Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Obedience to orders was imperative. If you were told to march 200 miles in a single day, you had to obey. This resulted in many guerrillas and local forces, after joining the main force, becoming incompatible with the main force. It took a long time to adapt and shake off their guerrilla habits.

"We'll follow the political commissar's advice and form a supplementary brigade, treating it as our second-line corps. From the very beginning, when they're still new recruits with no knowledge of anything, we can train them directly for the needs of the main force. This way, after they join the main force, they can seamlessly integrate with it. Furthermore, if some main forces want to expand, they can apply to the military district to form a scaffolding regiment and staff it with cadres. The military district will then recruit new soldiers for them, let them train them themselves, and then send them directly to their main forces."

Xu Luomin, the chief of staff, was deeply moved by Wei Hongjun's actions and strongly supported him. He also drew inferences from his experience and began to consider how other units could develop their own recruit units.

Xu Luominji began to reflect.

As the military region's chief of staff, this kind of thing should be my responsibility. Now that Wei Hongjun, the political commissar, has brought it up first, I'm derelict in my duty.

Wang Qiuyun nodded slightly.

He hadn't really considered these things. Whenever the main force was short of troops, Wei Hongjun would always find a way to replenish them. And troop training was the responsibility of Chief of Staff Xu Luomin. So Wang Qiuyun usually focused on troop tactics.

Now that this was suddenly brought up, and Wei Hongjun and Xu Luomin both agreed, Wang Qiuyun had no reason to object.

Others who attended the meeting, such as Han Weiguo and Li Shiping, agreed.

Wei Hongjun said, "Then let's discuss the cadre arrangements for the supplementary brigade."

"Political Commissar, since the replacement brigade is formed to train new recruits rather than to fight, can we simplify the command structure? Either to have a brigade, battalion, company, and squad, or a brigade, regiment, company, and squad. This way, we can reduce the number of cadres and veterans we can recruit. Or, we can use the same number of cadres and veterans but train more new recruits."

Han Weiguo spoke.

Since it's just training new recruits, there's no need for a full leadership structure like other main units. The leadership structure can be simplified. New recruit training primarily aims to teach them the most basic military knowledge, and as long as the company and squad levels are functioning normally, there's no problem.

There is no need even to go up to the battalion or regiment level.

However, the number of recruits needed to replenish the brigade is large. If the brigade directly manages the company, the number of recruits in the company will be too large. Therefore, it is necessary to add a battalion or regiment in the middle.

This will greatly reduce the number of cadres and veterans drawn from the main force.

Wei Hongjun didn't answer, but looked at Xu Luomin and said, "Chief of Staff, what do you think?"

Military training was originally Xu Luomin's job.

Xu Luomin nodded and said, "As long as the military structure is in place, it's fine. Training new recruits will mainly focus on training them in military techniques, familiarizing them with military discipline and orders, and providing them with political education. This isn't a combat unit, so it doesn't need to be treated the same as the main force."

Wei Hongjun nodded and said, "We have many inherent advantages in establishing a supplementary brigade in Rehe. We have just completed the rent and interest reduction work in Rehe, and many people are very enthusiastic about us. They want to protect the fruits of the rent and interest reduction and not allow the Japanese and puppet troops to come back and destroy the results of the rent and interest reduction. Therefore, many people are actively joining the army. In addition, we broke up the Japanese and puppet army's group tribes and rescued more than one million people. They have a deep hatred for the Japanese and puppet troops, and many people are willing to join the Eighth Route Army and fight against Japan with us. Therefore, we have no shortage of troops in Rehe. As long as we form a supplementary brigade and train for a few months, we will have 10,000 to 20,000 new recruits who can supplement the main force at any time."

In history, Marshal Luo formed the Second Line Corps in the Northeast by relying on the vast number of farmers after the land reform.

Rehe also has such a foundation.

Whether it was the peasants who had just received rent and interest reductions, or the people of Rehe who had been rescued from their tribes by the Eighth Route Army, they were all very enthusiastic about joining the army. If the current Ji-Re-Cha Military Region and the Ji-Re-Liao Military Region did not have the strength to expand their forces on a large scale, with the current enthusiasm of the people of Rehe, the Ji-Re-Cha Military Region and the Ji-Re-Liao Military Region would have no problem expanding their troops in Rehe by 100,000.

Wang Qiuyun was very happy to hear this.

If the Jirecha Military Region had the ability to replenish its main force with 10,000 to 20,000 new soldiers at any time, it would be able to fight larger-scale battles in the future. Currently, Wang Qiuyun's biggest fear in planning the battle was heavy casualties, which would affect replenishment and the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Therefore, Wang Qiuyun said, "Transfer Comrade Li Gengda, Captain of the Training Brigade, to serve as Commander and Political Commissar of the Supplementary Brigade. He performed very well in the Training Brigade and trained a large number of grassroots commanders for the troops. It shouldn't be a problem for him to train the new recruits."

When Xu Luomin came to the 8th Column, he brought with him the cadres who had trained grassroots commanders with him during his time at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University.

Xu Luomin arrived at the 8th Column and personally took charge of the Training Battalion. At the time, the Training Battalion had three squadron leaders: Han Chengwei, Yu Yang, and Li Gengda. Han Chengwei and Yu Yang were transferred to command the new regiments when the 8th Column established them. Han Chengwei's New Third Regiment now fights with the 9th Brigade, while Yu Yang's New Fifth Regiment has been assigned to the Chahar-Suiyuan Detachment.

Li Gengda stayed in the military region as the captain of the teaching brigade.

"Comrade Li Gengda can."

Li Gengda was also a veteran of the Long March, but he had been studying at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University since the July 7 Incident. He first studied at the university and later stayed to teach there, training students.

After following Xu Luomin to the 8th Column, he has been training grassroots commanders in the 8th Column.

He's been in school, training grassroots commanders and recruits. Having not been on the battlefield for so many years, it's not appropriate to send him to the front lines. The best approach is to continue training grassroots commanders and recruits for the army.

Wei Hongjun thought for a moment and continued, "We can merge the teaching brigade and the supplementary brigade. The training of new recruits in the supplementary brigade can be done by the lower-level cadres. Comrade Li Gengda can continue to run the teaching brigade in the supplementary brigade. The cadres of the supplementary brigade can also be rotated appropriately.

The grassroots commanders and veterans who come to the training brigade for training can learn while also participating in the training of new recruits. This way, learning while training new recruits can achieve better teaching results.

Wei Hongjun made a suggestion.

Training grassroots commanders and training new recruits can be combined together.

Both Wang Qiuyun and Xu Luomin agreed.

"Then this matter is settled."

"it is good."

"it is good."

Wei Hongjun has always been considering forming a supplementary brigade and incorporating regular training into the training of new recruits.

Because since the main force began to fight mobile warfare and large-scale troop operations, the rate of casualties in the troops has also increased rapidly. Compared with mountain guerrilla warfare, mobile warfare and large-scale troop operations will more often confront the Japanese and puppet troops, and casualties will definitely be greater than guerrilla warfare.

At this time, it is very important to quickly replenish the main force with new recruits and restore its combat effectiveness.

The supplementary brigade model is designed to meet this requirement.

The Ji-Re-Cha Military Region now has the conditions to form a supplementary brigade and to complete the regularization of recruit training. Originally, Wei Hongjun was planning to take charge of this matter personally, but under the current circumstances, he estimated that he could only make a start.

Chapter 529 Arrangement 3

"Before I left, I worked with Comrades Xu Luomin and Han Weiguo to complete the formation of the supplementary brigade. There was one more thing: the military district required us to dispatch a main force regiment to accompany me to Yan'an. Hu Zongnan is pressing hard, and Yan'an is under great pressure and seriously short of troops. So the commander meant that we must send the main force regiment, and we must bring all the weapons and ammunition with us to Yan'an."

Wei Hongjun talked about transferring the main force regiment.

"Dispatch a main force?"

Wang Qiuyun was stunned.

But he nodded quickly. This was nothing unusual. Relations between the KMT and the CPC had begun to deteriorate since 1939, and the situation worsened after the Hundred Regiments Campaign and the Southern Anhui Incident.

From that time on, the pressure on the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region gradually increased.

Therefore, Yan'an has been withdrawing troops to defend the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. It's funny to say that they should have cooperated to resist the Japanese, but because both sides were on guard against each other, a large number of troops were used in the confrontation between the two sides.

Hu Zongnan led 200,000 troops in Shaanxi, all of whom were elite troops of the National Army.

Just to see Yan'an.

If so many troops could be deployed to the North China battlefield, the current North China Front Army would have been unable to withstand the attack. In order to guard against Hu Zongnan's relentless advance, Yan'an could only withdraw troops from the front line to fight the Japanese army.

Increase slowly.

In 1942, ten main regiments were transferred from the Yizhong Military Region to fill the gap left by the main force of the 120th Division after it left the Jinsui Military Region. However, the situation in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region remained dire.

He was still at a disadvantage when facing Hu Zongnan.

Therefore, Yan'an decided to once again draw some troops from the frontline. The Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, currently the most developed military region of the Eighth Route Army, once again received the most important task. Five main force regiments were to be drawn from the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region.

As a powerful second-level military region within the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region must also send out a main force regiment.

"Yes. Let's discuss now and see which unit would be best to send to Yan'an. However, one thing is very clear: this unit is to defend Yan'an and the Central Committee. There might be a battle between us and Hu Zongnan one day, and the troops we send must be able to fight. This is no time for fooling around."

Yan'an was no ordinary place for the Eighth Route Army.

Revolutionary holy land.

It was the center of the revolution, the seat of the Central Committee. Although Yan'an was a small place, its political significance was very different. Ever since the Red Army arrived in Yan'an after the Long March, countless young people have flocked to Yan'an.

Because Yan'an was the center of the Chinese revolution, why did so many people oppose Chairman Mao's decision to evacuate Yan'an during the Liberation War? The political impact of losing Yan'an was so great that some people believed the revolution had failed.

This is the role of Yan'an.

Yan'an is under great pressure now, and Hu Zongnan is pressing forward step by step. The task of defending Yan'an and the Central Committee must be completed.

Historically, the situation in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei was very bad in 1943. Even many old revolutionaries in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei had lost faith in the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. Many deserters emerged, and many defected to the Japanese. It was the most dangerous time for the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. So after Yan'an issued the order, Yang Quanwu directly decided to send his main force regiment to Yan'an. At that time, many people in the First Division opposed it. The situation was so difficult at the time, and the First Division needed a main force regiment. But Yang Quanwu still believed that the main force regiment should be sent. Yang Quanwu even took out the ammunition he had collected for many years and gave it to the troops to take away.

Later, the main force of the first division, the first regiment, caused a sensation when it arrived in Yan'an.

Because these are elite soldiers who have fought in hundreds of battles.

Although the troops had lost weight due to a lack of food after losing the Central Military Region, their spirits were still very high. When they entered Yan'an, they were full of vigor and courage. Furthermore, they were troops who had fought on the battlefield for many years, so their murderous aura could not be concealed. Everyone who saw this unit at the time was deeply impressed by the Eighth Route Army on the front line.

It truly brought honor and glory to the Eighth Route Army on the front line.

Later, during the Liberation War, the main force of the First Regiment demonstrated remarkable combat effectiveness, holding its own against Hu Zongnan's troops. This unit later entered Northeast China and became the 49th Army of the Fourth Field Army. The main force of the First Regiment of the First Division experienced a series of changes in designation, ultimately becoming the Hong Kong Garrison Unit. This unit was the predecessor of the Hong Kong Garrison Infantry Brigade.

The predecessor of this division's main force, the First Regiment, was the Red 31st Regiment, the regiment that followed the Sanwan Reorganization during the Autumn Harvest Uprising and the 1998st Regiment of the Red Fourth Army after the Jinggangshan Reunion. During the flood control campaign, this regiment was the only one in the entire army to be awarded the "Collective First Class Merit" by the Central Military Commission.

Even under such difficult circumstances, the First Division was able to dispatch a main force regiment to defend Yan'an and the Central Committee. The Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region is now strong and cannot be fooled.

Xu Luomin said, "Political Commissar, if we talk about the main force regiments of our military region, there are not just one or two. Moreover, many units have strong combat capabilities. If we talk about the most powerful combat capabilities, it must be the 16th and 18th Regiments.

The other main regiments weren't bad either, having participated in major battles. But among our main regiments, the ones that looked most like regular troops, the ones that were truly pleasing to the eye, were the 35th and 37th Regiments. These two regiments were exceptionally well-regarded, and would undoubtedly have been no less capable than the regular Nationalist troops. I felt these two were the most suitable for Yan'an.

Because the 8th Column was the first in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region to start fighting mobile warfare and large-scale troop operations.

Therefore, many main groups have done a good job in formalization.

But if we talk about the best regularization, it must be the 35th and 37th Regiments. This is because the 35th Regiment Commander Song Zhiyuan and the 37th Regiment Commander Cao, both of them have done an excellent job in regularization. If nothing else, just the daily management of the troops is enough to prove it.

There was no laxity at all; whenever a few people went out, they would form a very regular and orderly formation. Whether it was daily housekeeping or other aspects of management, it was completely different from the "Tubalu" (Tubalu) style.

In the past, many units of the Eighth Route Army held meetings, but they were scattered. But when the 35th and 37th Regiments met, they were truly formal, truly behaving like regular troops. The 35th and 37th Regiments were not only powerful in combat, but also very impressive to be seen.

Just the way the formation marched was unmatched by any other troops.

Even the 16th and 18th Regiments fell short in this regard. Since they were being sent to Yan'an, they definitely needed a good reputation. Furthermore, the 35th and 37th Regiments weren't just for show. On the contrary, after being trained by Song Zhiyuan and Cao Mo, these two regiments were also very powerful.

"The 35th and 37th Regiments? Lao Wang, which unit do you think is more suitable?"

"Let's do the 35th Regiment. The 37th Regiment is currently fighting in Rehe and can't be withdrawn for the time being. The 35th Brigade will transfer the th Regiment, and then the New rd Regiment and the Independent th Regiment will be incorporated into the th Brigade."

Wang Qiuyun chose the 35th Regiment.

Wei Hongjun nodded.

After a moment's thought, he said, "The 35th Regiment would be suitable. It was a unit involved in the Jidong Uprising and has a glorious history. Bringing the 35th Regiment with us will allow the leaders in Yan'an to see how the unit that led to the Jidong Uprising has grown into the main force of our Eighth Route Army. Furthermore, since we're going to Yan'an this time, I intend to provide the 35th Regiment with additional weapons and ammunition. The 35th Regiment already has good weapons and equipment, so I'm suggesting we allocate some of the 35mm cannons we received from the military region to the 35th Regiment."

Give the 35th Regiment some more light and heavy machine guns so it will look better when it goes to Yan'an. And with these weapons and ammunition, if anything happens in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, the troops will be able to handle it."

"Yes. I suggest adding 35 30mm cannons to the 1000th Regiment, along with rounds of mm ammunition. Regarding the heavy and light machine guns, add heavy machine guns and light machine guns."

Wang Qiuyun made a decision immediately.

After all, this was the first time they had drawn troops from their area. Wang Qiuyun also attached great importance to it and wanted to let the central leadership see the results of these years. Therefore, he was willing to increase the weapons and equipment of the 35th Regiment.

"Okay, that's settled. Old Xu, give the Ninth Brigade an order to withdraw the 35th Regiment as soon as possible. Tell the Ninth Brigade not to play tricks and to hand over the 35th Regiment intact to the military district."

"After the meeting, I will implement it."

Wei Hongjun continued, "After I leave, my suggestion is that Comrade Han Weiguo temporarily take over my duties. What are your opinions?"

"can."

"can."