Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

"What does Captain Li think?

"Commander, Political Commissar, this stretch of road is mountainous and forested. Simply forcing them to retreat would be a waste. Can we find an opportunity to ambush them and eliminate their remaining forces? Although they are a battalion, they certainly won't be marching all together. Even if they are, we can cut off their communication and ambush one of the enemy groups."

I think what Captain Li said makes sense."

Zhang Dahu spoke.

Pointing on the map, he said, "Commander, Political Commissar, this section of road is about four kilometers long. The road condition is okay, but the road is narrow, so the troops can't move very fast. It's perfect for an ambush. We should strike a heavy blow to these Japanese troops before they enter Sheng County."

"Old Wei, what do you think?

I agree with this idea. Let's find a suitable ambush location and ambush the Japanese. Furthermore, the Japanese invasion of Sheng County this time will affect more than just our family. County Magistrate Feng maintains two regiments of the National Salvation Army, well-equipped and well-equipped. We can't just sit there and do nothing. Sheng County doesn't belong to us alone. If we join forces, we can mobilize at least two thousand men, and we can execute a medium-sized ambush.

"Well, Feng Anmin should contribute. He just received the Ge Xishan representatives with great fanfare and boasted so much. If the county town is taken over by the Japanese army without a fight, how will he survive in Ge Xishan in the future?

Not long ago, Feng Anmin received the representatives sent by Ge Xishan with great fanfare in the county town.

Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun didn't know what they discussed specifically. But from Feng Anmin's distraught expression afterwards, it was clear that Ge Xishan had definitely promised Feng Anmin something. How could Feng Anmin easily back down at this point?

"And Wu Qinghe's troops. His troops are very capable and fight bravely.

Wang Qiuyun spoke highly of Wu Qinghe's troops, praising them for being the remnants of the Northwest Army and their inherited fighting style. He praised their fierceness, a skill unmatched by ordinary troops. During the previous attack on Shengxian County, Wu Qinghe's troops had left a very positive impression on both Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun.

The troops are capable and dare to fight, but they are short of people.

"Wu Qinghe's troops are easy to talk about. As for Feng Anmin's side, I mean that we two families should sit down and talk about how we can cooperate to defend Sheng County this time.

Chapter 061 Talking about Cooperation

"Ah, I've heard of you two heroes for a long time, but today is the first time we meet. Nice to meet you.

Feng Anmin showed no sign of any friction between them before.

With a smile on his face, he warmly welcomed Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun.

Before the meeting, the two high-level officials had already briefed each other, exchanged intelligence, and discussed cooperation. The final meeting was to finalize the final battle plan. Feng Anmin was accompanied by three people, one of whom was Feng Wannian, an acquaintance of Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun.

The other two met for the first time.

But Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun knew them.

The underground party's intelligence work was quite good. Li Shiping had been working to restore the local party organization in Sheng County, finding members who had lost contact and recruiting members from among the former activists.

After the independent division sent more than 50 local cadres, local work in Sheng County was fully launched.

Therefore, Feng Anmin's intelligence also continuously came to Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun. One of these two people was Xiao Yongshun, the commander of the first regiment of the National Salvation Army, and the other was Cao Lei, the commander of the second regiment of the National Salvation Army.

Cao Lei, commander of the Second Regiment of the National Salvation Army, was once a battalion commander of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. The reinforced company of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army stationed in Sheng County was Cao Lei's subordinate.

Later, he took the remnants of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and accepted Feng Anmin's reorganization to become the Second Regiment of the National Salvation Army. As for Xiao Yongshun, he was once a company commander of the Northwest Army.

After the defeat of the Northwest Army in the Central Plains War, a large number of Northwest Army troops poured into Shanxi and were eventually reorganized by Zhang Xueliang. Xiao Yongshun fled to the Chahar region with a few people and became a local militia. After the Japanese invaded Shanxi, the Chahar region was flooded with deserters and local militias. Xiao Yongshun took this opportunity to recruit soldiers and quickly gathered a force of over a thousand people. He became a powerful local militia in the Chahar region.

Just happened to be noticed by Feng Anmin.

The two of them hit it off immediately.

Feng Anmin needs an armed force to gain a foothold, and Xiao Yongshun needs a formal identity and a formal number.

Xiao Yongshun also wanted to make a big career in such a big change. So Feng Anmin came to him, and Xiao Yongshun accepted Feng Anmin's reorganization without any hesitation and became the commander of the First Regiment of the National Salvation Army. Although Xiao Yongshun's troops expanded rapidly, they were all scattered and had poor weapons and equipment. After being reorganized into the First Regiment of the National Salvation Army, the weapons and equipment were greatly improved. After eliminating some old, weak, sick and disabled people, the army still had 700 to 800 people. Now Xiao Yongshun can be considered a strong army.

"County Magistrate Feng, nice to meet you.

"You two want to work with us to fight the Japanese ambush?

After sitting down, Feng Anmin asked.

Wei Hongjun nodded and said, "County Magistrate Feng, a battalion of the Japanese army, equipped with 500 puppet Manchukuo troops, is marching towards Sheng County with great momentum. In a head-on battle, even if all our troops in Sheng County were combined, we would still be no match for them. Therefore, the best approach is for our two families to cooperate, find a good location, ambush them, give them a sense of power, and simultaneously weaken their forces. I believe this will reduce our pressure."

“The risk is too great.

Feng Anmin frowned and said, "A battalion of Japanese troops. I heard it's the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade of the Chahar faction's remnants. They're Kwantung Army units, and their combat effectiveness is very strong. Isn't it too risky to ambush them?"

"So what does County Magistrate Feng mean?"

Wang Qiuyun was a little impatient.

The Japanese troops have assembled and are about to set off.

Although the road in the middle was difficult to travel, it was only two or three days' journey for the army. There was no time for nonsense now; the time to prepare quickly was right. Wang Qiuyun really didn't want to argue with these people.

But Feng Anmin had a force of about 1500 men, all well-armed, and it would be a waste not to use them. If the independent detachment were to ambush the Japanese army alone, how much success could they achieve? In other words, if they relied solely on the independent detachment to ambush the Japanese army, they would most likely lose the battle.

"I've heard your army's guerrilla warfare is very effective. Why don't you use guerrilla warfare to stop them?

"You. Wang Qiuyun is getting anxious and angry now.

Feng Anmin's words made Wang Qiuyun instantly furious.

Wei Hongjun pulled Wang Qiuyun and said with a smile, "Since County Magistrate Feng doesn't care, then let it be. Anyway, I believe that when the Japanese enter our Sheng County, their first target will definitely not be our independent detachment, but the National Salvation Army that has captured the county town. Besides, if we leave the county town alone, the Japanese will not come to our Songjiazhuang."

When the Japanese army entered Sheng County, everyone was anxious.

The independent detachment is not the only one that is anxious.

Hearing Wei Hongjun's words, Feng Anmin stopped smiling and said, "The independent detachment is well-known and famous. It is impossible for us, the National Salvation Army, to be the first target of the Japanese army.

"hehe.

Wei Hongjun smiled and said, "Old Wang, who captured this county?"

Wang Qiuyun came back to her senses.

He said directly: "The National Salvation Army."

"County Magistrate Feng has occupied the county town, and he still expects the Japanese army to cause trouble for our independent detachment first? The first thing the Japanese army will do when they arrive in Sheng County is to find the National Salvation Army that captured the county town. They will definitely attack the county town first. I heard that County Magistrate Feng just met with Commander Yan's people, and everyone is bragging about the deeds of County Magistrate Feng and the National Salvation Army. Maybe Commander Yan will give County Magistrate Feng a big medal soon. If the county town is lost at this time, I don't know what Commander Yan will think. Lao Wang, since County Magistrate Feng doesn't have this idea, let's go back. Be prepared for battle. County Magistrate Feng doesn't care about the Japanese army entering Sheng County, so what are we afraid of?

"it is good."

Seeing Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun stand up, Feng Anmin smiled again and said, "Gentlemen, what are you doing? Now is the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. We are all fighting under the leadership of the Inter-Services Command and the War Zone Command. We must be united with each other. But I am really worried. The Japanese army is a battalion plus 500 puppet Manchukuo troops. Can we ambush them?"

After Wang Qiuyun came back to his seat, he said, "County Magistrate Feng, one battalion of Japanese troops plus 500 puppet Manchukuo troops might seem like a large number. But they can't possibly march together. They have artillery and a large number of heavy troops that need to follow. The Japanese will definitely have a vanguard to clear the way for them, so the number won't be too large. We'll attack the Japanese vanguard first, and both sides will join forces to form the entire vanguard. This will also give the Japanese a warning."

"How? Where?

"This place is called Wild Bear Valley because hunters used to say wild bears were often seen there. This stretch of road is very long, a good four or five miles long, and it's a great place to set an ambush. When the time comes, our two families will each occupy one side, and as soon as the Japanese army enters the ambush site, we will strike them hard. As for the front and back, they will be left to our independent detachment, and we will definitely not let them escape. The Japanese army will be dispatched soon. We don't have time to delay now, we need to reorganize our troops and set up an ambush immediately."

Feng Anmin looked at the two regiment commanders under his command.

Xiao Yongshun and Cao Lei both nodded.

This battle can be fought.

As long as not a whole battalion entered the ambush circle, and only the vanguard of the Japanese army was attacked, there would be no problem. And what Wei Hongjun said before was right. They had just received praise from Yan Xishan, and there would be new rewards next.

If they were cowardly at this time and didn't dare to fight the Japanese army and lost the county, what would Wen Xishan think? Ge Xishan had just praised them, and they turned around and embarrassed Jian Xishan. Isn't this just asking for death?

However, if we fight a good battle, we can get more support from Ge Xishan.

"Okay, then let's unite and teach the Japanese a lesson.

Chapter 062: Wild Bear Valley Ambush

In this battle, almost all the independent detachment came out.

Only the new recruits camp was left in Sheng County.

The reason for leaving the new barracks behind was that the district governments for Districts 3, 4, and 5 had just been established. Furthermore, the Sheng County local government was currently promoting rent and interest reductions in Yangquan Town and Xiaquan Town, and was also preparing to establish district governments for Districts 8 and 9 in those towns.

However, the world is in chaos and there are many problems in the local situation.

Or rather, there are more bandits.

While the main force of the independent detachment went off to fight, Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun needed to leave their troops behind to guard the home and protect the Sheng County local government. Therefore, they left behind a barracks of new recruits. Although the barracks were filled with new recruits, they were all armed and had received preliminary military training.

Within Sheng County, when the National Salvation Army and Wu Qinghe's troops went out to fight together, no other military force could threaten them.

The current independent detachment is large in number.

More than 1500 people went into the attack, and together with Wu Qinghe's troops, there were about 1700 people in total.

"The Japanese vanguard is less than twenty miles away from us."

"how many people?"

"A Japanese squadron and a puppet Manchukuo battalion totaled about 500 men.

"Five hundred people?"

Everyone took a deep breath.

That’s a lot of people.

Wei Hongjun asked, "What weapons?

"The Japanese were a normal infantry squadron, but they had four heavy machine guns. The puppet Manchukuo's rifles all looked like Type 38 rifles, and they also had quite a few Type 99 rifles, as well as two heavy machine guns."

"The weapons and equipment are good."

“Where’s their main force?

"They're behind us. Their vanguard is moving very fast, but the main force is much slower. Preliminary estimates suggest the distance between the two sides is over forty miles."

"Forty miles, even a forced march would take two hours.

Wei Hongjun began to calculate the time.

Twenty kilometers isn't considered a very long distance when a large army is marching. But sometimes, this distance can be deadly. Just like this time, at twenty kilometers, Japanese reinforcements would need at least two hours. Normally, it would take more than three hours to actually reach the battlefield.

Therefore, Wei Hongjun said to Wang Qiuyun: "Old Wang, you can fight.

"drink.

"Send someone to notify Feng Anmin."

"it is good.

Wang Qiuyun began to deploy the tasks on the ground.

"The Second Battalion and the Special Forces Company are lying in wait on the mountain, participating in the ambush. I've already explained how to ambush you. Remember, this ambush must be a clean and decisive one. The Fire Company is also supporting you. Together with the National Salvation Army, we have over 3000 troops. No ammunition or grenades are needed. Kill one-third of the enemy immediately. This will make things much easier later."

"Yes."

"Captain Wu, I want you to set up a position in the front. If the Japanese are ambushed, they will likely rush forward regardless of the consequences. You must block them from the front and prevent them from escaping. Our independent detachment will support you with 100 grenades.

"no problem.

Wu Qinghe patted his chest and promised, "As long as I, Wu Qinghe, am here, I won't let a single devil escape. If one escapes, I'll be the only one held accountable after the battle.