Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

The First Division was the absolute main force of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei.

After the Hundred Regiments Campaign began, the First Division's main and local forces totaled nearly 30 regiments. Furthermore, the First Division's bases were established long ago, and the local residents also participated in the campaign. Precisely because of this, the First Division was a key target for the Japanese army's suppression efforts. During this Japanese campaign against the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area, two-thirds of the troops were targeting the First Division.

The main force of the First Division and the Japanese army frequently fought in Langya Mountain.

There were considerable casualties.

Therefore, the military district hopes that the Eighth Column will put more pressure on the Japanese army to force them to end their current crazy retaliatory raids.

"Old Wang, my idea is that since the military district wants us to attack, our Eighth Column should take action. This time, the headquarters launched the Hundred Regiments Campaign. Although our Eighth Column has achieved considerable results, we haven't fought many hard battles. The troops still retain sufficient strength. Now we should mobilize in large numbers to give the Hundred Regiments Campaign a successful conclusion. Right now, only our Eighth Column has enough troops to launch some large-scale battles."

"Ah."

Wang Qiuyun nodded.

He pointed at the map and said, "The Japanese army has already stationed a large number of troops in Zhangjiakou. The same is true in Peking. The Japanese army has begun to station troops in Peking. We are now useless around Peking and Zhangjiakou. We can't take Peking and Zhangjiakou anyway. What I mean is to quietly withdraw troops from the areas around Peking and Zhangjiakou, and advance towards Changping, Huairou, Shunyi, Fangshan, Liangxiang, and Zhuoxian. As long as we defeat the Japanese and puppet troops along the way and eliminate those local puppet government systems along the way, the North China Front Army will definitely not be able to tolerate it."

Wei Hongjun gestured while looking at the map.

Nod slowly.

"These areas are densely populated and have a good economy. If we can destroy the Japanese puppet government systems in these areas, it will certainly be a huge blow to the Japanese army. Moreover, it would be a good thing for us to use this opportunity to raise some funds for the troops and recruit soldiers in these areas. Which troops do you plan to mobilize?"

"The Southern Chary Detachment continues to surround Huailai, while the Eastern Chary Detachment evacuates Huailai, crosses the Pingsui Road, and enters Changping. Our troops in Wanping withdraw from Wanping City and move south to Fangshan, Liangxiang, Zhuoxian, and Laishui. Currently, there are few Japanese troops in the direction of Changping, Huairou, Shunyi, as well as Fangshan, Liangxiang, Zhuoxian, and Laishui. As long as we move quickly, we can wipe out the puppet government organizations in this area."

"it is good."

1940 10 Month 24 Day.

Twenty days after the Japanese army launched a massive sweep of the Eighth Route Army's base, the Eighth Column suddenly took action.

It's been relatively quiet here at the Eighth Column these days.

The Japanese army was unable to conduct a sweep, and the Eighth Column did not launch an offensive. The Eighth Column had been operating in the newly captured territories. In these new territories, they developed party organizations, appeased some petty traitors, and planted some insiders among the traitors.

So compared to other bases where there were constant fighting, the Eighth Column was much more stable.

Even the Japanese army relaxed its surveillance of the 8th Column.

The Eighth Column quietly replaced the enemy with local troops, and the main force began a silent march. That day, the Chadong Detachment's 26th Regiment, the New st Regiment, the st Special Forces Regiment, the nd Special Forces Regiment, the Cavalry Regiment, and the Guerrilla Detachment, six regiments totaling men, crossed the Pingsui Road and entered Changping.

After the Ping-Sui Road raid, Kangzhuang Station and Xinbaoan Station were captured, and the Chabei Detachment cooperated to capture Chongli County, Guyuan County, and Zhangbei County. Although there were many casualties, the troops continued to expand.

Because the Chabei area was ruled by the Japanese for a long time.

However, many people in this area live in tribal communities, worshipping the strong. Many villages, despite being oppressed by the Japanese army, still maintain the village association model. They just can't openly possess weapons like before.

This time, the Eighth Route Army swept across Chabei, and many young and middle-aged people in Chabei joined the Chadong Detachment and the Chabei Detachment.

As a result, the size of the Chadong and Chabei detachments began to expand.

The six regiments of the Chadong Detachment previously numbered only about 10,000 men. However, after several months of fighting, they now number over 14,000. Naturally, with the expansion of the force and the addition of new recruits, combat effectiveness will be affected. Fortunately, the young and middle-aged men in the Chabei region are an excellent source of recruits. With training, they are all excellent soldiers.

There are currently only two independent battalions of the Japanese army in Changping.

After the Chadong Detachment of over 10,000 men entered Changping, they effectively swept through the city. Previously, the Japanese had stationed an independent mixed brigade there, capable of stationing a squadron in each township. They then established strongholds and forts along the township roads, each capable of housing at least one Japanese squadron. The sheer volume of Japanese forces was so densely packed, they were gradually squeezing the Eighth Route Army's living space.

However, with the withdrawal of three independent battalions from the 16th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army from the North China Front Army, only two independent battalions remained in Changping. With so many strongholds and bunkers in Changping, the Japanese had very few troops, most of whom were puppet troops.

How could they possibly stop the Chadong Detachment?

After this period of raids, the Chadong Detachment had come up with various methods to break through Japanese strongholds and bunkers. Some small bunkers, or fortresses, no longer needed large artillery such as mortars and flat-fire cannons.

The troops have special raiding tactics.

In addition, the Japanese army has been shrinking its forces.

The result was a complete sweep of Changping.

After destroying Japanese strongholds and bunkers, the Chadong Detachment quickly took control of Changping's towns and villages. The Japanese and the Eighth Route Army repeatedly fought for territory, and after seizing it, they essentially did the same thing: establish political power within the territory they controlled.

Because only by establishing a political power can we obtain tax revenue.

The Eighth Route Army needed a base to expand its military and support its war effort. Similarly, the Japanese occupation of China wasn't a charity. If Japan hadn't been constantly printing currency, it would have been bankrupt long ago. The Japanese troops in China, including the puppet troops, had to plunder Chinese property to support their forces. The food provided by Japan to the Chinese Expeditionary Force was no longer enough to sustain the troops. Therefore, they had to plunder China.

The Eighth Route Army's mission was to destroy the puppet regime established by the Japanese. We absolutely could not allow the Japanese army to plunder China.

This is what the Chadong Detachment did in Changping.

Deal with all those die-hard traitors or those who have committed all kinds of evil, and completely destroy the foundation of Japan's rule in Changping.

Just like Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun's clear division of labor, Zhang Dahu and Xia Houwen of the Chadong Detachment also worked well together. Zhang Dahu was a skilled fighter and commanded the troops. Although Xia Houwen also had a background in leading troops in combat, he generally refrained from interfering with Zhang Dahu's work.

Because he has other work.

Destroy the Japanese puppet government organization in Changping and prepare military supplies. Moreover, this is also a good opportunity for the Chadong Detachment. Because east of Changping, Shunyi, Miyun, and Jixian are all places with very large populations.

The combined population of the several counties here easily exceeds one million.

The Chadong Detachment also wanted to recruit soldiers in this place.

Xiahou Wen is responsible for these matters.

However, the Japanese army could only watch the Chadong Detachment's reaction, because the North China Front Army had no troops.

While the Chadong Detachment was attacking Changping, Huairou, and Shunyi, the four regiments of the Pingbei Detachment in Wanping suddenly moved southward into Fangshan. The situation was not much different from that in Changping. There were currently no Japanese troops in this area.

There are only the North China Security Army and local puppet police forces.

How to resist tens of thousands of troops.

The situation in Fangshan was even better than in Changping. Changping had at least two independent Japanese battalions, but Fangshan had no major Japanese forces. Even in Fangshan County, the Japanese had only one squadron.

As a result, the four regiments of the Pingbei Detachment truly swept across Fangshan.

The 40th Regiment then continued southward and entered Laishui. Laishui was the base of the First Division, but during the Hundred Regiments Campaign, the main force of the First Division was involved in the Zhengtai Road raid. Later, they participated in the Yinghun Campaign and the Lailing Campaign. Therefore, the First Division in Laishui had no main force, only local troops.

After the 40th Regiment entered Laishui, it cooperated with the local troops of the st Division in Laishui to quickly attack the small Japanese troops and puppet troops there.

Of course, it is not just the 8th Column that is taking the initiative now.

Since the 27rd Infantry Regiment of the 27th Division was transferred to Peiping, the th Division in Jidong was left with only the st Infantry Regiment and the nd Infantry Regiment.

But there are some important cities in the Jidong region, like Tianjin, and you can't just leave one brigade behind.

Tangshan also requires the Japanese army to station heavy troops.

In addition, the Japanese army had to station troops in more than 27 counties in the eastern Hebei region. As a result, the th Division and the local garrisons left the Japanese army with no mobile forces at all. This gave the Yire Liao advance army an opportunity.

Of course, the Yire Liao advance army must not move.

Yan'an's wording was very harsh, requiring the Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning Advance Army to take advantage of the current favorable situation, launch bold attacks, and boldly expand the area of ​​the base.

The Ji-Re-Liaoning Advance Army had a base in eastern Hebei.

The Jidong uprising attracted 200,000 participants. This large turnout was possible because the underground Party, including some Kuomintang personnel, had done very solid work in Jidong.

Although the Jidong Uprising ultimately failed, it left a good enough foundation.

If Gao Zhiyuan had not been executed, the situation of the Yireliao Advancing Army in eastern Hebei would definitely be much better than it is now.

The Ji-Re-Liaoning Army was unable to coordinate its actions, but the several regiments dispersed throughout Yidong, promoting and organizing anti-Japanese resistance, and achieving good results. Taking advantage of the severe shortage of Japanese troops in Jidong, the Ji-Re-Liaoning Army quickly established five guerrilla corps in Jidong, each at the regimental level.

There are many people in Jidong, more than five million.

Moreover, Jidong is rich in resources.

Given the current shortage of Japanese troops, it is too easy for the Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning Advance Army to recruit soldiers.

The 11th Column and the Jireliao Advance Army were growing stronger. Troops were increasing by thousands. Consequently, the Kwantung Army's impeachment reached the headquarters. This was because the th Regiment had once again developed a force of over men in Rehe.

This is something the Kwantung Army absolutely cannot accept.

The Imperial Headquarters finally became discontent with Tada Shun's performance and decided to remove him from his position as commander of the North China Front Army, as well as Yamashita Tomoyuki, the North China Front Army's Major General and Chief of Staff. They also dismissed Yoshio Shinoya, Lieutenant General Commander of the First Army, and Naosaburo Okabe, Lieutenant General Commander of the Mongolian Army.

The Japanese military appointed General Okamura Yasuji as the new commander of the North China Front Army. Okamura Yasuji's appointment was eight or nine months earlier than historically reported. This was because General Tada Shun had not achieved much since taking command of the North China Front Army, but had instead suffered repeated setbacks.

With the changes in the North China Front Army, the Japanese army's retaliatory mopping-up operations also came to an end.

Chapter 346 A successful ending

Tada Shun was dismissed and Okamura Ningji took over.

Okamura Neiji was still in Wuhan, but he had also heard about the situation in the North China Front Army. After a brief review of the current situation, Okamura Neiji realized that the current mopping-up operation was useless. On the contrary, the lack of manpower everywhere was causing the other units of the Eighth Route Army to become more aggressive. So, in Wuhan, he issued an order to the various units of the North China Front Army. Stop the mopping-up operation and evacuate the Eighth Route Army base. All units should return to their respective homes and find their mothers. No military operations should be carried out before he took office.

After receiving the order, the various troops of the North China Front Army began to slowly withdraw from the Eighth Route Army base.

As the Japanese army withdrew from the Eighth Route Army base, the anti-mopping-up operations in the Beiyue District, the Central Hebei Military District, the South Hebei Military District, and the Taihang Military District of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region officially ended, and the Hundred Regiments Campaign also began to draw to a close.

On November 1940, 11, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters announced the results of the Hundred Regiments Campaign.

The Hundred Regiments Campaign, which lasted nearly 80 days, was much shorter than in history.

Historically, the Eighth Route Army headquarters announced the results of the Hundred Regiments Campaign on December 12th. The Hundred Regiments Campaign lasted three and a half months. Furthermore, during this time, many bases were still engaged in the arduous anti-mopping-up campaign.

After a brief rest, the Japanese and puppet troops launched another sweep. This means the Japanese army's retaliatory sweeps lasted until early 1941. If the time it took to complete these sweeps is included, the Hundred Regiments Campaign lasted a full five months.

But the Hundred Regiments Campaign in this time and space lasted less than 80 days.

Because the current North China Front Army, generally speaking, does not have the strength to continue the sweep, let alone sweep for three consecutive months as in history.

Although the Hundred Regiments Campaign in this time and space lasted less than 80 days, the intensity and scale of the battles far exceeded those in history. This was because the troops involved in the Hundred Regiments Campaign in this time and space were larger, the combat effectiveness of the troops was stronger, the various brutal battles were more numerous, and of course, the results were more glorious.

The Eighth Route Army Headquarters finally counted that the main force units of the various military regions deployed by the Eighth Route Army in the Hundred Regiments Campaign were 211 regiments. These main force units were not all regiments assigned designations by the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and the major military regions, but also included regiments expanded by the various military sub-regions themselves, all of which were considered main force units. Units such as the New st Regiment, the New nd Regiment, and the Special Forces Regiment of the Eighth Column, while not assigned designations by the military regions, were not considered local units either. This was because, despite not having designations by the military regions, these units were used as main force units in each military sub-region, and were completely different from the local units. Therefore, they were all considered main force units when the headquarters calculated their numbers.

Among them, the 1202nd Division commanded 38 regiments. Among them, there were three regiments from the 120th Brigade and three regiments from the 358th Brigade of the 359th Division's regular organization. Then the 120st Independent Brigade, the 9nd Independent Brigade, and the 120rd Independent Brigade expanded by the 120th Division each had three regiments, for a total of 120 regiments. The 115th Division directly under the Division Teaching Regiment, the Division Special Service Regiment, and the Daqingshan Detachment had three infantry regiments and three cavalry regiments. In addition to the troops of the 120th Division, the 120th Division also commanded four regiments of the Second Death Column, three regiments of the Fourth Death Column, and three regiments of the Provisional First Division. There were also three regiments of the Shanxi New Military Engineering and Guard Brigade. And two regiments of the th Division's Jinxi Independent Detachment. These troops, which did not originally belong to the th Division, were all under the command of the th Division during the Hundred Regiments Campaign.

The 120th Division was tasked with defending Yan'an and the Central Committee. Furthermore, the areas of southwestern and northwestern Shanxi, northern Yan, and Suiyuan, where the 120th Division was developing, were all difficult bases to develop. Therefore, the 120th Division deployed the fewest troops. Even adding up the troops of the Death Column and the 115th Division, the total was less than 40 regiments.

In comparison, the 129th Division was much stronger, and they alone dispatched 69 regiments.

The Taihang Military Region dispatched 55 regiments, and the Ji'nan Military Region dispatched 14. The 129th Division had many troops, including the 385th Brigade, which had the strongest combat effectiveness, with four regiments, and the 386th Brigade, which had five regiments. It also dispatched the New st Brigade, the New th Brigade, the New th Brigade, the New th Brigade, the New th Brigade, the New th Brigade, the New th Brigade, the New th Brigade, and the New th Brigade. Besides the New th Brigade and the New th Brigade, the others had three regiments each.

The First Decisive Death Column consisted of five regiments, the Third Decisive Death Column had three regiments, and the 212th Brigade of the New Army had three regiments. The division's special forces regiment, students from the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, and students from the division's attached school all participated in the Hundred Regiments Campaign. Furthermore, the special forces regiment and artillery regiment directly under the Eighth Route Army headquarters came under the command of the 129th Division.

In addition, the various military sub-districts under the 129th Division, such as the Taiyue Military Region, also participated in the expansion of independent regiments. In the end, the 129th Division dispatched 69 regiments.

What’s more amazing about the 129th Division is that its combat effectiveness is really very strong.

They were also the main force in this attack on Zhengtai Road.

Of course, the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region dispatched the most troops.

Because the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region encompassed the largest territory, had the largest population, and possessed the largest number of troops. The population of the base areas encompassing Rehe, Eastern Hebei, Central Hebei, and the Northern Yue region of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region exceeded 2000 million, a figure the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region could currently directly control. Jin-Cha-Ji also had numerous guerrilla zones, totaling 3000 inhabitants.

Although the Ji-Rehe-Liaoning Advance Army was blocked by Yan'an, it still dispatched the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 31st Regiments, plus the regimental-level Jidong 11st Guerrilla Corps, the 10nd Guerrilla Corps, the rd Guerrilla Corps, and the Eastward Detachment developed by the th Regiment in Rehe, for a total of regiments.

Then there is the Ji-Zhong Military Region.