Chapter 34 4. The Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region is blooming on all sides

The Shanxi-Hebei-Henan base area is basically located east of the Tongpu Railway, south of the Zhengtai Railway, west of the Pinghan Railway, and north of the Yellow River; in between, the Taihang and Taiyue Mountains stretch through it, which is to adhere to the War of Resistance behind the enemy lines in North China and develop towards the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Plain important strategic support. Long before the fall of Taiyuan, that is, on October 8, 1937, before the main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army arrived in the Pingding area in southeast Shanxi, while using the main force to cooperate with the Kuomintang army on the frontal battlefield, Qin Jiwei and Lai Jifa led the 5th company of the teaching regiment. The Ministry and a small number of cadres entered Taigu, Yuci, Shouyang, Yangquan, Xiyang, and Heshun areas to carry out guerrilla warfare.Relying on the local organization of the CCP, the Qin Lai Detachment mobilized and organized miners, mill workers, farmers, young students, and Kuomintang army stragglers to actively carry out the war against Japan and establish an anti-Japanese democratic regime at the county, district, and village levels.

At the same time, the cavalry battalion of the 129th Division was sent to the Yuanshi, Zanhuang, and Neiqiu areas in western Hebei to carry out the struggle against bandits, rape, and anti-hegemony, and quickly ended the chaotic situation of "one hegemon in five miles, one king in ten miles" Various anti-Japanese mass organizations such as the Farmers' Rescue Association and the Women's Rescue Association were established, initially opening up the situation of the Anti-Japanese War in western Hebei. After the fall of Taiyuan, that is, on November 10 and 13, the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army held two cadre meetings in Wujiazhuang, Xiyang County, and Shiguai Town, Heshun County, in southeast Shanxi.At the meeting, the instructions and decisions of Mao Zedong and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters on establishing the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Anti-Japanese Base Area based on Taihang and Taiyue Mountains were conveyed; Work, and specifically deployed actions and tasks to carry out guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines.

On November 15, after the headquarters of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army was moved from Shiguai Town, Heshun County to Liao County (now Zuoquan County), with the support of the Shanxi, Hebei and Henan Provincial Committees of the Communist Party of China, most of the troops were dispersed step by step and in a planned way. , sent many troops to southeast Shanxi, western Hebei, southern Hebei, northern Henan and other places to carry out independent guerrilla warfare. Song Renqiong, deputy director of the political department of the division, Wang Xinting, head of organization, and Liu Zhijian, head of propaganda, respectively led a working group and a force to Nanqin County, Changzhi, Jincheng, Gaoping, Lingchuan, Wuxiang, Xiangyuan, Pingshun, Qinyuan, An Ze, Tunliu and other places carried out work with the help of the Shanxi Sacrifice and Save the Nation League.

On November 18, the 3 guerrilla units led by Qin Jiwei and Lai Jifa and the Yangquan miners' guerrillas formed the first column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army. On the 27th, this column was reorganized into the 129th Division Independent Detachment (also known as the Qin Lai Detachment), the commander Qin Jiwei, and the political commissar Lai Jifa continued to operate in the Jinzhong area. On December 12, Wang Naigui's detachment was composed of one company of the 769th regiment and some cadres. The commander Wang Naigui was active in the Xiyang area. The advance detachment was composed of more than 30 cadres from the teaching group. The leader of the detachment, Sun Jixian, and the political commissar, Xu Guangyi, went to Longping County in southern Hebei for activities on December 13.

In January 1938, the 129th Division sent some cadres to form an independent regiment, headed by Xia Yunting and political commissar Deng Yongyao. The regiment was later incorporated into the new 385th Brigade; a supplementary regiment was formed based on the 4 companies of the 772nd Regiment, headed by Han Dongshan , Political Commissar Ding Xianguo, the regiment was later incorporated into the 386th Brigade; on the 28th, a guerrilla brigade was formed with some cadres of the teaching regiment, also known as Xie Zhang Brigade, brigade leader Xie Jiaqing, and political commissar Zhang Guochuan, active in Yushe, Wuxiang, Xiangyuan, Li city ​​area.

In February, the cavalry battalion of the division was expanded into a cavalry regiment, headed by Wang Zhenxiang and political commissar Deng Yongyao; on the 9th, more than 30 cadres from the teaching regiment cooperated with the local organization of the Communist Party of China to establish a guerrilla detachment, also known as the Guizhang detachment, the commander Gui Gansheng, political Committee member Zhang Yixiang was active in the border areas of Shanxi and Hebei; on the 10th, an advance detachment was established based on the two companies of the teaching regiment. Commander Zhang Xianyue and political commissar Zhang Nansheng were active in the east of Liao County and the Xingtai-Cixian section of the Pinghan Railway Hebei and Henan border areas to the west and north of the Zhanghe River. On the 17th, a company of the 771st regiment and some cadres of the teaching regiment formed an independent guerrilla detachment, also known as the Zhao Tu detachment. Tai (Xing) South area to the west and south of Zhanghe River.

On April 28, the Shanxi-Henan border guerrilla detachment was formed based on workers, farmers and young students. The commander Tang Tianji, the detachment had 1,500 people, and was active in the east of the Tongpu Railway and the south of the Qu (Wo) Gao (Ping) Highway , West of Gao (Ping) Bo (Ai) Highway and north of the Yellow River in the Zhongtiao Mountain area. When the working regiments and troops of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army arrived at the active areas, they relied on the local organizations of the CCP to vigorously publicize the Ten Programs of Anti-Japanese and National Salvation and the various principles and policies of the Communist Party. In the war, a reasonable burden policy was implemented, which not only expanded the army, but also expanded the troops in Taigu, Yuci, Shouyang, Pingding, Jingxing, Huolu, Xiyang, Yuanshi, Zanhuang, Gaoyi, Lincheng, Neiqiu, Xingtai, A number of anti-Japanese democratic regimes were established in Shahe, Cixian and other places.So far, the guerrilla warfare in the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan border area east of the Tongpu Railway, south of the Zhengtai Railway, west of the Pinghan Railway, and north of the Yellow River was in full swing, and the anti-Japanese base areas were basically formed.

In late April, the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region was established. The military region was called the rear headquarters of the 129th Division. The division chief of staff Ni Zhiliang was also the commander, political commissar Huang Zhen, deputy commander Wang Shusheng, and director of the Political Department Lai Jifa. On May 15, according to the area and direction of the guerrilla detachment's activities, five military divisions were established: the independent detachment and the 1st military division, the commander Qin Jiwei, the political commissar Lai Jifa, and the political department director Zhu Xiaocheng. The 2nd Army Division, Commander Gui Qiansheng, Political Commissar Zhang Yixiang, the area under the jurisdiction is the Hebei-Shanxi border area; The 4th Army Division, Commander Zhang Guochuan, Political Commissar Xie Jiaqing, and commanded the Taiyue Guerrilla Brigade, whose jurisdiction is the Zhuozhang River Basin; the Independent Guerrilla Detachment and the 5th Army Division, Commander Zhao Jimei, Political Commissar Tu Xidao, the jurisdiction is Tai (Xing mountain) southern (southern) region.

The tasks of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region are: on the one hand, organize self-defense forces and guerrillas, replenish troops, resettle the wounded and sick, and accumulate armed forces; on the other hand, command the basic armed forces to fight independently or cooperate with regular troops.