Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

During the Japanese retaliatory sweeps, the Eighth Route Army suffered heavy casualties and expended too many bullets during the first and second phases of the Hundred Regiments Campaign. Therefore, facing the Japanese retaliatory sweeps, the Eighth Route Army suffered heavy casualties.

But in this time and space, the Eighth Route Army achieved brilliant results in the first and second phases of the Hundred Regiments Campaign, but suffered fewer casualties than in history. Although it consumed more bullets than in history, it also had more reserved bullets than in history.

Therefore, when the Japanese army carried out retaliatory raids, they were not helpless as they had been in history.

On the contrary, they have enough strength to carry out counter-sweeping operations.

"This battle was well fought."

"Yes, it showed the might of our Eighth Route Army.

Battle reports from the Hundred Regiments Campaign were transmitted to Yan'an every day.

Good news keeps coming.

Even those in Yan'an hadn't imagined that the Eighth Route Army would have so many troops and such a strong offensive capability. A single main force regiment could easily take out a Japanese stronghold guarded by only a few hundred men.

It completely overturned the previous understanding of the Eighth Route Army.

The 129th Division and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Division both fought very exciting battles.

Some battles were fought skillfully, others demonstrated the Eighth Route Army's courage. For example, the Mohetan Battle fought by the First Division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Front truly unleashed the Eighth Route Army's blood and blood. Even Japanese puppet troops were stunned by the bravery displayed by the First Regiment of the First Division after the battle.

Chairman Mao looked at the map and said, "The battle at Wanping was particularly outstanding. After taking Wanping, we set our sights on Beiping and threatened the North China Front Army.

It’s not that the Eighth Route Army had not been active in Beijing.

Some units even entered the Peking airport and destroyed Japanese aircraft. However, a small-scale surprise attack on Peking was completely different from a large-scale attack on Wanping. The 8th Column's capture of Wanping directly threatened Peking.

Compared with the military, the political influence is astonishing.

The commander-in-chief looked at the map and said, "The Eighth Column's move is indeed ingenious. Even if the Japanese and puppet troops have enough troops to ensure the safety of Peking, they can only withdraw other troops to enter Peking as a precaution. In the current situation, if the Japanese withdraw troops, there will be a gap somewhere."

Peking is too important.

It was the capital for hundreds of years during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

It was the central city of North China. The responsibility for the loss of Peking was unbearable, not only for the North China Front Army, but also for the Chinese Expeditionary Force. Therefore, regardless of the danger, additional troops were definitely needed in Peking.

"Jidong, hey"

The Chairman was originally looking at Chahar on the map, but when he arrived in Jidong, he couldn't help but sigh.

During the Hundred Regiments Campaign, all units performed exceptionally well. Even the Jizhong Military Region, whose combat effectiveness had been compromised, gave its all in this campaign. Nearly 200,000 troops, including the main force, regional troops, and local militia, participated. Furthermore, the people of Jizhong enthusiastically supported the campaign, mobilizing hundreds of thousands of them to follow the troops in destroying railways, roads, and other structures.

The Central Military Region’s troops lacked combat effectiveness, so they relied on their numerical advantage to increase their combat results.

The other 120th Division, 129th Division, and Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Division all have strong combat capabilities and have performed outstandingly.

There was only one place that made Yan'an very disappointed.

That is Jidong.

The commander-in-chief also frowned and said, "After the 110th Division and the 27th Independent Mixed Brigade left Jidong, the situation in Jidong improved a lot. The only Japanese troops left in the entire Jidong area were the 27th Division's -man force. Aside from the th Division, the entire Jidong area was only occupied by puppet troops and puppet police. This was a great opportunity."

The current situation in eastern Hebei is really very good for the advancing army of Jireliao.

It is an opportunity for Hebei, Rehe and Liaoning to advance and develop rapidly.

Eastern Hebei, with its more than 20 counties, had only one 27rd Regimental Division, the 110th Regiment. The rest were puppet troops and police. Previously, the th Division, a th Regimental Division, and the th Independent Mixed Brigade had been responsible for sweeping Eastern Hebei.

The strength of the Japanese army was directly reduced by more than half.

What a great opportunity.

冀热辽挺进军的兵力不少。虽然11团去了热河之后，几乎是单独行动，和冀热辽挺进军司令部不怎么联系。但翼热辽挺进军在冀东依旧拥有12团、13团、14团、15团、31团，一万多人的主力部队。

And their combat effectiveness is not weak.

If we organize ourselves, we can even fight some large-scale battles.

During the Jin-Cha-Ji Zhengtai Road raid, the right column only had three main regiments, and they also achieved very good results on the Zhengtai Road.

In comparison, the Jireliao Advance Army had more main forces.

But the advance of Hebei, Rehe and Liaoning was slow.

Each unit below was fighting independently, without a unified strategy. With such a good opportunity, if they could formulate a unified plan, they would definitely be able to cause a major incident in Yidong. They could even annihilate more Japanese and puppet troops and expand the Jidong base.

However, the various units were operating separately and without much coordination, so while it looked lively, the actual effect was not good.

More importantly, the consequences of the execution of Gao Zhiyuan and the expulsion of Deng Guo and Song Shilun had not yet completely disappeared. After Deng Guo left, the 11th Regiment expanded in Rehe. After Song Shilun left, the 12th Regiment did the same.

The 11th and 12th Regiments were units directly reorganized from the Fourth Column, the Deng-Song Detachment. Although Deng Guo and Song Shilun had left, this unit had remained with them for many years. Their unjust departure, tantamount to expulsion, directly impacted the officers and soldiers of the 11th and 12th Regiments. Many of these officers expressed dissatisfaction with the leadership of the Ji-Re-Liaoning Advance Army. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Regiments faced similar challenges.

Although these troops all grew up in Jidong, their predecessors were all developed from the troops left here by the Fourth Column. The officers and soldiers of these troops had their hearts full of resentment when they saw Deng Guo and Song Shilun leave.

Although this was the Eighth Route Army, it couldn't be like a warlord army. Since Deng Guo and Song Shilun had left, they still had to obey orders. However, the commanders and fighters were also human beings, and psychological grievances would naturally affect unity.

After Deng Guo and Song Shilun left, the Ji-Re-Liao Advance Army sent a number of cadres to these troops to carry out reorganization work, but the results were not as good as expected.

As for the 31st Regiment, the situation is even more complicated.

Gao Zhiyuan was executed, and almost half of the troops were disbanded. Although the original strength was restored after a year, it was still not as strong as the original 31st Regiment.

More importantly, Gao Zhiyuan himself has considerable prestige in Jidong.

It was precisely because he had enough prestige that he served as the commander-in-chief of the North China Anti-Japanese United Army during the Jidong Uprising and the commander of the First Route Army of the Jidong Anti-Japanese United Army.

His execution made many people in Jidong stay away from the Eighth Route Army. Of course, if Xiao Zijing was able to settle these problems, appease these troops, and appease the various factions in Jidong, it would not be a problem to continue to develop the base area.

Unfortunately, there has been little progress in pacifying the troops, rallying other cadres, and developing the base area. The various factions in eastern Hebei are watching and are not as supportive of the Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning advance as they were during the great uprising in eastern Hebei.

Therefore, even with such a good opportunity as the Hundred Regiments Campaign, the Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning Advance Army was unable to develop.

Let’s take a look at the Jin-Cha-Ji Beiyue area, especially the development of the First Division and the Eighth Column.

If the current situation of the Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning Advance Army were to be placed in the Northern Yue region of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, with so many troops, they would have taken advantage of the shortage of Japanese and puppet troops to capture several county towns long ago. They would have no problem expanding the base area several times.

"Jidong's current performance is indeed not good. Aside from the 11th Regiment, which is doing well in Rehe, the troops remaining in Jidong have been mediocre during this period. It's a pity for the 11th Regiment, if it hadn't happened before.

If Deng Guo had continued to stay in Rehe, the current situation in Rehe would have been much better.”

The commander-in-chief also sighed.

Among the advancing armies of Hebei, Rehe and Liaoning, the 11th Regiment had the best development.

However, Deng Guo left, taking with him half of the main force of the 11th Regiment, causing the 11th Regiment's strength in Rehe to plummet. Even so, the 11th Regiment later rose again and developed very well in Rehe.

The Chairman could not help but nod at Yidong and said, "I hope Comrade Xiao Zijing can put the Ji-Re-Liaoning Advance Army back on the right track. The Central Committee has given its utmost support. If the situation of the Yi-Re-Liaoning Advance Army cannot be changed, we can only adjust the cadre structure of the Ji-Re-Liaoning Advance Army."

In fact, the Chairman really wants to adjust the command structure of the Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning Advance Army now.

But the Chairman has more to consider. He's currently contemplating how to eliminate the negative influence of the Imperial Commissioner within the Party. The Chairman and the Imperial Commissioner have a clear disagreement over how to develop the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army.

Although the Party Chairman was gradually gaining ground against the Imperial Commissioner, he had not yet achieved complete victory. The Party's ideology was still in great disarray. The Chairman did not want to create further complications at this time.

If the leadership structure of the Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning Advance Army were adjusted now, Xiao Zijing would inevitably mix with the imperial commissioners and the Soviet-educated faction when he returned to Yan'an.

This is even more detrimental to the chairman's next plan.

Therefore, the Chairman decided to first resolve some differences within the party, unify the party's thinking, and then solve these problems.

But he was really disappointed with Xiao Zijing.

Whether it was the execution of Gao Zhiyuan or the expulsion of Deng Guo and Song Shilun, the central government didn't really care. As long as you had the ability to develop the Yi-Re-Liaoning Advance Army and the ability to open up and develop bases in Jidong and Rehe, these wouldn't be a big problem.

But if you can't develop, then these are all crimes.

"Old Mao, I think we should order the Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning Army to advance and seize the current opportunity to strike decisively. Don't waste your energy on useless things."

"Yes. We should give orders to the Jireliao Advancing Army and have them attack on all fronts."

Chapter 345 Final Attack

The Hundred Regiments Campaign lasted for more than two months. It had begun in late August and was already late October. Both the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese were exhausted.

After all, the two sides fought for more than two months.

The two sides were still engaged in a chaotic battle, with fighting raging everywhere. The Japanese army, unable to accept the casualties and humiliation brought about by the Hundred Regiments Campaign, sought revenge against the Eighth Route Army. Tada Shun also hoped that this campaign would yield some results, thereby lessening his guilt. Therefore, he ordered the Japanese army to continue the campaign, relentlessly.

Now Tada Shun doesn't care about anything and has no plans.

The order given to the front line was to mop up.

Destroy everything within the Eighth Route Army base.

As for the Eighth Route Army, there is no need to mention it.

Defend the base and carry out counter-mopping-up operations.

At present, most of the Japanese troops were sweeping the Jin-Cha-Ji base area, including the Hebei-Central base area. For the Eighth Route Army, continuing to fight now would not be of much benefit to the Eighth Route Army. This was because the previous Hundred Regiments Campaign was actually a sneak attack that took advantage of the loopholes in the Japanese defense.

If the current battle continues, it will be a war of attrition, which will be disadvantageous to the Eighth Route Army.

But there is no way.

The Japanese army did not stop its raids, and the Eighth Route Army could only grit its teeth and fight back.

The only unit that was not in trouble was the Eighth Column. Because in the Chahar area, the Japanese army really did not have the troops to sweep the Eighth Column.

In order to defend Peking and Zhangjiakou, the Japanese army could only continuously withdraw its forces around Peking and Zhangjiakou. As a result, many of the Eighth Column's gains were not fought. This was especially true of the Chabei Detachment and the First Special Forces Regiment, which had not experienced many tough battles in the Chabei region.

In many places, they captured Chongli County, Guyuan County and Zhangbei County one after another without any effort.

During the Eighth Column's offensive, the Chabei Detachment captured the most county towns, but it also fought the fewest battles and on the smallest scale.

However, the Chabei Detachment captured three county towns in succession, which greatly increased its fame in the Chabei area.

In Chahar, many people respect the strong.

The Chabei Detachment was now the dominant force in Chabei. Although the Japanese and puppet troops themselves were short on manpower, leading to the successive loss of county towns, for many Chabei residents, the Chabei Detachment's immense strength was everything.

As a result, many people who had been waiting and watching began to join the Chabei Branch. Even the local government's efforts to reduce rents and interest rates initially faced strong resistance.

Many local forces use various methods to organize rent and interest reduction work.

However, as the Chabei detachment grew stronger, many of those local forces retreated from their previous practices. They no longer dared to continue to obstruct the local government's implementation of rent and interest reductions. The smooth implementation of these reductions further stabilized the base area.

Of course, the military region would not accept the Eighth Column being so stable.

So the military district sent a telegram ordering the 8th Column to attack and continue to strike at the North China Front Army.

"The pressure from the military district must be too great."

Wang Qiuyun sighed.

Pointing at the map, he said, "Especially here in Division 1. During the Hundred Regiments Campaign, Division 1 dispatched so many troops, fighting from the very beginning until now. The troops are very tired. If they continue, casualties will increase rapidly. Furthermore, the weather is cold now. If the Japanese army continues like this and destroys the base area, how will the people there live? This campaign should end. If it continues, it will do us no good."