The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 484 The Beginning of the Battle of Troops

The base area of ​​the independent regiment wanted to raise its own funds to establish a bank. Kong Jie thought about it, so it was very necessary to issue the border area ticket that belonged to the base area.

As for the existing financial system in the base area, the currency is actually quite messy. There are some border tickets minted by the Jizhong Military Region, as well as the French currency of the national army, and even some daily tickets, silver dollars, copper dollars and so on. There is circulation.

Therefore, a unified currency system needs to be established.

In this regard, Kong Jie has been making preparations. In addition, Kong Jie also sent a team to ask the Jinzhong Military Region for a template for minting coins.

It is used to continue printing and casting the corresponding border area tickets.

As for other equipment needed for minting coins, the independent group has already prepared some molds for minting coins they snatched from devils' mints in some counties.

"So after the establishment of our own bank in the base area, my follow-up idea for the base area is that we can use the border area notes issued by us to recycle all kinds of money notes in the hands of the villagers, such as legal currency, silver dollars, copper dollars, etc. .”

"When it comes to specific exchange, the amount of food that can be purchased should be exchanged at the same value, or even at a higher price. In short, the people should not be disadvantaged, and the villagers should be willing to exchange border tickets and use the border tickets that support us."

"Why do you do that?

If the currencies of our base areas can be unified, it will be of great benefit to the financial stability of our base areas.

We can implement a policy that only border area tickets are allowed in major villages and markets around our base areas. "

"This can prevent the wealth of our base areas from being exchanged for currency of no real value by the Japanese army and the national army."

"It is important to know that in the Kuomintang-controlled areas, apart from French currency, silver dollars, and copper dollars, other currencies are not allowed to circulate, and the same is true in the counties in the devil-occupied areas."

This is what Kong Jie said when discussing with Xu Qingnian, Minister of Finance, the establishment of a bank based on the establishment of the local financial system.

Xu Qingnian raised a question and said, "Regimental Commander, the French currency of the national army will be abolished and changed to yuan, and the silver dollar will be used as the standard currency, while the Japanese currency issued by the little devil will be based on gold."

"Whether it is silver dollars or gold, these are goods with high value in the eyes of the common people, so they can be used as a benchmark currency."

"Then once our Border Area Tickets are issued, what will be used as the standard currency so that the people can use them with complete peace of mind?"

"Whether it's silver dollars or gold, we basically don't have reserves on hand."

Kong Jie thought for a while, and replied: "During the war, special circumstances are dealt with specially. Besides, what we want to maintain is a financial system in a smaller region than the country as a whole, so the difficulty will naturally be much less difficult."

"Old Xu, let me ask you, in this war-torn era, especially the people behind the enemy lines, what is the most important thing for them?"

Xu Qingnian thought for a moment and replied, "Commander, I think it's food."

Kong Jie said: "That's right, it's food, not gold or silver dollars. When it's time to go hungry, only food can keep the people alive."

"If you think about it from this perspective, devils use gold as the standard, and French currency uses silver dollars as the standard. Why can't we use grain as the standard?"

"Plus the credit of our Eighth Route Army in the hearts of the folks. If we can be flexible, we can add grain to our Eighth Route Army's credit. This is the standard currency of the border tickets we issue."

Xu Qingnian was a little dazed when he heard it. Although everything the team leader said was reasonable, for him, a talented person who graduated from finance, it was really difficult to change his ideas for a while.

Kong Jie became more and more excited as he talked. He thought about the dollar, and how abominable the dollar was.

"Old Xu, let me give you some ideas, you might as well imagine boldly, this standard currency may not necessarily be a currency with high value, or a rare metal or something.

Food can, reputation can, even currency itself. "

Xu Qingnian wondered: "Is the currency itself okay?"

Kong Jie said: "If one day, the folks in our hometown only recognize the border area ticket as the only base currency, and the people in the occupied area or the people in the Kuomintang-controlled area will only recognize the border area ticket of our Eighth Route Army as the base currency. Then at this time, our border ticket can be used as the standard currency of legal currency and Japanese currency."

"And once the Japanese army and the national army recognize our frontier ticket standard system, how much impact will it have? Old Xu, you are a financial student, so you should have more experience than me, right?"

Xu Qingnian said in a daze: "Head, when it really comes to that time, the role that the frontier ticket can play, whether it is military or economic, will be quite terrifying."

"We can even use the small border ticket to conduct disguised economic plunder in the areas controlled by the Japanese and national forces."

Kong Jie said: "At that time, it can be summed up in one sentence, the border ticket is the wealth of our Eighth Route Army, but it is the opponent's problem."

"We can even use a series of means of border votes to sanction our opponents."

"This is the horror of the currency standard, and this is the horror of currency wars."

"Of course." Kong Jie patted Xu Qingnian's shoulder with a smile, and said, "It's basically a fantasy to reach that level in the big picture. I don't need much. It's just that in the surrounding area of ​​our base area, It can probably be done like this.”

Having said that, it is said that on the day Xu Qingnian left the regiment headquarters, he seemed to have lost his soul.

The next day, when Xu Qingnian appeared at the regiment headquarters, his whole body was full of glory, as if he had found some unswerving goal and path, and his whole body was full of energy.

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While Kong Jie was thinking about the future financial development of the base area.

On the other side, Taiyuan City, the headquarters of the Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi.

Since the disastrous defeat in the Spring Sweepstakes, the Independence Regiment has officially risen to become a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi.

At this moment, Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the First Army, is discussing with Kazuki Yamamoto, the captain of the special service team under the jurisdiction of the First Army, the next plan to deal with the Independence Regiment.

It sounds a little funny, the commanding officer of the first Japanese army, and the commander of the Japanese army, the two are actually conspiring to deal with a regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

But the actual situation is that the Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi has long raised the threat level of the independent regiment to the Japanese army, even to the level of the Central Military Division of the National Army.

And the final disastrous defeat by the Independence Regiment in the Spring Sweeps made Shinozuka Yoshio even more heartbroken, thinking that this was a great shame for the First Army.

If you don't show your shame, you will have trouble sleeping and eating.

Kazuki Yamamoto spoke first, mainly targeting the sniper platoon that the Independent Regiment had appeared in the anti-mopping up.

"General, according to preliminary investigations, the sniper platoon formed by the independent regiment has about 40 people, and the marksmanship of the members is very powerful, not weaker than the imperial veterans."

"In addition, their sniper tactics are quite flexible. According to the intelligence obtained during the battle, the snipers of the independent regiment are not only good at marksmanship, but also very flexible in movement and position. They often retreat immediately after firing a shot, and continue to look for the next ambush location. After hiding yourself, sneak attack again."

"Not only that, but each of their snipers seems to be paired with a scout with a range-finding telescope, a team of two, and tactical coordination."

"This kind of combination, the search for targets and the sniping targets are carried out in one go, and they can often exert efficient sniper combat power on the battlefield. The mutual cooperation of the two can increase each other's chances of survival on the battlefield."

"At the last meeting, the general said that His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief once suggested that we should lay down and learn the practices and tactics of the Eighth Route Army."

"The sniper tactics used by the independent regiment in front of me are exactly what our army's shooters need to learn."

Speaking of this, Kazuki Yamamoto seemed to regret:
"General, forgive Yamamoto for speaking bluntly, the top marksmen of our imperial army, even some veterans of the empire, are no less than the so-called snipers of this independent regiment in terms of marksmanship.

However, they did not play a corresponding role on the battlefield, especially in this spring sweep. The special shooters who fought with the troops often fought rigidly. To tie yourself directly to a tree trunk until the jade shatters is just plain stupid. "

"Nowadays, the existence of the sniper platoon of the independent regiment has already posed a serious threat to the regional security and stability of the imperial army. I think our army's special shooters can also form a similar sniper combat team, and change the original tactics, flexibly Adapt application to deal with sniper platoons of independent regiments."

"Yaoxi!" Shinozuka Yoshio nodded, agreeing with Yamamoto's opinion.

"Yamamoto-kun, it turns out that the traditional special shooter tactics of the Imperial Army are outdated."

"Now it seems that it is necessary to learn sniper tactics from the Eighth Route Army."

"In this way, I will order that the special shooters be selected immediately in each army to form a sniper team that will fight with the army. In addition, it will be equipped with a newly issued Type [-] sniper rifle and a quadruple optical sight to replace the original two-fold optical sight. Mirror [-]-style sniper rifle."

"In addition to the snipers, the sniper team of the independent regiment also has corresponding observers, and we also have observers."

"The newly formed sniper team will first focus on the guerrilla area where the independent regiment's base is located."

"Our army has far more special shooters than the independent regiment. After changing the combat tactics, it will definitely be able to suppress the independent regiment's sniper tactics."

"Hi!" Yamamoto replied.

Shinozuka Yoshio thought for a while, and added: "The failure of the spring sweep this time brought unprecedented humiliation to the imperial army, but now is not the time to take revenge and clean up the Eighth Route Army."

"The commander-in-chief has made a follow-up campaign plan for marching south of Shanxi. Right now, all departments are making preparations. What we need to do is to ensure that the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area will not cause any trouble."

"As for the Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang area, it is the most troublesome to belong to the Independent Group of the Eighth Route Army. This time, the living space of the Eighth Route Army will be further reduced, and the focus will be on the independent group."

"Yamamoto-kun, based on your knowledge of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, how do you think our army should deal with this independent regiment?"

Kazuki Yamamoto seemed to have thought about this question a long time ago, and immediately replied:
"General, I think the following points are enough to deal with and even severely damage the independent regiment."

"Oh? Tell me!"

"Hey, considering the special nature of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment, they have thousands of troops, excellent equipment, abundant ammunition, and even a considerable number of artillery for attacking fortifications."

"First, the strongholds stationed in the base areas of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army and around the guerrilla areas should be deployed accordingly."

"Second, as the general said, we must send a sufficient number of sniper teams to the surrounding area of ​​the independent regiment's base to deal with the independent regiment's sniper tactics."

"Third, the original masonry structures of the fortifications in the major strongholds built on the outskirts of the Independence Regiment's base are no longer sufficient to deal with the artillery in the hands of the Independence Regiment.

I think we need to re-build reinforced concrete gun towers and bunkers to deal with the firepower of the independent regiment, special treatment. "

"Fourth, according to what your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief said, three points are military and seven points are politics, gradually encroaching on the major villages on the outskirts of the Independence Regiment's roots and further reducing the living space of the Independence Regiment."

"Fifth, the preparations for the advance team and the plainclothes team have been completed. Next, they will focus on infiltrating into the area where the independent regiment's base is located, and attack and destroy its headquarters or important military facilities within the independent regiment."

"Sixth, general, this point has always been a problem for our army in dealing with the guerrilla tactics of the Eighth Route Army.

Sometimes our troops carry far more ammunition than those used in actual combat. Once they are raided by the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army can often seize a considerable amount of ammunition, and in turn continue to grow their troops to deal with the imperial forces.

The Eighth Route Army often likes to fight guerrilla warfare, mobile warfare, and ambush warfare. Unlike the national army, there will be no positional warfare in which the two sides enter a fierce battle and compete for ammunition consumption.

Therefore, I think that in the following local sweeps and operations, we should reduce the amount of ammunition carried by each soldier except for necessary situations. "

Yamamoto said six o'clock in one breath, and Shinozuka Yoshio nodded frequently.

In order to deal with the Independence Regiment, these two old devils who spared no effort wanted to go together...

(End of this chapter)