Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

"What do you want him to do?"

Yang Quanwu is not a mean leader.

It won't ruin other people's future.

Tang Fan's problem was that he didn't understand Yang Quanwu's deeper meaning. Although Yang Quanwu was angry with him, he wouldn't say he would destroy him. Although Yang Quanwu was going to send him back to the military region, he also made arrangements for his future.

Just because he's not suitable for himself doesn't mean he can't display his talents elsewhere.

However, being sent back to the First Division did have a bad impact on Tang Fan. After all, he was assigned to the First Division by the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. Being sent back by the First Division leader would make the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University leaders think what they thought, and what the military district leaders would think.

So Yang Quanwu thought about how to make it up to Tang Fan.

He could be sent to another military sub-district, either to the Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning Advance Army or the Hebei-Central Military Region, where he could show his abilities. Furthermore, Yang Quanwu would go to the military region to work on raising Tang Fan's rank, as a way for Yang Quanwu to compensate him.

But what Wei Hongjun said also makes sense.

If a cadre assigned by the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University was returned by a division, it would be a stain on his reputation.

"I plan to have him train a group of company and platoon-level cadres for our Eighth Column, and help us train two new regiments.

"As long as you can use it."

Yang Quanwu nodded and said, "Although I am angry with Tang Fan, I recognize his ability. If he was not capable enough, I would not let him be responsible for the training of grassroots cadres in the First Division. If you, the Eighth Column, really want him, please submit a report to our First Division in the name of the military sub-district. The transfer of cadres of his level requires the approval of the military region. I will coordinate the matters with the military region. I will try my best to get things done for you within a month."

"Thank you, old leader."

"Let's not talk about that. Go back and quickly complete the formation of the 11th and 12th Military Sub-districts and submit the list. This is no small matter, as all of this will be reported to Yan'an and headquarters.

These are all resumes.

As long as they were on the list of military sub-district leaders, they could be used in the future. The split of the Eighth Column and the establishment of two military sub-districts was a major event not only for Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun, but also for the entire cadre of the Eighth Column.

After the establishment of the military sub-district, not only the ranks of Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun began to be clarified, but the ranks of other cadres of the Eighth Column also became clear.

"Yes."

Chapter 317 Upgrading to Military Sub-district 3

"Old Wei, Comrade Zheng Weishan is the deputy commander of the 12th Military Sub-district. This is clearly stated by the Military District. But what position will he hold in the th Column? Have you ever thought about it?"

On the way out of Laiyuan, Wang Qiuyun came back to his senses from the joy of becoming the commander of the military sub-district.

I am really happy in my heart.

After all, this is a serious military sub-district commander.

But after coming to his senses, Wang Qiuyun suddenly scratched his head.

This time, the military district dispatched a senior general to the Eighth Column. Zheng Weishan, a former divisional political commissar of the Fourth Front Army, was a highly skilled general. If the Western Route Army had not been completely annihilated, Zheng Weishan's experience would have likely led him to the 129th Division during the Eighth Route Army's reorganization.

Even if he cannot become the brigade chief of staff, at worst he can become the commander or political commissar of a main regiment.

However, fate had its own fate. The failure of the Western Route Army had affected all of these cadres. After finally returning to Yan'an, they could only attend the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. After graduating from the university in 1938, they were assigned to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. There, they were unable to lead troops in battle.

He could only serve as a military instructor at the Jin-Cha-Ji Military and Political Cadre School. The Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region was short of cadres, but Marshal Nie hadn't considered him. Or perhaps Marshal Nie hadn't subconsciously considered using them. So, he could only serve as an ordinary military instructor at the Jin-Cha-Ji Military and Political Cadre School.

At the Military and Political Cadre School, Zheng Weishan excelled. A true Red Guard, he joined the Children's Corps at the age of twelve during the Huangma Uprising, became captain of the Youth Corps at thirteen, and joined the Party at fifteen, serving as deputy instructor of the Red Guards. A fierce fighter, he became divisional political commissar at eighteen, possessing extensive combat experience. His lectures were well-reasoned and integrated into his lessons, integrating combat experience into the classroom. His ability to simplify tactical knowledge into accessible and memorable material was a popular choice among the students. Whether teaching shooting, bombing, or assassination, he personally demonstrated the essentials, repeatedly passing them on. Zheng Weishan's combat methods were battle-tested and universally recognized.

This attracted the attention of Sun Yi, then-Principal of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military and Political Cadre School. Recognizing Zheng Weishan's exceptional abilities, Sun Yi recommended to the military region that he promote Zheng Weishan to the position of Vice Principal of the school. Later, during the 25th Route Army's counter-mopping-up campaign, students from the school encountered Japanese and puppet troops. Zheng Weishan, undeterred, used a small force to lure the enemy, then led the students in a successful flank attack.

Sun Yi became even more convinced of Zheng Weishan's abilities.

Sun Yi was a member of the Ningdu Uprising, later transferred to the First and Third Corps. After the reorganization of the Eighth Route Army, he served as Chief of Staff of the 115rd Brigade of the 343th Division. When the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region was established, Marshal Nie's only request was that the division's school and the captain of the division's teaching brigade, Sun Yisun, remain. He was then appointed Principal of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military and Political Cadre School, and he now serves as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region.

Sun Yi was a cadre highly regarded by Marshal Nie. He believed Zheng Weishan was a man of exceptional ability and that his position in the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region should not be wasted. Therefore, he recommended Zheng Weishan to Marshal Nie again. Consequently, the Military Region established a teaching regiment in early 39, with Zheng Weishan serving as its political commissar.

Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun were both members of the Central Red Army and had little contact with the cadres of the Fourth Front Army. Therefore, Wang Qiuyun did not know Zheng Weishan, but she did know that Zheng Weishan was the political commissar of the division during his time in the Red Army.

So it's quite a headache.

Although some senior cadres had come to the 8th Column after its establishment, this was the first time that an 18-year-old cadre of this rank had been appointed as a divisional political commissar.

Wei Hongjun was also considering this. Zheng Weishan was a skilled general. He had made distinguished contributions during both the War of Liberation and the Korean War. It was a good thing that such a general had joined the Eighth Column.

But how to arrange for him under the current circumstances is indeed a difficult problem.

We still need to make a transition first and make arrangements after we are familiar with the Eighth Column.

Therefore, Wei Hongjun said: "Since he is the deputy commander of the 12th Army Division, how about letting him serve as the deputy commander of the th Column, the principal of the Chanan Cadre School, in charge of the column's teaching brigade, and responsible for the training of new recruits? Let him take the lead in the th Column first. He will be familiar with our th Column, and we will be familiar with him."

In fact, it is best to go out and lead the troops.

The problem is that the various detachments under the Eighth Column are currently developing very well. They have also achieved remarkable military success in the past two years. It doesn't make sense to just bring in a cadre to replace them.

Now is the time for the 8th Column to be upgraded to a military sub-district.

This is when things are most likely to go wrong, and it is also the time when many cadres are most sensitive.

Given Zheng Weishan's rank, assigning him to lead a regiment would be an even greater problem. Outsiders would view the 8th Column as clique-based, engaging in factionalism, and suppressing cadres from the Fourth Front Army. Wei Hongjun couldn't afford such an accusation. Therefore, Wei Hongjun reasoned that the 8th Column, after being upgraded to a military sub-district, still needed stability. Within this stability, some positions could be adjusted. Therefore, Xu Luomin would be assigned sole responsibility for headquarters work.

Zheng Weishan was in charge of the other departments, including the Cadre School, the Training Brigade, and the training of new recruits. Once Zheng Weishan became familiar with the Eighth Column and its cadres, it was crucial that he gain acceptance among the Eighth Column cadres with his skills. This would be the best time for him to lead the troops.

"That's fine. We're not familiar with Comrade Zheng Weishan, and neither are our cadres. It would be best for everyone to get to know each other for a while and get used to each other."

Wang Qiuyun breathed a sigh of relief.

This matter had given him a lot of headaches before, but now that he and Wei Hongjun had reached a consensus, it was no longer a big problem.

The Eight Columns finally split up, but they did not separate.

Since it was the order of the military region, Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun immediately began to separate after returning to the base. Soon the 11th and 12th Military Sub-districts were established, with Wang Qiuyun serving as the commander and political commissar of the 11th Military Sub-district and Wei Hongjun as the commander and political commissar of the 12th Military Sub-district.

It looks very formal.

The 11th and 12th Military Sub-districts established several sub-district-specific organizations, along with lists of cadres from each sub-district. However, to streamline their organization, the 11th and 12th Military Sub-districts reported about half the number of organizations compared to other sub-districts. These lists of cadres were filed with the military districts, the Eighth Route Army headquarters, and even Yan'an. Later, the two individuals became full-fledged sub-district commanders and political commissars.

The headquarters of the 11th Military Sub-district and the 12th Military Sub-district were both located in Beilingzhuang, Sheng County.

To put it bluntly, there was no separation at all.

It's just a separation in name only.

Things will remain the same within the Eighth Column and the base area.

Even in the base area, they still operated under the name of the Eighth Column. Even the telegrams from Yan'an, the headquarters, and the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region to Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun rarely used the names of the 11th and 12th Military Sub-districts, always using the name of the Eighth Column.

It can be said that the Eighth Column of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Army was not only continued to be called that internally, but even in some official documents, the name was also used.

Of course, with this upgrade to a military sub-district, the 8th Column saw the emergence of many new faces. However, most of them were relatively low-ranking, merely filling new positions within the sub-district. The only new high-ranking figure was Zheng Weishan.

Zheng Weishan is only 25 years old this year.

very young.

Although the cadres of the Eighth Column came from various units, they were essentially all members of the Central Red Army. Therefore, although Zheng Weishan was the political commissar of a division in the Fourth Front Army, he was not well known. The only impression people had of him was that he was a military instructor at the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military and Political Cadre School and a very good lecturer.

His main responsibility this time was to manage the Cha'nan Cadre School, the Training Brigade, and the training of new recruits. Therefore, the Eighth Column's cadres were not opposed to Zheng Weishan's arrival. Zheng Weishan also kept a low profile after arriving at the Eighth Column.

Because he knew this was a rare opportunity for him.

If he couldn't stay in the Eighth Column, then such opportunities would definitely become fewer and fewer in the future. Besides, the Eighth Column was a legendary unit in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region, and Zheng Weishan believed that he would definitely have a chance in the Eighth Column.

After the 11th and 12th Military Sub-districts were established, Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun submitted a petition to the Military Region on behalf of the sub-districts, requesting four regiment numbers: two for the 11th and two for the 12th. The Military Region did not reject the request and directly awarded the four regiment numbers to the th Column.

37th Regiment, 38th Regiment, 39th Regiment, and 40th Regiment.

After Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun discussed, they gave the four troops, namely the 37st Security Regiment, the 38nd Security Regiment, the 39rd Security Regiment, and the Guerrilla Detachment of the Pingbei Detachment, the numbers 40th, th, th, and th Regiments.

In this way, the 11th Military Sub-district nominally had 5 main force regiments under its jurisdiction, and the 12th Military Sub-district had 5 main force regiments under its jurisdiction. At this time, the 10th Column expanded again, with main force regiments under its command. Moreover, the th Column's ten main force regiments were not empty numbers. Currently, many military regions or military sub-districts first create an empty framework and then let them develop on their own.

This kind of main force regiment number is an empty number. There were many such empty numbers in the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region before.

But after the reorganization in 1939, these empty numbers basically disappeared.

The Eighth Column is the real main force regiment. The current situation of the Eighth Column is that it has more troops than numbers. As long as the military region dares to give the Eighth Column a number, the Eighth Column will be able to create a main force regiment for you.

However, it was not just the 11th and 12th Military Sub-districts that asked the military district for numbers.

Anyone with the ability can apply for a number.

A district also applied for a number.

The guerrilla army of the First Division had never been given a designation by the military district. This time, the military district gave it the designation of the 61st Regiment. Just from this designation, one can see how powerful the current Jin-Cha-Ji Military District is.

Because the main regiment numbers of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region all started with 6.

Yang Quanwu was very cautious.

In reality, with the current strength of the First Division, it could be upgraded to several main force regiments. However, Yang Quanwu believed that the current growth rate of the First Division's troops was too rapid, and the main force regiments' training was lagging behind. Even if they were upgraded to main force regiments, if their combat effectiveness couldn't keep up, they wouldn't be true main force regiments.

Therefore, Yang Quanwu prepared to conduct large-scale military training to improve the combat effectiveness of the main force regiment of the first division.

Especially those groups that were established not long ago.

Regiments like the 27th, 28th, and 29th were all reorganized into anti-Japanese forces after the First Division moved north. Due to repeated raids, Yang Quanwu hadn't had time to properly train these troops. Even so, the First Division now had 13 main force regiments.

The newly established main force regiment of the 8th Column only needs to change its name from the original unit.

Only the guerrilla detachment needs to change more.

Therefore, Wei Hongjun personally talked with Cai Debao of the guerrilla detachment.

"Comrade Cai Debao, the Column has decided to merge the Pingbei Detachment's Guerrilla Detachment and the Shengxian County Brigade into one regiment. The Military District has assigned it the designation 40th Regiment. From now on, you will be the Regimental Commander and Political Commissar of the 40th Regiment, with Comrade Shi Mangui as Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff. Comrade Tan Jun will command the First Battalion, and Comrade Zhuang Tao will command the Second Battalion. As for the officers of the Third and Fourth Battalions, your regiment will decide on their own and then report to the Pingbei Detachment for approval. The 40th Regiment will be subordinate to the Pingbei Detachment, and you will continue to serve as its Deputy Commander.

The regiments of the 8th Column are all large regiments.

The smallest regiment has at least 12 companies. The 16th and 18th Regiments, for example, currently consist of 16 companies, totaling 1600 men. The Pingbei Detachment's guerrilla detachment is currently understrength, with only around 2000 men. Originally, the guerrilla detachment had over 1600 men, but suffered numerous casualties during the counter-mopping-up operation, leaving only around men.

Therefore, the Column Party Committee decided to merge the Shengxian County Battalion into the 40th Regiment.

Shi Mangui, who had performed exceptionally well in the Japanese raid on Songjiazhuang and the annihilation of the 225th Regiment, and was a veteran of the Long March, partnered with Cai Debao this time as deputy commander and chief of staff of the 40th Regiment.

Tan Jun, the commander of the 25st Battalion, was the commander of the special forces company brought by Cai Debao from eastern Hebei and a favorite of his. Zhuang Tao, the deputy commander of the Shengxian County Brigade, was the company commander of the 21th Regiment who was injured during the Japanese mop-up operation. He had previously been a cadre in the 25st Regiment. After recovering from his injuries, he did not return to the 40th Regiment but instead served as deputy commander of the Shengxian County Brigade. He is currently serving as the commander of the nd Battalion of the th Regiment.

"Yes."

Cai Debao was quite satisfied after arriving at the 8th Column.

This was mainly because the leaders of the Eighth Column trusted him and gave him enough space to display his talents. When he was operating in Wanping and Fangshan, the leaders of the Eighth Column did not interfere with his military operations, allowing him to fully display his talents.

"Comrade Cai Debao, the column wants to discuss something with you."

"Commissar, please speak."

Cai Debao is a straightforward person, but he is not the kind of person who doesn't know how to get along with others.

Cai Debao admired capable people. For example, during the battle in Eastern Hebei, although his Third Detachment had the largest number of troops, he always followed the orders of Bao Shen, the commander of the Second Detachment, when they were fighting together. He never criticized Bao Shen's command.