Glorious Mission 1937

()Chapter 230 Four: Relief with work (ask for subscription, ask for monthly ticket, ask for all kinds!!!)

Although the Kwantung Army and the North China Front continued to bomb the defense area of ​​the No.40 Army, they still could not stop the enthusiasm of the soldiers and civilians in Chahar and Suiyuan to build their homes.Due to the extreme shortage of food in the entire base area in 38, although it was the golden autumn season, many ordinary people had no overnight food at home.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chen Feng signed an order to implement a large-scale relief-for-work program in the entire Sui-Cha area, led by the government of Chahar Province and closely coordinated by the six major departments.After deliberations by various departments, it was decided to start with the construction of military facilities and infrastructure. The government will contribute money and food, and the common people will contribute labor and effort to build a number of large projects.

In terms of military affairs, it is mainly to build airports, bunkers, air-raid shelters, and city defense facilities. The infrastructure is mainly based on public facilities such as road traffic, municipal engineering, and schools and hospitals.With the issuance of the provincial zheng fu order, the zheng fu department began to get busy, and the common people were also rejoicing.

Originally, due to the attack of the Japanese army, the time for farming was missed, and all places are now in a state of starvation. Not only the citizens in the city have no food to eat, but even the people farming in the countryside have nothing to eat. Almost everyone thought of the next step dangerous situation to face.Given the severe winter weather in Saibei, no one has the confidence to survive this winter.

But when the notices of the government department were quickly posted all over the streets and alleys of the entire Chasui area, everyone was overwhelmed, and they saw the hope of life.

Daliu Village, Pingdiquan Town, Jining.

"Third Aunt, you'd better take it back. You still have two cubs in your family, we can still survive!" A young woman with a withered face said to another woman with a pale face.

The white-faced woman coughed lightly twice, and said, "Qiuyue, third aunt doesn't know about your family's situation. The little dog told Daniel yesterday that your family only eats one meal a day. The little dog said it's already done." It’s been a long time since I’ve had enough to eat. Although there’s not much of this stick noodle, it’s just a little auntie’s kindness.”

"Third Aunt, your land is also running out this year, so you should keep it for yourself. Daping went into the mountains a few days ago. When he comes back, our mother and I will have something to eat." Qiuyue whispered.

"In these years, it's so easy to hunt prey. People are almost turning the top of the mountain upside down, let alone wild animals. Even the edible ground vegetables are almost dug up. Take this bit of stick noodles. Your third uncle has been out to do odd jobs since before Guyu. He can earn some money every month, so he can barely find half a meal for the three of us." The third aunt said with a sigh.

Just as he was talking, an eleven or twelve-year-old boy ran over and shouted: "Mother, mother, my father is back, go back and have a look."

"Daniu, didn't your father just come back the day before yesterday, why did he come back again?" Third Aunt asked hurriedly.

"Mom, my father said that the government is recruiting workers in the city. One person takes care of food and housing every day and returns 5 catties of food. When he comes back, he wants to tell the uncles and uncles in the village." Daniel said loudly.

"Niu'er, did your father really say that?" Qiuyue asked hastily, her eyes lit up.

"That's what my dad said."

"Okay, okay, third aunt, I'll call Daping back and let him go to work in the city with third uncle." Qiuyue cried with joy

The news that zheng fu is going to recruit people is like a gust of wind. Suddenly, the recruiting places in the city are full of people. At first, people were worried that zheng fu would not be able to take their turn because of the lack of people recruiting, but soon people saw the zheng fu department. courage.Comers are not rejected, every 1000 people will have a few officials and masters to take them to receive a project, as many as there are.

What makes these ordinary people most happy is that the "wages" are settled every day. Although a person only has 5 catties of grain a day, what the government provides is fine grain.They exchanged the fine grains they received with grain stores, and they could get coarse grains ranging from 9 to 12 catties. If they exchanged yams (potatoes) or sweet potatoes, they could even exchange them for 20 catties.

In these years, nothing is more precious than food. As the saying goes, if you have surplus food at home, you don’t panic.As the common people of the counties and the small citizens with no income were gathered together, the originally somewhat chaotic law and order became better, and the prestige of the government became more and more popular.

Especially if there are soldiers in the family, or family members of martyrs, Zheng Fu still has certain discounts in remuneration.Ordinary people eat 5 catties of coarse grains a day, while military martyrs eat 8 catties.As soon as this policy came out, it immediately triggered a wave of enthusiasm for joining the army in the Suicha area.

September in northern Saibei is full of crisp autumn air, and millions of ordinary people and hundreds of thousands of militiamen set off a wave of labor enthusiasm.The No. [-] Middle School in Xinghe County, the No. [-] Health Center in Zhangjiakou, the No. [-] Middle School in Datong, and the Baotou Airport were all built up, and good news spread frequently from all over the country, and a large number of projects were built.

The biggest change was in Baotou. Since it was located near Suixi, the combat radius of the Japanese army's fleet could not reach here, so Baotou became the safest place for the No. 40 Army.

Every day in Baotou, more than 30 people are working hard. Cement plants, steel plants, power plants, coal mines, iron mines, and reservoirs are completed and put into operation, making Baotou more and more changed.

Under the auspices of Chen Feng, the road from Baotou to Outer Mongolia also began to be built. This is a two-lane concrete road, from Baotou through Damao Banner, and then directly to Outer Mongolia.This road is mainly for the convenience of contact with the Soviet Union, and Chen Feng plans to complete it within half a year.

At the same time that the vigorous construction of the area began, Chen Feng was also planning how to take revenge on the Japanese army. Thousands of Japanese fighter planes visited the northern part of the city every day, and the damage caused to the construction of the defense area was immeasurable.Although Chen Feng formed the 2nd Air Defense Division and 3rd Air Defense Division on the basis of the Air Defense Division, the total number of these three divisions was no more than [-], and the weapons and equipment equipped were only a few thousand high-shelf machine guns, scattered throughout the northern part of the Great Wall. Going really doesn't have much power.

Under Chen Feng's repeated requests, Stalin finally agreed to send a batch of heavy bombers over.According to the agreement between Stalin and Chen Feng, the Soviet Union will provide the No.40 Army with 300 fighters within half a year, including half fighters and half bombers, and the delivery time is within half a year.

But now that the Japanese army is aggressive, Chen Feng really has no time to wait for half a year, so Chen Feng personally sent a sincere telegram to Stalin, hoping that the Soviet Union could deliver the batch of 150 bombers to the No.40 Army as soon as possible. Ordered 15 TB-300 heavy bombers from the Soviet Union at a price of 3 US dollars each.

To be honest, it is not very cost-effective to buy a TB-15 heavy bomber with average performance for US$3. It can be said that this price is indeed a bit deceiving.Even the p38, the most advanced fighter jet in the United States, currently sells for only 10 US dollars, and the performance of the tb-3 is much worse than that of the p38, so it is not worth the price at all.

But now the United States, Britain, France and other countries are very resistant to selling weapons to China, even Chen Feng can't do the deal with penicillin.At this time, the United States is a sick tiger. The mere 10 army is no match for Japan at all. Roosevelt does not want to offend Japan severely and cause Japan to retaliate desperately.Therefore, the U.S. government not only refused to sell fighter planes and tanks to Chen Feng, but even light weapons such as guns and ammunition were unwilling to sell to China, only willing to provide China with industrial equipment, and even the warships ordered by Chen Feng were all done in secret. It is not announced publicly.

10月1ri，第一批150架tb-3重型轰炸机顺利在归绥机场着陆，一个星期后又250架重轰炸机抵达归绥，同时抵达归绥的还有350名苏联空军志愿者，至此No.40集团军的空军就有足足230架战斗机以及400架重轰炸机以及10架教练机，合计640架战机。

With the gradual strengthening of air power, a revenge plan that Chen Feng had planned for a long time was finally implemented.

On October 10th, Chen Feng held a military meeting at the Northern Air Force Headquarters in Guisui. In addition to all the senior officers of the Northern Air Force attending the meeting, Kang Ze, Chiang's loyal confidant, was also invited to the Air Force Headquarters.

It has been almost half a year since he worked in Saibei, and Kang Ze has gotten used to the life in Saibei, and the fight between dragons and tigers that he imagined did not happen.Since he served as the vice chairman of Chahar Province, the No.40 Army has been fighting against the Japanese army, and Chen Feng ignored him at all. All the affairs of Chahar Province were handled by Mr. Chen, him, and Deng Xiaoping.Although the three parties often disagree on some matters, they can always be resolved satisfactorily in the end.

Kang Ze feels very happy working here. Neither the Chen family nor the Turkish Communist Party seem to be as bad as he imagined here. Any order issued by the government of Chahar Province seems to be for the country. good policy for the people.In half a year, 336 schools were built in Chahar Province. The small ones only have one or two turf houses, and the big ones are large schools that can accommodate hundreds of students at the same time.In addition, hundreds of health stations have been established in various counties and districts of Chahar Province, so that ordinary people can receive timely treatment for any diseases.

There are no smokehouses, no brothels, no casinos here, there are only schools, factories and hospitals, there is no corruption here, and some are just a breeze.Although Kang Ze was still unhappy with Chen Feng, a guy who hindered the unity of the party and the country, he couldn't help admiring the various policies Chen Feng implemented in the northern part of the country and the effects of these policies.

Kang Ze was also thinking about something, it would be great if he wasn't a warlord with two minds, a real pillar of the country.After half a year of understanding, Kang Ze finally had a very clear understanding of the No. 40 Army. There are more than 30 elite regular troops and 20 militia troops. Financial resources, what suffocates Kang Ze the most is Chen Feng himself's huge personal prestige in the Saibei area. It is really not an easy task for the party and the state to make this young man submit. (to be continued...)