Chapter 291: Labor Reform

Mei Ting has been working in Beiping for a while, except for Qiuquan, Shanhu and Zhao Yuhe, no one else in the independent division has ever seen it, and Mei Ting can only guess from the people she comes into contact with.

The independent division was a completely unfamiliar place to her, and she was shocked to see so many high-ranking officers gathered together, more than a dozen major generals alone, and even more with the rank of colonel.

In any division-level troops, there is never a reason for so many generals, just by looking at the number of officers, you know how strong the independent division is, under the gaze of these all male officers, Mei Ting found that in terms of her lowest military rank, those who are eligible to participate in the meeting are the directors of the headquarters of the headquarters, and the officers above the rank of the head of the field force are all with the rank of colonel.

Mei Ting was embarrassed to find that where was her seat? The long conference table was filled by nearly a hundred officers, only in the chairman's position, there were two empty chairs, obviously, one was the division commander Tang Qiuli, and that one was obviously not what Mei Ting's level could do.

Mei Ting felt a little helpless for the first time, especially when these officers looked at her with strange eyes, feeling that they were outsiders at all, and their cheeks were burning as if they were burning.

Tang Qiu left without noticing Mei Ting's embarrassment, he has never paid attention to what seats are arranged during the meeting, and in later generations, he has always adopted the strategy of talking about him and sleeping with me when he goes to the rostrum.

Now, he found that Mei Ting did not have a seat, so he immediately beckoned her to sit in the empty seat next to him, and under the eyes of the officers with complicated feelings in amazement, he reluctantly sat down as if he was on pins and needles, not to mention how awkward it was.

At the conference table next to Tang Qiuli, Liu Tiehan and Qiusheng glanced at each other and didn't say anything, Tang Qiuli didn't care who was in that seat at all.

For this beautiful lieutenant colonel, the senior officers of the independent division can be said to have a sense of rejection from the heart, especially her origin, which makes these people very jealous, especially walking with the division commander all the way, they can't help but doubt Mei Ting's intentions, and there are many more guesses.

Tang Qiuli brought Mei Ting to the Huangya Cave base area, it was after careful consideration, Mei Ting is the director of the independent division political work designated by the Ministry of Military Affairs, always let her wander away from the army, artificially isolate her, after a long time, Mei Ting will inevitably be suspicious, but there is no silver three hundred taels here, it is self-defeating, this military commander must pay attention to the army's every move, then think about dealing with her all day long, and don't have to do anything.

The meeting quickly turned to the main topic, and the officers who rushed to various places, after reporting the actual situation, were a little unable to lift their spirits, and even Liu Tiehan and Qiusheng were at a loss, and finally, they turned their eyes to the division commander for help.

Tang Qiuli looked at everyone with a smile, these old guys were telling the truth, he didn't say anything, he just wanted everyone to use their brains, they will all be hard hands on their own in the future, and they should have the ability to handle affairs independently.

Mei Ting was surprised to find that in this collective, Tang Qiuli was the real backbone, although he was the youngest, those officers who would be starry looked at the division commander's gaze, and did not hide that kind of respect and worship.

Seeing this, Mei Ting's psychology has a great sense of pride, that girl doesn't want the man she likes to be worshiped by others, this is a hero complex, although she has a relationship with Tang Qiuli, she can't even talk about a single stroke, which does not hinder her little vanity.

Seeing that everyone was going crazy, Tang Qiuli slowly explained his own method of dealing with it and opened a large-scale labor camp.

This is a decision he made after careful consideration, when considering how to deal with these people, the "strike hard" of later generations gave him a lot of inspiration, the social security at that time, chaos to the extreme, ** with this thunderous means, after a few times, the residue of the society was swept away, and the form of social security shì has been fundamentally changed.

The current situation is similar to that time, the only difference is that they are the ones in power, these people stay in the local area, not to mention the danger in the township, once the Sino-Japanese war breaks out in an all-round way, these guys, 100% of the traitor materials, can not underestimate the destructive power of these people, they are all snakes on the ground, there are mountains, there are holes, it is clear, and the danger is greater than that of the Japanese.

Of course, the name can't be called a labor reform farm, Tang Qiuli came up with a good name, called "North China Labor Reform", in an inaccessible and remote mountain, find a place with fertile soil and sufficient water, gather these people there, take care of them by the army, and farm the land for me.

The more Tang Qiuli thought about it, the more he felt that he was very smart, these guys can't be raised for nothing, they have to create zào value, how to create zào? Only work, I don't believe in a day's work, and I still think about stealing chickens and touching dogs

Influence you, educate you, and let you be a new person in labor, having said that, Tang Qiuli has no plan at all, let these dangerous guys out, and wait until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War

As soon as Tang Qiuli explained the method to these senior officers, the conference room was opened at that time, and everyone almost bowed and worshipped, and the problem that had plagued him for many days was easily solved, and it was like opening a small window in his heart, especially Li Honggang, who felt that the division commander's method was really incredible, and such a whimsical method could be thought of, how did the division commander's head grow?

Following this line of thought, everyone made the plan even more perfect, and the special operations detachment in Qiuquan drew out a part of its troops to first inspect the address of the reformatory in the early stage, and the troops in various places gathered the personnel who needed to be reformed, and waited until everything was ready, and escorted them in a unified manner.

After this problem was solved, there was no pressure in everyone's hearts, and the atmosphere of the meeting was lively.

Another important issue is the issue of the expansion of the troops, and as a result of the efforts of the various task forces over this period of time, more than 38,000 recruits have been recruited, and training is now being intensified so that they can be assigned to the units by the end of this year.

Tang Qiuli didn't expect that in a few months, so many recruits had been recruited, and the total strength of the troops had reached more than 115,000 people, plus more than 47,000 troops of the 29th Army, and the number of troops he could mobilize reached 160,000.

With such a lion in hand, the Japanese in North China should not want to make any big waves, completely delay the pace of Japan's invasion of China in North China, so that the war will not spread to the Chinese mainland, and they will have a good deal with the little devils in North China.

The only flaw is that the equipment of the 29th Army is still much worse and can only be replenished slowly.

Tang Qiuli's thinking has jumped out of the current meeting and thrown himself into the future battlefield, and taking Taihang Mountain as a base is a necessity for the future survival and development of the troops.

Taihang Mountain, stretching for more than 800 miles, lies across the land of North China, known as the "roof of North China", the shape is steep, has always been regarded as a place of military importance, from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, more than 2,000 years of beacon fire.

The mountain is cut by a number of rivers, many horizontal valleys, there are many dangerous passes, the local is called "陉", there is the name of "Taihang Eight Mountains" in ancient times, it is an important channel for east-west traffic, the west can go directly to the Shanxi Plateau, and even the great northwest, the north can go up to Recha, the Mongolian Plateau, the east refers to the North China Great Plain, the Shandong Peninsula, the Bohai Bay is visible, the south can enter the territory of Henan, and go directly to the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Since ancient times, it has been a battleground for soldiers, and after the July 7 Incident, the Eighth Route Army, which was reorganized by the Red Army, relied on this to entrust the main force of the Japanese army invading China here, so that it could not afford a large-scale southward invasion, and could not draw troops to support the Central Plains battlefield.

In Tang Qiuli's mind, there was a scene on Taihang Mountain, the flag swept in the west wind, the flames of the War of Resistance everywhere, and the soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy. It's all inexplicable.

Tang Qiuli looked like this, the old men of the independent division, like Qiusheng, Liu Tiehan, and Feng Jiwu, they had all seen it, and they knew that the division commander was distracted again, and thinking of the problem was no longer the content of the meeting.

Most of the officers hadn't seen it, so they all stopped talking, and looked at the division commander smirking there, Liu Tiehan coughed a few times, intending to wake up Tang Qiuli, and don't let the officers, especially Mei Ting, lose their temper in front of them, helpless, and ineffective.

Mei Ting was closest to Tang Qiu, she had already found out that something was wrong, and she was in a hurry, if she reminded him at this time, he would lose face, but it was not a way to go on like this, these subordinates still didn't think that their division commander was a psychopath?

Mei Ting was in a hurry, and she didn't care about everyone's eyes watching, stretched out her slender hand, and quietly pulled Tang Qiuli's sleeve, there was no reaction at the first time, Mei Ting's increased strength, this time there was a reaction, and the reaction was a little unexpected.

"Oh, Director May, you pull my sleeve, what's the matter?" Tang Qiuli turned his face to the side and asked in a daze, turning his head too violently, Mei Ting was defenseless, the heads of the two of them touched together, this time, the conference room burst into laughter, Mei Ting's little face was red like a fire burning, and her heart jumped like a deer.

Tang Qiuli reacted at this time, he was distracted by the meeting, he was too distracted, he didn't care, he touched his head and said repeatedly: "Distracted, distracted, let's continue," turned his face and asked, "Director Mei, are you okay?" "This is good, it is purely superfluous, and the senior officers present don't care about their image, and they almost sit on the ground with laughter.

Mei Ting couldn't sit still anymore, and hurriedly stood up: "Master, I suddenly thought about something, I want to send a telegram to Deputy Director Huang of Beiping, I'll go first" Without waiting for Tang Qiuli to agree, he hurriedly saluted, turned his head and escaped from the conference room.

Mei Ting's delicate attitude as a child made the officers present have a great impression of her, it turns out that the people in the military command are not all cold-blooded animals, look at Mei Ting's appearance just now, she is no different from ordinary girls, and she knows how to be shy and blush.

The meeting ended in a joyous atmosphere, and the officers laughed and talked about the interesting incident that had just happened as they walked.

Tang Qiuli stayed in Huangya Cave for three days, checked the defense deployment here, and was very satisfied with Brother Qiusheng's work.

Three days later, with Mei Ting, escorted by the guard troops, he left Huangya Cave and rushed back to Beiping, where there were still many things to deal with.

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