Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Compared to the changes in Hebei, this is the real bad news. When the Mongolian garrison was first established, the Japanese army only had the 26th Division, the nd Independent Mixed Brigade, and five independent garrison battalions, totaling about people.

However, in 1938, the troops stationed in Mongolia were attacked by Fu Zuoyi's troops, the Daqingshan Detachment of the 120th Division, the First Division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Army, and the Eighth Column, which made them lose face. In 1939, they were hit hard again.

Therefore, the North China Front Army prepared to strengthen the strength of the troops stationed in Mongolia.

If Fu Zuoyi's troops and the Eighth Route Army were allowed to bully the troops stationed in Mongolia like this, it would be hard to say who would rule Chahar and Suiyuan. Therefore, the North China Front Army incorporated the cavalry group into the troops stationed in Mongolia.

Now, in addition to the 26th Division, the nd Independent Mixed Brigade, five garrison battalions, a cavalry group, and the th Independent Mixed Brigade, the number of troops stationed in Mongolia has reached to .

"Where is the cavalry group stationed?"

“骑兵集团的司令部在包头，26师团的11联队和13联队在集宁。应该是为了对付晋绥军35军和我军120师。独立混成第九旅团从绥远抽调，驻扎在了张家口。”

"We are very dependent on them. If they don't cause any trouble in Suiyuan, the 26th Division can withdraw troops to sweep our base. The pressure on us will continue to increase."

"Yes."

"Old Wang, tell me. If the Japanese army raids again, what will they do?"

"Is this even worth considering?"

Wang Qiuyun pointed to the map and said, "The Japanese troops in Hebei are bound to sweep the First Division. The First Division has been making such a big fuss these days, how could the Japanese remain indifferent? As for dealing with our Eighth Column, they will definitely attack from all sides. On the Mongolian side, the left and right wings are the 26nd Independent Mixed Brigade and the th Independent Mixed Brigade. The two brigades are coming from the east and west, and they will definitely sweep our Xuanzhuohuai base. One will start from the Xuanhua area, and the other from the Huailai area, sweeping our base with thunderous force. Then there is the th Division, which is sweeping from the Yanbei base. I am not sure about the last one.

But there is a strong possibility that Peking will send an independent mixed brigade across Wanping to attack Chunhua Fort."

"A four-sided attack, truly a four-sided attack. Even if one division of the 120th Division and the th Yanbei Division are blocking the way, the Japanese troops in the other three directions, plus the puppet troops, could number . If we add the local garrison battalions and local security forces, the number of Japanese troops could reach . We must prepare in advance.

Chapter 236 Prepare for a Rainy Day 2

"Let me tell you what I saw at Long Yanchi's base."

Wei Hongjun gave Wang Qiuyun a detailed introduction to what Zhang Dahu and Xiahou Wen had said about the Japanese military strongholds.

Wang Qiuyun took a deep breath as he looked at the intelligence on Japanese strongholds Wei Hongjun had brought back. He said, "Old Wei, you're right. If the Japanese establish bunkers not only along the railway lines but also along the highways, it will severely restrict our troop movements. The Japanese will detect any movement of our main force. They can mobilize troops from all directions to pursue our main force. However, if the main force remains stationary, it will be difficult to breach these bunkers with only small or local forces. Even small Japanese strongholds have one or two light machine guns, which can form a simple fire network. Larger strongholds will have both light and heavy machine guns. Breaking through such a blockade will not be easy."

Tuobao is no stranger.

Wang Qiuyun had also seen it.

Bunkers are very unfriendly to troops that lack heavy weapons. This is because bunkers are not set up randomly, but are set up in places that are easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The terrain itself is favorable for bunkers.

It is really not easy to break through such a bunker.

To take down the bunkers, the main force must be deployed. But if the main force moves, the Japanese will follow suit. However, if the main force does not move, relying solely on local troops and small units, it will not be easy to take down the bunkers.

It can be said that the Japanese army built bunkers specifically to target the Eighth Route Army, a force that lacked heavy weapons.

"The Japanese set up a large number of bunkers in our base area, which is to divide our base area. More importantly, if the Japanese bunkers are too many, it will seriously affect the movement of our troops. Moreover, the Japanese army can use these bunkers to participate in the looting of food in the base area. Their bunkers block our main force, and then they can enter our base area at will to rob food."

"Ah."

Wang Qiuyun nodded.

He looked at the map carefully and said, "The first step for the Japanese army should be to set up bunkers along the Pingsui Road. After all, the Pingsui Road has been damaged too many times by our 8th Column in the past year and a half. Our troops can enter and exit the Pingsui Road almost at will. Therefore, the Japanese army will definitely focus on defending the Pingsui Road. For such a long section of the Pingsui Road, in addition to daily patrols, the best way is to set up shift bunkers. If there is a small bunker every five miles, a medium-sized bunker every ten miles, and a large stronghold every twenty miles, the total length of the railway from Beijing to Zhangjiakou is four hundred miles, and even to Huailai it is nearly three hundred miles. In other words, the Japanese army should establish about ten large strongholds, about ten medium-sized strongholds, and twenty small strongholds along the Pingsui Road."

Wang Qiuyun has been calculating.

Of course, this is just a rough estimate. The actual construction of the Japanese fort would not be so simple.

"If the Japanese want to protect the eastern section of the Ping-Sui Railway, they'll need at least four to five garrison battalions. But the Ping-Sui Railway also has the middle and western sections, which will require at least ten garrison battalions. In other words, either the Japanese can't set up so many bunkers, or the Japanese Independent Mixed Brigade will have to withdraw troops to participate in the garrisoning of the bunkers. Old Wei, which option do you think the Japanese will choose?"

"Of course, we need to draw troops from the Independent Mixed Brigade. Then, in some small strongholds, where there may not be many Japanese troops in the future, we can only send one or two supervisors, and the rest will be puppet troops stationed in the bunkers. Only in this way can we alleviate the shortage of Japanese troops."

"This should be."

Wang Qiuyun supports Wei Hongjun's opinion.

Tada Shun had just become the commander of the North China Front Army when he suffered a massive blow in the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Sub-district. The First Sub-district and the Eighth Column in particular had left him utterly humiliated. He wanted revenge but lacked the necessary troops.

Therefore, he strongly supported the development of the North China Security Army.

In the future, many strongholds and bunkers will likely be managed by these puppet troops. The Japanese army will at most send one or two advisors to supervise the puppet troops. This will allow more Japanese troops to participate in direct combat.

"In addition to the Pingsui Road, the Japanese army should also have built a large number of forts along the Xuanhua, Dajing Town, Xining, and Datong roads.

As long as the Japanese army controlled this road, it would directly separate the Ninggao Town base and the Chaxi Detachment's east and west areas.

Wang Qiuyun put himself in Tada Shun's position and began to think about how to form a fortification group.

He drew several lines and finally frowned deeply.

Wei Hongjun said, "In the next two or three months, the Japanese army will surely launch a major sweep. By then, the number of Japanese and puppet troops will undoubtedly be significant. Successfully countering this sweep won't be easy. I think using a small force to disrupt the entire force is a viable approach."

"When the main force of the Japanese army launches a mopping-up operation against the Chanan Detachment, it would be a good opportunity if the Chaxi Detachment and the Chadong Detachment on our two wings could break through the siege of the Japanese army.

Wang Qiuyun nodded slightly.

The Japanese originally thought they had trapped the Chaxi and Chadong detachments. However, at this moment, they suddenly broke through the Japanese defenses and even inflicted heavy damage on them. This would completely disrupt the Japanese military strategy.

Many times, the Eighth Route Army could not defeat the Japanese army's mopping-up operations. The Eighth Route Army's victories against mopping-up operations were all achieved by breaking through the weak points of the Japanese army's mopping-up operations. If a single point was breached, the entire mopping-up plan would fail.

"Then support them."

Wei Hongjun also came to the front of the map and pointed at it. "The Chaxi and Chadong detachments currently have a lot of people and their weapons and equipment are not too bad. But they each have their own shortcomings. This time when I went to the Ninggao Town base and the Longyanchi base, I saw some of their shortcomings. Now let me tell you about them."　

"Let's first talk about the Ninggao Town base and the Chaxi Detachment. You're familiar with Gao Wei's situation; he's a brave and capable fighter, capable of fighting tough battles. He's seemed much more stable recently, and the Chaxi Detachment has developed very well under his leadership. Furthermore, two companies from the Third Battalion of the Tenth Brigade were initially merged into the Chaxi Detachment. Therefore, the Chaxi Detachment currently has good combat effectiveness, and is not short of either military or political cadres. If there's a problem with the Chaxi Detachment, it's that their base construction and the development of their local forces haven't kept pace. So, my idea is to supplement them with some local cadres."

There were only three platoon-level cadres who followed Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun into Sheng County.

Tao Laifeng, Kong De, and Gao Wei.

Kong De was both civil and military, Gao Wei was a fierce general, and Tao Laifeng was steady. In peacetime, Tao Laifeng's steadiness might have been the most suitable for a cadre position. But in wartime, Tao Laifeng's excessive steadiness put him at a disadvantage in establishing bases and expanding the army.

Originally, Kong De was the one that Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun valued the most, and they were planning to let him take charge.

Unfortunately, the 17th Regiment was directly taken away by the 17st Division, and now Kong De and Tao Laifeng have both gone to the st Division with the th Regiment. Although Gao Wei is sometimes reckless, he dares to fight and fight, injecting a different style into his troops.

The Eighth Route Army needs such a powerful general at this stage.

With such a powerful general leading the team, Wei Hongjun is not worried about the combat effectiveness of the Chaxi Detachment.

The only concern is the construction of the Ninggao Town base.

"You're the secretary of the special committee. You're responsible for this matter. Tell me about the situation at the Chadong detachment."

"The Chadong Detachment's combat effectiveness is not bad. Especially after last year's large-scale cleanup, those whose beliefs were shaken and whose combat effectiveness was poor have all left the team. The remaining troops are very good in all aspects. Although most of the Chadong Detachment is composed of village liaison teams and bandits, they are really good at fighting. However, the Chadong Detachment has major flaws. After all, it was established not long ago, and the troops are composed of village liaison teams and bandits. The proportion of party members in the troops is low, and political education is poor. They are good at fighting some small-scale battles. However, the troops are short of military cadres. Once they are separated, it is difficult for them to have independent cadres. Even in this situation, I am worried about whether the troops can be reunited after being dispersed. The Chadong Detachment is really short of cadres, military cadres, and political cadres.

Wang Qiuyun also fell into deep thought.

As the commander of the Eighth Column, Wang Qiuyun must be aware of the situation of each unit. According to Wei Hongjun's previous thinking, the Chadong Detachment has a good chance of becoming a surprise force. However, to become a surprise force, it must have sufficient strength.

After thinking for a while, Wang Qiuyun said, "This time, the military district has assigned a lot of new cadres to our Eighth Column. I went to the commander and asked for a few more people. This time, our Eighth Column can be assigned about 260 people. However, these cadres are all recent graduates of the Second Branch of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University and the Yan'an Public School. Unlike previous graduates who could start working right away, this batch of students still needs to slowly adapt to the base area and the army. They can be used as reserve cadres, but they can't be used immediately."

The current graduates of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University and the Yan'an Public School were primarily students. Compared to earlier graduates, they were already Party cadres before they began their studies. Those cadres could return after their studies and be directly employed, given positions and jobs. However, these students, after their studies, still had to adapt to new situations when they arrived at the base areas, joined the army, and went to the battlefield. They can only be considered reserve cadres.

Wei Hongjun said directly: "I want to transfer half of the Iron-Blooded Anti-Japanese Team to the Chadong Branch. What do you think?

Chapter 237 Preparation

"You are so generous."

Wang Qiuyun also values ​​the Iron-Blooded Anti-Japanese Team and is very envious of it.

This unit was truly composed of intellectuals, consisting entirely of educated individuals. Not to mention the over one hundred university students, even the ordinary soldiers were at least middle school students. One could even call this unit the "Student Anti-Japanese Corps."

The platoon leaders and squad leaders of this unit are probably all students from Peking University or Yenching University. The level of education in the army is shockingly high.

Of course, if they were just students, they wouldn't be worth so much, to the point that even Wang Qiuyun, the commander of the Eighth Column, would be envious. Although the Eighth Route Army is currently short of a thousand troops, almost every month, university scholars from all over the country rush to the Eighth Route Army. After the outbreak of the July 38 Incident, the largest number of students who defected to the Eighth Route Army came from Northeast China and Shaanxi. A large number of exiled students from Northeast China gathered in Peking and Xi'an. In addition, students from Shaanxi were influenced by our party and flocked to Yan'an and the Eighth Route Army base after the July 38 Incident. Then, in , students from Shanxi, where the Eighth Route Army base was located, as well as nearby Peking, Tianjin, Baoding and other places, also defected to the Eighth Route Army in large numbers. Most of the famous -type cadres in the history of our party came from these provinces.

After 39, students from all over the country began to enter Yan'an and the Eighth Route Army base. So although the Eighth Route Army lacked cadres and scholars, it was not without university student cadres.

There are also many college students under the command of the Eighth Column.

However, there are many differences between college students.

The students of the Iron-Blooded Anti-Japanese Team that interested Wang Qiuyun were not ordinary students. These students had all been trained on the battlefield.

They are people who have actually fought in wars. They are not just pen-wavers or big talkers, but people who have fought in wars with real swords and guns.

There have also been many sensational battles.

Let's not even talk about the smaller-scale battles like attacking police stations and ambushing puppet troops. Just the ambush of Sugiyama Gen's convoy and the attack on the Japanese Nanyuan Airport, where they destroyed Japanese aircraft, was enough to shock the nation. This was a student unit capable of fighting. Furthermore, the Iron-Blooded Anti-Japanese Corps wasn't a civilian anti-Japanese force.

It is an armed force led by the Communist Party.

One-third of the students in the army are party members, which means that the army’s political work is done very well.

Jiang Hebai, the captain of the Iron Blood Anti-Japanese Team, needless to say, is only 28 years old, but he is a veteran Party member with ten years of Party membership.

He was a brilliant and fierce general, both civil and military. He planned battles with precision and brilliance. Several of his ambushes were precise and brutal, and his attack on Nanyuan Airport was particularly daring and careful. Furthermore, he wasn't just a warrior; he was also a fierce leader who led his troops from the front.

Sha Xuewen, the political commissar of the Iron-Blooded Anti-Japanese Corps, was also a longtime Party member. A graduate of Yenching University, he worked in the student movement in Peking. On the eve of the July 7 Incident, he also worked in the military mobilization of the 29th Army. His organizational and propaganda skills were exceptional. If Jiang Hebai was a warrior, both civil and military, then it was Sha Xuewen who united and rallied this troop.

The two of them worked together in perfect harmony in the Iron-Blooded Anti-Japanese Team.

Jiang Hebai was responsible for fighting, while Sha Xuewen was responsible for bringing in more anti-Japanese students and using these students' connections to find intelligence.

Moreover, Jiang Hebai has three generals under his command.

All of them are college students.

Gao Peng is the captain of the first squadron and a student at Northeastern University. Niu Xinliang is the captain of the second squadron and a graduate of Peking University. Hou Xiaofei is the captain of the third squadron and a student at Sino-French University.

They were both university graduates and skilled military officers, all of whom had been Party members for several years. Because of their advanced education, they served as both military and political cadres. These officers of the Iron Blood Anti-Japanese Corps, with their advanced education, were generally both military and politically competent.

The Eighth Route Army was so short of cadres now, and Wang Qiuyun certainly didn't want to let such cadres go. Moreover, because the Iron Blood Anti-Japanese Corps had a high level of education, those cadres who had fought in the war could be promoted one or two levels for use.

Just like the platoon leader of the Iron Blood Anti-Japanese Corps, the Eighth Column can be used as a company commander. And the squadron leaders like Gao Peng can be pulled over and become battalion commanders.

"The 26th Regiment is about to be formed, and the Chadong Detachment is in urgent need of cadres. If we provide them with supporting cadres now, as long as their combat effectiveness improves within the next two or three months, it will be worth it. There are too few Party members in the County Battalion, Cavalry Regiment, and Special Agent Regiment of the Chadong Detachment, and I am always worried. The battles between us and the Japanese army will become increasingly brutal. You and I have both experienced the Fifth Counter-Encirclement and Suppression Campaign and the Long March. The more difficult the times, the more we need a strong Party organization to ensure the stability of the troops. Otherwise, many will lose their revolutionary will, defect, or flee in difficult times."

"Ah."

Wang Qiuyun nodded.

He smiled and said, "You always have a lot of reasons to convince me. You must have thought about how to arrange the cadres of the Iron-Blooded Anti-Japanese Team.

Tell me how you want to arrange them."

"I want Comrade Jiang Hebai to be the commander of the New 25st Regiment, and Comrade Sha Xuewen to be the political commissar of the Special Forces Regiment. The First Squadron of the Iron-Blooded Anti-Japanese Team will be incorporated into the 25th Regiment, with Comrade Gao Peng as the battalion commander of the 26th Regiment. The Second Squadron of the Iron-Blooded Anti-Japanese Team will be incorporated into the Special Forces Regiment to form a special forces battalion, with Comrade Niu Xinliang as the battalion commander. The Third Squadron of the Iron-Blooded Anti-Japanese Team will be incorporated into the 26th Regiment, with Comrade Hou Xiaofei as the battalion commander of the th Regiment.

"You are so thoughtful."

Wang Qiuyun thought about it carefully. Wei Hongjun had thought of everything he could think of and made all the arrangements perfectly.

Everything that could be considered was taken into consideration. In particular, the newly formed 25th and 26th Regiments were well-organized. Both the 25th Regiment, which was reorganized from the Independent Regiment, and the 26th Regiment, which was reorganized from the New Third Regiment, were significantly inferior to the main force in terms of strength.