Devil's Army

Leng Fengchou stared at the sand table and wondered which troops to send to recapture Yaobao Town. There were not many troops he could mobilize.

At this time, the guard reported that Political Commissar Xiao had returned.

As Xiao Fei walked into the battle area, he immediately saluted Leng Feng and Gray Wolf and said:

"Reporting to the commander and deputy commander, Xiao Fei has fulfilled his mission and recovered Xiaoming Town and Xiaonan Town."

"Oh, I see. There are no follow-up actions of the Japanese reinforcements coming from Fengtian, right?" Leng Feng asked.

"No, they are with the defeated Japanese soldiers in Xiaonan Town, and have been standing opposite us more than ten miles south of Xiaonan Town."

"By the way, Xiao Fei, please sit down. I just want to talk to you about something."

"What's the matter? Commander, tell me." Xiao Fei pulled out a chair, sat down and asked.

"The county governments of Tieling and Tiaobinshan have been established and are functioning normally. I want to implement land reform in the towns and villages below."

"Oh? How to do it?" Xiao Fei asked.

"We took back the land of some landlords and distributed it free of charge to every person in Tieling County or Tiaobingshan County, allowing them to cultivate it. Then we collected a certain share of military rations every year, and the rest belonged to them."

"Oh, I was just about to introduce someone to you. He has done this kind of thing before." After saying that, Xiao Fei called in Huang Dejiang who was standing outside the operations room.

As soon as Huang Dejiang entered the operations room, he immediately saluted Leng Feng and Huilang with a standard military salute.

"His name is Huang Dejiang, and he was a squadron leader of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army. He was captured by the Japanese during a siege. We rescued him when we attacked Xiaonan Town this time."

After hearing Xiao Fei's introduction, he immediately knew where Huang Dejiang came from. Leng Feng continued:

"Okay, let's set up a land reform leadership group. Huang Dejiang, you will be the leader. If you need any more people, just tell me. I will transfer a platoon from the military regiment to assist you.

"There is only one battalion left in the army's direct regiment. It is responsible for the public security of the entire tribe, the public security of several factories near the glass factory, and the security of the tunnel. The manpower is not sufficient, so let's transfer a platoon from the first brigade."

"Okay, then transfer a platoon from the Second Regiment. The people from the Third Regiment should not move. I plan to use them to attack Yaobao Town."

"Let me pick two people from the people we rescued this time to do this. We are all familiar with them and it will be easy to use them." Huang Dejiang said to Leng Feng.

"Okay, remember that we must treat landlords differently. For die-hard traitors and spies, we will directly confiscate their land and return it to the public; for landlords who are not die-hard traitors and are coerced by the devils, we will buy their land back at the market price. If they want to stay and cultivate the land themselves, we will explain to them that we will distribute the land to the people for free. If they can cultivate it themselves, it's fine. If they can't cultivate it and let the land go to waste, we will not only collect a certain proportion of the military ration quota as usual, but also double the fine."

Then Leng Feng wrote another warrant and asked Huang Dejiang to take it to the commander of the 3rd Regiment of the 5th Brigade of Tieling County, asking him to arrange an office in the military camp for Huang Dejiang and his team to use.

Xiao Fei then asked Leng Feng how to arrange for the remaining eight people?

Leng Feng told Xiao Fei that he was not familiar with them and Xiao Fei should handle it on his own. If he was appointed as a cadre above the company level, he should report to the military headquarters.

After listening to this, Xiao Fei saluted Leng Feng and Huilang, then left the operations room with Huang Dejiang and the others.

The next morning, Leng Feng left the tribe with his guards and went to Tieling County.

Before leaving, Leng Feng felt as if he had forgotten to do something. After thinking for a while, he realized that he had forgotten to go to the infirmary when he returned to the tribe this time.

When they arrived at the Tieling County military camp, Huang Dejiang and two teammates were already there. The third regiment commander had reserved a room next to the regiment headquarters for them to use as an office.

As the reconstruction work in Tieling County was nearing completion, Leng Feng asked the guards to call the company commander in charge of the Chaori Labor Reform Team.

After a while, the company commander trotted over to Leng Feng, who was standing on an open space next to the regiment headquarters.

Leng Feng pointed at the empty space and asked the company commander:

"Is the reconstruction of Tieling County almost complete?"

"It's almost done. What new arrangements does the commander have?"

"You will lead the Asahi Labor Camp to build a hospital in this vacant lot. Build three floors and four watchtowers at the four corners of the hospital."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."

Leng Feng nodded, the company commander saluted, turned and left.

Tieling County is now operating normally under the leadership of the old county magistrate.

Some of the shops that were sold have already started cleaning and arranging their furnishings. Eight of the ten shops that were rented out have reached a preliminary cooperation intention with the First Army, and Wild Wolf is discussing the specific details of the cooperation with them one by one.

On the street without storefronts, ordinary people are already selling things in simple stalls, selling vegetables they grow themselves, wild fruits they pick themselves, and some mountain products they harvest themselves.

Leng Feng and the guard walked around. The guard was pretty good. The vendors put their garbage behind their stalls and put them in the designated garbage dump at the end of the stalls when they closed.