Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Sometimes, even a few thousand soldiers are enough to change the course of battle.

Wei Hongjun's judgment was very accurate.

When Song Yulin led two regiments of fresh troops into battle, Zhang Zihua's Zuo Yi troops finally gave up. The 10th Temporary Division and the newly formed th Cavalry Division completely collapsed.

The troops collapsed and could not be stopped.

Since Song Yulin brought two regiments to join the battle, it took less than a day to completely eliminate the 10th Temporary Division and the newly formed th Cavalry Division.

By this point, six of Fu Zuoyi's nine main divisions had been completely destroyed. However, by the time Wei Hongjun's troops arrived in Guisui and Wuchuan, Fu Zuoyi had already broken through. However, Fu Zuoyi's ability to break through was due to the desperate fighting of his most loyal troops, the 9st Division, one of the earliest divisions of the 6th Army. Although Fu Zuoyi broke through, the troops that followed him only numbered around 35.

They came in a grand manner.

The army of more than 2000 people ended up with only about 10 people when they returned. After the outbreak of the Datong Campaign, within less than a month, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Shanxi-Suiyuan troops annihilated nearly nationalist troops.

It has become the most eye-catching achievement on the national battlefield in recent times.

The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei troops were too tired, so Wei Hongjun did not continue to pursue them.

Instead, he passed the news to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Field Army. When General He heard the news of Fu Zuoyi's defeat, he immediately led the Shanxi-Suiyuan Field Army to attack Baotou.

After Fu Zuoyi returned to Baotou, he realized that the morale of his troops was low. So he did not entangle with General He in Baotou, but evacuated Baotou with his troops. Now Fu Zuoyi needed to rest and recuperate.

Therefore, he immediately sought assistance from Chen Changjie and Deng Baoshan, hoping they would lend him a hand. Fu Zuoyi knew that in his current state, it would be difficult to stop General He's Jinsui Field Army. He still had 10,000 to 20,000 troops, but they were all ineffective and useless. There was no way they could fight the regular PLA troops.

The news of Fu Zuoyi's troops' disastrous defeat shocked the whole country.

At present, Chiang Kai-shek has mobilized 200 million troops to launch a full-scale attack on the liberated areas.

In order to defeat the powerful PLA, Chiang Kai-shek adjusted the reduction of some warlord forces. Especially in North China, Chiang Kai-shek did not disband these warlord forces on a large scale. Instead, he provided them with weapons and ammunition, allowing them to reorganize their puppet troops and expand their strength. Without this support from Chiang Kai-shek, how could the ragtag armies of Fu Zuoyi, Sun Lianzhong, and Pang Bingxun have expanded to over 100,000 men?

In fact, it is because the Jin-Cha-Ji region in this time and space is too powerful.

The problems in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei gave Chiang Kai-shek a headache.

The location of Jin-Cha-Ji is indeed important, but it is not as important as the liberated areas such as Northeast China, Southern Shanxi, Northern Henan, Central Plains, Shandong, and Jiangsu.

But Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei happened to be extremely powerful.

Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek is now launching an all-out offensive, with his own troops going to attack the strategically important liberated areas. He cannot mobilize more troops to attack Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, so he can only support the warlord troops in North China.

Since the outbreak of Chiang Kai-shek's all-out offensive, the current situation in the entire liberated area has been neither good nor bad.

On the surface, the Kuomintang troops occupied one place after another, but at the same time the People's Liberation Army was also winning battles.

Generals like General Su in central Jiangsu, General Chen in southern Shanxi, and General Liu in the Central Plains all won numerous victories. However, this style of warfare dealt a heavy blow to the liberated areas. Chiang Kai-shek was no pushover. He applied the same methods used to suppress the Soviet areas to the liberated areas.

That is, once the troops entered the liberated areas, it was like the "Three Alls Policy" of General Okamura Ningci. As soon as they entered the liberated areas, it was like the Japanese army sweeping through. Chiang Kai-shek's approach severely damaged the economies of the liberated areas.

But there is no way.

Given the PLA's current strength, the most suitable approach is to let the KMT troops in and annihilate them on the inside.

The central government's overall strategy was to abandon some cities to eliminate the Kuomintang's active forces. At the same time, these cities were used to disperse the Kuomintang troops, reducing their mobile forces. So far, this strategy has been successful.

Within a short period of time, the casualties of the Kuomintang troops increased rapidly.

Chiang Kai-shek's all-out offensive lasted only two months, but over 200,000 troops were wiped out on various battlefields. However, this time, Jin Cha Yi's attack alone wiped out 80,000 troops from Fu Zuoyi.

It is considered the best performance.

Marshal Nie was very excited after receiving the telegram. He therefore personally went to the front line. Since the outbreak of the Battle of Datong and the Battle of Pinghan Road, Marshal Nie was very nervous and his mood was up and down.

If he got good news, he could relax for a while. However, if he heard bad news, Marshal Nie couldn't rest.

Although Marshal Nie is in the rear, there are many things to deal with every day.

But Marshal Nie was still the commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region after all.

This was the first such large-scale offensive by the Jin-Cha-Ji Army since the outbreak of the Liberation War. 40 troops were engaged on both the eastern and western fronts. Marshal Nie was particularly worried about Wei Hongjun.

Yang Quanwu launched the Pinghan Road Campaign in Hebei, although there were many enemies on the opposite side.

But Coach Nie is very confident.

It wasn't because Yang Quanwu was so powerful that Marshal Nie was completely relieved, but because the Nationalist troops in Hebei were in a very bad state. Although the Nationalist troops in Hebei were numerous and outnumbered Yang Quanwu's troops, they were in disarray.

Each unit had its own master. Even the Central Army itself could not coordinate well, let alone the Central Army and the warlords' units.

It is difficult for them to reach a consensus.

As long as we grasp the contradictions, we will be able to achieve victory.

But on Wei's side, Marshal Nie was genuinely worried. After all, they were facing Fu Zuoyi's troops. This was especially true after the number of Fu Zuoyi's troops participating in the battle far exceeded the original estimate, which made Marshal Nie even more nervous.

The Central Committee has high hopes for Wei Hongjun.

If this battle is not fought well, it will not be a good thing for Wei Hongjun.

Although Marshal Nie was deeply concerned about the situation on the front lines, he did not interfere in the fighting. This was a tradition in the Jin-Cha-Ji region. After the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region was established, Marshal Nie was stationed in Fuping, commanding the entire Jin-Cha-Ji base area.

But Marshal Nie focused more of his energy on building the base.

Marshal Nie generally stayed out of the fights among the various military sub-districts, allowing them to develop and fight their own battles. Later, when Marshal Nie relocated the Party, government, and military organs to Zhangjiakou, he continued this approach.

Marshal Nie knew that he was not good at fighting.

Besides, Marshal Nie had many generals under his command, so he did not interfere with the operations of the second-level military regions. This habit continued, so although Marshal Nie was worried about Wei Hongjun, he did not interfere with Wei Hongjun's command on the front line.

Just nervously waiting for the results.

Now, finally, there's good news. Marshal Nie shook Wei Hongjun's hand and said excitedly, "Great, great, great! After this battle, our Jin-Cha-Ji troops will no longer have to worry about the rear. The Jin-Cha-Ji Third Field Army can attack with confidence. Whether in Shanxi, Hebei, or even Rehe, it will be able to play a huge role."

Chapter 674 Next step

"Comrade Wei Hongjun, now that we have resolved the threat posed by Fu Zuoyi, have you considered the next course of action?"

very excited.

But Nie Shuai is not a newcomer to the battlefield.

So he quickly calmed down. He then held a meeting directly with Wei Hongjun, wanting to ask Wei Hongjun's next plan. Now Marshal Nie was truly reassured. Because Wei Hongjun had given perfect answers in the two major battles since he took command of the Third Field Army of the Shanxi-Chahar Wing.

Completely defeat Fu Zuoyi, the biggest enemy of Jin-Cha-Ji.

Now Coach Nie can really let go completely.

Currently, there are four major field armies in Jin-Cha-Ji, but the Fourth Field Army in Jidong is more for cooperating with the Northeast. So in fact, Jin-Cha-Ji currently has three major field armies.

Yang Quanwu and Guo Tianmin are both veterans on the battlefield, so Marshal Nie is more at ease.

Only Wei Hongjun had been transferred from a political cadre to a military cadre, commanding so many troops at once. So, although Marshal Nie trusted Wei Hongjun, he still had some concerns. But now, those concerns have vanished.

In this way, Marshal Nie doesn't have to focus more on commanding operations.

So this time, Marshal Nie asked Wei Hongjun directly for his opinion.

Wei Hongjun said, "Commander, all the troops are very tired and have suffered heavy casualties. Therefore, I request that the troops rest for seven to ten days, and then recruit some new soldiers and replenish ammunition. Then the troops will move to the Datong front. I plan to formally launch a general offensive against Datong in twenty days and capture Datong."

"Are you sure?"

Marshal Nie was very serious.

Although a great victory was won, the central government's order was to capture "three routes and four cities."

Datong is one of them.

Attacking Fu and Zuoyi was just one battle within this overall strategy. Only by taking Datong would there be no more obstacles between the Jin-Cha-Ji and Jin-Sui military regions. If Datong was taken, there would be no more Nationalist troops in northern Shanxi.

But Datong is a big city and it is not so easy to take it down.

Wei Hongjun nodded affirmatively.

Then he said to Zheng Weishan: "Old Zheng, please report to the commander what good things you have seized.

Zheng Weishan looked very excited.

He said to Marshal Nie, "Commander, we have completely captured Dong Qiwu's artillery unit in Jining this time. Among them are 6 American 155mm howitzers, 8 Japanese 105mm howitzers, 18 Japanese 75mm field guns, 42 Japanese 75mm mountain guns, 12 anti-tank guns, 23 infantry guns, 14 flat-fire guns, 11 heavy mortars, 124 60mm guns, and 44 grenade launchers."

"So many guns? American howitzers?"

Marshal Nie was very surprised.

I didn't expect Fu Zuoyi's troops to be so well equipped.

Zheng Weishan nodded and said, "We questioned the prisoners after the war.

The artillery units of Fu Zuoyi's direct forces were very powerful. Each of the main divisions had a mountain artillery battalion, and each battalion had 12 mountain guns. Furthermore, the 35th Army, the 12rd Temporary Army, and the 75th Cavalry Army each had a field artillery battalion, each equipped with Japanese mm field guns.

To quickly capture Jining, Fu Zuoyi assigned the field artillery battalions of the 35th Army and the 8rd Temporary Army to Dong Qiwu. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Fu Zuoyi's troops captured eight Japanese-style howitzers, to which Chiang Kai-shek gave him six American-style howitzers, along with nearly 6 300mm cannons. This is why we captured so many artillery pieces.

Everyone nodded after listening to Zheng Weishan's introduction.

That's how many cannons there are.

After this battle, the artillery capabilities of the Jin-Cha-Ji troops rose several notches. It can be said that after the annihilation of Fu Zuoyi's main force, the artillery units of the Jin-Cha-Ji troops were comparable to many elite units of the National Army.

Marshal Nie couldn't help but take a breath.

"The First Brigade is a heroic unit. I will propose to the Central Committee to give the First Brigade the title of 'Jining Brigade.' They withstood Fu Zuoyi's massive artillery bombardment and saved Jining.

Wei Hongjun nodded.

indeed.

The First Brigade made the greatest contribution in this battle. If the First Brigade had not held out against Dong Qiwu for so long in Jining, the final encirclement and annihilation would not have been possible. In order to capture Jining, Fu Zuoyi placed a large number of artillery at the Jining front.

With so many cannons, the artillery firepower is even more powerful than that of the Japanese Army’s 4th Regiment Division in the early years.

But the First Brigade still withstood the attack of Dong Qiwu's troops.

Of course, the First Brigade suffered the heaviest casualties in this battle. After the Battle of Jining, only about 4000 uninjured and combat-capable troops remained in the First Brigade. Casualties reached 2200. Of these, over 1100 were killed, over 1700 were critically injured, over 6000 were seriously injured, and over were slightly injured.

This was the battle with the heaviest casualties since the establishment of the First Brigade.

Zhao Lu, standing nearby, said, "Commander, we've also captured a wealth of loot from other battlefields. We've captured quite a bit of artillery, over 130 pieces, but they're mainly mountain guns, infantry guns, and 60mm cannons. But in this battle, the most loot we've captured is heavy and light machine guns, with over 800 heavy machine guns and over 2400 light machine guns. We've also captured over 700 American submachine guns, over 300 vehicles, over 30000 long and short guns, and over 13000 war horses."

Fu Zuoyi's troops were well-equipped, but not exceptionally so. They captured a considerable amount of spoils, but they were no match for the elite Central Army.

Look at the spoils of war between the Northeast Field Army and the East China Field Army in history, and what they seized after annihilating the elite troops of the Central Army.

That really has everything.

Why were Fu Zuoyi's troops defeated after encountering the Northeast Field Army?

This is because the weapons and equipment of the Northeast Field Army were far superior to those of Fu Zuoyi's troops. Not to mention the artillery configuration, even the configuration of mortars, grenade launchers, and light and heavy machine guns in the troops, the Northeast Field Army crushed Fu Zuoyi's troops.

However, they are not as good as the elite Central Army.