Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

When he led his troops to raid the southern battalion of the 237th Regiment, he did not notice that the 225th Regiment in Lingqiu had made a feint. It seemed that he was going to attack Fuping, but he secretly attacked Dingbei and Shengxian.

Not to mention saving face, now he has become the laughing stock of the entire Jin-Cha-Ji region.

Marshal Nie valued Deng Guo, but he was not popular in Jin-Cha-Ji. Especially among cadres of the same rank, many had conflicts with Deng Guo. Everyone laughed at Deng Guo.

Even Guo Tianmin, from Division Two, had long been dissatisfied with the limited wiggle room in his base. He had been eyeing Division One's territory in Yanbei, hoping to annex it. Even with the establishment of Division Five, Guo Tianmin hadn't given up on this idea.

If Deng Guo fails to break through in District 5, or even makes a mistake like this, District 2 will be able to swallow up District 5. At that time, the entire Yanbei area will become the base of District 2.

So Deng Guo is under a lot of pressure now.

You have to win a battle to prove yourself.

Despite the immense pressure, Deng Guo had experienced a lot. He had particularly endured the Great Eastern Hebei Uprising and the low points of the Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning Advance. Therefore, he was able to maintain his composure. He observed the Japanese deployment and didn't rush into a decision.

If he failed to win this battle, not only would he and the Fifth Division lose face, but even General Nie, who had protected him in Jin-Cha-Ji and given him the Fifth Division territory, would be criticized from all sides. Therefore, he needed to consider all aspects of the situation.

"I'm familiar with the Sixth Regiment. Are you familiar with the other troops?"

Although the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region established the Fifth Division in August, Deng Guo was not actually appointed commander and political commissar until late September. Furthermore, Deng Guo did not actually take up his post in Yanbei until the First Division ceded territory and his own Sixth Regiment arrived in the Yanbei area. This was almost November.

Just over a month after taking office, the Japanese army launched a large-scale mop-up operation.

After Deng Guo took office, he spent a lot of time just getting to know the local leaders in the Yanbei area, understanding the situation of the Yanbei base area, and communicating with the Yanbei troops left by the Second Division and the 120th Division.

This mistake was also related to the fact that he was not very familiar with this place.

Because he had only been in the Fifth Division so long, he still didn't have a good grasp of the situation under his command. The 6th Regiment was his old unit, and he was familiar with its situation. But he was less familiar with the other units, whether they were from the First Division or the 19th Regiment, which had been transferred from the Eighth Column. So he asked Li Tianhao, the Deputy Political Commissar and Director of the Political Department of the Fifth Division, a distinguished political cadre from the Fourth Front Army.

The Fourth Front Army produced many powerful generals, and Li Tianhao was a political cadre highly trusted by the Central Committee. Previously, when he was in the Hebei-Central Military Region, the troops in the region were fully reorganized into the Eighth Route Army and accepted the Eighth Route Army's political work system, and Li Tianhao made great contributions.

The Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region has high hopes for the establishment of the Fifth Division.

Therefore, Li Tianhao was sent to serve as the deputy political commissar of the fifth district to cooperate with Deng Guo.

"The 22nd Regiment was formed by reorganizing the county battalion and guerrilla detachment of the First Division. It's been in existence for over a year now. It participated in many previous battles and was a key, front-line regiment within the First Division. The 17th and 19th Regiments were originally units of the Eighth Column, with the 17th being one of its earliest key regiments. When the Military District transferred the First Division's key Second Regiment to the Third Division, Comrade Yang Quanwu retained the Eighth Column's 17th Regiment to fill the vacancy left by the Second Regiment. Over the years, the 17th Regiment, under Comrade Yang Quanwu's tutelage, fought many tough battles. In the First Division, it was second only to the 1st and 3rd Regiments, and a key regiment comparable to the 20th Regiment, boasting exceptional combat effectiveness. The 19th Regiment was also one of the Eighth Column's early key regiments, having been stationed in Dingbei County for many years. The First Division typically deployed the 19th Regiment alongside it in combat operations in the Yanbei region. Of the three units, the 17th Regiment was the most combat-capable, on par with the 1st and 3rd Regiments in the First Division, capable of standing on its own. The 19th and 22nd Regiments were average, but never failed to deliver in battle."

Li Tianhao answered Deng Guo's question.

Deng Guo had actually done some research, but it was all from what others had said, so he wasn't sure about their specific combat effectiveness. However, after listening to Li Tianhao's introduction, he nodded.

Deng Guoshi didn't like Yang Quanwu's dominance, but he was certain of his ability. Being able to serve as the main force under Yang Quanwu, combat effectiveness should not be a problem.

Deng Guo gestured at the map in his hand and said, "Can the surrounding local troops be gathered?

"can."

“If I want to cut off the road from Lingqiu to Hunyuan and Dingbei, can our local troops do it?

"no problem."

Li Tianhao gave a positive answer.

Pointing to Lingqiu, he said, "Before the First Division Headquarters moved to Laiyuan, Lingqiu was the location of the First Division Headquarters. So before, the Lingqiu area not only had the First Division Headquarters, but also many local governments.

We can say that our mass base in Lingqiu is very good. In addition to Lingqiu, our mass base in Yingxian, Hunyuan, and Dingbei is also very good.

Destroying the road is an easy task for our local troops."

"That's good."

Deng Guo nodded.

He drew two circles on the map and said, "We will fight two battles this time. The commander of the 225th Regiment was killed by the 237th Column. Once their troops left in Dingbei get the news, they will definitely retreat. They will be in a panic. We will ambush this unit first. The road from Hunyuan to Dingbei County is all mountainous, and there are many places for ambushes. Once we ambush this unit, the Japanese will definitely send a rescue force. The closest unit to this unit is the Southern Battalion of the Japanese th Regiment in Hunyuan. We will surround the point and attack the reinforcements, then ambush this unit."

"Commander, wouldn't this be too large a scale of battle?"

Li Tianhao was a little worried.

The two Japanese forces combined had over 225 men. The 1400th Regiment in Dingbei had over 1200 men, some of whom were staff from the regiment headquarters, but there were also around combat personnel.

It is not easy to ambush such a force.

The Southern Battalion of the Japanese 237th Regiment in Hunyuan County, although it had suffered a blow, still had 237 to 1100 combat personnel. This was because the th Regiment was a field regiment, and each battalion had more than men.

It is not so easy to ambush two armies.

"Not counting the local troops, we can muster more than 1600 people just from the main force. Moreover, the Japanese army in Dingbei County, whose regiment commander was just killed, lost more than people in Sheng County. This unit is now a defeated army and must be in dire straits. The unit in Hunyuan County is the Japanese army that has been hit by our attacks. Both units are not in their prime, so this battle can be fought. And we must fight this battle. Otherwise, how can we explain to the military region and the th Column? Because of our mistakes, the th Column almost lost Sheng County."

Deng Guo made the final decision.

In fact, Deng Guo had one more thing to say.

That is, whether it was the 6th Regiment or the 19th Regiment under his command in the 17th Division, or the 22th and nd Regiments temporarily assigned to him by the st Division, they were all troops developed by Yang Quanwu. If he didn't win some results and save face, he would definitely ridicule him if he met Yang Quanwu in the future.

Deng Guo absolutely cannot accept this.

Moreover, he had carefully calculated this battle in his mind and his chances of winning were very high.

"The 19th and 22nd Regiments ambushed the evacuating Japanese troops from Dingbei County, while the 6th and 17th Regiments ambushed the Japanese troops coming out to rescue them from Hunyuan County."

Chapter 308: All-out Counterattack

1939 12 Month 17 Day.

Deng Guo, who had just been the commander of the Fifth Division for three months and had actually been in office for just over a month, launched two consecutive ambushes between Hunyuan and Dingbei.

It caused a sensation in the Yanbei area.

The Japanese 225th Regiment troops remaining in Dingbei fled Dingbei County in a panic after learning that their commander had been killed and that the 1600-plus troops that had entered Sheng County had been completely wiped out. The 37th Division had only been established for a few months, and this was the first time the 225th Regiment had truly been deployed to raid the Eighth Route Army base.

But this time more than half of the troops were gone, and even the regiment commander was killed.

Of course, the remaining troops were very panicked and ran away from Dingbei County.

Not long after they set off, they were ambushed by the 19th and 22nd Regiments.

The 19th and 22nd Regiments, with a combined strength of over 4000 men, attacked the troops fleeing Dingbei County in a hurry, inflicting heavy damage on the enemy in a short period of time.

However, the Japanese army's fighting capacity was not bad. Despite being hit repeatedly, they did not collapse. They quickly built a defense line and held on until reinforcements arrived.

The surrounding Japanese troops all received the call for help.

最近的浑源237联队的南部大队救援。部队出击，走到半路被6团和17团伏击。南部大队之前已经被6团伏击过一次，伤亡四百多人。这一次出动了650人左右的日军加上400多的伪警备队。

They were ambushed by the 6th and 17th Regiments. The Eighth Route Army outnumbered the Japanese and puppet troops by five to one.

The Sixth Regiment, formerly the Third Regiment of the First Division's Independent Division, had become incredibly powerful after two years of fighting. Within the current Ji-Re-Liaoning Advance Army, the 11th Regiment alone was more powerful than all the other units combined. Even if the 11th Regiment was split in two, with over 6 troops reorganized into the Sixth Regiment and leaving the Ji-Re-Liaoning Advance Army, the remaining 11th Regiment remained its most powerful unit.

The 17th Regiment, the old main force of the 6th Column, became a top-tier main force after joining the First Division. Its combat effectiveness was second only to the 17st and 6rd Regiments. Deng Guo concentrated the th and th Regiments, two highly combat-capable units, to first deal with the Southern Brigade. Due to its small number of troops, the Southern Brigade had previously been attacked by the th Regiment, resulting in heavy casualties.

Deng Guo assembled a force of nearly 237 men, two regiments and some units directly under the military sub-district. It took him only four hours to resolve the battle and completely wipe out the Southern Battalion of the th Regiment.

The battle was fought cleanly and efficiently.

The 6th and 17th Regiments then returned to reinforce the 19th and 22nd Regiments, concentrating the forces of the four regiments to annihilate the Japanese force. This force put up a staunch resistance, but was ultimately unable to hold out. Deng Guoli wiped out this entire force within eleven hours.

Within two days, they fought two battles and wiped out more than 2000 Japanese troops.

This single battle allowed the Fifth Division to escape the ridicule it once faced. It also allowed the newly formed Fifth Division to quickly establish a firm foothold in the Jin-Cha-Ji region. Deng Guo also used this battle to prove to General Nie the correct decision in keeping him in the Jin-Cha-Ji region.

The Japanese reinforcements coming from Lingqiu encountered a road riddled with potholes. Local militia and local residents had mined and dug pits everywhere, making it impossible for cars to pass.

Coupled with the constant harassment from local troops, the troops' speed was severely restricted, and they ultimately failed to catch up with this battle. Moreover, after hearing that Deng Guo had annihilated more than 2000 Japanese troops in two consecutive battles, this unit quickly retreated.

When the news of this battle spread, the Japanese army was greatly shocked.

After this battle, the Eighth Route Army completely annihilated the 37th Regiment of the 225th Division of the Japanese Army. This regiment could even be delisted. In addition, a battalion of the 237th Regiment was completely wiped out, and a huge loophole suddenly appeared in the Japanese mopping-up operation.

Deng Guo currently has four main regiments under his command. They can attack Yingxian and Huairen County to the west, cut off the road to Lingqiu to the east, and even attack the Japanese logistics in Wutai and Fuping counties to the south.

The battle of Dengguo reversed the current situation of Yanbei's anti-mopping-up operation.

When the Fifth Division ambushed the Japanese in Hunyuan and Dingbei, Yang Quanwu led the three regiments of the First Division to sweep through Laishui and Zhuoxian. Although Yang Quanwu liked to fight clever battles, he would never show mercy when it came to hard battles.

The Japanese army was indeed concerned about the combat effectiveness of the North China Security Army. Therefore, the Japanese army chose to occupy a certain area, releasing a small number of Japanese troops and leaving the rest to the North China Security Army. The Imperial Army's Seventh and Eighth Group Armies, as well as the 17th and 18th Independent Regiments, totaling over 8,000 Imperial Army troops, were stationed in Laishui and Zhuoxian. The total number of Japanese troops stationed there was only about five squadrons.

In addition to guarding the county town, these troops also have to protect the transportation lines.

Those transportation lines were occupied by small Japanese troops, equipped with a battalion or so of the Imperial Army.

But they were all swept away by Yang Quanwu.

During this process, the First Division attacked several Japanese strongholds in succession.

This kind of offensive battle resulted in many casualties. However, Yang Quanwu did not stop at all, but continued to concentrate his troops. All the troops that could be mobilized in the surrounding area were transferred to Laishui and Zhuoxian. Moreover, while fighting, he was also summoning troops. Due to poor communication conditions, many troops did not receive the news. But after they heard the news that the first division troops were fighting, many small units that were operating independently hurriedly returned to their teams. The largest of these units had hundreds of people, and the smallest had less than a hundred people. However, the advantage of the Eighth Route Army was very obvious at this time. That is, even though the troops were operating in a scattered manner, and some of them were even dispersed by the Japanese army, they were able to rush over as soon as they heard the call of the large force. Because the Eighth Route Army was never afraid of being divided and dispersed by the Japanese army. As long as the people were still there, the troops could be regrouped. As a result, the number of Yang Quanwu's troops in Laishui and Zhuoxian increased with each battle. Soon, the weakness of the North China Security Army began to show.

They were clearly on the defensive, and some of the North China Security Army still had defensive positions, but they collapsed in the face of the First Division's furious attack. The North China Security Army troops were truly broken. They were running more than fighting.

Some North China Security Forces even ran too fast, leaving the Japanese army behind, and even Yang Quanwu could not catch up.

But Yang Quanwu didn't care.

Because his target was Laishui and Zhuoxian, cutting off the logistics of the 35th Division. At the same time, in order to seize more weapons, ammunition and logistical supplies, these North China Security Forces ran faster than anyone else.

Weapons and ammunition were scattered everywhere.

Seeing that the battle was going smoothly, Yang Quanwu handed the battle here to others and returned to Laiyuan without stopping. Because there was a big battle waiting for Yang Quanwu here.

"How's the situation with the 220th Regiment?"

"Commander, do you still not believe me? We not only ambushed the small unit of the 220th Regiment outside the city, but I also mobilized sharpshooters from my unit to lie in ambush outside the city every night. If the Japanese soldiers showed their heads on the city wall, we would shoot them. If they came out in large numbers to mop up the enemy, we would harass them continuously and avoid direct confrontation. In these battles, we have wiped out more than 220 people from the th Regiment.

Huangfa is very confident.

The enemy is stationed there and we are harassing them. This is the specialty of veteran Red Army soldiers like Huang Fa.

It doesn't let you rest properly at all.

Yang Quanwu nodded.

Among Yang Quanwu's most trusted generals in Division One, Huang Fa ranked first. Although Huang Fa had a bad temper, he was extremely meticulous in battle. However, Yang Quanwu quickly put on a stern face and said, "You still want me to trust you? Didn't I tell you that the training team shouldn't go to war and that you should be in charge of Tang Fan? But did you manage it? The training team went to war anyway. Is Division One short of men? Is Division One short of a main force?"

Every member of the training team is a company or platoon-level cadre that I have prepared for the various units of the military sub-district. They are all my treasures, the treasures of our military sub-district.

Do they lack war experience? Do they need to fight like this on the battlefield?

Yang Quanwu would be merciless when criticizing his favorite generals.

“Commander, Tang Fan wants to fight, and I can’t say anything.

Huangfa has a bad temper.

But it’s different for Yang Quanwu.

Instead, it was a very aggrieved answer.

"After this battle, Tang Fan will return to the military district. Let's not talk about him anymore. Continue to talk about the Japanese army's situation.