Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Now Yamashita Tomoyuki opposed his plan, and he was very angry.

Seeing that Tada Shun was angry, Yamashita Tomoyuki didn't continue to persuade him. Instead, he changed the subject and said, "Commander-in-Chief, we need to restore the forts on the Pingsui Road. The forts we built previously on the Pingsui Road were mainly made of earth and mud, and their defense was too poor. They couldn't withstand the onslaught of the Eighth Route Army's flat-fire artillery, mortars, and heavy machine guns."

"Use stone, use cement."

"But are we going to build bunkers while also sending troops to sweep the Eighth Column's base? This will put a lot of pressure on the logistics of these troops.

"These can be overcome."

Tada Shun no longer listens to what others say.

Just one idea.

Completely annihilate the Eighth Column. Yamashita Fengwen sighed and said, "During the last mopping-up operation, the 8th Independent Mixed Brigade suffered relatively few casualties. Can we have the 8th Brigade enter Huailai from Changping to cooperate with the 9th Brigade in the mopping-up operation?"

"That's a good idea. I want to destroy all the troops of the Eighth Column in Xuanzhuohuai in one fell swoop. Send a telegram to the troops stationed in Mongolia, telling them to send out all the troops they can and not give the Eighth Column any chance to catch their breath.

After this sweep, Tada Shun had a better understanding of the situation of the First Division and the Eighth Column. The First Division and the Eighth Column were strong, but not strong enough to face the Japanese regiment head-on.

Facing the main force of the Japanese army, the main forces of the 1st Division and the 8th Column had to avoid it.

The previous two brigades had swept through the Xuanzhuhuai base of the Eighth Column, which had already dealt a heavy blow to the 8th Column's Cha'nan Detachment. Tada Shun believed that if he sent two more brigades this time, he could annihilate the Cha'nan Detachment in one fell swoop and force the Eighth Route Army to withdraw from the Xuanzhuhuai area.

In other words, Tada Shun did not have many troops.

Otherwise, he really wanted to mobilize two divisions to wipe out the 8th Column.

Chapter 275 Disrupting the Japanese Army's Plan

After Tada Shun decided to raid the Xuanzhuohuai base, troop movements became frequent again.

This is normal.

The Japanese army, in particular, faced numerous logistical challenges. The North China Front had just mobilized over 26 Japanese and puppet troops to sweep the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area, consuming vast quantities of their stockpiled supplies. Now, they had to sweep the Eighth Column's base area, mobilizing two independent mixed brigades and the 13th Regiment of the th Division. The mobilized Japanese troops alone numbered over to , and including the puppet troops, the total number exceeded .

So many Japanese and puppet troops can launch a small-scale campaign.

Of course, a lot of supplies are needed.

As soon as these supplies start to be mobilized, the Eighth Route Army will be able to get the news.

"According to the intelligence we've received and the military district, the Japanese military's supplies are primarily flowing to the 26th and th Independent Mixed Brigade. There have also been some unusual movements with the th Division in Datong, but we haven't received any specific information yet.

After Chen Zhonghe left, Zhong Yun became the head of the 8th Column's training department.

This was a cadre of the Pingxi Detachment.

He was a cadre Wei Hongjun had acquired in exchange for weapons, ammunition, and food. He had previously served as deputy chief of the Operations and Training Section. Zhong Yun pointed to the locations of the 35th Independent Mixed Brigade and the 34th Independent Mixed Brigade on the map and said, "At this point, we can't fully determine the direction of movement of these two units. However, we have studied the situation of the Japanese trains on the Pingsui Railway and the supply preparations of the th Independent Mixed Brigade. We found that the th Independent Mixed Brigade has prepared a rather large amount of supplies. If the th Independent Mixed Brigade intends to sweep the Changwanshan base, they probably won't need to prepare so much. They already occupy most of Changping, and to sweep the th and th Regiments, they only need to prepare supplies for ten days to half a month. However, the supplies they prepared this time are relatively large for an independent mixed brigade, enough for them to fight for forty days. Therefore, we speculate that the th Independent Mixed Brigade will either sweep the Huailai base eastward or enter the Chadong Detachment's territory northward.

At present, the intelligence personnel of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region have not penetrated into the high-level Japanese military or entered the Japanese military intelligence agencies. In fact, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, it was very difficult to penetrate the Japanese military intelligence agencies.

It's not as easy as it looks on TV.

Because Japan's truly important intelligence agencies are all staffed by Japanese. It's basically impossible for Chinese to infiltrate such intelligence agencies. Even some of their subordinate intelligence agencies, although they employ Chinese personnel, are still extremely difficult to infiltrate.

The Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region had been established for less than two years, and was incapable of sending undercover agents into the Japanese military's upper echelons or intelligence agencies. For the entire Eighth Route Army, including Kuomintang and Communist Party intelligence agents, infiltrating key intelligence agencies was extremely rare. Even finding one or two such individuals would be a treasure.

Therefore, the Eighth Column currently cannot obtain the detailed Japanese army action plan.

Previously, the Japanese military's movements were judged based on the movement of supplies, trains, and vehicles. Wei Hongjun said, "The 8th Independent Mixed Brigade was originally stationed in Gubeikou. Will they return to eastern Hebei to prepare a sweep of the base area?"

"probably not."

“How do you judge?

"If the 13th Independent Mixed Brigade wants to return to Jidong, then they will first prepare a large number of vehicles. But from the current situation, the 14th Independent Mixed Brigade has not made any preparations in this regard. Instead, they have prepared a large number of horses and breeches. Furthermore, if the North China Front Army is preparing to sweep the Jidong base, it should not be just the 15th Brigade. Since the two regiments of the Ji-Re-Liao Advance Army entered Jidong, they reorganized the three detachments that had persisted in the struggle in Jidong into the 11th, 12th, and th Regiments. Although the combat effectiveness of these regiments is not as good as the th and th Regiments, these troops were developed in Yidong under difficult circumstances. They have won many victories in Yidong and their combat effectiveness is still very strong.

And each regiment basically has about 2000 people. One regiment of the 14th Brigade of the Puppet Manchukuo Army stationed in Rehe was completely taken over by the 110th Regiment. Now the Japanese army has only one division in the Jidong area, the 110th Division. The 110th Division is a division with four regiments, but there are important cities in Jidong such as Tianjin and Tangshan that need troops to be stationed. In addition, the 110th Regiment of the 110th Division suffered heavy losses in the Third District, so the current mobile force of the th Division is limited. If the Jidong base area is to be swept, the North China Front Army cannot just mobilize the Independent Mixed th Brigade. After all, the size of the troops that the current Independent Mixed th Brigade can dispatch will not be too large, and it is impossible to exceed people.

Such a small force is definitely not enough to sweep the eastern Hebei region.

Wei Hongjun nodded.

The judgment of the Training Department is recognized.

Ever since the North China Front Army yanked almost all of its mobile forces to sweep the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, the situation in eastern Hebei had completely spiraled out of control. The Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region had deployed numerous main regiments, and the Ji-Re-Liao Advancing Army had unceremoniously seized the designations of these main regiments from the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region. Regardless of whether they had sufficient troops, they had to secure the designations first.

而冀热辽挺进军拿走的番号就是111团、12团、13团、14团、15团，加上一个原来就有的31团。冀热辽挺进军进入冀东之后，原来在冀东打游击的部队，被授予了主力团番号。接连打造了13团、14团、15团，整的冀热辽挺进军目前在冀东声势非常浩大。

The North China Front Army was also helpless. At present, the Taihang Mountain area where the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region and the 129th Division were active was a major threat to the North China Front Army. This was because the Eighth Route Army had many troops in these two areas and their combat effectiveness was strong.

However, too many troops were deployed to encircle and suppress these two areas, which resulted in the Eighth Route Army in other areas becoming active.

Like the Eighth Route Army in the Hebei-Central Military Region, the Eighth Route Army in Shandong, and now the Eighth Route Army in the Hebei-Eastern Region. If the North China Front Army had more than a dozen divisions and more than a dozen mixed brigades, it would not have been such a headache for the North China Front Army.

To put it bluntly, the Japanese army was short of troops in China.

After the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese army's army could no longer fight. One reason was insufficient manpower, and the other was that its logistical support capabilities were severely restricted.

Overemphasis on the Jin-Cha-Ji region led to the deployment of too many troops to sweep through the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, resulting in the resurgence of the Jidong Eighth Route Army. While it's hard to say the Nangdong Eighth Route Army has become a major force, it's at least no longer the small-time, insignificant force it once was. Therefore, any plan to sweep through the Yidong Eighth Route Army would require the coordinated efforts of the North China Front Army.

"So, that means the Japanese 8th Independent Mixed Brigade is targeting our 8th Column?"

"Yes. We believe it should be the Huailai base."

"Huailai Base."

Wei Hongjun frowned.

Wang Qiuyun, who was looking at the map nearby, also had a frown on her face. They both understood that given the current situation of the 8th Column's Cha'nan Detachment, if they were swept by the Japanese army again, it would be a big problem.

Although the 16th and 18th Regiments have been supplemented with a lot of local troops, they have not yet recovered their combat effectiveness.

The situation in the base area was even more serious.

Of the burned-down houses, only about two-thirds have been rebuilt so far.

If the Japanese and puppet troops were allowed to raid again, many areas of the Xuanzhuohuai base would become guerrilla zones. As the most powerful unit of the Eighth Column, the Chanan Detachment would have a direct impact on the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Column if they were severely damaged.

Wang Qiuyun pointed at Zhangjiakou and said, "The Japanese 9th Independent Mixed Brigade is about to move. Their target shouldn't be the Chaxi Detachment, but the Xuanzhuhuai base. They're hoping to completely destroy the Xuanzhuhuai base before we recover our strength. The 8th and 9th Independent Mixed Brigades can't send out their entire forces, but they should be able to send out over 2,000 men each. With some additional personnel from several garrison battalions, we can mobilize a force of 5,000. The current Chanan Detachment can't withstand such a large Japanese raid."

"Commander, Political Commissar, if the North China Front Army is determined to wipe out our 26th Column, then in addition to these two mixed brigades, they can also dispatch the 13th Regiment of the th Division to sweep the Ninggao Town base.

A portion of the 16th Independent Mixed Brigade was dispatched from Peking to once again sweep the Wanping base area."

Zhong Yun's words silenced everyone in the room.

The Eighth Column is now the first to stand out.

They had become a thorn in the side of the North China Front Army. They would not miss any opportunity. Having just concluded such a large-scale mopping-up operation, the North China Front Army was not satisfied and was even deploying troops to mop up the Eighth Column.

After a while, Wei Hongjun spoke first: "The previous sweep brought huge damage to the economic production of our base area.

If they were to come again, our base's production would completely collapse. This year's grain production would be greatly affected. Therefore, we must not allow the enemy into our main base. The Xuanzhuohuai base cannot withstand another sweep in such a short period of time. We must set up the battlefield outside the base, or in other areas."

"The political commissar is right. The battlefield cannot be held in the Xuanzhuohuai base. We must disrupt the Japanese mopping-up plan.

Chapter 276 The Development of the Special Agents Group in Fengning County

Longguan is the headquarters of the Chadong Detachment.

The leaders of the Chadong Detachment and Long Yanchi's local leaders were all present. Besides the Chadong Detachment, Feng Mulin, commander of the Chabei Detachment, was also there. After Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun determined the Japanese army's movements, the first place they thought of was the Chadong Detachment.

In the last counter-mopping-up operation, the Chadong Detachment suffered the fewest casualties.

Because the Japanese army's target was not the Chadong Detachment. The Japanese army used bunkers to blockade the Pingsui Road, isolating the Chadong Detachment from the other troops of the 8th Column. However, they did not expect that the Chadong Detachment would break through the blockhouse group blockade of the Pingsui Road.

As a result, although there were casualties among the troops, more spoils were captured.

Besides, the Chadong Detachment has a very stable base, so the development of the Chadong Detachment has always been very good.

Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun meant to ask the Chadong and Chabei detachments to stir up trouble in the northern and eastern parts of Chahar to draw the Japanese troops there, giving the Xuanzhuohuai base time to recover.

After receiving the order, the Chadong Branch and the Chabei Branch immediately held a meeting.

Xia Houwen presided over the meeting.

He asked, "Comrade Kang Shui, Comrade Sha Xuewen, your special forces group has been developing in Fengning County for half a year. What is the current situation?"

"After entering Fengning County, the Special Forces Group established an anti-Japanese base with Xitougou as its center. Currently, the Special Forces Group controls three districts in Fengning County and half of the other two districts. The population of the base is approximately 60,000.

Sha Xuewen, the political commissar of the Special Forces Regiment, reported on the situation in the Fengning County base.

"We established anti-Japanese bases in 66 villages, recruited 248 new party members, 362 activists, and established 37 party branches. At the same time, we set up five district governments, the Fengning County Brigade, five district squads, and 18 militia teams.

The results are still very good.

It is really amazing that the Special Forces Group has been able to achieve such development in Fengning County, a place that has been ruled by the Japanese army for six years. Of course, the timing of the Special Forces Group's entry into Fengning County was also good.

Originally, Fengning County should have been a place that both the North China Front Army and the Kwantung Army paid attention to.

But what?

The main force of the Kwantung Army was currently engaged in a standoff with the Soviet Union, even preparing to march north to engage the Soviets. Furthermore, numerous units and puppet troops were actively engaged in suppressing the Anti-Japanese United Army. The main force of the North China Front Army was currently focused on sweeping the 129th Division's Taihang Mountain base and the 115th Division's Jin-Cha-Ji base.

As for the nearly 10,000 puppet Manchukuo troops that Rehe originally had, many of them entered Yidong and Jidong to fight with the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese troops in Jidong and Chengde are currently understaffed, and Fengning County has even less time to manage. This gave the Special Forces Regiment an opportunity to develop. After Sha Xuewen briefly described the situation of the Fengning County base, Kang Shui continued: "When the Special Forces Regiment entered Fengning County, the troops had 1108 people, 814 long and short guns, 3 heavy machine guns, 8 light machine guns, 2 mortars, and 4 Zhengdanjian. After entering Fengning County, the Special Forces Regiment fought an ambush at Huayuan Town in the first battle, captured Huayuan Town in the second battle, and captured Xitougou in the third battle. After the troops established the anti-Japanese base in Xitougou, they operated in the surrounding area in battalions. Within half a year, the Special Forces Regiment wiped out 19 gangs of bandits in Fengning County, eliminating a total of more than 3800 bandits. They annihilated two battalions of the puppet guard team and destroyed three puppet police stations. They also broke up three attacks by bandits in Xining County on the anti-Japanese base.

"Over the past few months of fighting, we have captured a total of 1124 Type 567 rifles, 314 Hanyang rifles, 588 water-jet rifles, 51 Italian-made Type 229 rifles, 973 Zhongzheng rifles, 47 Liao-style 3 rifles, 11 old-style rifles, and 9 pistols of various types. We have also captured three Maxim heavy machine guns, Japanese Type rifles, and nine Czech light machine guns.

"After the Special Forces Regiment decided to make the elimination of bandits its primary mission, it received enthusiastic support from the local people. Within six months, over a thousand people joined the army to support our fight against bandits. The Special Forces Regiment decided to add a company to each battalion, and to add a guard battalion and a machine gun company to the regimental headquarters. Currently, the Special Forces Regiment has 1683 personnel, all armed with Type 1271 rifles, a total of ."

"After establishing the base, the troops implemented rent and interest reductions within the base. The people were very supportive of our policies and actively supported our plan to form local troops. Currently, the county brigade in Fengning County is organized at the battalion level, the district squads are organized at the company level, and the militia is organized at the platoon level. The county brigade is built with Hanyang rifles, and the five district squads all choose to use Italian-made Type 65 rifles. The militia's weapons and equipment are very complex, but they are mainly composed of water-jet rifles, Liao-style 13 rifles, and old-style rifles.

"The Special Forces Regiment currently has nearly 1700 main troops and about 2000 local troops in Fengning County. We're not short of guns or ammunition, but we are short of some local cadres. I hope the detachment can help resolve this issue."

After hearing Kang Shui's report, Zhang Dahu and Xiahou Wen nodded with satisfaction.

Although the Special Forces Regiment had a good opportunity to enter Fengning County, they did seize it. The reason they had grown to such a large scale within six months was, most importantly, their abundance of weapons. The Eighth Route Army's regional units were largely unarmed, usually fighting with swords and spears.

But even the militia in Fengning County has guns.

Although many of them are old sleeves, as long as they can fire, they are all usable guns. The main reason is that there are too many bandits in Fengning County. After defeating those bandits, a large number of weapons and ammunition were seized.

“We will report the matter of local cadres to the column.

We will soon assign some local officials to you. What is the current situation in Fengning County?

"There is a Japanese squadron in Fengning County, equipped with a machine gun squadron, currently stationed in the county seat. This unit has been on hold for some time, probably because they are worried that the county seat will be lost if the troops attack. In addition to the Japanese troops, there is also a security regiment and a police force. However, due to attacks by our special forces regiment and the 11th Regiment of the Ji-Re-Liaoning Advance Army, there are basically not many left. However, Han Jigong, who was attacked by us, was recruited by the Japanese army again and served as the commander of the Fengning County Security Regiment. Han Jigong is said to have encouraged many bandits to come down the mountain and accept reorganization by the Japanese army. The newly established Fengning County Security Regiment currently has about 1500 people, and its weapons and equipment are much better."

"That is to say, Fengning County currently has a Japanese infantry company, a machine gun company, and this security regiment.

"Yes."

"What about the 11th Regiment?"

"When the 11th Regiment first entered Fengning County, only a single company was present. However, they have been developing smoothly over the past six months, establishing numerous bases in southern Fengning County. I'm unsure of their exact number of troops, but the combined strength of the main force and local forces is likely to exceed a thousand. The main force of the 11th Regiment is currently expanding towards Luanping, Chengde, and Longhua.