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    Among the vast areas in Heilongjiang Province, Jiamusi is the area hardest hit by banditry.  The south and south sides of Jiamusi are steep mountains and primeval forests that block out the sky and the sun.  The east and north of Jiamusi are large swamps and meadows.  In the meadows, wormwood is taller than people and mosquitoes are rampant.  For those who are not familiar with the path, once you enter, you will never want to come out again.  Such a deserted place with little human presence has become an excellent habitat for the "bearded" people.

    However, under the leadership of Wu Junsheng of the 29th Division, the banditry here was basically eliminated in half a year.  Wu Junsheng, who was born with a beard, knew the characteristics of beards very well. He used various methods of dividing and suppressing, separating and trapping, and dividing and fighting. This was exactly the same idea as Zhang Hanqing, who had come before him. He had the greatest achievements in suppressing bandits and naturally had the most credit.

    He summarized the experience of suppressing bandits in Jiamusi as an example, and extended it to the entire Fengjun Army's bandit suppression forces: such as concentrating superior forces, fatigue tactics, clearing the country with strong walls, etc., so that the bearded people have no food to eat, nowhere to hide, and nowhere to hide.  Not being shocked greatly weakened their will to resist.

    Of course, in order to avoid jumping over the wall, the Bandit Suppression Headquarters and Wu Junsheng both put forward a point of view, that is, except for the bandit leader who committed the most heinous crime, the remaining surrenderers or captured surrendered their guns and were not killed, giving the bandits a sense of luck.  Coupled with the deterioration of living conditions and the government's conscious use of surrenderers' personal experience, the bandits' will to resist has gradually weakened.  As a result, more than 3,000 of the more than 50 groups of bandits in the Bei'an area surrendered and reformed.

    By the beginning of 1919, except for areas such as Bei'an and Jiamusi in Heilongjiang that were seriously affected by bandits, Wu Junsheng served as the commander-in-chief of Heilongjiang's bandit suppression and led the 29th Division and several security brigades to step up their efforts.  The work was successfully concluded.  A total of more than 100 bandits were dismantled in various parts of these two provinces. In addition to the suicide of Lu Yonggui, the largest bandit leader in Jilin, more than 3,000 habitual bandits under Wang Naikang, the largest bandit leader in Heilongjiang, were killed. A total of more than 50,000 bandits were eliminated in the two provinces, basically stabilizing the situation in the Northeast.  .

    In order to prevent the banditry that had finally settled down from resurrecting, Zhang Hanqing asked the People's Party to continue to use land reform to establish a solid rear area based on the previous mobilization of farmers, so that the environment for bandits to survive no longer exists.  He requested that the political offensive be combined with military suppression, and a working team be organized to carry out a political offensive. At the same time, he would investigate the bandits' family members, relatives and friends, publicize Zhang Hanqing's land reform policy, and mobilize the bandits to repent and rehabilitate themselves.  He also tried to persuade the bandits to rebel, provide intelligence to the Feng army to suppress the bandits, and make up for their mistakes.

    This is how Xiangxi bandits were suppressed back then, and the nationwide bandit chaos was quickly put down under the dual pressure of the gcd's steel guns and loudspeakers.  The current banditry in the Northeast is just a "spontaneous formation" of a force, and its "underlying" is also lacking. It is not as difficult to deal with as it is deeply rooted in later generations.

    The achievements brought by the suppression of bandits are not only reflected in political prestige.  Since gangsters have basically disappeared in the areas completely controlled by the Northeastern Autonomous Government, the security situation in various places has greatly improved, making it possible for the police and armed police to replace the military in maintaining local areas, which has provided an indication for the true separation of the military and police, and may also  This turned the Fengjun army from mainly maintaining local security into a real mobile force.

    Also because of the achievements in suppressing bandits and the purpose of pure Fengjun non-commissioned officers, during the work of Fengjun's expansion of troops, the patrol missions of the three eastern provinces and the Northeast Bandit Suppression Headquarters held meetings successively to summarize the results of Fengjun's establishment of the army.  After lessons learned from the initial recruitment of bandit troops and impure personnel, new regulations were made.

    These regulations include: in the expansion of the army, the basic mass elements shall be given priority, and farmers who have gone through mass struggles shall be recruited into the army in large numbers. Soldiers, hooligans, bandits, Taoist sects and other elements shall not be recruited into the army; the targets of the expansion shall be reviewed and political  Only those who are pure and whose origins and their families are clear can be admitted and carefully registered, and no careless numbers can be made without examination; those whose origins and family circumstances are unclear will not be admitted.

    With the help of land reform, the military expansion has affected every poor farmer.  According to statistics, during this vigorous land reform and military expansion movement, more than 5,000 people signed up to join the army in the sparsely populated Jiamusi area alone.  In the densely populated Liaozhong area, the number of soldiers joining the army reached more than 30,000.  Due to the favorable policies and the vigorous propaganda of "defending the fruits of victory", the broad masses of farmers enthusiastically joined the army, which greatly supplemented the main force of the Feng army.  By the end of 1919, the Fengjun Army had recruited more than 50,000 troops, giving each division the opportunity to add supplementary regiments. A number of unqualified troops were gradually eliminated, and the equipment of each unit was also improved.  The expansion of troops has strengthened the mobile combat force and also brought fresh blood and sufficient manpower for future expansion.

    What to do with the prisoners?  Easy to handle!  Zhang Hanqing still thought there were not many people.

    Why are there so many beards in the Northeast?  Apart from historical reasons, most of the reasons are due to poverty.  Land monopoly or annexation leads to landlessnessThe scarcity of crops and industries led to lack of employment. The only option was to become bandits or starve to death.  There is no one to blame for this kind of thing. If we are to blame, we must blame the evil old society.

    Zhang Hanqing wants to eliminate this phenomenon.  Just as the banditry was basically eliminated, the international situation was also conducive to launching a major economic construction campaign in Northeast China. He made a detailed summary of the relevant information collected along the Middle East Road after going deep into Jilin, and proposed to Zhang Zuolin the "About Implementation of  Draft of the First Three-Year Plan for Northeast China.  A brief introduction to the current situation of the three northeastern provinces was given, and specific measures were also made in detail.

    Official history records: Fengtian Province is the earliest developed, most populous, and most economically developed province among the three eastern provinces.  Three-quarters of the entire northeastern industry is concentrated in Fengtian.  Fengtian is also rich in mineral deposits, such as iron mines in Anshan and coal mines in Fushun.  Most of Fengjun's military forces are also deployed in Fengtian.  Fengtian City (Shenyang) was the imperial capital before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and was also the political and military center of the Northeast region before the "September 18 Incident".  Fengtian Arsenal was the largest arsenal in the country at the time. It could not only produce rifles, light and heavy machine guns, but also mortars, cannons, and corresponding ammunition.

    Jilin Province had no industry at that time.  But according to his opinion, Jilin has fertile land known as the "Songliao Plain", huge mineral resources, the Songhua River flowing through the entire territory, and endless timber, so it has huge reclamation value.  As long as the immigration work continues, Jilin, located in the heart of Northeast China, will be the foundation for future domestic dominance.

    Heilongjiang Province is the northernmost province among the three eastern provinces. It was vast and sparsely populated at that time, and its provincial capital was Qiqihar.  Harbin, the main city, was originally just a small village on the Songhua River. In 1898, the Russians built the Middle East Railway, which quickly expanded Harbin into a larger town.  In February 1903, after the entire China Eastern Railway was completed and opened to traffic, the China Eastern Railway Administration, which was responsible for railway management and operation, was located in Harbin. This was the beginning of its rise. Therefore, Harbin is a city with a strong Russian style.  To this day, the big columns and Harbin red sausages in Qiulin Department Store, the Russian-style buildings on Zhongyang Street, and the magnificent Sofia Cathedral can still remind people of the Russian style of Harbin in the past.  After liberation, marked by the development of Beidahuang in the 1950s and the Daqing Oilfield in the 1960s, Heilongjiang gradually became one of the more economically developed provinces among the three northeastern provinces.

    Similarly, the Black Province also has huge development value. For Zhang Hanqing, the purpose of doing everything possible to eliminate the Japanese infiltration plan is to create a "safe province" completely controlled by the Northeast Autonomous Government.

    What is lacking most in the Northeast?  industry!  What is the basis of industry?  Steel and coal!  How to get steel and coal?  Mining!  What to do if there is a lack of manpower?  Use prisoners!

    Nearly 2,000 people from the former Gaoshi Jilin Second Mixed Brigade were used as front-line prison guards to manage nearly 60,000 beards, and started working on nearly 300 mines that had been explored.  Of course, the manpower assigned by the security brigades from each province will also be responsible for guarding.

    Labor can purify people¡¯s souls. New China used labor reeducation to turn a large number of cancers of the old society into useful people to society through self-reliance.  Prostitutes, landlords, beards, prisoners of war, reactionaries, you name it, the most sensational example is the transformation of the pseudo-emperor Puyi.  Later, the party and government, having tasted the sweetness, stipulated reeducation through labor as part of the punishment in the law, which achieved good social effects.

    Now, as a practice of reeducation through labor, this group of people, under the arrangement of the Chinese People¡¯s Party, began to systematically atone for their past sins.  According to the announced plan, the labor camp will last for three years. Those who perform well will be promoted internally (from detainees to under-supervised labor bosses), released early, and those who perform better will receive a piece of land in their hometown.

    Of course, the punishment is also very severe: those who escape privately may be placed in confinement, have their sentences increased, or be shot on the spot depending on the severity of the case.  In the dense forests of the Northeast and in the environment where the surrounding cities have been liberated, escaping is not an easy task.  The white mountains and black waters where the mountains and forests used to be good for banditry have now become natural labor camps where their hands and feet are bound.

    In addition to working in the mines, these free laborers are also responsible for paving roads and building bridges.  As the anti-bandit war expanded, "fresh troops" captured from various places were concentrated and sent to inaccessible places like the Black Province.  As part of the strategic plan to develop the Northeast and use Heilongjiang as its rear base, these energetic and organized people began to move into other areas to replace the shortcomings of insufficient people and livestock: railway spurs, roads, docks, river dredging, water conservancy facilities, and even  Under Zhang Hanqing's instruction, they also built a huge farm, covering one million acres. Zhang Hanqing named it "The First Farm in Beidahuang"

    ¡°This is a group of strong people who once caused huge disasters to the Northeast. Through labor, can they be transformed into ordinary workers who can earn their own living?  Zhang Hanqing does not have big expectations, but as free labor force, they have written an important chapter in the economic construction of Northeast China and should be remembered in history forever.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)lnovel.com
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