Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

After Gao Wei finished showing off, Huang Hao said, "An order has arrived from the detachment."

"What order?"

"The detachment has issued an order to reorganize our Advance Battalion. This time, the detachment held a meeting to reorganize the troops. Under the detachment are the 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion, 4th Battalion, 5th Battalion, Special Service Battalion, Independent Battalion, as well as the Guard Battalion, Artillery Battalion, and Logistics Battalion. Our Advance Battalion will be reorganized into an independent battalion of an independent detachment. Captain Gao will serve as the battalion commander, and I will also serve as the instructor."

"Independent Battalion?"

Gao Wei frowned and said, "If it's an advance brigade, then there's no organization. We can expand the army however we want. But if it's reorganized into an independent battalion, then there will be restrictions on our future expansion. What organization has the detachment given us?"

"Four main companies. If we can find a way, we can also add a recruit company."

"So we can set up five companies?"

"Correct."

Gao Wei was somewhat satisfied.

"Five companies, if fully staffed, seven or eight hundred people would be enough. Although it's a bit more troublesome than the Advance Brigade, it's still acceptable."

But how did our detachment suddenly come up with so many battalions?"

"Recently, the independent detachment has accepted a number of commanders sent by the division headquarters, and many former Northeast Army officers have also been incorporated into the unit. The detachment has also undergone some personnel changes. The detachment has a new deputy commander, formerly the deputy chief of the operations department of the division headquarters, named Xiao Yongshi."

"Section Chief Xiao, I know him. When he was in the independent regiment, he had a very good relationship with our commander and political commissar."

Gao Wei nodded repeatedly.

"He was the regimental commander, no, the division commander's favorite. There were many staff officers in the independent regiment at the time, and the division commander valued him the most, so even though he was the youngest among them, he was appointed deputy section chief. It's incredible that he came to our independent detachment."

The independent regiment was not very large back then.

There are only about 1700 people.

There were also few commanders. Even when the independent regiments were first established, there was no battalion headquarters; the regimental headquarters directly led the companies. Battalion headquarters were added later. Therefore, the regimental and company cadres were very familiar with each other.

Gao Wei was the platoon leader at the time, so he also knew Xiao Yongshi.

The Independent Regiment was not short of young cadres, but there were still many rumors about Xiao Yongshi, and it was said that the regiment commander admired Xiao Yongshi the most.

"It should be that the role of independent detachments is growing."

"That's how it should be."

Gao Wei was very happy.

He was a member of the independent division, but also of the independent detachment. The better the independent detachment was, the happier he would be.

Comrade Chen Zuning served as the commander of the 5th Battalion, and Comrade Song Zhiyuan served as the commander of the artillery battalion and concurrently the commander of the 4th Battalion. Comrade Chen Zuning was also a member of the original independent regiment, and later recruited troops in the local area. Now the unit he recruited has been upgraded to a main force battalion by the independent division. Comrade Song Zhiyuan was a former officer of the Northeast Army who stayed in Yi County to fight against the Japanese. His troops were incorporated into the independent division, and he himself was assigned to the independent detachment.

"Why do the commander and the political commissar always like to use these white dog officers?"

Gao Wei was a little confused.

What's so good about those white dogs?

Huang Hao saw Gao Wei's temper rising and immediately said, "Now is the time to cooperate in the anti-Japanese war. Besides, these former National Army officers are all graduates of regular military academies and have rich combat experience. More importantly, they are willing to surrender to the Eighth Route Army and participate in the revolution, which is a good thing. People like Zhang Dahu, Chief of Staff of our Independent Detachment, Li Wanfu, Commander of the First Battalion, and Wu Qinghe, Commander of the Special Service Battalion, are now members of our Party and are our comrades. Comrade Song Zhiyuan will probably join the Party soon. Your grumbling is not conducive to unity."

"Understood, my comrade commissar."

"The commander has also sent a message asking you to be careful. The independent battalion's continued development in Xining County will inevitably lead to retaliation from the Japanese army."

"I will be careful."

Chapter 101 The Japanese Army in Mongolia is established

"Military intelligence: The Japanese garrison in Mongolia has arrived."

After the independent detachment meeting ended, each battalion began its own development.

The independent detachment headquarters doesn't care about that.

The headquarters in Songjiazhuang is currently responsible for training the Training Brigade, the Guard Battalion, the Fourth Battalion, and the Artillery Battalion. The Training Brigade is dedicated to training grassroots commanders. Participants include squad leaders and soldiers who performed well in previous wars, as well as students from the independent detachment. The goal is to train qualified grassroots commanders at the squad and platoon levels for the detachment.

Xiao Yongshi is in charge of the teaching team.

Xiao Yongshi is really capable.

During the Red Army era, he attended the Red Army University, then served as a company commander in the Cadre Corps, earning military distinction. Later, he worked in the Operations Department, and in recent months, has independently developed a guerrilla unit. He is a cadre with both theoretical and practical experience.

He is very familiar with teaching and is responsible for teaching the brigade and is excellent in training grassroots commanders.

Then Song Zhiyuan was in charge of the training of the artillery battalion and the fourth battalion.

It can be said that only after Song Zhiyuan came, the army had a real artillery commander. Song Zhiyuan was a graduate of a military academy with a formal artillery major. In addition to infantry guns, he could also operate mortars and grenade launchers.

Although Zhang Dahu can tinker with the Zheng gun, he just knows how to use it and is not a professional.

Song Zhiyuan is different.

This was his specialty. After he arrived at the independent detachment, the troops' skill in handling grenade launchers had risen rapidly. Since the Japanese troops withdrew from the county, the independent detachment had been developing rapidly.

Just at this moment, Han Weiguo arrived.

"The Mongolian garrison has arrived. Which troops are they?"

Wang Qiuyun quickly asked Han Weiguo.

The independent detachment was to develop northwards and develop the Chahar base. Its previous opponent was the Chahar Expeditionary Corps, but this unit was part of the Kwantung Army and could not fight in North China for a long time.

After all, the Kwantung Army’s base was in the Northeast.

The Kwantung Army's troops entering North China either changed their affiliation and became part of the North China Front Army, or withdrew to the Northeast. Therefore, the Mongolian Corps now being established is the future opponent of the Independent Detachment.

"The Japanese Army's newly formed Mongolian Garrison Corps consists of three units: the 26th Division, the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade, and five reserve battalions. The 26th Division's headquarters is in Datong, and its troops are also stationed in the Datong area. The 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade's headquarters is in Zhangjiakou, and the five reserve battalions are stationed in major cities along the Pingsui Road. The Mongolian Garrison Corps' headquarters is in Zhangjiakou.

"Five reserve battalions stationed in cities along the Pingsui Road?"

"Yes."

Wang Qiuyun, Wei Hongjun, Xiao Yongshi, and Zhang Dahu were looking at the map. The more they looked at it, the more they frowned.

Wei Hongjun asked, "What about the organization of the 26th Division? Where did it come from?"

"The 26th Division was formed by the expansion of the former 26th Mixed Brigade of the Kwantung Army. It was the first three-unit division of the Japanese Army. Previously, Japanese Army divisions were all four-unit divisions, that is, divisions with two brigades and four infantry regiments. The 26th Division, which was established this time, had no brigade organization, but only one infantry regiment. The infantry regiment was composed of three infantry regiments, namely the 26th Infantry Regiment, the 26th Infantry Regiment, and the 1.2th Infantry Regiment. Each regiment, like other Japanese Army units, was composed of three major divisions. Each battalion consisted of four infantry companies. There were also division-level search and rescue teams, communications teams, the 2000th Independent Field Artillery Regiment, the 9000th Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment, the 216th Independent Engineer Regiment, the 216th Independent Heavy Artillery Regiment, as well as weapons service teams, medical teams, and field hospitals. The division had approximately 54 troops, 18 military horses, approximately 12 rifles, ammunition cartridges, light machine guns, heavy machine guns, field guns, and mountain guns, among other weapons and equipment.

The biggest difference between the Japanese Army and the Eighth Route Army is the issue of organization.

The Japanese army was a country with a very complete structure, and the troops also had a very standard organization. Therefore, as long as the unit numbers they formed were complete, their strength and weapons could be roughly judged.

Although the 26th Division was the first Japanese Army division to be organized into three regiments, and was significantly different from the previous four regiment divisions, with the establishment of the 26th Division, all subsequent Japanese Army divisions organized into three regiments followed the same structure, indicating that the Japanese Army began to establish a new divisional structure, and there would not be much difference.

Therefore, intelligence on the 26th Division is also easy to obtain.

In comparison, the Eighth Route Army's numbers are very messy.

There were vast differences between regiments. Some had two to three thousand men, others only five or six hundred. There was even a jumble of self-defense forces, guerrilla armies, detachments, columns, and divisions. The situation was even more serious for local forces, with positions like commander and general commander being held in various capacities. Not to mention the Japanese army, even the Eighth Route Army itself would have been unaware of the situation if they didn't report carefully to their subordinates.

Even the Eighth Route Army headquarters didn't have a clear understanding of the situation of its own troops, as the numbers were too numerous and too complicated.

“独立混成第二旅团下辖五个独立步兵大队，同时配属有独立炮兵队、独立工兵队、独立通信队、重队。他们独立混成第二旅团的独立大队和日军野战步兵大队不一样，独立步兵大队人数大约在810人左右。刚刚成立的独立混成第二旅团，实际兵员大约5000人左右。配备军马1800匹、步骑枪4050支、掷弹筒120个、轻机枪120挺、重机枪30挺、平射炮10门、山炮20门、野炮12门等武器装备。”

"The garrison plan for the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade is: the 1st Independent Infantry Battalion will be stationed in Xuanhua, the 2nd Independent Infantry Battalion will be stationed in Huailai, the 3rd Independent Infantry Battalion will be stationed in Zhuolu, the 4th Independent Infantry Battalion will be stationed in Tianzhen, and the 5th Independent Infantry Battalion will be stationed in Zhangjiakou."

Han Weiguo was able to mark the situation of the Japanese troops stationed in Mongolia on the map, which shows that the Eighth Route Army's intelligence system was quite capable.

Not only the organization and strength of the corps stationed in Mongolia were clarified, but also the location where they would be stationed was clarified.

"As for the five reserve battalions, they are all garrison battalions. Their mission is to maintain public order in the occupied areas and protect the safety of the Pingsui Road. They are generally stationed at some important places along the Pingsui Road.

Ordinary stations will have a small team of about ten people, some slightly more important stations will have a small team, and more important stations will have a squadron of devils."

Han Weiguo gave a detailed introduction to the deployment of the Mongolian corps.

The Mongolian garrison was formed.

The main opponent of the independent detachment in the future will be the Mongolian Army. Seeing that many people were very serious, Wei Hongjun smiled and said, "The Mongolian Army may seem powerful, but if you think about it carefully, the Japanese troops deployed are not very large. The 120th Division of Datong will first have to deal with the Eighth Route Army and the National Army in the Yanbei area. Not only are there troops from our independent division, but also troops from the th Division operating here. Some troops of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army are also fighting guerrilla warfare here, and they have a lot of troops. Just dealing with the troops here will give the th Division of Datong a headache."

"Looking north, the 26th Division also has to manage Suiyuan. In Suiyuan, there are Fu Zuoyi's troops under the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Allied Forces formed by Yan Xishan and our Eighth Route Army, and the Daqingshan base opened up by our 120th Division. These forces are all rivals to the 26th Division. Just dealing with the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army in the north and south, the Datong troops can't spare many troops to fight us."

The Japanese army is still short of manpower behind enemy lines.

The Japanese army established a garrison in Mongolia this time because they found that the occupied areas were short of troops and began to pay attention to the problems in the occupied areas.

The situation behind enemy lines now was different from the situation a few years later when the Japanese army would deploy its main forces for a mop-up operation. Although Datong had the 120th Division, it also faced numerous other forces. They had to protect the Tongpai Road, deal with the First and Second Divisions of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region, the th Division, and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's rear-line forces. In the Suiyuan region, they had to contend with the powerful Fu Zuoyi forces and the Daqingshan Detachment.

"Look at the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade. Several infantry battalions are stationed in various counties. They may seem powerful, but we are not afraid.

It’s just that as we expand northward and establish a base in southern Chahar, it becomes increasingly difficult and we face more and more enemies.”

"Yes. If it's just the Mongolian garrison, we really don't have to worry too much.

Wang Qiuyun nodded.

The Mongolian Garrison Corps, including its five garrison battalions, had a combined strength of only about 20,000 men. However, they had a wide range of territories to manage, including Mongolia, southern Chahar, northern Chahar, northern Pingyang, and even Suiyuan. Furthermore, the Mongolian Garrison Corps was responsible for the two most important Japanese railways, the Pingsui Railway and the Tongpu Railway.

To be honest, it is not very useful to have 20,000 people in charge of such a large area.

"The number of Japanese troops stationed in Mongolia may seem small, but after the Japanese supported the establishment of the Chahar Autonomous Government, traitors have become rampant in the Chahar region. Currently, the self-defense corps under the Chahar Autonomous Government has approximately 5,000 to 6,000 members, and this number will continue to increase. Add to that the local maintenance associations and various landlord armed forces, and the number of various traitorous armed forces in the Chahar region exceeds 10,000. In addition to the Chahar Autonomous Government, the Mongolian Autonomous Government also has several puppet Mongolian cavalry divisions. The Japanese will support even more traitorous armed forces in the future.

Without these traitorous armed forces, how could the Japanese army, with such a small force, have controlled such a large territory? We must definitely pay attention to this point."

Han Weiguo reminded Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun.

The Japanese army's limited force is simply not enough to control such a large area. Therefore, in the future, the Japanese army will recruit various traitors on a large scale and form various traitor armed forces to manage these places.

"That's for sure. In the future, there will inevitably be more and more traitorous armed forces. We must not only eliminate the Japanese army, but also crack down on the traitors. The special forces battalion is currently doing very well, focusing its main targets on the puppet regimes and traitors in rural towns and villages. This is to prepare the special forces battalion's logistics and weapons and ammunition. Our dispatched small team is no match for the Japanese army for the time being, so we can take on those traitors. This is also a good way to train troops. After annihilating the traitorous armed forces, we can use their supplies, weapons and ammunition to develop our troops. Tell our officers and soldiers to avoid the Japanese army, crack down on traitors, and develop the army. At the same time, promote anti-Japanese resistance and expand its influence."

The Japanese army is now strong, and the losses will be too great if we confront them head-on.

First, attack the traitors to expand your influence. This will also help you raise funds and food, as well as seize weapons and ammunition. Develop your army. Once you're strong, then confront the Japanese.

"There's another piece of news. Feng Anmin has been appointed by Yan Xishan as the administrative director of the Third Administrative District and will be taking up his post soon. I heard that many people in the First and Second Regiments of the National Salvation Army are unwilling to follow Feng Anmin to the Third Administrative District. Xiao Yongshun, commander of the First Regiment, and Cao Lei, commander of the Second Regiment, have both chosen to stay."

"Feng Anmin is leaving? Who will be left to be the mayor of Sheng County?"

"It's a man named An Xin. He seems to have come here after receiving intensive training in guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines from Yan Xishan."

Wei Hongjun thought for a moment and said, "Director Han, do we have anyone in the First and Second Regiments of the National Salvation Army?"

"Have."

Could you please arrange an appointment for me with Xiao Yongshun and Cao Lei? I want to talk to them."

Chapter 102 Adaptation

In the few months since the joint military-civilian meeting of the Shengxian base area, the party organization in Shengxian has developed very rapidly.

The meeting decided to no longer reject party members based on their background, which immediately opened up the situation. Although Shanxi did not have as many students as Hebei, its education system was still better than other provinces, and there were many educated people.