Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

New military reorganization movement.

This is not something that can be achieved by just talking.

Many people in later generations completely misunderstood the work of political cadres. This led to many novels depicting captured puppet soldiers being simply shouted a few slogans, educated, and then incorporated into the army to fight. And they fought quite well.

What are you thinking?

This shows that you are really not afraid of these puppet soldiers shooting you in the back.

Even if they don't stab someone in the back, as long as they do something on the battlefield, they will still cause irreparable damage to the troops.

If educating and transforming prisoners were that simple, the Eighth Route Army would have retained so many political cadres. Just like Wei Hongjun, even though he knew about the PLA's new military reorganization campaign, he couldn't just adopt it directly. He still had to make many modifications to make it suitable for the current situation.

Even after the revisions, they did not dare to implement it in the military rashly.

Without strict organization and lessons learned, direct large-scale implementation of certain policies will ultimately result in failure.

Therefore, Wei Hongjun was extremely cautious in implementing the new military reorganization campaign. He discussed it again and again with Han Weiguo, Lu Weisheng, and others, trying to think through every detail to ensure that there would be no problems in the troops.

This is not enough, because it is only theoretical.

Wei Hongjun and Han Weiguo called back Zhang Chao, the battalion instructor of the 19th Regiment. They then discussed with him the situation of the 2nd Regiment of the National Salvation Army, later the 7th Battalion of the Independent Detachment, including the ideological status of the soldiers.

Every step must be carefully considered. <1 Wei Hongjun's plan was to proceed step by step. He would begin with a company within the unit. To encourage the soldiers to step forward, Wei Hongjun asked Zhang Chao to go back and talk to the company instructor and all the Party members in the battalion.

Let the instructors and party members have heart-to-heart talks with the soldiers in the army.

Understand all their situations, grasp their ideological trends, and encourage them to speak out boldly. This kind of military rectification campaign must fire the first shot. For this new type of military rectification campaign, Wei Hongjun is ready to go to the 19th Regiment to lay the foundation.

However, just as Wei Hongjun was preparing for a new type of military reorganization, improving the troops' morale and sense of belonging to the Eighth Route Army, the North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters was already in a state of panic.

The impact of the Jidong Uprising became increasingly greater.

More than 20 county towns in Jidong have been captured by the Jidong Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, and the number of people participating in the riots has also increased rapidly, exceeding 200,000.

It can be said that the entire Jidong region was already in a raging fire. In addition, the 5,000-strong regular army of the Fourth Column had already arrived in Jidong.

Although the Jidong Uprising was initially quite vigorous, the Japanese army was not intimidated. This was because many of these people were ordinary civilians who had just joined the army. They might have sounded impressive on the battlefield, but when a real fight broke out, they had little combat effectiveness. Although there were 20 participants, the Japanese army only needed to send a brigade of devils to defeat them.

But the Fourth Column is different.

This is the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

Once they were allowed to train those who participated in the riot in Jidong and let them become real soldiers, the situation would be very dangerous. The Yidong riot had been going on for some time, and the reason why the Japanese army had not sent troops to encircle and suppress it was because the Japanese army was really short of troops and could not spare any troops.

The battle in Wuhan is currently in full swing.

The Japanese army deployed 400,000 troops on the front line, and in addition, the Japanese army needed to protect the transportation lines, so a large number of troops were deployed on the transportation lines.

This resulted in the Japanese army being unable to mobilize enough troops in the rear.

The only places with troops, such as Beiping and Baoding, were already exhausted from dealing with the First and Third Divisions of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, as well as the harassment of the Hebei Central Army. There was no force to be transferred to Yidong.

This is also the case with the Kwantung Army at present.

The Kwantung Army had already moved north, primarily to confront the Soviet Union. Currently, there was a conflict within Japan between those moving north and those moving south, and the Kwantung Army was firmly in favor of the northward movement. Therefore, a large number of troops were preparing for war with the Soviet Union.

Moreover, within the Northeast, there were also volunteer armies and anti-Japanese allied forces that were also restraining the Kwantung Army.

That is why the Japanese army was unable to suppress the Jidong uprising for a long time.

The only unit currently deployed by the Japanese army was the 110th Division, which had just arrived in China. The 110th Division was a newly established special division based on the th Division and had landed by boat at Tanggu, Tianjin.

Before they could do anything, they were thrown into the suppression of the Jidong Uprising. However, the 110th Division and the 106th Division, which had performed poorly in the Battle of Wuhan, were in a similar situation. Both were special divisions, primarily composed of retired and reservist soldiers. After their formation, they were rushed to the Chinese battlefield without even having time to train.

So the combat effectiveness is problematic in many aspects.

The 110th Division alone is unable to deal with the Jidong issue.

"General, an urgent message from the Mongolian garrison."

"what happened?"

"The New Third Regiment of the Chinese Eighth Route Army has occupied Longguan County. From the County Head down to the Town Office and the Allied Township Office, the New Third Regiment has destroyed them. Currently, the entire Longguan area is under the New Third Regiment's control. The Mongolian Corps requests that troops be dispatched as soon as possible to suppress the situation."

"map."

Terauchi Juichi has been having severe headaches lately.

There is unrest everywhere.

It is a critical moment in the Battle of Wuhan, but there are always troubles in the rear, which puts a lot of pressure on him as the commander of the North China Front Army.

Now there is another problem in Longguan, and Terauchi Hisaichi looks very unhappy.

Looking at the map carefully, Terauchi Hisaichi asked, "What kind of unit is the New Third Regiment?"

"The New Third Regiment of the Eighth Column of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region of the Eighth Route Army."

"The Eighth Column now has a new Third Regiment?"

The Eighth Column, led by Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun, had been extremely active in recent months, especially inflicting heavy damage on the Japanese Second Independent Mixed Brigade, which had even made Terauchi Hisaichi, the commander of the North China Front Army, aware of the Eighth Column.

"Yes. According to the intelligence we've received, the Eighth Column now has the 16th, 18th, and 19th Regiments, as well as the New 1st, New 2nd, and New 3rd Regiments."

"Bagaya Road."

Terauchi Hisaichi said angrily, "The Eighth Column is too active. If left unchecked, it will inevitably become the biggest scourge of the Pingsui Road. Which troops do we have available for deployment now?"

"General, there are currently no troops available. If there were, we could only ask for the Kwantung Army or mobilize troops from the Mongolian Autonomous Government. However, most of their troops are not here, and they are far away. Water cannot quench thirst immediately."

Yamashita Tomoyuki, the new chief of staff of the North China Front Army, answered with great embarrassment.

Yamashita Tomoyuki had an even harder time.

Just one month after becoming Chief of Staff of the North China Front Army, all sorts of bad news reached the headquarters, keeping him extremely busy. The Yidong Uprising had also been going on for a month, but Yamashita Tomoyuki had not yet assembled his troops to suppress it.

All we can do is wait for the Kwantung Army to send troops.

The North China Front Army can no longer spare any troops.

"Where's the 6th Mongolian Cavalry Division?"

"General, in order to encircle and suppress the Jidong forces, the 6th Mongolian Cavalry Division has been transferred from Zhangbei to the Chengde area. They are preparing to join forces with the Kwantung Army and the Manchurian National Defense Army to encircle the Jidong Eighth Route Army. If the 6th Mongolian Cavalry Division is transferred, the encirclement will be in jeopardy."

Yamashita Fengwen advised Terauchi Shouyi.

For the North China Front Army and the Kwantung Army, Jidong was a place that could not be lost. Now the Jidong uprising troops occupied more than 20 counties in Jidong, which they could not allow.

The North China Front Army was unable to withdraw any troops, so it could only send the 110th Division, which had just landed in China. The rest were the Kwantung Army and the puppet Manchukuo Army, which was not enough to mobilize a puppet Mongolian cavalry division.

There are a total of nine pseudo-Mongolian cavalry divisions.

The main opponent of these nine divisions was Suiyuan, which was Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army. Therefore, most of the puppet Mongolian Cavalry Divisions were deployed in Suiyuan. The only one that was close was the puppet Mongolian Cavalry 6th Division.

That is why the Sixth Division of the Puppet Mongolian Cavalry was transferred to Chengde.

"Eastern Hebei is important, and so is Eastern Chahar. Although the enemy forces in Eastern Hebei are very powerful, as long as we deploy our forces, it's only a matter of time before we destroy them. But Eastern Chahar cannot be left alone. The Eighth Column is currently developing too rapidly, expanding from southern Chahar to eastern Chahar. We must nip the Eighth Column's development in the bud in Eastern Chahar. Send a telegram to the Kwantung Army Headquarters, saying that we need the 6th Mongolian Cavalry Division to return and eliminate this so-called New 3rd Regiment. Have the Kwantung Army dispatch one or two brigades of the Manchurian National Defense Army to enter the country."

Terauchi Hisaichi was very worried about the Chadong area.

There are currently no large Japanese troops in this area. If the New Third Regiment is allowed to continue its development, the Pingsui Road will be in danger in the future. In contrast, although the Jidong side is powerful, the troops have begun to gather.

"Yes."

Chapter 159 Combat Preparation

"Has everyone read the intelligence sent by the column?"

"Captain, isn't it just a pseudo-Mongol cavalry division? How many people can they have? We are strong now, so let's defend the county town and see if they can capture it."

The Sixth Division of the Puppet Mongolian Cavalry is coming.

Xiahou Wen holds a meeting.

When they heard that the Japanese army was coming, everyone was ready to fight.

Things had been going so smoothly recently that everyone was becoming arrogant. They didn't even take a cavalry division of about 1500 men seriously.

Ma Hongyuan, the battalion commander of the cavalry battalion of the new third regiment, was very dissatisfied with the pseudo-Mongolian cavalry division and wanted to compete with them.

As soon as he said this, the other commanders nodded repeatedly.

It's just a cavalry division.

We are guarding the county town. Can they still take down our county town?

"But if our main force defends the county, what will happen to the various organizations we have established in various places during this period, as well as the people who support us? The Puppet Mongolian Cavalry Division is cavalry after all. What if they don't attack us and instead go to sweep these places?"

Zhou Yuanming said worriedly.

Xiahou Wen didn't say anything and watched everyone express their opinions.

I was delighted that Zhou Yuanming had such a vision even after joining the Eighth Route Army. With the Eighth Column supporting Xia Houwen, they transferred twenty cadres to Xia Houwen's side. Ten of them were graduates of the Eighth Route Army's Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region Cadre School, and another ten were trained by the Eighth Column's own cadre school.

They worked with the ten local cadres brought by Xia Houwen and began to develop local organizations and local party members in Longguan. At present, the revolutionary situation in Longguan was very good, and many people supported the fight against the Japanese.

If the main force defended the county town, the newly prosperous anti-Japanese situation in the towns and rural areas would be immediately hit. After all, the puppet Mongolian Cavalry Division was a regular cavalry unit, and it would be easy to deal with those local organizations with little protection.

If the sacrifice is too serious, the anti-Japanese situation that has just emerged will fall into a trough again.

"I think it doesn't matter whether the county is defended or not. It's better not to have a county."

Feng Mulin, who had just arrived at Longguan with his troops, spoke.

Many officers of the New Third Regiment were furious when they heard Feng Mulin's words. They had finally taken the county town, and Feng Mulin, a new arrival, was saying that it didn't matter whether they kept the county town or not.

So these people immediately rebuked Feng Mulin.

Feng Mulin was not in a hurry.

After everyone had vented their anger, he slowly said, "I want to ask everyone. What do our troops need most to fight the Japanese?"

"Weapons, ammunition, food, and manpower."

Zhou Yuanming spoke.

Feng Mulin nodded and said, "Deputy Commander Zhou is right. To fight the Japanese, we must develop our army. And the three most important things for the development of the army are weapons and ammunition, food, and manpower. I won't talk about weapons and ammunition. We are currently unable to produce them ourselves and can only snatch them from the Japanese and traitors. So that leaves food and manpower. So where do the food and manpower come from? From the cities? No, China is an agricultural country, and our food and manpower all come from the countryside. Take Longguan County for example, it has a population of about 100,000. But how many people are in the county seat? Only about 4,000. The majority of the population of Longguan County is in the countryside. We defended the county seat with a population of 4,000, but lost the countryside with a population of more than 90,000. Even if we defended the county seat, where is the food? Where are the manpower?"

Feng Mulin is a commander with many years of rich experience in guerrilla warfare.

He also studied at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University.

There is theory and practice.

So what you said makes sense.

"What does Commander Feng mean?"