Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

"If the results weren't good, I wouldn't have dared bring it to the Commander. This time, the reorganization of the 21st and 22nd Regiments has been remarkably effective. The Laishui Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Army originally had a complex composition, but in just over two months, the 21st and 22nd Regiments have been completely reorganized. Now that the troops are deployed, they're capable of fighting and won't be a drag. If the Commander doesn't believe me, you can come back with me to see how things are going.

"You should take a look."

Marshal Nie thought for a moment and said, "Prepare all the materials. I want the entire process to be detailed, including everything that happened."

"It's been prepared long ago. Not only our policy documents, but also the work diaries of the political cadres below us are all there.

"You've made a contribution. This new method of military reorganization is excellent. If it can be promoted throughout the army, it will be of great help during this time when our army is very busy with reorganization tasks.

Marshal Nie was really happy.

The Eighth Route Army's large-scale expansion, in addition to recruiting soldiers in the base areas, also involved the reorganization of a large number of existing civilian anti-Japanese armed forces. However, the composition of these civilian anti-Japanese armed forces was very complex, making it very difficult to reorganize them.

Some military districts even spend an entire year reorganizing these troops.

If this "new method of reorganizing the army" can be implemented, this time can be greatly shortened. The reorganization of the troops can be completed in the shortest time possible, and then they can follow the main force to fight.

This will definitely be of great help in rapidly improving the strength of the various military regions of the Eighth Route Army. Marshal Nie was even more pleased that such a plan came from their Jin-Cha-Ji region.

"Commander, I'm very happy with your compliments."

"Look at you, you're awesome."

"But I'm not the type to take credit for other people's work."

"What do you mean?"

"Commander, this new military reorganization plan was first proposed by Wei Hongjun, the political commissar of the 19th Column. It was also first implemented in the 19th Regiment of the 21th Column. I observed the situation in the 22th Regiment before implementing the new reorganization plan in the st and nd Regiments. The results are indeed very good, so I have sorted these out and handed them over to the commander."

"That's the good thing about you, you're generous."

Why did so many people accuse Yang Quanwu of arbitrary rule in the First Division, but Marshal Nie always protected him and helped him appease those who opposed him? It was because, despite his flaws, Yang Quanwu was a master at developing troops and bases. Furthermore, Yang Quanwu's command was filled with talented individuals because he disregarded seniority and appointed people based on merit. Without Yang Quanwu's unwavering support, the Eighth Column, built by Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun, would not exist.

Commander Nie fell into deep thought as he looked at this new military reorganization plan.

After a while, he said, "It's time for you to come, kid."

"Commander, what's wrong?"

"You don't need to know. Send over all the materials you've compiled as soon as possible. Also, have the Eighth Column send over all the original materials, and have Wei Hongjun write a report on the new military reorganization plan. Be sure to write down every detail of the new military reorganization plan."

"Yes."

Commander Nie packed up his things and said, "I'll let Comrade Zhan Tong take charge of this matter and go to your First Division to check on the 21st and 22nd Regiments.

You still have the Eighth Column in your First Division. Speed ​​up the training of your troops. We have received news that the Japanese will strengthen the troops stationed in Mongolia, and you will face greater pressure in the future. Go back."

"Yes."

After seeing Yang Quanwu off, Commander Nie carefully looked at the document again.

After looking at it for a while, he said, "Wei Hongjun, Wei Hongjun. It seems I need to go to the headquarters myself.

Chapter 196: Changes in History 2

Time slowly entered 1939.

For the Eighth Route Army, 1938 was a year of great development. Of course, historically speaking, 1939 and 1940 were the years of great development for the Eighth Route Army, with more than main force troops added almost every year.

why?

Because after 1939 and 1940, a large number of young students who joined the Eighth Route Army after the July Incident completed their studies with the Eighth Route Army and began to rush to the battlefield. These young students were not hundreds or thousands, but tens of thousands.

After training in schools in Xi'an, Yan'an, and other places, as well as in schools in various base areas, they transformed from students into Eighth Route Army cadres, and then gradually moved to various base areas, either serving as political cadres in the army or as local cadres in the base areas.

Then, each base area was vigorously increasing the number of party members.

In 1937, when the full-scale war of resistance broke out, the number of party members nationwide was only about 4. However, within a year and a half of the war, the number of party members increased dramatically. By the end of 1938, the number of party members nationwide exceeded 50, a tenfold increase.

This shows the rapid development of the Eighth Route Army.

If nothing else, just look at the Eighth Column. When Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun, leading over thirty soldiers, entered Sheng County, there were only a few dozen Party members in the entire county. But now, the number of Party members in Sheng County has reached nearly two thousand. While a large number of Party members and cadres are based in Sheng County due to the Eighth Column's headquarters and the leadership of the Southern Chahar Special Committee, over the past year or so, thousands of Party members have been recruited locally.

Including the other bases of the Eighth Column, the total number of party members within the area controlled by the Eighth Column currently stands at around 4,000. This is just the beginning; the Eighth Column Party Committee and the Organization Department of the Chahar Special Committee are currently preparing to recruit several thousand activists.

These are all the basis for development.

With the foundation of party members, a large number of students joined the Eighth Route Army, laying the foundation for the Eighth Route Army's great development in 1939 and 1940. Changes in the national situation also affected the development of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.

Especially one partition.

The First Division and the Eighth Column were directly led by Yang Quanwu.

Yang Quanwu's leadership of the First Division has dazzled countless lives over the past two years. Originally a temporary independent regiment, it has become a renowned unit of the Eighth Route Army. The First Division is largely responsible for the development of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region. It has already contributed nearly 10,000 main troops to the other divisions of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region.

Even though they were constantly supporting other divisions, the development of Division 1 hadn't been delayed at all. Excluding the Eighth Column, Division 1 currently had nine main force regiments, and while several of them were newly reorganized, their combat effectiveness was no less than impressive.

Of the newly established regiments, two came from the Jidong troops, two came from the Laishui Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Army, and the other was a special service battalion upgraded to a special service regiment.

These troops are not completely recruited troops.

Yang Quanwu's job is to stabilize the morale of the troops.

As long as the integration went smoothly and they received a little training, they would be able to fight. Many Eighth Route Army units encountered numerous problems when integrating with other units. They either lost full control of their units or clashed with their former leadership, often leading to internal executions.

Anyway, there are many problems. As a result, it takes six months or a year for such troops to adapt to the new system and become truly combat-ready.

Yang Quanwu is much better in this regard.

It should be said that he is very charismatic.

He also trusted his people and never doubted them. Speaking of Yang Quanwu's most iconic appointment, it was an officer from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army he hired after arriving in Shanxi. At the time, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had collapsed, leaving scattered stragglers everywhere. Yang Quanwu, with his keen eye for talent, didn't dismiss the officer from his platoon or divisional positions, as others did. Instead, he actively promoted him, giving him a higher position than some veteran Red Army soldiers.

As a result, he was deeply grateful for Yang Quanwu's promotion.

He turned around and reported to Yang Quanwu about the two arsenals of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

The independent division's rapid early development meant it had no shortage of weapons and ammunition, thanks to these two arsenals. Later, as the independent division expanded at an increasingly rapid pace, command issues arose, and there was a lot of wrangling among various agencies.

Yang Quanwu believed the problem lay with the headquarters' structure and that the divisional headquarters needed to be formalized. However, the Eighth Route Army lacked experience in this area, lacking any experience with formalized organizational structures. Therefore, officers from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army were once again assigned the responsibility for establishing military organizational structures. Consequently, despite the rapid expansion of the First Division, there were no major command issues. Meanwhile, many other bases were still struggling to establish their own military command systems.

This Shanxi-Suiyuan Army officer, who was promoted and valued by Yang Quanwu, became a founding colonel after liberation.

Therefore, Yang Quanwu's nine main regiments are now very powerful. The First Division not only has nine main regiments, but also directly controls reconnaissance battalions, artillery battalions, and guerrilla detachments that can cooperate with the main forces in combat.

The same is true for the Eight Verticals.

Although it is not developing as fast as the first division, it currently has five main groups.

It can be said that the emergence of the Eighth Column not only changed the history of the anti-Japanese war in southern Chahar, but also changed the history of the First Division and even the history of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. At this time in history, the Beiyue District of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region was undergoing training according to the order of the headquarters. It had only nine main force regiments, plus the teaching regiment, special agent regiment, cavalry regiment and an organized guerrilla detachment, for a total of 12 main force regiments.

But now the strength of the Beiyue District of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region has doubled.

The influence of a butterfly is still very great.

It was precisely because of the rise of the Eighth Column that the First Division could wholeheartedly develop the Yanbei base and the Jixi base, especially the Jixi base. Historically, after the First Division entered Hebei, it chose to cooperate more with the local anti-Japanese armed forces in Hebei. Because the First Division was besieged on three sides by the Japanese and puppet troops at the time, the main force of the troops was scattered and its strength was limited. The civilian anti-Japanese armed forces in Hebei were 5,000 to 6,000, 7,000 to 8,000 people, and some even had more than 10,000 people. The First Division was short of troops when it entered Hebei, so it could only slowly reorganize them. But with the Eighth Column to resist the Japanese troops in Chahar, after the First Division entered Hebei, it had enough strength to suppress these local anti-Japanese armed forces in Hebei, quickly reorganize them, and expand its own power. So far, Yang Quanwu has swallowed up countless civilian anti-Japanese armed forces in Hebei. Even among the civilian anti-Japanese armed forces with more than 5,000 people, Yang Quanwu swallowed up four.

After reorganizing these troops, those who were able to fight were retained, and the old, weak, sick and disabled were dismissed, which gave the First Division a main force of over 10,000. The current New Third Regiment of the First Division was reorganized in this way.

Moreover, the Eighth Column dealt a heavy blow to the Second Independent Mixed Brigade twice, even affecting the situation of the Jidong Uprising. Historically, fewer than 3,000 people retreated westward to the base area during the Jidong Uprising, but this time, more than 20,000 people successfully retreated westward.

After the westward retreat, the Jidong troops were reorganized and became the six main regiments of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, which not only brought 15000 main forces to the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, but also brought more than rifles to the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region.

Therefore, at the beginning of 1939, the Jin-Cha-Ji Beiyue District was very arrogant. They reported to the headquarters on the reorganization of the Beiyue District troops, which shocked Yan'an and the headquarters. The Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region had grown to such a large scale.

But the stronger the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region became, the more headaches Yan'an and the headquarters had.

Because the original plan was not going well.

At this time, Marshal Nie personally came to the headquarters with a new report on military reorganization. This report once again shocked Yan'an and the headquarters. Yan'an consulted Marshal Nie's opinion, and after further discussion, changed the original plan.

On January 1939, 1, the CPC Central Committee decided to establish the Jireliao Advance Army and the Yireliao District Committee, which were under the leadership of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. Their mission was to consolidate the Jidong base, develop the Rehe base, and open up the Liaoning Anti-Japanese Base.

When the news came, the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region was very happy.

Although the Ji-Re-Liaoning Advance Army was nominally under the leadership of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, it was actually a separate faction. If, as previously rumored, the Ji-Re-Cha Advance Army was established, the 8th Column would be under their command.

Now that the Central Committee has formed the Jireliao Advance Army, it has nothing to do with the Eighth Column. The Jireliao Advance Army's territory is Jidong, Rehe, and Liaoning, and has nothing to do with the current Pingxi and Pingbei.

How could anyone be unhappy?

Yang Quanwu was the happiest.

The leader of the Ji-Re-Liaoning Advance Army had far more experience than himself. If the Central Committee and the General Headquarters had really assigned the Eighth Column to him, he would have been completely helpless. Fortunately, at the last minute, it was not the Ji-Re-Cha Advance Army that was formed, but the Ji-Re-Liaoning Advance Army.

Forming the Jireliao Advance Army is a big deal.

The news reached the Eighth Column.

Wei Hongjun also breathed a sigh of relief.

Wei Hongjun genuinely didn't want to be incorporated into the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Advancing Army. Historically, the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Advancing Army was plagued by internal conflict, with even Generals Deng Guo and Song Shilun leaving the army, and the commander-in-chief of the Yidong Anti-Japanese Allied Forces executed. If his weak limbs were to be sent there, he wouldn't even be able to save the 8th Column and would be directly dismantled by the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Advancing Army.

Even if you are not careful, you may end up in the same situation as Deng Guo and Song Shilun.

In contrast, he preferred to remain in the First Sub-district of the Jin-Cha-Ji Army. The Jin-Cha-Ji Army was the 115th Division, while the First Sub-district was developed from an independent regiment, both of which were Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun's former units. Yang Quanwu, the top leader of the Party, government, and military in the First Sub-district, was widely criticized for his arbitrary and oppressive behavior. Many veteran cadres with similar experience were left without a voice in the First Sub-district and eventually left. However, Wei Hongjun remained very willing to work under him.

Although Yang Quanwu was a man of arbitrary decisions, he never suppressed his subordinates, was not jealous, and did not covet their credit. Instead, he was willing to delegate power to his subordinates, allowing them to fully utilize their talents. Furthermore, when his subordinates encountered problems, Yang Quanwu was very knowledgeable in protecting them.

Wei Hongjun likes such a boss very much.

Wei Hongjun had previously worried that the 8th Column was currently developing in Pingxi and Pingbei. If the Central Committee established the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Advance Army, the 8th Column would likely be incorporated into it. Unexpectedly, the Central Committee did not establish the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Advance Army, but instead established the Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning Advance Army.

In fact, what Wei Hongjun didn’t know was that there had been many debates between the Central Committee and the headquarters.

The Central Committee had decided to establish the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region six months earlier. Historically, the Central Committee had formally decided to establish the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Advance Army in late November 1938. However, the Central Committee hesitated because of the Eighth Column.

The development of the Eighth Column in Chahar is really great.

The Second Independent Mixed Brigade was severely damaged twice, and even its commander, Major General Tsuneoka Kanji, was killed. This performance made the central government hesitate. However, this hesitation did not cause the central government to change its original plan.

However, the documents and materials of the new military reorganization completely disrupted the balance.

Upon seeing the new military restructuring plan, the Chairman applauded it, deeming it both theoretically profound and practically valuable. Wei Hongjun's name gained immense weight in Yan'an, even becoming a household name among the central leadership there. Furthermore, Wei Hongjun's background was truly auspicious. He had been a poor peasant for eight generations in western Fujian, having joined the revolution just as the Red Fourth Army entered the region. Furthermore, he was a true "double-first" ("First Red Army"): the First Red Army, the First Red Army Corps, and the First Red Division. Ultimately, the Chairman made the final decision, assigning Chahar to the Eighth Column.

So there is no Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Advancing Army in history, but there is the current Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning Advancing Army.

History took a big turn here.

Chapter 197 Base Business

The establishment of the Jireliao Advance Army finally put Wei Hongjun's mind at ease, as the Eighth Column did not need to change its leadership structure.

And they can continue to develop the Chahar base without any worries.

With the successful reorganization of the 34th and 35th Regiments, Wei Hongjun turned his attention back to base construction. He talked with Gao Weinong, who was now in charge of commercial affairs in the th Column's base area.

Many people have a wrong view.