Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

866 puppet Manchukuo troops were killed, wounded or captured.

Among them, 57 were killed, 82 were injured, and the rest were all captured.

Easily.

Wu Shi's counterattack directly exposed the Japanese and puppet troops' resting place. This allowed the New Third Regiment to easily approach the Japanese and puppet troops' camp and then raid the Japanese and puppet troops. The Japanese and puppet troops that had been chasing the New Third Regiment were easily annihilated by the New Third Regiment.

Xia Houwen was overjoyed because this counter-sweep operation had been a huge success. Not only had Wu Shi, Chicheng's biggest traitor, been persuaded to defect, but the Chicheng police and security brigade, totaling nearly 800 people, had also been defeated.

They were the troops that followed Wu Shi to fight against bandits in his early years.

In addition, so many enemies were annihilated.

This is the very famous "Baijiagou Victory" in the history of Chadong's anti-Japanese war.

Afterwards, the New Third Regiment changed their uniforms and followed Wu Shi to trick the gate of Chicheng County into opening. They rushed into the house, eliminated the 144 Japanese soldiers remaining in Chicheng, and reorganized the police force and security regiment forces in Chicheng.

Wu Shi publicly announced in Chicheng that he would join the Eighth Route Army with the Chicheng police force and security team.

This is the famous "Akagi Rebellion".

Wu Shi was Chicheng's most famous and powerful traitor. His rebellion sent shockwaves through Chicheng and even the entire Chahar region, deeply disturbing the surrounding traitors.

They don't know what exactly happened.

But they knew that the Eighth Route Army's counter-mopping-up operation in Longguan was not only successful, but had even extended its influence into Chicheng. Even Chicheng's biggest traitor, Wu Shi, had chosen to defect to the Eighth Route Army. This greatly increased the Eighth Route Army's prestige in the Chadong region, and many traitors were reconsidering their choices.

Following the "Baijiagou Victory" and the "Chicheng Rebellion," Chicheng was incorporated into the New Third Regiment's base. Together with the New Third Regiment's original bases of Longguan and Yanqing, the Long (Longguan)-Yan (Yanqing)-Chi (Chifeng) Anti-Japanese Base Area built by the New Third Regiment began to take shape.

Chapter 184 Response

Xiahou Wen had intended to capitalize on the great victory at Chicheng to further expand the Eighth Route Army's influence. This was a good opportunity. The Second Independent Mixed Brigade had suffered a devastating defeat at Shengxian, and Xiahou Wen had annihilated a reinforced Japanese squadron and a puppet Manchukuo regiment at Chicheng.

It can be said that the Eighth Route Army is now very powerful in Chahar.

It is a good opportunity to continue to expand the strength of the Eighth Route Army.

At the same time, Xia Houwen also wanted to restore the anti-Japanese bases that were hit during the sweep. Because of the Japanese sweep, many newly established rural bases were lost. Now that the anti-sweeping campaign was victorious, of course, these bases must be restored.

But before he could recover his base, the order of the column fell into his hands.

He was forced to abandon his original plan and brought the main force and the senior leaders of the New Third Regiment to Heimagou to meet with the New First Regiment and the Special Agents. Heimagou is a small village on the west bank of the Baihe River.

It's right along Pingsui Road.

"Everyone has heard the column's order. The column ordered our New 1st Regiment, New 3rd Regiment, and Special Forces to form an Eastward Advance Detachment responsible for supporting the Jidong troops in their westward retreat. Now everyone, tell us how we will accomplish this mission."

Xia Houwen spoke.

This mission came so suddenly that Xia Houwen hadn't had a chance to consider it. However, this mission was so important that even Yan'an and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters had issued orders. Furthermore, Xia Houwen was a member of the Pingxi Detachment, a cadre from the Fourth Column. Currently, the Jidong troops were under the command of the Fourth Column.

Therefore, it is our responsibility to support the Jidong troops.

Of course, the affiliation of Xiahou Wen and other cadres is also very interesting.

They started out as cadres of the 115th Division's Independent Regiment, and later became cadres of the Independent Division and the First Division. When the Pingxi Detachment was established, they followed it to the Pingxi Anti-Japanese Base Area and became cadres of the Pingxi Detachment.

They were sent to Huailai by the Pingxi Detachment to open up the Huailai base.

It happened that the Eighth Column opened up the Cha'nan base area, so they merged these cadres in Huailai into the Eighth Column. As a result, they became cadres of the independent division and the first division.

Kang Shuidao: "When I came, the political commissar told me that we should open up a road from Yanqing, Huairou, Miyun, Xinglong, Zunhua, or Miyun to Jixian. It is best to open up more roads, which can be some narrow paths, or seldom-traveled mountain paths. This time, the Jidong troops are retreating westward. The tens of thousands of people will be chased and intercepted by the devils, especially by the bombing of devils' planes. As a support force, we can support as many troops as we can. Opening up more westward retreat roads means we can support more people. Our mission is to take in one more person, which means one more victory. The political commissar also emphasized that these Jidong troops retreating westward may lack food. So when we open up some small roads, we should prepare more dry food. In addition to what we eat ourselves, we should also share some with the Jidong troops.

Wei Hongjun told Kang Shui everything he could think of.

Especially the food issue.

Tens of thousands of troops from Jidong retreated westward without any preparation.

One of the biggest problems was food. When the Jidong troops retreated westward, many of them were short of food.

The troops ahead were short of food and had to collect large quantities of it along the way. As a result, the troops behind them had no food at all. The Jidong troops were newly recruited and not yet a real army.

Blocked from front and back by Japanese and puppet troops, bombed from the sky by planes, and without food, how could they possibly hold on?

Many Jidong troops ultimately decided to return to the region. Unfortunately, under the siege of the Japanese and puppet troops, they couldn't just leave or return whenever they wanted. Therefore, Wei Hongjun placed particular emphasis on food security for the Jidong troops.

"From here to Jixian County, or to Zunhua, it's three or four hundred miles. How long would it take for tens of thousands of people to travel such a long route?

Everyone, don't be silent, speak up. Let's see how we can complete the task.

Seeing that no one spoke, Xiahou Wen was the first to speak.

Let everyone think about it.

Zhang Dahu, commander of the Eastward Advance Detachment, looked at the map and said, "Right now, there are both advantages and disadvantages for us. On the disadvantage side, with 100,000 troops retreating westward like this, even the slightest misorganization could lead to a major rout. Furthermore, the Jidong Uprising had such a significant impact that the Japanese would certainly not let it go easily. Furthermore, if 100,000 troops were truly trained at the base, they would be 100,000 regular Eighth Route Army troops. How could the Japanese possibly send so many troops to our Eighth Route Army? Therefore, the Japanese would madly pursue and intercept this force. Furthermore, I've seen intelligence on the troops involved in the Jidong Uprising that was forwarded to us by the military region, and many of them are untrained soldiers. Organizing such a force to retreat westward would be extremely difficult. Apart from other things, as the political commissar mentioned, how would they manage their food supply along the way? Which unit would lead the way, which would protect the flanks, which would cover the rear, and so on. The Fourth Column, while the main force of the Eighth Route Army, only has 5,000 men. It's impossible to cover everything. These are all disadvantages."

"But there are favorable factors at the moment. The most favorable factor is that the Japanese army is seriously short of manpower. The Japanese army's mopping-up operation in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region has not yet been completely completed, and both Chahar and Yanbei have suffered heavy losses. The column almost wiped out the 110nd Independent Mixed Brigade, and I heard that Commander Yang also wiped out an entire Japanese regiment. As a result, the Mongolian Corps has no troops left, and the North China Front Army can also no longer mobilize many troops in Hebei. The th Division, which had been concentrated in the mopping-up operations, is now mostly caught up in this mopping-up operation. Therefore, the troops currently dispatched by the Japanese army are limited. There is only one brigade from the Kwantung Army, three infantry brigades of the puppet Manchukuo in Hehe, and the puppet Mongolian th Cavalry Division. However, the puppet Mongolian th Cavalry Division was severely damaged by the New rd Regiment, and one of the puppet Manchukuo's infantry brigade was also wiped out by the New rd Regiment. Therefore, the Japanese army only has one brigade from the Kwantung Army and two infantry brigades of the puppet Manchukuo in eastern Hebei.

Zhang Dahu briefly introduced the current situation.

Xiahou Wen continued, "The Guandong Army will not pursue this westward retreating force.

"why?"

Ma Hongyuan, the commander of the cavalry battalion, didn't understand.

So I asked Xia Houwen directly.

Xia Houwen explained, "The Japanese army, like our Eighth Route Army, also has its own defense zones. The relationships between the various units aren't always good. If Jidong wasn't so important to the Kwantung Army, they wouldn't have sent troops there so easily. As long as they could sweep through Jidong, their mission would be complete. Besides the troops retreating westward, there are still tens of thousands of troops in Jidong. The Kwantung Army doesn't even have enough troops to sweep through them, so how could they pursue the troops retreating westward?"

Yan'an, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, and the Military Region asked the First Division to support the Jidong troops, and of course they had to convey all the intelligence they had.

The column established the Eastward Detachment and handed over the intelligence to the Eastward Detachment.

Xiahou Wen analyzed the Kwantung Army's choices based on this intelligence.

Zhang Dahu nodded.

"I agree with Secretary Xiahou's assessment. The Kwantung Army is currently understaffed, otherwise they wouldn't have sent troops only now. Therefore, if this unit were to retreat westward, its greatest enemy would be the Japanese garrison battalions and puppet troops along the way. The puppet Manchukuo army might catch up. The westward-retreating unit's biggest worry would be a flank attack by the Japanese. That's why the political commissar asked us to open up some small roads to support the retreating unit."

"But it's not easy. After all, many of those puppet troops are locals and are more familiar with those trails than we are.

Xiahou Wen's face was solemn.

How to respond?

The Japanese army said that they were short of troops, but the Japanese army has been recruiting new soldiers in the Pingbei area during this period.

Garrison troops were added to the major county towns in Pingbei.

Previously, the Japanese army only stationed a squadron of devils in the county towns of the Pingbei region. However, the Fourth Column swept through and captured those county towns. Therefore, the Japanese army has been increasing its military presence in the county towns in the past few months.

It means increasing the strength of the garrison brigade.

Prevent the Fourth Column from sweeping across Pingbei from happening again.

Although they were still short of troops, these garrison battalions were able to deploy one or two squadrons. Although the Eighth Column had recently been engaged in major battles, ambushes on Japanese squadrons were common.

But for the "rabble" of the Jidong troops, a squadron of Japanese devils was already very difficult to deal with.

Along the way, if the Jidong troops were attacked from the flank by a Japanese squadron, chaos would inevitably ensue. Given the Jidong troops' combat effectiveness, they didn't need many Japanese and puppet troops. Even if a single squadron of Japanese soldiers attacked from the flank, thousands of Jidong troops would be scattered. To put it bluntly, the Jidong troops were currently a mob.

"Commander, Political Commissar, can I have a word?"

"Comrade Kang Shui, when did you become so polite?"

Xiahou Wen was very surprised.

After seeing Kang Shui again this time, I found that Kang Shui had changed a lot. Most of his previous carefree habits had disappeared. Kang Shui smiled and said, "The country has its laws, and the army has its regulations.

"Comrade Kangshui, go ahead."

Xiahou Wen was very surprised.

I didn't expect Kang Shui to have changed so much. It turned out that my decision to send Kang Shui and the special forces to Beiling Village for training was the right one.

Political Commissar Wei Hongjun really has a way.

Kang Shui immediately said: "This time I followed the main force of the column to counter-mopping up and killed the Major General of the Japanese Army's Independent Mixed 2nd Brigade, Tsuneoka Kanji. At that time, the column used the county brigade, district squad, and militia to disguise themselves as the main force to deceive the Japanese army. In order to pursue our fake main force, the Japanese army sped up. The final result was that their infantry battalion and the heavy and artillery teams behind them opened up a distance, and we wiped out the heavy and artillery teams. So I thought, since the Japanese army is short of manpower, we should make their manpower even more insufficient. Can we also make a fake main force, make a loud noise, attract the attention of the Japanese army, and tie down the main force of the Japanese army. In this way, the troops that the Japanese army can send to encircle and intercept will be reduced. And our main force can advance secretly to support the Jidong troops."

"Wonderful."

Xiahou Wen and Zhang Dahu both cleared the fog in an instant.

I have been stuck in a fixed mindset before.

He was thinking about how to send troops to support him, but he hadn't thought of using the "Mantian Crossing the Sea" strategy. Xiahou Wen looked at Kang Shui with increasing satisfaction. He hadn't expected Kang Shui to make such progress after a training trip to Beiling Village.

"Commander, what do you think?"

"That's a good idea. We should build up our momentum and pretend we're going to support the Fourth Column. The Fourth Column is already strong, and with our support, it will inevitably attract the attention of the garrison battalions along the way. They will inevitably worry that we will join forces with the Fourth Column to capture the county town, so they dare not send too many troops to attack the Nangdong troops behind them. After the Japanese and puppet troops along the way focus their attention on this unit, our main force will advance secretly from several other directions. Whether it's a mountain road or a small path, as long as it's a place that people can walk, we can open a channel for retreat to the west. On these mountain roads and small paths, we can secretly hide some food at intervals.

This will prevent the Jidong troops retreating westward from running into any problems due to lack of food. But which unit should we use to disguise the main force?"

This was Zhang Dahu's first time in Longguan and Yanqing, so he was not familiar with the place.

Xia Houwen was full of confidence. He said, "I've been in Longguan for a few months now and have developed quite a few local armed forces here. They're not good at fighting yet, but disguising themselves as the main force and increasing their momentum shouldn't be a problem. Comrade Kang Shui's special forces team currently has around 400 people, which is just right for leading these local armed forces to disguise themselves as the main force. Comrade Kang Shui, can you do it?"

"Make sure to complete the mission."

Kang Shui stood at attention and saluted.

Very standard.

Xiahou Wen turned to Zhang Dahu and said, "Comrade Zhang Dahu, let's make a plan. At the same time, send someone to find the hunters in the area to see if they know any mountain trails."

"it is good."

Chapter 185 Secret Advance 1

"Comrade Zhou Yuanming, after I leave, the construction of the Longguan base will be handed over to you."

"Secretary Xiahou, don't worry.

Since Yan'an issued a document to expand the number of party members, all base areas have been actively recruiting party members.

The same thing happened to Xiahou Wen in Longguan.

In the past, a candidate had to be considered an activist, then a candidate, before finally becoming a Party member. This process was lengthy, and background was also a crucial consideration. However, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, a large number of Party members were needed to rapidly expand the base areas and accommodate the growth of the army.

Therefore, the procedures for joining the party have been simplified a lot.

For activists who actively participated in the revolution and remained courageous during the battles, the rate of admission to the Party was significantly faster. For example, after the establishment of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, a large number of students from the capital and surrounding areas flocked to the base areas. If the previous procedures had been followed, this group of people would have had to wait until around 1939 to join the Party.

But it's different now.

Many people can join the party in about half a year.