Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

As a result, the puppet police here completed their tasks by "killing innocent people to claim credit." They arrested ordinary people and accused them of being anti-Japanese elements. Under such circumstances, what kind of combat effectiveness could those puppet police have?

It was precisely because the puppet police lacked any fighting power, let alone vigilance, that Yan Rui and his companions were able to escape. It wasn't just Yan Rui and his companions; starting in 1943, the number of "special workers" escaping increased. According to later statistics, over 3000 "special workers" in Fuxin ultimately escaped.

You can imagine how poor the defense here is.

Basically, as long as you run away from the mining area, the security team and the police will just do a simple search and leave you alone if they can't find anything.

For the mining guards and police, life was easy. Following the Japanese army, they acted like powerful local officials, bullying the locals. As for being asked to hunt down the escaped "special workers," they weren't foolish enough. Those "special workers" who dared to flee were desperate. Some even stole guns and fled, and chasing them down could cost them their lives.

They don't do that kind of life-threatening things.

Sun Jiahe took his men to the security team dormitory, but there was not even a guard on duty.

In fact, there was a guard post.

But when winter arrived, it was incredibly cold outside. Even wearing winter clothes was useless; you'd still freeze to death. So, everyone stayed in their dormitories, unwilling to come out.

Sun Jiahe and his men quietly entered the guards' quarters. The warm room made them sleep soundly. Even when Sun Jiahe searched their guns and took them away, no one noticed. Only after he tied them up with ropes did the guards wake up.

But looking at the black muzzle of the gun and the bayonet next to it, they were tied up obediently.

"Comrade Yan Rui."

"Comrade Yan Rui."

After the troops eliminated the mining area guard team, they entered the Xinqiu mining area.

Many people were surprised to see Yan Rui and greeted him. Yan Rui also greeted them. While greeting them, he asked, "Where are Comrade Li Zhenjun, Comrade Zhao Songtao and others?

"After the uprising failed, they were all imprisoned in a workers' guidance center. Comrades Liu Gui and Cui Suyuan were also killed by the Japanese military police. Later, I heard that Comrades Li Zhenjun and Zhao Songtao were moved to the Gaode Coal Mine."

"I understand. You should quickly organize yourselves into squads according to the squads we previously established. I'm bringing our Jin-Cha-Ji troops here, and everyone should follow the troops."

"Jin-Cha-Ji troops?"

Many people were very shocked.

Many of the "special workers" currently being apprehended in Fuxin were from the Jin-Cha-Ji and Shandong Military Regions. Therefore, upon hearing about the Jin-Cha-Ji troops, many were excited, as they were an established unit.

"Correct."

"Okay, let's get organized right away."

What is the strongest thing about the Eighth Route Army?

That's the strong Party organization. Even though we were prisoners, even though we were forced to dig coal here, as long as there were Party members, we could form Party groups and Party branches. And there was already a Party branch at the Xinqiu Coal Mine.

Although Li Zhenjun, Zhao Songtao and others were relocated to other mining areas and Liu Gui, Cui Suyuan and others died, the "special workers" at Xinqiu Coal Mine are still organized and disciplined.

Quickly divide the classes according to the situation previously determined by the Party branch.

This squad wasn't a single unit in the military, but rather a series of small groups of "special workers" from the mining area. Each squad consisted of about a hundred people. By the time Sun Jiahe arrived, the "special workers" in Xinqiu had already been divided into their own squads. Each squad had a squad leader and a deputy squad leader.

After all, most of them are from military backgrounds.

Discipline and order have been ingrained into the bones.

Of course, among the "special workers" there were also some Kuomintang prisoners of war and civilians from the base area. But they also strictly followed the rules, and no one made a fuss at this time. Sun Jiahe came over and saw the situation with great satisfaction.

If these workers were disorderly, that would be a big problem.

"Captain Sun, all 877 special workers from Xinqiu Coal Mine have arrived, including 24 seriously injured. There are also 182 local workers from Xinqiu Coal Mine who are willing to evacuate with us."

"Comrade Yan Rui, select 150 healthy men from among these people, form a company, and give them guns.

This time, the mining area guard team was defeated and more than 240 people were captured.

175 Type 13 rifles, 2 pistols and light machine guns were seized.

Since the weapons were captured, of course, the troops needed to be armed. These people were veterans before they were captured, and they could fight as long as they were given guns.

"Yes. But Captain Sun, many of those who participated in the riot were arrested and taken to the Gaode Coal Mine. The Gaode mining area is only ten miles away from us."

"Are there also a large number of 'special workers' in the Gaode mining area?"

"There are far more than here. Especially since Gaode Mining Area and Taiping Mining Area are in the same place, the two mining areas are the largest mining areas in Fuxin." The number of special workers is also several times that of here.

"Okay. Choose someone to take charge of these people and organize them to gather food, including whatever they can use. Those with guns, leave 100 men behind to watch over the mine. No one here is allowed to leave until we capture the Gaode Coal Mine. Our whereabouts this time must not be leaked. Also, send someone to contact the train workers here to see if there are any trains available."

"Yes.

"Oh, and one more thing. I've already tied up the guards. Send someone in to check. If there's anyone with a blood debt, drag them out and chop them to death.

There was no time to interrogate the guards.

So, let's just use the simplest method. That is, let everyone go and see those guards. If there are any blood debts, there's nothing to say, just drag them out and chop them to death. Punish the evil and promote the good. Only by severely suppressing those traitors who have done evil will they be afraid to act rashly in the future.

Chapter 507: Powerful Party Organization

Just as Sun Jiahe was preparing to take over the Gaode Mining Area overnight, the "October Special Branch" in the Gaode Mining Area was also holding a meeting.

The Gaode Mining District already had a Party branch, the Gaode Saibei Party Branch. Later, those involved in the Xinqiu uprising arrived in the Gaode Mining District and organized themselves to form a new Party branch. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the October Revolution, they established the "October Special Workers' Party Branch," or "October Special Branch" for short.

Li Zhenjun served as the Party Secretary of the October Special Branch, Li Mangui as the Propaganda Committee Member, and Zhang Hongen, the former Party Secretary of Gaode Saibei, served as the Organization Committee Member. However, the successful establishment of these two Party branches was also related to their comrades-in-arms relationship.

Zhang Hongen, former Party Secretary of the Gaode Saibei branch, was also a cadre in the Third Anti-Japanese Regiment and captain of its radio station. During the Ji'nan Military Region's counter-mopping-up campaign, the Third Anti-Japanese Regiment fought many fierce battles against the Japanese. Pursued by the Japanese, the regiment suffered heavy casualties, including numerous prisoners.

Since they all came from the same unit, they were very familiar with each other.

Therefore, the October Special Branch was quickly established. The first group to join the branch numbered over twenty Party members. Due to the strict security, they initially hesitated to make any major moves. But within a month, they had contacted all Party members in the mining area and joined the October Special Branch.

Then they began to organize these "special workers" to slack off.

Either the machine is broken or the means of transportation is broken.

But their purpose was not to slack off here, but to escape from here. So they usually discussed how to escape.

"The failure of the Xiacaiyuanzi riot was due to our poorly planned strategy and our inadequate understanding of the enemy's defenses. However, this riot also revealed the enemy's weakness. They may appear numerous, but their fighting capacity is poor, and they won't fight to the death. So many of them held guns, but they were afraid of cold weapons like our kitchen knives and didn't dare approach us. This shows that these puppet police officers have very poor fighting capacity. This gives us an opportunity."

Previously, Xinqiu Party Branch Secretary Li Zhenjun summarized the failure of the previous riot.

Discuss the action plan again.

Li Mangui nodded, agreeing with Li Zhenjun's analysis. He continued, "I've carefully studied the enemy's defenses. A large-scale riot on our part isn't a good idea. Their defenses won't allow our main force to escape. While their combat effectiveness is low, they possess a significant number of light machine guns, posing a significant threat to us."

So my idea was to organize a dozen or even dozens of people to escape each time. Judging from the fake police's behavior, once we escape, even if they chase us, they won't chase us too hard.

"That's a good idea. We can just run off with a dozen or so people at a time. If there are fewer people, the fake police won't pay much attention. We can just escape in batches. I don't think the fake police allow the captain to take people out to buy necessary supplies every once in a while. We can use this opportunity to make some fake documents, take more people out at once, and then never come back."

Several people were considering various options.

Suddenly someone kept knocking on the door.

So they immediately pretended to be asleep, because this was a signal. Although they were holding a meeting at night, they couldn't be discovered by the fake police. But soon the knock on the door sounded again, saying: "Zhenjun, Zhenjun, I am Yan Rui.

Li Zhenjun was very shocked.

Stand up immediately.

The two were not only old comrades in the Third Special Regiment, but also worked in the Propaganda Department in their early years. At the time, Li Zhenjun was the Section Chief, and Yan Rui was the Propaganda Committee Member. Later, after Li Zhenjun left the Propaganda Department, Yan Rui became the Propaganda Section Chief. Furthermore, both were graduates of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, staying at the Second Branch School after graduation. Later, they went to the Hebei-Central Military Region together to form the Third Anti-Japanese Military and Political Regiment.

So Li Zhenjun could clearly hear his voice.

Li Zhenjun was very surprised.

At that time, Li Zhenjun saw Yan Rui and other comrades rushing out together. Could they have been captured by the Japanese puppet troops? So he immediately went out to open the door and saw Yan Rui standing at the door. He looked around and saw no other Japanese puppet troops except for one person following him.

Yan Rui was overjoyed to see Li Zhenjun. He went forward and hugged Li Zhenjun, saying, "You are still alive. It's good to be alive. It's good to be alive."

Rui was really happy.

The two were classmates and old comrades-in-arms. Li Zhenjun and his companions hadn't escaped and were caught by the Japanese. He had always worried that Li Zhenjun would be killed by the Japanese. Now that he saw a living person, Yan Rui couldn't hide his excitement.

"Yan Rui, why are you back? Were you caught by them?"

"No, no. We escaped and were spotted by local militia in Chifeng, where we were captured. Later, I learned that our troops were already active in the Chifeng area. They were from the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region. They were the former 16th Column. I mentioned this to the leadership of the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region, and they agreed to send troops to raid Fuxin. Let me introduce you to Comrade Sun Jiahe, Commander of the th Regiment of the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region. Commander Sun, this is Comrade Li Zhenjun I mentioned to you."

They are all cadres of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.

When it comes to the Eight Columns, everyone knows them.

"Comrade Li Zhenjun, you have fought bravely in prison. Please accept my respect.

Sun Jiahe saluted Li Zhenjun and others.

Li Zhenjun immediately returned the salute and said, "Captain Sun, this is as it should be. What are you doing now?"

"We've already dealt with the mining security team outside. So we came to find you."

"Have you dealt with the mine security team?"

"Yes. Comrade Li Zhenjun, now hurry up and organize the people. We still have to deal with the Taiping mining area.

Li Zhenjun was overjoyed.

He didn't expect that they were just discussing how to escape.

Now their own troops had arrived here, so they immediately started calling people to wake everyone up.

Sun Jiahe has been a member of the Eighth Route Army for five years and a member of the Party for more than four years.

Considered an old party member.

But I am still surprised by the strength of the party organization.

Every time he saw Party members leading the charge in the army, he felt that no one could defeat the Eighth Route Army, because the Eighth Route Army was completely different from the warlord armies he had experienced.

He had been in the Northwest Army for many years and had fought in so many battles, but he didn't know why he was fighting.

At first, his family was too poor, so he planned to join the army to make a living. Later, he wanted to get promoted, make money, and bring honor to his family.

But after fighting for so long, Sun Jiahe felt exhausted. He simply didn't know why they were fighting. This wasn't just the case with the Northwest Army; every one of the Central Army, Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, and Northeast Army he had seen was like this.

But since joining the Eighth Route Army, Sun Jiahe found that he clearly understood why they were fighting.

In the Eighth Route Army, not just the troops themselves, but even the soldiers themselves attended classes whenever they had free time. Learning was highly valued by everyone in the Eighth Route Army. Even illiterate soldiers learned to read and write in the army, where they learned more about life.

Many illiterate soldiers learned about China's vastness and its current situation while in the army. They also learned about foreign affairs. It's fair to say that after joining the Eighth Route Army, the perspective and perspective of peasants of that era were instantly transformed. They learned so much in the army.

In this respect alone, no other warlord army could match them. Not only the warlords, but even Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army couldn't compare to them. Don't ever think the Eighth Route Army is all serious business, like they're not allowed to do this or that.

But it’s not at all.

The Eighth Route Army was incredibly active. Soldiers who had never even seen a warship were still discussing the superiority of aircraft carriers or battleships. It might seem funny, but it's all true.

Of course, the most discussed topic among the Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers was what the future of New China would look like. Everyone was enjoying the future of New China and what the Communist Party of China would be like.

He could hear everyone's expectations for the future every day in the Eighth Route Army. Even someone like Sun Jiahe, who had little education, gradually understood where China's current problems lay.