Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

While Zhang Dahu was deploying combat orders, Xiahou Wen had already begun organizing local troops and civilians in the base area to enter Kangzhuang Station.

For the Eighth Route Army, everything at Kangzhuang Station is a treasure.

Even the bricks from the Japanese bunkers were extremely valuable to the Eighth Route Army. These bricks could be used not only by the army but also by the local people in the base area.

The people in Chadong area are very poor.

Bricks were a rare treasure for them. They were a valuable asset for building a house. Even if they weren't building a house, they could still build a pigpen.

Besides, if we leave these bricks here, the Japanese army can use them to rebuild the fort here in the future. To prevent this, Xia Houwen will also take these bricks away when he comes here this time.

"Commissar, what should we do with these buildings?"

"What should we do? Take away everything that can be taken away, and blow up everything that cannot be taken away. We cannot leave anything at Kangzhuang Station to the Japanese."

Kangzhuang Station has a very high status on Pingsui Road, and the Japanese army will definitely rebuild it in the future.

The more severe the destruction, the more difficult it would be for the Japanese army to rebuild in the future.

The longer it takes for the Japanese army to rebuild, the more advantageous it will be for the Eighth Route Army.

"How are the spoils from the battlefield?"

646 Type 173 rifles, 4 Hanyang rifles, 18 heavy machine guns, 11 light machine guns, 4 grenade launchers, 14.7 pistols. 14900 rounds of Type rifle ammunition, and approximately rounds of heavy machine gun ammunition.

"good."

Xiahou Wen nodded.

The harvest was really good.

With more than 800 long and short guns and 22 light and heavy machine guns, it is enough to form a new small regiment.

"Where's the armory?"

"There's even more good stuff in there. Two infantry guns, four flat-firing cannons, eight mortars, and eleven heavy machine guns. There are also over 400 rifles and short rifles, and even more ammunition, but we haven't had time to count them yet. It's definitely not less than what we captured on the battlefield."

"well."

Kangzhuang Station was a Japanese stronghold.

With so many Japanese troops stationed there, if other locations were attacked, the Japanese at Kangzhuang Station would rush out to provide support. Therefore, the arsenal was naturally full of valuables. This time, the raid on Kangzhuang was highly effective, with much loot captured.

The Japanese army probably never imagined that Kangzhuang Station's numerous defensive measures would not be able to hold off the Eighth Route Army for three hours. The bunkers that the Japanese and puppet troops trusted so much were easily breached by the Eighth Route Army.

So all the good things were given to the Chadong Detachment.

At Kangzhuang Station, truck after truck was carrying away things. Even though many people thought it was just garbage, the people of Longyanchi Base happily took the things away.

Those with horse-drawn carriages used them, those with carts used them, those with small carts used them, and many people carried their belongings on their shoulders. Nearly 100,000 people were mobilized for this mission to the Longyanchi base.

Basically, anyone who is able to work and is over 12 years old and under 60 years old, regardless of gender, age or status, from the surrounding bases, can participate.

It is not easy to mobilize so many people.

The local governments of each rural base area need to participate in mobilization and organization. They should be divided into different groups according to different districts. Simply organizing these ordinary people is extremely difficult. After all, ordinary people are not the army. To make them obey the military model requires ten times or even a hundred times more effort from grassroots cadres.

The massive crowds of civilians emptied the entire Kangzhuang Station within a single day. Many of the buildings within the station were demolished by the people, who then took away the bricks. They also took away rails, sleepers, utility poles, and cables—everything they could carry away was left behind.

What does one hundred thousand people mean?

If one person carried ten kilograms, that was one million kilograms. If one person carried fifty kilograms, that was five million kilograms. And with the large number of horse-drawn carriages, carts, and small carts, the common people carried away more than twenty million kilograms of goods.

With so much stolen, how could Kangzhuang Station not be empty? In fact, many areas were practically bare. The entire railway line within a ten-mile radius of Kangzhuang Station had been stripped clean, along with the utility poles and wires. The rails alone weighed millions of pounds.

A true military-civilian celebration.

At this time, Zhang Dahu was indeed leading the 26th Regiment, the Cavalry Regiment, and the nd Security Regiment to ambush, block, and attack the strongholds and bunkers around Kangzhuang.

The Japanese troops in many surrounding strongholds were in a dilemma and didn't know what to choose.

Because there were not many Japanese and puppet troops in the strongholds and forts.

If rescue efforts were made, the number of people stationed at the strongholds and bunkers would be reduced, and they would be easily defeated by the Eighth Route Army. Furthermore, the rescue troops would be easily ambushed by the Eighth Route Army on the way. But if rescue efforts were not made, would Kangzhuang Station really be abandoned?

Not to mention the importance of Kangzhuang Station. The leader of the Japanese and puppet troops in this area is inside Kangzhuang Station.

When the Japanese and puppet troops were in a dilemma, the Chadong Detachment took action one after another. Not only did they eliminate Japanese strongholds and redeploy forts, but they also blew up many bridges and even tunnels along the way.

The purpose of the Chadong Detachment's raid is to completely paralyze the Pingsui Road and respond to the current raid on the Zhengtai Road.

Chapter 333: The Dilemma of the Mongolian Army

At the same time as the Chadong Detachment took action, the Chaxi Detachment also began to move. The Chaxi Detachment concentrated its three battalions and also gathered local troops. The three battalions of the Chaxi Detachment had been developing separately for a year.

They are all developing very well.

The Chasui Detachment, which had previously underdeveloped, has been developing better and better in Tianzhen after adjustments. Lian Han, the captain of the Third Battalion, is truly a cadre with outstanding military management and command abilities among the cadres of the Chasui Detachment.

The third brigade itself is composed of scholars.

Under Lian Han's leadership, Tianzhen is experiencing rapid development. Currently, the Chaxi Detachment's Third Battalion boasts a main force of over 2200 men. The Chaxi Detachment mobilized three battalions and over local troops to launch a surprise attack on the Pingsui Road, a crucial route connecting Datong and Zhangjiakou, located in the Ninggao Town base area.

The Chaxi Detachment destroyed more than twenty miles of railway within a few days, and the railway between Datong and Zhangjiakou was instantly cut off.

The 8th Column, which had been silent all this time, suddenly took action and cut off the Pingsui Road in one fell swoop.

The Chadong Detachment mobilized five regiments at once to storm Kangzhuang Station. Within two days, they annihilated over 870 Japanese troops and over 600 puppet troops, including police and security forces. They then attacked reinforcements, ambushed, and destroyed surrounding bunkers, killing over 1300 Japanese and puppet troops. The Japanese troops inside Kangzhuang Station were annihilated by the Chadong Detachment with little resistance.

In particular, there were two Japanese squads of about 100 people stationed in a small bunker.

Nothing was done and they were all buried in the fort.

Then there were some who survived, but were attacked by soldiers from the First Battalion of the New First Regiment, who threw grenades into their bunkers. It was such a pathetic death. The bunker they trusted so much was destroyed by a few mortar hits.

The Japanese army really couldn't believe it.

But this unbelievable thing really happened during this battle.

It should be said that this modified mortar was used not only in the Kangzhuang battle, but also by the 129th Division, the Jin-Cha-Ji Army, and the 120th Division, with very good results. If it were not for this, the results of this raid would not have been so good.

In addition, the Chaxi Detachment cut off the railway between Datong and Zhangjiakou, so it can be said that the entire Pingsui Railway was severely damaged.

The Eight Columns began to show their fangs.

During the Hundred Regiments Campaign, the main force of the Eighth Route Army concentrated on the Zhengtai Railway. Over 50 regiments took turns attacking the railway. Over half of the tracks and sleepers along the entire route were removed by the Eighth Route Army.

Zhengtai Road was directly paralyzed.

The Pinghan Road and Tongpu Road were also attacked.

The main force on the Pinghan Railway was the Jizhong Military Region. While its troops were weaker in combat effectiveness, they were more numerous. Dozens of regiments were deployed to disrupt the Pinghan Railway. Furthermore, troops from the First and Third Divisions also participated in the attack. The Tongpu Railway was dominated by troops from the 120th Division, as well as troops from the Second and Fifth Divisions.

The Eighth Route Army was everywhere.

Within a few days, Pinghan Road, Zhengtai Road and Tongpu Road were all blocked and impassable.

This caused a lot of headaches for the North China Front Army.

Now that the Eighth Column has taken action, the North China Front Army is even more nervous. Because the Eighth Column's action is also thunderous, giving the Japanese and puppet troops no chance at all.

The Chadong and Chaxi detachments launched an attack, cutting off the Pingsui Road from Beiping to Huailai and from Zhangjiakou to Datong in one night. Furthermore, the Eighth Column's actions were certainly not simply a raid.

More and more troops are involved in the battle, and the scale of the battle is getting bigger and bigger.

"Commander, Huailai reports that two more stations and nine bunkers were breached by the Eighth Route Army today. Tianzhen and Yangyuan report that the Eighth Route Army troops breached three stations and seven bunkers.

Zhangjiakou.

Naosaburo Okabe listens to Tanaka Shinichi's report.

After the Eighth Column took action, Okabe Naozaburo hadn't slept well. This was because the Eighth Column's reputation was so great, and it brought too many bad memories to the troops stationed in Mongolia. Even before the Eighth Column took action, Okabe Naozaburo was already worried and unable to sleep. He was afraid that the Eighth Column had other "conspiracies."

Although the North China Front Army had assumed that the main force of the 8th Column had moved south to participate in the Shota Road raid, Okabe Naozaburo was not sure. His concern for the 8th Column was deep-seated, and he was constantly worried about some "conspiracy" being hatched by the 8th Column.

But after the Eighth Column took action, Okabe Naosaburo could not sleep well.

Because the Eight Columns are too powerful.

"Where's the Third Independent Battalion in Tianzhen?"

"Ever since the 1400th Independent Mixed Brigade moved south, we've been severely short-handed. The rd Independent Battalion, combined with the Tianzhen garrison battalion, leaves Tianzhen with only about Imperial Army troops. Most of them are stationed in various strongholds and redoubts, leaving only the rd Battalion with about men. They're worried that if they send reinforcements out of the city, the Eighth Route Army will attack Tianzhen.

The departure of the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade had a great impact on the troops stationed in Mongolia.

Originally, the Mongolian garrison had two mixed brigades in Chahar: the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade and the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade. In addition to the five garrison battalions, the Mongolian garrison had approximately 15,000 troops available for deployment in Chahar.

Sufficient troops can be deployed in cities, stations, strongholds and forts along the Pingsui Railway.

The 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade was mainly responsible for the Pingsui Road in Huailai and the area east of Huailai, and the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade was responsible for the Pingsui Road in Huaian, Tianzhen and Yanggao west of Zhangjiakou.

However, the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade was transferred by the North China Front Army to protect the Tongpu Railway.

During the Hundred Regiments Campaign, each unit committed as many troops as they could. Many units even volunteered to join in without orders from above, simply because they saw other units fighting.

On the Tongpu Railway, there were troops from the 120th Division, the Second Division, the Fifth Division, and a variety of other units totaling nearly 30 regiments. With so many troops operating between the Tongpu Railway and the Suiyuan area, the Tongpu Railway was repeatedly cut off. The main Japanese forces were now converging on the Zhengtai Railway, leaving few troops on the Tongpu Railway to stop the 120th Division.

Therefore, the North China Front Army transferred the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade to the south.

For the North China Front Army, the Zhengtai and Tongpu Railways were obviously more important than the Pingsui Railway. Therefore, regardless of the actual situation of the Mongolian Army and the request of the Mongolian Army Command, the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade was transferred to the south.

The Mongolian troops were helpless.

The only option was to have the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade send troops to take over the defense zone of the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade.

As a result, the Second Independent Mixed Brigade's forces were extremely dispersed. Each county couldn't even allocate an independent battalion, and some counties only had a reinforced squadron. However, this small force was nothing compared to the powerful Eighth Column.

It's like being in Tianzhen.

The Japanese troops in Tianzhen were relatively numerous. The entire town consisted of the Third Independent Battalion and a single garrison battalion. But Tianzhen was so large, how could such a small force be enough? In normal times, they could maintain their rule. But when the Eighth Route Army came out in full force, the Japanese army immediately felt the shortage of troops.

"What's the situation with the 26th Division?"

"The Front Command has already dispatched the 26th Regiment of the 11th Division south to work with the th Independent Mixed Brigade to maintain the Tongpu Railway.

"idiot."

Okabe Naosaburo really wanted to curse.

Short on manpower, the North China Front Army kept drawing troops from the Mongolian Army. But why didn't the North China Front Army consider that Chahar wasn't a peaceful place? Chahar boasted the powerful Eighth Column of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Region. The 26th Division consisted of only three regiments, and the 26th Regiment was currently stationed in Suiyuan, battling the 13th Army of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Daqingshan Detachment of the Eighth Route Army. Fortunately, the cavalry group was incorporated into the Mongolian Army, stationed in Baotou, guarding the 35th Army of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. With only the 35th Regiment, it would have been no match for the 13th Army in Suiyuan.

The 11th Regiment went south, and the 12th Regiment had to stay in Datong.

After all, Datong currently has a limited number of troops. If Datong were to fall, it would be a major event. It would likely shake up all of North China, and the commander of the North China Front Army would be court-martialed. However, the North China Front Army's actions directly put the troops stationed in Mongolia on the spot.

"What's happening with the other troops in the Eighth Column?"

"currently there is not."