Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

This time, they came out in full force to encircle the Fourth Column, which allowed Xia Houwen to take advantage. A reinforced Japanese squadron of more than 200 people, their daily food, clothing, weapons and ammunition were all here.

All of this benefited Xiahou Wen.

And it wasn't just that. Kangzhuang had been occupied by the Japanese army for several months. There were also a large number of traitors who had defected to the Japanese army. Although time was tight, Xia Houwen still sent people to deal with these traitors.

The money, supplies, weapons and ammunition collected from Han Hao alone were not a small amount. It was precisely because of his wealth that Xia Houwen said he would buy as many horses as he wanted.

How many troops can be mobilized if so many weapons and ammunition are pulled back?

The mortars, canisters, and light and heavy machine guns alone could significantly increase the troops' firepower. Although these supplies needed to be turned over to the column, they were captured by Xia Houwen after all, so the column would definitely leave a lot for the 16th Regiment.

With these things, the strength of the 16th Regiment will be able to be qualitatively improved.

"Director, Secretary Li and his team are here with their people."

"Li Jiu is here?

Xia Houwen immediately strode over and soon saw a continuous line of torches. These were all the folks from the base area mobilized by Li Jiu.

"director."

"Comrade Li Jiu, how many people did you bring? Where's the carriage?"

"Hearing there were a lot of supplies here, I mobilized over two thousand people. Men, women, young, and old, anyone who could be mobilized came. You know, after the Japanese army arrived, they forcibly requisitioned a large number of horses, so there weren't many carts. Time was short, so I brought fourteen horses.

"Fourteen is a little too few, but it's okay.

"Don't worry, Director. We have a lot of people and a lot of carts. If it doesn't work, we can carry it back."

"You don't see how much supplies we have. We have tens of thousands of boxes to send back. I've already mobilized the trains in Kangzhuang. Quickly direct the villagers to unload the goods from the trains. Send back whatever you can. This place is so close to other cities; they can get here in just a few hours by train."

"Yes.

Chapter 128 Ambush in Xining County

The entire Chahar, northeastern Shanxi and Pingbei regions were in chaos.

Originally, the Japanese army had only dispatched troops from the Second Independent Mixed Brigade to sweep the Sanggong area. However, not long after they were dispatched, various units of the Eighth Route Army and guerrilla groups suddenly appeared in various parts of northeastern Shanxi.

The most famous event, of course, was the Second Detachment's capture of Dajing Town, which severed a crucial road between Zhangjiakou and Datong. Although Dajing Town's status declined significantly after the opening of the Pingsui Road, it remained a crucial location.

Then, the anti-Japanese guerrillas from southeast Huailai, who were ignored by everyone, attacked Kangzhuang and captured it. They mobilized more than 3,000 people and over 100 cavalry, and in the end, they emptied the entire Kangzhuang while carrying a lot of stuff.

Not only did they empty Kangzhuang of its supplies.

When they left Kangzhuang, 27 police officers and 21 self-defense corps officers and soldiers expressed their willingness to join the Eighth Route Army. This brought the total to nearly 360 soldiers. Then, over workers expressed their willingness to join the Eighth Route Army.

Including their families, the team suddenly increased to more than a thousand people.

In normal times, such a bloated army would surely lose the battle.

Xiahou Wen was very nervous, fearing that the Japanese army would catch up. But what Xiahou Wen didn't know was that there were no troops in Huailai County at the moment, and the remaining Japanese troops in Xuanhua and Zhuolu were currently concentrated in Dajing Town.

When they received the news that Kangzhuang had been captured, they wanted to provide support, but they really had no troops to mobilize.

The garrisons along the Ping-Sui Road were even more destitute. They were currently caught in a dilemma in defending against the Fourth Column. The Fourth Column, with nearly 5,000 men, had marched out of Pingxi and was capturing cities and territories along the way in Pingbei.

This is the biggest concern of the Japanese army.

It can be said that the entire Mongolian corps, including the North China Front Army, did not expect such a situation to occur. At present, the Japanese army is mainly on the front line of the front battlefield, and the troops behind the enemy lines are insufficient.

In order to sweep the Sanggong area, the Second Independent Mixed Brigade deployed too many troops. As a result, the Fourth Column launched an attack, disrupting all Japanese deployments. Furthermore, the Second Detachment and the Anti-Japanese Guerrillas successively captured key Japanese towns, catching the Japanese off guard.

The Japanese army itself is now in a panic.

Why are there Eighth Route Army troops everywhere?

Therefore, Xiahou Wen was able to retreat to Ruiyun Temple smoothly with so many people.

"Two squads of devils?"

The Japanese army swept through the Sanggong area, and this was not just the Sixteenth Regiment's business.

It's about the entire Eighth Column.

The First Detachment in Xining County had also been eager to take action. If not for the intervention of Political Commissar Huang Hao, Gao Wei would have been ready to lead the First Detachment to attack the Xining County seat. However, due to Huang Hao's obstruction, they were unable to attack the county seat.

But Gao Wei had been waiting for an opportunity, and this opportunity finally came.

After the Second Detachment captured Dajing Town, Japanese troops from surrounding areas mobilized their forces. Xining County also dispatched two squads of Japanese troops, along with over a hundred officers from the local puppet police station, to form a force of about 200 men to reinforce Dajing Town.

There were not many Japanese troops in Xining County.

Being able to draw up two teams is already very good.

When Gao Wei heard that a force of more than 200 people was heading north from Xining County, he immediately knew they were heading for Dajing Town. After all, the news that Dajing Town had been captured by the Second Detachment was known to everyone within a hundred miles.

After all, Dajing Town is an important commercial town.

With so many businessmen coming in and out every day, how could there be enough information?

Gao Wei had been keeping an eye on Xining County's reaction. Not only did he send people to monitor the Japanese army's movements, but the Xining County underground party was also gathering intelligence. Finally, he had accurate intelligence, and Gao Wei was overjoyed.

The first team finally had something to do.

"And there are a hundred fake police officers."

"What kind of battle can those puppet policemen fight? When the Japanese army arrived in Chahar, Shanxi, they hadn't yet trained any combat-ready traitor troops. These puppet policemen are even less capable than the local landlords' armed forces."

Gao Wei didn't take the fake police seriously at all.

After the July 7 Incident, while many traitorous armed forces defected to the Japanese, few were truly powerful. Even the puppet Manchukuo and Mongolian armies, which the Japanese had heavily invested in, were extremely ineffective. They were adequate for maintaining local security and bullying unarmed guerrillas. Compared to the main forces of the Eighth Route Army, their combat effectiveness was far inferior.

During the Anti-Japanese War, the puppet army's strength increased significantly. One reason was that the puppet governments in various places began to build their own military academies to train puppet army officers and began to form puppet army units. Although the combat effectiveness of these puppet army units was still poor, they were at least decent.

Another reason is that after Wang Jingwei defected to the Japanese, a large number of Nationalist troops became traitors. The only truly combat-capable units in the puppet army were these. After all, they were Nationalist troops who had fought for many years and were more combat-capable than the average puppet army.

However, most of these puppet troops began to appear at the end of 1939.

At present, the number of puppet troops in North China is still relatively small.

Most of them were not police, but local landlords’ armed forces, or the former security groups, etc. Their combat effectiveness was very poor, and they could not even be considered regular troops.

Therefore, Gao Wei did not take the puppet army troops seriously.

"Let's deal with this group of Japanese troops first."

Gao Wei has been working in Xining County for almost half a year.

Taking advantage of the limited manpower of the Japanese army, the First Detachment developed very well in Xining County. Especially after the armed alliance with other local party organizations in Xining County, the strength of the First Detachment has been growing rapidly.

"Political Commissar, please contact the local Party branches. After I lead my troops to annihilate this group of Japanese troops, mobilize all available troops. We will lay siege to Xining County."

"Commander, why can't you forget Xining County?"

"Political Commissar, things are different now. The Japanese didn't have many troops in Xining County to begin with, just a squadron of the garrison battalion. Now that the Japanese have sent out two squadrons of devils, how many people are left in Xining County? This is a good opportunity. Of course, even if we can't take Xining County, we can still intimidate it and the surrounding troops. We are also supporting the Second Detachment and the Sixteenth Regiment's counterattack against the three-way siege. I don't really want to attack Xining County, do you agree?"

"it is good."

Although the first team is not as strong as the second team, Gao Wei's six-month development in Xining County has not been without results.

Gao Wei gathered more than a thousand people in a short period of time.

Gao Wei even had a plan for where to set up an ambush. Ever since he learned that the Second Detachment had captured Dajing Town, Gao Wei had been looking for a place to set up an ambush. This was because Gao Wei knew that if Dajing Town was lost, the Japanese army would definitely come to support.

"Commander, the Japanese are less than five miles away from us."

Xu Jiafu, the company commander of the first company of the first detachment, came over.

"Is the number correct?"

"Same as intelligence."

"Where are the weapons and equipment?"

“Apart from a heavy machine gun, there was no other heavy firepower.

They only had light machine guns and four grenade launchers."

"it is good."

Gao Wei patted Xu Jiafu and said, "When the ambush begins, your company will cut off their escape route. Absolutely do not allow these people to escape. Can you complete the mission?"

"Resolutely complete the task."

Xu Jiafu was the old squad leader that Gao Wei brought with him from the independent detachment when he came to Xining County to establish a base. He was also a veteran of the Long March. He had just become a deputy company commander when his unit was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, so he became a squad leader.

When Gao Wei came to Xining County, I followed Gao Wei.

He is currently the commander of the First Company of the First Detachment. The First Company is a reinforced unit with approximately 270 men, roughly equivalent to a small battalion. It is also the most elite unit of the First Detachment.

"Gaoli."

"arrive."

"After the ambush began, your Second Company blocked the road ahead and prevented the enemy from escaping."

"Yes."

“The others followed the previous tactics and entered the ambush site.

Chapter 129 Chaos in Northeast Shanxi

Gao Wei's ambush at Xiaojiagou.

Gao Wei's fighting style was swift, accurate, and ruthless. He was a top-tier commander in Wei Hongjun's company. Therefore, the troops he led had a distinct personal style: fierce attack and rapid advance.

The troops have high morale, dare to fight hard, and are not even afraid of casualties.

Although he seems a bit reckless, his fighting style is needed in some battles.

That's what happened with the first team.

Although it was the first time they ambushed two Japanese squads of about 100 people, the troops did not feel afraid at all.

Even the new recruits are like this.

Gao Wei was highly regarded by Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun because he was fierce, but not mindless. His commanding abilities were excellent. The location chosen for the Xiaojiagou ambush was a prime one.

They quickly dealt with two Japanese squads and more than a hundred puppet troops.

In normal times, this would have been a major victory, after all, they had annihilated two Japanese squads. But in this battle, not to mention the more than 5,000 soldiers of the Fourth Column who swept across Pingbei, the battles fought by the Sixteenth Regiment and the Second Detachment alone were even larger in scale and impact.

But what the first team did next brought about a major change in the course of the war in the entire northeastern Shanxi region.

After Gao Wei annihilated two Japanese squads, he immediately led the main force of the First Detachment, the County Brigade, the District Squad and even other local guerrillas, in short, mobilized all the people who could be mobilized.

Regardless of whether Yongguan can fight or not, they are all brought in to strengthen the army.