Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Therefore, after these troops entered Xinghe County and Shangyi County, they divided their forces to eliminate the grassroots organizations of the puppet government in various towns and villages, destroying the grassroots puppet government of Japan here, as well as the traitorous armed forces.

The effect is very good.

The Hanhao and traitor armed forces in the towns of Xinghe County and Shangyi County have been bullying the local people for many years. Their actual combat effectiveness is very poor. How can they stop the main forces of the Chaxi and Chadong detachments?

Although the Chaxi and Chadong detachments were poorly armed and had no strength to attack the county seat, they were still able to easily bully these fake police officers. As a result, within just a few days of entering Xinghe and Shangyi counties, the Chaxi and Chadong detachments had already caused a sensation there.

Because both Xinghe County and Shangyi County were short of troops.

The county town only has a reinforced squadron, so how could they dare to come out with such a small force?

Therefore, the Chaxi and Chadong detachments really swept through here. In many places in Xinghe County and Shangyi County, local people began to ask which unit this was.

Chapter 367 Banner Thirteen Villages

Qidi Thirteenth Village, Shangyi County.

Thirteen villages in the dam area of ​​Shangyi County. During the Qing Dynasty, farmers from these thirteen villages rented land from a territory granted by the Qing government, hence the name "Qidi Thirteen Villages." Located at the northern foot of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall, surrounded by mountains, the villages stretch over ten kilometers from east to west and from north to south.

The population of the thirteen villages is not large, less than two thousand people.

But in Shangyi County, it is very famous. It can be said that everyone knows it.

After the Japanese army entered Shangyi County, they quickly established various grassroots organizations. They then demanded that every household in Shangyi County cultivate opium, requiring one-third of their farmland to be used for opium cultivation. They then collected 42 taels of opium per mu (approximately grams) of opium. Farmers who failed to produce the full taels of opium were required to pay compensation.

The Japanese army planted large amounts of opium in Northeast China, Chahar and Suiyuan.

Making money from opium.

After all, opium was only worth five silver dollars in its homeland, but once it was shipped to the city, its price would instantly increase tenfold. As the Japanese army's rations became increasingly scarce, they naturally had to raise their own rations in China. The opium trade was one of the main sources of rations for the Japanese army.

In order to control the area, the village associations were required to hand in all their weapons and were not allowed to keep any weapons.

However, Qidi Thirteen Village directly rejected the Japanese army's request.

They even publicly shouted the slogan, "No grain, no taxes, no forced labor, no slavery, drive the Japanese devils away." The village association already had two submachine guns, 2 rifles, 42 old barrels, and nine pistols. They also raised funds to purchase two submachine guns and 21 rifles from outside.

Then he built his own arsenal.

27 homemade guns were made.

In this way, the Thirteenth Village in the Banner had 4 submachine guns, 65 Hanyang rifles, 21 old-style rifles, 27 homemade guns, and 9 pistols.

How could the Japanese allow such villages to exist? So they sent a few traitors to tell them that if they didn't obey, they would destroy the thirteen villages. As a result, they were beaten to death by the villagers of the thirteen villages in the flag area.

The Japanese and puppet troops were so angry that they sent out more than 200 of them.

But the Lianzhuanghui soldiers from Qidi Thirteen Village were not intimidated. They took advantage of the terrain and ambushed the Japanese at the pass. A sharpshooter from the Lianzhuanghui killed a Japanese lieutenant colonel with a single shot. In that one battle, over twenty Japanese and puppet troops were killed.

It caused a sensation in the entire Shangyi County.

Afterwards, the Thirteen Villages in the Banner organized the people and began to dig trenches, tunnels, and build artillery towers.

Later, the Japanese and puppet troops again dispatched more than 200 soldiers, but they returned empty-handed, suffering heavy casualties. These two battles left the Japanese and puppet troops humiliated, while the Thirteen Villages in Qidi became famous. In response to the Japanese atrocities, resistance in Shangyi County continued unabated.

The Japanese army and the people of Shangyi County have a deep blood feud.

When the Japanese army attacked Shangyi County, they were severely beaten by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army here, and suffered heavy casualties. Later, the Japanese army entered Shangyi County in anger and massacred many local people.

Therefore, many people rebelled.

There were even cases where the local mayor organized troops to resist the Japanese army. However, they were always suppressed by the Japanese and puppet troops. However, Qidi Thirteen Village not only defeated the Japanese and puppet troops' raids twice, but also inflicted heavy casualties on them.

Later, some rural areas around Qidi Village 13 also joined this group.

The current Qidi Thirteen Villages Association has grown to 24 villages, though it's still referred to as the Qidi Thirteen Villages. While openly opposing the Japanese army in Shangyi County, they also secretly continued to purchase weapons from outside. The Qidi Thirteen Villages Association now possesses 17 Type 11 rifles, 118 submachine guns, 49 Hanyang-made rifles, 77 Jin-made Type 19 rifles, 65 old-style rifles, pistols, and homemade rifles.

There are more than 300 members in the Lianzhuang Association.

The terrain here is very favorable.

Whenever the Japanese and puppet troops came, their people would run into the mountains.

Then the Lianzhuang Association will use the terrain to deal with you. Of course, if the Japanese army really wants to wipe out such a force, it is not a very difficult thing.

But the Japanese troops stationed in Shangyi County didn't have the nerve to tell their superiors about this matter.

This wasn't just self-inflicted trouble. Without support from above, it would be difficult to defeat the Japanese and puppet troops in Shangyi County with just the few they had. Their geographical advantage was significant, and their combat effectiveness was truly impressive. With their outdated weapons, they had managed to repel the Japanese and puppet troops twice. Furthermore, their weapons and equipment were becoming increasingly advanced, and their numbers were also increasing. Therefore, the Japanese and puppet troops in Shangyi County no longer provoked Banner Thirteen Village.

The Thirteen Villages of Qidi were neither part of the Nationalist Army nor the Eighth Route Army, but rather a local village association. Therefore, the Japanese army gradually abandoned the area, leaving them to their own devices. As long as they didn't cause trouble, the Japanese and puppet troops would have ignored them. If this were an Eighth Route Army base, they would have long ago organized a large force to sweep it. Therefore, historically, not only until the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, but even until the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Thirteen Villages of Qidi were never captured by the Japanese army.

After the Chabei Detachment entered Shangyi County, Feng Mulin immediately contacted the Thirteenth Village in the Banner.

Because this was Shangyi County's banner of resistance against the Japanese. As long as they could unite with the Thirteen Villages in the Banner, the Eighth Route Army would be able to quickly establish a foothold in Shangyi County. Furthermore, Feng Mulin was also jealous of the armed forces of the Lianzhuang Association in the Thirteen Villages in the Banner.

Although there were only more than 300 people, they had all fought in the war.

If they were given some good weapons, they could easily form a battalion.

"Sir, the Eighth Route Army said that their commander wants to see you."

"Have you ever asked where this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers came from?"

An old man about sixty years old.

Although he was old and his hair was white, his eyes were bright and lively, and he sat upright in his chair. From his posture, it was clear that he was a military veteran.

"asked."

Middle-aged people are around forty years old.

So does he.

With his straight body, one can tell at a glance that he is a military man.

"The troops currently surrounding us are the Sixth Independent Regiment of the Chabei Detachment of the Eighth Column of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region of the Eighth Route Army. Their people said that the commander of their Chabei Detachment wanted to visit you.

"The Eighth Column of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Region?"

The old man immediately perked up.

He asked, "Is it the Eighth Column that killed three successive major general commanders of the Second Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army?

"That's probably it. The only Eighth Route Army troops surrounding Shangyi County, aside from the 120th Division to the west, are the 115th Division's independent regiments, which visited Xining County and Fengzhen in the early years. Right now, the closest to us is probably the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Eighth Column. This Chabei Detachment is probably the unit that successively captured Chongli County, Guyuan County, and Zhangbei County during the Hundred Regiments Campaign of the Eighth Route Army."

"I've heard of this army for a long time, but I didn't expect them to come to Shangyi County."

The old man was very excited.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "How far away are their troops from us?"

"Not far. Their troops have just captured Beigou and wiped out all the Japanese lackeys there."

“Send someone immediately, no, I will go to Beigou myself.

"Sir, they are all juniors. You have to go over

"There's no such thing as seniors or juniors. Anyone who can fight the Japanese is a hero. Back then, I followed Zhang Shengshi in the Xinhai Revolution. Does that mean he has more experience than me? But he's more capable than me, so I respect him. Now the Eighth Route Army is fighting better than us, and they've created a new anti-Japanese situation in Chahar. It's only right for me to go and find them."

The old man waved his hand.

Then I started putting on my clothes and shoes.

And it is very solemn.

He was going to Beigou, and the village association of Qidi Thirteenth Village immediately wanted to send a large force for protection. He refused this request and went to Beigou with the middle-aged man he was talking to and four soldiers.

Beigou was captured by the Sixth Independent Regiment of the Chabei Detachment.

Upon hearing that Zhang Zhiguang from Qidi Thirteenth Village had arrived, Huang Yanjun, the commander of the Sixth Independent Regiment, immediately sent someone to notify Feng Mulin and then went out. He happened to see Zhang Zhiguang, who was in his sixties. He walked over quickly, extended his hands, and bowed slightly. "Mr. Zhang, I am Huang Yanjun, the commander of the Sixth Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. Why are you here in person? We should be visiting you."

"Too polite."

Seeing Huang Yanjun being so polite, Zhang Zhiguang immediately waved his hand.

But Huang Yanjun dared not be careless at all.

Because this old man before me was no ordinary person. He was a scholar in the Qing Dynasty. After the Qing abolished the imperial examination system, he studied law at the Baoding Police School. After graduation, he served in the Chahar General's Office. At the time, he was a member of the Tongmenghui, making him a veteran revolutionary. He was a close friend of Zhang Shengshi, the current chairman of Chahar Province and a former guerrilla army commander. During the Xinhai Revolution, the two participated together in the famous Fengzhen Uprising in Chahar.

After the founding of the Republic of China, he served as a director of the Chahar Industrial School and a senator of the Zhangbei County Senate. He then developed smoothly in both politics and the military, as his good friend Zhang Shengshi's status rose step by step.

After the September 18th Incident broke out, he and Zhang Shengshi were both dissatisfied with Nanjing's policy of not resisting the Japanese. So, they both joined the Chahar Anti-Japanese Allied Army. Zhang Shengshi was the deputy commander of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army and the commander of the Self-Defense Army. Zhang Zhiguang was the commander of the First Division of the Self-Defense Army and participated in the battle to recapture Duolun.

In 1935, he returned to his hometown and organized an anti-Japanese village association in Qidi Thirteenth Village. Some of the association's early weapons were brought here by Zhang Zhiguang. Even some of the current officers of the association are his early followers.

Just like the middle-aged man Wei Ziyun who followed him.

Wei is a common surname in Qidi Thirteen Village, with about three hundred people named Wei. When the Chahar Anti-Japanese Allied Army was formed, more than one hundred people from Qidi Thirteen Village participated, and about forty of them were named Wei.

Wei Ziyun was the deputy commander of Zhang Zhiguang's First Division at that time.

Zhang Zhiguang returned to his hometown, and Wei Ziyun followed him. The Thirteen Banner Villages were established in Zhang Zhiguang's name, as he was well-known in Chahar. Many people in the surrounding counties, including Zhangjiakou, had heard of Zhang Zhiguang's fame.

However, it was Wei Ziyun who actually commanded the Thirteen Villages Association of the Banner.

He also had a clan member named Wei Shukui, who was a famous sharpshooter in the Lianzhuang Association. It was he who killed a Japanese lieutenant colonel with one shot.

It was precisely because of Zhang Zhiguang's credentials that Feng Mulin decided to visit him personally. He was hoping he would support the Eighth Route Army in establishing an anti-Japanese base in Shangyi County. While the base would continue to develop without him, the situation would be much better with him.

He definitely has a reputation that can command the support of everyone.

When Feng Mulin heard that Zhang Zhiguang had arrived in Beigou, he immediately rode over on horseback.

There was no rest in between.

They made their way to Beigou, the headquarters of the 115th Independent Regiment. Zhang Zhiguang was in high spirits when he arrived in Beigou. He was primarily interested in inquiring with Huang Yanjun about the Eighth Route Army. Huang Yanjun and Feng Mulin both came from the Shaanxi-Gansu Red Army. After the Eighth Route Army was reorganized, they joined the 11th Independent Regiment. Later, they joined the main force, the 6rd Regiment, now the th Regiment of the Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning Advance Army, and the th Regiment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Fifth Division, in the Pingxi Detachment. Both Feng Mulin and Huang Yanjun were exchanged for weapons and food by the th Column.

Afterwards, he followed Feng Mulin to Chabei.

He personally experienced the construction of the Chadong base and the development of the Chabei base. Therefore, he vividly described to Zhang Zhiguang the situation of the Chadong and Chabei detachments. He described how the Chabei detachment had grown from a 500-man unit to its current structure of three infantry regiments, one cavalry regiment, and local troops.

This had a great impact on Zhang Zhiguang.

Although he had heard that the Eighth Route Army had great potential, he did not expect it to be so capable.

The weakest of the 11th Column's five detachments actually boasted a main force of 12 to men. Therefore, the entire th Column would have at least men, equivalent to the strength of two armies by Nationalist standards. The th Column of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region consisted of only the th and th Military Sub-districts, with Jin-Cha-Ji also comprising one to ten military sub-districts. Could it be that the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region possessed over main forces?

Zhang Zhiguang became excited when he thought of this.

He also heard that the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region developed from the 115th Division with more than people.

So he was very excited to hear it.

At this moment, Feng Mulin walked in. Huang Yanjun immediately stood up and saluted, then said, "Commander, this is Mr. Zhang. Mr. Zhang, this is Commander Feng Mulin of our Chabei Detachment."

"Mr. Zhang, please accept the respect of our Eighth Route Army. In such a difficult environment in Shangyi County, you have persisted in the path of resisting the Japanese and preserved the flame of anti-Japanese resistance in Shangyi County.

"I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it. Your Chabei Detachment has taken Chongli County, Guyuan County, and Zhangbei County. This is a great achievement.