After reorganizing his troops into a regiment, Zhang Yunfei realized that his mission was about to change.

Even though their troop base has only moved 40 to 50 kilometers, the development direction has been greatly adjusted. The development focus of the New Ninth Regiment will be southward.

With the defeat of the Central Army in the southern region, the anti-Japanese forces were wiped out, and there was an urgent need to strengthen the anti-Japanese forces behind enemy lines in the region.

Of course, such a large area cannot be carried by the small shoulders of their New Ninth Regiment, but it is natural for his New Ninth Regiment's defense area to be slightly moved to the south. They have been guarding here for so long, so everyone has a share.

The Japanese are not fools either. How could the Eighth Route Army infiltrate the territory they "hardly conquered"? Therefore, we must step up efforts to clean up the Eighth Route Army.

Now the main targets of the Japanese attacks are those areas designated by the Japanese as non-security areas, which are the base areas established by the Eighth Route Army.

As for the quasi-public security area, it is not the current focus of the Japanese. The quasi-public security area requires long-term combing and encroachment. It is slow work and meticulous work, and it is a long-term grind.

In any case, it was the brother units that attracted the attention of the Japs, allowing the New Ninth Regiment to temporarily enjoy a period of stable development. The Japs' raids on the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region to the east and the Taiyue region to the west were mixed.

The Xinjiu Regiment in the middle was outside the Japanese encirclement.

Although they were not affected by the Japanese raids, their work was not easy. Changyu was located at the junction of four counties. Except for Xincheng, which was their old base, the other three counties had local organizations to cooperate, but there was still a lot of work to do.

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Only with the support of the masses can we wage guerrilla warfare. Without the support and help of the masses, the troops will have no concealment and how can they carry out guerrilla warfare.

Among these four counties, not to mention Xincheng in the northern two counties, the other Jianyang is also okay, it is completely a mountainous county.

In remote areas such as mountainous areas, the Eighth Route Army's mass base is relatively good, and the north of Jianyang is adjacent to Qingling, so the Eighth Route Army's agencies are often located here.

This also shows that the mass base in this area is very good. Compared with the two northern counties, the two southern counties are not so ideal.

In the past, the military zone that belonged to the confrontation between the Japanese and the Central Army was half the defense zone of the Japanese and half of the Central Army. There really wasn't much to do with the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army's mass base here is relatively weak, but now the Japanese have changed their work ideas and begun to appease the people, making it much more difficult for them to enter the area.

The Japanese's hypocritical appeasement can still have some effect. After all, for ordinary people, it doesn't matter how difficult life is? As long as they can live peacefully.

Although the work in the two southern counties is much more difficult and traitors and spies are more rampant, it is not difficult to solve it. It is just a matter of time.

After all, these two counties have been in military zones for a long time. According to the Japanese classification, they are non-security areas. The Japanese are very cruel to the people in such places and often implement the "Three Guangs" policy.

Now that we have completely occupied the area, we pretend to be good people to appease and win people's hearts? How can it be so cheap?

Zhang Yunfei, who had been transferred to Changyu, was now considering opening up the second southern county in this way.

And he also wanted to make some noise, which could be regarded as a formal opening of the flag? To deter those traitors who defected to the Japanese? You have to keep a thin line in your work? Don't be arrogant when you succeed.

But how to do it specifically requires careful thinking and finding a good entry point. Now that the internal affairs of my group are not completely straightened out, there is no need to be too impatient. Things have to be done step by step.

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Now that the New Ninth Regiment is basically in place? During this transfer, Zhang Yunfei mobilized many village guerrillas to form a fifth company, and the other four squadrons were also renamed companies in the original order.

The commander of the fifth company was Wu Hannian, and the commander of the fourth company was taken over by Wu Jingui.

The guys from the Fourth Company had been part of the Eighth Route Army for some time, and had almost integrated into the group, and with Qin Wenxiu as their instructor, Zhang Yunfei felt relieved to have Wu Jingui serve as the company commander.

Their New Ninth Regiment now has all five companies and is considered a full regiment, but this has only just reached the minimum standard configuration.

To be honest, the personnel establishment of the Eighth Route Army is actually very erratic. Some regiments have a frightening number of personnel, and some regiments have an embarrassingly small number of personnel.

For example, his new ninth regiment has a nominal establishment of five companies. However, although the nominal establishment cannot be changed, some non-professional teams that are not within the sequence can be added.

For example, reconnaissance company, communications company, security company, etc., you can just set any name. It doesn't have to be so particular, it's just that if there are too many people, you will be ripped off.

Zhang Yunfei does not have the idea of ​​​​more is better than the cadres of this era. He cares more about the quality of his soldiers. Of course, if the quality of his soldiers is excellent, if conditions permit, he will follow the local customs and increase the number of people in the team.

Now, the conditions of the New Ninth Regiment are limited. If a fifth company is established, there will not be many redundant personnel. However, the regiment's artillery platoon, health team, supply department and other institutions are also necessary.

With the increase in non-combatants, the security of the regiment headquarters naturally needs to be strengthened. There is no need to count on the security company now. It is still necessary to at least establish a security platoon.

As for the choice of leader of the guard platoon, to be honest, Zhang Yunfei prefers Tiedan or Li Ergou. After all, his own safety is entrusted to the other party, and the two of them are more trustworthy.

But now that they are company commanders, they can't be allowed to serve as platoon commanders anymore. Therefore, Zhang Yunfei hesitated for a long time about the choice of platoon leader. In the end, the political commissar Zhao Wenzhou recommended a candidate, Wang Zejun, who surrendered last time.

A puppet army officer.

Low-level commanders of the Eighth Route Army can be promoted from veterans, but political cadres require a certain level of cultural literacy and theoretical level.

This is not something that can be done just by randomly promoting someone from a party member cadre. All the instructors of their New Ninth Regiment, except Qin Wenxiu who has some skills, the other instructors, to be honest, are just makeshift, and at most they only care about the lives of the soldiers.

You just follow the script and follow the job requirements, and you really can't do more detailed work.

But Zhao Wenzhou is different. He is really a professional talent. He has been educated by the party for many years and has been influenced by his ears and eyes. It is difficult for him to become a talent.

Therefore, their peers are filled with leadership positions in various units and battalions of the Eighth Route Army.

From the day they take up arms, they are qualified party members and cadres, and the company commander is considered an equal in their eyes (Xiao Hongying).

The new political commissar Zhao became a party member at the age of fourteen. He has served as an instructor, company commander, instructor, and director of the political department of the main force. Although he is young, he is an experienced political worker.

He was not a man like Zhu Gonglang who only had the temperament and age to compare with him. He gained the trust of the soldiers soon after he arrived, and Wang Zejun opened his heart to him.

Speaking of which, Wang Zejun does have some background. He graduated from the First Corps of the 16th batch of the Central Military Academy, but he was a bit unlucky. He joined the army and became a prisoner right after graduation, and then became a puppet army.

After nearly two years of study, this is the result. I don't know whether he was ashamed to tell about this experience or because he didn't trust the Eighth Route Army, so he kept this experience concealed.

Zhang Yunfei thinks it should be the latter. After all, the ideological education of Central Military Academy students is very demanding. Otherwise, if the talents you have cultivated with great difficulty are abducted by others, don't cry to death.
Chapter completed!