Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Many businessmen travel far and wide and are not at all isolated from the news.

They all knew the Eighth Route Army was the Zhu-Mao Red Army in Jiangxi. The Red Army's slogan back then was "Strike down the landlords and redistribute the land." While they no longer chant that slogan, no one believed it. Furthermore, these people had been flirting with the Japanese recently. If they were to be killed by the Eighth Route Army, where would they go to seek justice?

No matter how important money is, it is not as important as life.

Therefore, many businessmen and landlords secretly found Lei Jiabin.

Giving them money and guns showed they supported the war against Japan. However, the Japanese were now powerful, and their families were all here, so they couldn't openly support them. Previously, they were intimidated by the Japanese army's power and had no choice but to obey their orders. Lei Jiabin welcomed everyone who came, and told them that if the Japanese army came, they could temporarily cooperate with them. But they couldn't do anything that harmed the Chinese people, and they couldn't become traitors.

Lei Jiabin's words were meant to reassure them.

These people have money.

These people alone gave the Second Detachment more than 10,000 oceans in so-called anti-Japanese funds and more than 110 box guns.

This is why many armies become wealthy simply by conquering a city. Dajing Town is just a small town. If they had captured a large city like Zhangjiakou, how much more supplies could they have obtained? Wu Qinghe and Lei Jiabin transported a large amount of supplies back to the base while deploying for battle. The battle of Dajing Town was too important.

Controlling Dajing Town directly cuts off the connection between Datong and Zhangjiakou.

How could the Japanese army just ignore it?

Xuanhua is the most anxious.

The distance between Xuanhua and Dajing Town is less than a hundred miles.

Wu Qinghe and Lei Jiabin hadn't considered a true face-to-face confrontation with the Japanese. One of their objectives in attacking Dajing Town was simply to support the 16th Regiment's counterattack against the three-pronged siege. Therefore, the longer the Second Detachment occupied Dajing Town, the greater the support it would provide to the 16th Regiment.

The second team took action, and the armed forces on the Huailai side also began to take action.

"Director Xiahou, we have contacted the surrounding village associations.

There are about fifty village associations, all of which are willing to join us in fighting the Japanese."

Xiahou Wen returned to the familiar southeastern area of ​​Huailai.

Immediately started contacting other village associations here.

Xiahou Wen's reputation was now immense. After reorganizing the "Dark Horse Team" and receiving additional weapons and ammunition from the Third Battalion, the anti-Japanese guerrillas he led had greatly increased in strength. Within a hundred miles, the renowned Pingxi Detachment and the Pingxi District Committee had dispatched numerous work groups, but only Xiahou Wen's group had made any real progress. Here, Xiahou Wen recruited Party members, Party activists, and League members.

A guerrilla force of more than one hundred people was also formed.

This was due to Xia Houwen's exceptional abilities, but more importantly, it stemmed from a blood feud between the southeastern region of Huailai and the Japanese. When the Japanese army, advancing northward from Mentougou, attacked the Nationalist forces in Zhangjiakou, they committed numerous bloody incidents in southeastern Huailai. Some villages were even massacred by the Japanese. Such brutal tactics failed to intimidate the local population. This region has long been a frontier region, and its people are known for their tough character.

How could they easily accept such hatred?

So the people here strongly support fighting against the Japanese.

Although everyone was angry before, without a leader, the resistance was impossible to organize. Seeing the successive defeats of hundreds of thousands of Nationalist troops directly undermined their morale. However, the Eighth Route Army began to gain prominence in northeastern Shanxi and its performance became increasingly stronger.

Xiahou Wen is also becoming increasingly active in the rural areas of southeastern Huailai.

Although he didn't fight the Japanese, he continued to kill traitors and develop his team. This completely frightened the traitors in the area, causing the Japanese rule there to collapse. Xia Houwen's reputation in the area grew, and the surrounding villages gradually wanted to contact him. Xia Houwen was appointed Director of the Political Department of the 16th Regiment, but the work here continued at a rapid pace. The Party members and League members Xia Houwen recruited here have become the core figures of the place.

Xiahou Wen came back again and contacted the village association within a hundred miles, wanting to unite with everyone to fight against Japan.

Sure enough, it received a response.

Almost all the people responded to Xiahou Wen's call, and the liaison meeting of more than 50 villages responded to Xiahou Wen's call.

"How many people are there in total?"

"We've counted the members of these fifty-three village associations, totaling over seven hundred and seventy. And that's not all. Many young and middle-aged people from other villages heard we were going to do something big, and quite a few were willing to join. We've counted over nine hundred people who responded to the call.

"What about the weapons?"

"They're not as good as Dong Baji's troops back then. But they have plenty of weapons, over 500 rifles and short rifles. During the previous battles here, the locals picked up a lot of the army's guns. According to our statistics, there were probably 1,000 to 2,000 weapons scattered around this area by the Nationalist army, maybe even more. But not everyone here trusts us, so many haven't taken out their guns. But as long as we fight the Japanese, they'll eventually hand over these guns."

Li Jiu reports.

Li Jiu was the first Party member recruited by Xia Houwen upon his arrival in Huailai. Xia Houwen lived in Li Jiu's home when he first arrived. After recruiting Li Jiu, he became the village Party secretary. As the army expanded and its territory expanded, he now serves as the district Party secretary. Li Jiu had some education, but his education was limited.

But people are very smart.

Since becoming branch secretary, he has recruited seven more party members to the village. Zhenbiancheng Village has become the village with the largest number of party members in the Huailai rural base area. Since becoming district party secretary, he has also been committed to developing party organizations in various villages.

Currently, there are over twenty rural bases in southeastern Huailai, with over a hundred Party members. Li Jiu has made a significant contribution to this, as nearly half of the Party members were recruited after he became District Party Secretary.

In addition to so many party members, there are also a large number of league members and activists. It can be said that Xia Houwen is doing a great job in establishing a base here.

“Adding our more than 300 people, that’s more than a thousand people.

A thousand people can accomplish great things."

Xia Houwen counted the heads and felt relieved.

A thousand people may not seem like a lot, but at this place and at this moment, they are a very powerful force.

"Director Xiahou, where exactly should we attack?"

Xia Houwen smiled.

Then he pointed to a place on the map and said, “Here.

"Kangzhuang?"

Chapter 126 Attacking Kangzhuang

The fifty-three village associations, along with the young and middle-aged people who joined in, and the local militia developed and mobilized by Xia Houwen, totaled a thousand people. Xia Houwen held a meeting with the members of the village associations.

Loud.

The surrounding towns and villages were greatly shocked.

The traitors who defected to the Japanese were so frightened when they heard Xiahou Wen's voice that they quickly packed up their things and ran away.

For a time, the entire southeastern part of Huailai, and even the surrounding counties, were shocked. However, after creating such a momentum, Xiahou Wen asked Li Jiu and other party members and the local government to implement rent and interest reductions in the surrounding towns and villages.

After attracting the attention of the people around him, Xiahou Wen selected some elite troops from the guerrillas and several village associations and headed straight for Kangzhuang.

Kangzhuang is a small place.

But it's no small, insignificant place. It's home to Kangzhuang Station, a crucial stop on the Pingsui Road. When Kangzhuang Railway Station was built, it employed thousands of workers. Because of its strategic location and the large number of workers, underground Party activities began there over a decade ago.

Even after the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, some people were organizing workers' movements here. Many early CCP leaders in northern China led the workers' revolution here. Although it was disrupted many times, local organizations continued to send people here until the eve of the July 7 Incident.

The underground party has a strong foundation here.

More importantly, something big happened at this time.

Song Shilun led the 120th Division to the Pingxi base and joined forces with the Pingxi Detachment led by Deng Guo. The Central Committee and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters gave this unit a new designation: the th Column of the Eighth Route Army.

At present, there is actually only one column in front of the Fourth Column, and that is the Third Column of the Eighth Route Army.

The Third Column of the Eighth Route Army was the Hebei-Central Eighth Route Army. Lü Zhengchao's People's Self-Defense Forces and the Hebei Guerrilla Army, formed by underground Party forces, merged to form the Third Column of the Eighth Route Army and the Hebei-Central Military Region.

As for the First Column of the Eighth Route Army, it had not yet been established. It would not be until a year later that the Central Committee unified the 115th Division in Shandong to form the First Column of the Eighth Route Army. The Second Column would not be formed until two years later in the Taihang Mountains.

The Fifth Column of the Eighth Route Army was the Eighth Route Army that marched south, which was later the Third Division of the New Fourth Army.

These are the columns directly named after the Eighth Route Army. They are all strategically important troops that are given the designation of the Eighth Route Army column.

After Song Shilun and Deng Guo's troops joined forces, they became the Fourth Column of the Eighth Route Army.

The newly formed Fourth Column of the Eighth Route Army was tasked with responding to the Jidong Uprising. After its formation, the main force began its march toward the Pingbei area. They first captured Changping, then advanced on Yanqing, Yongning, and Sihai.

In particular, the capture of Changping County caused a sensation among the Japanese and puppet troops in the area.

The Japanese and puppet troops currently stationed on the Pingsui Road have all been transferred to block the Fourth Column.

Because the Fourth Column was no small force. It was a main force of over 4,000, nearly 5,000 men, and it was far from easy to encircle and destroy. As a result, the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops were all diverted by the Fourth Column. Xiahou Wencheng went to Kangzhuang precisely because the large Japanese force previously stationed in Kangzhuang had already gone to pursue the Fourth Column.

There is only one squad of devils in the entire Kangzhuang.

The rest were police officers from the Kangzhuang pseudo police station.

"Comrade Zhou Yuanshan."

"Comrade Xia Houwen."

Xiahou Wen and his troops camped on a mountain less than ten miles away from Kangzhuang Railway Station.

And other comrades of the Kangzhuang underground party.

Zhou Yuanshan was the secretary of the Kangzhuang branch. He was sent to Kangzhuang by the Peking Municipal Committee in 1935 to re-establish the party branch.

"Comrade Zhou Yuanshan, what is the current situation in Kangzhuang?"

"Following the withdrawal of a large number of Japanese troops, the primary security at Kangzhuang Railway Station is now handled by the Kangzhuang Police Station and the station's own self-defense group. There are approximately 140 police officers and about 100 members of the self-defense group. But don't worry, we have our own comrades in both the police station and the self-defense group. I have already arranged for one of our comrades to be in charge of the guard today, and he will open the gate for us and let our troops into Kangzhuang Railway Station.

"it is good."

Xiahou Wen was overjoyed.

Then he asked, "What are the basics of these pseudo-police and self-defense groups? Can they join our army?"

"We can mobilize about thirty to forty people right now. We're not sure about the rest. But we've developed a strong relationship with the workers, so if you need us, we can mobilize two to three hundred people to join. These people are all skilled workers, so tinkering with the machinery won't be a problem."

"That's great. The column's weapons repair shop is most in need of these skilled workers. Go back and mobilize them. We need to fight and retreat quickly. After destroying the train station, we must evacuate overnight."

"Comrade Xia Houwen, there's one more thing. There's a trainload of weapons and ammunition at Kangzhuang Railway Station."

"what happened?"

Xiahou Wen was very surprised.

Although Kangzhuang Railway Station is very important, it is not a place where Japanese weapons and ammunition can be stored.

Zhou Yuanshan smiled and said, "This batch of weapons and ammunition was originally intended for Zhangjiakou. However, the Fourth Column launched an attack on the Pingbei area, capturing a series of important towns in Pingbei, causing a sensation throughout Pingbei. In order to encircle and suppress the Fourth Column, too many troops were withdrawn from the Pingsui Road. To support the frontline troops, this batch of weapons and ammunition was temporarily left in Kangzhuang."

"Okay, great."

Xiahou Wen did not expect such an unexpected result.

The Eighth Route Army launched a full-scale attack behind enemy lines, making the Japanese army, which was already short of manpower behind enemy lines, even more short of manpower.

If the Japanese knew the main force of the Eighth Route Army's Fourth Column was going to attack Pingbei, and was so determined, they would definitely not have mobilized so many troops to sweep the Sanggong area. After all, Pingbei was more important than Sanggong. If the Second Independent Mixed Brigade hadn't deployed so many troops, there wouldn't have been a need to divert so many garrison troops from the Pingsui Road to stop the Fourth Column.

"Is there no other train on the Pingsui Line right now?"

"After the Fourth Column attacked Pingbei, they bombed many sections of the Pingsui Road, so the Pingsui Road had been cut off for several days."

"I see."

Xiahou Wen didn't expect the Fourth Column to be so competitive.

It had only been a few days since they entered Pingbei from Pingxi, and the Pingsui Road was cut off.

"Comrade Zhou Yuanshan, go back now. We are going to attack at one in the morning, when the enemy is most tired."