.Chapter 445 Autumn Harvest and Winter Collection 3

I met Liu Zhenghong two days later. The meeting was not in Qinghe or Hujiawai, but in a village between the two armies - Xiaowangzhuang.

The actual control area of ​​the Ninth Detachment is close to the Eighth Route Army Advance Battalion. Although there is no real border between the two armies, everyone has agreed to use the actual control area as their garrison. The two armies are now friendly forces and have a common enemy. However, due to different political concepts, the two armies cannot be said to be very friendly, but they cannot be very hostile. Friction is naturally common. In order to reduce friction, the Ninth Detachment and the Eighth Route Army Advance Battalion have negotiated several times, and both armies retreated slightly, so there was a buffer zone between the two armies, and Xiao Wangzhuang was on this buffer zone.

Xiaowangzhuang is indeed very small, and in fact there are only a few families. It is located on the hillside halfway up the mountain. The meeting place of Liu Zhenghong and Li Qinglin was not in Xiaowangzhuang, but in a house outside Xiaowangzhuang. According to Liu Zhenghong, this person named Lin is Wang and is a fortress of the Eighth Route Army.

Han Jizhong and others once introduced that the Eighth Route Army divided the grassroots people into several major categories, one of which was called anti-**. These people were Han jiān or hostile to the Eighth Route Army. This was the target of the Eighth Route Army's resolute attack; the remaining ones could unite the objects and basic masses.

But most of the people who unite are rich peasants. They may not necessarily support the Eighth Route Army, but they are not very opposed to it. They belong to the people who can win. Of course, the basic masses are farmers who support the Eighth Route Army very much. Most of them are poor and are the most solid foundation of the Eighth Route Army. Some of the farmers with high political awareness and strongest stance are called fortresses.

As the name suggests, Fortress is the most loyal supporter of the Eighth Route Army. With patriotic enthusiasm and political beliefs, they helped the Eighth Route Army collect intelligence, treat wounded and sick, develop underground organizations, and escort passing cadres. They are the most trusted people of the Eighth Route Army. The meeting today was at the home of such a Fortress.

This family is called the Fortress House, but in fact there is only one person in the family. The Fortress House is also surnamed Wang, and Liu Zhenghong calls him Lao Wang. Lao Wang is a bachelor in his forties, strong and dark-faced. When Li Qinglin shook hands with him, he found that his hands were calloused, which shows that Lao Wang is a real hardworking and hardworking farmer.

Lao Wang is a local. His parents died since he was a child and there was no land at home. Therefore, he has always been guarding the forest for the largest local rich man Wang family. When the Japanese came over, the rich man Wang packed up his fine lines and took his family to the rear. The fields at home were thrown to the housekeeper. Lao Wang had nowhere to escape, so he stayed to continue watching the forest.

In the eyes of the Eighth Route Army, farmers like Lao Wang who have no land, no houses and no property are the absolute proletariat. Therefore, after Liu Zhenghong and others came, they first developed him to join the organization. Lao Wang was penniless and did not marry a relative in middle age. He has always been unpopular in the Wang family. Now the Eighth Route Army regards him as his own and gives him great trust. The Eighth Route Army's equal style made him very inspired. Lao Wang then took out a hundred times the Jingshi work for the Eighth Route Army and became one of the most reliable fortresses in the Eighth Route Army advance camp.

According to the prior agreement, Li Qinglin brought Liang Xixian and Han Jizhong to the meeting, and Liu Zhenghong also brought two staff-like Eighth Route Army members to attend the meeting. The security work was jointly responsible for both parties, among which the Eighth Route Army security personnel were led by Zhou Yougen.

Although Lao Wang is called a fortress, his place is actually a small house that looks at the forest. With so many people attending the meeting, this small house naturally cannot be accommodated, so he put a table and bench on the open space behind the house to make a temporary venue.

Both sides were old acquaintances. Everyone exchanged a little greeting and sat down to start the formal talks.

Because of the basis of the previous cooperation, both sides were sincere in this meeting, and the agenda of the meeting was quickly decided. At first, Liang Xixian introduced the current enemy situation and situation he had learned to the Eighth Route Army. Then Liu Zhenghong introduced the enemy situation and situation they had mastered on behalf of the Eighth Route Army. Finally, both sides jointly agreed on how to deal with the situation in the future. Of course, the focus of jointly dealing with the enemy is how the two sides cooperate.

Liang Xixian took out a few pieces of paper and began to introduce the situation he had mastered. Li Qinglin had heard of these contents, so he didn't care much about it. However, Liu Zhenghong's introduction of the situation he had mastered surprised Li Qinglin and others, because the information that Li Qinglin and others knew had basically mastered, and Li Qinglin and others had not mastered some of the information that Liu Zhenghong had mastered.

Liu Zhenghong also took out a few pieces of paper, which were written in a dense manner. Liu Zhenghong, who was holding these pieces of paper in his hand, began to introduce what he had, but what he read out was a Japanese investigation report on the security situation in northern Henan.

In this report, the Japanese and puppet conducted detailed statistics from the region's population, industry, military situation, regime status, cultural propaganda, and communication, and summarized the experience and lessons of the war between the lines.

After hearing this, Liang Xixian was a little puzzled and asked: "Political Commissar Liu, the enemy is about to conduct a sweep. This public security investigation report should be put backwards. Should we discuss military cooperation immediately?"

After hearing this, Liu Zhenghong smiled. He picked up the tea bowl on the table and drank water, but did not say anything.

Li Qinglin shook his head and turned to Liang Xixian and said, "Director Liang, this report is nominally a public security report, but in fact it is a summary report of Japan's so-called first period of "resolute operations". This is very meaningful in military terms. Political Commissar Liu, this is the enemy's confidential document, how did you not get it?"

Liu Zhenghong did not answer Li Qinglin's question. He spoke: "Everyone, this report is very important. We have studied it carefully and it has given us a lot of answers."

Liang Xixian said: "What else have you seen from this?"

Liu Zhenghong said: "Let me give you a few examples, such as the population, economy, and communication situations introduced here."

Liu Zhenghong picked up the papers and said, "The Imperial Army entered the region with firm confidence. After entering, it established organizations such as public security maintenance meetings. It made great efforts to prevent the escape of the region, especially the residents in the city. Before the incident, the total population of the region was 465,000 inside the city, and after the incident, a total of 450,000 people were estimated to be killed in battle or fled abroad. The additional population was the people who escaped from the north in the early stage."

Since entering China, the Japanese have never admitted that it was a military aggression, but have always used vague words such as "incident", "entry", and "jiāo war" to cover up the fact of the aggression.

Hearing this, Liang Xixian asked: "It is normal for population migration during the war. Is this the meaning of these data?"

Liu Zhenghong smiled and said, "There are estimated that 20,000 people in the local area, and there should be 445,000 people. Currently, there are 450,000 people. The Japanese believe that these are the people who escaped from the north. Can we predict this way that the situation of the people in the north will be more serious?"

Han Jizhong nodded and said, "There are fewer people who have run away, farm, work, and do business."

Liu Zhenghong said: "They are very clear about the economic statistics. According to their statistics, the economic income after the incident is only 91% of the income before the incident. The document specifically stated that according to the order of the base camp, the funds for the establishment of the regime in the region and the 'supply rice' required to defend the imperial army should be produced locally. To achieve this goal, the imperial army must take measures better than the enemy based on absolute superior force, in terms of politics, economy and culture, promote the countryside between the enemy and us, so that it belongs to our newly built regime, and ensure the smooth flow of the line. There is no other good strategy."

Li Qinglin said: "This is also verified with their summary of the political construction and communication situation."

Liang Xixian nodded at this time, "They have occupied a larger town and a major road, and they can control the pitiful "points" and the "lines" connecting these points. Although the so-called "propaganda and comfort team", the "detective team" and the "public security maintenance association" are all out, they cannot prevent the people from escaping, the fields are abandoned, and the industry and commerce are withering. Of course, their so-called "income" is not worth mentioning."

Liu Zhenghong said: "From their own documents, they need to solve two problems in this 'resolution of the war'. One is the income problem that needs to be solved urgently, providing the puppet regime and the Japanese with urgently needed money and food, and the other is the problem that needs to be solved for a long time, that is, the construction and stability of the Han jiān regime."

Li Qinglin said: "These two aspects complement each other. With money and food, they can consolidate their rule and consolidate their rule, and they will get more money and food."

Liu Zhenghong said: "From their urgent need to collect grain, we can analyze it. Although the enemy has gained certain advantages on the battlefield with great momentum, their logistics supply has already had major problems. It seems that the policy of protracted anti-Japanese war proposed by the political party is definitely correct."

Han Jizhong said: "Two officers, can we draw such a conclusion at present? The Japanese's goal this time is to eliminate our anti-Japanese forces with all their strength, and the second is to collect money and food with all their strength?"

Liu Zhenghong said: "Their top priority is indeed these two, you are right."

Liang Xixian asked: "Political Commissar Liu, how are you preparing to deal with the current situation?"

Liu Zhenghong did not answer, but asked Li Qinglin: "Qinglin, how are you going to deal with it?"

Li Qinglin said: "Want, our attitude is to fight firmly. As long as they dare to come, we will give them a headache."

Liu Zhenghong said: "Their tactics of splitting and attacking are still very effective, I'm afraid you won't be able to deal with it then."

"I have arranged troops. If the battlefield situation is indeed unfavorable to us, they can do things by themselves." Li Qinglin replied.

Liang Xixian asked on the side: "Political Commissar Liu, are there any tricks in your Eighth Route Army?"
Chapter completed!