A heavy snow in early winter wiped out most of the traces of the war. The refugees finally moved into newly built houses before the snow came. The food transported from all over the place ensured that they could survive this winter and their lives began to gradually get on track. Trains loaded with various supplies were speeding on the railway. The railway troops led by Yu Peidi finally restored and opened the two railways before the heavy snow fell.

This winter is not idle. A large number of migrant workers work at various airports in Shandong. Young and middle-aged people who stay at home participate in reserve training every day. In addition to these, some new things have made villagers slowly accept it. The county government has appointed a village chief. The county party department sent a party chief. The villagers soon discovered that the power of the party chief is greater than that of the village. Most of the young party chiefs are young students who have just come out of school. Their enthusiasm soon set off a wave of anti-Japanese war construction on the land of Qilu.

The young party director put the villagers in rebuilding their homes and building roads. The villagers were quickly reorganized, and young and middle-aged people were organized into the reserve team to participate in military training during the slack season. The village chief took the villagers to the airport and other construction sites to participate in construction. More than 20 airports were built in Shandong.

In addition to the airport, the Shandong Provincial Government also started to repair water conservancy facilities and road transportation networks, and built a large number of migrant workers. In addition, in addition to government projects, a group of former Shandong industrialists who moved to the southwest flew back to Shandong and began to build factories in Jinan and Qingdao and other places. An investment group formed by shareholders of Sichuan Development Company came to Shandong for inspection and decided to invest in and build three factories in Jinan.

The economy is recovering rapidly, and the front line is still calm. The Japanese army continues to assemble in North China. "But beyond the expectations of the Chinese generals," the Japanese army's assemblage speed is slower than estimated. Except for the five divisions transferred from the Soviet-Russian battlefield, all the two divisions on the Mongolian battlefield can no longer come." Only four divisions were arrived at the six divisions drawn on the Jiangnan battlefield. However, the four divisions drawn by the Southern Army are still far away.

〖China's side, however, was gathered. The 74th Army of the New First Army, drawn from the Myanmar battlefield, arrived in North China at the end of November, and the New Eighth Army and the 112th Army also arrived in Wuhan. However, this was not enough. After Chiang Kai-shek returned from Tehran, he ordered the 71st Army (Captain Wang Jingjiu) and the 72nd Army (Captain Feng Shengfa) and the 53rd Army of the Northeast Army (Captain Zhou Fucheng) to head north and set out to the Red North China War Zone: the 6th Tank Brigade newly compiled in Sichuan was also transferred to the North China War Zone.

In addition to the huge changes in rural society, industries have also begun to recover slowly. Especially those industries related to war are even more amazing. After five months of restoration and reconstruction, the Hanyang Arsenal began to produce light weapons and mortars. At the same time, the restoration and reconstruction work of the Hanyang Steel Plant has also begun, and steel production will be resumed next spring.

The former Gongxian Arsenal in Henan Province was completely damaged at the beginning of its retreat, but the Japanese army did not continue to advance westward after occupying Zhengzhou, and this place became the forefront of confrontation with the Japanese army. Wei Lihuang built a simple weapon repair office here. After Yu Dawei inspected, he decided to rebuild the Gongxian Arsenal on this basis. So far, the arsenal has started construction and some equipment has been shipped. These equipment were not imported from the United States. They were made by Chongqing themselves.

The Hao Pengju incident, which once caused a bipartisan crisis, has quietly calmed down more than two months later. Hao Pengju was sentenced to 20 years in prison by the military court in Chongqing, and he can only spend his entire life in prison.

After dealing with Hao Pengju, the training of the puppet army went very smoothly. The officers below the platoon and above of the puppet army entered the officer Zaozhuang officer teaching team to study again. The regiment commander and above entered the Shangqiu Senior Officer School to study, and all the soldiers were dispersed and mixed into the 59th Army. The "59th Army was expanded into the 51st Army. The two armies under the jurisdiction of the 59th Army and the new 19th Army" act commander Wang Guobin. Wang Guobin may become the first fifth-year academician to surpass many seniors in Huangpu and serve as the commander of the group army.

Of course, Wang Guobin knew how many eyes he had to do. After accepting the task, he built twenty brigade-level training bases between Yanzhou and Zaozhuang in a very short time. The 59th Army established six large training bases along the Zaozhuang to Yanzhou according to the division scale, and the bases were trained three times a day. Wang Guobin also copied the training methods of the First Division of the Northern Expedition Army. Every week, he drove a jeep every day and drove back and forth between the bases.

The villagers near this road had long been familiar with the constant chariots of Mercedes-Benzers, and even the appearance of tanks and armored vehicles near the village could not arouse their surprise, so this time a string of jeeps came out of the base, but they did not attract their attention. The fields in winter were white, and the flat fields were endless. There were only a few elderly people carrying bamboo bags on the road. They followed the road and collected horse manure and donkey manure on the road, and then piled them into their own fields.

The snow on the road has been trampled into mud by passing cars and horses. The quality of the road is not very good, because it is only tamped with soil for the construction period. When the snow water is poured, it is soft and the mud is turned up from the ground. The load-loading truck presses the road out of some pits and silts into ponds.

The jeep was driving on the road in a bumpy manner. Zhuang Jihua sat in the back seat wrapped in a coat. The jeep's convertible hood was already up, but the wind continued to pour in from outside. Wu Ziniu was still sitting in the passenger seat as usual, while He Zhonghan was sitting next to Zhuang Jihua. Gong Xiuhua did not come with her this time, so she stayed in Jinan to maintain contact with Zhou Enlai.

The negotiations with ** have lasted for more than a month. After the preliminary results were achieved, the double convenience no longer concessions. The stalemate continued in the army organization, equipment, and territory. China insisted on increasing the organization of two armies, and the territory should be increased in the western part of Suiyuan and Rehe. Zhuang Jihua proposed to add one army to exchange Hebei territory for Suiyuan, while Rehe was firmly rejected.

In private, Zhou Enlai proposed that a coalition of three parties should form a coalition to march into the Northeast together. Zhuang Jihua refused or agreed, which aroused his vigilance. He guessed that his plan was noticed by them. He booked the Northeast and would never interfere.

The negotiations were deadlocked, and Zhuang Jihua simply left on the excuse of going to Zaozhuang for inspection. He hoped to use this method to tell Zhou Enlai that he was not afraid of the breakdown of the negotiations and was not afraid of the uncooperation of the **. Not only did he leave Jinan, but He Zhonghan also went to Zaozhuang with him.

This trip opened He Zhonghan's eyes. Zhuang Jihua casually ordered a group at Zaozhuang base. In seven minutes, the whole group was pulled to the training ground, and then two companies were transferred to the tactical confrontation training. After all the C cuts were completed, he casually selected a company to conduct field civil engineering exercises. Finally, he went to the base headquarters and randomly checked several training reports, from the company to the regiment report.

Zhuang Jihua's vision was extremely sharp, and he quickly caught the loopholes in several reports," and then he was severely criticized, leaving no sympathy for Wang Guobin. However, in the end, Zhuang Jihua was still satisfied with the overall situation, especially the technical and tactical abilities shown in the confrontation exercise.

The training outline of the 51st Group Army this time has been summarized and revised several times, and is very close to actual combat. From defense tactics to attack tactics, especially attack tactics, there are added combinations of air and ground, and combinations of infrastor and artillery tactics. However, Zhuang Jihua's most strict inspections are four groups and one team, and basic tactics such as earthwork.

The puppet army reorganized here is the troops of Sun Liangcheng, Wu Huawen, Pang Bingxun and others. These people all came from the Northwest Army. The troops had a certain Northwest Army tradition and were full of great swords. Warfare was warfare, but the history of the puppet army has greatly reduced their morale. After this period of ideological education, morale has recovered.

"Wencao, I think this army is seriously short of grassroots officers."

He Zhonghan was still confused in his heart, and he kept holding back and didn't ask, but now he finally asked.

Zhuang Jihua nodded gently, and the fifty-ninth Army was fission into two armies, so the officers were naturally insufficient. However, he had a certain plan in his mind.

"The grassroots officers trained by the officers' school will graduate in two months and can be assigned to the army before the Spring Festival." Zhuang Jihua explained in a low voice that some of these officers will be eliminated in the local area, and the best performers will return to the army to serve as grassroots officers.

The speed of the assembly of Japan was lower than expected, which was good news. Zhuang Jihua's idea was to launch an attack in the spring. He did not want to be disturbed by Japan during this period.

He Zhonghan also guessed Zhuang Jihua's method, but he still had questions: "Wencao, you used to advocate that the army commander should train the army personally so that you can be familiar with the army and the soldiers."

"There is no way, a temporary solution." Zhuang Jihua looked out the window. The jeep in winter was very cold, far less than a car, but Zhuang Jihua insisted on riding the jeep. At this time, Zhuang Jihua signaled the driver to stop the car and asked Wu Ziniu to put away the convertible.

"Wencao, this day" He Zhonghan was stunned in the face of Zhuang Jihua's request and couldn't help but object. Zhuang Jihua smiled faintly: "It's not the same as having this or not. It's still the same cold."

"Why don't you choose a car?" He Zhonghan asked again after hesitating.

"The biggest advantage of a jeep is that it allows soldiers to see you, which is very important to the army. Soldiers will have confidence when they see their commanders." Zhuang Jihua said: "I want to choose a car, and they will also choose a car in the future."

After hearing this, He Zhonghan nodded slightly. Wu Ziniu and the driver worked together to put away the convertible. Zhuang Jihua's car stopped and the entire convoy also stopped. It didn't take much time to put the convertible. However, Zhuang Jihua didn't seem to have plans to get on the bus immediately. Instead, he walked along the roadside path to a ridge, squatted down and cleared the snow to reveal the soil below. He grabbed the soil and smelled it at the tip of his nose, and then threw it down.

"The auspicious snow is coming to a good harvest, and next year's days are probably going to be better." He Zhonghan walked over and approached Zhuang Jihua, and Wang Guobin also came here...!~!
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