been handed over, so Zhao Deyuan asked the gendarmerie captain to take out all the money.
The captain of the military police was very helpless and had no choice but to take out all the money.
Zhao Deyuan personally took the money out of the city and handed it to Cui Zhenyue.
Cui Zhenyue knew that there was a tacit understanding between Zhao Deyuan and the guerrillas. After he discussed it with Zhao Deyuan, Zhao Deyuan returned to the city.
After meeting the Japanese gendarmerie captain, Zhao Deyuan said: "The guerrillas disagreed and thought that the money we gave them was too little, not enough for their gas money. He asked for another 20,000 yuan, as well as all the gasoline in stock, otherwise If so, come into the city and destroy all the princes in the city."
The Japanese military police captain was very helpless, so he had to take out part of the money he personally collected, and forced Zhao Deyuan to take out part of it, and finally collected 20,000 yuan.
Then they sent out the gasoline stored by the Japanese Military Police and the County Maintenance Association in the city.
Cui Zhenyue and others gave up and continued to the next county in tanks and armored vehicles.
This large-scale operation by the Mawushan guerrillas swept away 13 counties except for the five surrounding Mawushan. Those Japanese-owned enterprises were raided to varying degrees. Some of the Japanese gendarmerie units were annihilated, and some were annihilated. Forced to hand over money.
These counties are all Qianye Xunyi's territory, making Qianye Xunyi lose face. He hated the Mawushan guerrillas with a passion, but the garrison troops were insufficient, so he could only look back and sigh.
After ten days of robbery, all units of the Mawushan guerrillas basically completed their tasks, robbing a total of 1.173 million yuan, gold and silver jewelry worth 540,000 yuan, Japanese military stamps worth 290,000 yuan, and Shanxi's Big painted face, and some legal currency.
44 vehicles of various types, 317 tons of fuel, some guns and ammunition, medical equipment and a large amount of medicine were seized.
It can be said that there has been a bumper harvest of various supplies. These funds are enough to support the Mawushan guerrillas for a year. Xu Dalong breathed a sigh of relief.
