Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

"Okay. Comrade Zhang Dahu happens to be from this unit, so let's ask him to make the contact."

Chapter 045 Wu Qinghe

Beishuigou Town.

Farther north of Sheng County, as you continue north, you'll find a relatively unpopulated area. At most, there are a few rural villages, and of course, Mongolian tribes have begun to appear. Further up, you'll find the important towns of Zhangjiakou, such as Xuanhua and Zhuolu, and the Pingsui Railway.

Beishuigou Town wasn't large, as it was located north of Sheng County and had a small population. The combined population of the township, comprising dozens of villages, was only around 4,000. The people were poor, and there were many bandits and horse bandits.

The remnants of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army were stationed in the southeast of Beishuigou Town.

Although the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was also a defeated force, Sheng County was still the territory of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. No matter how little Yan Xishan valued this place, it was still the territory of Shanxi, and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army still had a certain foundation here.

The remnants of the 29th Army were stationed in the southwestern area of ​​Beishuigou Town.

Their situation is very bad.

The 29th Army was not entirely unfamiliar with Shanxi. After the Central Plains War, the remnants of the Northwest Army retreated into Shanxi. Later, the 29th Army was stationed in places like Chahar and Rehe, so it wasn't entirely unfamiliar with Shanxi.

But Sheng County is really different.

To the north, the Pingsui Railway runs through important areas in northern Shanxi and Chahar. To the south, the Zhengtai Railway passes through Shijiazhuang and Jingxing, marking the southernmost part of Shanxi. Central Shanxi runs the Tongpu Railway, which runs through Datong and Taiyuan.

But none of them can be reached in Sheng County.

Even though Sheng County isn't very far from Beijing or Baoding, transportation there is quite poor. Therefore, both Beijing and Baoding enter Shanxi via the highway from Laiyuan, effectively avoiding Sheng County.

As a result, Sheng County has a very low presence in northeastern Shanxi.

Therefore, for the 29th Army, Sheng County was still a very unfamiliar place. Furthermore, Beishuigou Town was poor and sparsely populated, making logistics very difficult. They had to find their own logistics. If it were any other army, they would have already begun looting the area.

Fortunately, the military discipline of this unit is pretty good, so we have been able to endure it until now.

But this is only temporary.

If the logistical issues remain unresolved, it will be extremely difficult for them to maintain their original military discipline. Feng Anmin has been sending people to contact them these past few days, urging them to accept his reorganization. If they agree to accept Feng Anmin's reorganization, he will give them the designation of the Third Regiment of the National Salvation Army and provide them with food and wages. Of course, there are conditions.

That is, Feng Anmin will assign a deputy commander to the Third Regiment, and then add a third battalion to the Third Regiment. Full authority will be given to this deputy commander to form the battalion.

Although the remnants of the 29th Army were in dire straits, they could not agree to such conditions under any circumstances. It was uncertain who would command the army in the future. But now the situation was getting worse and worse, and he had no choice.

At this time, Zhang Dahu came to Beishuigou Town to find Wu Qinghe, the commander of the remnants of the 29th Army.

"Captain."

"Deputy Head."

Wu Qinghe answered unhappily.

Wu Qinghe was about thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old, but he already had white hair on his temples.

When he saw Zhang Dahu come in, he ignored him.

Zhang Dahu didn't care about Wu Qinghe's attitude and sat directly in front of Wu Qinghe. Wu Qinghe glanced at Zhang Dahu and said, "Didn't you think the Japanese army was invincible, so you ran away? Why are you back?"

"Captain..."

"Deputy Head."

"Okay, Deputy Commander. I'm leaving, but I'm back in Zhangjiagou and forming the Zhangjiagou Village Guerrilla Unit."

"Did you organize the Zhangjiagou Village Guerrilla Unit? I heard that the Zhangjiagou Village Guerrilla Unit was an armed unit of the Eighth Route Army. Fortunately, the Zhangjiagou Village Guerrilla Unit won the battle and drove the Japanese into the county town, so we can still talk here."

Wu Qinghe said this and looked up, "Why? Are you really from the Zhangjiagou guerrillas?"

"Yes. Now it's the Sheng County Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Army."

"Damn it. You really became a communist. But it doesn't matter. A communist is a communist."

Wu Qinghe doesn't care about these.

Wu Qinghe was a native of Shaanxi. He joined Feng Yuxiang's army when he was the governor of Shaanxi in 1910. It had been sixteen or seventeen years since then, making him a true veteran. When he first joined the army, he was just an illiterate swordsman.

However, among the troops of the time, Feng Yuxiang was a unique general. His troops placed great emphasis on cultural education, requiring all new recruits to learn to read and write. While not as advanced as the Red Army or the Eighth Route Army, it was still unique among the warlords of the time. Wu Qinghe also learned to read and write in the army.

Later, he followed Feng Yuxiang in his campaigns and fought many battles.

After the Northwest Army suffered a crushing defeat in the Central Plains Campaign, Wu Qinghe was stationed in Chahar with Song Zheyuan. He participated in the Great Wall War and later garrisoned in Peking. Within a few years, the 29th Army expanded significantly, and despite not being a military academy graduate, Wu Qinghe was promoted to deputy regimental commander.

Later, the 130th Army was defeated after the July Incident, and many of its troops were scattered. Wu Qinghe was also pursued by the Japanese reinforced squadron all the way, and finally entered Sheng County with only about people.

So even though Wu Qinghe was only a deputy regimental commander, he had a long career in the Northwest Army. In the early years when Feng Yuxiang had good relations with the Soviet Union and the Communist Party of China, there were many Communist Party members in the army.

Wu Qinghe also attended their classes.

I had a pretty good impression of them, so I didn't mind Zhang Dahu defecting to the Eighth Route Army.

"Why, you want to recruit me for the Eighth Route Army? I've become such a hot commodity."

Wu Qinghe smiled bitterly.

Back then, the 29th Army was so powerful in the capital region. With 100,000 troops stationed in Peking, it was truly the King of Peking. But now the 29th Army has been defeated, and some of its generals have been subjected to national infamy.

And I became a stray dog.

Everyone wanted to come and recruit their own troops.

"No, Deputy Commander, I'm here to help with the troops' logistics."

"Solve my department's logistical problems?"

"Yes."

"No conditions?"

"No conditions."

"I don't believe it. I never believe in free lunches. Tell me, how do you plan to solve the logistics problem for our troops? What are the conditions?"

Wu Qinghe doesn't care anymore.

Whether it was Feng Anmin or the Eighth Route Army, he would see what conditions were offered. He would listen to whoever offered better conditions. The most important thing now was for the troops to survive.

"Captain, I really don't have any conditions. But you need to get your own logistics."

"what exactly is it?"

"here."

Zhang Dahu came to Wu Qinghe's map and pointed at Shengxian County.

Wu Qinghe was stunned and asked, "Are you going to attack the county town?"

"Correct."

Zhang Dahu nodded and said, "We are preparing to attack the county town. Currently, the Japanese army in Sheng County has less than a squadron, and there are probably less than 50 people who can fight. We want to invite the regiment commander to join us in attacking the county town and then divide the spoils in the city.

As for how to divide it, we can discuss it. I think as long as we capture the county town, the army's logistics can be easily solved. Moreover, after taking the county town, the army's reputation will increase, and we can also recruit soldiers here."

"Attack the county town, the county town."

Wu Qinghe had never thought that the guerrilla army would actually attack the county town.

From what I had learned before, this guerrilla army was just a guerrilla unit with few guns. Although they had defeated the Japanese attack, I didn't expect the guerrilla army to dare to attack the county town.

Wu Qinghe understood the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army.

Can you take it down?

"Can your guerrilla army capture the county town?"

"Captain, our guerrilla army is now strong and powerful, and a small county town can be easily captured."

"Then you are still looking for me?"

"One more person means more strength. Commander, you can go and see for yourself the strength of the guerrilla army. Could it be that you are afraid to attack the county town?"

"Damn it, don't provoke me."

Wu Qinghe is a rough man.

He had reached the position of deputy regimental commander by charging and fighting fiercely, accumulating military merits. These past few days had been frustrating enough, and when Zhang Dahu said this, Wu Qinghe immediately said, "I want to see how strong your guerrilla army is. Do you dare to think of attacking the county town?"

Chapter 046 Joint Operation

Wu Qinghe was also very curious about the guerrilla army that defeated the Japanese squadron. After all, he had hundreds of people under his command when he retreated, but was defeated by the reinforced Japanese squadron and fled in disarray.

Wu Qinghe had firsthand experience of the Japanese army's combat effectiveness. When the news of the guerrilla army's defeat of the Japanese troops reached him, Wu Qinghe did not believe it at the time. He simply did not understand how a newly formed army could defeat the Japanese troops.

So I followed Zhang Dahu to Songjiazhuang.

Songjiazhuang is now completely different from what it was before. Currently, there are over a thousand guerrilla troops. The new recruits are stationed in Zhangjiagou Village, the independent unit is stationed in Caoyangzhuang. The remaining units, the first unit, the second unit, and the special forces unit, are all in Songjiazhuang.

The headquarters of the entire guerrilla army was set up in Songjiazhuang.

When Wu Qinghe arrived at Songjiazhuang, the guerrilla army was relocating and the village was undergoing major construction. After all, so many people had poured into Songjiazhuang that the village had suddenly grown to over 500 people.

Together with the troops that had previously defected to the guerrilla army, the number of additional people exceeded 700.

There were still many other things that needed to be coordinated to accommodate so many people. Looking at the bustling crowd and then at the troops training, Wu Qinghe was astonished. He had never expected the guerrilla army to have achieved this level.

Looking at the troops in training, although Wu Qinghe could see that there were quite a few new recruits, the sheer number of them still surprised him. Then, looking at the relationship between the guerrilla army and the people of Songjiazhuang, it was incredibly good.

Both sides work and chat together.

The situation of his own troops is completely different.

Not to mention Sheng County, when the 29th Army was stationed in Chahar and in Peking, the army was the army and the people were the people. When has the relationship between the army and the people been so harmonious?

This was under the condition that the military discipline of the 29th Army was still acceptable.

Wu Qinghe joined Feng Yuxiang's army just after the Zhi-An War and had witnessed countless warlord armies. Even within his native Shaanxi, the Shaanxi Army, there were numerous units with poor discipline. For example, Guo Jian, a renowned and highly skilled member of the Shaanxi Army, led a unit filled with bandits, making him a notorious figure in Shaanxi.

When the Northwest Army arrived in Henan, the Zhensong Army in Henan was actually an armed force composed of bandits. During the Central Plains War, the warlords were even more chaotic, and there were many cases of looting.

That's why Wu Qinghe was surprised.

"Hello, Captain Wu."

As the commander of the guerrilla army, Wang Qiuyun was waiting for Wu Qinghe at the door.

The moment Wu Qinghe saw Wang Qiuyun, he was even more shocked. He had never expected that the guerrilla commander who had caused such a sensation in Sheng County was so young. He was still a child. Zhang Dahu stepped forward and introduced him to Wu Qinghe: "Commander, this is our guerrilla commander Wang Qiuyun, and this is our guerrilla political commissar Wei Hongjun."

Wu Qinghe sighed in admiration, "Commander Wang, Political Commissar Wei, you are truly young. When I was your age, I couldn't even become a squad leader in the army."

"Many of our Red Army cadres are young. Our veteran leaders were regimental political commissars at the age of seventeen and divisional political commissars at the age of twenty-one."

"It's not simple, it's really not simple."