Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

"Yes, we promise."

Chapter 655 Reorganization of the Troops

Marshal Nie finally chose to compromise.

It was because the military cadres of the Jin-Cha-Ji region were firmly opposed to large-scale disarmament that Marshal Nie hesitated. Later, Wei Hongjun, along with Yang Quanwu, persuaded Marshal Nie once again. Of course, Wei Hongjun, Yang Quanwu, and the generals of the Jin-Cha-Ji region all reassured Marshal Nie: "Two months." The Jin-Cha-Ji region would wait and see. As long as it was confirmed after those two months that this was a genuine peace, the military cadres of the Jin-Cha-Ji region would support the disarmament plan.

Both sides made concessions.

It can be regarded as a small-scale gambling.

After Marshal Nie gave in, the disarmament work in Jin-Cha-Ji became much simpler because the local party cadres who supported the disarmament in Jin-Cha-Ji had only a vague understanding of the military affairs in Jin-Cha-Ji.

After Jin-Cha-Ji determined the disarmament plan, the entire Jin-Cha-Ji region began to move.

After reaching a conclusion, Marshal Nie immediately sent a telegram to the Central Committee in the name of the Jin-Cha-Ji Central Bureau, reporting the contents of the Jin-Cha-Ji disarmament plan and expressing Jin-Cha-Ji's determination to implement the Central Committee's spirit.

The Central Committee quickly approved the disarmament plan for the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei troops.

At the same time, the Jin-Cha-Ji disarmament plan was submitted to the Beiping Military Mediation Office. Jin-Cha-Ji was the first of the Eighth Route Army units to submit a disarmament plan. After reviewing the Jin-Cha-Ji disarmament plan, Marshall gave it a very positive and high evaluation.

They believed the Eighth Route Army was diligently implementing the peace agreement. After all, of the two parties, Marshal Nie was the first to call for disarmament. Furthermore, Marshal Nie's disarmament plan was very clear: within three months, one-third of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei troops would be disarmed, reaching a total of 20 troops.

Moreover, Marshal Nie meant that Jin-Cha-Ji would not retain troops according to the ratio of two to one between field armies and local troops. On the contrary, Marshal Nie promised that Jin-Cha-Ji would reduce its troops according to the ratio of one to two between field armies and local troops.

By then, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Field Army will have 100,000 people and the local troops will have 200,000 people.

It can be said that on the political level, Marshal Nie was very assertive. After Jin-Cha-Ji came up with a disarmament plan, the Central Committee immediately contacted the Beiping Military Mediation Office, stating that Jin-Cha-Ji wanted to disarm, but the Nationalist troops in Hebei did not.

Finally, under pressure from the United States, Chiang Kai-shek also agreed to disarm the Hebei Nationalist Army.

But Chiang Kai-shek is not a fool.

How could there really be a reduction in the military? He began to redesignate the units in Hebei, converting those army-level units in Hebei into reorganized divisions. The army became a reorganized division, the designation changed, but the number of troops remained essentially the same.

Both sides are playing dirty on the issue of disarmament.

With Marshal Nie's promise, Jin-Cha-Ji couldn't just sit there and do nothing. Soon, the entire region erupted in commotion. News of disarmament was everywhere, and various meetings were held non-stop.

In addition, each military region and military sub-district in Jin-Cha-Ji has established a demobilization and resettlement committee.

We must provide resettlement for the officers and soldiers who have transferred to civilian jobs.

All the field army units were very busy because this time, although not a real disarmament, was also a large-scale reorganization of the troops. Because using this opportunity, the Jin-Cha-Ji troops really wanted to cut down the old and weak.

Let some old and weak troops leave the army.

But these elderly officers and soldiers had also made great contributions to the War of Resistance. Of course, they couldn't just be sent home. They had to be properly accommodated. However, accommodating them was a significant challenge.

There aren't that many places for them.

This is actually a contradiction. While the field army wanted to reduce its troops, the military regions and local authorities thought the reduction was too large and that the local authorities simply couldn't accept so many. They argued constantly.

But this quarrel made the observers sent by the Beiping Military Mediation Office think that it was the reason for the large-scale disarmament of Jinchayi. Moreover, they also saw Jinchayi's reorganization plan, which they thought was very sincere.

Soon, several field armies of Jinchayi began their own disarmament.

Yang Quanwu in Hebei was the fastest and announced that the First Field Army of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei would be disarmed in accordance with the orders of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Central Bureau, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Field Army Command.

In order to fulfill the disarmament order, Yang Quanwu announced that the First Field Army of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Region would be reduced from five columns to three, retaining the first, second, and third columns of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Region, while abolishing the original fourth and ninth columns.

The commander of the First Column was Huang Fa, and the political commissar was Liu Shude. The commander of the Second Column was Chen Kaikun, and the political commissar was Wang Daobang. The commander of the Third Column was Wen Niansheng, and the political commissar was Xiang Zhonghua.

The First Field Army of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Campaign originally had five columns, 17 infantry brigades, two cavalry brigades, and three artillery brigades, claiming to have 20 people.

This time, the army was downsized, with 17 infantry brigades reduced to 12, 5 infantry brigades eliminated, one of the two cavalry brigades eliminated, and one of the three artillery brigades eliminated. Ultimately, the First Jin-Cha-Ji Field Army announced it would retain 14 men.

After the disarmament, each column of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei First Field Army had four infantry brigades.

It looks like 50,000 to 60,000 people were laid off.

However, the combat effectiveness of the First Jin-Cha Field Army rapidly increased, showing no sign of decline. In fact, after this reorganization, Yang Quanwu's field army only had approximately 14 troops. However, this 14 troops were fully field army troops, essentially consisting of combat personnel. Although the field army previously boasted a strength of 20, each brigade had its own independent logistics organization and even its own trading company. However, taking advantage of this reorganization, the field army's numerous resources were now handed over to the local military region.

The unified responsibility was handed over to Li Zhimin.

Then, more than 14 old and weak soldiers were laid off. Finally, about troops were transferred from local troops to be incorporated into the field army, which resulted in the current -strong Jin-Cha-Ji First Field Army.

This greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei First Field Army.

However, nominally speaking, the reduction in the number of troops is 5 infantry brigades, cavalry brigade, and artillery brigade. The reduction in the number of troops is very large.

After Yang Quanwu, Guo Tianmin also started to make big moves.

The Second Field Army of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region announced that it would reduce its two existing columns to a single one: the Sixth Column of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region. Since there was only one column, Guo Tianmin was appointed commander, Liu Daosheng political commissar, and Han Wei, former commander of the Sixth Column, deputy commander and chief of staff.

The Second Jin-Cha-Ji Field Army not only disbanded one column, but also eliminated its brigades. Originally consisting of seven brigades, the Second Jin-Cha-Ji Field Army eliminated two, leaving only five. All five brigades were part of the Sixth Column, and Guo Tianmin incorporated all the field brigades of the Yanbei Military Region into the Sixth Column.

Guo Tianmin's operation is the same as Yang Quanwu's.

All logistics agencies were incorporated into the Yanbei Military Region, and the field army units were composed of combat units. Although the army was reduced, its combat effectiveness was greatly improved.

Wei Hongjun also reorganized the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Third Field Army in Zhangjiakou.

The Jin-Cha-Ji Third Field Army originally had four columns, but this time, Wei Hongjun retained only the Eighth and Tenth columns, eliminating two. Originally, it had 11 brigades, but this time, three were eliminated, leaving only eight.

The Eighth Column was originally composed of the 1st Brigade, the 7th Brigade, and the 1st Self-Defense Brigade, and the Security Brigade of the Zhangjiakou Military Sub-district was incorporated into it.

Zheng Weishan was appointed commander of the 8th Column, Zhang Liankui was appointed political commissar, and Feng Mulin was appointed deputy commander. Lu Weisheng, political commissar of the 6th Brigade, was transferred to become deputy political commissar and director of the political department of the 8th Column, and Yi Yaocai was appointed chief of staff. After Feng Mulin was transferred to the column as deputy commander, Zhang Shan, deputy commander of the 7th Brigade, was appointed commander. Huang Wenming, deputy political commissar of the Zhangjiakou Military Sub-district, was transferred to become political commissar of the 7th Brigade.

The Tenth Column originally consisted of the Third Special Forces Brigade, the Second Self-Defense Brigade, and the New 11th Brigade. This time, the Sixth Brigade was allocated to the Tenth Column.

Zhang Zihua was appointed commander and political commissar of the 10th Column, Feng Linqi was appointed first deputy political commissar, Gao Wei was appointed deputy commander, Zhang Chao was appointed second deputy political commissar and director of the political department, and Cao Mo was appointed chief of staff. Following Gao Wei and Lu Weisheng's transfer to the column, Lian Han was appointed commander of the 6th Brigade, and Jin Yongqi was appointed political commissar.

Although the Wei Hongjun nominally withdrew so many troops, it actually significantly strengthened the strength of the two columns. After this disarmament, the Wei Hongjun reorganized and strengthened the brigades below. Each brigade had a strength of 12000 to 14000 men.

In this way, each column has about 50,000 troops.

What are organization and number?

Yang Quanwu, Guo Tianmin, Wei Hongjun and others have been fighting behind enemy lines for so many years, and this kind of thing is what they care least about.

After the disarmament of these three field armies, Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei cut a total of 10 infantry brigades, one cavalry brigade, and two artillery brigades, and also reduced five columns.

The intensity is truly unprecedented.

At the same time, the Jin-Cha-Ji region began to reorganize its troops. This meant assigning unified designations to the brigades within the region. After this reorganization, the Jin-Cha-Ji region, with the exception of the Ji-Re-Liaoning Military Region, now had a total of 25 brigades within the other three field armies.

Except for the units that had already been assigned numbers, other brigades began to be re-assigned numbers.

晋察冀第三野战军这边除了第一旅、第六旅、第七旅之外，授予了24旅、25旅、26旅、27旅、28旅。分别是保安旅授予24旅，自卫第一旅授予25旅，自卫第二旅授予26旅，特务第三旅授予27旅，新11旅授予28旅。

This time, the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region designated four brigades for its cavalry units. Yang Quanwu's First Jin-Cha-Ji Field Army commanded the First and Second Jin-Cha-Ji Cavalry Brigades, while Wei Hongjun's Third Jin-Cha-Ji Field Army commanded the Third Cavalry Brigade. Furthermore, the Fourth Cavalry Brigade, directly under the military region, served as the Mongolian Cavalry Brigade. Of these four brigades, the First and Second Brigades were under Yang Quanwu's command, while the Third and Fourth Brigades formed the Cavalry Detachment, currently stationed in Sunite Left Banner, Inner Mongolia.

So the 1th Column is composed of the 7st Brigade, the 24th Brigade, the 25th Brigade and the th Brigade.

The 6th Column consists of the 26th Brigade, the 27th Brigade, the 28th Brigade, and the th Brigade.

The disarmament of the Jin-Cha-Ji Field Army was the most important task of March. To outsiders, the disarmament process appeared to be proceeding vigorously. The Peking Military Mediation Office was very supportive of the imminent disarmament of the Jin-Cha-Ji Field Army. However, despite the drastic measures taken by the Jin-Cha-Ji Field Army, Chiang Kai-shek was dissatisfied with the disarmament.

It sounds nice, but it means cutting the military by one third.

But with so many troops reported by Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, even if you cut one-third of the troops, there would still be nearly 400,000 troops left in the main force and local forces. So Chiang Kai-shek immediately asked Zhang Zhizhong to raise questions at the Military Mediation Office, believing that Yan'an was not sincere in reaching peace.

After all, nearly 400,000 people would have to stay in the Jin-Cha-Yi base alone.

He demanded that pressure continue to be placed on Jin-Cha-Ji to force it to lay off more personnel. What Chiang Kai-shek could accept was that the total number of Jin-Cha-Ji's main and local forces was less than 200,000.

The Beiping Military Mediation Office finally concluded that there were still too many Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei troops.

Therefore, they expressed their concerns to the CCP delegation regarding the disarmament of the Jin-Cha-Ji region. They believed that Jin-Cha-Ji should show more sincerity towards peace and should reduce more troops. Marshal Nie said that he needed to hold a meeting to discuss the proposal of military mediation in Peking.

By this time, it was the end of March, almost April. Following orders from the Jin-Cha-Ji Central Committee, the various Jin-Cha-Ji Military Regions and Military Sub-districts began to continue disbanding local troops. Nearly 20 independent divisions alone were disbanded, and the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region announced a reduction of 4 troops in April.

Chapter 656: Northeast War Situation

While Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei were busy disarming, the situation in Northeast China was changing three times a day.

Chiang Kai-shek was extremely dissatisfied with the situation in the Northeast. Du Yuming had fought three times but failed to capture Shanhaiguan, a mere barrier that directly affected the subsequent entry of the Nationalist troops into the Northeast. In anger, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized all his warships and began transporting more troops to the Northeast.

This time, Chiang Kai-shek not only landed at Qinhuangdao, but also relied on a powerful naval force and aircraft from his air force to force the New First Army to land at Huludao. Furthermore, the Nationalist troops, equipped with American weapons, were preparing to relocate. The 13th and 52nd Armies were to move back from Chaoyang and Fuxin to attack Shenyang. This way, the Nationalist army was attacking from three sides: one route would attack Shanhaiguan, one would land at Huludao, and another would enter from Chaoyang.

The battle on the Shanhaiguan front was becoming increasingly fierce. The Nationalist army deployed a large number of aircraft, tanks, and artillery, which caused heavy casualties to the Shanhaiguan defenders. Deng Guo had no choice but to withdraw his troops from Shanhaiguan.

Begin deploying defenses on the Jinzhou front line.

Deng Guo has been in the Northeast for a long time and has been operating here for a long time.

Therefore, after evacuating from Shanhaiguan, the troops deployed a defense line in Jinzhou.

However, Chiang Kai-shek was determined at this time and ordered Du Yuming to take Jinzhou at all costs. Because only by taking Jinzhou could the Nationalist troops truly begin to enter the heart of Northeast China. The troops under Du Yuming's command were all top-notch elite troops of the Nationalist Army.

新一军、新六军、13军、52军、71军、60军。除了60军是滇军部队，属于是国军杂牌部队之外，其他都是常凯申手中一等一的嫡系主力部队。

The weapons and equipment in their hands are very good. Although the 60th Army is a Yunnan Army unit, it is also a semi-American-equipped unit.

When Deng Guo saw the current situation, he immediately sent a telegram to the Northeast Bureau.

Deng Guo's thinking was that while the Eighth Route Army currently possessed excellent weaponry and combat effectiveness, a head-on confrontation with the Nationalist Army was not the Eighth Route Army's forte. The Nationalist Army was currently at its peak, with far more aircraft, tanks, and artillery than the Eighth Route Army. The weaponry and combat effectiveness of those American-equipped troops were indeed considerable.

What’s more important is that so many heavy troops of the National Army have gathered together.

There is no chance to eat them.

It would be better to give up some places and let the Nationalist troops go deep into the Northeast to disperse their forces. Only when their forces are dispersed will there be a chance to swallow them up one by one.

Moreover, Deng Guo was not only considering the battlefield in Northeast China, he had begun to consider the battlefield across the country.

Deng Guo believed that the Eighth Route Army in the Northeast was already strong enough, so he should consider the base areas in the interior. This was especially true for Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Shandong provinces, which had already drawn so many troops into the Northeast. He believed that the Northeast should now attract more Nationalist troops to relieve the pressure on the base areas in the interior.

Therefore, Deng Guo's advice to the Northeast Bureau was to gradually surrender Jinzhou and Shenyang. In this era, Shenyang wasn't the only industrial city; surrounding cities like Anshan, Fushun, and Benxi were also industrial. The Nationalist army would undoubtedly deploy troops to control these cities, allowing the main Nationalist forces to disperse. Once the Nationalist forces dispersed, they would undoubtedly find loopholes for him to exploit.

"What do you think?"

Marshal Lin put down the telegram in his hand and asked for everyone's opinions.

Although Deng Guo was the commander of the Second Column of the Northeast Field Army, he was no ordinary column commander. He was on a completely different level from those of the Northeast Field Army. He was an alternate member of the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China. During his time in the Jin-Cha-Ji region, he was a member of the Jin-Cha-Ji Central Bureau and deputy political commissar of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region. He was currently deputy secretary of the Northeast Bureau, deputy commander of the Northeast Military Region and the Northeast Field Army, and commander and political commissar of the Ji-Re-Liaoning Military Region. All the troops in the Ji-Re-Liaoning Military Region were under his command.

It can be said that Deng Guo was completely independently responsible for a strategic area in the Northeast.

In addition to the Second Column of the Northeast Field Army, the Eighth Column and the Ninth Column established later are currently all within the scope of the Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning Military Region. In addition to these three columns, the Fourth Field Army of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Region also has a column under its jurisdiction, which is also under the command of Deng Guo.

The vast territories around Jidong, Rehe and Liaoning were all battlefields of the Deng State.

Peng Zhen objected, "Since we have such a great advantage in the Northeast, we should send troops to stop the Nationalist Army outside Shanhaiguan. Comrade Deng Guo lost Shanhaiguan, which was already his mistake. Now he wants to give up Jinzhou and Shenyang. This is absolutely unacceptable. With our current military strength in the Northeast, we can definitely fight the Nationalist Army in Jinzhou and prevent the Nationalist Army from breaking through the Jinzhou defense line. I propose that the Northeast Bureau should strictly order Comrade Deng Guo to lead the Second, Eighth, and Ninth Columns to deploy the Jinzhou defense line and keep the Nationalist Army troops out of Jinzhou.

That’s Shenyang.

Not to mention Shenyang, just the cities of all sizes around Shenyang are heavyweight industrial cities.