Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 140: Follow the path of the Eighth Route Army, open up a double support station, and go deep into the grassroots! (Subscribe)
The combat meeting is over.

Chu Yunfei called together Fang Ligong, Qian Bojun, Wu Ziqiang, Liang Guoping, Ouyang Xianpeng, Li Kuishan and other cadres at or above the regimental level to continue the small meeting.

They are all “our own people”.

Speak frankly and openly.

"Will the militia organization we set up conflict with the regiment management policies of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Military Affairs Department, and the Military Service Department?"

Chu Yunfei was not worried about Fang Ligong's concerns.

"Nominally, the chairman ordered the rectification of local armed militias, that is, the security groups in various places, three years ago. However, since the July 7 Incident, only Jiangsu and Zhejiang have completed the rectification. In fact, the work of rectifying the militia has stopped."

In fact, the establishment and reform of the entire military service system cannot be achieved overnight.

It is a slow process with huge workload and strong resistance.

According to Chiang Kai-shek's ideas of rectification.

In 1936, he proposed to disband the group and set up a police force.

But it's not done yet.

The war has already broken out.

After the full-scale outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, a large number of troops were needed.

The three-year plan to disband the police force failed.

It's a pity that many things were not completed.

The old devils in Japan are not just there to eat and do nothing.

Their intelligence agencies had already begun infiltration work when the Republic of China was just established.

The earliest can even be traced back to the Qing Dynasty.

It was not until after the Tanaka Memorial that Japan paid more attention to the Republic of China, even before the September 18th Incident and even the July 7th Incident.

Every step of the Nationalist government was basically predicted by the Japanese.

Out of understanding of the Chinese.

The Japanese knew clearly that China at that time was like a sleeping lion.

Once you truly wake up.

Even if it is objectively just an agricultural country, they will not be able to conquer it, which will only lead to failure in the war.

They could see that the national strength of the Republic of China was increasing rapidly.

These little devils were scared.

They provoked the September 18th Incident, the July 7th Incident, and brazenly invaded China.

If Chiang Kai-shek was really given some time to complete the unification of facts.

The war might not be as brutal as it is now.

Chu Yunfei paused, and then said: "As for the regiment and divisional management areas set up by the Military Affairs Department and the Military Affairs Department, they have nothing to do with us in Shanxi, and they have no control over our Second War Zone."

In 1935, security corps management districts were established in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu and Jiangxi provinces.

This laid the foundation for local military service administrative agencies.

In 36, the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Division Command of the Military Affairs Department tried to carry out conscription affairs and recruited soldiers according to the regulations to fill the vacancies of retired soldiers.

The security corps is a derivative of the baojia system.

It was established as an important supplement to the police force.

It can be said that in this period.

Security Corps in name only.

He does not belong to the so-called local organization or local armed forces.

Although its combat effectiveness is relatively poor, it is also called third-rate combat effectiveness by Li Yunlong in the original drama.

Regardless of the "Security Force is of great importance to local public security and troop replenishment, and training should be rectified as soon as possible to meet national emergencies" issued by the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs.

It was Chiang Kai-shek's order to reorganize the security corps.

All of these laid the foundation for the security corps to serve as a war reserve.

They will serve as reserves to directly replenish the troops after the loss of troops.

It is fundamentally different from a militia organization.

The reason why Fang Ligong was worried and gave advice was essentially because he was worried that Chu Yunfei would exceed his authority.

As a soldier, he interfered with local administrative power.

This is a big taboo.

Yan Laoxi will not tolerate it.

Chiang Kai-shek wouldn't do that either.

If you are not careful, you may be smashed to pieces.

"But, Mr. Aluminum, should we consult Chief Yan on this matter?"

"If others can recruit militias, we can do the same. It's okay to ask for instructions, but we should not wait for the approval of the Second War Zone Commander's Headquarters before doing this."

"The national anti-Japanese united front must not remain superficial. We must put it into practice and give full play to the strength of everyone. Ladies and gentlemen, what we want is great unity, not petty thoughts!"

Fang Ligong and others naturally knew who the "others" Chu Yunfei was referring to.

can.

The cooperation has just started for less than half a month.

What does it mean that it's happening all of a sudden?

Could it be that Chu Yunfei changed his mind after the current threat was lifted?

impossible
Based on everyone’s understanding of Chu Yunfei.

He is a man of his word and his actions.

It's impossible to do anything that goes against one's words.
Chu Yunfei then emphasized: "The Red Party is good at political propaganda and has strong mobilization capabilities. They are indeed very suitable for conscription work.

But don't forget, we are native Shanxi people.

We, the Jinsui Army, are in Shanxi and we do our best to serve the people of Shanxi. The difficulty of our work cannot be higher than theirs.

Although the two sides are cooperating in name at the moment, we cannot rely entirely on others to do things.

What if others don't do anything?

Our people are blind and don't know how to do anything. Isn't this a problem?"

Everyone looked at each other and nodded in unison: "Yes!"

"The recruitment of new soldiers needs to be carried out at the same time. Both sides will not interfere with each other. The training command will be handed over to us. In exchange, we will support them in completing the land reform in the Shangdang area."

Military morale and public opinion... Chu Yunfei believed that he needed to capture at least one, or even all of them, in order to defend southeastern Shanxi 100%.

Without losing southeastern Shanxi, we will counterattack North China, counterattack Taiyuan, northern Shanxi, and even North China.

It is not impossible.

In the local battle, Chu Yunfei is fully confident of winning the battle!
Chu Yunfei turned his head and looked at Ouyang Xianpeng and Liang Guoping who were silent.

"Also, regarding the selection and training of reserve soldiers for the 30th Artillery Regiment and the Mountain Artillery Regiment, Captain Ouyang and Captain Liang, you two must focus your work on this."

"Commander Chu, our 30th Artillery Regiment is not only short of people, but also needs observation and aiming equipment. We are also short of a large number of training ammunition, and we also need some professional veterinarians to supplement the team."

"Regarding the horses, I need to communicate with the Commander-in-Chief. I believe there will be a response soon."

Emmettine's Northwest conscription policy has not yet been implemented.

There was nothing that could be done about the lack of horses for the various troops during this period.

A Japanese division had more than 5,000 combat horses of various types.

And an elite infantry division in the country does not even reach one-sixth of that.

The firepower of one of its divisions is more than four times that of the country's elite adjustment divisions.
This is the gap at the domestic level, but it is not impossible to make up for this gap.

At least the number of horses in the Northwest region can be used by at least three war zones.

"Also, regarding the training ammunition, I will find a way to provide it to you, but it will take some time. Right now our arsenal's production capacity has not yet been restored. It will take at least three to six months for us to resume production."

"You can consider having Commander Yan conduct trade purchases with a third country."

Chu Yunfei turned his head and looked at Fang Ligong standing beside him.

Fang Ligong understood and said immediately, "Leave this matter to me."

"it is good!"

Chu Yunfei glanced at everyone and emphasized again: "We in Shanxi are a province with a strong education system. In the entire Republic of China, our compulsory education and educational level are also top-notch.

We have the best troops and the most outstanding combat base. There is no reason why we should be worse than the Japanese!"

Qian Bojun clenched his right fist tightly: "The commander is right, as long as we work hard, we will be better than the Japanese devils!"

In the blink of an eye, it was three days later.

West of Changzhi City.

Chang Village is about 40 kilometers away.

Today we welcomed a special team.

Two members of the medical team, four members of the stretcher-bearing team, and half a company of soldiers from the newly formed infantry regiment.

We came here under the personal leadership of deputy group leader Zhuo Tianyu.

Zhuo Tianyu received the task assigned to him personally by Chu Yunfei.

They will set up a model base for the military-civilian integration here.

Because of its geographical location, Changcun is also a rare large village in the surrounding area.

There are one hundred and fifty households. There are seven or eight small villages in the surrounding area.

They are accessible from each other by dirt roads.

Traffic is relatively uncongested.

The villagers are still connected.

They would also gather regularly in Changcun to purchase and exchange items.

As for future plans.

This place will naturally become the base for a company-level force.

Zhuo Tianyu's trip mainly consists of two tasks.

The first is to reorganize the local security team (also known as the young men's team, a product of a special period, similar to the local armed forces, responsible for maintaining public order) and reorganize and train it into a militia.

On the other hand, it is also to improve favorability and win the hearts and minds of people in surrounding areas.

Looking at this group of people wearing the uniforms of the Jinsui Army.

After the local headman received the news, he went out to greet them immediately.

"Hey, military sir, what are you doing?"

Zhuo Tianyu smiled and explained: "We are from the 358th Brigade of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. We are here to carry out some publicity work. What is your name?"

"My surname is Wang, you can just call me Captain Wang."

Please call all the common people out."

The head of the village's face changed and he hurriedly whispered, "Can the general recruit soldiers?"

"Conscription? This time we are here to carry out the "Double Support" propaganda activity."

"Double support?"

I was slightly stunned, then asked: "What is the double support?"

"The army supports the people, and the people support the army. We are the Shanxi Suiyuan Army, and we are also the children of the Shanxi people. We must have a good relationship with each other."

Wang Baozhu nodded thoughtfully.
Nowadays, conscription is so particular.

He immediately turned around and sent someone to notify the villagers to gather together.

When some people saw the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, their faces changed.

Because of the rifles in the soldiers' hands, they did not leave.

Zhuo Tianyu stood on the stone in front of everyone and said, "Fellow villagers, you can see from our military uniforms that we are from the 358th Brigade of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. We are now stationed in Changzhi and are responsible for protecting the safety of the people here."

"This time I came here for three main things. The first thing is to get to know the people."

Zhuo Tianyu smiled and said, "My name is Zhuo Tianyu, and I am the deputy commander of the newly formed infantry regiment under Chu Yunfei's command."

"We are not the military masters that the village chief is talking about. We are soldiers. Soldiers who defend our country are not masters."

"It's true that we have guns, but please rest assured that our guns will only be aimed at the Japanese and the devils, and will never be aimed at the villagers."

Everyone looked at each other and started discussing in a low voice.

"It's the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, for sure...I feel like I've heard of this Chu Yunfei somewhere."

"I seemed to have heard someone mention him the last time I went into the city. He seemed to be a high-ranking official!"

"Don't say anything, lest you anger the military master and see what he wants to do."

The whispering soon stopped.

Everyone looked up at Zhuo Tianyu again.

Zhuo Tianyu cleared his throat and continued, "The second thing is that our medical team will provide free medical services in the village for two days to help you check your body. If you have any minor ailments, they can also help you treat them."

"What do you mean?"

"Are you asking us to pay?"

"We don't have the money, this isn't a scam."

Everyone was very dissatisfied.

It is better to levy taxes directly than to collect money from them under the pretext of seeing a doctor, right?
waste time
Before this, no military unit would allow its medical personnel to treat ordinary people.

At least the people here have never been exposed to it.

Naturally they were unwilling to believe it.

Zhuo Tianyu had prepared himself mentally before coming: "More importantly, you don't have to pay a penny for this treatment."

"That is to say, our people will treat you for free, please rest assured!"

"free?"

The head of the village raised his eyebrows, walked to the front of the crowd, bowed and asked, "Captain Zhuo, what do you mean by free?"

Zhuo Tianyu was quite excited by the title "Captain Zhuo".

As a person who always wants to make progress, I am very satisfied with the title of head of security.

"That's right. The consultation is free. If we bring the corresponding herbs, we can also provide them to everyone for free."

"By the way, we have a large group coming over later, and we may need to borrow the rooms of the villagers then."

As soon as I heard I was going to live in their house.

The common people below began to chat with each other again.

No matter what, I think the soldiers of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army have some plans.
Anyway, I'm not here to do good deeds out of kindness.

Zhuo Tianyu was also a little helpless at this time.

He emphasized: "But please rest assured, we will provide the corresponding rent, we will not live in your house for free, we will help you clean, do farm work, and fetch water."

"Please ask the village chief to help us arrange the location of the free clinic. Also, we will stay here for about five days. If there are patients in other villages nearby, we can also arrange for the health team to visit them."

The local headman was also stunned at this time: "General...we still need to discuss this matter."

"Well, please rest assured about this."

Zhuo Tianyu pointed to the badge on his chest and said, "I, Zhuo Tianyu, guarantee with my integrity that we are not some warlord unit that exploits the people under false pretenses."

He pointed to the blue and white military emblem on his head and said, "It is the National Revolutionary Army. Please believe us..."

The people looked at each other, their eyes full of suspicion.

But, the words have been spoken.

Trust must be based on advice and attempts.

Zhuo Tianyu didn't waste any words.

The medical team members were immediately arranged to follow Captain Wang to find a suitable free clinic location.

As for the remaining dozens of soldiers, they were divided into two groups.

Some of them helped the local people repair their houses, and some of them cleaned the place.
In short... find something to do.

Because it was just the beginning, the soldiers did not feel dissatisfied, but rather had a hint of curiosity...
Their company commander had told them this before they came.

Zhuo Tianyu also told them about it on the way here.

But when you really help your fellow villagers, it’s a different feeling.

"This is really weird. We joined the army and carried guns to fight the Japanese. Why did the commander suddenly ask us to sweep the floor?"

"I don't know, but cleaning is better than training outside in this weather, right?"

"The Japanese are so powerful that it's not easy for us to deal with them. I guess the superiors are worried that when the Japanese attack, these villagers won't be able to protect themselves, so they asked us to come to a place like this to help."

Another soldier sighed, "That's true. The Japanese are really beasts. They burned down thousands of houses in Handan City. The weather is getting colder and colder. I wonder if these refugees have a place to live. After we clean up this place, let's help this fellow villager repair the roof."

The two young soldiers were chatting.

Little did he know that everything he said was heard by the owner of the house who was hiding behind the door.

He walked back to the inner room, and the woman beside him immediately asked, "Master, what are these soldiers doing here?"

"It seems that the Japanese are about to attack us. The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army cannot defeat them. They are afraid that we will not be able to fight back when they bully us, so they simply send people over. At that time, they will most likely be trained like the conscripted soldiers."

"If the Japanese attack us, it will just be a change of emperor. We don't need to worry so much."

The woman next to him breathed a sigh of relief.

In his opinion, as long as they didn't come to ask for money or food, they would not be taking away the only pillar of their family.

Then there is no problem..
Hearing his wife's words, the owner of the house sighed and angrily said, "What do you know? I heard it with my own ears. The Japanese burned down thousands of houses in Handan City. Do you think those people can still survive?"

"How do you know that what these people say is true?"

"Humph!"

The owner of the house snorted coldly and then said, "Doesn't Old Li from Xializhuang Village have relatives in Handan City? Just ask him and you'll know."

As soon as he finished speaking, he put on his coat that had been mended many times and was about to go out.

The woman hurriedly advised: "It's so cold...why don't you wait until tomorrow when the wind is a little lighter?"

The head of the family looked serious, turned around and said earnestly: "I can't wait... You stay home alone and lock the door. If these two brats are plotting something bad, just call for help. I think their official is not very old, so he shouldn't ignore it."

The woman was stunned for a moment, lifted her hair, looked down at her bloated figure, and said with a smile: "What are you thinking about? You are not ashamed... How can someone like me be appreciated?"

The head of the family glared at the woman and then emphasized: "If what they said is true, it won't just be a matter of changing the dynasty...it will lead to the destruction of the country and the extinction of the race!"

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