Rebirth from the Ashes: Rebuilding the Red Soviet Area

After a long time, Chairman Zhang exclaimed: "Incredible!"

"From a defeated army of 28 men to a base with thousands of troops and tens of thousands of civilians"

“It’s like listening to a story, dreamy.”

Minister Tan also said: "Yes, I never realized that Li Yan was so capable before."

"Whether it's military command or political awareness, he's a master."

Minister Deng added: "There are also arsenals and construction corps."

"Li Yan is particularly unique in his approach to economic development, and I am ashamed of myself for not being as good as him."

"Such versatile players are rare talents in our entire Red Army."

The Taoist priest took out a bundle from his arms and explained, "This is a gift our instructor asked me to pass on to the three commanders."

"One of these two books is the Infantry Drill Manual, and the other is a textbook for improving political quality."

"Our instructor said these two textbooks can shorten the soldiers' training cycle."

Chairman Zhang and Minister Tan quickly picked up two books and took a look.

I can't bear to put it down after seeing this

Minister Tan, as the Minister of Military Affairs, was overjoyed to see the Infantry Drill Manual.

So far, no Chinese army has a mature infantry drill manual.

Many local warlords still use the training method of the cold weapon era, which is to practice every two days.

Even the National Army hired German coaches to train soldiers.

Minister Tan slammed his hands and exclaimed as he watched, "There's also artillery training, engineering training, infantry-artillery coordination, squad and platoon attack and defense tactics, etc."

"Well written, this manual can be used to support a million soldiers."

Chairman Zhang even exclaimed: "Old Deng, come and take a look at this textbook on improving political quality."

"Starting from daily life, to housekeeping regulations, and then to political classes"

"This is not the case that we just kept our political work superficial in the past."

"It penetrates into the bones of every soldier from the details."

Minister Deng looked at the excitement of Chairman Zhang and Minister Tan, and felt extremely anxious, but was embarrassed to compete for it.

At this time, Chairman Zhang took the initiative to let him read it, so he immediately took it and read it word by word.

After reading it, their faces turned red: "It's great, especially after summarizing our party's discipline and principles and composing them into a song."

"This will reduce a lot of work, both in terms of publicity and subsequent political work."

“It’s easy for soldiers to remember.”

Su Shan reminded them at this time: "Three leaders, the Taoist priest has been waiting for you for a long time, and Comrade Li Yan has not yet delivered all the gifts."

The three leaders finally came to their senses.

The value of the two books alone is already very high, and there are also gifts, so they are full of expectations.

The Taoist priest continued, "This is the second gift our captain asked me to deliver to the military sub-district."

"It's about two things: how to reload bullets, and how to make penicillin."

"Our captain said that the transportation of guns, ammunition and medicine is too sensitive and it is not easy to send too many."

"We only sent two sets of bullet reloading machines and a penicillin production system, allowing the military sub-district to manufacture its own bullets and medicines."

"This reloading bullet is very easy"

"As long as there is a war in the future, we can take back the discarded bullet shells, refill them with gunpowder and bullets, and continue to use them."

"The production method of penicillin is not very simple. With penicillin, we can reduce casualties in military sub-districts."

"In Meishan, hundreds of seriously injured soldiers received penicillin. Only a few of the seriously injured died, and the rest have now recovered."

Chairman Zhang could no longer sit still. "Where are the bullet reloading equipment and penicillin production equipment now?"

"Take us to see it quickly."

How could Chairman Zhang not be excited?

The Fujian-West Military Sub-district lacked weapons and ammunition, and even the local security groups could not be eliminated, so they could only hide and flee.

Every time they were surrounded, the already small number of troops would suffer a large number of casualties.

Because there was no medicine, I watched the seriously injured people die in pain again and again.

My heart is full of pain

Chairman Zhang knows very well what it means to be able to reload bullets and produce medicines.

Su Shan smiled again and stopped him, saying, "Don't worry, Commander. The equipment and supplies have already arrived at Maozi Mountain. They can't escape."

"The Meishan guerrillas have a third gift, a total of 80 carriages, filled with gold bars, weapons, food, and clothing. Let the Taoist priest tell us."

The Taoist priest handed over the third gift: "This is the list of supplies donated to the military sub-district. Please check it yourself, leaders."

Minister Deng as the Finance Minister of the Military Sub-district

He took the list and read it out: "20 gold bars, 5 dollars"

"12 heavy machine guns, 36 light machine guns, 500 rifles"

"300 dan of grain, 50 pieces of cloth, 800 jin of bacon"

"Other oil, salt, sugar and other three carts"

......

The three leaders who had seen the world were dumbfounded.

Each of these gifts is priceless.

With these supplies, it is not a problem for the military sub-district to expand twice.

Chairman Zhang was the first to react. He took the Taoist priest's hands and said, "Thank you, thank you Meishan Guerrillas."

"When you return, please convey our military sub-district's gratitude to our old squad leader and Comrade Li Yan."

The Taoist priest said with certainty: "I will definitely convey the commander's intention to the captain and the old squad leader."

"By the way, our captain also specifically told me something, I must report it to the three leaders."

"The revolution in the Soviet area has now reached a difficult period."

"We have lost many comrades in our army. Some of the arrested comrades could not resist the temptation of the enemy's sugar-coated bullets and would betray the organization."

"Our captain specifically instructed us to do so."

"The two matters of reloading bullets and manufacturing penicillin must be kept secret."

"We must not let the enemy obtain it, especially penicillin, which is related to the future of our Red Army."

Chairman Zhang said sadly: "Since the Ninth Route Breakout, some of our party's senior leaders have defected to the enemy."

"The Southwest Fujian Military Sub-district also suffered heavy losses many times because of this."

"Please ask Comrade Daoist to tell Comrade Li Yan that we will strengthen confidentiality measures and will never let penicillin leak out."

Deng Zihui said at this time: "I will be responsible for penicillin production"

"In addition to keeping it confidential, I will remember the production process of penicillin."

"Then we will separate the production and I will be responsible for the most important part myself."

"Even if there are traitors, only a portion of the production will be lost. The enemy won't be able to grasp the key links and production will still be impossible."

Chairman Zhang and Minister Tan agreed: "That's good."