Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

It’s just that Huangyun Town is located in a stable security area maintained by the Japanese army.

The Anti-Japanese War had just broken out a few years ago, and the Eighth Route Army was far inferior to the giant Japanese army in terms of overall strength.

A military town like Huangyun Town.

Even if they took it, it was only a temporary capture. After quickly seizing all the equipment and supplies in Huangyun Town, the soldiers quickly evacuated from Huangyun Town according to Kong Jie's combat deployment.

Escape from the encirclement in time before the Japanese reinforcements closed in.

When retreating, the soldiers returned with a full load. In addition to the eight specially built transport vehicles used by the regiment's special forces company to transport supplies, all of them were used, including various carts and wheelbarrows specially prepared by the soldiers.

During the battle of Huangyun Town, the puppet troops who defected also came to help.

Even the puppet troops who surrendered to the Eighth Route Army later participated in the transportation of supplies and equipment.

Speaking of which, we were able to successfully instigate the puppet army in Huangyun Town.

It also benefited from the Independent Regiment's generous policy towards captured puppet troops.

And adequate publicity.

——The Eighth Route Army treated prisoners well. The captured puppet soldiers only needed to help out in the Eighth Route Army base and do some work. They did not have to go to the battlefield or work for the Japanese. They could eat well and live in warm places. It was said that if they did a good job, they would even be paid. In the future, they could choose whether to leave or join the Eighth Route Army to fight the Japanese.

Including Liu Gui, the captain of the Glorious Labor Team of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment, who was said to have been a platoon leader of a puppet army in a certain stronghold before!

In order to incite the puppet troops in Huangyun Town to rebel, Liu Gui personally took action and gave a heartfelt account of how he turned over a new leaf and became a new man in the Eighth Route Army base after being captured.

The puppet army company commander of Huangyun Town was not a die-hard traitor. He was a member of the local security corps. After the Japanese invaders attacked, the security corps was defeated and chose to surrender in order to save their lives.

The fighting will and stance were not firm to begin with.

Liu Gui, who had once served in the puppet army, knew how to understand these people's thoughts. With just a few words, he convinced these traitors to help the Eighth Route Army capture Huangyun Town.

In addition, when the people heard that the Eighth Route Army had captured Huangyun Town, they also came to help.

They brought large and small carts from their homes to help the Eighth Route Army transport the supplies and equipment seized from the Japanese army to the base.

Kong Jie had already explained the arrangements for the people.

The captain of the company said to the people:

"Fellow villagers, we are from the Independent Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

Our Captain Kong said that at the moment our Eighth Route Army is no match for the Japanese and cannot completely recover the lost territory, occupy Huangyun Town, and provide a safe haven for the folks.

However, as long as the villagers have suitable family conditions and are willing to believe in our Eighth Route Army, they can hurry home to pack up and follow us to our independent regiment's base.

I can't guarantee anything else, but at least we have our own Chinese army, so we won't have to become obedient citizens in the occupied areas and be bullied by the Japanese everywhere."

It can be said that what Captain Kong Jierang said touched the hearts of the people.

That night, families with fewer people, such as those where one person's fullness could feed the whole family, came running to help. They followed the Eighth Route Army's transport troops and, under the cover of darkness, left Huangyun Town and moved to the independent regiment's base.

Inside the independent regiment headquarters.

Kong Jie, who proposed the idea of ​​transferring the common people who were willing to believe in the Eighth Route Army to the base of the Independent Regiment, explained it to Li Yunlong in this way:

"Old Li, it's the demographic dividend I told you about before. In the final analysis, if we want our base to grow completely, we can't do without people.

With the popular base, whether it is the collection of intelligence, the control of the overall base, the replenishment of troops, or the production of food, it can all develop rapidly.

During this period, our independent regiment also opened up a number of bases behind enemy lines, covering an area of ​​nearly 100 square kilometers.

In addition, our independent regiment has stored a large amount of food and other supplies during this period, so I think we have the conditions and foundation to settle a group of people."

Not only that, natural disasters and man-made disasters often occur simultaneously during wartime.

Since 39, famine has occurred in many places in northern Henan, Shanxi and Hebei.

Kong Jie also wanted to quickly expand the base behind enemy lines. Once the foundation was sufficient, he could also accept some refugees from all over the place.

The Eighth Route Army is the people's army.

It is our responsibility to always stand with the people in the most difficult times.

But the final result was somewhat beyond Kong Jie's expectations.

According to Kong Jie's original estimate, after taking over Huangyun Town, it would only be a town, even if there were people willing to move to the base to live.

The quantity is not too large.

It would be good if we could have two or three thousand people at most, right?

After all, many ordinary people who could live in Huangyun Town still had some basic living conditions even if they were obedient subjects of the Japanese. Who would be willing to move and become displaced?

Then they will be evenly distributed and resettled in various villages in the independent regiment’s base.

In this era of war, many young and strong men were conscripted, some fled, and some starved to death. In many villages, nine out of ten houses were empty. Although there was a shortage of food, clothing and drink, the thing that was least lacking was empty houses.

Given the current situation of the independent regiment's base, there is no problem in accommodating two to three thousand people.

result……

Before dawn, a huge team with dense crowds of heads appeared in the base of the independent regiment.

At a glance, Kong Jie felt his scalp tingling, and suddenly realized that he had made a wrong decision. It seemed that the situation had gotten out of hand this time.

When the company commander in charge of the matter came to report, Kong Jie asked why so many villagers had come.

The company commander said helplessly: "Captain, I didn't expect so many people to come! As soon as they heard that they could come and live in our independent regiment's base, the villagers spread the word and came here in droves."

"Have you counted the number of people?" Kong Jie asked with a headache.

The company commander nodded and said, "I'll arrange the soldiers. Every three soldiers will be responsible for forming a team of 100 people to form a temporary brigade.

In the end, there were nearly 80 such teams in total.”

"80???"

Before Kong Jie could speak, Li Yunlong's eyes widened. He counted on his fingers and said in astonishment, "So, there are nearly 8000 people coming from Huangyun Town?

My goodness, how many people are there in Huangyun Town? Could it be that all the people in the town followed us here?"

No wonder Li Yunlong had such doubts.

How many people were there in China during this period? In addition, this was an era of constant bombardment, low productivity, shortage of supplies, and starvation.

In many villages, nine out of ten houses are empty, and one village may not even have 100 households.

It was really shocking that the team suddenly increased by 8000 people.

The company commander replied, "Captain, don't mention it. I'm also wondering, when we left Huangyun Town, I counted the number of people who came to help with the transportation, and there were only about 1000 people. As a result, along the way, there were villagers who heard about the situation and rushed over.

When they arrived near our base, I counted and there were nearly 80 battalions.

But I thought, we have already spread the word, we can't just chase the extra folks back, right?"