Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

"boom"

"Boom boom—"

This time, Gao Pinbiao witnessed the power of the conscienceless cannon with his own eyes.

It's really powerful.

Twenty kilograms of explosives, no matter where they landed, would create a massive crater. Landing on the city wall, it would have directly punched a hole through the outer walls of Chifeng. Even a seven or eight kilogram bomb could have blasted a hole through the wall.

The outer city wall is made of rammed earth after all.

It can't protect against explosives at all.

Of course, the conscienceless cannon was a very inaccurate thing. No one could predict where it would land after it was fired. This situation made the Japanese army unpredictable. However, no matter what, several holes were quickly punched in the outer wall.

The fortifications between the outer and inner city walls were also unable to withstand the bombardment of unscrupulous artillery.

Soon the outer city wall fell.

The 50th Regiment kept retreating. At this time, the Eighth Route Army troops pulled all the infantry guns to the front and used them as flat-fire guns.

This battle is a real battle.

It was much more difficult than conquering Zhangjiakou.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Japanese and puppet troops has declined significantly, their defensive fortifications are still very good. The troops are advancing step by step, gradually destroying the Japanese and puppet troops' fortifications and advancing towards the inner city.

But it's not easy either.

The troops also suffered many casualties.

Therefore, the troops are not in a hurry.

The Japanese couldn't escape anyway. After capturing some of the Japanese positions, the troops used the Japanese fortifications to build positions on the spot. Then, mortars, grenade launchers, and 50mm cannons were brought in to bombard the Japanese positions.

In order to capture Chifeng, the troops had to move forward.

All the good stuff was brought up: mortar shells, canister shells, and 50mm cannon shells in the military district's reserves were distributed to the troops.

However, the troops suffered heavy casualties.

The Japanese 50th Regiment put up a fierce resistance.

But as the 50st Brigade and the th Brigade gradually destroyed the Japanese fortifications between the outer and inner city walls, the th Regiment slowly collapsed, and Japanese soldiers began to surrender.

This is because most of the new recruits of the 50th Regiment are personnel from the Northeast Reclamation Corps.

Poor fighting ability and willpower.

It is completely different from the Japanese army after the July 7 Incident.

Gao Pinbiao, listening to the approaching gunfire in the command room, knew the Eighth Route Army was about to capture the inner city wall. He knew the 29th Division would be annihilated at his hands. So, he raised his pistol and pointed it at his temple.

He didn't want to die, but he didn't want to be captured by the Eighth Route Army even more. So he had no choice but to end it all.

Chapter 555 Massacre

"What are the casualties?"

"The First Brigade suffered 741 casualties and 1727 wounded, for a total of 2468 casualties. The Eighth Brigade suffered 422 casualties and 1143 wounded, for a total of 1565 casualties.

Total casualties exceeded 4000. Most of these casualties occurred after the outer wall was breached and during the Japanese positions between the outer and inner walls.

Wei Hongjun frowned.

The Japanese fortifications between the outer and inner walls were inadequate to the defenses outside the city. Furthermore, the Japanese and puppet troops within the city were limited, totaling only about 5000 men. This included about 600 puppet police and over 1000 specialized troops from the divisional headquarters. The real force was the 29th Regiment of the 50th Division. The complete collapse of the positions outside Chifeng City dealt a direct blow to Japanese morale.

However, under such circumstances, the Japanese army's resistance in the positions between the outer and inner city walls caused such heavy casualties to the 1st and 8th Brigades.

This means that even with such a significant decrease in combat effectiveness, the Japanese troops still have sufficient combat effectiveness in such an offensive. They are still not too weak. The 1st and 8th Brigades are the top-tier main forces of the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region, yet they have suffered such heavy casualties. If it were any other unit, the casualties would have been untold. It seems that the current Eighth Route Army still has many problems in fighting such an offensive.

“Where is the spoils?”?

In large-scale military operations, especially this kind of offensive, there will always be a lot of casualties.

As Jin-Cha-Ji began to form brigade-level units and advance large-scale troop operations, this situation was inevitable. So Wang Qiuyun directly asked about the spoils captured after the capture of Chifeng.

"On the battlefield, we captured more than 8700 Type 215 rifles, 67 light machine guns, 177 heavy machine guns, 22 grenade launchers, 6 infantry guns, and howitzers.

"so little?"

Wang Qiuyun was somewhat dissatisfied.

Because this time they directly destroyed the 29th Division, a Japanese independent guard unit, and the 38th Iron Stone Unit, which was known as the best-equipped puppet army. Compared with the previous Japanese divisions, these units lacked heavy weapons, but they were not short of other weapons.

The Japanese and puppet troops consisted of nearly 17000 people, and their weapons should have been very good.

But why is it just this?

"There was considerable battlefield damage. We first bombarded the Japanese outer positions with artillery, and later used flying cannons, which destroyed many of the weapons on the Japanese and puppet troops' positions. Among the weapons we captured, over 4000 rifles and over 200 light and heavy machine guns were destroyed."

"Ah."

The unscrupulous artillery was powerful, and the artillery bombardment by the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region damaged a large number of weapons.

Xu Luomin smiled and said, "Commander, don't worry. We captured little on the battlefield, but Chifeng has a lot of good stuff. There are so many Japanese and puppet troops in Rehe, and logistical supplies either enter Chengde from Chaoyang or enter Chifeng from Chaoyang. The Ji-Re-Liao Military Region around Chengde is well developed, making it difficult for Japanese supplies to enter. On the contrary, after the Japanese army heavily built Chifeng, the Chaoyang-Chifeng highway became very busy. A large amount of supplies from the Northeast entered Chifeng through Chaoyang. This time we seized more than 7000 Type 220 rifles, 270 light and heavy machine guns, and a number of mortars and grenade launchers in Chifeng. They should be used by the puppet army that the Japanese army has vigorously expanded in Rehe. In addition to these weapons, we seized a large amount of ammunition in the Chifeng warehouse, with about 3000 million rifle bullets alone and more than infantry artillery shells."

"This is indeed a good thing."

The Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region now has a large number of troops.

However, they had no shortage of weapons, especially rifles. During this period, they had annihilated many Japanese and puppet troops, and had captured a considerable number of rifles. Furthermore, the arsenals of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region were now producing Type 1943 rifles. In 14000, they produced over 1944 Type cavalry rifles, and rifle production increased further after . These rifles were enough to form ten infantry regiments for the Jin-Cha-Ji troops.

But there were enough rifles, but not enough ammunition.

Since the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region began mass production of bullets in 1943, it has been able to produce about 500 million rifle bullets a year.

Looks like a lot.

During the Hundred Regiments Campaign, the production of this type of bullet would have been sufficient for the entire Eighth Route Army. However, the Jin-Cha-Ji Army was engaged in large-scale operations, consuming a significant amount of ammunition. A single battle could consume hundreds of thousands of rounds.

Furthermore, the current Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region has six secondary military regions under its jurisdiction, each with hundreds of thousands of troops. Each secondary military region only receives a few hundred thousand tonnes of ammunition per year. This amount of ammunition is simply not enough to meet the needs of the troops.

This time, 270 million rounds of ammunition were seized, enough to last the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region for a long time. There were also more than 3000 rounds of infantry artillery shells, which would be even more useful.

The Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region had a large number of infantry guns, but a serious shortage of artillery shells.

The infantry artillery shells captured during the capture of Zhangjiakou were basically used up. Although the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region also produced infantry artillery shells, the production volume was limited.

While listening to the report, Wang Qiuyun, Wei Hongjun and others entered Chifeng together.

Chifeng is not a very big place.

However, Chifeng is an important transportation hub. In the past, Mongolians from the northern desert would travel south through Chifeng. Many trade routes between Northeast China and Mongolia also passed through Chifeng. Therefore, Chifeng is relatively developed.

"Director Han, after entering Chifeng, show no mercy to those traitorous merchants, traitorous landlords, and even those Mongolian princes who defected to the Japanese. All will be dealt with according to the base area's regulations for punishing traitors: those who deserve to be shot will be executed, and those whose property should be confiscated will have their property confiscated. These people are the biggest obstacle to the implementation of rent and interest reductions around Chifeng. Therefore, the Political Department must deal with them as soon as possible. Chifeng has been occupied by the Japanese for so long, and there are traitors everywhere. They must be severely punished.

Wei Hongjun confessed to Han Weiguo.

Because the main force of the Japanese puppet army was in Chifeng, we had not been able to fully control this area. Now that Chifeng has been captured, the rent and interest reduction work here must be implemented.

"it is good."

"Da da da

"Report."

"Political Commissar, Director Han, something big happened in the city."

"what happened?"

The person who hurried to Wei Hongjun and Han Weiguo was Yao Ziming, deputy director of the military region’s political department.

Yao Ziming keeps a low profile in the military region.

Because he started out as the head of the anti-espionage section of the column and later became responsible for the security of the column and the military region, his job made him very cautious, and many cadres on the military region side were reluctant to have too much contact with him.

Yao Ziming usually has a poker face.

But now his expression looked very ugly.

“Someone was sent to contact us, and the police brigade that was about to surrender had an accident.

"What? Have you repented?"

Wei Hongjun frowned.

Shouldn't.

The Japanese army had been defeated, so what could two police battalions of less than 1000 people do? The only thing they could do now was surrender. Yao Ziming shook his head and said, "That's not it. They really surrendered. But they went on a killing spree in the city, killing every Japanese person. No one was spared, even children of a few years old. There were almost no Japanese left in Chifeng City now.

"what?"

Wei Hongjun and Han Weiguo were both shocked.

Neither of them liked the Japanese. But even if they disliked them, they wouldn't even think about such a massacre. Killing prisoners occasionally happened when the fighting got heated. But as long as the incident wasn't too serious, Wei Hongjun could turn a blind eye. Because when fighting, the enemy was so furious that they didn't care about prisoners.

However, this was the first time that Wei Hongjun had carried out such a large-scale massacre of Japanese expatriates.

It’s really the first time.

After the capture of Xuanhua, the city became chaotic and turbulent. Various incidents targeting Japanese expatriates occurred, including robbery, seizure of women, and even retaliatory killings by civilians.

But they are all scattered.

Wei Hongjun immediately asked, "Where did these two police brigades come from?"

"These were the bandits the Japanese had just reorganized in the Rehe area. They were given the designation of a police brigade and sent into the city to maintain order.

"So there's no need to do this kind of thing?"

"I've only done a brief investigation. I think they're trying to use this method to show us their loyalty.

"Asshole."

Wei Hongjun was very angry.

Certificate of application?

These bandits are really a bunch of bad guys who can’t change their bad habits.

This is treating the Eighth Route Army as the bandits they used to be, and even making up a letter of surrender.

What kind of bandits could be capable of such a massacre? Ordinary bandits, even if they were to kill and rob, would never commit such a massacre. Because a true massacre is not something that ordinary troops can do.

Only those extremely vicious bandits could do such a thing.

Therefore, Wei Hongjun said: "First, disarm them, then interrogate them. These people must be the most vicious bandits in the Rehe area. Investigate them. Such troops cannot be casually added to our Eighth Route Army and pollute our Eighth Route Army. Of course, such troops cannot be casually released into society."