Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

When the Japanese army was encircling and suppressing the Anti-Japanese United Army in Northeast China, the puppet police force was the largest in number. For example, when the Japanese and puppet troops attacked Yang Jingyu's First Route Army of the Anti-Japanese United Army in 1939, there were 6000 Japanese troops, 25000 puppet troops, but more than 34000 puppet police.

Such is the power of years of rule.

Grassroots governments are all traitorous governments, and the number of pseudo-police controlling the local areas is astonishing.

Each county had hundreds, even thousands, of puppet police. Add to that the various Japanese military agencies, such as the military police and secret services, each with its own units. And each traitorous government also had its own lackeys.

Therefore, even without the regular Japanese and puppet troops in the areas controlled by the Japanese, these chaotic armed forces alone numbered tens of thousands of people. This was the biggest difficulty for the Eighth Route Army in establishing a base area.

The 11th Regiment is developing in Rehe and usually does not operate as a large force.

Because there were Japanese spies everywhere, the march of large troops could easily be reported to the Japanese and puppet troops, and eventually be pursued by the Japanese and puppet troops.

But once the troops are divided, they will operate in a guerrilla mode.

The most terrifying thing is not the regular Japanese and puppet troops, but the Japanese military police and puppet police. No matter where you go, these military police and puppet police will follow you like a shadow.

"That's even better."

Kang Shui next to him was talking.

He drew a circle and said, "This place is along the highway from Xinglong County to Miyun. If we attack one of them, it will inevitably alert the Japanese and puppet troops and police in Xinglong County. They are hiding in Xinglong County. It will not be easy for us to take them down, and our casualties will not be few."

But since they're out, they're just offering us heads. We can just surround them and attack the reinforcements, eliminating them. Then, in one fell swoop, we'll eliminate all the "tribes" along the highway. Even if the Japanese and puppet police have sentries and light machine guns ahead of the tribes, what good will that do? Bring in the flat-fire cannons, and we can easily take them out with one shot. If we act quickly, we can rescue the people of five or six tribes in one night—that's three to four thousand, or even four to five thousand.

"Correct."

Xiao Ming agreed, saying, "If we can wipe out the main forces of the Japanese and puppet troops and police in Xinglong County in one battle, then we can eliminate each of the more than one hundred "group tribes" surrounding Xinglong County with just one company. By then, even if we only have the 11th Regiment and disperse the troops, we can eliminate all the "group tribes" in Xinglong County in less than a month. If we have two or three regiments, we can completely eliminate the "group tribes" here within a week."

"How are the weapons and equipment of these Japanese special agents and puppet police?"

Zhang Zihua is still relatively cautious.

"The weapons and equipment are still very good. Because many of the police forces here have followed the Japanese army to fight against the Anti-Japanese United Army, they are not ordinary police forces. However, these police forces are mainly equipped with light machine guns. The number of light machine guns they are equipped with can even be compared with that of the Japanese army. A police battalion of three to five hundred people can be equipped with 10 to 15 light machine guns. And they have cars. If they modify the car and equip it with three light machine guns, it will become a simple armored vehicle. However, they have relatively few heavy weapons. Occasionally you can see a heavy machine gun. Other mortars and grenade launchers are rare. We had a head-on collision with them before and suffered some losses.

Xiao Ming carefully explained the weapons and equipment of these pseudo-policemen.

After Xiao Ming introduced the police situation, Cheng Shihua, Zhang Zihua, Zhang Dahu and others immediately exchanged opinions.

This battle can be fought.

There is no need to even mobilize the First Brigade.

现在郑伟山已经带着26团、37团、78团开始在围场县闹出大动静，伪装成第一旅。吸引29师团18联队北上进入赤峰。第一旅现在还不到出手的时候。

The other troops are enough to complete this plan.

"Commander Cheng, it's easy to break up the tribes. But how are we going to resettle so many people?

"We'll first relocate them to Fengning, Luanping, and Longhua. Since the defeat of the Rehe War and the occupation of Rehe by the Japanese and puppet troops, much of the previously arable land has been occupied by Japanese colonization groups, used to grow opium, or turned into wasteland. We'll first resettle them there and restore the local agriculture. Of course, if they want to return to their hometowns, we can arrange that. Many of their hometowns are very suitable for the development of our guerrillas."

Cheng Shihua expressed his thoughts.

Once the group tribes begin to be broken up, hundreds of thousands or even millions of people will break through the group tribes.

How to accommodate them is also a problem.

"it is good."

Chapter 458: Big Trouble

Xinglong was a territory occupied by the Japanese army for ten years.

The Japanese army currently divides the areas into "security zones", "quasi-security zones" and "unsecurity zones". The "unsecurity zones" refer to the Eighth Route Army base areas, the "quasi-security zones" are where the Japanese and puppet troops, the Eighth Route Army and the guerrillas are fighting, and the "security zones" are areas completely controlled by the Japanese army.

Xinglong is a "quasi-security zone".

Because there are Eighth Route Army troops and guerrillas active in Xinglong.

Although it was a "quasi-security zone," the Japanese and puppet troops were so powerful there that it was considered a model area within that category. To maintain this title, Xinglong expelled all rural residents who might have contact with the Eighth Route Army or guerrillas to live in areas designated by the Japanese and puppet troops. This was known as a "group tribe."

After that, the "public security" in Xinglong indeed improved a lot.

The Eighth Route Army and the guerrillas were unable to contact the local people, which was like a fish out of water.

Although the Eighth Route Army and the guerrillas tried to break up the tribes, their efforts were ineffective. As a result, the pseudo-police officers who managed the tribes gradually lost some of their vigilance. For them, managing the tribes was all that mattered.

1942 6 Month 21 Day.

Zhou Chong, commander of the Second Special Regiment, personally led his troops and slowly approached the group tribe that they had observed during the day under the cover of night.

It's not very easy.

The Japanese and puppet troops' group camp was in an open area. It was like this for several miles in radius. It was night now, so they could slowly approach. If they were fighting guerrilla warfare in the mountains, even a Japanese fort would not be so difficult to approach.

Fortunately, Zhou Chong is very steady.

In his early years, Zhou Chong served as a platoon leader in the 16th Regiment. He accompanied Xiahou Wen in the attack on Kangzhuang Station and was promoted to deputy company commander for his contributions. When Xiahou Wen established the Longyanchi base, Zhou Chong led a company to form the New Third Regiment. Later, the New Third Regiment became the 26th Regiment, and Zhou Chong gradually rose through the ranks, currently serving as the commander and political commissar of the Second Special Agent Regiment.

In this operation, he led the elite of the Second Special Forces Regiment, a company of about 120 people, to raid the group tribe.

Zhou Chong and his troops finally arrived at the gate of the group tribe. The pseudo-police had set up a guard post at the gate.

There were two policemen standing guard.

As they got closer, the slightest noise was heard by everyone. The two policemen were dazed, but in the stillness of the night, the advance of a hundred-plus troops still made some noise.

"Who"

One of the policemen heard the noise.

I thought someone was trying to escape.

The main task of these police officers was to manage these people. Because the living conditions within the group tribes were extremely poor, these people had no farmland, as all the farmland had been confiscated by the Japanese and puppet troops. If they wanted to eat, they could only rent the farmland from the Japanese and puppet troops to grow crops.

However, land rent and taxes are very heavy.

Even though they farmed, the harvest was not allowed to stay, as it was taken away by the Japanese and puppet troops. As for food, the Japanese and puppet troops provided them with rationed food. The food was very poor, made from flour ground from aged corn and sorghum, much of it already spoiled.

Some places don't even offer this.

So people often want to escape.

So one of the policemen thought someone was trying to escape.

At this time, Zhou Chong directly took the box gun and fired two shots, killing the two fake policemen who were not yet fully awake.

Zhou Chong actually didn't need to shoot, he could have taken care of the two people quietly.

But this time the goal is to surround the enemy and attack the reinforcements.

Just to make some noise.

Sure enough, after Zhou Chong fired his gun, he immediately alerted the resting Japanese police and puppet police. After all, this was not a military camp, nor was it a Japanese puppet army stronghold. The Japanese police and puppet police here were mainly watching over the civilians and guarding against guerrillas, so there were no defensive positions.

They all directly used the houses they lived in as defensive positions.

A gun battle broke out between the two sides.

There were about 30 puppet police officers here, and two Japanese advisors. They were all armed with Type rifles, including a light machine gun. Zhou Chong also found a spot and took out his light machine gun.

Zhou Chong wanted to wait until they asked for help from the county before attacking this place.

Ding-ling-ling

"Okay, okay, hold on." The sound of gunfire could be heard from far away, and the telephone lines on the Eighth Route Army's side were not disconnected.

The pseudo police station in the county town got the news immediately.

These fake police in Xinglong County reacted quickly.

Because the Eighth Route Army had been active in Xinglong County recently, the head of the Special High-Tech Section of the Chengde Military Police, Kimura Guangming, was stationed in Xinglong County. Upon receiving the news that the Eighth Route Army was attacking, Kimura Guangming immediately began to issue orders.

A Japanese reconnaissance team of 14 people, a Japanese special forces team of 36 people, a puppet police brigade of 377 people, and Xinglong County police officers, a total of more than 182 people, set out from the county town in a mighty force.

Don’t underestimate the fact that there are no regular Japanese and puppet troops.

But these troops drove 5 motorcycles, 44 cars, and 3 armored vehicles. Of course, these 3 armored vehicles were actually cars with some things added on top, and then equipped with a heavy machine gun and two light machine guns.

That's why everyone calls it an "armored car."

The strength is still very impressive.

It was with this strength that they cooperated with the Japanese and puppet troops to wipe out the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces.

Kimura Mitsuaki is still very confident.

Even if the Eighth Route Army took down the group tribe, what would it matter? If they wanted to take everyone away, it would be impossible without an hour or two.

The motorcade he led could reach the destination in an hour at most.

If you didn't know that this was a police brigade, just looking at their configuration, you would think it was an elite Japanese army unit.

After all, even the general puppet army didn't have over 40 vehicles. The Japanese army trusted the puppet police more than the puppet army. Because of this, the number of puppet police deployed by the Japanese army in Northeast China and North China was astonishing, totaling to .

Among them are even armed forces such as the police brigade.

Same as the local police force.

"How about it?"

“Section Chief Kimura, the Eighth Route Army has already conquered Human Circle No. 47. When we arrived, we found them evacuating their troops.

"Everyone ran away?"

"No. They just evacuated. We still have time."

"How many of them are there?"

“More than 200 people.”

"Yo, everyone, speed up and wipe out this group of Eighth Route Army guerrillas." Kimura Mitsuaki was very happy.

He had come to Xinglong County to establish himself. As the head of the Special High Technology Section, he held considerable power. He could mobilize the local puppet police wherever he went in Rehe. If Xinglong hadn't been somewhat unstable, he wouldn't have come from Chengde to Xinglong. This time, he had wiped out over 200 Eighth Route Army guerrillas, a feat he had accomplished, a record. The troops quickly picked up speed and pursued the Second Special Regiment.

"I'm coming."

Cheng Shihua led the 11th and 12th Regiments to ambush on both sides of the road.

Originally, Cheng Shihua had planned to ambush the puppet police force just after they left the county town. However, after some reconnaissance, he abandoned the idea. They had been mass-produced, gathering civilians in large numbers along the highways and forming large groups in any open areas. Consequently, despite searching extensively, they couldn't find a suitable ambush site.

So they simply set the ambush location at the place where the Special Second Regiment was attacking the group tribe.

Motorcycles, armored cars, trucks, about a kilometer long.

They are very fast.

Kimura Mitsuaki must catch up with the Special Second Group.