Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Now that the second-line corps is being formed and there are plans for troop reorganization, it is possible that the South China Military Region will be involved and troops will be drawn from it. That is why the South China Military Region hopes that the central government can retain the establishment of five field armies.

The Central Committee and the Military Commission finally approved the application of the South China Military Region.

At the same time, the Central Committee transferred the first deputy commander of the South China Military Region, the former commander of the 13th Corps, Yang Dezhi, to the north to be responsible for the formation of the second-line corps and gave it the number of the 12th Corps. This was the number originally under the Third Field Army, but it was abolished as early as the end of 1. However, this time

The establishment of the second-line corps required a number, so it was given the number 12 Corps. At the same time, Tang Liang was transferred from East China to serve as the political commissar of the newly established 12 Corps. The reason for this deployment was that the Central Committee believed that Yang Dezhi had completed the task of suppressing bandits in Guangxi very well, and it would be a waste of talent for him to continue to stay in Guangxi.

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Although the South China Military Region has fewer troops, it once had three corps, and the cadres of the three corps are all in South China. It is a waste to have so many corps-level and deputy corps-level cadres in the South China Military Region. Without Yang Dezhi, the South China Military Region still has Cheng Shi

Cai, Chen Kaikun and other generals.

The Central Committee affirmed Yang Dezhi's ability, so it took advantage of the current opportunity to let him form the second-line corps.

At the same time, considering that many troops had already been withdrawn from the former Fourth and Fifth Field Armies, this time the Second Line Corps was formed, preparing to use troops from the Second and Third Field Armies.

Although Yang Dezhi was from the Fourth Field Army, he was the commander of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region during the Anti-Japanese War. The Hebei-Shandong-Henan base was conquered by Yang Dezhi. Although these troops were originally the 115th Division, they were incorporated into the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Army during the War of Liberation.

The troops that came out of Hebei, Shandong and Henan were the 11th and 7th columns of the Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan Field Army. When they were reorganized, two armies emerged. In the Second Field Army, there was the

The bloodline of the troops.

That is why the Central Committee and the Military Commission chose Yang Dezhi.

As for Tang Liang, he is also simple.

To mobilize the Third Field Army, Tang Liang was needed. Tang Liang was the director of the Third Field Army's Political Department and the "Tang" of the renowned "Chen Tang Corps." He had also worked with Yang Dezhi in the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region for a period during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

That is why the Military Commission decided that Yang Dezhi and Tang Liang would jointly form the 12th Corps.

As a result, Deng Guo, commander of the South China Military Region, and Yang Dezhi, the first deputy commander of the South China Military Region, have both left the region. Currently, Luo Qirong, the political commissar of the South China Military Region, along with Chen Kaikun, the second deputy commander, and Lai Chuanzhu, the third political commissar, are in charge of handling the situation.

However, the Central Military Commission did not immediately adjust the personnel of the South China Military Region.

Because there are many such situations in local military regions across the country.

This requires a unified adjustment.

Wei Hongjun had already left Beijing and arrived in the Northeast. Wei Hongjun knew that the troops would soon enter the Korean War, so he began to arrange the work at hand. Although Wei Hongjun had many positions, the other jobs were either nominal or had not been done for a long time.

Do the actual work.

Just like the Secretary of the Secretariat, except for important matters, the daily work of the Secretariat has nothing to do with Wei Hongjun. There is also the commander and political commissar of the North China Military Region. Wei Hongjun has not dealt with the affairs of the North China Military Region for a long time.

Jie and Li Zhimin are responsible for handling it.

But some actual work must be arranged properly.

One is the work of the State Council. Wei Hongjun is the Vice Premier of the State Council and the Deputy Director of the Finance and Economics Committee, in charge of seven or eight ministries and commissions. Fortunately, there have been such cases before. When Wei Hongjun was not there, Zeng, the Deputy Director of the Finance and Economics Committee and Minister of the Ministry of Textile Industry, was in charge of the work of the State Council.

Zeng Shan was in charge of handling it. This time was no exception. When Wei Hongjun was away, Zeng Shan would handle Wei Hongjun's work on his behalf.

There is also the work of the National Compilation Committee.

The National Compilation Committee currently has two deputy directors, Zhang Dingcheng and An Ziwen. Both of them have the qualifications and levels to represent Wei Hongjun in the work of the National Compilation Committee. However, Wei Hongjun finally chose Zhang Dingcheng. When Wei Hongjun is not in Beijing, the National Compilation Committee

The work of the drafting committee was handed over to Zhang Dingcheng.

There is also a heavyweight position.

That was the Rural Work Conference.

After Wei Hongjun left, there were three cadres qualified to take over as acting secretary of the Rural Work Conference, namely Deng Xixian, Deng Zhihui and Xi Zhongxun. As for Li Shaocheng, his qualifications were too shallow and his rank was too low.

Under normal circumstances, Deng Zhihui should have been transferred to Beijing.

Because among the few people, Wei Hongjun and Deng Zhihui were the most familiar with rural work. But when Wei Hongjun proposed to the Central Committee, he did not mention Deng Zhihui. This is because it is the time to promote mutual aid groups and cooperatives in rural areas across the country. The old liberated areas with good foundations are promoting cooperatives.

The society promoted mutual aid groups in the newly liberated areas with poor foundations.

Deng Zhihui is not active in this regard.

He has always been skeptical about the plans of mutual aid groups and cooperatives.

After the National Rural Work Conference, Deng Zhihui returned to the Central-South Bureau and began to waver again. He believed that the situation in the Central-South Bureau was not suitable for mutual aid groups. Deng Zhihui's ideas were sound in many respects.

However, it conflicts with the industrialization that New China will vigorously develop in the future.

At this stage, we must unwaveringly promote rural mutual aid groups and cooperatives and develop a cooperative economy in rural areas. Therefore, Wei Hongjun recommended Deng Xixian. After Deng Xixian arrived in Beijing, he was primarily responsible for the Planning Commission.

After everything was arranged, Wei Hongjun arrived in the Northeast and began making intensive preparations for entering North Korea.

"Each unit must make all preparations. Which part of the Yalu River to cross, how to cross the river, if the truck breaks down during the crossing, how to not affect other units crossing the river, all these must have a plan. Each army must send people to familiarize themselves with the route their troops will take to cross the river, so that when the time comes, which unit will be

If the troops are in chaos and the speed of marching is affected, the military and political cadres of that unit will be held accountable. After the troops cross the river, they must make the most perfect plan for which road to march and where to gather. Of course, according to the changes in the Korean War and the changes in the enemy forces, we must also make plans accordingly.

Adjust the troop assembly points and marching routes in real time."

"Commander, don't worry. Our staff will definitely prepare a plan and a contingency plan for any emergency.

Chen Zhonghe nodded.

This time, when Wei Hongjun formed the Border Defense Army Headquarters, the General Staff naturally wanted to call on the cadres they were familiar with and used to.

Wei Hongjun chose Chen Zhonghe as the chief of staff of the border defense army.

Chen Zhonghe was chosen because Wei Hongjun was familiar with him and had worked with him for many years. Chen Zhonghe had little experience in the Red Army, having only joined the Communist Youth League and the Red Army in 1933. His highest rank was no more than company commander.

But after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Zhonghe made rapid progress.

During the Battle of Pingxingguan, he was a platoon leader in the 115th Division. After the battle, he was awarded a prize for his service and promoted to company commander. Later, when the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region was established, he was assigned to the Third Division, first serving as battalion commander of the th Squadron of the Third Division, and then as chief of staff of the th Squadron.

Later, to support the development of the Third Division, Marshal Nie exchanged troops between the First Division and the Third Division. The First Division exchanged its main force, the Second Regiment, for the Third Division's 1000th Battalion, which had only 17 men. Yang Quanwu transferred the th Battalion to the Eighth Column and took away the th Regiment from the Eighth Column.

In this way, the Tenth Brigade came to the Eighth Column, and Chen Zhonghe became a cadre of the Eighth Column.

Since then, Chen Zhonghe has been fighting in the 34th Column, serving as the chief of the Operations Department, deputy chief of staff of the th Column, commander of the th Regiment, then deputy chief of staff of the column, brigade commander, division commander, and now he is a full army-level cadre.

Chen Zhonghe actually didn't want to be chief of staff.

He wanted to lead troops.

However, since Wei Hongjun had asked him to, he had no choice but to accept the position of Chief of Staff. Chen Zhonghe had worked as a staff officer for many years, and the PLA's staff work was becoming more and more standardized. Therefore, establishing a general staff department was not too difficult.

"This is a matter of utmost importance and must not be overlooked. Your General Staff must maintain contact with the various armies at all times to understand their preparations."

"yes. ,

"The same is true for logistics. Once we really send troops, the US military will definitely bombard our logistics, including bombing the bridge on the Yalu River. Therefore, the first batch of logistical supplies needed by our troops must be delivered to North Korea in advance. Where should they be sent specifically?

Here, the logistics headquarters must find a good location.

"We have already sent people to start searching."

Lei Jiabin replied.

In fact, the best way now is to contact the North Korean government directly.

They were asked to allow the border guards to send more personnel into North Korea for reconnaissance. However, the Chairman rejected the border guards' request. He demanded that the border guards respect the North Korean government. They should not directly demand these things from the North Korean government.

But now the North Korean government is overwhelmed.

They simply don't have the energy to take care of things on the Yalu River side. So now, in order to prepare for the entry into North Korea, all the border defense forces and agencies have begun to send investigators to North Korea to conduct investigations, almost blatantly.

And they are not afraid of being discovered easily.

Because the reconnaissance personnel sent out were basically Korean commanders and fighters, many of whom came to China with their parents or followed their parents when they were young. Therefore, there was no problem at all after entering North Korea.

"Logistics Command must pay attention to keeping warm. Many of our troops have fought in the north and should know how cold northern winters can be. All units must not suffer too many non-combat casualties due to weather conditions."

"Commander, you can rest assured about this. We have prepared enough cotton-padded clothes, gloves, cotton-padded shoes, cotton-padded hats, and cotton-padded vests of varying thicknesses. Our troops will not suffer from the cold."

"But it's not enough to just have enough. The troops must have a complete distribution of the goods."

"The temperature has dropped recently, and the logistics of various troops have started to receive cotton-padded clothes."

"That's good."

Wei Hongjun thought for a moment and said, "Also, all units must strictly observe confidentiality. Regarding the organization of the border defense forces, their weapons and equipment—everything must be kept strictly confidential. Comrade Gan Siqi, the Political Department must pay particular attention to this matter."

"Yes."

Gan Siqi nodded.

Although there were many leaders in the Border Defense Army, most of them would not stay at the headquarters, but would lead their troops to the front. The two who usually stayed with Wei Hongjun at the headquarters were Chief of Staff Chen Zhonghe and Deputy Political Commissar and Director of the Political Department Gan Siqi.

The reason why Wei Hongjun chose Gan Siqi from the Northwest Military Region to be the director of the political department of the Border Defense Army was that he trusted Gan Siqi's ability, and the other was to prevent people from thinking that the Border Defense Army was Wei Hongjun's private army.

Wei Hongjun needed a cadre like Gan Siqi who had no connection with him to be in charge of the Political Department.

After Gan Siqi came to the border defense army, he kept in touch with the troops below and got familiar with the political cadres of each unit. Of course, during this process, Wei Hongjun was always with Gan Siqi and also supported Gan Siqi. He told these political cadres below not to be ashamed of Gan Siqi because he came from the Northwest Army.

District, just pretend to obey but actually disobey.

"Comrade Liu Yalou, if we come into conflict with the US military, how many aircraft can the Air Force send to support us? I want accurate data. We don't need bombers to help us, we just need fighter jets to protect our troops and prevent American planes from bombing us recklessly."

Deng Guo, who had been silent all this time, spoke.

Ask Air Force Commander Liu Yalou directly. Liu Yalou said: "We can deploy about 240 fighter jets in the first batch to assist in the battle.

"Can 240 fighter jets really participate in the battle?"

Deng Hua is the first deputy commander and first deputy political commissar of the Border Defense Force, and is the de facto second-in-command in the Border Defense Force.

So he needs an accurate answer.

Having air force assistance and not having it are two different things. This is also something that must be considered when formulating combat plans. Although the Chinese Air Force was established relatively recently, training of air force personnel began as early as 1946.

Liu Yalou looked unhappy.

Looking at Deng Guodao: "If I say there will be 240 fighter jets participating in the battle, there will definitely be 240 fighter jets participating in the battle."

"Comrade Deng Guo, you have to trust our Air Force."

Wu Faxian, currently serving as the deputy political commissar and director of the political department of the Air Force, spoke with certainty.

Originally, the Air Force political commissar was Xiao Hua. However, Xiao Hua has been promoted by the Central Military Commission to deputy director of the General Political Department. Therefore, Wu Faxian is currently acting as the Air Force's deputy political commissar.

Deng Guo did not blame Liu Yalou for his attitude.

Wei Hongjun immediately interrupted and said: "Comrade Liu Yalou, Comrade Wu Faxian, we trust the Air Force comrades. From now on, I hope that the Air Force will also be prepared for war and keep it confidential. Until the front line needs the Air Force, the Air Force will

The troops reappeared on the battlefield.”

"it is good."

If it were a few years ago, Liu Yalou would definitely have had a good talk with Deng Guo.