Food is the most important thing for the people. No matter what age or period, filling their stomachs is the most basic requirement for the people. Whether it is the people in the base area or the people in the enemy-occupied areas, it is the same.

Both sides of the enemy and us also stared at the mature crops with wide eyes. When the autumn harvest approached, the people's nerves became tense. To preserve the food, the hope of survival was preserved, and the motivation to persevere.

In order to defend the autumn harvest, some of the main forces returned to the base area, and the guerrillas also stepped up their activities to restrain the enemy. The basic militias of each village gathered together to be responsible for vigilance at the junction of the enemy and us.

This year's autumn harvest is not much the same as in previous years. The people adopted the method of "zero cutting, zero hitting" and "sanitation and hiding" to harvest one piece as mature. The sorghum near the road only pinched the ears and the corn only broke the sticks. After the harvest, the green gauze tent can still stand for a period of time.

The autumn harvest in the base area is only one aspect. In order to combat the enemy and puppet regime and cooperate with the grain collection work of local cadres, the main force and the guerrillas cooperated with each other and launched operations in the guerrilla areas one after another.

In the guerrilla area, the enemy and us are very active in a fierce manner, with dense enemy strongholds, including both enemy regimes and hidden anti-Japanese regimes; both enemy spies and our activities. The enemy's intelligence network and our intelligence network are also intertwined in this area.

In such areas, you must be very careful and vigilant. Generally, guerrillas either stay in the wilderness or enter the village when the night is quiet and live in a more familiar landlord's house. Then they must block the news to prevent enemy intelligence personnel from reporting to the enemy's stronghold. All kinds of work must be carried out at night and during the day the next day, and then they must be transferred during the night. Sometimes the situation is complicated, and it needs to be transferred two or three times a night to prevent accidents.

Compared with other guerrilla areas, the situation here is better. The guerrillas led by Xiao Quan laid a good foundation in the early stage, successfully curbed the activities of the plainclothes team, and shocked a group of Imperial Army officers guarding the strongholds. The puppet regimes in each village did not dare to work hard for the Japanese. The enemy engineering chief Li Tie even improved the guerrilla intelligence system and made up for the guerrillas' lack of legs before.

All these favorable conditions are added together and are supported by the main force, allowing them to plan to carry out larger actions to complete the tasks assigned by their superiors.

"During the Qingwei Tent, the troops can be concentrated to move. We must defend the autumn harvest and severely attack the enemy. All counties have launched a hundred gun movements." Luo Jiancai, the newly appointed district party secretary, delivered a passionate report. "Our county reports two hundred items. In our district, I am going to report one hundred items and undertake half of the tasks of the entire county. Why do we do this? Because we have this condition. Our district has the best mass base, the highest quality of militia, the largest number of guerrillas, the most well-equipped, and the support of the main battalion. I think it is very sure to complete this task."

Meng Youtian, as the deputy captain of the basic militia, also attended the meeting. When he heard about the task indicators he wanted to complete, he couldn't help but frowned slightly. This kind of initiative to undertake more work mobilized everyone's positive emotions, and his extremely optimistic prediction made him disagree.

Fighting in order to complete the gun-sealing task may make the commander become impatient and make risky decisions. It will also cause the guerrillas to lose their natural and smooth combat style and their thinking will be imprisoned.

Luo Jiancai continued to speak. He analyzed the current situation and called on everyone to strengthen their confidence in victory, continue to work hard, and continue to fight bravely.

"Comrades, we have already made a guarantee in the county. We need to get a hundred guns. Let's see what to do?" Luo Jian finished the report and asked loudly below with an encouraging tone.

"Fight!" The people below were excited and they answered loudly.

"Of course I have to fight." Luo Jiancai smiled, as if he was very satisfied with everyone's reaction. He said: "The question is where to fight first? How to fight? Everyone needs to study it."

"Current situation-" Zhao Zhenhua, who rushed back to attend the meeting, fired the first shot. "Overall, the enemy is still strong and we are weak, and the enemy is large and we are few. Naturally, we must follow the principle of going from small to large and from small to many."

"To be specific, where are you fighting? I can also ask for support from the main force." Luo Jiancai signaled Zhao Zhenhua to continue with encouraging eyes.

"I think I can consider attacking the Hecun stronghold. After the Slightly Scar Eye was shot by the Youtian brothers, the captain was so scared that he went to the city to work as a businessman. There is a small team leader's agent for the time being, and it can't handle anything." Zhao Zhenhua made his own analysis, "We still have an insider there, so it should not be difficult to fight."

The people here did not know much about the situation in the guerrilla area. Zhao Zhenhua's words won everyone's praise. Even Luo Jiancai seemed to think it made sense and nodded slightly.

"Brother Meng, what do you think?" Qin Lianfang kept listening quietly, glanced at Meng Youtian from time to time, observing his face. At this time, he suddenly asked, "You have been in the guerrilla area, and you should understand the situation."

Meng Youtian was stunned for a moment, and then said modestly: "That was a few months ago. The situation is changing every day. I don't know what it is now." After pausing, he continued cautiously: "Captain Zhao is the most familiar with the situation there, and his opinions are certainly reasonable. However, I think it is easier to succeed if you want to fight a big one, and it is easier to beat the enemy when it is not prepared. It will be difficult to fight the wolf and the tiger in the future."

Zhao Zhenhua blinked and asked with some uncertainty: "Arita, do you say it's easy to fight, you should start with the difficult ones first?"

Meng Youtian shook his head gently and said, "Easy and difficult are comparisons. Of course, fighting a war requires a sure battle. According to your words just now, the Hejia Village stronghold should be the easiest, but are there any strongholds that are slightly more difficult and confident to capture? From my heart, I actually do not agree with the attack on Huangcun, Xiaotun, and Hejia Village strongholds. Because the enemies there are no longer responsible, is it more beneficial to keeping them for the activities of the guerrillas? Or it can be said that when you want to eat more when you are having a banquet, you can eat dishes far away from you first and keep your mouth and eat at the last time."

"Haha, this metaphor is interesting." Luo Jiancai looked at Meng Youtian with interest and smiled: "People say they eat what is in the bowl and what is in the pot; your idea is to protect the bowl and eat what is in the pot first."

Meng Youtian smiled with a pursed lips and said, "Huangcun, Xiaotun, Hecun, as far as I know, these should be the three villages that do the best work in the guerrilla area, and the three villages that are most promising to be liberated. If it is just to complete the task of confiscating guns, killing dogs and attracting wolves, and causing unpredictable changes in the working environment of these three villages, I personally think it is not worth the effort."
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