Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Marshal Nie's expression also became solemn after he saw the telegram.

Although the telegram didn't contain any particularly strong words, it did tell Marshal Nie to take factionalism seriously and not allow it to grow in the army. Marshal Nie understood that the Chairman was referring to the Eighth Column, but also to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region. Or, perhaps, he was using the Eighth Column to discuss the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region.

Marshal Nie thought carefully about the development of Jincha in the past two years.

Currently, most of the cadres in Jin-Cha-Ji are from the 115th Division, and before that, they are from the Central Red Army, the First Red Army, and the First Red Army Corps.

Starting from Marshal Nie, the next division commanders Yang Quanwu, the third division commander Huang Yong, the fourth division commander Zhao Lu, and the fifth division commander Deng Guo were all cadres from the First Corps.

As for the Second Division Commander, Guo Tianmin, he was also a cadre from the Red Fourth Army. He only worked in the Red Ninth Army after its establishment. But fundamentally, he was also from the First Army of the Red Fourth Army.

There are also Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun, who are about to be promoted to military sub-district leaders, both of whom are from the First Corps.

But this has nothing to do with factionalism.

Because the Jin-Cha-Ji base area was originally formed from the 115th Division's independent regiment and cavalry battalion. The cadres all came from the 115th Division, which was the First Corps during the Red Army era. The Jin-Cha-Ji base area was jointly developed by these cadres, and the cadre structure was definitely like this.

If factionalism truly existed, it was likely related to the cadre transfers of the past two years. Deng Guo was originally headed to Yan'an after falling out with Commander Xiao Zijing during the Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning Advance Army. It was Marshal Nie who coordinated with Yan'an and the headquarters to retain Deng Guo.

Keeping Deng Guo is actually a taboo when it comes to cadre issues.

But Marshal Nie still kept Deng Guo.

One reason is that Deng Guo is truly an excellent cadre in both military and political aspects, and another reason is that Deng Guo has been an old subordinate of Marshal Nie since the Red Army period.

Not only did they leave Deng Guo behind, but they also took away the Sixth Regiment from the Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning Advance Army, and coordinated with the Yi-Rehe-Liaoning Advance Army to transfer Cai Debao and other former Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei cadres back to Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei.

In this regard, Marshal Nie did protect the cadres of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei.

To the cadres of the Jin-Cha-Ji region, Marshal Nie's actions were truly righteous and heartfelt. He had bravely stepped forward to protect his old subordinates when they were in trouble. But others saw it as a sign of the Jin-Cha-Ji cadres banding together under Marshal Nie's protection. Many even wondered if the internal unrest during the Ji-Re-Liao advance was a sign of disobedience on the part of Jin-Cha-Ji cadres, or if the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region was backing them.

In addition to these cadre transfer issues, Marshal Nie also began to consider the issue of cadre use in Jin-Cha-Ji.

Jin-Cha-Ji is short of cadres.

Over the past three years, Jin-Cha-Ji has experienced rapid development. The army has grown rapidly, the base area has expanded rapidly, and cadres are needed everywhere. However, given the shortage of cadres in Jin-Cha-Ji, there are still no capable cadres to be assigned.

In fact, there are still some.

In particular, many of the cadres from the Fourth Front Army had not yet been formally assigned to the military region. Marshal Nie did not intend to suppress these Fourth Front Army cadres. However, Marshal Nie trusted cadres from the Central Red Army more and preferred those he had personally trained. This was definitely true.

There are many differences between the cadres of the Central Red Army and those of the Fourth Front Army.

The cadres of the Central Red Army fought in the Central Soviet Area all year round.

The central government also prioritized education, resulting in many cadres possessing both military and political excellence, particularly strong political awareness and a strong adherence to Party discipline. In contrast, after Zhang Guotao's anti-counterrevolutionary campaign, many of the officers in the Fourth Front Army were promoted from the lower ranks. Consequently, the Fourth Front Army boasted a particularly high number of capable generals, but it also had numerous issues with political awareness and Party discipline. If Zhang Guotao harbored warlordist tendencies, many of the cadres in the Fourth Front Army shared these tendencies.

It just so happens that Marshal Nie was a political cadre.

I like those Yu troops who are excellent in both military and political affairs the most.

In fact, many cadres of the Fourth Front Army, after studying at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University in Yan'an and experiencing the criticism of Zhang Guotao, had greatly improved their political awareness and Party discipline. Furthermore, the cadres of the Fourth Front Army were inherently brave and capable fighters, which was highly needed in all military regions. However, Marshal Nie still did not fully trust them in the Jin-Cha-Ji region and give them room to develop their talents.

When Jin-Cha-Ji promoted cadres, there were virtually no quotas for cadres from the Fourth Front Army. Even now, with so many main regiments developed in Jin-Cha-Ji, the cadres at the regimental level and above are generally from the Fourth Army and the First Corps. Even within the Central Red Army, cadres from the Third Corps were very rare.

Because it's not just Marshal Nie who is like this.

When promoting cadres, the leaders of the various military sub-districts under Jin-Cha-Ji would definitely give priority to promoting cadres they were familiar with.

As a result, in such a large base area as the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, there were very few cadres from the Second and Fourth Front Armies.

Nothing happened before.

But this time, the Chairman personally drafted the telegram. While the criticism was minimal, every word was profoundly meaningful. It's not like the Chairman had never personally written telegrams to Marshal Nie before, but none had given Marshal Nie as much thought as this one.

After thinking for a long time, Marshal Nie turned to Tang Jie and asked, "Is Comrade Zhang Caifang still serving as the captain of the advance team at the Second Branch of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University?

"Yes."

Tang Jie nodded.

Zhang Caifang has a long history. He was born in the Huangma Uprising and is a genuine veteran of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Red Army.

During the Fourth Front Army, he served as political commissar of the 9th and 31st Red Army armies. It's safe to say that the majority of the current Fourth Front Army cadres were once under Zhang Caifang's leadership. However, Zhang Caifang wasn't implicated by Zhang Guotao; rather, he was completely dismissed from his position during the Long March, even before reaching northern Shaanxi. Because of a gasoline explosion that caused heavy casualties, Zhang Caifang took personal responsibility and was transferred to study at the Fourth Front Army's Red Army University. Once in northern Shaanxi, he enrolled in the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University.

until now.

That means he has been in military academy for almost four years.

He is currently still at the Second Branch of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, serving as the captain of the advance team.

Marshal Nie thought for a moment and said, "It's no wonder that Comrade Zhang Caifang has been at the Anti-Japanese University all this time. The Third District has been developing well recently, so let Comrade Zhang Caifang go there as deputy commander."

Marshal Nie has a lot to consider.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, it was relatively easy for factions to emerge. This was because they were all developing behind enemy lines, and the same troops were often involved in establishing a base area. Furthermore, to unify leadership, many areas began implementing unified leadership, meaning that the top leadership of the Party, government, and military was held by a single person.

This is not just the case with the first-level military regions; many of the military sub-regions below them are experiencing the same situation.

This is the easiest way to create hills.

The Jin-Cha-Ji Beiyue District is actually a mountainous area. The Chairman's telegram is only a few words now, but if the cadres in the Beiyue District continue to be in this state, who knows how the Central Committee will adjust the cadres in the future.

Nie Shuai knew that he had to make some changes.

The first person he considered was Zhang Caifang at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. There were not many cadres of the Fourth Front Army in Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei, not only in the Beiyue District, but also in the Hebei Central Military Region and the Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning Advance Army.

Now most of the cadres of the Fourth Front Army are active in other military regions and are developing well.

But there are almost no senior generals on the Jin-Cha-Ji side.

This is a bit abnormal.

Zhang Caifang had extensive experience and good relationships with people in the Fourth Front Army, and his appointment was a clear signal. Marshal Nie also hoped to use this method to tell the Central Committee that there were factions in the Jin-Cha-Ji region, but there was no factionalism.

Zhang Caifang was chosen to go to the Third Division because it was experiencing rapid development. However, with such rapid growth, both the army and the local authorities were short on cadres. Furthermore, Huang Yong had a bad temper, making it difficult to choose a cadre to partner with him. Fortunately, Zhang Caifang had a very good temper, and many of the Fourth Front Army's more volatile cadres were convinced by him. This showed that he was able to unite the cadres. Therefore, he was assigned to the Third Division.

"And Comrade Zheng Weishan."

Marshal Nie paused, then said, "Let Comrade Zheng Weishan serve as deputy commander of the 12th Army Division to be established. As for the specific work within the th Column, let the th Column decide for itself."

Zheng Weishan also came from the Fourth Front Army.

During the Red Army era, he served as a divisional political commissar of the Fourth Front Army. Although a political officer, he was also a skilled general from the Fourth Front Army. However, influenced by Zhang Guotao and the Western Route Army, he never led troops on the front lines. It was only after the military region established its training regiment in early 1939 that he, having graduated from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military and Political Cadre School, became its political commissar. The regiment was commanded by Tang Jie, the military region's chief of staff.

Later, as Tang Jie was busy with work, Zheng Weishan began to serve as the head and political commissar of the teaching regiment.

It was not enough to just activate Zhang Caifang, so Coach Nie chose to activate Zheng Weishan.

"This." Tang Jie frowned and said, "Commander, Comrade Zheng Weishan will serve as deputy to Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun. This...

"The 8th Column's overall cadre structure remains unchanged in order to ensure its stability. However, the 8th Column still needs to have normal cadre exchanges.

Marshal Nie pointed to the telegram in his hand.

Tang Jie nodded slightly.

Although the telegram from Yan'an did not contain specific instructions, its meaning was quite clear.

“We will hold a meeting of the Military Region Party Committee later. After confirmation, we will send a telegram to Yan’an and the headquarters.

1940 1 Month 7 Day.

After the anti-mopping-up campaign ended, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region chose to hold a meeting.

Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun also attended the military district meeting this time.

Very unexpected.

Because this time, the meeting was attended by leaders from the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region and various military sub-districts. In the past, they were not qualified to attend such meetings. It's not like Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun had not attended meetings at the military region before, but those meetings were not of this high level. They were usually military meetings or expanded meetings, not meetings attended by military sub-district commanders and political commissars.

Everyone is in a good mood.

One reason was that the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region's Beiyue District had truly made a name for themselves this time, with commendations from Yan'an and headquarters arriving several days later. This was because the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region's Beiyue District had performed exceptionally well against the mopping-up operation, dealing a heavy blow to the Japanese forces conducting the operation.

During this counter-mopping-up campaign, the various units in the Northern Yue region of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region annihilated over 10,000 Japanese troops, and together with the puppet troops, over 20,000 were annihilated. Many of these were complete units, with some even wiping out two Japanese regiments. The remarkable success of the Northern Yue region's counter-mopping-up campaign further strained the already stretched North China Front Army.

Of course, besides this, there is another happy thing.

That is, the Japanese army's sweep of the Hebei-Central Military Region also ended.

The Jizhong Military Region paid a heavy price, suffered heavy casualties, and lost significant base areas. However, over 9 troops from the Jizhong Military Region's main force and local forces participated in the counter-mopping-up operation, annihilating over 4000 Japanese and puppet troops. While not as successful as the Beiyue District of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, it was nonetheless a successful counter-mopping-up operation.

Besides, it is already difficult to counter mopping-up operations in the Hebei-Central Military Region because the Hebei-Central region is a plain area.

Being able to successfully counter the mopping-up operation is already a great success for the Yi Zhong Military Region.

So, overall, this meeting was relatively relaxed. Of course, there were also challenges, one of which was how to break the Japanese military's "cage policy." Initially, this policy wasn't very noticeable. Now, almost a year later, the full force of the "cage policy" is beginning to show.

The threat to the Eighth Route Army base is growing.

The Japanese army built more and more bunkers. Previously, they only built bunkers along railways and highways, but later they began to build bunkers on the edge of the Eighth Route Army base area. But now they were building bunkers in the Eighth Route Army base area.

The impact is getting bigger and bigger.

Everyone is thinking about how to break the blockade.

Of course, there were other things besides these. However, Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun had already been in the spotlight, with the Eighth Column being mentioned several times in commendations from Yan'an and headquarters. Therefore, at this time and in such occasions, both of them tried to speak as little as possible. They would not interrupt unless it was their turn to speak.

But soon the military district leaders began to announce new military sub-district reorganization plans.

In addition to redesignating the military sub-districts of the Hebei-Central Military Region, the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region will also establish two new military sub-districts in the Beiyue District: the 11th and 12th Military Sub-districts. Currently, the Jin-Cha-Ji Beiyue District has five military sub-districts, and the Hebei-Central Military Region has five. Starting with the first sub-district, all ten sub-districts are already full.

Therefore, the two newly established military sub-districts are the 11th Military Sub-district and the 12th Military Sub-district.

The 11th Military Sub-district was composed of the Shengxian, Xuanzhuohuai, and Ninggaozhen bases, with Wang Qiuyun serving as commander and political commissar. The 12th Military Sub-district was composed of the Changwanshan, Longyanchi, and Zhangchonggu bases, with Wei Hongjun serving as commander and political commissar.

On behalf of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Bureau, Marshal Nie appointed Wei Hongjun to continue serving as secretary of the Chanan Special Committee. Wei Hongjun was still responsible for the party organizations and local construction of these bases.

With the establishment of the two military sub-districts, the name of the Jin-Cha-Ji Eighth Column should have become history from now on. However, it is not known whether the military sub-district forgot or what happened. In any case, the military sub-district did not order the abolition of the Jin-Cha-Ji Eighth Column designation.

Only the 11th and 12th Military Sub-districts were formed.

There is no mention of abolishing the designation of the Eighth Column, and it will not be abolished.

16团、18团、25团从此刻开始成为11军分区的部队，26团、34团、35团成为12军分区的部队。

As for how to divide the other things of the 8th Column, Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun need to discuss it.

At this meeting, the military district also announced two significant appointments. Zhang Caifang, captain of the advance battalion of the Second Branch of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, was appointed deputy commander of the Third Division, and Zheng Weishan, head and political commissar of the Military District Training Corps, was appointed deputy commander of the newly established 12th Military Division.

All those present are senior cadres from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region.

The sudden appointments of Zhang Caifang and Zheng Weishan were both surprising. Senior cadres in the Jin-Cha-Ji region had always been from the Central Red Army, and even primarily from the First Corps. Even if they didn't choose officers from the First Corps, they could have chosen officers from other units of the Central Red Army. After years of fighting in the War of Resistance, Jin-Cha-Ji had already produced many outstanding cadres. Why were two officers from the Fourth Front Army suddenly appointed?

We are not familiar with each other.

Huang Yong was about to object on the spot, but Wang Zhi next to him pulled Huang Yong back.