In this batch of arms sales, excluding the benefits paid to Li Kun and other handlers, the Mawushan guerrillas lost 18,400 yuan. This money made Wang Xiaohu's numbers look a little better.
At present, the income sources of the Mawushan guerrillas mainly come from three parts. The first part is the coal mine in Mawushan, which can provide about one-fifth of the guerrillas' funds.
The trading company opened by Zhou Mingde in Taiyuan has now expanded to many cities and counties. However, business is not easy to do now and the profits obtained are limited. It is just enough to support the guerrillas' huge intelligence network, which can be regarded as solving part of the funds for the guerrillas. , reducing some of the burden.
The largest source of funds for the guerrillas still relies on robbing Japanese and puppet assets. Xu Dalong began to deploy a new robbery operation.
Xu Dalong summoned Sun Desheng, Wang Chengzhu and officers above the comprehensive squadron leader, assigned them tasks respectively, and stipulated the number of robberies.
In order to encourage the enthusiasm of the officers and soldiers, Xu Dalong also emphasized that if any unit grabs more than the prescribed amount, part of it can be set aside as a bonus for the unit, which can be used by the unit itself, or it can be directly rewarded to those participating in the war. officers and soldiers.
When the officers heard that the captain had given Zheng Ce such a gift, they suddenly became excited, and they were all gearing up to prepare for a big fight and make a fortune.
Soon, all the troops set off separately.
Soon after, good news came from all the troops. Thanks to the powerful policies, the enthusiasm of the officers and soldiers has been greatly improved, and they have basically exceeded their tasks.
The half-month-long robbery operation is over, and the harvest is still great. The participating troops annihilated more than 840 Japanese and puppet troops, seized 787 firearms of various types, and more than 22,000 rounds of various bullets. Da Yang's more than 123,000 yuan, as well as various materials worth more than 250,000 Yuan Da Yang, greatly eased the tight funding situation in the Mawushan base area.
All the troops participating in the war were very excited. Not only did they receive commendations from the Mawushan guerrillas, all the troops made a fortune, and many individuals also received rewards. The officers and soldiers were all beaming with joy and asked for help. Perform such a combat mission again.
Independent Brigade Commander Wang Limin and Chief of Staff Huang Jingzhong could not sit still. People want face and trees want bark. They joined the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party and also hoped to make contributions to establish their own image.
So they made a request to Xu Dalong and asked to participate in combat operations.
Xu Dalong believed that the time was not yet ripe and the ideological transformation of the officers and soldiers of the Independent Brigade still needed a process, so he persuaded them not to participate in combat operations for the time being, saying that if there was an opportunity, he would arrange for them to act with the Mawushan guerrillas.
It makes sense for Xu Dalong to do this. After all, the officers and soldiers of the Independent Brigade were once Huang Xiejun. They joined the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces, and there was still a process of adaptation. If they are allowed to participate in combat operations so soon, once there are casualties, it will have a very bad impact. The internal thinking of their troops is relatively complicated. It is definitely inappropriate to rush into the war before the educational reform is completed.
Xu Dalong was waiting for an opportunity to accelerate the change in the thinking of the officers and soldiers of the Independent Brigade.
On this day, Gao Zhiyong, deputy political commissar of the Independence Brigade, came to Xu Dalong and informed him of a situation.
After Xu Dalong listened, he followed Gao Zhiyong to the office of Wang Limin, commander of the Independent Brigade.
In the office, in addition to Wang Limin and Huang Jingzhong, there were also the commander of the second regiment of the independent brigade and the commander of the third battalion of the second regiment.
Seeing Xu Dalong coming, everyone stood up and greeted him.
The commander of the third battalion said with a sad face: "Captain, my father, mother, wife, and three-year-old child were captured by the Japanese. Please allow me to lead the troops to rescue them."
Xu Dalong said: "I'm here just for this matter. Don't be anxious and explain the situation in detail."
It turned out that the parents of the commander of the third battalion lived in Baofeng County, southeast of Yucheng. Before the army uprising, his wife and children came from Taihe County to visit his parents, and did not follow the family members of other officers. Guancheng County.
As a result, after the local Japanese and puppet troops heard that the Independence Brigade had defected to the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party, they arrested the family members of the commander of the third battalion and sent a message to the commander of the third battalion, asking him to lead the troops to return to the country. Join Huang Xiejun, otherwise, we will attack his family.
The commander of the third battalion reported the incident to the brigade commander Wang Limin and asked to lead troops to rescue his family.
Of course Wang Limin supported his idea, but now that he had just joined the underground party armed forces, he still had to ask Xu Dalong for instructions on this matter.
After the commander of the third battalion finished his story, he said anxiously: "Captain, please save my family."
Xu Dalong did not hesitate at all. He said: "Your family must be rescued. Let the Mawushan guerrillas be responsible for this matter. If you are worried, you can follow the guerrillas to rescue you." family."
Hearing this, the commander of the third battalion was very moved and said excitedly: "Thank you, captain. If my family can be rescued, I will never forget the kindness of the captain."
Xu Dalong immediately called Monk Wei and explained the mission to him in front of the main officers of the Independent Brigade, asking him to safely rescue the family members of the commander of the third battalion.
Monk Wei accepted the mission and immediately led the special operations squadron, letting the commander of the third battalion serve as a guide, and went to Baofeng County to carry out the mission of rescuing people.
The Japanese gendarmerie in Baofeng County that arrested the family of the commander of the third battalion only numbered a few dozen people, and the puppet army only had a security brigade of more than a hundred people. How could they be the opponent of Monk Wei's special operations squadron?
They not only rescued the family of the commander of the third battalion, but also captured the county seat, eliminated the Japanese gendarmerie and the puppet troops in the city, and also took back 23,000 yuan.
The family members of the commander of the third battalion were successfully rescued. This incident caused great repercussions in the independent brigade. The officers and soldiers felt that the Mawushan guerrillas were sincerely concerned about their interests, and their favorable impression of the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces suddenly increased a lot.
This played a catalyst role in accelerating the ideological transformation of the Independence Brigade.
In order to raise more funds, Xu Dalong simply normalized the combat operations of going out to rob Japanese and puppet supplies. He usually kept half of his troops in the base area and the rest of the troops went out to perform this task.
The results of the operation were remarkable, and the guerrillas' wealth was further enriched. At least within a year, Xu Dalong no longer had to worry about funding.
However, not every time the troops went out to perform missions, it went smoothly. Soon after, Xu Dalong received bad news.
The 5th Cavalry Squadron went to Yangquan and attacked a nearby train station. As a result, they were besieged by the Japanese railway garrison. Not only did they not get any oil or water, they also lost more than 30 members. They really lost both their wives and their troops.
Of course Xu Dalong was unwilling to suffer such a loss, so he decided to launch a large-scale campaign. He wanted to annihilate the Japanese railway garrison and make a fortune in the Yangquan area.
For the convenience of office work, the brigade headquarters of the Mawushan guerrillas and the brigade headquarters of the independent brigade are located in the same compound, with only a wall and a gate in between.
Xu Dalong usually works at the Mawushan Guerrilla Brigade Headquarters. Every day after breakfast, he goes to the Independence Brigade to deal with some problems.
After breakfast that day, Xu Dalong left the canteen and was about to go to the Independence Brigade when he saw the Independence Brigade Commander Wang Limin, Chief of Staff Huang Jingzhong and Deputy Political Commissar Gao Zhiyong approaching.
Xu Dalong invited them to the office and asked, "You three are here together. Do you have anything important to do?"
"The Point Guard Is Here"
Wang Limin said: "We now know that the financial situation of the Mawushan base is relatively difficult. You must be under great pressure to bear the expenses of so many people.
We already know the main source of funds for the base area, which is stolen from the Japanese and puppet troops.
The Independent Brigade does not want to be freeloaders here. We ask to participate in combat operations and solve funding problems with the guerrillas. "
