Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

"But other troops are fighting. Our 38th Regiment has been on the front lines since its establishment. Now the columns are opening up new bases, but we have nothing to do. Now is the time for our Eighth Route Army to develop rapidly, and the officers and soldiers of our 38th Regiment are unwilling to stay in Zhangjiakou.

"You."

Wei Hongjun smiled and said, "It would be very useful for your 38th Regiment to stay in Zhangjiakou. There are wars everywhere now, and the column is short of manpower. But why would the column let you, a main force regiment of people, stay in Zhangjiakou? If you really have nothing to do, then I, the political commissar, should be shot.

"Political Commissar, if you have any missions, give them to our 38th Regiment. There will be no problems."

Wei Hongjun walked to the map of the regiment headquarters.

Pointing to Zhangjiakou and the Chahar region, he said, "We have now occupied Zhangjiakou, but it is only in name only. If we want to truly occupy Zhangjiakou and turn the entire Chahar into our base, we must establish our regime in Zhangjiakou and the Chahar region and implement rent and interest reductions here. Only by truly establishing a regime, truly implementing our rent and interest reduction policies, and turning this place into our base, can we be said to have truly occupied Zhangjiakou and Chahar."

"Commissar, I know that."

Xue Yong nodded.

Why did warlords rise and fall quickly during the warlord war?

It is because those warlords never really established their own regime after they occupied a place. After they occupied a place, they relied on the army in their hands to make the local area pay taxes.

Their approach was to win over powerful local figures and have them help govern the area. As long as they paid taxes on time, they had no interest in how they governed. When their armies were strong, nothing could happen. But when they were defeated and began to decline, the first to abandon them were the powerful local figures—in essence, the local landlords.

For these landowners, it didn't matter who ruled the area. No matter which warlord came, they would have to win them over and appease them. Control of the area always remained in the hands of these local landowners.

If an ignorant warlord really came, then these landlords would unite with other warlords to expel him. To put it bluntly, the warlords of this era were no different from many bandits in history.

So, seemingly powerful warlords had no foundation at all after they occupied a place. Therefore, many of them fell into decline without warning and eventually stepped down.

The Eighth Route Army is different from them.

The Eighth Route Army built a base in order to establish its own regime.

Having your own cadres in the local area means you no longer have to rely on the so-called local landlords. The base you build in this way is your own.

Even if the troops suffer some temporary setbacks, as long as they have a stable base, the Eighth Route Army can rise again at any time.

"We're about to implement a large-scale rent and interest reduction program here, and we need to send a large number of work teams to various locations. But this won't be easy. The biggest threat here is the scattered bandits. Do you know how many bandits there are currently around Zhangjiakou and in the Chabei area?"

"Political Commissar, I don't have the exact data. But according to our 38th Regiment's investigation, the surrounding Hanhao armed forces, as well as some bandits who had defected to the Japanese, have all returned to banditry."

"That's a lot of people, surprisingly many."

Although Wei Hongjun thought that chaos would occur in the area after the Eighth Route Army captured Zhangjiakou.

But I didn't expect it to be so chaotic.

Those traitors who defected to the Japanese, seeing they could not defeat the Eighth Route Army and unwilling to be tried by them, took their money and their men and went out to become bandits. Even more infuriating was that after the Mengjiang United Autonomous Government was overthrown, many of the puppet troops who had previously been affiliated with the Mengjiang United Autonomous Government became bandits.

Of course, there is no shortage of ambitious people in such chaotic times.

Some puppet army leaders were very clever and daring. They had previously been police captains or low-ranking officers in the puppet army. But they capitalized on this opportunity and quickly recruited hundreds or even thousands of men to become local bandits.

And there are more and more horse bandits.

The column's preliminary statistics indicate that there are nearly 20,000 bandits in this area. There are countless different types of bandits, including dozens of medium-sized and large-scale bandit groups. These bandits are certainly no match for the main force.

But they attacked some grassroots governments of the 8th Column everywhere, sent out working groups, and even began to attack the logistics troops.

This is something Wei Hongjun cannot accept.

"The existence of these bandits is a huge threat to our establishment of grassroots political power and implementation of rent and interest reduction. Therefore, I decided to carry out the autumn bandit suppression campaign, using about three months to completely wipe out these bandits scattered across the country and completely put an end to the bandit problem in the Chahar region. Among the troops that the column can currently mobilize, your 38th Regiment has the strongest combat effectiveness. Therefore, your 38th Regiment must become the main force in this autumn bandit suppression campaign. These bandits have poor combat effectiveness and are no match for us in a face-to-face battle. But they are familiar with this place, and if they can't beat us, they will run away. This is the most difficult part.

"Commissar, is it just our 38th Regiment?"

"Of course, it won't just be your 38th Regiment. The Column has decided to withdraw the th Independent Regiment from the Chabei Detachment and the Guerrilla Detachment from the Chadong Detachment. Furthermore, the Column has decided to incorporate the recently formed Cavalry Regiment in Zhangjiakou, as well as the local troops and rural militia in the Chabei area, into the Zhangjiakou garrison. All the troops combined will number over people participating in the autumn bandit suppression campaign. The Zhangjiakou Garrison Command will be fully responsible for this autumn bandit suppression campaign and will establish an autumn bandit suppression headquarters. Comrade Wu Qinghe will serve as the overall person in charge of the autumn bandit suppression campaign, and Comrade Xue Yong will serve as the deputy commander-in-chief. So, are you confident?

Wei Hongjun looked at Wu Qinghe and Xue Yong.

Neither of them responded immediately.

Instead, look at the map.

After watching for a while, Wu Qinghe asked, "Political Commissar, what should we do with these bandits?

"In troubled times, severe punishments must be applied. There's no need to be lenient with these bandits. The bandits currently appearing around Zhangjiakou aren't the kind that's been forced to take up arms against the rebels. We accept their surrender, but only if we strike them down resolutely. Anyone with a blood debt, who has killed our staff, or who has harmed the local people, will be shot." There weren't that many bandits in this area originally.

The Eighth Column had been besieging the Zhangjiakou area for quite some time. The bandits who had come before had been largely eliminated. They had either defected to the Eighth Column, become traitors, or been annihilated by the Eighth Column.

These bandits who suddenly appeared now were all armed with traitors who had lost their restraint after the Eighth Column captured Zhangjiakou. Wei Hongjun had no intention of showing them any leniency.

Those who deserve to be killed must be killed without mercy.

And they would soon face the Mongolian princes and nobles. They couldn't just kill them all. After all, some of the Mongolian princes and nobles' children were currently serving in the National Government, and many of them had considerable influence.

At this stage, we still need to unite them.

But the basis of unity is to give them a good beating.

These people are the epitome of fearing power over virtue. If they aren't intimidated, they won't cooperate with the Eighth Column. Therefore, during this campaign to suppress the bandits, Wei Hongjun wanted to show them what they were up to. While the Eighth Route Army prefers to reason, they never resort to force. Force is used when it's necessary. Only by showing the Mongolian princes and nobles that the Eighth Route Army dares to fight and kill will they behave themselves during the subsequent rent and interest reduction efforts.

"Commissar, we guarantee the completion of the mission."

"Alright. Comrade Wu Qinghe, Comrade Xue Yong, you must quickly establish the Autumn Bandit Suppression Headquarters, then meet with the leaders of the Fifth Independent Regiment and the Guerrilla Detachment as soon as possible, and then formulate a bandit suppression plan. In any case, before winter, we must completely wipe out the bandits here, ensure the safety of the grassroots cadres here, and ensure the smooth progress of the rent and interest reduction work.

"Yes."

Chapter 466 Cadre Training

With the victory of the anti-mopping-up operation in Jin-Cha-Ji, the time for the Jin-Cha-Ji Branch and the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region Command to move was getting closer.

So Wei Hongjun is even busier.

Because Wei Hongjun wanted to give the most stable Zhangjia CCP to the Jinchayi Branch and the Jinchaji Military Region. But the more he thought about it, the more Wei Hongjun needed to calm down and not panic.

The Eighth Column captured Zhangjiakou and finally had a big city in their hands.

However, because it was the first time they controlled a major city, they faced numerous challenges. Zhangjiakou was a commercial city serving northern Shanxi, Chahar, Suiyuan, and Mongolia, making it a regional financial, trade, and commercial center. It also had industry, numerous schools, excellent hospitals, and a police academy established by the Japanese puppet army.

Most of these were things the Eighth Route Army, who spent their days in the mountains, had never seen. The Eighth Route Army was primarily composed of peasants, and most of them were illiterate before joining. They learned to read and write during the army's literacy campaign.

If they hadn't joined the army and fought, they would have fought their entire lives. Many of them had never been to more than a small town, or even a county seat. When these people arrived in Zhangjiakou and saw so many new things, what could you expect them to think?

Not only ordinary soldiers, but also many cadres of the Eighth Route Army were like this. Arriving in Zhangjiakou, they were just a bunch of country bumpkins who had just arrived in the city and knew nothing. But ignorance was no excuse, because Zhangjiakou was already in your hands.

You have to manage even if you don’t understand, and someone will force you to learn even if you don’t understand.

This is the status quo.

A bigger problem is that not only are the military cadres old-fashioned and ignorant of urban management, but many urban cadres, that is, those underground Party cadres who have been in the cities for many years, are also completely clueless about urban management.

It should be said that there are currently few urban cadres in the entire Eighth Route Army system.

The more significant issue was that many things were being done for the first time. This wasn't just unheard of in the Jin-Cha-Ji region; many of the issues facing major cities were also unheard of by the central government, leading to the lack of relevant policies. For example, the central government had no clear policy on how to treat merchants in these major cities.

It took several months for the Eighth Column to capture Zhangjiakou, but the Central Committee did not give Jin-Cha-Ji a clear policy document.

The central government is also watching.

The central government is also paying attention to how the Jin-Cha-Ji region manages its large cities.

The Eighth Route Army was an armed force led by the Chinese Communist Party. According to Marxism, it should have been responsible for dealing with the bourgeoisie's means of production. However, since the KMT and the CCP were collaborating, they couldn't be too harsh on these people. They were now also targets of solidarity.

But how to unite?

Should we let them go, or support them? Due to the oppression by the Japanese and puppet troops, many members of the national bourgeoisie are currently in dire straits. Many are even on the verge of bankruptcy. What will you do with them?

Should we support them in regaining their strength, or should we give them a couple of kicks and bankrupt them completely?

These are all new problems.

Although Zhangjiakou had established a Federation of Industry and Commerce, with the overall strategy of supporting the national bourgeoisie in revitalizing industry and thereby reviving Zhangjiakou's industrial and commercial development, many cadres at the lower levels were hesitant when faced with problems.

One reason is that they don't understand the situation and need to relearn and gradually adapt. Another reason is that they don't grasp the policies and are worried about political problems. Therefore, officials are hesitant to make decisions regarding the industries that the Eighth Column is currently taking over.

Therefore, Wei Hongjun is needed to take charge.

Wei Hongjun didn't really understand. He had never dealt with such matters before. The information he'd read in his previous life didn't reflect the reality. He needed to combine the current situation with the information he'd read in his previous life.

After Wei Hongjun entered Zhangjiakou, he had not had much trouble.

In terms of policy, more conservative choices are made.

"Director Sui, I agree with retaining some medical staff. However, I cannot agree with retaining those Japanese medical staff on a large scale. The war is going on on the front lines right now. Although these Japanese medical staff have professional skills, no one can guarantee what their thoughts are. It's not that I'm sensitive, but many Japanese soldiers and Japanese in other professions have been deeply poisoned by militarist propaganda. They are medical staff. If they do something bad, it would be irresponsible to our wounded."

There are too many Japanese in Zhangjiakou.

Wei Hongjun sent all those colonization groups to farm. They came to China to steal the land from the Chinese people and then farmed it themselves. Since they came to China to farm, let them use their strengths to open up wasteland where it was needed. After all, Wei Hongjun had no food to feed tens of thousands of colonization group members.

But those Japanese with professional skills gave Wei Hongjun a headache.

Wei Hongjun wanted to use these men's expertise, but he was also concerned about them. Especially during the Anti-Japanese War, it was impossible for these men to completely obey the Eighth Route Army's orders.

Even after the end of the Anti-Japanese War, these people still didn't give up, let alone now.

The capture of Zhangjiakou resulted in the capture of a large number of Japanese medical personnel. However, Wei Hongjun dared not use them on a large scale. In the Tonghua Incident, those Japanese medical personnel were transformed into demons.

The person who is now making suggestions to Wei Hongjun is Sui Xiaochao, the director of the Eighth Column Military Hospital.

He is an excellent doctor.

"Political Commissar Wei, we are extremely short of medical personnel right now. The only ones we can use on a large scale right now are these Japanese medical personnel."

"President Sui, as the saying goes, if you doubt someone, don't employ him. I'm always worried about them, so I can't use them on a large scale to treat our wounded. I hope you can understand this.

Sui Xiaochao nodded slowly.

She simply felt sorry for the Japanese medical staff's lack of skills. But Wei Hongjun also had a point. Those Japanese medical staff were currently dangerous.

"Ok."

"President Sui, I don't agree with our military hospitals retaining these people on a large scale, but it's okay to retain them on a small scale. And they should be used in a dispersed manner, not all concentrated in one hospital. As for the larger number of Japanese medical staff, they can go to local hospitals and disperse them.

We can also select a group of people from among them to go to school and train students for us."

With so many medical staff, Wei Hongjun certainly couldn't do without them.

But they must not all be placed in military hospitals.

too dangerous.

We still need to disperse our efforts. So Wei Hongjun continued: "We are currently extremely short of medical staff, and this situation will become more and more serious in the future. When the revolution is victorious and the whole country is liberated, the country will need more medical staff. We should start training our own medical staff from now on. But you also know that there are only a few people in our base area who are familiar with these. So I would like to entrust President Sui with full responsibility for establishing our own medical school and nursing school to train our medical staff. I am not familiar with these, I will only provide you with logistical support. If you have your eyes on any place and want to transfer people to help, you can come to me for approval.

"Row."

Sui Xiaochao came to see Wei Hongjun this time. Although his request was rejected, he was still very satisfied.

Because Wei Hongjun supports her work very much.

She was particularly pleased with the establishment of the medical school and the nursing school.