Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Huang Xinting and the 358th Brigade and other Shanxi-Suiyuan troops were full of anger.

The Datong Campaign was launched this time, ostensibly as a joint operation between the Jin-Cha-Ji and Jin-Sui forces. In reality, the Jin-Cha-Ji forces were the main force, with the Jin-Sui forces merely playing a supporting role. How could the Jin-Sui forces accept this?

Furthermore, the 358th Brigade is a literal unit of the 120th Division. It was one of the first Eighth Route Army units formed after the July Incident. While the Jin-Cha-Ji region may have many brigades now, they were all formed after the Anti-Japanese War. The two regions' histories are completely different.

Yu Qiuli promoted "mass training" in the 358th Brigade, and they often competed with other troops in military technology.

The sense of honor is very strong.

Now that they were being suppressed by the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei troops, they certainly breathed a sigh of relief.

During this period, the Jinsui Army also underwent a major reorganization. The original 358th Brigade had less than 6000 men, but after the reorganization, the 358th Brigade now has more than 8000 men. So after receiving Zhang Zihua's order, Huang Xinting immediately convened a meeting.

The 358th Brigade had a unified mindset from top to bottom.

I really tried my best.

In order to block the 10th Temporary Division and the newly formed 358th Cavalry Division, the 200th Brigade ran nearly 10 miles in one day and one night. Finally, they built a defensive line in front of the th Temporary Division and the newly formed th Cavalry Division and blocked them.

Liu Chunfang is very young.

He is only 36 years old this year and is an officer trained by Fu Zuoyi.

He graduated from the first infantry class of Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army Officer Training Class. In 1933, at the age of 23, he served as the company commander of Fu Zuoyi's guard. By the time the July 35 Incident broke out, he was serving as the major in command of the th Army's cavalry company. After Zuoyi's forces suffered a setback the previous year, with many senior officers killed and captured by the Jin-Cha-Yi forces, Liu Chunfang was appointed major general and commander of the newly formed th Cavalry Division.

During this retreat, Fu Zuoyi handed the task over to Liu Chunfang.

But he really didn't expect that the 358th Brigade would be so fast. He immediately organized his troops to break out, but the 358th Brigade was firmly pinned in front.

Despite their attacks, the 10th Temporary Division and the newly formed 358th Cavalry Division were unable to break through the 358th Brigade. The 10th Brigade was now concerned not only with fighting but also with the honor of the unit, the honor of the entire Jinsui Army. Therefore, they firmly held their position, preventing the 6th Temporary Division from breaking out. Soon, Zhang Zihua, with the 26th Brigade, the th Brigade, and the st Brigade, caught up.

The 10th Temporary Division and the newly formed th Cavalry Division were surrounded in the narrow area between Guisui, Zhuozi and Liangcheng.

When Fu Zuoyi heard the news, his face was already gloomy because when he was retreating with the 101st Division, the New Cavalry 27th Division and the New Cavalry th Division, Ding Sheng and the th Brigade were in hot pursuit.

Ding Sheng is truly a powerful general.

Once you bite, you won't let go.

Despite Fu Zuoyi's three divisions, Ding Sheng showed no fear and charged relentlessly, forcing the newly formed 6th Cavalry Division, which was left behind, to retreat with heavy casualties. Fortunately, Fu Zuoyi led his troops well, and although badly damaged by Ding Sheng, he was still able to evacuate his troops. However, during this process, whenever a small unit fell behind, the local troops of the Suimeng Military Region would rush in.

The local troops of the Suimeng Military Region have poor combat effectiveness and poor weapons and equipment. But those small units that have fallen behind are now frightened and have no combat effectiveness.

As soon as Fu Zuoyi led his troops through Guisui and Wuchuan areas, they were ambushed by the 3rd Cavalry Brigade and the Suimeng Cavalry Brigade.

The 3rd Cavalry Brigade was originally the cavalry regiment of the Chahar East Detachment, and later the 1st Brigade. This unit was expanded thanks to the large number of horses captured in Rehe and the influx of Mongolian cavalrymen. Although Ma Hongyuan joined the Eighth Route Army midway, he was the most outstanding cavalry commander in the Jin-Cha-Ji region.

The 6000rd Cavalry Brigade currently has more than people under its command.

The Suimeng Cavalry Brigade was formed from the cavalry unit of the former Daqingshan Detachment.

Lots of people.

Although they were attacked by Fu Zuoyi's troops last year and suffered heavy casualties.

But later the troops regrouped, numbering more than 4000.

Although they were called cavalry, they fought dismounted unless given the opportunity. The current cavalry's purpose wasn't to charge, but to increase their movement speed. This was the case during the raid by the 3rd Cavalry Brigade and the Suimeng Cavalry Brigade against Fu Zuoyi's troops.

Not a traditional cavalry raid.

Instead, it was an infantry raid.

Fu Zuoyi was in a state of panic. He had heard that the 10th Temporary Division and the newly formed 10000th Cavalry Division had been surrounded, which had been a great blow to him. He had led more than troops to the battle, but now he had only about troops with him.

And the situation is not good now.

With blockades in front and pursuers behind, the morale of the entire army was low.

Thinking of this, Fu Zuoyi's face darkened.

Before, he was very ambitious and wanted to move out of Suiyuan, capture Chahar, and control northern Shanxi.

But now?

Having lost his own troops here, what could he do? Even if he returned to his old nest, he would have completely lost his foundation.

Fu Zuoyi was so despaired that he sighed to the sky and said, "It is God who has doomed me."

Chapter 673 Great Victory

"Commander, Comrade Zheng Weishan is here."

"coming?"

Wei Hongjun walked out immediately.

Zheng Weishan looked exhausted but excited. He came up to Wei Hongjun, saluted, and said, "Commander, Zheng Weishan reports back. The Jining Campaign is over. In this battle, we captured 11 generals and officers, including Dong Qiwu, and killed six. Over 6 men surrendered or were captured. We also gathered approximately 8700 lightly wounded and seriously injured soldiers from Dong Qiwu's army, killing over 11000. Fu Zuoyi's New 10000st, New 31nd, 32th, and 11th Temporary Divisions were completely annihilated."

"Old Zheng, well done, well done."

Wei Hongjun is very grateful now.

Fortunately, when the military sub-district was first established, Marshal Nie sent Zheng Weishan to the Eighth Column, making him a cadre of the Eighth Column. Otherwise, Wang, Qiuyun and others would have taken the main force of the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region to the Northeast, and now the Wei Hongjun would not have such an outstanding general.

Now Wei Hongjun has two outstanding generals, Zhang Zihua and Zheng Weishan, so Wei Hongjun can confidently and boldly hand over the task to them.

Zheng Weishan is really good.

The ability is really outstanding.

Whether it was the Jining Campaign last year or the siege of Dong Qiwu's troops this time, Zheng Weishan's ability was undoubtedly demonstrated.

The four divisions of Dong Qiwu's army were Fu Zuoyi's most elite and direct troops. It was not easy to encircle and annihilate them. However, Zheng Weishan annihilated Fu Zuoyi's four divisions, more than 30,000 men, in just four days.

Very good fight.

This battle annihilated four divisions of Fu Zuoyi's army, as well as his Northern and Southern Armies. Zhang Zihua now surrounded two of Fu Zuoyi's divisions. Fu Zuoyi's retreating troops were also pincered from three brigades, putting him in a dire situation. Following this victory, the loyalist forces Fu Zuoyi had cultivated over the years were completely wiped out.

Even if Fu Zuoyi returned to his old base in Wuyuan, he wouldn't be able to do anything in the short term. This was because his main force had been almost completely annihilated in the battle. The troops remaining in Wuyuan were all relatively weak local troops. Although Fu Zuoyi was very capable, such troops would not be able to achieve any combat effectiveness in the short term.

Especially with so many qualified officers, it is not easy to train them.

Furthermore, given the nature of the Nationalist army, a warlord without his own troops was effectively abandoned. Chiang Kai-shek had previously supported Fu Zuoyi because he saw the formidable combat effectiveness of his troops. Now that Fu Zuoyi's troops had been annihilated, Chiang Kai-shek would undoubtedly abandon him. Following Fu Zuoyi's crushing defeat, his primary concern wasn't a PLA attack, but rather the internal power struggle within the Nationalist army. Of course, Fu Zuoyi's presence in Suixi wasn't entirely without foundation; if Chen Changjie and Deng Baoshan were willing to continue supporting him, he would still have some influence there.

But overall, the situation in North China would be much better if there was no threat from Fu Zuoyi. This is because Zuoyi is one of the few outstanding generals in the National Army.

"Old Zheng, I know the troops are very tired and some have suffered heavy casualties. But I still want to ask you, can the troops still fight now?"

"Commander, what's the situation outside now?"

Zheng Weishan immediately understood that the battle was still going on.

"At present, Comrade Zhang Zihua has led the 6th Brigade, the 26th Brigade, the 358th Brigade, and the 10st Brigade to encircle Fu Zuoyi's th Temporary Division and the newly formed th Cavalry Division.

However, the 6th and 26th Brigades have suffered heavy casualties and are currently struggling to hold on. The 358th Brigade is currently blocking their retreat, suffering heavy casualties as well. The Temporary 10th Division and the newly formed 1th Cavalry Division are already at the end of their rope; a single blow will be enough to cripple them. So, I'd like to hear your opinion. Which of the 7st, 24th, 25th, 28th, th, and th Cavalry Brigade units could be mobilized to encircle and annihilate this force?

After Wei Hongjun annihilated Dong Qiwu's troops in Jining, he immediately led his troops to destroy Fu Zuoyi's remaining five divisions.

Fu Zuoyi's troops were very tired.

In addition to the long fighting time and heavy casualties, which made the troops very tired, the army also began to suffer a serious shortage of food. The reason why the PLA likes to fight in the interior is because the interior is the PLA's home turf.

The PLA is familiar with its own base areas and has good relations with the people in the liberated areas. Fighting on the interior lines and in the liberated areas, the PLA can get the most support.

At the same time, it can make the enemy deaf, blind, and even unable to receive reinforcements.

Wei Hongjun was fighting on the front lines, and the military region was constantly sending people to deliver supplies to the troops. Marshal Nie was stationed in Zhangjiakou to coordinate, Zhao Lu was in charge of the entire logistics department, and cadres from various bases mobilized the people to deliver supplies to the frontline troops.

It can be said that during this battle, not only was the railway line busy, but Jin Cha Yi also mobilized hundreds of thousands of people to deliver supplies to the front line.

This is the PLA’s advantage in fighting on the interior lines.

But compared to the PLA troops, Fu Zuoyi's troops were in a much worse situation. Upon arriving in the liberated areas, they received no support from the people, had no idea of ​​the situation in the liberated areas, and received no intelligence from the PLA. More importantly, they received no logistical support.

Except to grab things.

Even if you rob something, you can't get much.

Because the people of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei had experience. They had all escaped from the war against the Japanese and puppet troops. So when Fu Zuoyi's troops arrived in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, the people of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei hid their belongings and found places to hide.

After so many days of fighting, Fu Zuoyi's troops were completely out of food and had become very weak. Wei Hongjun was very confident in annihilating Fu Zuoyi's troops. Now he needed to send out fresh troops to deal the final blow.

Then they will surely be destroyed.

Zheng Weishan thought for a moment and said, "Commander, the 1st Brigade has suffered the most casualties and needs to be refitted. The 7th, 25th, and 28th Brigades have also suffered heavy casualties and are exhausted. I can temporarily form a regiment by drawing troops from the 7th and 25th Brigades, and a regiment from the 24th Brigade. There's also the th Cavalry Brigade of the Military Region, which is currently operational."

"Two regiments? That's enough."

Wei Hongjun thought for a moment and said, "Let Comrade Song Yulin take these two regiments to report to Zhang Zihua."

"Yes."

"The Fourth Cavalry Brigade, gallop forward and join the battle to encircle Fu Zuoyi's forces."

"Yes."

"Also, let the troops rest as quickly as possible. I will give the troops seven days to let our officers and soldiers have a good rest. After we have dealt with Fu Zuoyi's troops, we will officially launch the Datong Campaign."

"Commander, don't worry. Our Eighth Column will definitely not fall behind.

"Comrade Zhao Lu."

"Commander."

Wei Hongjun said to Zhao Lu: "Our troops need new recruits, need to rest, and need supplies.

"I understand."

"Comrade Zhu Liangcai, we've captured at least 30,000 to 40,000 prisoners and wounded soldiers this time. You will be responsible for educating the prisoners.

The officers and soldiers of Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army, the rd Temporary Army, and the th Cavalry Army must not be released lightly. We must make every effort to keep them in our ranks. Those who are unwilling should not be released lightly. We'll talk about it when I return."

The officers and soldiers of the three direct armies of Fu Zuoyi's army have strong combat effectiveness.

If they were released casually, they would definitely run to Fu Zuoyi's side.

What Wei Hongjun was thinking about now was to completely defeat Fu Zuoyi, making it impossible for him to gain a foothold in Wuyuan, and forcing Chiang Kai-shek, Yan Xishan and others to completely abandon Fu Zuoyi.

Zhu Liangcai nodded.

After Wei Hongjun had made his deployment, he said, "I'll go to the front line to take a look.

Wei Hongjun was worried about Fu Zuoyi.

Wei Hongjun didn't have many reserves, but he still had a guard regiment. The PLA and Fu Zuoyi's troops were locked in a tug-of-war on every battlefield, and both sides were exhausted.

Both sides are afraid that the opponent will have new forces.