Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Duan Peide, deputy commander of the 25th Division, was worried.

Telegrams pleading for assistance from the 62nd Division came in one after another. Duan Peide knew that the 62nd Division's combat effectiveness was insufficient. Now surrounded by the Jin-Cha-Ji Army, it was definitely unable to hold out. After all, the 62nd Division originally consisted of only two regiments, and it was only after it was supplemented by the 52nd Army that it became a standard division with three regiments.

Weapons and equipment were also greatly improved.

However, although it has become three regiments, most of them are new recruits.

The combat effectiveness of the 52nd Army is at the bottom.

If no rescue is provided, the 62nd Division will inevitably be wiped out.

"The 62nd Division has only been ambushed for a few hours, why rush? Let them hold out for another day. Once I've dealt with this group of communists ahead, I'll definitely go and reinforce the 62nd Division. As for Fu Zuoyi's troops, they're just a ragtag group. Their so-called combat effectiveness is all exaggerated. A -man force was almost wiped out by the Jin-Cha-Ji troops, and they still dare to call themselves elite. If we were in Suiyuan, how could we have allowed the Jin-Cha-Ji communists to run so wild?"

Li Zhengyi was in charge of Fu Zuoyi's troops.

It was blowing so loudly before.

Actually?

It was a complete disgrace that a 100,000-strong army was annihilated by the Jin-Cha troops.

"Commander, I'm worried the 62nd Division won't last a day."

"If you can't hold out for a day, you don't deserve to be in our 52nd Army."

The 25th Division was the founding unit of the 52nd Army.

52军部队历来都是战斗力最强的部队。现在杜聿明把195师调出去，塞进来一个62师，52军嫡系部队都不接受。就像是李正宜根本不把62师当成是52军的部队。

This situation is very common in the national army.

Just like the Third Army destroyed by Yang Quanwu, the army commander and the division commander were both graduates of the Whampoa Military Academy. However, because they belonged to different factions, they kept internally deciding who would take over. The army commander could not lead the division commander.

The situation is the same now.

Li Zhengyi, commander of the 25th Division, was clearly on his way to support the ambushed 62nd Division, but he didn't care about the 62nd Division's fate. The 62nd Division's fate had nothing to do with the 25th Division. If the PLA troops ahead were annihilated at the expense of the 62nd Division, then it would be a success. As for the loss of the 62nd Division, given the 52nd Army's position within the Central Army, a new 62nd Division could be formed.

It is a complete shame for the 52nd Army that such a ragtag force has entered the army.

"But,

"Just do as I say."

"Yes."

Since Li Zhengyi made this decision, Duan Peide didn't say anything more.

After the 25th Division decided to encircle and annihilate the opposing PLA troops, they immediately began to divide their forces. The 73rd and 74th Regiments moved back on the two wings, while the 75th Regiment launched a fierce attack and attack, preventing the th Brigade and the th Column from leaving easily.

Wei Hongjun got the news.

"What does Zhang Zihua think?

"Commander, Comrade Zhang Zihua called. He's currently using a regiment from the 25th Brigade and an independent brigade from the 25th Column, approximately 25 men, to lure the 25th Division deeper into the territory. He plans to lure the th Division into the Wuyingkou area, then use the main forces of the th Brigade and the th Column to encircle and completely annihilate it."

Wei Hongjun looked at the map.

Zhang Zihua is very bold.

Using only the troops of the 25th Brigade and the th Column, they surrounded the th Division. They also left troops in the middle to form a central attack. However, Wei Hongjun trusted Zhang Zihua.

The 25th Division is powerful.

However, during the Battle of Shanhaiguan, he was ambushed by Deng Guo's troops and lost more than 3000 men. Although he finally broke out, Deng Guo's goal of encircling and annihilating the enemy was not achieved. However, he still dealt a heavy blow to the 25th Division.

The 25th Division has only about 8000 people, and only of them are usually in combat.

3000 men were killed in the first battle, which was a serious blow to the army's vitality. Fortunately, the 52nd Army was the elite of the Central Army and quickly replenished the 25th Division with new soldiers. As a result, the 25th Division later fought in Jinzhou and Shenyang, and suffered heavy casualties along the way.

Despite constant replenishment, combat effectiveness was unnoticed. However, after the 25th Division dealt a heavy blow to Bao Shen's troops, Li Zhengyi was completely inflated. What he didn't know was that although Bao Shen's troops were the 14th Column of the Jin-Cha-Ji Army, a regular unit of the Jin-Cha-Ji Army, they were composed of second-generation local troops and had never fought such a large-scale battle.

They suffered heavy losses when facing the well-equipped 25th Division.

But Li Zhengyi believed that the PLA's combat effectiveness in Rehe was limited. In his arrogance, he fell into Zhang Zihua's plan to lure the enemy deep into his territory. The reason Zhang Zihua dared to ambush the 25th Division was mainly because he had the 7th Brigade at his disposal.

This is the main brigade of the Eighth Column.

"What did Zheng Weishan say?"

"Comrade Zheng Weishan reports that the 62nd Division's weapons and equipment are adequate, but their combat effectiveness is average. The troops have successively breached the 62nd Division's key perimeter positions and completely isolated the division. Given another ten hours, we will definitely be able to defeat the 62nd Division."

"Ok.

Wei Hongjun nodded and said, "Tell Zheng Weishan that once the 62nd Division is eliminated, some troops will remain to clean up the battlefield and manage the prisoners of war. The rest of the troops must come quickly to participate in the annihilation of the 25th Division."

"Yes."

"Also, give orders to the troops currently entering Rehe. I don't care how they march, but now there is only one goal. That is to quickly join the battlefield. One company joins the battlefield, one battalion joins the battlefield, one regiment joins the battlefield."

Wei Hongjun's troops came in an endless stream.

Wei Hongjun's order to the troops was to march quickly. As many troops as possible should be sent to participate. They were to come one squad at a time, one platoon at a time, regardless of their unit. As a result, most troops laid down their heavy weapons and marched lightly.

In addition, after annihilating Fu Zuoyi's main force, a large number of vehicles were seized.

This is the perfect time to come into play.

The troops were even faster than Wei Hongjun had imagined. Ding Sheng's 27th Brigade (the rd Special Forces Brigade) was particularly fast, arriving like a whirlwind. They arrived in full formation, regiment after regiment, and stormed the battlefield.

As a result, Zhang Zihua lured the enemy deep into the territory and surrounded the 25th Division. Within less than a day, more than 27 people from the 6000th Brigade were engaged in battle.

"Commander, it's bad. The 73rd Regiment's position has been breached by the Communist army." The 25th Division was arrogant.

Zhang Zihua was prepared for a tough battle. Wei Hongjun was also worried about the possibility of failure in this annihilation campaign. Because the 25th Division was so well-known, he mobilized the entire Pingbei Military Sub-district's local forces and rural militia to participate in the road destruction, thus denying the American-equipped troops a chance to maneuver quickly.

Rehe is mountainous and the roads are not very good.

Destroying the roads can delay the Kuomintang's American-equipped troops from marching using automobiles.

Then he sent a telegram to the Northeast Military Region, requesting the West Manchuria Military Region to send local troops into the Chifeng area to help contain the Kuomintang troops.

All preparations have been made.

As a result, the combat effectiveness of the 25th Division was much worse than expected.

The 25th Division's weapons and equipment are truly excellent, but unfortunately, they've been engaged in combat since October of last year, suffering over half their casualties. While they've been receiving new recruits as they fight, their combat effectiveness has been declining. It's a shame that Li Zhengyi hasn't recovered from the arrogance of defeating the Baoshen ambush.

But the troops led by Zhang Zihua and Bao Shen's 14th Column were completely different.

Whether it was the 27th Brigade that joined first or the Dingsheng 25th Brigade that arrived later, both were extremely powerful. It was only this time that many heavy weapons, especially artillery units, were unable to catch up. Otherwise, they would have been able to wipe out the th Division in a single day.

Even if they didn't bring so many artillery pieces, the battlefield was crisscrossed, with you in me and me in you. This also greatly weakened the artillery power of the 25th Division.

"Quick, send a telegram to the military headquarters, requesting support, requesting support.

Li Zhengyi was already extremely anxious.

Because Li Zhengyi did not expect the PLA on the other side to be so powerful. After a day of fighting, the 25th Division lost important defensive positions one after another.

Starting from the second day, more and more troops besieged the 25th Division, and their firepower gradually increased.

After Zheng Weishan annihilated the 62nd Division, his troops also participated in the encirclement and annihilation of the 25th Division.

Again.

Although the 62nd Division was equipped with a large number of advanced weapons, its combat effectiveness was too poor.

It collapsed in half a day.

There were only more than 2000 casualties on the battlefield, and 6000 surrendered. Now that the 73rd Regiment's position was completely captured, Li Zhengyi knew that the situation was very bad.

"What's the situation with the 75th Regiment? Can they break through?"

"Division Commander, we can't break out. Not only are the Communist positions across from us heavily defended, but the Communist troops we're surrounded by are also constantly attacking us.

"Haha, haha, hahaha."

Li Zhengyi was distraught.

The "Qianliju Division" of the national army was about to decline in his own hands.

He really couldn't accept it.

Chapter 687: All-out Counterattack

When the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Third Field Army encircled and annihilated the 25th Division, a real counterattack took place in the Northeast. Marshal Lin had been blocking the Nationalist troops in Siping these days and had been adapting to battles of this scale.

Coach Lin's caution is reflected in all aspects.

Doesn’t the Northeast Field Army have strength?

No.

The Northeast Field Army was powerful, with more troops and better weapons and equipment, and was stronger than any other field army in the liberated areas. But when the field armies of other liberated areas had already begun fighting, Marshal Lin was cautious. This was because Marshal Lin had three concerns.

First, the Nationalist forces entering Northeast China were formidable, largely equipped with American or semi-American weapons. These forces alone numbered eight or nine armies, totaling 60 men. Add to that the puppet troops, puppet police, bandits, and landlord armed forces they recruited along the way, and their numbers quickly swelled to .

The second reason is that Marshal Lin was worried about the Northeast Field Army.

The Northeast Field Army was expanding rapidly, and Marshal Lin needed them to quickly adapt to modern large-scale combat. After all, while they were quite capable and had fought battles involving tens of thousands of troops, they had never fought a large-scale melee involving hundreds of thousands of troops.

The third is that Coach Lin himself also needs to adapt.

It had been too many years since he had fought on the front lines, too many years since he had commanded troops in battle, and he himself had no experience commanding so many troops in battle. Marshal Lin would not allow himself to command his troops to fight recklessly without any confidence. So he kept waiting.

After a few months, Marshal Lin had completely adapted to this type of large-scale troop operations. At the same time, the Northeast Field Army had also adapted to this type of large-scale troop operations. Even the frontline commanders of the Northeast Field Army had adapted to this type of operations.

Marshal Lin now needed both men and weapons, so he launched the Northeast Winter Offensive.

The first person to take action was Deng Guo, commander of the Jireliao Military Region.

Deng Guo commanded the South Manchuria Corps and sent the 9th and 12th columns to attack Benxi and Fushun. Although Deng Guo withdrew from Shenyang, he captured a large amount of weapons and ammunition when the Japanese surrendered.

The troops were all equipped with Japanese equipment.

Although not as powerful as the American-equipped troops, it is already quite good.

The Ninth and Twelfth Columns concentrated over 50,000 troops to attack Benxi and Fushun, causing Du Yuming to become extremely anxious. Having previously fought against the South Manchuria Corps, Du Yuming was well aware of its strength. Benxi and Fushun were both important cities around Shenyang, and Du Yuming naturally attached great importance to them. Therefore, Du Yuming prepared to withdraw troops from the Siping front to support Benxi and Fushun. However, as soon as the Siping front troops moved, Marshal Lin launched his most fierce attack on the Siping front.

Over the past six months, the troops under Marshal Lin have been fighting with the Kuomintang troops every day, and their combat effectiveness has been improving.

And Luo Shuai has a lot of soldiers in the back.

More than 40 regiments have been sent to the front line.

Marshal Lin already had 26 men on the Siping front, making him no less powerful than the Nationalist troops on the other side. Previously, they had been fighting a defensive battle, but now Deng Guo's actions in South Manchuria were directly affecting the Siping front.

Du Yuming had just withdrawn the New Sixth Army from the front line when Marshal Lin received the information.