Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

The most important thing here is the cadres of the Eighth Column.

Because this time, only the 8th Column of the Beiyue District's military sub-districts was split. The other military sub-districts expanded significantly, their strength soaring. Although Deng Guo left the 5th Sub-district, he became the commander and political commissar of the Yireliao Military Region. Although Zhao Lu left the 4th Sub-district, he also became the commander and political commissar of the Chasui Military Region.

The Eighth Column was the most seriously injured.

But overall, this separation is also a good thing for the cadres of the Eighth Column. Because after the establishment of this second-level military region, it can be regarded as a final conclusion for the cadres of the Eighth Column.

These young cadres of the Eighth Column, relying on their achievements during the five years of the War of Resistance Against Japan, have all held high positions. For example, Gao Wei and his men, who were only platoon-level cadres in the early days of the war, have now become brigade commanders leading several regiments and tens of thousands of troops.

After this final conclusion, the problem of the Eighth Column’s cadres having little experience was completely made up for.

Marshal Nie and his team were currently focused on the complete relocation of the Jin-Cha-Ji Branch Bureau and the Jin-Cha-Yi Military Region Commander to Zhangjiakou. Although Zhao Zhensheng had previously overseen the relocation of schools, hospitals, factories, and other institutions, and had already moved a lot, there were still many things that needed to be addressed before the actual relocation began.

Also, as Marshal Nie and his men arrived in Zhangjiakou, all the various institutions specially established by the Eighth Column after it captured Zhangjiakou will now be transferred to the military region.

There are many accounts that need to be clear, so these things are very complicated.

In addition to transferring various institutions in Zhangjiakou to the military region, the Eighth Column also had to divide its own property.

The Eighth Column still had a lot of property. With the establishment of the Chahar-Suiyuan and Jirecha Military Regions, Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun couldn't just take all the good stuff. After all, the Chahar-Suiyuan Military Region was poor, so they couldn't skimp on logistical supplies.

Including the artillery regiment, they were divided into two.

给察绥军区光是步兵炮就分了25门，平射炮10门、速射炮6门、山炮4门、野炮4门。其他迫击炮、郑弹简也分了很多出去。

Besides weapons and ammunition, there were also logistical supplies. After the capture of Zhangjiakou and the surrounding cities, the Eighth Column became extremely wealthy. Although a large amount of supplies were provided to the various military regions of the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Column still benefited the most.

Moreover, Wei Hongjun has been encouraging people to do business over the years.

The entire 1942th Column established trading companies and generated substantial revenue. Now, all this must be divided up. The th Column also had stored ammunition and food over the years. A lot of it was used up in , but there was still a lot left.

The Chasui Military Region is poor in resources and still needs to be taken care of.

Therefore, the military region hopes that the Eighth Column can give more to the Chahar-Suiyuan Military Region. However, this division is not easy.

The most important adjustment of cadres.

Zhao Lu served as the commander and political commissar of the Chahar-Suiyuan Military Region. He brought a team from his own Fourth Division to form the Chahar-Suiyuan Military Region. However, the military and local cadres of the Chahar-Suiyuan Military Region were all hand-picked by the Eighth Column.

Whether it's a newly formed military region or a newly formed border region, a balance must be struck. Although Zhao Lu is an old revolutionary from Jinggangshan, if he can't strike a balance on this issue, it will be difficult for him to carry out his work here in the future.

Just look at the situation of Yire Liao's advance.

That boss had far more experience than Zhao Lushen. He failed to maintain unity and balance during the Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning offensive, ultimately leading to a chaotic situation and wasting valuable opportunities for development.

Therefore, Zhao Lu needed to appease the cadres of the former Eighth Column.

The same is true for Wei Hongjun.

The Chaxi Detachment and the Chabei Detachment are both considered small strongholds of the Eighth Column.

Now assigned to the Chahar-Suiyuan Military Region, the immediate superiors have changed. People like Gao Wei have been fighting with Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun for seven or eight years. They are all old comrades who went through the Long March together and have been in revolution for many years, forming a special relationship.

Wei Hongjun was worried about his temper after being suddenly assigned to another military region. If he really had a conflict with new cadres like Zhao Lu, it would be a big deal. So Wei Hongjun naturally had to persuade him.

Let him behave himself.

Zhao Lu is a very experienced cadre. If you follow him in battle and work under him diligently, your future will surely be bright. Of course, these are just other tasks. Wei Hongjun is currently busy with the work of the newly established Yi-Re-Cha Military Region and the Ji-Re-Cha Border Region.

The 8th and 9th Brigades were formed.

The 16th Brigade was commanded by Zheng Weishan, with Xia Houwen as its political commissar. Li Wanfu, formerly the commander of the 26th Regiment, was its deputy commander and chief of staff, and Sha Xuewen was its political director. It comprised the 37th, 38th, 78th, and th Regiments (formerly the New st Regiment).

第九旅旅长肖勇实，政委楚河，副旅长兼参谋长是原34团团长陈中和，原35团政委冯林奇担任政治部主任。下辖34团、35团、40团、81团（原新二团）。

因为抽调李万福担任第八旅副旅长，原16团副团长孙家和担任16团团长。34团陈中和担任第九旅副旅长之后，原34团副团长何永飞担任34团团长，原34团作训处处长章秦担任34团参谋长。

After completing these, Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun received an invitation from Deng Guo, commander of the newly established Jireliao Military Region.

The two sides decided to hold a meeting in Fengning.

"Old leader."

In Fengning County, Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun met Deng Guo, commander and political commissar of the Yi-Re-Liao Military Region, and Li Fangqi, deputy political commissar. They also met Zhang Caifang, deputy commander and chief of staff of the Ji-Re Military Region, who had previously served as deputy commander and chief of staff of the Jin-Cha-Yi Third Sub-district.

When they met Deng Guo, Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun were both very polite.

When the two were company-level cadres in the First Red Division, Deng Guo served as the political commissar of the First Red Division. Later, Deng Guo was transferred to the Second Red Division as political commissar. After the July 7 Incident, he was transferred to the First Division as political commissar.

So he is the two of them's direct superior.

"When you two were in Huailai, annexing my Pingxi detachment's base and cadres, why didn't you remember that I was your old leader?"

"Old leader, we."

"I'm just kidding you two. You two have learned bad habits from Yang Quanwu."

Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun couldn't help scratching their heads.

Yang Quanwu and Deng Guo had a rather bad relationship and disliked each other. And only someone with Deng Guo's experience could say that about Yang Quanwu. However, neither of them had any concerns. Like Yang Quanwu, Deng Guo was a very open-minded leader.

I won't settle any scores with you just because we had some conflicts in the past.

Zhang Zihua and Xiahou Wen were even more embarrassed below.

Both men had previously served under Deng Guo in the Pingxi Detachment. They had previously worked in the political department of the Pingxi Detachment, making them highly regarded cadres by Deng Guo. Later, they went to Huailai to establish a base, only to find that the 8th Column had annexed the Sanggong base, and Zhang Zihua and Xia Houwen became officers of the 8th Column. Now, meeting again, both men were already important officials in the Yirecha Military Region. They were both delighted and embarrassed to see Deng Guo.

After Deng Guo teased Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun, he greeted the generals of the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region.

Deng Guo had served as the political commissar of the 1st Red Army Division during the Red Army era, and later as the political commissar of the 1st Sub-district of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. Therefore, he was familiar with many generals from the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region. Not only Zhang Zihua and Xia Houwen, but also the commander of the 9th Brigade, Xiao Yongshi, and the political commissar, Chu He, were all familiar to Deng Guo.

After greeting everyone, I sat down.

In addition to the district leadership, the Ji-Re-Cha Military Region also formed the leadership of the 1st, 8th, and 9th Brigades. The same was true for the Ji-Re-Liaoning Military Region. In addition to the district leadership, the Ji-Re-Liaoning Military Region also formed two brigades: the 10th Jin-Cha-Ji Brigade and the 11th Jin-Cha-Ji Brigade.

原13军分区司令员兼政委程世华担任第十旅旅长兼政委，下辖11团、12团、82团、83团。原14军分区副司令员兼14团团长包深担任新成立第十一旅旅长。

The 13th Brigade is composed of the 14th, 15th, 31th and st Regiments.

The 10th Brigade developed in Rehe and the 11th Brigade developed in eastern Hebei.

冀热辽军区除了第十旅和第十一旅之外，邓国还成立军区直属独立第一旅，下辖8团、9团、10团。独立第二旅，下辖52团、53团、54团。

"This meeting is mainly about two things. One is that our two families want to open up our bases and connect them together. This is not in Rehe, but to the east. Mainly in Ji County."

Deng Guoshi is the right person to take on this responsibility.

Pointing to Jixian County on the map, he said, "The situation in Jidong is currently very good. This is because Jidong only has one regiment of the 27th Division and one regiment of the 59th Division. During this period, the Jidong forces have been fighting continuously, forcing the 27th and 59th Divisions into Tianjin, Tangshan and other places, and they rarely show up. The remaining two regiments of the 59th Division are currently mainly operating around Jixian County and rarely come out to raid. Therefore, my suggestion is that our two forces meet in Jixian County in the near future.

"Old leader, do you have any plans?"

"Have."

Deng Guo pointed at Tangshan.

He said: "Currently, there are two battalions of the 59th Division, the Eighth Army of the North China Security Army, and the Tangshan Puppet Guard in Tangshan, with a total of about Japanese and puppet troops. I plan to mobilize the th Brigade and the Independent Brigade to attack Tangshan, attract reinforcements from the surrounding Japanese troops, and also attract reinforcements from the Japanese troops in Tianjin and Jixian. Annihilate one or two of the Japanese troops during the campaign. As long as we mobilize the Japanese troops in Jixian, I hope you can sweep through the towns and villages of Jixian. Sweep away all the puppet regimes in the towns and villages around Jixian, deal with the traitorous armed forces, and puppet troops such as the local puppet guard. As long as the Japanese army withdraws troops from Jixian, the remaining Japanese troops in Jixian will definitely not dare to come out. Besides, you also have the st Brigade in Xinglong. If there is a chance, you can even capture the county seat of Jixian."

Deng Guo has carefully studied the combat effectiveness of the Jidong team during this period.

It’s really good.

Needless to say, the 11th and 12th Regiments in Yidong were truly formidable. Thanks to the support of the 82th Column's weapons and equipment, and their collaboration with the 83st Brigade in annihilating over Japanese and puppet troops, their weapons and equipment had improved considerably. Even the newly formed nd and rd Regiments were equipped with excellent weapons and equipment.

As for the troops developing in eastern Hebei, their weapons and equipment were not as good as those of the Rehe troops.

But it’s not as bad as I imagined.

Because the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 31st Regiments primarily engaged in battles with the Japanese and puppet troops in eastern Hebei. In particular, there were many puppet troops there. During these encounters, they annihilated many of them in organized units.

So there is really no shortage of weapons.

If there was one thing they lacked, it was artillery. Fighting guerrilla warfare in eastern Hebei required strong mobility. Even if they captured some artillery, they generally couldn't keep it. But they still had plenty of light and heavy machine guns.

Then came the former Jizhong Shifen District, which was incorporated into the Jireliao Military Region.

十分区本来有四个团，52团、53团、54团、55团。55团被吕正超带到了晋绥军区，剩下的几个团都加入冀热辽军区。这几个团邓国是知道的。

Regardless of whether their combat effectiveness is strong or not, the troops are full of courage and bravery.

Like the last time the Hebei-Central Army broke out, the 52nd and 53rd Regiments blocked the Japanese Army's th Independent Mixed Brigade for a day and a night. In the end, they suffered more than half of their own casualties, but they did not allow the Japanese to break through their positions, making a great contribution to the Hebei-Central Army's breakout.

This is a unit that has truly fought bloody battles.

That's why Deng Guo proposed this method of besieging the city and attacking the reinforcements, which is a method of mobile warfare.

Chapter 495 Deng Guo’s Big Move

"Old leader, are you sure you can mobilize the surrounding Japanese troops?"

"If it were in the past, of course we couldn't mobilize them. Because there are currently six or seven thousand Japanese and puppet troops in Tangshan. But the situation is completely different now. After all, we first captured Zhangjiakou and then Baoding. Whether we captured Zhangjiakou or Baoding, there were still many Japanese and puppet troops in the city. Especially when we captured Baoding, there were about 17000 Japanese and puppet troops in Baoding. Now many of the Japanese and puppet troops have become frightened birds, not knowing which city we will capture next. As long as we move, the Japanese and puppet troops will inevitably be nervous. Tangshan is a very important city. Not to mention anything else, Tangshan's coal is something Japan attaches great importance to. Now that Japan is fighting bigger and bigger wars, the consumption of coal is certainly increasing. If we make a gesture of attacking Tangshan, and as long as we have a large number of people, the Japanese army will definitely think we are going to attack Tangshan."

Deng Guo is very confident.

Since taking up the post of commander of the Fifth Division, Deng Guo has accumulated a lot of experience in fighting on the Tongpu Road.

Now that he has come to the Jireliao Military Region, he wants to do something big.

He had carefully studied the current situation in Hebei. The Japanese army was severely understaffed. When the Japanese army withdrew its forces, the puppet regime, puppet army, and local puppet police, which had relied on them, immediately lost their support.

Swept away by the Eighth Route Army.

The grassroots puppet regime established by the Japanese army in Hebei over the years was completely crushed by the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei troops.

However, no matter how much the Jin-Cha-Ji Eighth Route Army expanded its base, the North China Front Army would not proactively intervene. This was because the Japanese army was currently limited in its ability to hold major cities and vital transportation routes. If the North China Front Army intervened to halt the Jin-Cha-Ji Eighth Route Army's expansion, the major cities and vital transportation routes within their reach would be in jeopardy. Therefore, the North China Front Army could only watch as Hebei's counties, towns, and rural areas fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

The current situation of the Japanese army is that they can neither take care of their heads nor take care of their indigo.

Therefore, if they could strike at the weakest point, they would surely disrupt the current situation in eastern Hebei. Deng Guo had his eye on Tangshan, a crucial city in Hebei. In particular, Tangshan's Kailuan coal mine, which Japan had seized from the British just the previous year, could provide Japan with seven to eight million tons of coal annually.

The North China Front Army would never give up Tangshan.

As long as Tangshan was in danger, the North China Front Army would send troops to rescue it no matter what. However, the North China Front Army was short of troops, and as long as they moved, there would be loopholes and opportunities for war.

This is mobile warfare.

If you only move yourself, that is not mobile warfare. Let the enemy move and then find opportunities to attack yourself, that is mobile warfare.

"Compared to attacking the city, our goal is to destroy the Japanese and puppet troops. I think everyone has felt that the individual combat capabilities of Japanese soldiers are getting weaker and weaker. This is obviously a problem with the Japanese army's manpower. So if we destroy the Japanese and puppet troops now, even if the Japanese army recruits new soldiers, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. So our goal is to continuously destroy the Japanese and puppet troops. At the same time, destroy the puppet regime they established in eastern Hebei.

"Old leader, as far as I know, the Jidong troops have always been engaged in guerrilla warfare. If they suddenly change their tactics, concentrate their main forces, and ambush the Japanese and puppet troops along the way, will there really be no problems? The casualties will be very heavy.

Wang Qiuyun looked at Deng Guo worriedly.

It is not easy to transform guerrilla warfare into mobile warfare and then into large-scale troop operations. If you are not careful, the troops will not be accustomed to large-scale troop operations, which will result in heavy casualties.

Li Fangqi next to him said, "The situation in Jin-Cha-Ji has changed, and our Jidong troops must adapt. Besides, our Jidong troops lack experience in attacking strongholds, but what we fear least is sacrifice.

Wei Hongjun frowned.