Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 261 Goldfinger submodule upgrade, Chu Yunfei reorganized the Tax Police Corps; Japanese military strategy adjusted again (ask)

In the blink of an eye, three days of fighting had passed.

The 5th and 3rd Infantry Regiments returned to their respective bases with great harvests.

The two regiments not only perfectly matched their rotation training.

A large amount of military supplies were also seized.

The observation group sent by the Eighth Route Army accompanied the headquarters throughout the entire journey.

But unfortunately, they really couldn't learn much.

The 5th and 3rd Regiments used direct-fire artillery for direct shooting in their offensive operations.

Very efficient.

However, the Eighth Route Army did not have such artillery equipment, not even one.

Under such circumstances, how can they learn the advanced combat experience of the Flying Tiger Honor Division?
Eastern Army Headquarters.

A summary of this battle.

Brigade Commander Wang of the 385th Brigade expressed the feeling of a “poor man”: “Let’s not talk about our lack of artillery. Their flares have kept the battlefield visible almost all the time since the first one was launched.”

"It can be said that the fighting style of the Flying Tiger Honor Division is completely unsuitable for our army. I personally witnessed them using 18 artillery shells to destroy a machine gun position of the Japanese army."

"That's not all. They are also quite dependent on the use of grenades. In close combat, they never enter houses. They just suppress the fire and wait for the grenadiers to drop their grenades, or use explosive packs to completely blow up the earth walls."

The deputy chief of general staff nodded cheerfully: "The standard regular battle attack operation process is indeed valuable experience. We can organize troops to train and learn, in the form of training bombs and simulated explosive pack equivalents, to see if it can play a stronger effect in the actual combat process."

"Also, we asked you to go over and observe this time so that you can see their ability to coordinate operations. After all, there are two regiments fighting this time. Have you found anything?"

Speaking of this.

Brigade Commander Chen, who had been promoted to deputy brigade commander at this time, was also quite emotional.

"The communication between the two regiment commanders was very concise. Regiment Commander Sun provided the battle plan, Deputy Brigade Commander Cao made appropriate adjustments, and Deputy Chief of Staff Zhang Dayun made the decision immediately. Their decision-making time was very short, no more than half an hour... This efficiency is simply terrifying."

The deputy commander frowned. "Hasn't there been any discussion on who would lead the attack, casualties, and the deployment of the battle line?"

As he spoke, he gestured rapidly with his hands.

"No quarrel?" Commander Liu knew what the deputy commander wanted to say, so he simply grinned and asked.

"No... they communicate very efficiently, and the commanders of each unit not only have corresponding combat sign language (with flares), but can also give orders through loud voices. When the company or battalion launches an attack, there will be a bugle call to give corresponding reminders."

"When the mortar support was being provided, as soon as the bugle sounded, the troops immediately stopped attacking and retreated, thinking that they would create a confrontation zone. As soon as the mortar support ended, they launched another attack."

"The interval between the two was no more than one minute."

"This shows one thing. Chu Yunfei's troops must have set very strict regulations on the coordinated operations between support weapons and infantry, and each unit is trained according to the corresponding standards."

The Deputy Chief of the General Staff is still top-notch.

Just relying on a few words from Deputy Brigade Commander Chen and Brigade Commander Wang.

We analyzed and found the answer that was closest to the facts.

Seeing everyone looking at him, the deputy chief of staff organized his words and continued, "Remember the previous Qin County encirclement and annihilation battle? Chu Yunfei's artillery unit not only carried out corresponding indirect fire, but also carried out corresponding coordinated operations."

"In this regard, our army should also formulate strict training standards to emulate Chu Yunfei's troops."

"We are poorly equipped and our logistics are not very good. We should work harder to train elite soldiers and improve the combat capability of our field troops while building a good mass base."

When the Eighth Route Army held a meeting to summarize the experience of this observation.

Commander of the Shanxi First Army, Michijiro Umezu, was also making a serious summary in front of a group of division commanders and brigade commanders.

"In the past half month, we have permanently lost more than 1,500 combat troops, and the Imperial Army has also suffered a major blow."

Mijiro Umezu had a serious look on his face. He leaned forward slightly and glanced at everyone participating in the combat meeting.

Except for the commander of the 20th Division Kawagishi Fumisaburo, who still stood straight, the rest of the division commanders all nodded slightly, not daring to look him in the eye.

The 20th Division has been gaining the upper hand in combat over the past half month. Their main opponents are the main force of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the 14th Army Group active in the Taiyue Mountain area.

It is also the main force of Chiang Kai-shek’s army.

Chu Yunfei's troops were able to overwhelm them.

The 20th Division was able to gain the upper hand.

Naturally, Kawagishi Fumisaburo has reason to be proud.

As for the two Kwantung Army brigades, their main opponents were the Eighth Route Army troops active in northern and northwestern Shanxi.

The cleanup has already started as planned.

After Fu Zuoyi's troops withdrew, the situation in northwestern Shanxi gradually deteriorated.

The Japanese army's strategic adjustment was a combination of punches.

Rather than just small fights.

Before they were ready to take action in northwest Shanxi.

They began to adjust the deployment of troops stationed in Mongolia in order to exert pressure on the Suiyuan area.

Only when Fu Zuoyi's troops were unable to escape would they launch a corresponding mopping-up operation against the 120th Division.

What the commander of Shanxi's First Army found difficult to accept was that the combat operations in the northwest of Shanxi were not commanded by him.

Instead, it was the troops stationed in Mongolia that took the lead.

Even though the troops stationed in Mongolia had been divided into the camp of the North China Front Army.

In the view of Umezu Michijiro, the war in Shanxi and surrounding areas should be commanded by him as the commander of the First Army.

He glanced at the crowd and said loudly: "Everyone, we have paid a heavy price for our cowardice and hesitation."

He made a serious summary at the collective combat meeting.

After all, it has been the past half month.

The entire Zhengtai Railway line except for the key county towns.

It's a complete mess.

At this stage, they have absolutely no way to deal with the rogue style of play of the Flying Tiger Honor Division.

The entire Zhengtai Railway.

Now it has almost completely stopped.

"At present, the headquarters has made an emergency decision to transfer part of the Kwantung Army's troops and the domestic reserve forces to supplement the newly formed 37th Division. The division commander will be Lieutenant General Fujiwara Hideki, and it is expected that they will be deployed to the Hebei area within half a month."

After turning around and signaling Chief of Staff Shojiro Iida.

Iida Shojiro stepped forward and said in a loud voice: "The plan for the next phase of security rectification and offensive operations is as follows."

Changzhi.

Chu Yunfei's system panel, which had been silent all this time, showed some changes again.

The level of the base construction module has been upgraded from LV1 to LV2, and a series of new functions have been enabled.

[Current base: Southeast Shanxi]

Current population: 352 million

[Estimated GDP: 7400 million (national currency)]

[Current estimated annual revenue: 1070 million (national currency)]

Current tax capacity: 57%

[The current estimated number of recruits is: 18 (35)]

[Current base development rating: 10 (out of )]

[Current pillar industry of the base: tobacco industry]

Current literacy rate: 47%

[The current base construction submodule upgrade from LV2 to LV3 requirements are as follows:

① The current tax capacity is increased to 80%】

The upgraded panel has a lot more intuitive data.

More than 70 million in output value and more than 10 million in tax revenue.

It can be considered a very light tax rate.

Of course, this is just an estimated data based on the current development trend.

The main big part here is still the tobacco tax, which is about to flourish.

For Guanghua Cigarette Factory.

Chu Yunfei has even thought of the advertising slogan now.

"Every pack of Guanghua cigarettes you smoke will become a bullet fired at the Japs."

Yan Laoxi had previously put forward related slogans in Shanxi.

Save the nation through industry.

Is a cigarette factory considered an industry?
Of course it counts too.

Just to digest this one million kilograms of tobacco, a large number of workers and corresponding machinery are needed.

If it is made by hand, the efficiency will inevitably be very low.

Even if it wants to progress to the so-called "semi-industrialization", Chu Yunfei still needs to strive more from Yan Laoxi.

They even moved the Jinhua Cigarette Factory directly to Yuncheng.

Within the system, the base construction sub-module is upgraded.

It can more effectively help Chu Yunfei guide the construction of the base in southeastern Shanxi.

Especially the tax capacity estimate.
A tax collection capacity of 57% can earn million national currency.

That is if the tax capacity is 100%.

The tax revenue can reach about 17 million national currency.

It may seem like a lot, but these things are actually just simple math problems.

It can be simply calculated.

Chu Yunfei's current troop strength is 35,000.

The actual combat strength is currently only about 26,000 people.

This includes many veterans who have returned to the team after recovering from injuries.

Chiang Kai-shek had to provide them with a monthly salary of 700,000 national currency and 150,000 yuan for food to ensure the combat effectiveness of the Flying Tigers' attack army.

Although they were paid according to a staffing structure of 35,000 men, their treatment was much higher than that of friendly forces.

Not to mention those far away, just take the Third Army led by Zeng Wanzhong in the southeastern Shanxi region as an example. Their military pay was only a quarter of that of Chu Yunfei's troops, less than 300,000 yuan.

The Eighth Route Army had a regular staff of 45,000 men and a monthly salary of 680,000, which was less than Chu Yunfei's army.
His 700,000 national currency can actually be distributed to the soldiers below.

The 150,000 yuan food expenses were all purchased locally.

The tofu, bean sprouts and other vegetable supplementary foods that the common people sold to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army were basically sold at a discount.

It's equivalent to not making any money.

This is in the southeastern part of Shanxi.

What if Chiang Kai-shek later asked Chu Yunfei's troops to go out of Shanxi to fight.

There will also be corresponding departure fees.

If we calculate it over a year, the current National Government's finances have not yet completely deteriorated.

It would take an investment of 12 million national currency to barely maintain it.

And the fiscal revenue is 17 million.

Among them, two and a half million need to receive corresponding pensions and carry out follow-up work.

The Second War Zone cannot afford this money now, and Chiang Kai-shek cannot be relied upon.

In order to maintain the morale and organization of the troops, Chu Yunfei had to find a way to pay for it himself.

There are still about 1.5 million to maintain the operation of the administrative system.

The ability and efficiency of administrative staff are relatively low.

There is no other way but to add more people.

At the same time, the monthly subsidies given to the head of the security guard and the head of the village were appropriately increased.

According to the Nationalist government's previous subsidy of one dollar a month, it was just to send away beggars.
The work of the bao and jiazhang was not less at all. Especially in places where there was no militia or garrison yet, they had to rely on the already backward grassroots bureaucratic system.

After this huge expenditure, the remaining money can be used to support the army.

If we compare the annual revenue and expenditure of the National Government.

That's simply impossible to mention.

After being caught in the war, the Nationalist government lost most of its tax sources such as customs duties, salt taxes, unified taxes, and tobacco and alcohol taxes.

All we can say is that we owe money every year, we gain every year, we issue bonds every year, and there is inflation every year.

It's hard to evaluate.

The situation in southeastern Shanxi, where Chu Yunfei's troops were active, was still good.

So far, there has been no major impact.

After all the calculations, the annual income is still barely a positive income.

As for how much money can be left.

This money is actually used to purchase arms.

Even improve the living conditions of the families of martyrs and soldiers.

We need to wait and see.

Ten million may seem like a lot, but it is actually very little.

Chu Yunfei also needs to find other ways to make money quickly as soon as possible.

Improving tax collection capabilities is also a focus of current work.

As for increasing it to 100%, Chu Yunfei also knew that.

This is almost impossible.

Even the America before he traveled through time.

Where the tax department has become perverted to a certain extent.

There are still people who can successfully evade or even avoid taxes.

Chu Yunfei has set a small goal for himself.

Increase tax capacity to 80 percent by the end of the year.

An annual income of 15 million national currency is enough for Chu Yunfei to do many things.

Think of this.

Chu Yunfei immediately called his adjutant Sun Ming: "Go and help me get Sun Weimou... Then, help me get Zhong Zhicheng, member of the Development Committee."

"Yes!"

Sun Ming nodded and left, mounted his horse and headed for Changzhi City.

Soon they found Zhong Zhicheng, who had been working in Changzhi area.

"Commissioner Zhong, Chief Chu wants to see you..."

When Zhong Zhicheng heard that Chu Yunfei wanted to see him, he was quite surprised.

After Chu Yunfei came back, he only had a symbolic meeting with their regional development committee.

There was no communication at all in private.

Although Zhong Zhicheng is a member of the Regional Development Committee.

Its essence was to serve as a bridge of communication between Sun Weimou and the Eighth Route Army.

Even though the two companies are different, the cooperation between them is still very pleasant at this stage.

Many of Chu Yunfei's propositions were not much different from those of the Eighth Route Army, and even the corresponding routes were basically the same.

The Analects of Confucius says: The gentleman is harmonious but not identical, while the villain is the same but not harmonious.

This sentence is actually very suitable to describe the cooperation between the two parties.

He simply put away the work at hand and said, "Okay, wait for me for a moment..."

He turned around and opened the cabinet to find the development summary report of Changzhi area in the first half of the year.

Seeing him busy for a while, Sun Ming reminded him, "It shouldn't be a work report... Just go over there."

Zhong Zhicheng looked confused. He put the things back into the cupboard and followed Sun Ming back to the military headquarters.

"Report."

"Come in."

Chu Yunfei put down the telegram in his hand and stood up to greet him.

"Commander Chu."

"Brother Zhicheng, please sit down." Chu Yunfei signaled the guard beside him to pour tea.

I exchanged a few simple greetings with Zhong Zhicheng.

We mainly talked about the current development of Changzhi area.'

Chu Yunfei emphasized the current reality that handicrafts and industries in Changzhi are relatively concentrated.

Expressed concern about the frequent harassment and bombing of Changzhi and other areas by Japanese warplanes.

The Japanese retaliation was not limited to ground operations.

In the telegram just received, we received the news that Japanese planes bombed Yuncheng.

Changzhi was also one of the targets of Japanese bombing.

Four fighter planes had already carried out high-altitude bombing in the past few days.

These Japanese devils had no idea whether the southeastern Shanxi region had anti-aircraft firepower.

Nor dare to be too presumptuous.

After all, when fighting with Chu Yunfei's troops, a large number of fighter planes were lost.

Even high-altitude bombing without much accuracy.

Dozens of civilians were injured or killed, and many houses were destroyed.

"Regarding advance warning, air defense alarms, digging of underground bunkers, and related evacuation work are currently under discussion. After receiving the order from Chief Chu, Commissioner Sun also handed this matter over to me to handle, and it is still in the planning stage."

“However, a number of staff have been sent to publicize this matter.”

Chu Yunfei nodded: "Not only that, but we must also pay attention to the safety of water sources. These Japanese troops do not have the ability to launch a large-scale attack at the moment, so they will naturally want to use some unconventional tactics."

"These little devils not only have the ability to launch ground attacks, but also have corresponding unconventional means such as financial warfare, germ warfare, and espionage warfare. We also need to be vigilant."

Chu Yunfei changed the subject and continued, "If we want to ensure the safety of the southeastern region of Shanxi to the greatest extent, money and food are naturally the top priority. Brother Zhicheng must be aware of this."

Zhong Zhicheng nodded in agreement.

"The abolition and reform of local taxation agencies in southeastern Shanxi has created a lot of vacancies. We are still short of suitable personnel to take charge of this work. I would like to hand this task over to Brother Zhicheng."

Taxation is something that offends people.

Although it has already affected most areas in southeastern Shanxi.

But there are still many places without local armed forces and no garrisons.

This kind of place is relatively remote, and it can even be said that it is difficult to reach by car.

It's not an easy job. It's difficult to carry out the work when you meet mountain people who have not received much education.

This kind of thing is difficult to solve in the 21st century, so Chu Yunfei naturally would not hand it over to his own people.

"But, regarding the shelters and air defense systems..."

"I'm going to take care of this myself..."

Zhong Zhicheng hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Well, since Commander Chu trusts me, Zhong Zhicheng, then let us, the Eighth Route Army, take care of this matter."

Chu Yunfei nodded slightly.

When someone is assigned the most difficult task, naturally some benefits should be given.

"The villagers in the mountains don't understand the truth. In many places, landlords and bullies are entrenched, and even bandits are rampant. I, Chu Yunfei, also know that this work is difficult to carry out."

Zhong Zhicheng quickly said: "I really need Chief Chu's support."

"Well, I have a troop that was recently formed."

As he was speaking, horses neighed outside the military headquarters.

Chu Yunfei grinned: "People should be here."

Zhu Ziming walked briskly, almost jogging all the way to the office.

"Report."

"Come in."

"Commander Chu!"

After a month, Zhu Ziming had almost completely washed away his banditry.

The military salute was also extremely standard.

It's just his ferocious face.

It really shocked Zhong Zhicheng.

"Ziming, this is Zhong Zhicheng from the Development Committee."

"This is Zhu Ziming, the captain of the 3rd Infantry Regiment's Independent Battalion."

"Hello, Mr. Zhong."

"Captain Zhu."

"Come, sit down." Chu Yunfei asked the two to sit down again, and then said: "I heard from Sun Ming that you brothers are training very quickly, so he came back. Judging from the mental state of your captain, it is indeed good."

Zhu Ziming chuckled, "When Captain Sun and his men went out to fight the Japanese, the brothers were all very anxious and wanted to go, but after all, they had not completed the corresponding training. Now that the training has just been completed, we heard that Commander Chu is going to assign us a task, and we are all rubbing our hands and preparing for a big fight!"

before coming.

Zhu Ziming was extremely excited when he received a call from Chu Yunfei personally.

Chu Yunfei on the phone first congratulated them on completing the corresponding training work.

And asked him to assemble the troops and go to Changzhi, and they will be awarded titles tomorrow.

They also have to be given a very difficult task.

What task is the most difficult?

That naturally means fighting the Japanese.

Chu Yunfei nodded: "This matter is indeed very important. It is related to the overall situation of the war of resistance in the entire southeastern Shanxi region."

Zhong Zhicheng also looked solemn.

Zhu Ziming was getting more and more excited, and he immediately stood up and promised: "Please rest assured, Chief Chu, I, Zhu Ziming, will never frown even if I have to go through fire and water."

"Sit down." Chu Yunfei said, "I plan to reorganize your independent brigade into the Jindongnan Independent Taxation Police Corps. You will be the commander-in-chief, with three deputy commanders under you. It will be a regiment-level organization. You will act in a unified manner and cooperate with Brother Zhicheng and the Shanxi Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in various counties to complete the taxation work."

"This"

Zhu Ziming was confused and shocked: "Tax Police Corps?"

"Yes, considering your small number of soldiers, I will assign about 250 new soldiers to you, including 30 horses and 20 mules. You will also be equipped with corresponding veterinary officers."

Zhu Ziming was still thinking about how to politely decline Chu Yunfei's kindness.

But I heard that they gave people guns and horses again.

So he simply nodded in agreement: "Please rest assured, Chief Chu, I will definitely cooperate with Commissioner Zhong's work."

"Well, there's no rush for this matter. Let's wait for them to draw up a charter first."

As Chu Yunfei spoke, he took the document handed over by Sun Ming and then wrote the corresponding supply orders.

"Take this, and go find Commander Liu Shuzeng after the rank awarding ceremony tomorrow, and I'll give you two hundred rifles, four light machine guns, and two grenade launchers."

"Okay, go back and prepare. Come up with a charter as soon as possible. I have other work to prepare."

There will be another update in the evening, but I wasted time today checking some information.

A relatively conservative method was used to calculate the output value because there was no such calculation method in that era.

If you have any questions, please correct me in this chapter

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