Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

I have no objection to Luo Shuai's arrangement.

Although both were part of the Northeast Field Army, the North Manchuria Corps and the South Manchuria Corps operated independently and formed their own systems. Compared to the historical period in which Marshal Lin Biao personally oversaw the reorganization of the chaotic Northeast Field Army, his time in the Northeast was relatively brief. By the time he arrived, the various factions in the region had already largely established their positions. Faced with such a situation, the Northeast Bureau would not arbitrarily intervene in any reorganization, let alone Marshal Lin Biao. Therefore, Marshal Lin Biao remained largely in the loop regarding specific cadre arrangements, prioritizing the troops' ability to fight.

Marshal Luo continued, "For the First Corps, I recommend Comrade Yang Dezhi as Commander, Comrade Su Zhenhua as Political Commissar, Comrade Li Tianyou as Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff, Comrade Huang Yong as Deputy Commander and Commander of the Fifth Column, and Comrade Luo Renfa as Deputy Political Commissar and Director of the Political Department. After Comrade Li Tianyou is transferred to the Corps Headquarters, Comrade Cai Debao will be appointed Commander of the Fourth Column, and Comrade Sha Xuewen will be appointed Political Commissar of the Ninth Column.

Luo Shuai’s work this year was not in vain.

The situation of the military cadres is clear to the naked eye.

Marshal Luo continued, "For the Second Corps, I recommend Comrade Xiao Jinguang as Commander, Comrade Huang Kecheng as Political Commissar, Comrade Chen Bojun as Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff, and Comrade Tang Tianji as Deputy Political Commissar and Director of the Political Department. Comrade Liang Xingchu as Commander of the Sixth Column, and Comrade Liang Bianzhi as Political Commissar. Comrade Hong Xuezhi as Commander of the newly established Thirteenth Column, and Comrade Li Zuopeng as Political Commissar."

Liu Yalou standing next to him was not very happy.

He felt that Marshal Luo had arranged everything. But just as he was about to say something, Marshal Lin next to him said, "It's settled. Let's hold a meeting of the Field Army Party Committee to finalize the matter. The troops must be reorganized quickly and the spring offensive must not be delayed."

"it is good."

1947 October.

Chiang Kai-shek's all-out offensive completely failed.

In less than 10 months, the main force of the Nationalist army, together with the local troops, lost over one million men, including a large number of elite troops. No matter how much Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalist government tried to whitewash the situation, they now knew that the situation was unfavorable.

So Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to end this all-out offensive.

Of course, Chiang Kai-shek does not have the strength to launch a full-scale attack now.

Chiang Kai-shek wanted to focus his attack.

But now Chiang Kai-shek's mobile forces were seriously insufficient and he had no idea where to start. Just when Chiang Kai-shek was considering how to adjust the battle plan, the Northeast Field Army and the North China Field Army launched new campaigns one after another.

Marshal Lin had already gained a comprehensive advantage in Northeast China after launching the winter offensive at the end of 1946. Since he had an absolute advantage, Marshal Lin certainly did not miss this good opportunity.

The spring offensive was launched.

Yang Dezhi led the First Corps, attacking Zhangwu, Fuxin, and Chaoyang, and advancing into Rehe, intending to destroy the 52nd and 13th Armies there. Xiao Jinguang led the Second Corps southward, capturing Tieling, Xinmin, and other areas, destroying positions outside Shenyang. Wang Qiuyun led the Third Corps, attacking Fushun and also mopping up Nationalist positions around Shenyang.

Deng Guo’s Fourth Corps went straight to Jinzhou.

Coach Lin now has an absolute advantage.

Zheng Dongguo's main force was to be annihilated in Shenyang, while Yang Dezhi's First Corps and Deng Guo's Fourth Corps jointly attacked Liao Yaoxiang's Corps.

Destroy and destroy.

When the Northeast Field Army was dispatched, they captured the small and medium-sized cities in the Northeast with ease.

At this time, the North China Field Army also launched the second Pinghan Railway Campaign.

In the Pinghan Road Campaign last year, Yang Quanwu's troops annihilated Pang Bingxun's troops, then annihilated the Third Army, and then captured Shijiazhuang. This was the second Pinghan Road Campaign initiated by Yang Quanwu and his men.

The Fifth Corps, under the leadership of Zhang Zihua, Zhang Liankui, and Yi Yaocai, quickly moved south from Rehe and captured Jixian County, where the 62th Brigade of the Reorganized 95nd Division was stationed. The Fifth Corps' weapons and equipment were truly excellent.

After successively annihilating the main force of Zuo Yi's army and two divisions of the 52nd Army, the troops' weapons and equipment were greatly improved.

The Nationalist army's current garrison is simply unable to withstand an attack from a force of this size.

After taking Ji County, the Fifth Corps headed straight for Langfang.

Beijing and Tianjin were shaken.

After all, the Fifth Corps commanded three columns, and with the 12th Column supporting it, it comprised approximately 18 troops. With so many troops entering Langfang, and aligning with the encirclement of the eastern Hebei front, no force in the entire region could resist. The scattered local KMT forces in the region were annihilated one after another by the Fifth Corps.

The Fifth Corps headed straight for Beijing.

Chen Cheng was very nervous.

Three armies and three reorganized divisions totaling 3 troops were drawn from around Peking, Tianjin and Baoding to form the Northward Corps, commanded by Chen Cheng's direct general Luo Zhuoying, who was ready to engage in a head-on confrontation with the Fifth Corps.

But not long after the troops set out, Yang Quanwu organized his troops to attack Baoding.

Sun Lianzhong was anxious.

Ask Chen Cheng for help immediately.

Of course, Chen Cheng wouldn't rush to rescue them, as Beiping was more important than Baoding, and he himself was a hundred times more important than Sun Lianzhong. Even though Chen Cheng didn't rescue Sun Lianzhong, Sun Lianzhong's troops still obeyed his orders. Three of the reorganized divisions within Luo Zhuoying's corps were Sun Lianzhong's troops.

Two of the reorganized divisions, the 55th and 68th, returned on their own halfway and were under the command of Sun Lianzhong, not Chen Cheng.

This made Chen Cheng furious.

The commanders of the 55th and 68th Reorganized Divisions were asked to send guns. Although Chen Cheng ordered the 55th and 68th Reorganized Divisions to go to Langfang, they were all Sun Lianzhong's direct troops. Now that Baoding was in trouble, how could they not return to help?

This is the opportunity Yang Quanwu and Geng Biao were waiting for.

The First Corps quickly attacked and surrounded the reorganized 55th Division.

Surround them and beat them hard.

Yang Quanwu chose to reorganize the 55th Division for a reason. Although the 55th Division originated from the Northwest Army and was now under the command of Sun Lianzhong, it was Han Fuqu's unit. It was assigned to Sun Lianzhong near the end of the Anti-Japanese War.

Sun Lianzhong was very good at reorganizing the 55th Division.

While the Central Army looked down on these ragtag units and suppressed them, they still had to unite to protect their own interests. After all, they had a historical connection. Even so, there were always gaps between them. After Chen Cheng arrived, the attitude of the reorganized 55th Division became somewhat ambiguous. This was because the reorganized 55th Division also wanted to defect to Chiang Kai-shek, hoping to become a direct unit of Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army. The treatment in the Central Army was far better than that of the ragtag units.

The troops were caught in a dilemma between Chen Cheng and Sun Lianzhong.

Cao Fulin, the commander of the reorganized 55th Division, was a man of good character and strong command. However, since arriving in Hebei, he had no time to train his troops. His daily focus wasn't on how to fight, but on how to manage the situation and keep the division going.

He had been wavering before, but this time he directly chose Sun Lianzhong.

Because Chen Cheng was so decisive in what he did. Chen Cheng was Chiang Kai-shek's favorite general, so he usually put on a very high attitude. If you defected to him, Chen Cheng would not care at all. Chen Cheng had a lot of direct subordinates under his command, and Chen Cheng had been annexing other people's troops during this period. Some time ago, Chen Cheng began to think about reorganizing the 55th Division and wanted to replace the position of a brigade commander of the reorganized 55th Division, but was pushed back by Cao Fulin. However, Chen Cheng's move made Cao Fulin very dissatisfied and worried. So he finally decided to stand firmly by Sun Lianzhong. Relying on Sun Lianzhong's power, he stopped Chen Cheng from annexing his own troops.

Unfortunately, he was surrounded by the First Corps just as he returned to provide support.

The First Corps was the main force of Yang Chengwu's Central Hebei Military Region. With its superior numbers and weaponry, it inflicted heavy losses on the Reorganized 55th Division. Internal strife between Chen Cheng and Sun Lianzhong had left the Reorganized 55th Division feeling demoralized and unstable during this period.

At this time, they were surrounded by the People's Liberation Army again, and the combat effectiveness of the entire army dropped significantly.

The First Corps launched the attack in the early morning.

By noon the next day, only a few men remained in the reorganized 55th Division. Of the 4000-man force, fewer than 55 remained. Although the reorganized 48th Division's resistance was unfavorable, it fought for less than hours.

But the surrounding troops were also unable to provide effective rescue.

Chen Cheng and Luo Zhuoying watched as the PLA surrounded and annihilated the Reorganized 55th Division, yet they did not send any troops to rescue it. The majority of the troops had already arrived in Langfang, unconcerned with the Reorganized 55th Division's plight. The Reorganized 68th Division, however, attempted to provide relief, but was unexpectedly cut off by the Fourth Column, and then devoured by the First Corps and the Ninth Column, which swallowed up two brigades. They fled in panic, nearly annihilated.

Starting from the Fifth Corps' southward attack on Jixian County, within just eleven days, Yang Quanwu led the First Corps and the Second Corps to successively annihilate five brigades of the Kuomintang army, with a total of more than 5 troops, north of Baoding.

Then the main force came back and began to attack Baoding.

Baoding only had the 30th reorganized division.

整编30师的前身30军，在1945年日军投降之前强闯129师的冀南军区。结果30军有两个师被刘帅率领129师成建制歼灭，所以30军只能是重新组建这两个师。

Later it was reorganized into the 30th Reorganized Division, with a strength of about 27000 people.

But the combat effectiveness has dropped significantly.

During the First Pinghan Railway Campaign, Yang Quanwu annihilated two regiments of the Reorganized 30th Division and nearly wiped out one of its brigades. Later, Sun Lianzhong replenished the troops and restored the Reorganized 30th Division.

This time, they were surrounded by Yang Quanwu in Baoding.

However, Yang Quanwu assigned the task of attacking Baoding to the Second Corps, and then the First Corps marched northward to Dingxing and Zhuozhou.

He then ordered the Fifth Corps to attack Luo Zhuoying's Corps in Langfang, making it appear they were about to encircle and annihilate them. Seeing this, Chen Cheng panicked and ordered Luo Zhuoying to withdraw his troops from Langfang. As a result, Luo Zhuoying's Corps was fiercely attacked by the Fifth Corps during its retreat, losing five regiments. The vanguard of the First Corps entered Langfang and attacked Luo Zhuoying's Corps from the flank, also annihilating three of their regiments. Luo Zhuoying's Corps retreated to Peking in a desperate attempt, and after counting, it was discovered that the First and Fifth Corps had wiped out three brigades and approximately 20,000 men.

Chapter 700 Rebellion

After entering the spring of 1947, the situation in North China was extremely good.

Especially Hebei.

The First, Second, and Fifth Corps fought continuously for over half a month, annihilating eight brigades and two regiments of the Nationalist regular army, totaling over 60,000 men, and more than 20,000 local Nationalist troops. Furthermore, the Second Corps was still engaged in the Battle of Baoding, and the outer positions of Baoding had been largely captured.

Sun Lianzhong kept asking Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Cheng for help.

But of course Chen Cheng wouldn't take action.

This time, it wasn't that Chen Cheng didn't want to rescue, but rather that he simply didn't have the ability to do so. Although Chen Cheng's command abilities were poor, he understood the current situation. With his forces holed up in Peking and Tianjin, they could at least survive for a while. However, leaving Peking and Tianjin would be courting death.

There were no reinforcements around Baoding.

After several requests for help went unanswered, Sun Lianzhong knew that this time the situation was truly hopeless.

As long as Baoding is captured, the Nationalist army will only have two cities in Hebei, namely Peking and Tianjin. The Second Pinghan Railway Campaign will also be a complete success, annihilating more than 100,000 Nationalist troops.

Of course, one reason the situation in North China was so good was that the Northeast Field Army was gaining strength in the Northeast. This left the Nationalist Army in the Northeast with no energy to focus on other areas. They were now struggling to even cope with the Northeast Field Army's spring offensive.

Shenyang was surrounded by the Northeast Field Army, and all the defensive positions outside Shenyang were destroyed by the Northeast Field Army. There were no Nationalist troops around Shenyang anymore, only the Northeast Field Army. Now there were only a few remaining in the Northeast. Just a few, and the Northeast Field Army would completely liberate the Northeast.

Including the 13th Army and the 52nd Army in Rehe.

The 52nd Army had two divisions annihilated by the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Third Field Army, and had just been restocked when it was again devoured by the First Corps of the Northeast Field Army led by Yang Dezhi. Seeing the First Corps's formidable combat capability, the 13th Army immediately withdrew from Rehe to Tianjin. There was nothing they could do. The 52nd Army was completely destroyed, and a single army was undoubtedly no match for the First Corps' over troops.

The battles in Northeast China and Hebei were proceeding smoothly. Now, all that was left was for General Xu to launch the Jinzhong Campaign in southern Shanxi and catalyze the Wu Shimin Uprising. This would completely control the situation in North China. General Xu, with his forces primarily local, and having recently received a large shipment of weapons and ammunition from the North China Military Region, was in the process of training his troops, and therefore had not immediately launched the Jinzhong Campaign. However, General Xu's training abilities were exceptional; in less than twenty days, the Fourth Corps had already taken on the form of a major force.

But sometimes things just don't work out that way.

Just as General Xu was preparing to launch the Jinzhong Campaign, someone reported to the Ministry of Social Affairs that Gao Shuxun's troops were about to rebel. This news shocked the North China Bureau and the North China Military Region. After all, Gao Shuxun's uprising had a significant impact on the PLA. Therefore, upon receiving the report, General Xu, as the head of military affairs in southern and central Shanxi, immediately sent people to take over Gao Shuxun's troops. Then, Yang Qiqing, the former Minister of Social Affairs of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan region and now Deputy Minister of Social Affairs of the North China Bureau, led his men to resolve the matter.

Originally, Wei Hongjun didn't care much about this matter.

Because in his previous life, Wei Hongjun's impression of Gao Shuxun was that he was one of the first generals to revolt in the Nationalist army. Therefore, he continued to serve in the new China after liberation. So, although some people reported Gao Shuxun's rebellion, Wei Hongjun believed that the matter should not be so serious.

Wei Hongjun focused more on the Hebei campaign. However, the Hebei campaign was almost over, and Baoding was almost captured. But Gao Shuxun's situation remained unresolved. The unresolved matter of Gao Shuxun's rebellion had already triggered an uprising by Wu Shimin, which in turn affected General Xu's planned Jinzhong Campaign.

This made Wei Hongjun very angry.

I have to be angry.

The Jinzhong Campaign was a campaign that Wei Hongjun and General Xu had deliberated on for a long time and finally decided upon. As long as the Jinzhong Campaign was successfully concluded, General Xu could lead his troops to encircle Taiyuan. All of Shanxi, except Taiyuan, would become a liberated area. However, due to problems with Gao Shuxun's troops and the impact of Wu Shimin's uprising, the Jinzhong Campaign could not be launched. Wu Shimin, after all, had an army of approximately 50,000 men. If he did not revolt and his troops continued to entrench themselves in southern Shanxi, General Xu would not be able to lead the main force to launch the Jinzhong Campaign. General Xu would definitely have to deal with Wu Shimin's troops first before he could turn around and launch the Jinzhong Campaign.

"Comrade Du Liqing, what exactly is going on? What are the results of your Ministry of Social Affairs' investigation into Gao Shuxun's planned rebellion?

During this period, Liu Ren, head of the Enemy Work Department, was constantly visiting Wei Hongjun. Liu Ren was agitated and his temper was starting to fray. Of course, Wei Hongjun understood Liu Ren's feelings, as the Enemy Work Department had been talking to Wu Shimin, and things were going well.

Wu Shimin was also very willing to lead his troops in the uprising. Being able to persuade an army to revolt was no simple task. The Enemy Work Department did a lot of work during this process.

As a result, serious problems arose in Gao Shuxun's army, which had revolted two years earlier.

Although the North China Bureau and the North China Military Region had taken decisive measures, no major problems had occurred so far. Gao Shuxun's troops were already under the command of Marshal Xu.

But the impact of this incident is too bad.

Gao Shuxun and thousands of officers under his command were detained.

Wu Shimin immediately hesitated after hearing the news. The Gao Shuxun uprising, the New 11th Brigade's Cao Yousen uprising, and the Shaanxi 38th Army uprising were all national uprisings. Of these, the Gao Shuxun uprising had the greatest impact, both militarily and politically.