Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

"Can this Wang Qiuyun be brought over? Isn't he just a military sub-district commander in the Eighth Route Army? If he comes over, I'll make him a corps commander, or maybe a group army commander. And I heard that the 8th Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Column was built by Wang Qiuyun himself. If he can bring his troops over, I can give him the position of theater commander.

As the commander of the 8th Column, Wang Qiuyun immediately attracted the attention of Chiang Kai-shek.

After all, he was so young, yet he had such a record. Among the army group commanders and corps commanders of the Nationalist Army, which one had a better record than Wang Qiuyun? If Wang Qiuyun could be brought over, it would not only bring a powerful general to the Nationalist Army, but also deal a heavy blow to the Eighth Route Army.

As for Wei Hongjun, he was a political cadre of the Eighth Route Army.

Chiang Kai-shek knew that such a person was difficult to win over, so he asked about Wang Qiuyun's situation.

"Principal, this may be difficult."

"Why, don't tell me that the Eighth Route Army generals are all selfless and don't care about getting promoted or getting rich. As long as he's willing to come, I'll establish a new war zone in Chahar and let him be the commander. I don't believe the Communist Party can give Wang Qiuyun a higher position than me."

Dai Li immediately said: "Principal, it's not because of this reason. We also know about Wang Qiuyun. He joined the Red Army in the 18th year of the Republic of China, and he is from western Fujian. He has many relatives..." When Dai Li said this, everyone understood what he meant.

Western Fujian was the most important base area of ​​the Central Soviet Area and the source of the Central Red Army's most valuable troops. A large portion of the Central Red Army came from western Fujian. Therefore, during the battles between the Central Red Army and the Nationalist Army, countless Red Army soldiers from western Fujian died at the hands of the Nationalist Army. Of course, these were battlefield casualties.

After all, it's a life-and-death battle on the battlefield.

But the hatred between western Fujian and the Kuomintang did not only appear on the battlefield.

When the Central Soviet Area fell, western Fujian, a crucial component of the area and a vital source of recruits for the Central Red Army, suffered the most brutal purges. The policies implemented by the Kuomintang in the Soviet Area were comparable to, and perhaps even more brutal than, the "Three Alls" policy implemented by Gangcun Ningci in the base areas.

The number of women and children sold by the Kuomintang in the Soviet areas alone numbered in the hundreds of thousands. What the Kuomintang did in the Soviet areas was not simply inhumane; it was abhorrent to both humans and gods. Anyone with even a modicum of conscience, or indeed any human being, would not do such a thing.

Therefore, every member of the Eighth Route Army from western Fujian had a blood feud with the Nationalist Army. Many of their relatives and friends died at the hands of the Nationalist Army.

Chiang Kai-shek was just saying it casually.

There have been attempts to recruit Eighth Route Army generals over the years, but few have been truly successful. Even those who have succeeded are generally single-handedly independent. No one can bring a fully organized unit to join the Nationalist Army.

Now that he heard Wang Qiuyun's background, Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to give up.

It's just a pity.

How come the Eighth Route Army has such a powerful general like Wang Qiuyun?

Chiang Kai-shek said with a cold face, "Now tell me what we should do. Look at the Eighth Route Army office. Chongqing is bustling with people, almost like it's the Eighth Route Army's base. And those who are dissatisfied with the Nationalist government are in contact with the Communist Party every day. Look at these newspapers. On the one hand, they praise the Eighth Route Army, but on the other hand, they ridicule us. Come up with a plan. If the Eighth Route Army can take Zhangjiakou, can't our Nationalist army, with a million troops, take a city?"

"Commissioner, it's not that there is no way."

"Talk about it."

Seeing Chen Cheng speaking, Chiang Kai-shek became more excited.

Chen Cheng said: "We have received intelligence that the North China Front Army will launch a large-scale sweep of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei. Every time they sweep the Eighth Route Army base, they will withdraw the Japanese 36th Division stationed in Xinxiang to fight north. In this way, the Japanese army will have few troops in northern Henan, only a few security forces left, which are not many people in total. And as long as the 36th Division is gone, there will be no regular Japanese troops in northern Henan.

If we can send two or three armies from central Henan, we can completely sweep across northern Henan. Once we take northern Henan, we can quickly reverse the current public opinion."

"That would be helping the Eighth Route Army."

He Yingqin immediately refuted.

"If we send troops into northern Henan, the Japanese 36th Division may end its sweep of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Eighth Route Army and turn against us. This will not relieve the pressure on the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Eighth Route Army, but will shift the pressure to us.

It was a good thing that the Japanese army raided the Eighth Route Army base.

Why should the national army get involved?

Chen Cheng disagreed with He Yingqin's opinion and said, "This is our chance to recapture northern Henan and re-enter Hebei. Without the 36th Division, we can easily take northern Henan."

But He Yingqin bluntly said, "The Communist Party's harm is worse than that of the Japanese army. The Japanese army is now determined to wipe out the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei. If we go to help, how can we control the Communist Party in the future? They have the power to take Zhangjiakou now. If they take Peking in a year or two, who will rule the world in the future?"

Chiang Kai-shek was initially tempted.

After all, how could Chiang Kai-shek accept such ridicule in the newspaper? Chen Cheng's plan made sense. In other directions, it would not be so easy for the National Army to launch a counterattack. Only in the northern Henan region, the Japanese army had only one division. Once the Japanese army transferred this division, there would be no regular Japanese troops here, which would be a very good opportunity. But after He Yingqin said this, Chiang Kai-shek immediately changed his mind.

Yes, let the Japanese army and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Eighth Route Army fight to the death, why do you have to get involved?

Compared with the Japanese army, the Eighth Route Army is the most serious threat.

Therefore, he said: "Jingzhi's words make sense. The Communist Party is the biggest threat to the party and the country. We cannot attack northern Henan. Let's go back and think of other ways.

Chapter 425 Getting rich suddenly

The Eighth Column has neither the time nor the energy to care about how the outside world is evaluating the Eighth Column's capture of Zhangjiakou, because all the cadres in the column are very busy now, and they are busy all the time.

After the troops entered Zhangjiakou, Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun divided the work.

Wang Qiuyun continued to lead the troops in eliminating the stubborn Japanese and puppet troops, while Wei Hongjun and Li Shiping were responsible for the inventory of supplies. Wei Hongjun had not slept for two days since entering Zhangjiakou.

Because there are too many things to deal with.

The Japanese army in Zhangjiakou not only had numerous military warehouses, but also a vast amount of supplies scattered across barracks, positions, railway stations, and barricades. These supplies were invaluable to the Eighth Route Army. When attacking Zhangjiakou, Wei Hongjun had not anticipated the abundance of supplies scattered throughout the city. Therefore, upon entering the city, Wei Hongjun organized his troops to specifically collect these scattered supplies.

Truckloads of supplies.

The supplies seized in Xuanhua pale in comparison to those in Zhangjiakou. Even before the military warehouses in Zhangjiakou were sorted out, the scattered supplies alone already exceeded the total amount seized in Xuanhua. This shows just how much valuable material Zhangjiakou possessed.

In addition to registering these things as soon as possible, the next step is to take over the pseudo-government agencies in Zhangjiakou.

There are too many such institutions in Zhangjiakou.

Zhangjiakou was the headquarters of the Mongolian Army and the seat of the puppet Mengjiang United Autonomous Government. Initially, the government was organized entirely according to the central government of a normal country. When it was officially established in 1939, they even changed the reign title. Previously, records had been kept in the years of the Republic of China, but they switched directly to the Genghis Khan era. Following the typical government structure, the State Council of the puppet Mengjiang United Autonomous Government consisted of the Ministries of General Affairs, Finance, Security, Civil Affairs, Animal Husbandry, Transportation, Education, and Justice, among other departments and institutions.

However, they were unable to formally establish a country, but instead recognized the Wang Puppet Government as the orthodox. The puppet Mengjiang United Autonomous Government could only establish the "Mongolian Autonomous State".

Therefore, after entering Zhangjiakou, these departments must accept the arrival. Although Wei Hongjun has arranged for the various departments below to accept the arrival according to the plan, Wei Hongjun is still worried about what might happen and still needs to pay attention to this aspect.

Almost every moment someone came in to report to Wei Hongjun on the reception situation.

There were also traitors in Zhangjiakou. Zhangjiakou had been controlled by the Japanese for many years, being their most important city in Chahar. Some wealthy traitors, driven by the Eighth Route Army's conquests, fled to Zhangjiakou to settle down. Most of Chahar's powerful traitor landlords were in Zhangjiakou.

These people need to be dealt with.

But how to deal with it is not so simple. These people control every aspect of Chahar. To maintain the stability of Chahar and to crack down on these traitors, we need to flexibly control policies.

Moreover, there were nearly 20,000 Japanese expatriates in Zhangjiakou, and it was impossible to execute them all. Killing Japanese soldiers on the battlefield was one thing, and killing Japanese after the war was over was another.

So Wei Hongjun’s first step was to register.

All Japanese, men, women, young and old, were required to register. Their identities and occupations were registered by family unit. This was also to identify Japanese soldiers, Japanese spies, and Japanese businessmen who plundered Chinese aid. Of course, this didn't mean that Japanese civilians were immune.

We also need to investigate to see if there is any blood debt on his hands.

These tasks are tedious, but they must be done.

His eyes were red, but Wei Hongjun still didn't dare to slack off. Because Wei Hongjun knew that if he did, many things in Zhangjiakou would go wrong. Just like in history.

"Were the military warehouses severely damaged?"

"In the entire Zhangjiakou, only one warehouse was blown up by the Japanese army, while the other warehouses were safe and sound. The Japanese army did not expect that we would occupy Zhangjiakou within a few hours after launching the general offensive. When our troops came to take over the warehouses, many Japanese soldiers only realized that we had entered the city. Therefore, some warehouses were not blown up in time. Some Japanese soldiers gave up on blowing up the warehouses when they saw that our troops had already arrived. Many more warehouses were guarded by puppet troops and puppet police. Although they received orders, they did not dare to actually take action. Our underground party organization in Zhangjiakou also worked with them. At the last moment, they detained the Japanese who came to blow up the warehouses. Therefore, all the warehouses in Zhangjiakou were preserved."

"well."

What Wei Hongjun was most worried about was that the Japanese and puppet troops would eventually blow up all the warehouses in Zhangjiakou.

It seems that all the warehouses are fine now.

The Japanese army's fighting spirit had truly declined. If it were the Japanese army of the past, they would have certainly perished together at the final moment. But it was clear that the Japanese army of today lacked the resolve to sacrifice their lives for the Emperor, especially the young and middle-aged men of the colonization corps captured by the Mongolian army. They did not want to die, and their fighting spirit was extremely weak. Many Japanese soldiers guarding warehouses, seeing that the Eighth Route Army had already entered the city, gave up on blowing up the warehouses at the last moment.

Of course, this was also due to the swiftness of the 8th Column's capture of Zhangjiakou. After launching the general offensive, the entire First Brigade entered the city within an hour. Many Japanese troops were caught off guard. The fact that even the commander and chief of staff of the Mongolian garrison didn't escape demonstrates the Japanese army's predicament.

"Have they all been registered?"

Wei Hongjun was busy, as were Li Shiping, Gao Weimin, and Zheng Laishan, as they were all busy counting the captured supplies.

“Some parts that are easy to check have been registered.

"how many?"

"About 8700 Type 1900 rifles and about 26000 Type 34000 rifles made in Shanxi. In addition to battlefield captures, many were also taken from Japanese barracks. We also found 1900 brand new Type rifles in the arsenal we discovered in Zhangjiakou. So far, we've seized over Type rifles and Type rifles made in Shanxi."

"it is good."

Wei Hongjun nodded repeatedly.

Although the Eighth Route Army has grown rapidly in recent years, more than 34000 Type rifles are still a very large number for the Eighth Route Army. With so many Type rifles, more than new regiments can be formed.

Although Jin-Cha-Ji has developed so well over the years, there are only more than 100 main force groups at present.

If so many weapons were sent to Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, each military sub-district would be strengthened.

How many Type 38 rifles can the entire Eighth Route Army have now? The Eighth Route Army's current weaponry is complex, with a wide variety of weapons. For example, only the most elite troops of the Eighth Column can use the Type 38 rifle.

Most troops used the Shanxi-made Type 65 and Hanyang-made rifles. These domestically produced rifles were already very good for the Eighth Route Army. Many local troops still used older, homemade rifles.

This time, more than 34000 Type rifles were seized, which made the th Column very wealthy.

There are also 1900 Jin-made rifles.

The Shanxi-made rifles had very good performance and were very popular among the Eighth Route Army.

1900 Jin-made rifles were enough to form two regiments.

"In addition to the Type 17000 rifles, we also found a large, older warehouse in Zhangjiakou filled with weapons captured by the Japanese from the Nationalist army. It's a mess, so we're still sorting it out. But our preliminary count shows there are around 4000 rifles of various types. Among them, there are around 2000 Type 8000 rifles made in Jin, around 3000 regular rifles, and the Hanyang rifle is the largest, with around . There are also rifles from Czechoslovakia, France, and the Soviet Union, as well as various models produced by military factories across the country, totaling over . The Japanese didn't maintain these firearms very well, but our people have inspected them and found most of them to be in working order.

"These should be weapons lost by the Central Army, Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, and Northwest Army in Chahar and Shanxi.

Wei Hongjun was very happy to have so many weapons.

After the July 7 Incident, the Nationalist army lost a large amount of ammunition in the first two years. Hundreds of thousands of rifles alone were lost, most of which were captured by the Japanese. Some were used to equip the puppet army, but a large number of weapons remained in their warehouses.

The Japanese army looked down on these rifles, but they were good things to the Eighth Route Army.

How many Eighth Route Army troops are currently using old sleeves, even though the rifling has been worn out, but are still in use.

"That should be the case. In addition to rifles, the warehouse also contains a large number of light and heavy machine guns. There are all kinds of models, some directly imported, some imitated by my country. A rough estimate puts the total at over 600 light and heavy machine guns, and over 700 submachine guns. Besides these, there are also numerous Kuomintang mortars, grenade launchers, and more than a dozen mountain cannons.

Look at so many weapons, such good weapons, and the Japanese army actually doesn’t even look at them.

Of course, another reason was that the Japanese army was concerned about logistical supplies. Many units of the Nationalist Army used rifles with 7.92 rounds of ammunition, which could not be mixed with Japanese rifles. In order to ensure the unity of logistics, the Japanese army would not use these Nationalist rifles.

This is really a bargain for the Eighth Route Army.

With so many rifles, light and heavy machine guns, and submachine guns, the Eighth Route Army can form more than a dozen or twenty regiments.

"Do the Japanese have any bullets from the Nationalist army that were captured?"

"Yes. And there's a lot of it. A whole warehouse is full of weapons and ammunition captured by the Japanese from the Nationalist Army. It will take time to get an accurate figure, but it's a real lot. If it were put into the Nationalist Army, it would be enough for at least three or four standard divisions. If it were the Nationalist Army's miscellaneous units, two armies wouldn't have that much weapons. A preliminary count puts the number of bullets at nearly two million."

"Okay. Initially, the Nationalist Army in Chahar consisted of the Central Army, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, the 29th Army, and the Northeast Army, totaling over 20 troops. Later, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army also assembled troops in Datong. After the Japanese defeated them, these troops lost a large amount of weapons and ammunition. The Japanese used this weaponry to arm numerous puppet troops. The puppet security forces formed by the Japanese in Chahar were mostly armed with Shanxi-made Type rifles, all captured by the Japanese.

Everyone is in a good mood.

After all, with so many weapons, there were over 200 million rounds of ammunition. Wei Hongjun had lived frugally and even traded with the puppet army in those years, but he had never managed to obtain 200 million rounds of ammunition. But this time, after conquering Zhangjiakou, he seized 200 million rounds of ammunition from an old warehouse alone.

With so many bullets, everything is easy.