Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

But we've been defeated this time, and we don't know what Commander Yan will do. Many of our troops remaining in Wuyuan and Baotou, while affiliated with the 12th War Zone, secretly follow Commander Yan's orders, while others follow Hu Zongnan's. They were obedient before, but that may not be the case now. We should quickly return to Baotou and stabilize Suixi. Only by stabilizing Suixi will we have a chance to expand further. If we're trapped in Guisui, it's uncertain who will have the final say in Baotou and Wuyuan.

Dong Qiwu really cared about Fu Zuoyi.

Fu Zuoyi, after all, came from the Shanxi Army, a subordinate of Yan Xishan. His army and Yan Xishan had a close relationship. In the past, Fu Zuoyi was highly capable and his army was highly combat-effective. Chiang Kai-shek had high hopes for him, hoping that he would quickly resolve the Eighth Route Army's superiority in the Chahar and Suiyuan regions. Therefore, Yan Xishan had no choice but to acknowledge Fu Zuoyi's position.

But now?

Fu Zuoyi had just been defeated.

If Fu Zuoyi did not return quickly, Yan Xishan, Hu Zongnan and others would be eyeing Fu Zuoyi's territory. For Fu Zuoyi, the Eighth Route Army was dangerous, but Yan Xishan and Hu Zongnan were even more dangerous.

These people are ruthless and don't even leave any bones behind.

For a warlord, the troops at his disposal are everything. Although he was defeated this time and suffered heavy casualties, Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army, the rd Temporary Army, and the th Cavalry Army were not completely annihilated by the Eighth Route Army. As long as the organization remains stable, then after a little rest, he can still mobilize men. After all, the Suixi region was Fu Zuoyi's territory for many years. Even if Chiang Kai-shek and Yan Xishan did not provide enough food for the troops, it would still be no problem to feed tens of thousands of people.

As long as he has his own troops, Fu Zuoyi can still stabilize and control Sui Xi after he returns.

Fu Zuoyi couldn't help shaking his head.

According to his thinking, he wanted to stay in Guisui, firmly pinning himself in the Suizhong area, and putting the Eighth Route Army in a dilemma. But Dong Qiwu was right. Although he had become the commander-in-chief of the 12th War Zone, he still had few direct troops. The troops under him each had their own "fathers," and he had the strength to challenge them. However, once they knew they had lost, they might turn against their own fathers and no longer obey him.

Sui Xi is his home base and must not be lost.

Fu Zuoyi couldn't help but smile bitterly.

I didn't expect that what I was thinking about now was not how to win the battle, but how to prevent the people behind me from making a move on me.

Therefore, Fu Zuoyi said: "Retreat. Send a telegram to the Fourth Army (the Fourth Cavalry Army) and ask them to evacuate from Wuchuan. Also, tell the Security Division and the Ninth Infantry Brigade to evacuate quickly and not get entangled by the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army is not an ordinary army. They will definitely keep chasing us. The troops abandon those stupid guys and heavy equipment, and move forward lightly. In seven days, the troops must retreat to Baotou. After arriving in Baotou, the troops will rest. I want to reorganize the troops.

Chapter 634 Win-Win

"Old Chief."

After arranging the work at hand, Wei Hongjun rode to Liangcheng at full speed. When Wei Hongjun came, Zhang Zhongxun and the main generals of the Jinsui Army greeted him.

After seeing Zhang Zhongxun, Wei Hongjun gave him high respect.

He dismounted from a long distance, walked up to Zhang Zhongxun, and gave him a standard military salute.

The reason the Wei Hongjun army lowered their stance so low wasn't just because Zhang Zhongxun was their veteran commander, but more importantly, it was a sensitive time for Zhang Zhongxun. After all, Zhang Zhongxun led so many troops, yet was dealt such a heavy blow by Fu Zuoyi. This was probably the most difficult moment in Zhang Zhongxun's military career. This battle could even completely impact his future within the military.

If he acted arrogantly at this moment, he would completely offend Zhang Zhongxun and the cadres of the Jinsui Military Region. Why did you come here to mock us after winning the battle? Wei Hongjun would never do such a blatant act. He still understood the ways of the world.

"Comrade Wei Hongjun."

Zhang Zhongxun gave Wei Hongjun a return gift.

Zhang Zhongxun did not treat Wei Hongjun lightly just because he was his old subordinate. Because of Wei Hongjun's current status within the party and the army, even Zhang Zhongxun could not deal with him casually.

"Political Commissar Zhang, Commander Yao."

"Old Huang, Old Yu."

Wei Hongjun also greeted Zhang Pinghua, Yao Zhe, Huang Xinting, Yu Qiuli and others.

Everyone is familiar with each other.

When Wei Hongjun was in Yan'an, he had the most exchanges with the 358th Brigade because of Yu Qiuli's relationship. After greeting each other, everyone went into the house. Zhang Zhongxun said, "Our troops can now rest and recuperate in peace thanks to your support from the Jin-Cha-Ji region.

The troops were really miserable.

If the Jin-Cha-Ji base hadn't sent them food and prepared a place for them to rest, the troops would have had nowhere to stay, not to mention food and water. The troops also had a large number of wounded soldiers, and Jin-Cha-Ji had mobilized many people to send these wounded to the hospital for treatment. Zhang Zhongxun was truly grateful to Jin-Cha-Ji for this.

"We are all Eighth Route Army troops, we should help each other."

"Thanks."

Of course Zhang Zhongxun knew that Wei Hongjun was just being polite.

Although we are all from the Eighth Route Army, we are not from the same military region. Seriously speaking, what belongs to the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region belongs to the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region. It was earned by the Jin-Cha-Ji Eighth Route Army with their lives. Just because we are all from the Eighth Route Army, we can't take their things for granted.

Seeing that all the Eighth Route Army cadres from the Shanxi-Suiyuan region were present, Wei Hongjun asked, "Old Commander, what is your current situation? Can you participate in the upcoming battle against Fu Zuoyi?"

"We need to rest now, and it will be difficult for us to participate in the battle in a short period of time."

Zhang Zhongxun told Wei Hongjun the truth.

Nothing hidden.

Zhang Zhongxun wouldn't lie for the sake of face. Besides, even if he lied, it would be useless. Whether you can fight on the battlefield would be immediately apparent. The Eighth Route Army troops in Shanxi and Suiyuan have been losing battles for days, with no time to rest. Their current situation is even worse than imagined. Some soldiers, upon hearing they were safe, collapsed and fell asleep, and haven't woken up yet. You can imagine how exhausted the troops are. With the troops in this state, they can't fight anytime soon. It's better to answer honestly than to force yourself to brag.

Wei Hongjun already had an idea in mind.

So it's not surprising at all. However, Wei Hongjun frowned and said, "Old leader, if you can't participate in the next battle, then..." Wei Hongjun paused.

After a while, he said, "Actually, our Jin-Cha-Ji forces are also currently short of soldiers and major generals. Previously, according to the Central Committee's order, the Ji-Re-Cha Military Region had already mobilized 50,000 troops, and also mobilized a large number of local cadres, to the Northeast. This time, in order to stop Fu Zuoyi's forces, I brought all the troops that the Ji-Re-Cha Military Region could muster. But if we continue to fight, I'm afraid we still won't have enough troops."

For a moment everyone in the room was silent.

Huang Xinting saw this and stepped forward and said, "Commander, how about we draw troops from the 358th Brigade to cooperate with the troops fighting in Jin-Cha-Ji?

Fortunately, the 358th Brigade has strong combat effectiveness.

The troops of the Suimeng Military Region suffered heavy casualties when they were left behind during the evacuation of Guisui. Therefore, the 358th Brigade was responsible for the subsequent rearguard actions. If the 358th Brigade had not been left behind several times, Zhang Zhongxun would have been even more reckless this time. Zhang Zhongxun looked up and asked, "How many people are left in your 358th Brigade? How many guns are left? How much ammunition is there?

The 358th Brigade suffered heavy casualties in its efforts to cover the retreat.

A lot of weapons and ammunition were also lost.

Wei Hongjun couldn't help but ask: "Old Chief, how many guns do you have left now?"

"Adding up all the light and heavy machine guns and long and short guns, there are more than 4000 guns left."

"Only 4000-odd guns left?"

"Ah."

Zhang Zhongxun felt a little embarrassed.

It was embarrassing to have his old subordinate see his wolfish side in front of him.

Too much was lost during the retreat.

The loss of weapons was also very serious.

After the troops rested, Zhang Zhongxun took stock of the current situation. The entire army had only about 4000 rifles, including long and short rifles, light and heavy machine guns.

Wei Hongjun thought for a moment and said, "Old Commander, how about this? We've captured quite a few guns in this battle. I'll give you 4000 rifles and a batch of ammunition. You can spend some time repairing and restoring your troops' combat effectiveness."

"Old Wei, are you serious?"

Huang Xinting was very happy.

The strength gap between the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region and the Jin-Sui Military Region is very obvious.

The brigade-level units formed in Jin-Cha-Ji were at least three regiments, and sometimes as many as four. Furthermore, the regiments in Jin-Cha-Ji were large, numbering 3000 men. Therefore, even the smaller brigade-level units in Jin-Cha-Ji had nearly men.

But the Jinsui Military Region is different.

They can't afford to support so many troops.

Therefore, the brigade-level units in Jinchaji had less than half the number of troops. Even the 358th Brigade, a top-notch main brigade in the Jinsui Military Region, had only about 7000 people, less than 8000.

As for the First and Second Independent Brigades, they only had about 6000 men. That's why Huang Xinting was so happy to hear that Wei Hongjun was willing to give them 4000 rifles.

"This can still be false."

"Old Wei, that's quite nice."

Huang Xinting patted Wei Hongjun on the shoulder.

Back in Yan'an, we had a very good relationship. Back then, I just thought Wei Hongjun was knowledgeable, but today, he has done so much.

Zhang Zhongxun was also very happy.

After all, he had led so many troops into battle this time and had lost so many weapons and ammunition. He only had about 4000 guns. How could he explain this to the military region and the central government?

Now Wei Hongjun is willing to give 4000 guns, which will allow the troops to quickly restore their combat effectiveness.

Wei Hongjun continued, "Old Commander, you should rest for a while. During this time, let the New 11th Brigade follow us. We from Jinchayi will supplement the New 11th Brigade with 11 to local troops. This way, the New th Brigade will have to people, and can fully join us in the fight against Fu Zuoyi."

"New 11th Brigade?"

"Yes, old commander. We have withdrawn too many main forces from the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region, and are seriously short of cadres. This is especially true for a fully-organized unit like the new 11th Brigade. If you let the new 11th Brigade join us in the battle, I can quickly build a main force. In the upcoming battle with Fu Zuoyi, we can make up for the shortage of troops in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region."

Zhang Zhongxun immediately understood what Wei Hongjun meant.

Wei Hongjun was attracted to the new 11th Brigade mainly because it was a fully-organized unit. The biggest advantage of such a fully-organized unit was that it could quickly build up combat effectiveness as long as new recruits were added.

If it was in the past, of course I wouldn’t agree.

Jin-Cha-Ji needs such an organized force, and the Jin-Sui Military Region also likes this kind of organized force.

But Zhang Zhongxun didn't object to the current situation. What the Eighth Route Army of Shanxi and Suiyuan needed now was not a new 11th Brigade of more than 2000 people, but rather a need for repair and restoration of combat effectiveness.

Let the 358th Brigade, the st Independent Brigade, the nd Independent Brigade, and the troops of the Suimeng Military Region emerge from the attack.

Therefore, Zhang Zhongxun immediately became calm and said, "Red Army, I heard that the 50mm small cannons produced by your Jinchayi are very useful?

Wei Hongjun glanced at Zhang Zhongxun with caution.

I never thought that Zhang Zhongxun, who I thought was so honest and loyal, would become so treacherous. But conditions are good, but not having them is a problem. So Wei Hongjun immediately said, "Old commander, how about I give you 30, no, 50 Type small guns?"

"Red Army, why have you become so stingy?"

"100 guns. Old commander, I'll give you 100 mm cannons.

"Cannons alone are useless."

"3000 rounds of artillery shells. I'll also give you 20 heavy machine guns and 50 light machine guns.

"Okay. Leave the affairs of the new 11th Brigade to me."

Zhang Zhongxun is not a greedy person.

Wei Hongjun had already given them more than enough. With so many rifles and 70mm cannons, along with light and heavy machine guns, the Jinsui Eighth Route Army would soon be able to regain its combat effectiveness. Wei Hongjun was even happier, because compared to what the troops had already captured on the battlefield, these were a tiny number.

In this battle, the Third Jin-Cha-Ji Field Army annihilated 67 troops from Fu Zuoyi's army. Of these, approximately 14000 were Fu Zuoyi's direct troops, while the remaining 1200th Army was from Hu Zongnan's forces. In this battle alone, rifles and light and heavy machine guns were captured, not to mention various other artillery pieces. Zhang Zhongxun received only a small portion of these captured troops.

Only by fighting big battles can we gain big spoils.

How could we have captured so much loot in the past when we were fighting the Japanese and puppet troops? Only when we were fighting the Nationalist army could we have captured such a rich amount of loot.

Therefore, Wei Hongjun was completely satisfied with the exchange of 4000 rifles, 70 light and heavy machine guns, 100 Type 3000 small cannons, and 11 artillery shells for the new th Brigade.

Chapter 635 Forming a Column

"Commander."