The recruitment went smoothly. The Independent Regiment used a regiment to fight against a brigade of the Japanese army, and finally defeated the Japanese army to retreat on the battlefield. Although there were reasons for reinforcements from the military sub-districts, ordinary people were not aware of it.

Therefore, the people of Laiyuan City directly put all their achievements in fighting against a brigade of the Japanese army on the independent regiment.

Although the Independent Regiment suffered heavy casualties and huge casualties in this battle, then Laiyuan was in a situation where people were filial piety. However, the people knew that it was normal to kill Japanese soldiers when they were in the army. Moreover, after joining the Eighth Route Army, the pensions and food sent by the Eighth Route Army were real things. It was better than being forced by some troops and could not even find a body on the battlefield.

Therefore, after the order to recruit soldiers of the Independent Regiment was issued, the people of Laiyuan were still rushing to join the army.

"Captain, the people are so motivated, I think we should do something?" Cheng Xiao found Wang Ping in the first two days of recruitment.

"In just two days, we received nearly four hundred qualified recruits in recruitment sites in various places. According to this degree, it won't take long to complete the independent regiment. The people help us so unconditionally, and we give them a little settlement fee, which is definitely not enough. We must find ways to give everyone some compensation in other aspects, so that they can't just send their husbands and children to our Eighth Route Army!"

After all, Wang Ping's soul came from later generations. Apart from the most common economic and material compensation, he had never thought of any other way.

He frowned and asked, "Political Commissar, have you heard something?"

Cheng Xiao shook his head and replied: "The first and second regiments of the military sub-district were ordered to expand the base. Their harvests around us were even greater than ours. Not only did they gain a large number of recruits, but they also received complete support from the local people. In this regard, our independent regiment cannot compare to this!"

"Although there are many people joining our independent regiment, many of them are for the sake of fighting the Japanese, or for the little compensation we give them, and some are for the sake of being able to make a fortune in the army and not starve to death at home. As for the people who truly support us, there are, but not many. I think this situation must be changed. We calmly have the Japanese army's lack of strength to go out of the city to attack us, gather all the hearts of the people of Laiyuan to us, and truly support us to fight the Japanese!"

"So, I think we should learn to divide the two main groups into zones, establish bases and travel areas in Everbright Rural Areas. We should gather the people together, fight the Japanese together, and carry out production so that everyone will not be hungry and truly support us!"

"Then do it, do whatever you should do. You are the political commissar, and the base area is your business, so you don't need to report it to me!" Wang Ping reacted immediately, then stared at Cheng Xiao and asked back.

Cheng Xiao smiled bitterly and said, "It is my business to build a base, but I don't have enough people!"

"Also, this time the Japanese army attacked us, and many Japanese and puppet troops were snobbished in each village and jumped up again. Many villages were again controlled by traitors who were working hard by the Japanese. I need troops to support them, eliminate these landlords, and distribute the land controlled by the traitors to the people free of charge. In this way, during the autumn harvest, we can receive grain taxes and reduce the logistics pressure of the troops."

"Also, to divide the land to ordinary people and then collect taxes on them, there is another advantage, that is, to force local landlords and gentry to reduce rent and interest. When the tax we collect is low, the people will plant the land we distribute to them, and will not serve as tenants for landlords and gentry who have high grain rents. Without tenants, their fields will be deserted, but the tax that should be paid to us must be paid. They can only reduce the grain rent, and then someone will give them land, and they will have a harvest."

"Also, after the base is built, each village will definitely form guerrillas, district squadrons, and district squadrons to protect their own property and then fight against the Japanese. This also requires the support of the regiment commander, sending troops to help each village form and train guerrillas. If possible, it is best to send some military backbones to directly join the district squadrons and district squadrons as commanders and train and command their operations."

Wang Ping quickly understood and agreed to send troops without much thought.

The three battalions attacked together in companies, carrying mortars and heavy machine guns. In a few days, half of the traitors in Laiyuan suffered a devastating blow.

The remaining traitors finally realized that they were afraid and hid in the county to seek protection from the Japanese.

Although Ono is very apart, he is also very unwilling to accept it.

But it was very difficult for me to even defend Laiyuan City. How could I send troops out of the city to protect these villages that I definitely couldn't defend?

Therefore, these people had to give up their property and land outside the city, and Ono could only watch the Eighth Route Army turn the rural areas around the county into their base.

"The regiment commander, you need to issue orders to establish local guerrillas, district squadrons, and county brigades. The commanders of these troops also need to make decisions. After all, after the guerrillas are established, they will also have combat tasks, and they will cooperate with the main force to fight?" A few days later, the political commissar Cheng Xiao found Wang Ping again.

"How is the guerrilla formation?" Wang Pingyi answered directly.

"The effect is very good!" Cheng Xiao answered happily.

"After eliminating the traitors and bullies in each village, each household divided the land and the grain. Although there were not many fields, it was still no problem to support the family after deducting the grain tax."

"In order to defend these lands, everyone is very motivated to join the guerrillas. The smaller villages have a platoon, the larger villages have a company of guerrillas. The larger guerrillas in Laiyuan have a total of more than 6,000 people!"

Wang Ping came to this world and has been his most leisurely days these days.

After hearing about Cheng Xiao’s establishment of the base a few days ago, Wang Ping realized that although his rebirth brought a lot of advanced military ideas and concepts, he also forgot one of the fundamental reasons why the Eighth Route Army could defeat the Japanese invaders in this era, the People’s War!

I don't want to know, I'm shocked when I think about it.

The use of the People's War in the eight-year war of resistance could not be replaced by any force.

Let me talk about a simple data. During the eight years of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the main force of the Jin-Cha-Hebei base area expanded from thousands of people at that time to more than 300,000 people later, and its troops expanded more than a hundred times. However, the militia troops in the base area not only expanded from scratch, but also directly expanded to a scale of more than 900,000 people.

The soldiers who joined the main force basically came from the militia.

Moreover, the base area fought countless battles over eight years, almost all of which were inseparable from the support or help of militias.

Since militia is so important, Wang Ping must pay attention to it. Not to mention anything else, the day when the militia alone can provide the main force with qualified soldiers who have been trained is enough for Wang Ping to pay attention to him.

So, before Cheng Xiao came, Wang Ping thought about how to develop the militia troops well.

However, after hearing that the number of militias in Laiyuan exceeded 6,000 in a few days, Wang Ping not only did not have any smile on his face, but instead wrinkled into a big Sichuan boy!
Chapter completed!