kingnovel Chapter 427 Rebuilding Home
Chapter 427 Rebuilding Home
Chapter 427 Rebuilding Home
In fact, Yoshio Shinozuka's idea was to prevent the independent regiment from expanding. He wanted to completely block Gaojia Town and even Laiyuan, and not let outsiders enter this area.
In this case, neither the Independent Regiment nor the Eighth Route Army in Laiyuan will be able to develop rapidly, but their military strength will slowly increase. By that time, it will not be a problem to deal with the Independent Regiment.
Of course, Shinozuka Yoshio had thought about giving up Laiyuan, but Laiyuan's location was too important. As an important transportation route into North China, he could not give it up, so he could only spend a huge price to trap the independent regiment.
Gaojia Town,
Gu Changfeng had no idea what the newly appointed Japanese commander was thinking, and even if he knew, it wouldn't matter to him.
At the moment, he didn't even have the idea of going out. A large number of people's houses needed to be rebuilt, and there were a lot of things to do. How could he have the time to go out and cause trouble for the Japanese?
At present, all the ruins have been cleaned up and are waiting for reconstruction to begin, so Gu Changfeng began to pay attention to the reconstruction issue.
Reconstruction must have an overall plan to maximize the collective strength and improve work efficiency.
To this end, Gu Changfeng set up a special working group to rebuild homes, with him personally in charge of the general direction. Zhou Qianli, Wan Chenghai, Liu Dabao and the militia company commanders of each village were responsible for organizing the masses and mobilizing supplies.
In the meeting room behind Xianyaling, Gu Changfeng took the lead and said, "Reconstruction work is imminent. The sooner it is completed, the less suffering the villagers will suffer. I will first share my thoughts, and you can add the rest."
"First, regarding the reconstruction of Gaojia Town, the current population of Gaojia Town is over 10,000, with more than 4,000 households. Rebuilding each household one by one would be a waste of time. Furthermore, there are other villages within the Gaojia Town area."
"So my suggestion is to directly build houses collectively, build model houses, that is, build standard houses with unified standards along both sides of the road, with shops on both sides of the road and people living in the back."
"You can use mud bricks for building the house, and use fired tiles for the roof. You can fire them as you build. Clay is plentiful and easy to collect."
"In terms of personnel arrangements, the first battalion will stay to build the base, the second and third battalions will support Gaojia Town, and the fourth, fifth and sixth battalions will support nearby villages."
Zhou Qianli carefully considered Gu Changfeng's suggestion and felt that there was no big problem, so he said, "Do we need to provide food for the people? Although the people went into the mountains this time and did not delay the spring plowing, the food consumption was not small."
"At present, the special forces have sent people out to deliver the money, but there should still be a lot of money left at home." Gu Changfeng thought for a moment and spoke.
"Lao Wan will take his men out to contact more merchants. We should stock up on food while the Japanese are still in a troop vacuum in Laiyuan."
"As for the rations for this reconstruction, the independent regiment will try its best to provide them. Even if there is a shortage of food for the time being, the money must be provided."
"People only have so much wealth at home. We can't make them poor. If we don't have money, we can go out and fight the Japanese. If that doesn't work, we can go to Baoding or Shijiazhuang. But the people can only see their own little piece of land."
Gu Changfeng looked at Zhou Qianli and said, "Calculate how much money is distributed and how much food is needed."
At present, the food in the base is only enough for the independent regiment to eat for two or three months. It is not enough to distribute to the people, so it still needs to be purchased.
Fortunately, although the harvest this time was not big, it was barely enough. Anyway, Gu Changfeng could still snatch it back from the Japanese after spending it, so he was not worried at all.
Later in the meeting room, everyone gathered their thoughts. After several hours of discussion, the entire reconstruction plan was officially released. From now on, tens of thousands of residents in Gaojia Town will be involved in rebuilding their homes...
For the next half month, almost the entire Gaojia Town area became a large construction site, ranging from the construction of Gaojia Town to some remote villages.
This time, when the Japanese raided Gaojia Town, almost no village was spared and all the houses were destroyed.
However, with the people working day and night, new villages were built at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Huangjia Village,
Aunt Huang Xiaoerwu's new home has begun to take shape, and several soldiers from the Xianyaling base have been helping her family build the house.
This time, Aunt Wu built three large tiled houses in one go. As she watched the new home gradually take shape, the anger she had been feeling for so long gradually dissipated.
This is how ordinary people are. They don’t have a vision that stretches far ahead. Having enough food and drink and a home is enough to satisfy them.
There are not many requirements for building a house in the countryside, and no planning is required. Just rebuild it on the original foundation.
There was no particular emphasis on building materials. Landlords and gentry with better conditions could make blue bricks and red tiles, while those with poorer conditions could just use adobe, which was very simple.
"Boss, the waiter is coming with a few people, come down quickly."
Aunt Wu was very sharp-eyed. When she saw Huang Xiaoer coming, she immediately shouted and asked Huang Gensheng on the roof to come down and greet him.
"I said, stop calling him 'waiter, waiter' all the time. He's the company commander now, and you don't know the seriousness of the matter."
Huang Gensheng said this, and then he climbed down from the roof carefully with a happy look on his face.
Upon hearing this, Aunt Wu muttered something, but Huang Gensheng didn't hear it clearly because his eyes were all on the people Huang Xiaoer brought.
Gu Changfeng has been staying in Gaojia Town recently. Seeing that the situation is almost ready, he took a few soldiers to patrol the countryside to see the situation below.
Huangjia Village was the last village he visited. It looked good overall and should be completed in a few days.
"Uncle Wu, Aunt Wu, I told you this, this new house looks more comfortable than the old one. It feels warm just by looking at it."
Huang Xiaoer said cheerfully as he approached.
Huang Gensheng's expression suddenly turned a little depressed, and he smiled bitterly and said, "That's true, your fifth uncle has always been afraid of the cold, but now..."
"Fifth Uncle, the Japanese have been driven away. From now on, everyone can live in peace. No Japanese will dare to enter Gaojia Town anymore."
Huang Xiaoer naturally knew that his fifth uncle was one of the elderly people who stayed in the village and was killed directly when the Japanese raided.
But the incident has passed, the Japanese have been driven away, and we still have to look forward.
Huang Gensheng nodded, looked at the sky, and said, "It's almost noon. Come in and sit for a while while we wait for lunch."
He didn't bother to be polite with Huang Xiaoer. He was his own nephew, and it would be awkward to say so much.
Huang Xiaoer looked at Gu Changfeng and said after seeing him nod, "Okay, I'll have to trouble Aunt Wu, haha!"
Gu Changfeng actually didn’t care. When he came to the village, he basically ate at the local people’s homes, left some money after eating, and left.
In addition to observing the construction of houses, his main purpose was to see what the people were thinking. Otherwise, the soldiers would carry canned food with them, and he would not have to go into the people's homes to eat.
Laiyuan is located in the north, and the main food here is white flour steamed buns with corn porridge and a big bowl of pickled vegetables.
This configuration is most suitable for people who do physical work, as they can replenish salt to have strength.
Gu Changfeng didn't care much and chatted with Huang Gensheng for a while. When the food was served on the table, he grabbed two fist-sized steamed buns and took a big bite.
Then he ate the porridge and pickles in small mouthfuls, which shocked Huang Xiaoer. He was a little embarrassed at first, but now he felt relieved when he saw that the captain was eating so happily.
The main reason was that the team leader he knew before was not like this. He only ate canned food and side dishes. He didn't expect that today he could eat pickles and steamed buns so deliciously.
The soldier who had just come down from the roof wanted to say hello to the regiment commander, but was stopped by Gu Changfeng with a look.
After dinner, Gu Changfeng pulled Huang Xiaoer aside and told him, "Report any problems with subsequent construction to the regiment headquarters in a timely manner. It doesn't matter if the Japanese burned down our home. We have the ability and perseverance to build a more beautiful home."
Huang Xiaoer nodded heavily upon hearing this and said, "Yes, Captain."
He laughed and continued, "Captain, the regiment has sent us some money. There are no problems at the moment. In a week, all the villagers can move into their new houses."
Gu Changfeng was satisfied. He said hello to Huang Xiaoer and left with his men.
The overall construction will be completed in a few weeks, and it's time to prepare for the next step.