Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Umezu Michijiro was already very dissatisfied with Kusaba Tatsu. The defense forces currently had six garrisons under their command, and they could also mobilize the puppet Manchukuo army and local police forces, so they had quite a few troops at their disposal.

There were indeed 100,000 men. The six garrisons alone numbered over 30,000.

Furthermore, Umezu Michijiro also agreed to the formation of five independent guard corps for the defense forces. Once these five independent guard corps were established, the total would be approximately 25000 men. Furthermore, the 29th Division was currently stationed in Rehe.

Although the 29th Division was previously severely damaged, it has been replenishing new soldiers recently.

If the 29th Division is included, the number of Japanese troops that the defense forces can currently control is close to 70000. However, the defense forces performed poorly. Not only did they have poor results in cooperating with the North China Front Army to sweep the Yidong Eighth Route Army, but the battle in Rehe turned into a mess.

The Defense Force has so many troops in Rehe that it looks outnumbered.

But the situation is very bad.

why?

There was no food. They had previously organized a group tribe and captured nearly two million people. These people worked every day, but the food they produced could not be eaten by themselves, so they had to give it to the Japanese and puppet troops. Their daily food was determined by the Japanese and puppet troops and distributed to them.

Most of the food for the Japanese and puppet troops in Rehe was grown by the people of these group tribes.

Now the Eighth Route Army crushed these groups and tribes, and then controlled the rural areas of Rehe, preventing the Japanese and puppet troops from getting too much food. Rehe was not a place with high grain production, and the Eighth Route Army forced the Japanese and puppet troops into the city, making them even more food-starved.

Look at this time again.

The Eighth Route Army even reached Chaoyang and Fuxin.

Although Chaoyang and Fuxin belong to Rehe, they are actually very close to the heart of Northeast China. They are not far from Shenyang and Changchun. Under such circumstances, how could Umezu Mijiro possibly be satisfied with Kusaba Tatsumi?

"Caochang-kun, your defense forces are allowing the Eighth Route Army to come and go freely. If that's the case, what use do I have for your defense forces?

Michijiro Umezu looked at the report and saw that Onitake Goichi was hit. He was so angry that he threw the report to the ground.

He didn't give any face to Lieutenant General Kusaba Tatsumi at all.

Cao Changchen immediately said, "Your Excellency, Commander, this is my mistake. I misjudged the strength of the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army has become a force to be reckoned with in Rehe and eastern Hebei. If we don't send troops to suppress them, the passage between us and North China will be completely closed. Although the North China Front Army is now reorganizing its troops on a large scale, adding some new divisions and recruiting a large number of new soldiers, its combat effectiveness has seriously declined. This is an undeniable fact. The North China Front Army has no way to deal with the Eighth Route Army in North China, let alone stabilize the situation in North China. We must send troops to support the North China Front Army."

They are all senior generals of the Japanese army.

Everyone is familiar with the current situation of the Japanese army. After the July 7 Incident, the Japanese army urgently expanded its forces and established many special divisions. However, the performance of these special divisions disappointed the Japanese army.

The most typical example is the 106th Division.

The 106th Division was hastily formed, although it was based on the th Division and recruited from the reserve and reserve forces. The troops were composed of some retired officers and soldiers of the th Division, as well as the reserve officers and soldiers of the th Division.

It should look very powerful.

After all, the troops were either retired officers or reservists who had received several years of training. However, after being hastily formed, the unit was deployed to the Battle of Wuhan without much training. As a result, they performed very poorly in the battle, with poor offense, poor defense, and nothing else.

Even when they reached Wanjialing, almost the entire army was wiped out.

But to be honest, no matter how weak the Special Corps' combat effectiveness is, their officers and soldiers are all experienced and trained. Compared with the Special Corps, have the new recruits currently recruited by the North China Front Army received any training?

Its combat effectiveness is two or three levels lower than that of the 106th Division back then.

The North China Front Army is currently undergoing such a large-scale reorganization and replenishing new soldiers. It can be said that after this round of replenishment, the combat effectiveness of the North China Front Army has dropped by at least half compared to a year ago.

A year ago, the North China Front Army couldn't even deal with the Eighth Route Army in North China, let alone now.

Umezu Mijiro rubbed his forehead.

He really has a headache.

The headquarters' orders were inconsistent. One moment, they were told to prepare to march into the Soviet Union and conduct military exercises along the border. Another moment, they were told to defend against Soviet surprise attacks and build fortifications. Then, they said troops were needed in the Pacific and asked them to prepare to send troops south.

Now Caochang Chenyi came to ask for soldiers again.

Seeing that Umezu Michijiro was somewhat unhappy, Kusaba Tatsumi quickly said, "You are aware, Commander. Our troops in Manchuria are mainly concentrated along the border. We do not have many troops elsewhere. They are mainly garrisons, military police, the Manchurian National Defense Army, and police forces. But the situation in Chaoyang and Fuxin this time is already very obvious. The Manchurian National Defense Army and police forces have no combat effectiveness at all. They are almost defeated at the first touch of the Eighth Route Army. If we do not quickly stabilize the situation in Jidong and Rehe, the Eighth Route Army there is likely to continue to send troops into Chaoyang, Fuxin and other places, and they will harass Shenyang in the future."

Umezu Mijiro actually took Kusaba Tatsumi's words to heart.

In fact, Umezu Michijiro was not very concerned about how the battle was going in the interior of the country. Because for generals of his level, the only way for the Japanese army to win this war was to win the Pacific War.

If the Pacific Theater had been won, the war in China would have been resolved. Chongqing's support lay in the United States. If Japan could have defeated the United States, it would have dealt a heavy blow to Chongqing's morale. But if the Pacific Theater had been lost, everything else would have been meaningless.

That is why Umezu Yoshijiro rejected the North China Front Army's request to withdraw troops from the Kwantung Army several times.

But what Kusaba Tatsumi said also made sense.

If the Eighth Route Army continued to develop in Rehe and Eastern Hebei, they would inevitably use Eastern Hebei and Rehe as a springboard to enter the Northeast. The Northeast was the territory of the Kwantung Army. Therefore, Umezu Michijiro looked at Kusaba Tatsumi and said, "So what do you mean?"

"Your Excellency, Commander, I request that the 71st Division be transferred to join our defense forces and sent to Rehe and East Hebei to wipe out the Eighth Route Army.

"71th Division?"

"Yes."

Umezu Mijiro did not agree immediately.

But thinking.

The 71st Division, like the 29th Division previously deployed to Rehe and Jidong, was a newly formed division and served as a reserve division of the Kwantung Army. It wasn't the Kwantung Army that was constantly expanding, but rather the Soviet army on the other side.

The Soviet Far Eastern Army had a slight reduction in numbers at the beginning of the Soviet-German War, but the number of troops continued to increase. Although the Soviet Union and Japan signed an armistice agreement, both countries knew that this was only a temporary situation.

Both sides want to kill their target.

That's why both sides deployed so many troops along the border. If one side showed a flaw, the other side would inevitably take action. That's why they expanded reserve divisions like the 29th and 71st Divisions.

Meizu Mijiro thought for a long time before saying, "Form an independent guard force and send it out as soon as possible. The 71st Division can be handed over to the defense forces, but you must keep the Eighth Route Army out of Manchuria. Do not allow them to enter Manchuria and develop."

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander."

Cao Changchen finally had an idea in his mind.

Although the 71st Division was a reserve division of the Kwantung Army, it was still much better than the independent guard unit he had formed. Kusanagi Tatsunobu didn't understand whether the independent guard unit he had formed was right or wrong.

The truth is that even Caochang Chen has no confidence in the so-called independent security force formed by the villagers of Northeast China.

Can you fight?

"Go ahead. If you can't stabilize the situation in Rehe, you'll have to quit as the commander of the defense forces.

"Hai."

Chapter 512 Screening

"On behalf of the Jirecha Military Region, I welcome you."

More than 11000 people.

This operation was a huge success.

A small force of less than 800 men traveled hundreds of miles, rescued more than 11000 people, and annihilated more than 5000 puppet police in Chaoyang and Fuping, and annihilated a pursuing Japanese expeditionary force of about 1500 men along the way.

Killed a Japanese major general.

The results were brilliant.

Of course, what makes us even more satisfied is that so many workers were rescued from Fuping.

In particular, the 9000 "special workers" among them, more than half of whom were captured Eighth Route Army troops. If they were organized casually, they would be a fighting force.

How could Wei Hongjun not be happy?

The military district had already made preparations, providing them with food and allowing them to rest. After all, they had been digging coal in the mines for a long time and their physical condition was not good. They needed to rest for a while.

In the evening, Wei Hongjun met with party members from different brigades' party branches.

"Everyone is very tired from the journey, but some things are better for everyone the sooner they are resolved. So I am meeting with you overnight, and I hope you can understand.

"Commander, we are Party members. If you have anything to say, you can tell us directly.

Li Zhenjun spoke.

Li Zhenjun was the battalion instructor of the Anti-Japanese Third Regiment, a battalion-level cadre. The Third Regiment was a special regiment, a branch of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University in the Hebei-Central Military Region, training grassroots cadres. Therefore, the cadre rank of the Third Regiment was generally half a level or one level higher than that of ordinary regiments.

Therefore, Li Zhenjun was considered a regimental-level cadre in Jin-Cha-Ji.

He was also the secretary of the October Special Branch, so he replied on behalf of the other party.

In fact, those present today were all leaders of the Party branches of various brigades. They were all Eighth Route Army cadres before being captured, so they all understood that they would be investigated upon their return. Wei Hongjun nodded and said, "Since all comrades think so, I will speak frankly. We are very happy that you have returned this time. I am even happier that you have brought so many people with you. This means that our anti-Japanese forces have become much stronger. However, I think everyone knows that the current anti-Japanese situation is still very serious. We must ensure that everyone entering the base area is our comrade, not a hidden spy sent by the enemy. Although I trust you, comrades, for the safety of the base area and for the innocence of your comrades, I need your brigade branches to assist our Political Department in the screening."

Wei Hongjun is really doing this for everyone's good.

If everyone had escaped on their own, they would have been subject to at least several months of investigation upon returning to the base. After the investigation, they would be assigned jobs and then undergo a probation period of several months. But now, everyone was rescued by troops from the Ji-Re-Cha Military Region, who also organized their forces to participate in the annihilation of the Fuxin puppet police and the ambush of the Japanese pursuit brigade.

These achievements alone have reduced their scrutiny significantly.

They had proven themselves through their performance on the battlefield. Especially for someone like Yan Rui, who had escaped earlier, if he were to return to his old unit, he wouldn't need much scrutiny. He'd only need to briefly explain what happened in prison.

Because of Yan Rui, so many comrades were rescued. For this contribution alone, it would be unreasonable not to give him a promotion.

But even if they have made contributions, proper review procedures are necessary.

why?

If you're an ordinary farmer, you might be able to get away with it when your history is reviewed. But if you're a government official, you must have a complete resume. If the historical archives are missing or vague, it will be problematic later. The older something is, the more difficult it becomes to investigate. It's better to clarify things immediately and organize the archives clearly. This shows a responsible attitude towards both the army and the individuals involved.

"Director Han, please tell me your specific requirements."

"it is good."

Han Weiguo continued, "I know that you are all members of the Party branch of each brigade. I need you to write down the information of your Party branch, including the information of the Party branch members, as well as the information of other comrades that the Party branch has contact with. Everyone must have other people's certificates to prove their identity. We don't want to delay too long, so we need you to sort out the information of all the comrades you know as soon as possible. We need to compare these aspects to confirm their identities.

This is why Wei Hongjun and Han Weiguo called these party branch members together overnight.

The identities of so many people must be confirmed as soon as possible.

How to confirm identity.

Of course, it was the testimony of those around them. Many of them had fought together. Each brigade was basically captured in the same battle, or in the same area. So they were familiar with each other.

This way they can prove each other.

It can not only prove their identities before they were captured, but also prove their situation after they were captured.

First, let these party branch members write down their own history, and then provide proof to other members. At the same time, these members provide identity verification for other party members recruited by the branch. Finally, these party branch members and party members provide proof to others.

This is proof of circulation and also proof of diffusion.

This way, we can quickly identify these people.

As for those who couldn't prove their identities, they had to look for proof from other military districts based on their own written histories. This was a complex matter, considering there were over 10,000 of them. Just compiling their files alone would require an immense amount of information.

But this must be done.

Because it is responsible for their history.

"Political Commissar Wei, Director Han, we understand what the two leaders mean. We will actively cooperate." Li Zhenjun understood what Wei Hongjun and Han Weiguo meant.