The third part of the bloody war, Chapter 9, Running, Section 2, the battle after the war

"Please pay attention to the disaster victims in the city. Please note that the Zhengzhou Municipal Government has set up a porridge shed in the eastern suburbs, southern suburbs and western suburbs. Please go and get the porridge immediately."

Early the next morning, citizens in Zhengzhou were awakened by the loud speakers on the noisy propaganda car. Seven or eight propaganda cars that were converted overnight were slowly advancing on the street. There were more soldiers patrolling the streets than before, and groups of victims and beggars rushed out of the city.

"In order to help Henan disaster victims, all the troops in Henan donated half of the military rations and came from the commander of the village to provide food for one meal a day."

"Kan the newspaper and call the police headquarters to announce the takeover of the Zhengzhou Police Department and conduct an investigation of all police officers."

"The Kanbao Kanbao War Zone Command ordered the implementation of prices in the province and established a price control committee. Those who raise prices without authorization during the control period will be severely punished."

"Kanbao, Jianbao, the city's industrial and commercial personnel jointly announced the establishment of a disaster relief committee, calling on the people of the province to mobilize, declare war on drought, and relieve the victims."

Overnight, it seemed as if the whole city was mobilized, and many voluntary stations appeared on the streets. Young students were raising donations from the public on the streets with donations boxes, and circulating them on the streets with flyers. The citizens of Zhengzhou were a little uncomfortable with this sudden change. In the afternoon, the number of people at the voluntary station gradually increased. Citizens began to take out their extra clothes and hand over the voluntary stations to the voluntary stations.

The general mobilization to relieve the drought in Henan began the next day. The next day, the officers of the garrison and above who came from all over the province, the Henan Provincial Government, Henan Rescue Committee, the Secretary-General of the Henan Three Youth League, Chairman of the Henan New Life Movement Committee, the Stationmaster of the Military Commission Henan Station, the Mayor of the Military Commission North China District, the Stationmaster of the Central Commission Henan Station, and the Director of the Party Department of Henan Province, all gathered in a manor in the southern suburbs of Zhengzhou to attend the disaster relief mobilization meeting chaired by Zhuang Jihua.

"Before the meeting, I will announce the order of the President of the National Government," Zhuang Jihua looked at the officials of various departments and a large number of reporters below. Today's meeting was open and reporters were allowed to enter the venue to attend the meeting.

"The President of the National Government Order, General Tang Enbo was appointed as the commander of Henan Security, Mr. Li Peiji was appointed as the chairman of Henan Province, Xiao Sanmu was appointed as the director of Henan Civil Affairs, Luo Lintao (formerly Secretary-General of the Party Department of Sichuan Province) was appointed as the director of Henan Province, and Zhang Guangxing was appointed as the director of Henan Construction Department..."

After the announcement of the appointment, Zhuang Jihua began to announce the topic of today's meeting: "You should know that since last year, there has been drought in Henan Province, and the grain has almost no harvest. Millions of Henan people are on the front line of life and death. All walks of life in Zhengzhou have started to take action yesterday. The chairman ordered that 500,000 stones of grain be allocated from the rear, and the Air Force will urgently transport it to Henan, and another million French currency will be allocated to purchase grain in Hunan and Guangdong. In addition, the former departments of the Fifth War Zone have received orders to save half of the military rations and send it to Henan to provide relief to the victims.

But I must say that this is not enough. The drought in Henan is so large that it is affected by the number of people. It is rare in a century. You guys, this is a more difficult battle than eliminating the Japanese invaders. We must urgently mobilize and unite the people of the whole province to overcome this difficulty."

Henan Provincial Chairman Li Peiji is still in Chongqing, and the Director of the Civil Affairs Department Xiao Sanmu is still in Guizhou. The temporary presidency of the Provincial Government is Zhang Guangxing, the Director of the Construction Department. After Zhuang Jihua finished speaking, Zhang Guangxing immediately stood up: "Commander Zhuang, the disaster situation in western Henan and southern Henan has been controlled. Now the key is eastern Henan and central Henan. These two areas are Xinguangfu areas, and the local government is still pseudo-government personnel. The county government has run away. The county government has no one to work at all. The provincial government has no idea how many disaster victims are there. How to rescue this disaster relief?"

"It doesn't matter. It can be done by the garrison. In addition, your provincial government must send cadres as soon as possible to restore the local administration. I ask you, how much time does it take?" Zhuang Jihua immediately asked.

"This," Zhang Guangxing hesitated: "Chairman Li has not taken office yet, and he must wait until he arrives..."

"It's a special period, and special matters should be handled," Zhuang Jihua immediately interrupted him, and then thought for a while and said, "What you said may make sense, then this is the case. The division commander serves as the regional commissioner, the regiment commander serves as the county magistrate, and the battalion commander serves as the police chief. The troops are trained and reorganized, and the deputy presided over the presidency. The Henan Disaster Relief Committee is established, and I serve as the president, Deputy Commander Tang serves as the vice president, and Director Zhang, you are wronged as the vice president, Mr. Jia Zhongxian serves as the secretary-general, Mr. Gao Zhengming, the president of the National Rescue Council, and Mr. Bie Tingfang, the leader of the Henan Militia Corps, serves as the committee member."

As soon as these articles were released, the venue was shocked. No one expected that Zhuang Jihua would actually order military control in Henan. To know that the implementation of military control must be approved by the Military Commission, Zhuang Jihua made this decision today. What's more important is that he decided to members of the Disaster Relief Committee without asking for opinions from others.

Zhuang Jihua was extremely tough and confident. No one expressed his opinion in the entire venue, and the few people named as vice president did not express any comments at all.

Zhang Guangxing breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had lost ten thousand pounds of burden. At this time, it was definitely not a good job to be in charge of Henan. If the war was not mentioned, disaster relief alone would be awesome. Henan's finances were not enough to support and provide relief to this famine. Without the strong support of the central government, Henan alone would not be able to overcome this famine. But as far as he knew, the central government's finances were also extremely tense and could not strongly support Henan. Zhuang Jihua just announced that the central government provided 500,000 stones to Henan as a proof of the evidence. 500,000 stones sounded a lot, but how long could it actually be supported? It won't last more than three days.

"Secondly, the provincial government must establish an administrative system for the whole province within half a month to identify the original pseudo-government employees who have any bloody cases must be investigated."

"Third, immediately start registering household registration in the province, issuing ID cards, implementing grain control, salt control, cloth control, edible oil control, and implementing unified grain purchase."

"Fourth, all tax burdens in Henan Province this year and next year will be exempted from all taxes, including military rations."

At today's meeting, Zhuang Jihua was extremely tough and issued a series of orders without discussing with anyone, distinguishing each step of disaster relief clearly. The tasks that must be completed at each stage and the punishment they will be punished without completing the punishment he would be given. He even quitted the military rations. Everyone was shocked.

In the subsequent allocation of jurisdictions, he was even more tough, and divided the eastern Henan and Shangqiu areas to the 48th Army and the Seventh Army, the Zhongmu Kaifeng in Zhengzhou to the 31st Army, Lanfeng, Kaocheng, and Minquan to the New Eighth Army. The remaining troops, each army was divided into two counties, transferred the First Army from Hubei, allocated the Zhoukou area in southern Henan to them, and asked Lan Yundong to lead the advance team in person and arrive within three days.

Finally, Zhuang Jihua stood up and stared at the attendees with a stern look. He ordered: "Any disaster relief supplies, embezzlement, kill misappropriate, kill deducted, kill robbers, kill from now on, let the victims have a meal within three days. After three days, if anyone starved to death occurs, the local chief will be held accountable."

The four consecutive kills made everyone shudder. Tang Enbo's heart was shocked and expressionless. He felt a little disappointed. After Zhuang Jihua mentioned the chairman of Henan Province the day before yesterday, he immediately called Chongqing, hoping to get this position. However, unexpectedly, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Li Peiji, only gave him a security commander, and called him to let him control the troops and be Zhuang Jihua's assistant, which made him very depressed.

"It's so good to kill." A thin old man stood up and cheered: "The people of Henan were unfortunate and suffered this difficult disaster in a century. The chairman said that the founding of the country in the War of Resistance Against Japan, what is the founding of the country in the War of Resistance Against Japan? This is the founding of the country in the War of Resistance Against Japan. The sage said that the heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are straw dogs. The people of Henan, fortunately met General Zhuang and led a benevolent army, which is a great blessing in disguise. The people of our thirteen counties in western Henan will never sweep away the snow in front of their own. The people of western Henan have mobilized to donate all the food in stock and 100,000 stones to support the disaster area."

When Tang Enbo saw it, he sneered and cursed in his heart, "Old thing, you really know how to seize the opportunity. Don't Tingfang build a kingdom in western Henan. Don't think that relying on Zhuang Jihua can make your kingdom continue. However, he didn't know that Zhuang Jihua is the most unacceptable to such a kingdom. This time, you may lose your wife and your army."

Bei Tingfang is the actual controller of the thirteen counties in western Henan and the commander-in-chief of the thirteen counties. He runs schools and factories in western Henan, strictly implements rural construction and runs agriculture. The situation in western Henan was not good last year and was also affected by drought. However, after last year's relief, he also repaired water conservancy facilities in winter. After spring starts this year, the spring plowing situation is good, and once the summer harvest arrives, the famine can pass, so he dares to make such a big move at the meeting.

"Mr. Western Henan is also affected by the disaster. It's better to keep some food," Zhuang Jihua refused to accept it: "Half, 50,000 stones."

"No, half a month ago, I had sent someone to Hunan to buy grain. Before I came, I received a telegram and had bought 70,000 shi of grain, which would be transported to it in half a month." Bie Tingfang replied without hesitation: "Also, we repaired the water conservancy facilities last winter. Before I came, the thirteen counties in western Henan had completed sowing, and the drought this year has passed."

Zhuang Jihua nodded: "Okay, 100,000 stones, I will send someone to Shangqiu immediately."

"Cultural Revolution, don't be too anxious." Feng Gui said slowly at this time. He arrived in Zhengzhou yesterday and was sitting next to Zhuang Jihua. He had been watching coldly for a long time. During the entire meeting, Tang Enbo and Zhang Guangxing said nothing. Zhuang Jihua's disaster relief plan was full of flaws. The army was suppressed too much. If it was not satisfactory, it might cause a mutiny. However, when he spoke, Beitingfang and Gao Zhengming immediately glared.

"What are your opinions, sir?" Zhuang Jihua turned his head and asked.

"When the wars in eastern Henan were severely damaged, the water conservancy facilities were severely damaged. This is the first one. Secondly, the Air Force required the establishment of at least ten airports in Henan, and also required the establishment of eight radar stations. In the Cultural Revolution, I think it can be used for relief." Feng Gui's tone was still slow. As soon as he said this, the murderous eyes from Be Tingfang and Gao Zhengming disappeared suddenly.

"Mr. Feng said very much. In addition to drought, we are still in war." Bei Tingfang nodded and praised him for his goodness.

With the establishment of the Disaster Relief Committee, the huge government machinery began to operate. The departments sent troops to the disaster areas according to the areas assigned by the meeting. The National Rescue Committee also mobilized more than 30 teams to travel to all parts of the province to form branches in various places to assist in disaster relief.

Call for monthly ticket support
Chapter completed!