The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 610 Natural and Man-made Disasters
Brigade.

When the political commissars of the various regiments came to the meeting, the atmosphere of the meeting was relatively relaxed and happy because they had just won a big victory.

The meeting has not yet started, and the brigade commander, political commissar and others have not yet arrived.

A group of political commissars chatted without saying a word.

A political commissar who didn't know where he got the news looked at Li Wenjie, the acting political commissar of the independent group, and asked with a smile:

"Wen Jie, I heard that Li Yunlong and Kong Jie competed in the independent regiment a few days ago. What happened afterwards? Which one of them won?"

Li Wenjie: "..."

It seems that no one can be exempted from the heart of gossip.

Before Li Wenjie opened his mouth to answer, a political commissar hurriedly said, "Is there even a need to ask? Li Yunlong and Kong Jie have been exchanging ideas since they first met.

"It's just that the two of them are team leaders now, and if they get a bruised nose and a swollen face, I'm afraid it will make people laugh!"

Saying that, everyone couldn't help laughing.

A voice came from behind: "What are you talking about, so lively?"

Everyone turned around, and it turned out that the brigade commander, political commissar, and chief of staff had arrived.

Political Commissar He, Ding Wei’s partner in the new regiment, explained with a smile:
"Brigade Commander, we're talking about the outcome of Li Yunlong and Kong Jie's competition in the Independence Regiment a few days ago!"

"Oh, what's the result, who won?" the brigade commander asked curiously.

Political Commissar He replied: "Then we don't know. There were not many people who saw the two discussing each other, and Lao Ding was there. I just asked him, but he didn't tell me the result, saying that he would keep it secret."

"But if you ask Wen Jie, he must know, he was also present at the time."

Everyone's eyes focused on Li Wenjie again.

Li Wenjie smiled wryly and said: "Political commissars and brigade commanders, forgive me for not having anything to say. I am entrusted by others, and I promise to be loyal to the person. I will never tell anyone else the result."

"If you really want to know the result, you should go directly to Captain Li or our Captain Kong!"

Li Wenjie's explanation aroused everyone's curiosity even more.

A political commissar said: "The two of them have been competing for a long time, and they have always been in the same boat. This time, they have the result in their hands. Could it be that there is a winner this time?"

Another asked: "Kong Jie won?"

"That's not the case, it's just a common thing to lose a contest."

During the discussion between you and me, the brigade commander smiled and said: "Okay, okay, get ready for a meeting, let's get down to business!"

After the cadres corrected their expressions and waited with awe, the brigade commander and the political commissar proposed the main content of the meeting.

The brigade commander said:

"Since the beginning of this year, there have been serious disasters in various places, especially in Henan, where there have been severe floods and droughts, and locust plagues. Disasters have also begun to occur in counties in Shanxi."

"Many counties and villages have been affected. Due to the continuous drought, large areas of crops have even died."

"The regiments in our base area should pay attention to the current disaster situation and discuss appropriate countermeasures."

Having said that, the Brigadier's expression is a bit stern:
"Comrades, with the spread of the disaster and the worsening of the situation, the most severe test for our Eighth Route Army troops may no longer be the Japanese army's raids on the enemy's rear, but how to feed our troops."

"According to the region, the life of the folks is not easy."

"We can't rely on the folks to support us because of the war, and increase the burden on the people.

Those who can figure out their own ways, especially the front-line combat units, the headquarters and brigade headquarters can only help you, and you must rely on your own efforts to support the troops. "

"As for the specific measures, you political commissars and cadres will discuss and choose countermeasures after returning home..."

The meeting continued, and the brigade commander said a lot.

Li Wenjie was a little surprised that these words and these worries, Kong Jie had also told him a few days ago, and they were similar to what the brigade commander said.

The brigade commander noticed that Li Wenjie was distracted, paused, and asked with a smile:

"Wenjie, what are you thinking, so engrossed?"

Li Wenjie said: "Brigade Commander, I was thinking that the content of your meeting this time has many similarities with what our regiment leader said."

"Oh, what did Kong Jie tell you?" the brigade commander asked.

Li Wenjie said: "The head of the group said that according to some information received from other provinces recently, disasters have occurred in various places, and we are afraid that we are about to face an unprecedented severe test."

"The disaster will last forever, and the people will live in hardship. Our Eighth Route Army troops are fighting behind the enemy lines. The people who are most closely connected with us are the masses. Once the masses are affected by a disaster, our troops will be directly affected."

"At that time, firstly, we can't continue to increase the burden on the people, and we have to find a way to support ourselves and support the troops. Secondly, we even have to take responsibility and help the people affected by the disaster in turn."

"The most difficult part of this is naturally the problem of eating. It is easy for two people to work in the field with two mouths to eat. But if there are ten mouths to eat and only two people to work, then it will be difficult."

The chief of staff nodded approvingly, pointed out the problem sharply, and said: "In recent years, with the growth of our anti-Japanese team, the command organization has actually become a bit bloated, and the number of off-duty people has increased too much. It is not an option to continue like this."

"Wen Jie, did that kid Kong Jie come up with any specific countermeasures?"

Li Wenjie nodded, and said: "Yes, the team leader said, in the face of such a difficult situation, there are only four words: increase revenue and reduce expenditure."

"The specific explanation is to reduce the consumption of the troops, increase the production of the roots, reduce the burden on the people, overcome material difficulties, improve the quality and work efficiency of our soldiers and cadres, and unite the people to overcome difficulties together."

Speaking of this, Li Wenjie added: "The head of the regiment said that people have no foresight, but they must have near-term worries. As a commander, you should take into account the bad situation that may happen at any time."

"In order to deal with the possible further serious disaster, there is also a comprehensive economic and military blockade of the base area by the Japanese army."

"We should prepare in advance while the current situation is not too bad."

"During this time, under the arrangement of the head of the regiment, our independent regiment is doing its best to raise food everywhere, and has built a number of new granaries in the regiment to stockpile food for backup."

"In addition, the head of the regiment put forward an idea to downsize the main force and command organization, and fill the reduced personnel into the combat company."

"In order to support the main force in the base area.

On the one hand, the main force must strengthen training and improve combat effectiveness.

On the other hand, when doing appropriate downscaling.

Some cadres can be transferred to local troops and militia after the reduction of troops.

It is used to reduce the pressure on the base area and at the same time pass on the combat tactics and combat spirit of our main force.

Further strengthen the local armed forces and develop our militia. "

"In addition, we can also rectify the political organization, reduce the number of command organizations and personnel, strengthen infrastructure, and put more personnel into actual production."

"The head of the regiment summed it up as elite troops, streamlining administration, increasing income and reducing expenditure, and hoarding supplies widely to prepare for a rainy day."

After Li Wenjie said, the cadres were all lost in thought, and these words gave everyone a lot of inspiration.

Finally, Political Commissar He took the lead in saying:

"Wenjie, your independent regiment is among the regiments in our base area. It is now the largest in scale and the one with the best economic development."

"Even your regiment needs to cut down on food and clothing now, and implement this policy of streamlining troops and simplifying administration?"

As soon as the words "better troops and simpler administration" were brought up, the hearts of the cadres seemed to be stirred by something.

The Brigadier repeated these four words in his mouth, and his eyes gradually brightened.

Li Wenjie said with a smile: "Our regiment leader said that it is precisely because our independent regiment is large in scale and has many mouths to eat. Once we encounter a crisis, the difficulties will be the greatest, so we should learn to prepare in advance."

"The ancients often said that people are born in trouble and die in peace. The more rapid development is, the more vigilant we must be on the verge of crisis."

Then, everyone discussed the series of countermeasures against the disaster proposed by Kong Jie.

Finally, the brigade commander and political commissar said.

The various measures taken by the independent group to deal with the disaster in advance will be reported to the headquarters.

If approved by the headquarters, this policy will be implemented in all ministries in the base area.

……

Independence Corps.

Kong Jie has been in a good mood since he sparred with Li Yunlong.

Facts have proved that this period of time was not in vain practicing martial arts with the monk.

For so many years, Li Yunlong has been in the same boat as himself.

In this martial arts competition, he was almost beaten into a real Li Datou by himself.

Thinking of the resentment in Li Yunlong's eyes when he left the independent group, Kong Jie couldn't help laughing.

regiment.

Kong Jie called Dong San, Minister of Logistics, and Xu Qingnian, Minister of Finance.

Head Kong is quite melancholy these days. Others don't know the situation, but he knows very well that the eight provinces including Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Hubei are about to suffer unprecedented severe drought.

At that time, the drought will be a tyranny, and thousands of miles will be bare, and there will be disasters everywhere.

Coupled with frequent wars, it is really natural disasters and man-made disasters.

Millions of people were affected by the disaster, starved to death, and mourned everywhere.

In that case, I am afraid that it is no different from purgatory.

The Eighth Route Army troops in Taihang, Taiyue and other base areas were affected by the disaster on the one hand and the military blockade by the Japanese army on the other, ushering in the most difficult time between [-] and [-].

If Kong Jie wanted to change all of this, at least he had to do his best.

But in practice, Kong Jie realized from the bottom of his heart that it was too difficult.

After Dong San and Xu Qingnian arrived, Kong Jie went straight to the point:
"Did you all hear about the disasters that came from Henan during this period?"

Xu Qingnian said: "Leader, it's not just Henan, we also have many counties in Shanxi that have started to experience drought, and the signs are getting worse, I'm afraid it's..."

Dong Sandao: "We still don't know the exact situation of the disaster.

But the last time the merchant ship we cooperated with the Yankees passed through Henan.

According to your instructions, head of the group, we received some victims. At that time, the victims flocked to them, and each of them almost regarded the merchant ship as their last straw, and there were even stampede casualties.

At that time, I witnessed it with my own eyes, and at a glance, the villagers were ragged, thin and yellow.

Our boat was almost overwhelmed, some women threw their children into the boat, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed to us.

Commander, you didn't see the situation at that time. Many of our soldiers couldn't help but secretly wiped their tears. The situation was a nightmare! "

(End of this chapter)