The Gao family is really rich. Many shops and industries in Liu Town belong to the Gao family. Chu Xiong did not touch their industries this time. As long as they operate legally, the Eighth Route Army will only charge a certain commercial tax.
The wealth confiscated from the Gao Family Courtyard amounted to more than 50,000 silver dollars. Now the Seventh Company has accumulated more than 200,000 silver dollars. This large amount of money will be used for the construction of the base in the future.
In addition, nearly 100 guns were seized from Gao's house, some of them were Japanese weapons, and some were national weapons obtained from his elder brother. The rifles were all blue and medium-sized, and there were more than a dozen Jin-made Thompson submachine guns. And lots of ammunition.
The Gao Family Nursing Home was all disbanded, and some people were incorporated into the Seventh Company. These had all undergone systematic military training.
The news about the Gao family quickly spread to more than a dozen villages around Liu Town, which was a severe shock to other squire and wealthy people!
This Chu Xiong was really a ruthless character, and he was really ruthless. As for the charges of colluding with the Japanese puppets, they simply ignored him.
In their opinion, the word "official" means that whether he is a traitor or not is not a matter of Chu Xiong's words. Now that the Eighth Route Army is powerful, it is better not to stand up to him.
It's not that 50% of the land rent is unacceptable. Compared with the millionaire Gao who killed his head and confiscated his house, losing part of the land rent income is still acceptable.
These landlords and wealthy people are all smart people, including Li Yaozu of Lijia Village, who no longer obstructs the Eighth Route Army work team from entering the village.
The militia organizations in each village have developed rapidly. Many villagers who have received benefits have taken the initiative to join the militia companies, and some have signed up to join the Eighth Route Army.
The most active one was naturally Gaojia Village. The people who were allocated land signed up to join the army one after another. More than 60 people joined the Eighth Route Army alone, and the militia company expanded to more than 200 people.
Liuzhen also recruited more than 200 Eighth Route Army recruits. Together with those from other villages, the planned recruitment of 500 recruits was finally completed according to quality and quantity.
All the 500 newly recruited recruits were sent to the old camp of Shenxianling for training. With the establishment of each village militia company, a new problem arose. There were not enough weapons and equipment, and the militiamen could not be allowed to train with swords and spears.
After Chu Xiong had manpower, he decided to go to Liujiawa to retrieve the trucks of equipment and supplies that had been hidden in the cave.
He asked Li Qing to lead the first, second and third platoons to stay in Liuzhen, while he took the other three platoons and 600 militiamen to Liujiawa to get equipment.
A week later, all the equipment and supplies were retrieved, and with the addition of some civilian weapons, the equipment shortage problem was temporarily solved.
Various militia companies have been established in succession, with numbers ranging from a few dozen to more than 200 people.
All that was left was training. In order to improve the combat effectiveness of the militia company, Chu Xiong demobilized all five infantry platoons of the seventh company.
Let them be responsible for leading the training of the militia companies in each village. It also allows the common people to have more contact with the Eighth Route Army, learn more about it, and enhance their relationship.
Chu Xiong only had one artillery platoon and one infantry platoon left.
Summer harvest will begin in more than a month. He guessed that the Japanese might choose this time to take action against Liu Town. One would be to mop up the Eighth Route Army, and the other would be to grab grain!
In other words, there will not be much time left for the Seventh Company and Liu Zhen. He must hurry up to train the troops and militia to deal with the Japanese raids.
The old camp is also conducting intensive training for new recruits under the leadership of Yang Wei. Ammunition and food consumption are relatively large, and at most they can last until the summer harvest!
As long as it lasts until the summer harvest, the food problem will be solved. The Seventh Company has adopted a policy of reducing rent and interest to the landlords, but they still have to pay the public grain.
Chuxiong set a standard for them of ten taxes and one tax. This standard was far lower than the previous standard for land tax collected by the government, so the landowners did not have many opinions.
The Liuzhen Anti-Japanese Base Area was gradually established!
At almost this time, various units of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army successively advanced into southeastern Shanxi, and the 120th Division advanced into northwestern Shanxi and began to establish their own base areas. The Shanxi War of Resistance gradually transformed from regular warfare to guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, and the Eighth Route Army became the mainstream of the Shanxi War of Resistance.
Chu Xiong's Seventh Company was at the forefront, and the entire southeast of Shanxi was already covered with war smoke. The Japanese were focusing on one thing and not the other, and their troops were gradually stretched thin. They could not use too many troops to deal with a small Liuzhen.
Li Yaozu of Lijia Village has been very depressed recently. First, his third son and his unmarried daughter-in-law were kidnapped by bandits, and he spent thousands of silver dollars to hire the Eighth Route Army to rescue them.
As a result, within a few days, the daughter-in-law Zhao Pan'er ran away. It was said that she joined the Eighth Route Army. However, Company Commander Chu said that he had not seen Zhao Pan'er and that he probably ran away to join the Eighth Route Army.
Then there was his eldest son, the troops led by Li Chendong, commander of the Jinsui Army, were dispersed by the Japanese. He escaped with his life and returned to recuperate. The injury was not healed yet and he left him a letter, just one line:
If the Japanese pirates are not eliminated for a day, they will not return home!
Not long after, the third boy left a letter and ran away. He was going to find Zhao Pan'er. Zhao Pan'er was acting as the Eighth Route Army, so he should be the Eighth Route Army too!
One son is in the Jinsui Army, and the other son is going to be an Eighth Route Army soldier. Are the Japanese so easy to fight?
Swords and guns have no eyesight. Chen Dong can be injured even if he becomes the leader, let alone Chen Xi.
The Li family's ancestral motto was not to participate in the world's disputes, but both sons went to fight against Japan, leaving only the second son, Li Chennan, by their side.
"Chen Nan, this boy Chen Xi ran out again. Are these devils so easy to fight?
You can no longer imitate your eldest brother and third brother. Our Li family's huge industry always needs someone to take care of it!
The township party members are making fun of them. They are all mud-legged and their heads can hang on their belts! If our Li family doesn't participate, the worst we can do is spend more money and food to support the anti-Japanese war! "
"Two of the three sons of our old Li family have already gone to fight against Japan. They are worthy of the country. You can't..."
Li Chennan had been listening to it every day for the past few days, and his ears were numb, so he quickly protested:
"Dad, I understand, so stop nagging! Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of a country. How can we have a family without a country?"
Li Chennan had actually joined the Lijia Village Soldier Company and was appointed as the second platoon leader.
After listening to the second boy's words, Li Yaozu had an ominous premonition in his heart, and he, the second boy, probably couldn't suppress it.
After Li Chennan left, Li Yaozu's usually straight waist began to hunched over.
"Alas! Old woman, the world has changed, and the children no longer listen to their father! Are the devils so easy to fight?"
"As a leader, your children and grandchildren will be blessed. I think you are right. All the damned devils have entered our home. How can we still live a peaceful life if we don't drive them away?"
The old woman's words made Li Yaozu feel like he was seeing another person!
Is this still the old lady with little feet who never steps out of the door, never steps forward, and never refutes her own words?
