Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Feng Mulin watched the Japanese and puppet troops coming over, and the smile on his face grew wider and wider.

What is arrogance.

This is what these Japanese and puppet troops are like.

Real arrogance.

The reason they went out was to protect the safety of the opium. Every time they went out, they had to bring back several tons of opium. After a few days, they gradually relaxed. Not only did the puppet army relax, but even the Japanese army relaxed.

They were tired from walking with their guns on their backs.

They even put their guns directly on the carts and let the carts transport the guns. The Japanese soldiers were of course more comfortable, most of them sat on the carts, and only got off and walked when they got tired. The police and security guards could only walk.

This is the result of not having war for many years.

These people have no sense of danger at all.

"Feng Mulin took out his rifle and shot the Japanese soldier in front of him with one shot.

As Feng Mulin opened fire, the guerrilla detachment also began to fire. To be honest, the guerrilla detachment's soldiers were not as good at shooting as Kang Shui and the other bandit forces. But the guerrilla detachment had better weapons and equipment.

Once the light and heavy machine guns are positioned properly, the firepower network is very powerful.

And Feng Mulin happened to be an expert at ambushes.

He had a lot of experience in how to concentrate firepower and kill as many people as possible in the first place. The first round of gunfire had over thirty people falling to the ground. Although these people were careless, they had all received basic training. So, they all fell to the ground in an instant.

But that's it.

Because they had no chance to fight back.

They had received the most basic training, but Zhuozi was different. Hearing the gunshot, Zhuozi was so frightened he ran for cover. The Japanese soldiers, police, and security guards still had their guns on the Zhuo car. But they were all lying on the ground, so no one dared to get up and grab a gun.

Except the Japanese army.

The guerrilla detachment's marksmanship was not as good as Kangshui's special forces, but they were not without sharpshooters. They killed every Japanese soldier who stood up.

The Japanese army originally had only one squad, and this time there were only eleven people who came out.

In the first round of shooting, the Japanese soldiers were the main targets, and five of them fell.

Then, every Japanese soldier who stood up was shot dead. The Japanese soldiers acted like this, leaving the other police and security guards completely dumbfounded. If they had guns, they could have fought back. But now the guns had been taken away by the gunmen. Although some of the gunmen were still milling around, they didn't dare to stand up.

Upon seeing this result, Feng Mulin immediately shouted, "Blow the horn, charge the entire army. Tell everyone, if you surrender, we will accept you; if you don't surrender, we will resolutely destroy you."

"Yes."

Chapter 165 The Anger of the Japanese Army

"What are you going to do now?"

Terauchi Hisaichi was furious.

The Japanese army had invested so much money and effort in training the Mongolian Cavalry Division, but the Eighth Route Army defeated it in less than half an hour, suffering heavy casualties. Even if the logistics staff who fed the horses were added up, there were less than 300 people left.

It can be said that this force is completely gone.

You can cancel the compilation.

The destruction of the Puppet Mongolian Cavalry 1th Division was an unacceptable outcome for the Japanese army. Although the New Third Regiment had previously caused a stir in Longguan and Yanqing, many powerful local forces were still watching. After all, the New Third Regiment appeared when the Japanese army was weak in manpower.

Perhaps the Japanese army could have just sent a random unit to eliminate the New Third Regiment. For the people who have lived in the border areas for years, life is not just an ideal, but also a reality. They don't want to be traitors, but they also don't want to follow a unit with no future. Because their wrong choice doesn't cost them one life, but the lives of an entire family and a village.

So they still want to see how far the New Third Regiment can develop.

But now the situation is completely different.

The New Third Regiment actually crippled the Puppet Mongolian Cavalry Sixth Division. It can be said that it almost wiped out the Puppet Mongolian Cavalry Sixth Division.

This made many powerful people feel that the Japanese army was nothing special.

Not only were many people willing to cooperate with the New Third Regiment, but more importantly, there were many powerful local groups who organized their own teams and started to confront the Japanese.

This is not just the Longguan and Yanqing areas.

This kind of thing happened in all the Chadong and Chabei areas where the news was heard.

In the past, they were afraid of the Japanese army, so they would be submissive to traitors. But now that the New Third Regiment, such a fierce cross-river dragon, has appeared, these people have begun to resist. They started by killing traitors.

Two days after the Sixth Division of the Puppet Mongolian Cavalry was crippled, the Eighth Route Army, by some unknown force, managed to capture Lion Ridge.

They claimed to be the guerrilla detachment of the Eighth Column of the Eighth Route Army.

After taking Shiziling, the guerrilla detachment, following the example of the New Third Regiment, expanded its forces while simultaneously cracking down on traitorous organizations and armed forces surrounding Shiziling. The presence of the New Third Regiment and the guerrilla detachment made the Chadong and Chabei regions increasingly unstable. This region had long been under Japanese control.

So the Japanese army was very confident about this place, but now a big mess has broken out in the place where they are most confident.

This is what Terauchi Hisaichi cannot accept.

"What did General Ueda say?"

"General, the response from the Kwantung Army Headquarters is that they cannot spare any troops. They told us to find a solution ourselves."

Yamashita Tomoyuki answered in a low voice.

When Terauchi Hisaichi heard this, he couldn't help but smash the cup in his hand.

Well said.

Terauchi Hisaichi currently had no troops to deploy. To support the Battle of Wuhan, troops in North China were either deployed to the front lines or protecting transportation lines. Many troops were currently concentrated along the Pinghan Railway, and there was concern that problems with the railway would affect the upcoming Battle of Wuhan. Shandong province had also been experiencing significant unrest recently, with requests for reinforcements being made daily.

The same is true in Hebei Province.

The Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region took advantage of the Battle of Wuhan to send a large number of troops to Hebei to develop the Hebei base area. The First and Third Divisions of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region are currently developing very smoothly in Hebei, and the military expansion rate is astonishing.

Especially one partition.

Yang Quanwu dispatched the 1st and 3rd Regiments to attack Langfang and Baoding. Along the way, he continued to recruit local anti-Japanese forces and recruited a large number of students. After reorganizing some troops in Hebei, Yang Quanwu formed the 25th Regiment and the 5th Guerrilla Detachment.

Not only that, Yang Quanwu frequently contacted the civilian anti-Japanese armed forces in Hebei, hoping to reorganize these civilian anti-Japanese armed forces and join the First Division.

The military district was helpless about Yang Quanwu privately giving a number to the main regiment of his own army.

However, the military district didn't blame them. They couldn't criticize the First Division for its ability to recruit troops. Besides, the military district had already taken so many troops from the First Division, so they couldn't say anything about this. So, even though the First Division formed its own so-called 25th Regiment, the military district ultimately approved the designation.

In other words, the military district only seized the Second Regiment of the First Division. However, Yang Quanwu quickly seized not only the Seventeenth Regiment from the Eighth Column but also the Twentieth Regiment, bringing the total to the Twenty-Fifth Regiment. This now brings the First Division's personnel to five main regiments: the First, Third, Seventeenth, Twentieth, Second, and Fifteenth Regiments, along with five guerrilla detachments. In addition to these units, the First Division also possesses its own cavalry battalion, special forces battalion, artillery battery, and other units. These are all combat units. The First Division currently has over five thousand personnel in its administrative, logistics, and health departments alone.

After the Third Division gained the Second Regiment, its strength was greatly enhanced. After all, the Second Regiment was the main force of the First Division, a large group of 2500 men. With the help of such a large group, the combat effectiveness of the Third Division was greatly increased.

He immediately became famous in Hebei.

The Third Division also began to form its own main force group. The Third Division had no shortage of cadres, just like the Tenth Brigade, which had several brigades with complete cadre structures.

Aside from the First and Third Divisions initially formed by the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, the most powerful force in Hebei Province is currently the Ji-Central Military Region. Currently under the leadership of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, the Ji-Central Military Region alone comprises nine main force regiments, and with the addition of some local forces, it numbers approximately 30,000 men.

The First Division, the Third Division, and the Central Hebei Army had now concentrated 50,000 to 60,000 troops in Hebei and began to attack everywhere. Terauchi Hisaichi could not even spare any troops to resist these troops from the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region.

So they could only ask for help from the Kwantung Army.

But the Kwantung Army went straight back to Terauchi Juichi. Terauchi Juichi was now full of grievances, and the Kwantung Army was also the same. Although the Kwantung Army's troops were increasing, after the July 7 Incident, a large number of Kwantung Army troops were withdrawn southward.

Now the Kwantung Army itself feels that it does not have enough soldiers, so how can it possibly withdraw troops to support North China?

The Kwantung Army felt it was unable to mobilize troops to suppress the Jidong uprising.

"damn it."

Terauchi Hisaichi thought for a moment and said, "What is the current situation of the 110th Division?"

"Most of the troops have already landed at Tanggu. However, the 110th Division was formed not long ago and has not yet undergone full training. Many of the officers are retired officers who have not been in the military for many years. Therefore, we are cautious at the moment. Moreover, there are too many Chinese troops in the Jidong region. If the 110th Division attacks and fails to fight well, it may even allow these Chinese troops to make further advances. We should wait for the Kwantung Army to send troops to encircle them together."

Yamashita Tomoyuki explained.

The 110th Division was a special division, primarily composed of retired officers and enlisted personnel. Don't underestimate the former officers and enlisted personnel; they weren't as good as the newly formed divisions, which were staffed by new recruits.

Many retired officers and soldiers returned home to marry and have children, having long forgotten the war. Even with a warm home and loving wives and children, they were reluctant to fight. Being drafted into battle like this wasn't very encouraging. Furthermore, having retired for so many years, their physical fitness wasn't what it once was.

Because the Japanese army was short of manpower, a special corps was formed. They were sent to the Chinese battlefield without any retraining.

These special divisions generally performed poorly on the Chinese battlefield.

The most typical example is the 106th Division during the Battle of Wuhan. In fact, it wasn't just the 106th Division that performed poorly; the 109th Division of the North China Front also performed poorly. Yamashita Tomoyuki felt that sending the 110th Division into battle, fresh from landing in Tianjin, was not a good idea.

"But it's been so long. When will those bastards of the Kwantung Army complete the encirclement?"

"Originally, the Kwantung Army intended to complete the encirclement of the Hebei-Eastern troops by mid-September. However, the near-annihilation of the Puppet Mongolian Cavalry 6th Division has left the Kwantung Army very dissatisfied. They plan to transfer three security brigades from Jilin to join the encirclement and suppression of the Hebei-Eastern troops. However, the transfer of three security brigades will take some time. The earliest the troops will be in place is October, and the encirclement is estimated to be completed in late October or early November."

"too slow."

Terauchi Hisaichi frowned.

Pointing at the map, he said, "These Jidong troops are a group of civilians who have just learned to fire a gun. The sooner we eliminate them, the less we'll lose. Once they've all learned how to fire a gun and fight, we can encircle and suppress them, and our losses will be huge. What if these people feel the situation is unfavorable and they evacuate Jidong? If we can't encircle them, tens of thousands of them will flood into the Eighth Route Army base and receive training from the Eighth Route Army. Then tens of thousands of troops will emerge, and that would be a huge hidden danger."

Terauchi Hisaichi was very dissatisfied with the Kwantung Army's procrastination.

However, he could not command the Kwantung Army.

So after thinking for a while, he said, “The current situation is very unfavorable to us.

Send a telegram to headquarters, stating that Chinese forces are becoming increasingly active, especially the Eighth Route Army, which is expanding rapidly and has become the greatest threat to Imperial rule over China. The Empire must deploy heavy forces to deal with these forces. Therefore, as the commander of the North China Front Army, I request that headquarters send us reinforcements as soon as possible, at least two divisions.

"Commander, what should we do now? The situation in Chahar has begun to deteriorate."

"Let the Mongolian garrison handle it themselves. Headquarters has sent new recruits to the Mongolian garrison. Let them complete their training quickly. If we don't teach these people a lesson, the Eighth Route Army won't realize how powerful we are. Send someone to negotiate privately with Yan Xishan to get his troops to behave themselves."

Let's deal with the Eighth Route Army first. Tell Yan Xishan that if his troops don't behave, we'll use our Hebei-Central troops to attack his Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. He should be a smart man and understand what to do now."

"it is good."

Chapter 166 Xia Houwen's Overall Situation

The corps stationed in Mongolia was undergoing training, and the North China Front Army could not withdraw any troops.

As a result, the anti-Japanese situation in the Chadong region became increasingly intense. Xia Houwen was now very busy. On the one hand, he had to train the troops and improve their combat effectiveness. After all, the New Third Regiment was a new unit and its combat effectiveness was actually average.

Then we established bases and local governments.

When Xiahou Wen arrived at Longguan, he brought with him ten local cadres. They were all Party members he had recruited in Huailai, with relatively little experience and limited qualifications. Later, Wei Hongjun sent Xiahou Wen twenty more cadres.

These people are basically cultural cadres.

One group consisted of cadres recruited from the Pingxi Prefectural Committee in exchange for weapons, ammunition, and food. These were graduates of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region Cadre School. These individuals were known as "38-style cadres," those who joined the Eighth Route Army after the July 7 Incident. Another group consisted of scholars from Sheng County who had spent their early years working in the Sheng County base area and later enrolled at the Chahar-South Cadre School.

These twenty cadres are extremely valuable resources for the Eighth Column.

However, Wei Hongjun attached great importance to the development of the base areas in Chadong and Chabei, so he specially assigned 20 cultural cadres to Xiahou Wen.

With these cadres and Zhou Yuanming's cooperation, Xiahou Wen's work in Longguan is progressing smoothly. However, this is only the initial local government of the base, and it is far from a real base.