Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

"Comrade Rong Zhen and his team stirred up a big stir in Yan'an right after they arrived."

"Yes."

The grand spectacle of the Jin-Cha-Ji troops entering Yan'an reached the ears of the central leadership. Although the Seventh Congress had not yet convened, changes within the Party were already evident. Comrade Wu Hao, who had returned from the Yangtze River Bureau, and Comrade Xiu Yang, who had returned to Yan'an from Central China, both began to work in the core areas of the Central Committee.

The central government has been under considerable pressure recently.

Because not long ago, the Communist International was declared dissolved.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, a voice suddenly emerged within and outside the Party, claiming that the Communist International had been dissolved and that the CCP no longer had any reason to exist. Although this voice had a limited impact on the CCP, it nonetheless had a very negative impact.

This kind of public opinion, combined with Hu Zongnan's troops' relentless advance, made it much more difficult for the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region to cope with it.

At this time, Marshal Nie led the three main regiments of Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei into Yan'an, which was a great support to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region.

"Many people from the Military Commission also went to see it. They all said that the troops sent by Jin-Cha-Ji this time were well-armed. They had rows of mortars, grenade launchers, and light and heavy machine guns. None of the troops from our Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region could compare to the Jin-Cha-Ji troops. Moreover, the troops were all elite, and their pace was spirited. According to Comrade Rong Zhen's report, the five main regiments they had drawn this time were each large, around 3000 men. With these troops, we would have more confidence in dealing with Hu Zongnan.

The commander-in-chief was very satisfied.

The Jin-Cha-Ji troops were highly combat-capable, and due to the rapid development of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, the main regiments were not significantly affected by the streamlining of the military and administrative system. Each of the main regiments in Jin-Cha-Ji consisted of 2500 to 3000 men.

Moreover, there are wars all year round, and there are no old, weak or sick people.

Their combat effectiveness is much stronger than the troops transferred back from the 120th Division before. It should be said that the five main regiments transferred by Jin Cha Yi this time are more powerful than the two main brigades of 120th Brigade and 358th Brigade transferred back from the 359th Division combined.

"Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei has seen very good development in the past two years."

The chairman was also very satisfied.

In particular, the Jin-Cha-Ji faction genuinely didn't fool the Central Committee. When they said they were going to withdraw five main regiments, they did. They even pulled back the main regiment, the former Red First Regiment.

The First Main Regiment is the top-notch main regiment in the entire Jin-Cha-Ji region.

There's a lot of criticism these days about the Jin-Cha-Ji region, especially about Marshal Nie's "factionalism," and also about the "factionalism" of Yang Quanwu, Jin-Cha-Ji's top general. Besides "factionalism," there's also "sectarianism." It's not easy for the Chairman to express his views casually. Once he does, it becomes difficult for those below him to do so. This is especially true when the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region was established, with its field forces consisting of only the 115th Division's Independent Regiment and a cavalry battalion. Therefore, the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region's current strength stems from the 115th Division's Independent Regiment. This is a legitimate faction of the First Red Division, and it happens to be the Chairman's closest faction. This makes it even more difficult for the Chairman to express his views.

But this time, Jin Cha Ji acted very respectfully.

The main force of the military region was actually mobilized.

"Old Mao, when will we hear Comrade Rong Zhen's work report?"

"Let him rest for two days. After he's rested, we'll listen to his report. Jin Chayi did a good job.

The Chairman was truly very satisfied with Jin-Cha-Ji.

During Wang Ming's return to China, he had been critical of Chairman Mao's mountain guerrilla warfare. Meanwhile, the Jin-Cha-Ji region had crushed the Japanese Eighth Route Army's siege behind enemy lines, achieving remarkable results. The troops established themselves in Jin-Cha-Ji and developed rapidly. This provided strong support for Chairman Mao's independent and vigorous mountain guerrilla warfare and the establishment of extensive bases behind enemy lines.

The subsequent development of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei further verified the Chairman's correctness step by step.

That is why Chairman Mao called Jin-Cha-Ji a "model base area"

Although he couldn't express his opinion directly, he still gave a relatively clear answer: that is, Nie Shuai did a good job in Jinchayi.

"Chairman, I heard that Comrade Wei Hongjun also came to Yan'an.

I'm really curious about him. When I was in Chongqing, his name was a household name. The Chongqing newspapers were full of praise for the Jin-Cha-Ji 8th Column.

Wu Hao was really curious about Wei Hongjun.

The 8th Column of the Jincha Wing was so famous that it had killed so many Japanese generals that even the Chongqing newspapers dared not ignore it.

"I mean, let him participate in the rectification movement of their Jinchayi Cadre Corps first. Then we can meet him."

"Yes, there's no rush."

Chapter 534: Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Cadre Rectification Conference

After Wei Hongjun arrived in Yan'an, he suddenly didn't know what he should do.

Because the staff who received Wei Hongjun asked Wei Hongjun to rest for a few days first.

However, the troops transferred from Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei were only briefly refitted before being quickly incorporated into the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Shanxi-Suiyuan Joint Defense Army. The Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Shanxi-Suiyuan Joint Defense Army Headquarters merged the five main regiments from Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei to form the Second Training Brigade of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Shanxi-Suiyuan Joint Defense Army.

This time, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei troops were withdrawn to guard against Hu Zongnan's relentless advance.

The Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Shanxi-Suiyuan Joint Defense Army headquarters overlapped with the 120th Division headquarters. General He knew that these frontline troops each had their own strongholds, each with its own powerful territories. Therefore, he had no intention of annexing the troops from Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and integrating them into the 120th Division. Although these troops were incorporated into the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Shanxi-Suiyuan Joint Defense Army, they did not interfere with the personnel of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei troops.

General He still handed over the personnel of the army to Jin-Cha-Ji. Even the cadre relationship of this army was still with Jin-Cha-Ji.

Of course, another reason is that General He and others are not clear about the central government’s future decisions.

Should this unit be completely incorporated into the 120th Division and become a unit of the 120th Division? Or should it be transferred back after this difficult period? Therefore, General He and his men did not want to cause any trouble due to the unit issue.

However, Marshal Nie is a person who considers every aspect carefully.

Since these five regiments had been transferred, he was unwilling to continue interfering. So he discussed this with General He and his colleagues, and ultimately came up with a plan. The plan appointed Comrade Luo Renfa as Commander and Political Commissar of the Second Training Brigade. Comrade Tao Laifeng, former Commander of the 1st Regiment, was appointed Deputy Political Commissar and Director of the Political Department of the Second Training Brigade. Comrade Song Zhiyuan, former Commander of the 35th Regiment, was appointed Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Second Training Brigade.

After resting for two days, Marshal Nie reported his work to the Central Committee.

Wei Hongjun received the order quickly.

Wei Hongjun entered the Central Party School to study.

Wei Hongjun had originally thought the Central Party School was a serious institution. After all, as a grassroots civil servant in his previous life, the Central Party School seemed unattainable to him. Only high-ranking Party officials could attend the Central Party School.

Wei Hongjun was very happy to come to Yan'an this time and be able to study at the Central Party School.

It wasn't until I enrolled at the Party School that I realized the atmosphere was truly wonderful. While there were regular teachers, central government leaders would occasionally come to teach. Even the Chairman would come to the Central Party School to give lectures every few days.

Moreover, the lectures are not stiff at all, but very vivid.

Wei Hongjun hadn't expected to meet so many central leaders at the Party School. Almost all of them would take time out to give lectures to the Party School students. Furthermore, those studying at the Party School were currently high-ranking Party cadres. Wei Hongjun, despite his relatively young experience, had been on the front lines since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War.

In fact, he is not familiar with many middle and senior cadres in the party.

But this time coming to the Party School really greatly expanded my network.

While studying at the Party School, Wei Hongjun also participated in the rectification movement of the cadre group of the Jin-Cha-Ji branch bureau. This was a rectification movement for cadres from Jin-Cha-Ji. There were many cadres from Jin-Cha-Ji currently in Yan'an.

Just like other cadre groups.

Everyone started by engaging in criticism and self-criticism.

Wei Hongjun is very low-key.

Although Nie Shuai and Luo Renfa had both secretly told Wei Hongjun before coming, the current Wei Hongjun was no longer the small battalion-level cadre in the Red Army. He was already the acting political commissar of the Jin-Cha-Ji Second Military Region.

But Wei Hongjun didn't dare to act arrogantly.

After all, this is Yan'an, where the central leadership gathers.

Furthermore, Wei Hongjun's lack of experience is a historical fact that no one can deny. In Yan'an today, many military cadres were once Wei Hongjun's leaders. Many were even his direct supervisors.

Wei Hongjun's rank was indeed high, but he knew that this made him an easy target. If he acted a little too high-profile, they would accuse him of being too proud.

So Wei Hongjun must keep a low profile.

Wei Hongjun didn't want to become everyone's target and be criticized by them every day.

However, after a few days of the rectification meeting, the situation slowly began to change, as many people directly criticized Yang Quanwu, the commander of the Yizhong Military Region, believing that he was "mountaintopism" and "sectarianism."

The cadres who criticized Yang Quanwu were all from the Jin-Cha-Ji region, and were from the Independent Regiment or the First Division. Most of them had worked with Yang Quanwu in those two divisions.

The conflict between them and Yang Quanwu has a long history.

Yang Quanwu was indeed a man of great influence in the Independent Regiment and the First Division. He was a true young man who achieved fame at a young age. At the age of seventeen, he became the regimental political commissar, and soon became the divisional political commissar, and the political commissar of the Red First Division.

Becoming famous at a young age also means being a bit youthful and frivolous.

Whether in the Independent Regiment or the First Division, he did not allow anyone to interfere with his work. Therefore, many of the cadres with similar qualifications and working with him had a bad relationship with Yang Quanwu.

Including Deng Guo, the current commander of the Ji-Re-Liaoning Military Region, and Huang Yong, the commander of the Ji-Lu Military Region, who also served as deputy commanders of the independent regiment under Yang Quanwu in the past. Their relationship was also very bad at that time.

That is to say, they are now all in Jin-Cha-Ji, and there is not much conflict of interest between them, so they are gradually not so aggressive. However, their personal relationship is relatively poor.

Xiao Feng, Yang Kun, and others currently in Yan'an all left Division 1 because of disagreements with Yang Quanwu. They had caused quite a bit of trouble in Jin-Cha-Ji back then, but thanks to Marshal Nie's mediation, no major incidents were caused.

But they were not satisfied with Yang Quanwu.

Now in Yan'an, a rectification meeting was held, and they directed all these criticisms at Yang Quanwu.

They believed that Yang Quanwu had absolute control over the Independent Regiment and the First Division, forgetting about inner-party democracy. Furthermore, he promoted cadres who were all from western Fujian, suppressing other cadres, a typical example of "mountaintopism."

Luo Renfa and Wei Hongjun, who attended the meeting, were both difficult to speak to.

Because the two individuals being criticized were the officials from western Fujian whom Yang Quanwu had favored, Wei Hongjun felt somewhat helpless towards his old leader, Yang Quanwu. Just look at how many people Yang Quanwu had offended. His popularity was truly terrible. That's why so many people had united to criticize Yang Quanwu.

Just like Xiao Feng, there were conflicts when the independent regiment was reorganized.

Because the Independent Regiment was so small at the time, it was directly led by the company during the reorganization, and the intermediate battalion-level organization was eliminated. Furthermore, during negotiations with Chiang Kai-shek, he opposed the establishment of a political commissar position in the Eighth Route Army. As a result, during the reorganization of the Eighth Route Army, a large number of its political cadres were unable to find work.

Before the reorganization, Xiao Feng was the political commissar of the Red Army Corps. After the formation of the Independent Regiment, he was supposed to be the battalion instructor. However, without a battalion-level organization, he and several company instructors left the unit without permission and went to the division headquarters to seek an explanation. This led to rumors of desertion. This incident severely damaged the morale of the Independent Regiment at the time. After all, with so many cadres rumored to have defected, what would the officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment think?

Because of this incident, Yang Quanwu and Xiao Feng had a big conflict at the time. Although Marshal Nie appeased Xiao Feng and Yang Quanwu, the two still had a bad relationship. After the Pingxi Detachment was established and took away the main force of the Third Regiment, Yang Quanwu quickly formed a new Third Regiment. Xiao Feng originally thought that he would be the regiment commander, but Yang Quanwu appointed Qiu Wei as the regiment commander and Xiao Feng as the political commissar.

Xiao Feng was very angry and started a quarrel with Yang Quanwu. Yang Quanwu was also in a bad mood and punished Xiao Feng directly. In the end, Xiao Feng was unwilling to work with Yang Quanwu, so he left the First Division and later came to Yan'an to study.

The same is true for Yang Kun.

He is actually one of Yang Quanwu's old subordinates.

In 1939, he was the Chief of Staff of the First Regiment. With both the regimental commander and deputy commander promoted, he initially assumed the position of regimental commander would be his. However, Yang Quanwu didn't make him the regimental commander. Instead, he was promoted to Chief of Staff of the First Detachment. At the time, the First Division was the First Detachment, and the detachment was a brigade-level unit. The position of Chief of Staff of the Detachment effectively served as Yang Quanwu's chief of staff. However, Yang Kun believed that Yang Quanwu's promotion was a demotion in reality; being a chief of staff was no match for being a regimental commander.

So he took about twenty people with him and decided to establish his own base.

However, this kind of unauthorized desertion was a very serious matter. Both the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and the Shanxi-Chahar Military Region were originally planning to execute him, but in the end, the Chairman spoke out. Because of his outstanding contributions during the Long March, he was simply expelled from the Party and allowed to return to Yan'an to study.

He didn't say much.

But he also expressed his dissatisfaction with Yang Quanwu, believing that the incident happened because Yang Quanwu suppressed him.

But these speeches were just complaints. After all, this was Yan'an, and they were cursing Yang Quanwu here just to vent their dissatisfaction. To put it bluntly, Yang Quanwu was fighting in Yi Zhong, thousands of miles away. He couldn't hear them cursing here. And to be honest, many people had led troops in battle for many years, and they were rough people themselves, without too many bad intentions. In the past, in Jin-Cha-Ji, Yang Quanwu was in a high position and had made great contributions. He also had the support of Marshal Nie of the military region, so they couldn't do anything. The final result was that they all left the First Division, stayed away from Yang Quanwu, and were unwilling to work with him. Now the rectification movement allows everyone to criticize and self-criticize, so some people want to curse a few times to vent their anger, that's all.

To say they had any malicious intent, determined to kill Yang Quanwu, was a mistake. This included Xiao Feng, Yang Kun, and the others. While they cursed harshly, eager to pin a multitude of accusations on Yang Quanwu, they truly weren't plotting any backstabbing.

Just curse a few times today, and the mood will improve, and the matter will be over.

Anyway, Yang Quanwu is not here, so I might as well curse him a few times to make myself feel better.

Xiao Zijing, who had been silent since the meeting, spoke up: "Comrade Yang Quanwu's problems, in the final analysis, are rooted in the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region. It is precisely because Comrade Nie Rongzhen favored Comrade Yang Quanwu that Comrade Yang Quanwu made so many mistakes.

As soon as Xiao Zijing opened his mouth, everyone was shocked.

Marshal Nie opened the meeting with a report titled "Six Years of Work in Jin-Cha-Ji." This report summarized the work of Jin-Cha-Ji over the past six years and included some self-criticism. The majority of the Cadre Corps remained positive about Marshal Nie's work in Jin-Cha-Ji.

One is that the development of Jin-Cha-Ji is indeed very good, and the other is that Marshal Nie is a relatively honest person.

Although there were cases of people being kicked out of Jin-Cha-Ji, overall, the cadres in Jin-Cha-Ji were treated well. Compared to other bases, Marshal Nie did not do too much to suppress the cadres in Jin-Cha-Ji.