Nie County, Heiquan Town, Wangcun
As Wang Bodao expected, as soon as the rent and interest reduction policy was implemented, the Eighth Route Army established a firm foothold in Wang Village. Village committees, militia companies, and women's rescue societies were established one after another. The two patriarchs, he and Zhang Shijie, spoke among the villagers. It started to not work.
Wangcun is a key village that Gao Feng has chosen. It has a large population and a good geographical location. There is a river in front of the village. It is difficult for the Japanese cavalry and iron bastards to get in. It is backed by the Taihang Mountains. When the defense cannot be defended, the villagers can be organized to withdraw into the mountains. ;
Since it is a key village, it should be focused on development and the entire platoon should be transformed into a military work team.
Since the Eighth Route Army entered the village, Wang Xiangxiang has been very active. Not only did she serve as the director of the village women's rescue association, but she also took the lead in signing up to join the militia company.
The first company commander Xiong Junjiang seized the weapons of the Japanese and puppet troops in the town and sent them all to Wangcun, including the equipment of a whole squad of Japanese soldiers and a platoon of puppet troops. He also sent a batch of food and captured silver coins.
Weapons and equipment include one crooked machine gun, two Czech light machine guns, 8 Type 38 rifles, 15 Jin-made Type 65 rifles, 22 Hanyang-made rifles, 3 box guns, 1 Southern pistol, and grenades One, grenades, grenades, and some bullets.
In front of the Wangcun Ancestral Hall, there was a buzz of people. Today is a happy day when the Wangcun militia company was established and handed out guns. 105 male and female militiamen lined up in company columns. Although they were not very neat and dressed in various colors, everyone was still in good spirits. Not bad.
Next to them, the military workers also formed a neat square formation, motionless as a mountain. At first glance, they looked like elites in all battles!
The surrounding area was surrounded by fellow villagers watching the excitement, and President Zhang of the Maintenance Committee was also huddled inside. Gao Feng did not suppress him;
Naturally, there are also spies from the Wang family and the Zhang family, this is unavoidable!
When Gao Feng saw that it was almost time and everyone had arrived, he walked straight to the front of the formation, about seven steps away from the formation. This was the position of the independent brigade's order commander. The people watching on both sides suddenly fell silent.
"Comrades, I declare that the Wang Village Soldier Company of Heiquan Town has been formally established, and gun training will begin now!"
"One row, get out!"
A row of 34 militiamen received weapons one by one with excitement. Since there were only more than 40 guns, half of them could not receive guns for the time being, but they were also given one or two grenades, so everyone had weapons!
Ten minutes later, all the weapons were distributed, and one platoon was assigned a machine gun and a dozen rifles, which was considered very arrogant among the militia troops.
It is said that a man relies on his clothes, a horse relies on his saddle, and a soldier relies on his gun. As soon as the gun is fired, the momentum comes out immediately, and he is instantly distinguished from the ordinary people.
Establishing a base area and militia is a familiar task for Gao Feng. He is an old man who has experienced the establishment of the Liu Town base area.
After the weapons were handed out, it was his turn to speak:
"Comrades, the weapons in your hands were captured by the main company after they destroyed the Japs and puppet troops in Black Spring Town. The weapons of the main company also belong to the Japs!
The enemy sent us forward without food or clothing;
No guns, no cannons, the enemy made them for us!
Three years ago, when our Eighth Route Army crossed the Yellow River, two people could not afford a gun, each gun had no more than 15 bullets, and a company only had one machine gun, or even none;
It can be said that it is not as good as our current militia company. After three years of fighting, we established our own base area, eliminated a large number of Japanese and puppet troops, and seized a large number of weapons and equipment.
Now not only do our main forces have guns and artillery, but your militiamen are also more wealthy than we were before!
The devils will not give these weapons and equipment to you for nothing. We have to destroy them and kill them!
To deal with the bandits who broke into our homes, we should unite and pick up swords and guns to fight the devils to the end!
If we dare not resist, the devils will kill us like sheep, then point at our heads and say, look! This is a group of sheep ready for slaughter!
Comrades, can we be sheep slaughtered by the Japanese? "
Gao Feng almost shouted the last question from the depths of his soul. He was waiting for the answers from his comrades.
"cannot!"
"cannot!!"
"cannot!!!"
The sound resounded through the sky. This was the unyielding voice of the nation and the clarion call for battle.
"Farmer, hey farmer
Armed by thousands
Hey
Armed by thousands
Holding a hoe in one hand
Holding a gun barrel in one hand
Brave, tenacious and elusive
Underground war started
The invader dares to come
The invader dares to come
Fighting begins on all sides..."
The militia company began to sing in unison "Tunnel Warfare", which was transferred by Chu Xiong from later generations. This song was known to everyone in the militiamen in the Liuzhen base area, and it was the first battle song learned by the Wang militia company.
They not only had to learn to sing, but the next step was to take action. They started to dig tunnels in Wang Village. They trained during the day and dug tunnels at night. The food needed for militia training could only be purchased from Wang Bodao first, using the silver coins seized in the town. .
As long as the Wang family accepts the policy of rent and interest reduction and pays the public grain on time and in quantity, the Eighth Route Army will not let them give out more grain and materials. Once the rules are established, they cannot be destroyed.
…
In the Wang family compound, Wang Bodao was talking to his son Wang Zimo, with only the butler Wang Zheng beside him.
"Zimo, I heard that you secretly watched the founding ceremony of their militia company. What did you think?"
Wang Bodao has obviously tested Wang Zimo a lot more during this period, and he is accelerating the training of successors.
"Father, Wangcun no longer belongs to the Wang family. The Eighth Route Army is so good at deceiving people. Those mud-legged people really did what Father said, they all turned to the Eighth Route Army!
They armed more than 100 militiamen at no cost, most of whom were descendants of Wang, and only a few of them were Zhang;
Zhang Shijie must have made some small moves behind him. I don't think Gao made an extreme reaction. I don't believe he couldn't tell. "
Wang Bodao was very satisfied with Wang Zimo's performance today, especially the last sentence, which reflected the vision of the eldest son of an aristocratic family. Zimo was gradually maturing.
"Zimo, what do you think about Battalion Commander Gao sending someone to discuss buying food with us?"
Wang Bodao continued to take the exam for Wang Zimo.
"Father, this makes me have some doubts. They have the final say in Wang Village now. Even if they ask us to provide food, the Wang family has no room to resist, but they chose to use money to buy food from us. The price has gone up. The market price is almost flat;
From this point of view, they seem to be very strict about rules. This may be what makes them scary, but I really don’t understand. Please teach me, father! "
Wang Bodao nodded appreciatively and said:
"Zimo, it is much more difficult to maintain a rule than to break it. Those who wantonly break the rules can only be a group of bandits, and there is nothing to worry about;
When a group, even a middle- and lower-level officer, understands that it is willing to spend a lot of money to maintain the rules, this group has broken away from the bandit habit and has the potential to compete for the world! "
“Zimo, you have to take a long-term view in everything, especially in troubled times when the situation is unclear. As a member of a noble family, you don’t easily take sides, but you also don’t easily offend one party;
The Zhang family will pay the price for his actions. A nouveau riche will always be a nouveau riche! "
"Father, what about buying food?"
Director Wang Bo thought for a while and said:
"Sell them high-quality grain at the current price, and then support the militia training with some meat in the name of the Wang family. The reason is that the Wang family has also accepted asylum and is doing a little bit!
Remember, we don’t catch up with the post, but we will post it when we catch up, and follow the trend;
Battalion Commander Gao is a talented person. He rarely comes to Wangcun, so he should make a good relationship with him. "
