Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Chapter 722 New Atmosphere, New Future

"What? Expand the army? Three divisions! And two armored divisions?"

"Add an artillery brigade! What? Don't you want to?"

Peng Liang quickly shook his head like a rattle.

"No, no, no, I don't dare to think about it!"

"Don't be happy too soon, your next task is very arduous. On the one hand, you have to help the people rebuild their homes, and on the other hand, you have to intensify your training!

I have to tell you that the command of an armored division is different from that of an infantry division. Your commanders at all levels must be retrained. The General Command has assigned a number of excellent cadres to you, and has also sent you officers of all levels to training courses. Within three months, the 11th Army must be combat-ready!"

Peng Liang felt that his shoulders were heavy. Artillery, armored troops, and tank troops were all technical arms. Although officers at all levels of the Weishanhu Independent Division had been studying and attending training courses, they had to start from scratch!

"Political Commissar, to be honest, the pressure is great, but in order to recover Shandong Province, we must become qualified commanders even if we go blind!"

"That's right. You can decide on your own the officers at all levels except those we appoint. But the principle still applies. If you don't pass the assessment, you won't be appointed for the time being. We have to be responsible for the lives of our soldiers!"

"Yes!"

After Zhao Gang gave the order, he entered the devastated city of Heze.

This city has not experienced war, but it is no different from hell on earth.

After a night of cleanup and rescue by the Weishanhu Independent Division, all the displaced civilians were accommodated, and the bodies scattered across the ground were properly placed, ready to be claimed and buried immediately.

"Uncle, are you here to save us? Will the Japs come again?"

A timid little girl of about six or seven years old, with her face covered in black and gray, and her big black eyes open, grabbed the corner of Zhao Gang's clothes from behind.

Zhao Gang turned around and looked at Peng Liang beside him. At this time, a soldier with red eyes ran over and said softly:

"This little girl is the daughter of the rice shop owner. The shop is on the first floor, and her family of four lives on the second floor. Her parents and her teenage brother were all killed by the Japanese. We are looking for the rest of her family!"

Zhao Gang felt as if his heart was cut by a knife. He squatted down, took out a fruit candy produced by Pingshun Candy Factory from his pocket, stuffed it into the little girl's hand, and then touched her black hair.

"Well, I'm Zhao Gang from the Independent Column. We're here to fight the Japs! With us here, the Japs won't dare to come. If you don't believe me, ask the uncle next to you?"

Peng Liang's lips were trembling and his eyes were red, as if tears were about to burst out. He rubbed his nose, forced a smile, and then waved his fist.

"Don't worry, if the Japs come, uncle will beat them up!"

Zhao Gang saw the little girl nodded, and said with confidence:

"Just follow your uncle and he will take you to find your parents."

Zhao Gang stood up, took the little girl's hand and handed it to the soldier, then turned and walked forward.

"Uncle Zhao, please stop lying to me. My parents are dead, and my brother is dead too! They can never be found again..."

After taking five or six steps, Zhao Gang was like an angry brown bear, his back trembling and his hands tense.

"If we don't take revenge, we will be ashamed of the people in both places! Commander Peng Liang, immediately clear all the strongholds in the Heze and Jining areas, and kill all the Japanese without sparing a single one. Since they set foot on Chinese soil with weapons in hand, they must be prepared to be beheaded!"

"Yes, what about the traitors and puppet troops?"

"Judge them one by one, presume the guilty, and kill one to warn the rest!"

"Got it, I'll set it up right away!"

"There must be a lot of orphans in the city. I will have the work team organize an orphanage, and the Independent Column will be responsible for raising them until they become adults. In the future, they will be the children of the Independent Column!"

Zhao Gang divided the work team into two, with one part staying in Heze and the other going to Jining to strengthen the force.

In order to ensure the stability of this large area of ​​central Henan, Zhao Gang personally took charge to ensure absolute safety.

Li Yunlong and Wang Meng were still busy in the Pingshun military fortress.

Although a large amount of land has been conquered, it has always been easy to conquer a country but difficult to maintain it.

Although a lot of things were given to Zhao Gang, the resource coordination still needed the final say from their chief officer Li Yunlong, and the chief steward Wang Meng to take charge personally.

"Old Li, this battle involves too many cities, and it looks like our reserves of building materials will be emptied! Because the construction period is relatively long, I suggest that we immediately build building material factories with relatively low technical barriers in various places, such as brick and tile factories, cement factories, lime factories, etc.!"

"Well, you can. But central Henan and southern Shandong are our main grain-producing areas. There's nothing wrong with developing industry, but you must not destroy the farmland. Those are all good fields. If we really destroy the fields because we spend money before it's due, I'm afraid our descendants will poke our backs!"

"Don't worry, we have war reserves in case of emergency! Besides, you forgot that our Principal Lin Shubing has endless military notes. We can take advantage of the opportunity to promote the RMB in these recovered cities and send some to the Japanese-occupied areas!"

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes, as if he saw that the Japanese's property had been bought out, and those rice and cloth were continuously pulled into the territory of their independent column!

"Okay, if you can buy it with military notes, try to use them."

"There is one more thing. Lin Shubing came to me and said that we should resume the operation of the Pinghan Line as soon as possible, at least from Anyang to Xuchang! In addition, he also suggested building a new railway from Jincheng to the south, connecting Jiaozuo and Xinxiang, and then from Zhengxian to the east, connecting Kaifeng, Heze and Jining, and completely connecting our Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Henan Province and Shandong Province!"

"Well, I agree. Let's use the engineering corps as the main body and recruit civilians from each section to do the construction!"

"Okay, I'll do it right away!"

Wang Meng and Lin Shubing planned the future of this large area of ​​China at the National Defense University in Pingshun:

First, promote the RMB. Only by ensuring that everyone uses the same banknotes can we promote economic exchanges and control the financial lifeline.

Second, vigorously develop the economy. Factories controlled by the independent column first opened branches in major cities such as Zhengxian, Jiaozuo, Xinxiang, and Heze, and then guided other private factories to participate.

Third, ensure people's livelihood, including medical care and education. Activate the original medical and educational resources in various places and integrate them into the existing "Pingshun Medical Education" system.

After Wang Meng and Lin Shubing finished drafting, they did not work behind closed doors, but sent it directly to various departments of Pingshun University, asking professors and experts there to offer suggestions and improve it.

The Independent Column has a new atmosphere and a new future, but Chang Guangzhou in Chongqing is extremely angry!