Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 291 Reform through labor

Mei Ting has been in Peiping for a while and has been working in Peiping. Except for Qiuquan, Shanhu and Zhao Yuhe, she has never seen anyone else in the army. She has no idea about this distant and mysterious force.

Mei Ting could only make partial guesses from the people she came into contact with.

The Army Division was a completely unfamiliar place to her. Suddenly she saw so many senior officers gathered together. There were more than ten major generals alone, and even more with the rank of colonel. She was so surprised that her eyes widened. It was so...

Shocked.

There is absolutely no reason for there to be so many generals in any division-level unit of the **. Just looking at the number of officers, one can tell how powerful the ** division is. Under the gaze of these all-male officers, Mei Ting discovered that her own

The lowest military rank and those eligible to participate in the meeting are the division chiefs of the headquarters and officers above the level of field force commanders, all with the rank of colonel.

Mei Ting found out awkwardly, where was her seat? The long conference table was filled with nearly a hundred officers. Only the chairperson's seat had two empty chairs. Obviously, one chair belonged to the division commander Tang Qiuli.

That one was obviously not something Mei Ting could do at her level.

Mei Ting felt a little at a loss for the first time, especially when these officers looked at her with strange eyes. She felt that she was an outsider at all, and her cheeks were as hot as fire.

Tang Qiu left without noticing Mei Ting's embarrassment. He never paid attention to the arrangement of seats during meetings. In later generations, when leaders went to the rostrum and talked nonsense, he always used them.

Tell him, I'll use my strategy.

Now, he found that Mei Ting did not have a seat, and immediately asked her to sit in the empty seat next to him. Under the surprised and complicated eyes of the officers, he reluctantly sat down as if on pins and needles, not to mention how awkward he felt.

Sitting next to Tang Qiuli at the conference table, Liu Tiehan and Qiu Sheng looked at each other without saying anything. Tang Qiuli didn't care who was in that seat.

It can be said that the senior officers of the division feel repulsed by this beautiful lieutenant colonel, especially her background, which makes these people very afraid, especially when she is traveling with the division commander.

It made them doubt Mei Ting's intentions and gave them a lot of guesses.

Tang Qiuli took Mei Ting to the Huangyadong base area after careful consideration. Mei Ting was the director of the Political Work Division of the ** division designated by the Ministry of Military Affairs. He always kept her away from the army and artificially isolated her.

, as time goes by, Mei Ting will inevitably become suspicious. On the contrary, there is no three hundred taels of silver here, which is self-defeating. If this military commander pays attention to every move of the troops, then he can just think about dealing with her all day long, and there is no need to do anything.

The meeting quickly turned to the main topic. After reporting the actual situation, the officers who rushed to various places were a little depressed. Even Liu Tiehan and Qiu Sheng were at a loss. Finally, they turned their attention to the division commander for help.

Tang Qiuli looked at everyone with a smile. These old guys were telling the truth. He didn't express his position for a long time just because he wanted everyone to use their brains. From now on, they will all stand alone and have the ability to handle affairs independently.

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Mei Ting was surprised to find that in this group, Tang Qiuli was the real backbone, even though he was the youngest. Those officers with shining stars looked at the division commander with unabashed respect and admiration.

Seeing this, Mei Ting felt a great sense of pride. That girl didn't want the man she liked to be worshiped by others. This was a kind of hero complex, even though her relationship with Tang Qiuli was not even a horoscope.

There's not even a word to talk about, which doesn't hinder her little vanity.

Seeing that everyone was going crazy, Tang Qiuli slowly explained his solution and opened a large-scale labor camp.

This was a decision he made after careful consideration. When considering how to deal with these people, the "severe crackdowns" of later generations gave him great inspiration. The social security at that time was in extreme chaos, so he used this thunderous method.

, several times later, the remnants of society were wiped out, and the social security situation was fundamentally changed.

The situation now is similar to that then. The only difference is that he is the one in power. Not only do these people stay in the local area and harm the countryside, but once the Sino-Japanese war breaks out, these guys are 100% traitor materials.

Don't underestimate the destructive power of these people. They are all local snakes. There are mountains and caves there. They are all very clear. They are more dangerous than the Japanese.

Of course, the name cannot be called a labor camp. Tang Qiuli came up with a good name, "North China Labor Reformatory." He found a place with fertile soil and sufficient water in an inaccessible and remote mountain, and gathered all these people there.

There, the troops will take care of it and give me the land to farm.

The more Tang Qiuli thought about it, the more he felt that he was extremely smart. These guys couldn't be kept in vain, they had to create value, and how to create it? With only labor, I didn't believe that they could finish the work in a day, and they still had the time to think about sneaky things!

I will reform you through labor, educate you, and make you a new person. Even so, Tang Qiuli has no plans to release these dangerous guys until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War!

As soon as Tang Qiuli explained the method to these senior officers, the meeting room was abuzz, and everyone almost bowed down. The problem that had been bothering them for many days was solved. It was like a small window had been opened in their hearts. Especially Li Honggang, he felt

The teacher's method is really unbelievable. He can come up with such fantastic ideas. How did the teacher's head grow?

Following this idea, everyone further perfected the plan. Qiuquan's special operations detachment detached some of its troops to conduct preliminary inspections of the location of the reformatory. Troops from various places gathered together those who needed reformation and escorted them together when everything was ready.

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After this problem was solved, everyone felt less stressed and the atmosphere of the meeting became more lively.

Another important topic is the issue of troop expansion. Through the efforts of various work teams during this period, a total of more than 38,000 new recruits have been recruited. Training is now being stepped up and they will be assigned to various units by the end of this year.

Tang Qiuli did not expect that in a few months, so many new soldiers would be recruited, and the total strength of the army would reach more than 115,000. Plus the 29th Army with more than 47,000 troops, he would

The number of troops that can be mobilized reaches 160,000. Oh my god, is this still the strength of a division?

With such a lion in hand, the Japanese in North China can't even think about making a big wave and completely delay Japan's invasion of China in North China, so that the war will not spread to the mainland of China and they can deal with the little Japanese in North China.

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

Tang Qiuli's thinking has jumped out of the current meeting and towards the future battlefield. Using Taihang Mountain as a base is necessary for the future survival and development of the army.

The Taihang Mountains stretch for more than 800 miles across the land of North China. They are known as the "Roof of North China". They are in a dangerous situation and have always been regarded as an important military location. From the Spring and Autumn and Warring States to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, wars continued for more than two thousand years.

The mountain is cut by many rivers and has many cross-valleys. There are many dangerous passes among them, which are called "Xing" locally and "Taihang Eight Passes" in ancient times. It is an important channel for east-west transportation and can reach directly to the Shanshan-Shaanxi Plateau and even the northwest.

To the north, you can go up to Recha, the Mongolian Plateau, to the east, you can see the North China Plain, the Shandong Peninsula, to the Bohai Bay, and to the south, you can enter Henan and directly reach the hinterland of the Central Plains.

It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. After the July 7th Incident, the Eighth Route Army, which was reorganized from the Red Army, relied on this to rely on this place to hold the main force of the Japanese invaders here, making them unable to invade the south on a large scale, let alone send troops to support

The battlefield of the Central Plains.

In Tang Qiuli's mind, there were scenes of Taihang Mountains, flags swirling in the west wind, war beacons everywhere, and soldiers fighting bravely to kill the enemy. Everyone looked at the master's words and listened enthusiastically, but there was no movement. When he looked again,

The teacher's eyes were blurry, with a silly smile on his face, and he didn't know what he was mumbling. It was all incomprehensible.

Tang Qiuli looked like this. The old men of the military division, such as Qiu Sheng, Liu Tiehan, and Feng Jiwu, had all seen it before. They knew that the division commander was distracted again and that the problem was no longer the subject of discussion in the meeting.

Most of the officers had never seen it before, so they stopped talking and looked at the division commander smirking. Liu Tiehan coughed a few times, intending to wake up Tang Qiuli and stop losing his composure in front of the officers, especially Mei Ting. He was helpless and helpless.

No effect.

Mei Ting was the closest to Tang Qiu, and she had already noticed that something was wrong, so she was anxious. If she warned him at this time, he would lose face, but this was not an option. These subordinates did not think that their commander was a psychopath.

patient?

In her desperation, Mei Ting didn't care about everyone's eyes. She stretched out her slender hand and quietly pulled Tang Qiuli's sleeve. There was no response at first. Mei Ting increased her strength, and this time there was

I responded, and the response was a bit surprising.

"Oh, Director Mei, you pulled my sleeve, what's the matter?" Tang Qiuli turned to the side and asked blankly, turning her head too sharply, Mei Ting was unprepared, and their heads touched each other.

, this time, the whole meeting room burst into laughter, Mei Ting's little face was as red as fire, and her heart was beating like a deer.

Only then did Tang Qiuli realize that he was distracted during a meeting. It was an old habit and he didn't even notice it. He rubbed his head and kept saying: "I'm distracted, I'm distracted! Everyone, keep going!" and turned away.

, someone asked: "Director Mei, are you okay?" This was a good comment. It was purely redundant. The senior officers present did not care about their image and almost sat on the ground with laughter.

Mei Ting could no longer sit still and stood up hurriedly: "Master, I suddenly remembered something. I want to send a telegram to Deputy Director Huang in Peiping. I'll go first!" Before Tang Qiuli could agree, he hurriedly saluted.

Li, turned around and fled from the conference room.

Mei Ting's coquettish demeanor greatly changed the impressions of the officers present on her. It turns out that not all military commanders are cold-blooded animals. The way Mei Ting looked just now was no different from ordinary girls.

What a difference! I also know shyness and blushing.

The meeting ended in a joyful atmosphere. The officers walked around and laughed and talked about the interesting incident that had just happened.

Tang Qiuli stayed in Huangyadong for three days, checking the defense deployment here, and was very satisfied with Brother Qiu Sheng's work.

Three days later, Mei Ting and Mei Ting, escorted by the security forces, left Huangyadong and rushed back to Peiping, where there were still many things to deal with.