noffsinger Chapter 571 Where is the First Army Going?
Chapter 571 Where is the First Army Going?
"Mengzi. How could I not understand what you said? However, the establishment of national consciousness cannot be accomplished overnight. It is the imprint of thousands of years of culture slowly left on the soul!"
Zhao Gang sighed. For now, he could only organize the troops first and then think about how to shape the soul of this army.
Wang Meng also knows that it is not easy, but the more difficult it is, the more he should start from now, otherwise it will be left to future generations to do?
"Mr. Zhao, I think we should start with the children. These school-age children are at the stage of building their consciousness. Behind one child is a family, and behind several families is a tribe!
Don’t we have a group of graduates from the Teachers College of Pingshun University? Send them to Inner Mongolia to teach the children here to write Chinese characters and speak Chinese! ”
Zhao Gang actually thought of this idea, but he still had some concerns.
"Mengzi, but the Mongolians are a nomadic people, they have no fixed place to live."
"It's not a big problem. We can send one or two teachers to each tribe, and then assign a few soldiers to provide close protection. These teachers are the founders of national consciousness, and these soldiers can also pay attention to the status of the herders at all times. If there are uncontrollable factors, they can intervene in time!"
"What if they don't want to learn Chinese? You can't force them to learn with bayonets and bullets, right?"
Wang Meng chuckled and said he had a way to deal with this.
First, we need to make them feel that Chinese is useful, for example, by building some factories in counties and towns, and only recruiting workers who can speak Chinese.
Of course, if you don't know how to do it, you can learn while working. As for factories, you can open livestock processing plants, wool processing plants, cowhide factories, and even mine non-ferrous metals.
Then, let them feel that there is no burden for their children to learn Chinese, and it will also be beneficial.
Open a school, don't charge tuition or book fees, you can eat for free in school, and if you study well, you will receive scholarships.
Finally, the most ruthless move is immigration and intermarriage.
Most of the people who had fled famine to Shanxi were relocated to various places in Inner Mongolia. They could do business, open factories, or learn to herd sheep and grow barley. In short, as long as you were willing to go, there was a way for you to survive.
As for intermarriage, it is easier to understand. A decree was directly issued that any family that intermarried could be exempted from taxes for one year. If they had children, they could be exempted for another year.
Over time, they will develop a strong sense of national identity.
Now that we have the national will, it will be like China several years later, with everyone scrambling to join the army and serve the country.
Wang Meng explained his ideas in one breath, then took two sips of water.
"How's it going, Lao Zhao!"
Zhao Gang was stunned. If he had not heard it with his own ears and seen it with his own eyes, he would not believe that this came from Wang Meng's mouth.
"Great! Did you secretly learn some sociology?"
Wang Meng spat out a mouthful of water. What sociology? Isn't this just a simple ethnic integration plan?
"Oh, don't worry about it. If it works, use it right away! Lao Zhao, we are still slowly exploring these ethnic policies. We are allowed to make mistakes, and you don't have to feel too much pressure.
As long as we keep the channels of communication open and solve problems in a timely manner when we encounter them, and don't let them stay at the grassroots level and ferment and expand, then it will be fine. If we make mistakes, the worst that can happen is that we just correct them. What's the big deal?
You, you just have too much baggage in your mind!"
Zhao Gang also knows his shortcomings. Compared with the decisiveness of Li Yunlong and Wang Meng, he is more stable and comprehensive.
Of course, this is both an advantage and a disadvantage.
"Okay, I will immediately contact the Teachers College of Pingshun University to send someone, and then discuss with the teachers and students of the School of Social Sciences and Politics, and strive to implement the policy as soon as possible!"
"Old Zhao, we can discuss it, but we must grasp the general direction and not let these policies die in the womb!"
Zhao Gang nodded and went to work.
After a short rest, Wang Meng asked Wei Dong of the 106th Infantry Brigade who stayed in Siwangzi Banner to build the airport as soon as possible. Otherwise, if there was any disturbance, it would be a bit difficult to run on car wheels.
After the explanation, a yellow smoke appeared again on the prairie of Inner Mongolia and headed towards Hohhot.
At this time, Li Yunlong in Hohhot also started to get busy. The 101st Armored Division of the First Army had successfully captured Bayannur and was preparing to march towards Wuhai.
There were not many Japanese soldiers in Bayannur and Wuhai, and most of them were puppet Mongolian troops, so it didn't take much effort for the 101st Armored Division to prepare to head straight to Wuhai.
This was originally a good thing, but Li Yunlong was extremely anxious.
It turned out that Fu Zuoyi reported the Independent Column to the Chongqing government!
Originally, Bayannur and Alashan west of Baotou were Fu Zuoyi's territory. Although they had resisted the large-scale attacks of the Japanese devils in recent years, some scattered puppet Mongolian troops were still active in these two areas.
Therefore, it also gave the independent column an excuse to advance.
Originally, Fu Zuoyi thought that the Independent Column was just here for some training, but he didn't expect that they would directly defeat the puppet Mongolian army, and at an extremely fast speed, they were about to reach Wuhai, and the next would be Alashan!
So, he became anxious and asked the person in Chongqing to put pressure on the Independent Column, ordering them to stop the attack, and said that they could deal with the pseudo-Mongolian troops in Alxa and Bayannur themselves.
In fact, Wang Meng and Li Yunlong had no intention of seizing Fu Zuoyi's territory. They just wanted to use it as a springboard to infiltrate Outer Mongolia.
However, this reason cannot be explained to outsiders.
"Mengzi, you are finally back, look!"
Wang Meng took the information and took a look at it, and then he had an idea in his mind.
"General Fu Zuoyi is an admirable figure, and he did his best to fight the Japanese. Ever since he left the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and went to the Eighth War Zone, where he became the chairman of Suiyuan (Inner Mongolia), he has been fighting the Japanese.
The Wuyuan Victory in 1940 was the first time that the Chongqing Central Army recovered lost territory after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan. The Japanese Lieutenant General Mizukawa Kazuo was also killed in the battle.
But the Eighth War Zone only has 60,000 people. It is difficult for them to prevent the infiltration of Outer Mongolia and Country E!"
Li Yunlong also nodded, so the coalition forces composed of the Mongolian People’s Army and Country E often appeared on the border, crossing the border and provoking trouble.
"Mengzi, how about this? Let's talk to Fu Zuoyi and ask for permission to pass through. After we set up the defense line on the border, we will never take advantage of the local power."
"This is our bottom line! If possible, I still want to turn Inner Mongolia into our rear area to prevent our troops guarding the border from being isolated and helpless!"
"That would be the best, of course. Who would be the best person to talk to him? Should we go together?"