Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Of course, if you can't hold on, you can only start over.

"Wait for the Jinsui troops led by Comrade Zhang Zhongxun to evacuate Guisui. By then, Fu Zuoyi will have taken Guisui, and his next target will inevitably be Jining. If Jining is taken, then Fu Zuoyi will have a lot of options.

We can attack Zhangjiakou to the north and control Datong to the south. Even if he doesn't attack Zhangjiakou, as long as he controls Jining, we will be cut off from the Jinsui Military Region. Therefore, the first task of the Jinchayi Central Bureau for you is to quickly organize troops to defend Jining.

How about it, can you do it?"

"I'll try."

"Red Army, I'm not putting pressure on you, but you must protect Jining. Otherwise, the situation in Suiyuan and Chahar will immediately become unfavorable to us."

"Commander, please rest assured. As long as I am here, nothing will happen to Jining."

Although it's very stressful.

But Wei Hongjun still stood up and made a promise.

"Comrade Zhang Zhongxun will lead his troops to withdraw from Guisui in the next two days. The two sides have been fighting for nine days, and Fu Zuoyi's casualties are likely to be considerable. After Fu Zuoyi enters Guisui, he will probably need some time for consolidation and training.

But judging from Fu Zuoyi's habit of deploying troops, you don't have much time.

"Yes."

Wei Hongjun certainly understood.

Fu Zuoyi's rapid deployment of troops had led him all the way to Guisui, and now he was trying to capture Guisui. During this period, Fu Zuoyi and the Eighth Route Army had been engaged in continuous battles. Despite their successive victories, the troops certainly needed rest and recuperation.

This gave Jin-Cha-Ji some time to prepare.

Wei Hongjun looked at the map and said, "Commander, Jining is important, and Zhangjiakou is also important. I am worried that when we fight Fu Zuoyi in Jining, he will send a force to raid Zhangjiakou.

Wei Hongjun quickly got into work mode.

Fu Zuoyi, Fu Zuoyi.

When Wei Hongjun thought about fighting Fu Zuoyi, he immediately recalled Fu Zuoyi's fighting style. Fu Zuoyi was a general who liked to take risks and was good at using surprise attacks.

When fighting on the front line, they might send troops to find a gap and send a surprise attack directly to Zhangjiakou.

He has done this kind of thing in history.

“There’s a security brigade in Zhangjiakou.”

"Commander, I'm worried about having only one security brigade. I think we still need to strengthen the defense of Zhangjiakou, including the defense of Xuanhua and other places. We must not let Fu Zuoyi's troops fall into Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua.

I propose establishing the Zhangjiakou Military Sub-district under the Ji-Re-Cha Military Region. This would include Zhangjiakou, Xuanhua, Zhuolu, Huailai, and Shengxian. A sub-district-level force, headed by the Baoan Brigade, would be formed. With the establishment of the Zhangjiakou Military Sub-district, it would be able to consolidate all forces and unify command of both the main and local forces.

Marshal Nie turned around and discussed it with Luo Qirong.

Marshal Nie quickly made a decision and said, "Okay. What do you think the military sub-district leaders should do?"

The Zhangjiakou Military Sub-district was established under the leadership of the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region. Therefore, Marshal Nie sought Wei Hongjun's opinion. Wei Hongjun said, "Replace the Zhangjiakou Military Sub-district Headquarters with the Baoan Brigade Headquarters. Comrade Wu Qinghe will serve as the Military Sub-district Commander, and Comrade Huang Wenming as the Political Commissar."

Marshal Nie thought about it and shook his head.

He said: "Comrade Wu Qinghe and Comrade Huang Wenming are both military cadres. Now that the Zhangjiakou Military Sub-district has been established, a large number of local affairs need to be handled. I suggest that Comrade Liu Jie, Deputy Secretary of Chahar Province, be appointed as the political commissar of the military sub-district, and Comrade Huang Wenming as the deputy political commissar.

"Yes."

Wei Hongjun did not object.

Liu Jie, a cadre from the Peking Municipal Committee, served as a member of the Municipal Committee and Secretary of the Wanping County Committee during the July 7 Incident. The Nationalist army was routed, leaving behind a large amount of weapons and ammunition. He called on the people to gather these weapons and ammunition, and with them, he organized the Wanping Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Unit, also known as the Pingxi Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Unit. Together with Wanping cadres, he proposed to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region to send troops to support them and establish the Pingxi base in Wanping.

This is also the reason why the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region formed the Pingxi Detachment at that time. When Deng Guo led the Pingxi Detachment into Wanping to open up the Pingxi base, Liu Jie was a cadre of the Pingxi Prefectural Committee. He participated in the formation of the Pingxi Detachment and also participated in the development of the Pingxi base.

Liu Jie was thus considered part military cadre, part local cadre. A member of the Peking Municipal Committee, he served in the Pingxi region after the Second Sino-Japanese War. Now serving as Deputy Secretary of Chahar Province, Marshal Nie suggested that Liu Jie serve as the political commissar of the newly established Zhangjiakou Military Sub-district, a move that took all factors into consideration.

This was because Liu Jie was a local cadre, and also because he came from the Pingxi Detachment and had been a cadre of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee for many years.

Marshal Nie knew that Wei Hongjun was pressed for time.

So after finishing the discussion on the Zhangjiakou Military Sub-district, Wei Hongjun, Zhu Liangcai, Zhao Lu and others were immediately asked to start work.

Wei Hongjun was indeed pressed for time.

Fortunately, Marshal Nie had already known about the war, so he had already ordered Zhang Zihua to lead the 1st Brigade, the 3rd Security Brigade, and the Cavalry Brigade to rush from Rehe to Zhangjiakou day and night. Most of the troops had already begun to enter Jining by rail to join the troops of the Chahar-Suiyuan Military Region.

Chapter 620: Deployment

"The current field forces of the former Chahar-Suiyuan Military Region are the 5th and 6th Brigades, the 1st and 2nd Self-Defense Brigades, a total of four brigades. This is the organization of the four brigades.

Zhao Lu reported the situation of the troops of the Suiyuan Military Region to Wei Hongjun.

The troops of the Chahar-Suiyuan Military Region were originally from the Eighth Column, and the majority of its cadres were also from the Eighth Column. However, after all, the Chahar-Suiyuan Military Region had been established for more than two years, and the troops had undergone many changes.

Now that the troops are to be incorporated into the Third Field Army of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Region, Wei Hongjun must understand the current situation of the troops of the Chahar-Suiyuan Military Region.

Wei Hongjun wanted to know about the current organization, the current number of people, and the weapons and equipment. However, Wei Hongjun did not study it in detail because he had more important things to deal with.

So Wei Hongjun just took a quick look, got a general idea of ​​the situation, and then put the information aside. After all, it was his old unit, and with just a quick glance, Wei Hongjun had a general idea. The Sixth and Seventh Brigades were both old units of the Eighth Column, with each brigade having approximately 12000 men. They were numerous, had sufficient weapons and equipment, and were quite capable. The First and Second Self-Defense Brigades were self-defense regiments developed from the Chaxi and Chadong detachments, and were not as strong as the Sixth and Seventh Brigades. However, they still had around 9000 men. However, these two units were originally local units, and their weapons and equipment were not as good as those of the Sixth and Seventh Brigades. Wei Hongjun still needed to personally see how effective these two units were now. However, Wei Hongjun had not expected that the Chasui Military Region, in such a poor place, could support so many troops. Zhao Lu, the commander of the Chasui Military Region, was quite capable.

After putting down the Chahar-Suiyuan Army documents, Wei Hongjun said, "Comrade Zhu Liangcai, Comrade Zhao Lu, time is running out, so I'll be brief.

Wei Hongjun has been pushed to his current position, which is to quickly adapt to his new identity.

Know that now is not the time to be humble.

So Wei Hongjun said directly to Zhu Liangcai and Zhao Lu: "As long as Fu Zuoyi's troops take Guisui and make some repairs, they will head for Jining next. Once Jining is lost, Zhangjiakou will be in danger. Zhangjiakou is the political, economic, and military center of our Jin-Cha-Ji region and must not be lost. Losing Zhangjiakou will severely damage the morale of our Jin-Cha-Ji troops, and the direct losses will be even greater. The military industry we have developed with the help of Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua will suffer a major blow, and our economy will suffer a major blow. Therefore, Jining must not be lost. Comrade Zhu Liangcai, you have to work harder. Let our officers and soldiers know the importance of defending Jining and let everyone understand the importance of this battle."

"Okay. I'll go to the front right away and hold a meeting with the political officers of each unit to emphasize the importance of this battle to Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei.

Zhu Liangcai nodded.

Zhu Liangcai knows the importance of Zhangjiakou better than anyone else.

Not to mention anything else, ever since Jin-Cha-Ji captured Zhangjiakou, countless domestic and foreign journalists have been stationed there year-round. Zhangjiakou has become the Eighth Route Army's most important propaganda hub. Known as "Little Yan'an," Zhangjiakou is currently the CCP's second political center, alongside Yan'an. Losing Zhangjiakou would have had a disastrous political impact. More importantly, however, the Jin-Cha-Ji military industry has experienced rapid growth, fueled by the heavy industries of Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua. Precisely because of the strong heavy industrial bases in Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua, the Jin-Cha-Ji military industry, built on these resources, has become so formidable. The Jin-Cha-Ji military industry has even begun producing significant quantities of infantry artillery shells.

If Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua were lost, how would the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei troops replenish their ammunition in the future?

With so many troops in the Jincha region, they would have to fight in large groups in the future. Just capturing spoils wouldn't be enough to win a major battle. The ammunition consumed in ambushes during guerrilla warfare was completely different from the ammunition consumed in mobile warfare or regular warfare.

Zhu Liangcai was the deputy political commissar of the field army, and it was his job to carry out political mobilization before the battle.

Wei Hongjun turned to Zhao Lu and said, "Comrade Zhao Lu, I want to establish a unified logistics department within the Ji-Re-Cha Military Region, subordinate to the region. The logistics department will be responsible for the supply, health, depots, transportation, recruitment, and prisoner education of the entire field army. The field army will no longer be responsible for these matters, and will march lightly, focusing solely on combat and training. You are an expert in this area, and I hope you will take on this responsibility. Once all the troops arrive, have them quickly downsize and divest all those organizations unrelated to combat."

Wei Hongjun had never commanded a large-scale military operation.

But Wei Hongjun knew one thing.

That is, in large-scale troop operations, the most important thing is that the troops must be able to disperse and concentrate. The troops must be able to quickly concentrate their forces when needed. Only when the troops can be assembled quickly can they seize the favorable opportunity to launch a decisive battle.

If the troops want to do this, they must have a high degree of mobility.

Where does mobility come from?

That is, the troops must march lightly and without any bags.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, each unit operated independently. Each unit managed its own base, so they were responsible for all aspects of the operation. They were responsible for their own logistics, their own military hospitals, their own unit training, and their own training and education of prisoners.

This was very correct during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

Because you need to understand all aspects before you can independently develop and establish a base.

But the Liberation War was different.

This is a large-scale military operation, requiring strong mobility. Once the enemy's weaknesses are identified, troops must be assembled quickly to seize the opportunity and annihilate the enemy. At this time, the troops have only one mission: to fight. Time is paramount, and nothing else can interfere.

Therefore, all departments unrelated to combat operations must be separated from the field army. Although Wei Hongjun had been working on this task during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, due to the unique nature of the war, this work was not fully completed. Now that we are facing a major war, this work must be resolutely completed.

"no problem."

Zhao Lu nodded.

Zhao Lu wasn't particularly confident in combat, but logistics were his forte. Although he held the title of Chief of Staff, he wasn't a particularly effective one. Therefore, Wei Hongjun hadn't considered employing Zhao Lu as his own Chief of Staff. He preferred to leverage Zhao Lu's strengths and give him full responsibility for the field army's logistics.

"The Recha Military Region has already started working on this. You should merge the logistics department of the Hebei-Recha Military Region directly into the new Hebei-Recha Military Region Logistics Department.

"it is good."

Wei Hongjun is an outstanding political cadre, and this is acknowledged by everyone in Jin-Cha-Ji.

But many people were still worried about pushing Wei Hongjun to the position of field army commander this time. Otherwise, Marshal Nie would not have sent Zhu Liangcai, Zhao Lu and others to Wei Hongjun as deputies.

However, after a short period of contact, Zhu Liangcai and Zhao Lu dispelled many of their concerns.

Although Wei Hongjun accepted the appointment suddenly and was completely unprepared, he did not panic from the moment he received the order. Instead, he was very calm and handled his work in an orderly manner.

"Also, we need to quickly establish the field army headquarters and get it up and running. Time is pressing right now, and we don't have time to start organizing everything one by one. Most of the headquarters and cadres in the Rehe-Chahar Military Region have followed the Second Column into the Northeast. So my idea is to establish the Third Field Army headquarters with the former Chahar-Suiyuan Military Region headquarters as the core. Comrade Yi Yaocai, former Chief of Staff of the Chahar-Suiyuan Military Region, will serve as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Field Army, and Comrade Zhang Liankui, Deputy Political Commissar of the Chahar-Suiyuan Military Region, will serve as Deputy Director of the Field Army Political Department. Let these two be responsible for establishing the Field Army headquarters and political department."

Wei Hongjun doesn't have time now.

Therefore, the field army command must be established as quickly as possible.

Most of the cadres of the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region that Wei Hongjun was familiar with followed the troops to the Northeast. Zhang Zihua is now working hard to set up a new command headquarters of the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region.

Wei Hongjun doesn't have time to wait for this.

Therefore, Wei Hongjun planned to directly establish the field army headquarters with the complete Chahar-Suiyuan Military Region headquarters. Zhao Lu still admired Wei Hongjun's courage. Although a large number of cadres from the Ji-Re-Cha Military Region had gone to the Northeast, if Wei Hongjun really wanted to establish the field army headquarters with cadres he was familiar with, there was actually a way. However, Wei Hongjun did not choose this method. Instead, he directly chose the Chahar-Suiyuan Military Region headquarters.

Although the Chahar-Suiyuan Military Region was also the old base of the 8th Column, Zhao Lu still brought a lot of cadres with him after he arrived at the Chahar-Suiyuan Military Region.

Many of the current cadres in the logistics department of the Chahar-Suiyuan Military Region Command were brought by Zhao Lu from the former Fourth District.

But Wei Hongjun didn't care about these at all.

Zhao Lu liked this kind of Wei Hongjun: he had a vision, was bold, wasn't confined to his own particular area, and was capable of accomplishing great things.

"Comrade Zhu Liangcai, Comrade Zhao Lu, I would like to transfer Comrade Cao Mo, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Seventh Brigade, to serve as Director of the Field Army Training Department.

Everything else is fine.

But now they are about to go to war, and Wei Hongjun, director of the training department, is ready to use his skills.

Zhao Lu did not do the work of chief of staff, but was responsible for logistics.

Therefore, the real Chief of Staff job went to Deputy Chief of Staff Yi Yaocai. However, Wei Hongjun was not familiar with Yi Yaocai. Therefore, for the staff job, Wei Hongjun still needed a cadre he was familiar with. Wei Hongjun chose Cao Mo.

"can."

Before the war, Wei Hongjun transferred some cadres to strengthen the field army headquarters, and the two men would not stop him.

"Okay then. Comrade Zhu Liangcai, Comrade Zhao Lu, you two will go to the front lines first. Comrade Zhao Lu will be responsible for setting up the logistics department, and Comrade Zhu Liangcai will be responsible for setting up the field army headquarters. I will first discuss the defense of Zhangjiakou with Comrade Wu Qinghe and the others, and then rush to Jining."

After Wei Hongjun finished talking with Zhu Liangcai and Zhao Lu, he met with the commander of the Security Brigade, Wu Qinghe, and the political commissar, Huang Wenming, before heading to the Jining front to discuss the defense issues in the Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua areas.

Marshal Nie strongly supports Wei Hongjun.

Not only was he the top military and political leader of the newly established Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region, but he was also the top military and political leader of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Third Field Army. Even the troops directly under the military region were under Wei Hongjun's command. Among the troops directly under the military region, the largest and most powerful was the Security Brigade.