Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

After accepting the appointment, Gao Wei asked in confusion, "Commander, Political Commissar, are you asking me to go to Xining?"

"Why, you can't do it?"

"Of course it can be done."

Gao Wei answered loudly.

Gao Wei has been feeling very depressed during this period.

"Going to Xining is different from going to Sheng County. Although Xining County has an underground party organization, it doesn't have a complete base yet, so you need to open it up. The same goes for you. You can only take a reinforced platoon with you. The detachment has provided you with 30 rifles to take with you. You must use these to develop the army in Xining. In the future, you will not only consider fighting, but also the construction and development of the army."

"Political Commissar, don't worry. I'll go to Xining and get you a regiment."

"Don't talk nonsense."

If Gao Wei could really pull out a regiment of troops, even if the independent detachment did not say anything, the military district would give Gao Wei a regimental commander position. Because during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the most important thing for the higher authorities was the cadres who could pull out troops, train, and fight.

"Your Advance Brigade will not have a specific organization. You can expand your forces as much as you can. But remember one thing: don't expand just for the sake of expansion. If the combat effectiveness doesn't improve, having more people is useless."

"Commissar, I understand this."

"Comrade Huang Hao."

"arrive.

"You didn't originally belong to our military system, but now is a special period. The independent detachment wants to appoint you as the political commissar of the Xining Advance Brigade.

"You will need the protection of the Advance Brigade when you go to Xining to build a base. Similarly, the development of the Advance Brigade requires the support of your base. Therefore, our independent detachment hopes that you can temporarily take charge of the Advance Brigade."

"Commander and Political Commissar, rest assured. I will do a good job in advancing the brigade."

After announcing the deployment of the advance column, Wei Hongjun sat down.

Wang Qiuyun then spoke, "In order to support the work in Xining County and the Xining Advance Brigade, the detachment plans to station the Special Service Battalion in Baicao Town and Beishuigou Town. From now on, Baicao Town and Beishuigou Town will be the Special Service Battalion's defense zone, and the Special Service Battalion will operate here on a regular basis. Any district squads and village militia units established in Baicao Town and Beishuigou Town will be under the command of the Special Service Battalion. Comrade Wu Qinghe, Comrade Lei Jiabin, the Special Service Battalion will be stationed in Baicao Town and Beishuigou Town within a week."

"Yes.

"Also, your special forces battalion must form a rapid-fire force. They should frequently travel between Xining County and Sheng County to familiarize themselves with the terrain. If Xining County needs them, you must dispatch troops to support the advance brigade. Your defense zones are located in Baicao Town and Beishuigou Town for this very reason."

"We will form a rapid force as soon as possible."

After Wang Qiuyun gave the order, Wei Hongjun continued, "Given that you have to take care of two places at the same time, the responsibility is heavy. After discussing with the commander, I have decided to increase your staffing. After you go to Baicao Town and Beishuigou Town, the special forces battalion can add a new recruit company. In addition to the new recruit company, if you can form a cavalry unit, the detachment can add a cavalry company for you.

Of course, this is just a suggestion. With our current military strength, it's not easy to support the cavalry."

In the eyes of many people, the expansion of the Eighth Route Army was arbitrary.

As long as the troops below have the ability, they can expand as much as they want. But this is not actually the case. When the base is expanded, the higher-ups are too late to intervene, and this situation will occur.

But after stabilization, the Eighth Route Army had regulations on the organization of its subordinate troops.

For example, there are clear regulations on how many troops a regiment should have. Once a regiment becomes overstrength, it must either be split or upgraded to a brigade. Currently, the battalions under the independent detachment are not allowed to expand without orders from the independent detachment.

Now, we will add a new recruit company and a cavalry company to the special forces battalion, making it a reinforced battalion with six companies. In the middle and late stages of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the six companies were all organized as Type B regiments as stipulated by the headquarters.

"Commissar, don't worry."

"Okay, I'll wait for your good news."

Wei Hongjun turned to the local Party committee members and said, "Secretary Duan, County Magistrate Li, we hope you will first establish local governments in Baicao Town and Beishuigou Town and bring them under the leadership of our base area.

"Ok."

Chapter 072 The Development of the Special Forces Battalion

In this day and age, people don’t procrastinate in doing things.

Because time is life.

This is not a slogan, but a lesson learned through blood.

When it comes to life, everything else can be put aside. Gao Wei dispatched a reinforced platoon of 44 men from the first and second battalions, along with the 12-man Xining work group led by Huang Hao, for a total of 56 men heading north to Xining.

Soon after, the special forces battalion set off for Baicao Town and Beishuigou Town.

These are the tenth and eleventh districts of Sheng County.

As the independent detachment grew, its subordinate units were divided into different defense zones, rather than being grouped together. Currently, the Second Battalion's defense zone was District 3, where Zhangjiagou Village was located. The First Battalion's defense zone was Districts 8 and 9, covering Yangquan and Xiaquan Towns. The County Brigade's defense zone was District 5, where Caoyangzhuang was located. The First and Second New Recruit Battalions were both stationed in District 4, near Songjiazhuang.

Of course, there are many more troops in Songjiazhuang.

There was also a firepower company, a logistics company, and the command structure of the independent detachment. The weapons repair shop, hospital, clothing factory, and school under the independent detachment were all located here.

In addition to the independent detachment command center, the Sheng County Party Committee and County Government offices are all located here.

"Instructor, I'm confident that we can form a cavalry company, regardless of logistics. However, with our current strength, it's extremely difficult to support a cavalry company."

Wu Qinghe is a typical Northwestern man.

Born a swordsman, Wu Qinghe possessed a straightforward personality. Once he made up his mind, he wouldn't change it. Having decided to join the Eighth Route Army, Wu Qinghe had no second thoughts. Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun trusted him so much that they appointed him as the commander of the Special Operations Battalion. Granting him such significant power, Wu Qinghe naturally had to think carefully.

What should we do to live up to their trust?

All he thought about along the way was how to expand the army, so he discussed it with his political commissar, Lei Jiabin.

"When I was stationed in Chahar with Commander Song (Song Zheyuan), I became very familiar with the area. It's not just the Mongolians who can ride horses here; many Han Chinese do, too. Furthermore, if you're not careful, horse bandits can appear, and life for the people is difficult. So recruiting a cavalry company here shouldn't be a problem. If there are any problems, they'll be horses and logistics. Instructor, my idea is for us to assess the situation and eliminate one or two extremely unpopular horse bandits. That way, our horses will be safe."

"Are horse bandits easy to fight?"

Lei Jiabin came from the Central Red Army.

I have never seen a large group of cavalry, nor have I fought against a large group of cavalry.

Wu Qinghe said, "These cavalry are difficult to fight. They move so fast that if you're not careful, they'll get caught up with you.

If we encounter cavalry during our march, it would be very disadvantageous to us. But that doesn't mean we have no solution. Those horse bandits may appear to come and go without a trace, but they actually have bases. Once we find their bases, it's easy to eliminate them. Cavalry isn't suited to long-distance raids, so the places they plunder aren't too far from their bases. Furthermore, raising horses is a prerequisite, so if we follow this path, finding their bases should be no problem. When I was with Commander Song in Chahar, I wiped out several gangs of horse bandits.

"I need to learn from Captain Wu in this regard."

"Besides the cavalry company, there's another problem. The commander and political commissar gave us a company of new recruits. Recruiting soldiers is no problem, but where are we going to get the weapons? The Japanese are now hiding in the county town, and we can't fight them. A new company of recruits requires about 100 rifles."

"Captain, you are worrying too much."

Lei Jiabin laughed out loud.

Then he said, "Battalion Commander, I have been looking at intelligence from various places recently. Since the siege by the Japanese Eighth Route Army, the bases opened up by the local party committees in the Chahar and Pingbei regions have almost all disappeared. The guerrillas that were originally active in the area have suffered heavy losses. Whenever times are difficult, some weak bones will appear. Now Xuanhua, Huailai, and Zhuoxian areas are full of traitors, and various traitor organizations are also caught in large numbers. Those traitors, big and small, no matter how poor, have some weapons. We will organize a capable force to deal with these traitors and their armed forces. It won't take long, we will get everything we want."

The anti-Japanese situation in Chahar region was very bleak.

Because the Japanese army entered Chahar very early. Even before the July 7 Incident, the Japanese army already had a large presence there, along with numerous traitors. Like Rehe, Chahar became a Japanese war zone early on. Even in Suiyuan, there were already Japanese and puppet troops there years before.

After the July 7 Incident, the Nationalist army suffered repeated defeats, and the Chahar region was full of traitors of all sizes. The underground party organization finally took advantage of the Japanese army's lack of manpower to develop some guerrillas, but before they could play a big role, they were swept away by the Japanese army.

Although there are not too many Japanese troops on the Pingsui Road at present, it is still easy to deal with some guerrillas.

Seeing the Japanese army so powerful, the traitors of Chahar could not wait to surrender to the Japanese. Because in the eyes of those traitors, China would be ruled by the Japanese in the future.

Lei Jiabin is preparing to take action against these traitors.

Chahar has been plagued by wars since the Central Plains War.

Various troops appeared here, so there are a lot of weapons left here. This place is full of bandits and traitors, and even ordinary people smoke opium.

The situation is very bad.

But Lei Jiabin believes that this is an opportunity for them to show their talents.

"Instructor, do you think it's okay? The political commissar told me before that I need your consent to fight or not."

"of course can."

Lei Jiabin spread out the map and said, "Battalion Commander, take a look. The commander and political commissar told us to garrison in Baicao Town and Beishuigou Town, but they didn't say we couldn't expand our defense zone. Just because we can't expand our defense zone in Sheng County doesn't mean we can't expand it northward. North of Beishuigou Town is Zhangjiawan. Zhangjiawan is a large area with many mountains, but a small population. North of Zhangjiawan is Dajing Town. This Dajing Town is no ordinary town. For hundreds of years, it has been an important transportation hub and commercial center in the Chahar region, and it has a large population. If we can open this up, everything will be easy in the future."

Wu Qinghe's eyes lit up.

Wu Qinghe was initially worried that Lei Jiabin would constantly control him after partnering with him. Unbeknownst to him, Lei Jiabin had served as both a grassroots commander and an officer at division headquarters, and he possessed considerable foresight.

We started thinking about the future development of the base early on.

"Zhangjiawan is a vast area with few people and many mountains, and there are no Japanese troops there.

When I was stationed in Beishuigou Town, I was worried about the enemy to the north, so I sent people to investigate. Dajing Town, despite its large population and prosperous commerce, only had one small Japanese detachment. We eliminated all the traitors in the surrounding area and then occupied the rural areas. This would greatly expand our defense area.

"Yes. And didn't the political commissar say that? The district squads and village militias within our defense zone are under our command. Our special forces battalion has limited staffing, but local governments can establish district squads and village militias."

"Lao Lei, you are so angry with me. I just realized today that you are not only educated, but also so courageous."

Wu Qinghe was overjoyed.

The instructor assigned by the detachment has a bad temper.

Since joining the independent detachment and understanding its development model, Wu Qinghe has also begun to think about how to expand the army and territory. However, Wu Qinghe hesitated and said, "Will the commander and the political commissar disagree?"

"My big brother, what kind of armed forces are we?"

"Eighth Route Army?"

"We are an anti-Japanese armed force behind enemy lines. Every piece of territory we recapture from the enemy means the Japanese lose a piece of territory. Every extra soldier we have means we can fire one more bullet on the battlefield. As long as we don't send out the entire battalion to fight a big battle with the Japanese and lose our defense zone, the commander and political commissar will not care if we send out some small teams to fight traitors. If they even care about this, then our troops will be unable to do anything, and how can we develop and expand?"

"Indeed. So how big should the squad be?"

"No more than one company at a time. Because we need troops in our defense zone. If there is any emergency, we must have troops to support it. So my idea is that a small team should be a platoon. In this way, we can send two or three platoons at a time. If we can't defeat the Japanese army, we can't defeat the traitorous armed forces either."

"Yes, a platoon can be divided into small teams. Sending two or three teams to fight some traitors is enough. We will deploy them after we return. The Chinese New Year is in a month. We can't let those traitors have a good New Year."

Chapter 073 Han Weiguo

Time began to enter the second year of the all-out war of resistance.

1938 1 Month 6 Day.

The director of the political commissar of the independent detachment sent by the military district arrived in Songjiazhuang.

He did not inform anyone, but quietly entered Songjiazhuang with his own people. He wanted to see how Songjiazhuang was usually organized.

Because this will be his job from now on.

He was a veteran Party member and underground Party member, having been in charge of organizational work, security work, and even anti-espionage operations within the underground Party.

He was responsible for establishing an underground transportation line during the most difficult times, and the transportation line he was in charge of remained problem-free until the Long March of the Central Red Army. He was a person of great experience and high rank.

Originally, he was going to follow the Pingxi Detachment to open up the Pingxi base and then work in the Pingxi base.

However, due to the sudden rise of Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun in Sheng County, the military district changed its mind. It was necessary to establish an underground transportation line from the Pingjin area to the Jin-Cha-Ji base area to transport personnel and supplies to the Jin-Cha-Ji Military District.

The previous transportation routes were very dangerous.

With both Zhuo and Yi counties occupied by the Japanese, and the route from Yi to Laiyuan particularly under Japanese control, this underground transportation line was dormant. Just as the Pingxi base was about to be established, the military district came up with a new idea: to extend the route from the Pingjin area to the Pingxi base, primarily around Wanping. From Wanping, they would then enter Shengxian via Chunhuabao, and from Shengxian, to Yuan or Lingqiu, and finally to Fuping.