Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

"Yes. In Zhangjiagou Village, and even in Sheng County as a whole, there are very few girls who can attend girls' schools in big cities. There are probably only a few dozen in the entire county over the years, not many."

"Teacher Li, please continue."

"After Zheng Liulang died in battle, his parents couldn't accept the blow and died within two years. The Zhang family wanted to take her back. After all, she was only eighteen years old at the time and had a long life ahead of her. But she refused because Zheng Liulang had three younger brothers and sisters. From then on, she single-handedly shouldered the family's livelihood. In the past few years, she has managed to set up a household and her life has been thriving. Perhaps influenced by her, her sister-in-law, who is only seventeen years old this year, is also a fierce girl. She even goes hunting with a shotgun, and her marksmanship is very accurate. Everyone in the surrounding area knows her."

Wei Hongjun nodded.

Just by listening to this introduction, you can tell that Zheng Liusao is a very powerful person.

Women's work requires such bold and capable people. Of course, Wei Hongjun understood that Zheng Liusao's ability to establish a family was due to the strength of her family. Without a strong family, it would be difficult for a woman to survive.

But this is also her advantage.

With a strong family background, she can get support from her family when she does women's work in the future. Others will not make things too difficult for her for the sake of her family's reputation.

"How old is Mrs. Zheng Liu this year?"

"Twenty-four years old."

"Teacher Li, are you familiar with Mrs. Zheng Liu?"

"I'm familiar with her. I was her teacher before she went to study in Datong."

"Then Teacher Li will have to step in on this matter. We must mobilize Zheng Liusao to come forward and help us form the Women's Rescue Association."

"it is good."

Wei Hongjun is now becoming more and more confident.

It was great to be able to meet an underground party member like Li Shiping. Although Li Shiping had no experience in base area work, as a teacher at Sheng County Middle School, he had many students all over the country.

Many young people are his students.

"Then let's take it one step at a time. First, we'll establish the Sheng County Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Army."

Chapter 011 Zhang Dahu

"Brother Dahu, come and have some tea."

"Coach Wei, please speak frankly."

After Wang Qiuyun, Wei Hongjun, and Li Shiping held a meeting, they each began their work. Although Wang Qiuyun wasn't fully recovered, she was able to resume her work. As a military officer, Wang Qiuyun immediately began to rectify the guerrillas in Zhangjiagou Village.

So many weapons were captured and needed to be distributed to the guerrillas.

Also develop a daily training plan.

Improve the guerrillas' combat effectiveness as quickly as possible.

Li Shiping compiled the family information of the guerrillas currently enlisted and compiled a register. This was to determine future policies and treatment for military families, and of course, to gain a better understanding of the families of the officers and soldiers, a form of political review. Besides this, Li Shiping began to contact several surrounding villages.

To establish a base, you must first have the most stable territory.

Zhangjiagou Village is the center of the area, encompassing several surrounding villages. These villages have a combined population of around 3,000 to 4,000 people, making them relatively densely populated in Sheng County. Some villages in northern Sheng County, for example, have only a few hundred or even dozens of people. There's no such thing as a large village like Zhangjiagou Village, with a population of 700 or 800.

Li Shiping has been in Sheng County for many years and is a native of Sheng County.

Therefore, these tasks are most suitable for Li Shiping to take charge.

Wei Hongjun was doing political work.

The first one is to talk to Zhang Dahu.

"Brother Dahu, I won't beat around the bush. Have you ever thought about joining our Eighth Route Army and fighting the Japanese together with us?"

Zhang Dahu didn't speak immediately.

Instead, he was silent for a moment, then said, "Instructor Wei, you've been celebrating these past two days. The Japanese will soon learn that the Zhangjiagou Village guerrillas ambushed the devils. Since the July 7 Incident, the Japanese have suffered few defeats in China. How could they possibly endure being ambushed by the guerrillas now? When the Japanese retaliate, are you sure the Zhangjiagou Village guerrillas can hold off the devils?"

Wei Hongjun laughed out loud.

He asked directly: "Brother Dahu, do you not trust our Eighth Route Army?"

"Yes."

Zhang Dahu nodded.

He did not hide his views at all.

He said: "I followed General Shang Zhen to fight in Rehe. At that time, there were also the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army. The weapons and equipment of the Northeast Army and our Shanxi-Suiyuan Army were very good, and the combat effectiveness of the Northwest Army was also strong. But what was the result? The Rehe War was a complete defeat for the troops. Later, He Yingqin came to the front line and the Central Army also joined the battlefield. But the result of the Great Wall War was still our crushing defeat. It's not that I look down on the Eighth Route Army, but what can you, the Eighth Route Army, use to fight the Japanese? Just rely on those old barrels in your hands? When you first arrived in Zhangjiagou Village, the guns in your hands were all broken. I remember that you were a unit of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, which should be the main force of the Eighth Route Army. The firearms of your main force are so poor, I really can't believe how you can fight the Japanese. Besides, you, the Eighth Route Army, only have tens of thousands of people, what can you do?"

Wei Hongjun smiled.

Not angry.

Because what Zhang Dahu said is right.

However, Zhang Dahu only knew one side of the story. What Wei Hongjun had to do was to make Zhang Dahu understand the Eighth Route Army and bring him over to its side. So Wei Hongjun said confidently, "Brother Dahu, you're right. Our Eighth Route Army has poor weapons and few men. But that's not a problem. When we were in Jinggangshan, we had less than a thousand men. The difference was that after we had conquered the Central Soviet Area, the Red Army had more than 200,000 or 300,000 men at its peak."

Just look at us. When we first arrived in Zhangjiagou Village, there were only about thirty of us, and the Zhangjiagou Village guerrillas numbered only about eighty. But after the last ambush, villagers from the surrounding villages enthusiastically joined the army, and our numbers have now exceeded two hundred. We started with only sixty or so guns, but now we have over two hundred, and even three light machine guns. The Eighth Route Army has many small groups like ours, and they're expanding across the country. Thirty people have grown into two hundred, and two hundred into two thousand."

Zhang Dahu remained silent.

It’s not that easy to recruit troops.

If it were so easy to recruit troops, those warlords would have unified the country long ago.

Wei Hongjun continued, "Brother Dahu, don't you believe we can withstand the Japanese retaliation?"

"Yes. The remnants of the 29th Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army currently in Beishuigou Town have far better weapons and equipment than the guerrillas, and they are all veterans. However, they have been repeatedly defeated by the attacks of two Japanese squads. The guerrillas in Zhangjiagou Village, although they won a victory, are still a unit of new recruits. It is impossible for them to stop the Japanese retaliation."

"Brother Dahu, what if we stopped the Japanese army? What if we even defeated them and retaliated?"

"Then I will give my life to the Eighth Route Army. I will follow the Eighth Route Army for the rest of my life."

Zhang Dahu didn't believe it at all.

Could the Zhangjiagou Village guerrillas, with their limited strength, withstand the Japanese retaliation? Once the Japanese began their retaliation, they would undoubtedly be armed with heavy weapons, including grenade launchers and heavy machine guns.

Zhang Dahu had personal experience of the strength of the Japanese army.

It’s not that Zhang Dahu looks down on the Zhangjiagou Village guerrillas, but that the Zhangjiagou Village guerrillas are just a group of rabble.

"Say what you say"

"It's hard to chase a horse!"

Wei Hongjun stretched out his hand and shook hands with Zhang Dahu.

If Sheng County had a Japanese battalion, Wei Hongjun wouldn't have had much confidence. But now Sheng County only had one reinforced Japanese squadron, and there were many other forces in Sheng County. Wei Hongjun wasn't afraid of Japanese retaliation.

"Brother Dahu, I would like to invite you to temporarily serve as the chief of staff of the Sheng County Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Army."

"Sheng County Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Army?"

"It's the Zhangjiagou Village Guerrilla Unit. We've decided to reorganize the Zhangjiagou Village Guerrilla Unit into the Sheng County Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Army. You will serve as Chief of Staff temporarily. After we resolve the Japanese retaliation, you will officially join our Eighth Route Army as Chief of Staff."

how do you feel? "

"can."

Zhang Dahu also wanted to see how the Eighth Route Army fought and where Wei Hongjun got his confidence from. In any case, Zhang Dahu didn't think he could lead a rookie unit like the Zhangjiagou Village Guerrilla Unit to defeat the Japanese.

"Comrade Dahu, welcome."

Chapter 012 Sheng County Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Army

1937 10 Month 15 Day.

Wei Hongjun presided over the first meeting of the Zhangjiagou Village guerrillas.

Besides Wei Hongjun, there were also military commander Wang Qiuyun, Sheng County underground party leader Li Shiping, and Zhang Dahu, who had accepted Wei Hongjun's invitation. Then there were several junior officers from the Eighth Route Army: former 1st Platoon Leader Gao Wei, 2nd Platoon Deputy Platoon Leader Tao Laifeng, and 3rd Platoon Leader Kong De. And three squad leaders: Wang Quan, Zeng Guosheng, and Li Yong.

They were all grassroots officers of the Eighth Route Army.

During the reorganization of the Zhangjiagou Village guerrillas, they will all become important officers of the army.

Then came some important backbone members of the Zhangjiagou Village guerrillas.

Zhang Shan, Zhang Zhongyong, and Zheng Qilang.

Among them, Zhang Shan held the highest prestige among the young men. He was the best hunter among them and a sharpshooter. Zhang Zhongyong was of a higher generation; although only twenty-one, he was Zhang Shan's grandfather.

Zheng Qillang is the cousin of Zheng Liullang whom Li Shiping introduced to Wei Hongjun.

The Zheng family was a later family to settle in Zhangjiagou Village. With only fifty years of history, the Zheng family's descendants are still less than five generations apart. In this generation, the Zheng family has thirteen male descendants.

Outsiders called them, starting from Dalang and going up to Shisanlang.

Although the Zheng family was an outsider, they were well-off. More importantly, they were sensible. After arriving in Zhangjiagou Village, they intermarried with the Zhang family, integrating themselves into the village.

Because of their good foundation, most of the Zheng family's children received a certain amount of education.

Zheng Qillang just graduated from primary school.

He was not only educated but also very brave and had great prestige among the young people in Zhangjiagou Village.

These thirteen people are considered to be the core cadres of the Zhangjiagou Village guerrillas.

"Today's meeting has three topics. Let's start with the first. Since our last successful ambush, many surrounding villages have been inspired. In recent days, many young people from other villages have signed up to join the guerrillas. Teacher Li, how many young people from other villages have signed up to join the army in recent days?"

"As of today, there are thirty-three people in total."

Li Shiping reported immediately.

Zhangjiagou Village is a relatively wealthy rural area in Sheng County.

Therefore, there are indeed quite a few young people who have received education.

However, most of the young people who had truly received education were not in the village. Therefore, very few of the Zhangjiagou Village guerrillas were literate. Therefore, Li Shiping was still in charge of the recruitment statistics.

"Many young people are still waiting to see if our Zhangjiagou Village guerrillas can survive the Japanese retaliation. Once we can, more young people from surrounding villages will surely sign up to join."

"Everyone has heard. The Zhangjiagou Village Guerrilla Unit will grow in number. Not just in the surrounding villages, but in the future, more rural areas and more young people in towns will join the guerrillas. So, Captain Wang, Teacher Li, Brother Dahu and I have discussed changing the name of the Zhangjiagou Village Guerrilla Unit. From now on, the Zhangjiagou Village Guerrilla Unit will be renamed the Shengxian Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Army. What do you think?"

"I think changing the name to Shengxian Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Army is a good idea."

Gao Wei was the first to express his opinion.

He said, "Calling us the Zhangjiagou Village Guerrilla Army makes us sound like the Red Guards. Changing it to the Sheng County Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Army will sound different."

"Instructor, I agree with Platoon Leader Gao's statement."

Among the entire team, Gao Wei and Zhang Shan are the tallest.

The temperaments are also the most compatible.

Therefore, Zhang Shan also spoke up and said, "The Shengxian Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Army sounds loud."