The construction of the base area is gradually on the right track, and the defenses of the old camp have been repaired. The entire Shenxian Ridge has almost been dug into an underground palace. In the future, excess food and ammunition can be stored in the old camp.
The tunnel fortifications of Laoying are no less than those of Shangganling!
This in itself was built by Chu Xiong based on the Shangganling tunnels of later generations, and was improved.
On the surface, there is nothing special about it. If you fully understand it, you will know how terrifying it is. Even if a team comes, it cannot be broken. It will be useless if there are more people.
Shenxianling is only so big, and the number of troops that can be invested at one time is limited. Attacking one brigade at a time is the limit. If you attack more, you will lose your life.
Chuxiong has a strong sense of urgency. There is an old camp that at least has a retreat and a logistics base.
The family was left to the most at ease Yang Wei to look after, while he himself was at ease recruiting troops and fighting the Japanese.
He decided to set up another teaching team in the old camp, with a tentative staff of 50 people. Combat backbones were selected from each class to join the teaching team for rotational training, with each term lasting three months.
Their task is to train new recruits in the old camp. At the same time, Yang Wei will provide them with political education and cultural education. They must learn more than 20 words every day.
Chu Xiong also recruited more than a dozen educated young people with relatively high levels of education in Liuzhen, and sent them to the old camp to serve as cultural teachers.
In order to prevent the Japanese from penetrating into the old camp, an intelligence organization - "Ghost" was also established.
This intelligence organization is personally controlled by Chu Xiong, and the person in charge is codenamed "Ghost Shadow". The personnel are also personally selected and trained by Chu Xiong.
Their mission is to protect the security of the old camp internally and prevent the infiltration of Japanese spies;
Collect enemy intelligence from the outside and provide intelligence support for anti-mopping up operations.
The key personnel are all selected from the elderly people of the Seventh Company. They have all been tested by the Long March, and their willpower and loyalty can withstand the test.
It is impossible for Chuxiong to keep the "Tiger" in Anping City as a scout. The intelligence must be left to specialized intelligence personnel.
After the "Ghost" is established, it will gradually take over the intelligence work of Anping City and gradually spread outward.
Three months later, the Tigers will withdraw from Anping City.
Busy days always pass quickly, and more than a month has passed in a flash...
For more than a month, Chu Xiong has done one thing - training "Ghost"!
He taught them all the espionage knowledge and special operations skills he had mastered, and the rest was left to actual combat.
Time soon entered early June, and the regular battle in Shanxi was coming to an end.
Across the country, the Battle of Wuhan is about to begin. When the Battle of Wuhan ends in October, the War of Resistance will enter a stage of strategic stalemate.
Entering the stage of strategic stalemate means that the Japanese have gradually freed up their hands and begun to rectify their rear areas. At that time, various raids will begin.
In other words, the time left for the rapid development of the Liuzhen base area will not exceed half a year. Within this half year, Chu Xiong will have to mobilize enough troops to deal with the Japanese raids.
The theme words for the first half of 2038 are:
Fall!
Fall! !
Fall! ! !
From North China to East China and then to Central China, the Japanese are almost reaching Wuhan!
More than half of the large and medium-sized cities in the country have fallen, hundreds of millions of people have been trampled under the iron hoofs of the Japanese, and China is bleeding...
That is to say, in June, Wang Thief, the second-largest figure in the government, defected to Hanoi, preparing to accept the Japanese appointment and engage in what he called a detour to save the country, but in fact he surrendered to the enemy;
Many people lost confidence in the future of the war. Entire battalions, entire regiments and even entire divisions surrendered to the enemy. The puppet troops increased exponentially. These puppet troops became important helpers for the Japanese in maintaining security in the rear.
For the people of Liuzhen, who live deep in the Taihang Mountains, there is only one biggest event in June:
The wheat is ripe!
This is the first summer harvest since the base area implemented the policy of reducing rents and interest rates.
There is food at home, so don’t panic!
For farmers, nothing is more important than harvesting food. With food, life can continue.
Summer harvest, the people pay attention to it, and the Japanese also pay attention to it. The news came back from the "Tiger" that the Japanese in Anping City have done something strange!
The Japanese have mobilized a large number of troops from other places to attack the base area.
The Seventh Company stopped all training, quickly completed its assembly, and went down to the villages to help the people collect grain;
Villages began to organize wheat harvests, and militiamen armed with live ammunition assisted fellow villagers in the summer harvest.
This year, God has been kind, and we can collect at least three to five dou more per acre of land. In addition, the rent has been reduced from 70 to 80% to 50%, and all kinds of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes have been cancelled. The people finally have hope...
"Uncle, do you think you will have enough food to eat after paying the rent this year?"
While Chu Xiong was cutting wheat, he asked about Uncle Qi.
Uncle Qi is a tenant in Lijia Village. His family of five rents seven acres of fertile farmland and two acres of sloping land from Li Yao's ancestral home. They are truly proletarians.
The fertile fields are all planted with wheat, while the slopes are planted with potatoes. The potatoes have just been planted and will not be harvested until autumn.
Li Yaozu's previous rent was 70%, and he also had to bear various exorbitant taxes and fees, leaving little food left throughout the year.
White flour can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year. At other times, we eat vegetable pancakes mixed with wheat bran and various wild vegetables. We can't even eat potatoes for a few meals.
In good years, they could barely survive, but in bad years, the whole family would go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables and peel tree bark to satisfy their hunger.
Uncle Qi was in a very high mood today, and the sight of the golden wheat ears made him feel extremely at ease——
I finally don’t have to go hungry this year, thanks to the Eighth Route Army!
"Company Commander Chu, the situation is good this year. I estimate that one acre of land will yield an extra seven or eight bushels, and there should be around twenty bushels!
After handing over the boss's grain, there are still eleven or two loads of wheat left, and there are also a few loads left after the potato harvest.
Not only is it enough to eat, but you can also sell some for Nizi to wear two feet of flower cloth. Ernie is older and more handsome! "
"Dad, there are outsiders here, what are you talking about? I'm so embarrassed!"
Erni protested shyly upon hearing this.
Erni is fifteen years old this year. She has participated in the literacy class of the Women's Rescue Society and is considered an activist. In previous years, he would not have dared to go out with so many outsiders.
Uncle Qi, Chu Xiong and others couldn't help laughing when they heard that Er Ni was shy.
Chu Xiong took over and said:
“Uncle, just have enough to eat!
If we farmers don’t even have enough food to eat after a year of hard work, we will have no hope of success this day! "
"That's right. Thanks to the Eighth Route Army, this old man can eat white-flour steamed buns!"
Uncle Qi saw that Chu Xiong was a good hand at farm work and couldn't help but ask:
"Captain Chu, have you ever done farm work before? You can tell that you are good at it."
"I have done it before. When I was in the Dabie Mountains, I worked for my employer for two years."
Uncle Qi sighed after hearing this:
"Hey, long-term work is hard!"
…
Before you know it, it's noon, the sun is blazing, and the farmers in the wheat fields are still sweating profusely.
When harvesting wheat, you have to wait until the sun is good. Harvest it quickly, beat it down and dry it in the sun. This year's situation can be considered as a recovery.
If it rains, the wheat will sprout and that’s it!
So when farmers are harvesting wheat, they even eat on the ground.
The mother-in-law of Old Uncle Seventh's family was responsible for cooking at home. After harvesting the new wheat, Aunt Seventh became more generous now that the family had food. She ate pancakes made with new wheat at noon. The pancakes were served with freshly picked wild vegetable soup, added with Salty!
"Comrades from the Eighth Route Army, old man, Erni, it's time to eat!"
Chu Xiong brought two guards over to help Uncle Qi collect food. They all brought fried noodles.
It's not easy for the common people. Just the three of them, after finishing their work, they can eat freely. Each of them has to eat three pancakes!
When Chu Xiong and the others took out the fried noodles and prepared to soak them and eat them, Uncle Qi and Aunt Qi were not happy.
"Captain Chu, you are slapping the old woman in the face. How can you finish working for others and still eat the food you brought?"
Old Seventh Uncle also said quickly:
"That's right, do you still want to let my uncle and aunt live in the village?"
The two guards looked at Chu Xiong with embarrassment. It didn't matter whether they really wanted to eat or not.
Chu Xiong knew the reality of these farmers. The Eighth Route Army had discipline, but it also had to be sophisticated. Being too mechanical would easily hurt the feelings of the soldiers and civilians.
After thinking about this, Chu Xiong grabbed a handful of fried noodles in everyone's vegetable soup bowl, stirred it into a soup, then grabbed a biscuit and ate it with a big mouthful of soup.
"What are you doing standing around here? Let's eat pancakes. The pancakes made by my aunt are so delicious!"
The two guards also grabbed one each and stuffed it into their big mouths. After a few bites of the pancake, it tasted so delicious.
Uncle Seventh and Aunt Seven finally had smiles on their faces...
"Old lady, this stir-fried batter is so delicious! When the wheat is turned into noodles, we'll stir-fry some too!"
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"Company Commander! Company Commander!"
When Chu Xiong saw the company correspondent running over in a hurry, he knew that his comfortable days were coming to an end...
