Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

Chapter 294 How to let Qilu and a half focus on water conservancy

 Half an hour later, the small meeting officially ended, and Huang He left the venue first.

As for the many opinions and predictions he put forward tonight, the big bosses said that it will take some time to digest, not to mention whether to send troops depends on the attitude of the border area.

 Seeing his fellow villager appear, Li Yunlong, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, put down the newspaper in his hand, picked up the folder in front of him and greeted him.

"Old Huang, you finally came out. I will have to fall asleep after a while."

“This is the information you mentioned before. I specifically asked our political commissar Zhao to help find it. Please quickly check to see if there is anything missing in the content.”

“What was the general content of the meeting just now? Is it about the detailed arrangements for combat in the Suiyuan area? Is there anything I can listen to?”

Although Li Yunlong is still only a regiment commander in name, their 1st Marine Regiment is now a unit directly under the headquarters, so there is no problem in talking to him about the strategic direction and goals.

 After thinking for a moment, Huang He explained the strength of the Kwantung Army and its impact on the Eighth Route Army without getting into the specific content of the meeting.

 Lao Li is not a reckless man now. After hearing that 200,000 enemies may enter the pass for support at any time, the Mongolian army fell into thinking.

Seeing that the other party was about to get into trouble, Huang He quickly spoke:

 “Okay, don’t think too much.”

“Please wait for the deputy commander to inform you of the specific arrangements. Just do your training as normal.”

"Come, come with me to see how Qiluban is developing in the Suiyuan area, and study how it is better than Yan Laoxi."

 For most modern people, the provincial administrative region of Suiyuan will be relatively unfamiliar. After all, the four provinces of Saibei were abolished one after another decades ago.

Even if you are a fan of 7+ coloring games, it is difficult to connect with the terrain of later generations without looking at the map, let alone understand the local development history.

After reading it carefully, Huang He immediately understood the reason why the other party dared to ask for help, and then said with great emotion:

“Qi Lu Ban is truly worthy of his reputation. In terms of his learning and management abilities alone, he is definitely unique in the entire Guo Preserved Group.”

“As expected of a silent man of action, he was able to manage Suiyuan to such an extent in just ten years of administration. He actually managed agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, finance, industry and commerce, and transportation while ensuring military development.”

“It seems that his trump card is the same as ours, which is the support of the people.”

The information in Huanghe's hands came from the base area in northwestern Shanxi. It was collected by Zhao Gang when he was presiding over the entrance examination of the 1st Marine Regiment.

  The data records in detail the economic development and changes in the Suiyuan area under the Seven-and-a-half Road Administration in the ten years from 1931 to 1941.

 In the first days, banditry was serious throughout the province.

Landowners, officers, soldiers and bandits colluded with each other, resulting in local security ranking last in the entire Republic of China. Even warlords' troops might be robbed when passing by.

 Such a bad situation, the living environment of ordinary people is absolutely dire.

 After taking office in Qilu, he first deployed most of his troops along the railway to suppress bandits.

 After dealing with the biggest problems, we began to rectify finance, establish water conservancy, develop production, and plant trees, which completely stabilized the situation in the province.

Under his governance, Suiyuan's light industry was relatively developed, and flour mills, sugar mills, and woolen mills were prosperous.

It is worth mentioning that there are dozens of large and small roads in the entire province, which are very convenient for both passenger transportation and marching.

Although due to insufficient congenital conditions, Suiyuan region is not capable of creating its own automobile manufacturing industry. However, each county has a group of skilled vehicle repair technicians, which has laid a solid foundation for future motorized troops.

 It is precisely because of the above-mentioned advantages, coupled with the grain output in the Hetao area, that Suiyuan became a stable rear area for preserved fruits during the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War.

 After hearing Huang He’s comments, Li Yunlong beside him raised his eyebrows involuntarily.

"Aren't you talking nonsense? During the winter offensive of Guozuo, we were among the few who achieved results in the Seven and a Half Route Army." "The Battle of Bailing Temple, the Battle of Baotou, the Battle of Suixi, and the Battle of Wuyuan, the victory in each battle was Indispensable for the support of the people, he has extremely high prestige and popular base in Suiyuan.”

“I really don’t know what the bald man was thinking, to give up such an excellent general.”

 Besides surprise attacks, Qilu and a Half are best at defensive operations.

However, with his current troops alone, there is no way to fight three divisions and two brigades, not to mention that the enemy also has some armored forces and army aviation.

 The most helpless thing is that the current military strength is already at its limit. After all, he only occupied ten counties in Suixi, with a population of only 390,000.

  Even if we try our best to operate construction, we cannot increase the manpower in a vacuum.

If the Eighth Route Army did not go north to support them, their fate could only be to be defeated by the Japanese, or to voluntarily give up the foundation they had built up over the years and retreat to the northwest.

The reason why Huanghe asked Li Yunlong to help collect information was to see if there was a way to regain Suiyuan without destroying the united front.

 After all, without taking over the four provinces of Saibei, it will be difficult to go directly north to regain more lost territory.

What's more, Huanghe knows one thing. The strength and ambition of the Seven and a Half Road will expand rapidly in the next four years, and it will become a formidable enemy in the border area.

 The best way to deal with it is to take this opportunity to let the other party build water conservancy projects.

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Just when Huang He was worried, in a command post far away in Houtao, two middle-aged men were holding a candle and talking at night.

“Brother Yisheng, I cannot be where I am today without your help.”

"Yan Baichuan really went too far, and actually asked me to attack the defeated troops of the friendly forces! If this happens, my reputation, Chen Jieshan, will be ruined throughout the Republic of China!"

"Shameless old thief, he deserves to lose the whole of Shanxi."

Hearing his brother's abuse, Qi Luban showed a helpless smile. He naturally knew what the other party was doing.

 After the end of the winter offensive that year, Guozhou's 90th Army suffered heavy losses.

Yan Laoxi, who has always been coveting the equipment of the Central Army, is ready to take action and sends his subordinates to collect the equipment of the defeated friendly troops.

This kind of thing will definitely leave a bad reputation, so Chen Jieshan did not carry out the order, which eventually led to the loss of military power. For the sake of career and safety, he came to join him, and now he has assumed the identity of a lieutenant general and deputy commander-in-chief.

"Let's not mention the past. Now we are facing a powerful enemy and we need to work together."

"I have contacted the Eighth Route Army through the bearded man of the 120th Division. With the other party's behavior, they will definitely not ignore death."

“When the time comes, let’s go to battle together to kill the enemy! Maybe there will be a chance to regain the lost territory of the entire province! Try to make Suiyuan the second liberated area!”

 Compared with Qilu and a half, Chen Jieshan's mind is obviously smaller.

Although the scene just described is indeed beautiful, he is very wary of the Eighth Route Army.

“Brother Yisheng, it won’t happen that it’s easy to invite gods but hard to send them away.”

“Suiyuan is the foundation for you and me. I finally have a territory and I don’t want to be driven away again.”

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“Don’t worry, the people will be on our side.”

Very underworld

 (End of this chapter)