Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

The main force of the Kwantung Army was on guard against the Soviet Army. Therefore, the main force was on the border, mainly in Heilongjiang and northern Inner Mongolia, because this was the first line of defense against the Soviet Army.

In other words, 70% to 80% of the Kwantung Army’s troops are here.

The remaining Kwantung Army troops were mainly stationed in some important cities, such as Changchun, Shenyang, Dalian, and Andong.

As for other places, the Japanese and puppet troops were very relieved because they had a very complete police system in those places.

There are three to four thousand fake police officers in Fuxin alone.

How many fake police officers are there in the entire Northeast?

There should be about 100,000 people.

With so many puppet police, Japan was certainly confident about public security in many parts of Northeast China. Especially after the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces retreated to the Soviet Union, there was no need to worry about public security in Northeast China. After all, there were so many police to maintain local order.

Chapter 504: Fuxin Strategy

“How good are the combat effectiveness of those police officers?”

"I didn't see any fighting power. The anti-Japanese guerrilla forces in Fuxin haven't been active in the area for a long time, or it can be said that there hasn't been a war in Fuxin for five or six years. So the local police were not very vigilant and had no training. When we escaped from the coal mine, we were discovered by these puppet police, and they immediately opened fire to stop us from escaping. But their shooting skills were very poor. If we hadn't had light machine guns in their hands, most of us would have been able to run away. After escaping from the coal mine, these puppet police organized people to chase us. But when we saw the puppet police, after running for more than 20 minutes, there were only a few puppet police who could catch up. It was obvious that they didn't train at all and had very poor physical strength. Many of us were in poor health from mining, but even so, they couldn't catch up with us. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to rush out with 60 people, and I brought more than 20 people to avoid those puppet police. We walked all the way along the mountain path, and those puppet police had no intention of going up the mountain to search for us.

Wei Hongjun nodded.

Agree with Yan Rui.

This is actually quite normal. It wasn't just the puppet police who were experiencing this situation; the base areas also had this problem. For example, Sheng County hadn't been raided by the Japanese puppet army for a long time, so the local government there also had many problems.

If the Japanese army sent a troop to raid Sheng County, Sheng County would also suffer heavy losses.

Because there is not much vigilance.

After 1940, the situation for the Anti-Japanese United Army in Northeast China was extremely dire. In other words, since 1938, the Anti-Japanese United Army's area of ​​activity had shrunk significantly. By 1942, most of the Northeast China was deserted, with the remaining main forces having retreated to the Soviet Union. The anti-Japanese war in Northeast China reached a low point. In some places, there was no news of the Anti-Japanese United Army for four or five years.

Under these circumstances, it was inevitable that the police in many cities in Northeast China would lose their vigilance and even gradually lose their combat effectiveness. The Kwantung Army did not expect these pseudo-police to fight. They needed them to maintain local order and manage the ordinary people. Such pseudo-police did not need any combat effectiveness.

Just look at the decline in the combat effectiveness of the puppet Manchukuo army.

When they were fighting against the Anti-Japanese United Army, the puppet Manchukuo army still had a certain fighting capacity, and police forces from all over the country also participated in the fight against the Anti-Japanese United Army.

But after the Anti-Japanese United Army disappeared, the lives of these puppet Manchukuo troops and Northeast police became increasingly stable.

How could it still be able to fight?

Wei Hongjun thought for a moment and asked, "How many 'special workers' are there in Fuxin?"

"I don't know the exact number, but our group that was taken to Fuxin numbered over 800. I heard the Fuxin coal mine started accepting 'special workers' last January. We're the seventh or eighth batch, I'm not sure."

Wei Hongjun nodded.

By this calculation, there are at least 5,000 to 6,000 of these so-called "special workers" in Fuxin. Of course, what Wei Hongjun didn't know is that there are currently more than 9,000 such "special workers" in Fuxin.

After the outbreak of the Pacific War, Japan's demand for coal increased exponentially.

Japan needed coal and coal miners, so the Japanese army began to use prisoners of war from the Chinese battlefield on a large scale. Originally, many prisoners were the focus of Japanese prisons and were the focus of special guards. But now Japan was short of manpower, so even these "special workers" were used to mine.

Fuxin is an important coal mining base in Northeast China, so there are more than 9,000 "special workers" coming here.

Wei Hongjun was thinking.

There was always something, but Wei Hongjun didn't fully grasp it.

"Comrade Yan Rui, you should have a good rest first. Director Han, let them all have a good rest. Give them a bath, apply medicine to them, and change them into clean clothes."

"it is good."

Seeing Wei Hongjun about to leave, Yan Rui immediately said, "Commander, can I ask a question?

"Comrade Yan Rui, go ahead."

"I'd like to ask what the newly established Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region is? Is our Third Anti-Japanese Regiment still there?"

Yan Rui asked his old unit.

The Anti-Japanese Third Regiment was the Third Regiment of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. After the July 7 Incident, the Eighth Route Army expanded behind enemy lines and needed a large number of cadres. The original model of training cadres at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University in Yan'an was no longer suitable for the needs of the war. Therefore, the Central Committee decided to establish branch campuses in various military regions. The Jin-Cha-Ji region became the Second Branch of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. The Central Hebei Military Region operated a school based on the model of the Anti-Japanese Third Regiment.

Why is the Anti-Third Regiment so famous?

After the Third Anti-Japanese Regiment was established, it trained cadres for a year while fighting, and within two years, it provided more than 4000 grassroots cadres to the Yizhong Military Region. When fighting, the Third Anti-Japanese Regiment was a main force, and when not fighting, it was a school.

Han Weiguo replied, "The Jin-Cha-Ji Branch Bureau, in accordance with the opinions of the Central Committee and the Headquarters, has established six second-level military regions. They are the Yanbei Military Region, the Ji-Zhong Military Region, the Ji-Lu Military Region, the Cha-Sui Military Region, the Ji-Re-Cha Military Region, and the Ji-Re-Liao Military Region. Your Third Anti-Japanese Regiment is currently in the Ji-Zhong Military Region. The Ji-Zhong Military Region was formed by the merger of the former Jin-Cha-Ji First, Ji-Zhong Eighth, and Ninth Sub-Districts."

"Commander, do I need to go to the Jizhong Military Region?"

"Once your identity is confirmed, you will return to the Anti-Third Regiment. As for what's going on over there, we can't say anything."

In Yan Rui's situation, he definitely cannot return to the army directly.

He must undergo several months of review by the Political Department, primarily examining his prison situation. After the review is complete, he will be assigned a job, but there will also be a probationary period. Only after this probationary period is the review complete.

The Eighth Route Army's procedures were very complicated and strict.

This is not any different treatment for these cadres who returned from the enemy camp.

But this procedure applies to everyone, and unless you have solid evidence to prove that you are fine, you have to go through this process.

Furthermore, the establishment of these procedures has been tested through bloodshed, a perfected order honed through years of struggle. In the past, some units failed to carefully examine these individuals, resulting in traitors among them, who then led the Japanese and puppet troops into the area. Therefore, the Eighth Route Army paid close attention to this aspect.

He is a cadre of the Third Anti-Japanese Regiment and will be reviewed by the Political Department of the Hebei-Central Military Region.

Yan Rui said: "Chief, can I postpone my return?"

“This is not something we decide.”

Yan Rui was a cadre of the Third Anti-Japanese Regiment, which was now under the jurisdiction of the Central Hebei Military Region. Therefore, his investigation was also the responsibility of the Central Hebei Military Region, not the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region.

It is impossible for the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region to detain such cadres at will.

If the cadre had been delayed by other matters, Wei Hongjun might have intercepted him without hesitation. But this cadre had returned from the Japanese war zone and Japanese prison, so Wei Hongjun didn't dare to touch him.

What would happen to his files? What would happen to his revolutionary history? If we arbitrarily withhold the information of other cadres, especially those with such problems, wouldn't that just be chaos? Who would be held responsible for any problems that arise in the future?

"Chief, I would like to request a suspension of my investigation."

Yan Rui looked at Wei Hongjun.

Wei Hongjun looked at Yan Rui and asked, "Since you are the head of the propaganda section of the Anti-Japanese Third Regiment, you should know the discipline of the Party and the army better than anyone else.

"Yes."

"So you want us to break the rules?"

"Commander, I'm not trying to excuse myself. I'm trying to say that when I escaped from Fuxin this time, I was planning to cross Rehe, pass through Chahar, and return to Fuping. However, I didn't expect to be discovered by the militia upon entering Chifeng. This means that the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region has already established a base in this area. I've memorized the route from Fuxin to Chifeng, and if I were to walk it again, I'd definitely be able to find it. I hope the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region can send a capable force to accompany me back to Fuxin.

There are many captured Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers in Fuxin, and they are all fighting resolutely against the Japanese and puppet troops."

Yan Ruiyuan asked Wei Hongjun for help.

Of the 290 or so people who organized the riot, only about 14 emerged. Later, everyone dispersed and broke out, and in the end, only people followed him here. He didn't know what had become of his comrades.

So when he knew that he had encountered troops from the Jirecha Military Region, and that the Jirecha Military Region had even expanded to the area east of Chifeng, he immediately had a new idea.

"You mean, let's send troops to raid Fuxin."

"Yes, Commander. The puppet police in Fuxin are very incompetent and are even unwilling to search the mountains. This isn't just the case in Fuxin; the situation in the surrounding counties is similar. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to escape."

If we dispatch a crack unit to the mining area under cover of darkness, we can quickly wipe out the surrounding mine security forces. "The special workers are all captured Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army officers and soldiers, and they're perfectly capable of taking up arms and joining the fight. If we simply wipe out the Fuxin police force, we'll have thousands of guns. With so many, we can form a full-scale combat force. We'll then blow up the railways and roads surrounding Fuxin, and the troops can then evacuate Fuxin into the mountains, retreating along the mountain roads to Chifeng."

Wei Hongjun didn't expect Yan Rui to have such an idea.

But Wei Hongjun was genuinely tempted. He had suddenly formed a clear plan for what had previously eluded him. If he could truly launch a surprise attack on Fuxin and rescue the captured Eighth Route Army, New Fourth Army, and Nationalist troops, he could recruit thousands of battle-hardened troops to join the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region. And he could overthrow the entire city of Fuxin.

But Wei Hongjun was not without worries.

Can Yan Rui be trusted?

What if he was sent by the Japanese? What if he surrendered in prison and came here to lure me?

Wei Hongjun was in a dilemma for a moment.

So he said, "Comrade Yan Rui, you should have a good rest and take care of your health. I need to go back and think about what you said.

After coming out, Wei Hongjun has been unable to make a decision.

After thinking for a while, he asked, "Director Han, go ask the others. See if they really escaped from prison. See if there are any loopholes."

"Commissar, what do you mean?"

"What Yan Rui said makes sense. If what Yan Rui said is true, then this is indeed a good opportunity for a surprise attack. If we can rescue thousands of our comrades in Fuxin, it will be a good thing in every way. They are all good comrades who persist in their beliefs in difficult circumstances.

I am just a little worried that Yan Rui might be lying to us?

But it’s worth the risk.”

Chapter 505 Decision

Party Committee of the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region.

What was discussed was the possibility of sending people to raid Fuxin.

"I asked other people separately. Judging from the current situation, what Comrade Yan Rui said should be true.

It was not easy for Han Weiguo to come to this conclusion.

Han Weiguo understood that if his conclusion was wrong, it would likely lead to a major incident. Han Weiguo, the director of the political department, would then be held responsible. However, after careful questioning, Han Weiguo still came to the conclusion that what Yan Rui said was probably true.

Han Weiguo's conclusion is the basis.

With this foundation, the following discussion can be carried out.

Xu Luomin said, "From a military perspective, there's a chance for a surprise attack. If it's true as these comrades say, then many areas in Northeast China aren't garrisoned by regular Japanese and puppet troops, and instead are largely maintained by puppet police. Furthermore, the Manchukuo police are lax in their defenses in the Northeast. As long as we send out a small, elite team to evade the puppet police, we can truly achieve the goal of a surprise attack, rescue the captured coal mine personnel, and distribute weapons to them."

As long as the troops are not in disarray, we can completely annihilate the police in the Fuxin area."

"Where's Chaoyang?"

"We can send out two troops. One elite detachment will raid Fuxin, while the other will lie in wait. After the fighting in Fuxin begins, the other lurking detachment will raid Chaoyang and wipe out the puppet police there. Then, they will wreak havoc on the surrounding railways and roads while the troops retreat into the mountains. Our main force will then block the Japanese and puppet troops in Rehe, and we'll be able to bring them back."

It is not easy to raid Chaoyang and Fuxin.

After all, the distance is there.

It's over 300 miles to Chaoyang, and over 500 miles to Fuxin. There are many mountains in between, and if the Japanese and puppet troops find a good pass to block it, it will be difficult for the troops to return. But the Eighth Route Army currently has the advantage.

That is, around Chifeng, the troops of the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region currently have the advantage.

We can block the Japanese and puppet troops here.

Wang Qiuyun nodded and said, "If what those comrades said is true, then this battle can really be fought.