Daming County is located in the southeastern border of Hebei Province, at the junction of the three provinces of Hebei, Shandong and Henan. It borders Wei River to the east, Guan County and Xin County of Shandong Province, Nanle County of Henan Province to the south, Wei County to the west, and Wei County to the northwest.
It is adjacent to Guangping County and Guantao County to the north.
The Japanese 104th Brigade in Handan only stationed an infantry squadron here, and its ruling power was weak.
There were several armed forces in the Daimyo who nominally accepted the command of the Japanese army and continued to invade and harass our base areas. However, in fact, the Japanese army could not fully control and dispatch these local thieves.
Comrades in the local government extremely welcome Wu Qin's return of the main force and the establishment of the Zhangbei Military Division here.
The town of Longwangmiao under the rule of the daimyo was occupied by a group of armed bandits who came from Nanle to the north.
Inside the bandit's camp.
The Japanese special envoy Hideo Iwahashi was negotiating with the bandit leader Cheng Daohe. Looking at the appearance of the two men, they seemed to be having a very happy conversation.
"Cheng Sang, the Imperial Army has great sincerity. We both have a common enemy, and that is the Eighth Route Army. This is the basis for our cooperation!"
"As long as your department is willing to accept the imperial army's adaptation, the imperial army can provide regular troop numbers, establishment, military pay, weapons and equipment, and have dedicated imperial soldiers to train your soldiers. It can even be used alone in the Daimyo area.
Carve out a piece of territory!" Hideo Iwahashi said word for word.
After hearing this, Cheng Daohe's eyes flashed with fire. Speaking of which, Cheng Daohe was originally engaged in prostitution and Nanle activities in the Hebei, Shandong and Henan areas. In the early days, he even fought against the Japanese under the leadership of his brothers.
However, later on, the Japanese army gained strength and his brother Wang Tianxiang was placed under house arrest by the Nationalist Government. Cheng Daohe also took advantage of the situation and turned to the Japanese.
Later, the Eighth Route Army arrived in Hebei, Shandong and Henan. Under the instruction of the Japanese, Cheng Daohe led his troops to attack the Eighth Route Army work team, and conflicts arose between the two sides.
After Zhou Weihan led his troops to Hebei, Shandong and Henan, Cheng Daohe was first driven to the Wei River near Nanle. During the land reform, he was completely defeated by Wu Qin's three regiments. The remaining troops crossed the Zhang River and ran to Daming to survive.
How could Cheng Daohe forget such a deep hatred.
"Your Excellency Iwahashi, there is not only our armed force in the daimyo area. If we talk about it, the most influential ones are Duan Haizhou and Wang Tianxiang. If one of the two responds, it will be extremely easy to facilitate this matter!" Cheng Daohe is also the same!
An old man will not easily agree to the Japanese before he has figured out the movements of other armed forces in the surrounding areas.
"Youxi, Cheng Sang, your analysis makes sense!" Hideo Iwahashi had already investigated the local situation clearly before coming. It was no accident that he found Cheng Daohe at this time: "Duan Haizhou is stubborn and hateful.
The Imperial Army has repeatedly refused the Imperial Army’s cooperation, Cheng Sang, you have to know that not any armed force is like the Eighth Route Army!”
"As far as I know, Wang Tianxiang and you are brothers. You two have a very close relationship. I wonder if Cheng Sang can be the mediator to contact you. The imperial army will certainly be generous with your rewards afterwards!"
"Yes! Don't worry, Lord Iwahashi, I will definitely facilitate this matter as soon as possible!" Cheng Daohe responded quickly. The Japanese's tough attitude made him start to back down.
"Youxi!"
After Iwahashi Hideo left, Cheng Daohe quickly summoned a group of confidants and revealed the Japanese's purpose this time.
"Brother, we have fought against the Japanese before. If we fall into the hands of the Japanese, why don't we have some shoes to wear?" One of his brothers asked hesitantly.
"Don't worry, the Japanese have promised to let bygones be bygones. Besides, as long as we have troops, whether it is the local Shandong North Administrative Office or the Japanese, they will send people to win over us." Cheng Daohe did not reject the Japanese in his heart and said with confidence.
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In the next two days, Cheng Daohe actively connected with others. In the Daiming area, in addition to Duan Haizhou's troops, there were five armed forces with surnames, such as Wang Tianxiang, Guo Qing, Wang Ziquan, Cheng Ximeng, Li Chenghua, etc.
Among them, Wang Tianxiang has a great background and has a close relationship with the Eighth Route Army.
Before the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War, Wang Tianxiang served as the deputy commander of the National Army. After the outbreak of the All-out Anti-Japanese War, he was ordered by Sun Dianying to organize armed forces in the Shahe and Wu'an areas and served as the detachment leader and regimental commander.
He fought several battles with the Japanese army in Wu'an, Linxian, Qinyang, Jiyuan, and Qixian areas, gained some reputation, and was eventually promoted to deputy division commander.
In Shahe, when Wu'an organized the armed forces, he had a closer relationship with the Eighth Route Army. There were many progressive people in his troops, some of whom were our personnel.
At his request, the Eighth Route Army sent a number of political cadres to help establish political institutions and systems.
But the good times did not last long. In the second half of 1939, Sun Dianying followed Chiang Kai-shek in his anti-communist campaign and tried every means to exclude and frame Wang Tianxiang.
Sun Dianying from the Hebei-Cha War Zone immediately ordered Wang Tianxiang to be executed on the spot, and the team was organized. Wang received the news in advance and led his troops to leave.
After that, Wang Tianxiang led his troops to fight in many places. He and Cheng Daohe fought against the Japanese in Anyang, but lost the battle and finally came to the Daiming area.
At this time, in order for the Zhangbei Army Division to better control the situation in the Daming area, Wu Qin ordered the general division headquarters and the third regiment to move forward to the junction of Linzhang and Wei County.
Inside the headquarters, comrades from the local government were reporting the situation to Wu Qin.
"Minister Wu, is the situation true? The troops also have spies on the Japs side, so why is there no information?" Wu Qin asked doubtfully. It stands to reason that there is movement in the Japanese army in Handan, and even Jia Gui can get relevant information.
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As far as Wu Qin knew, during this period, there were some changes in the puppet troops in Handan counties.
The puppet troops in each county were reorganized, and elite troops were selected from the puppet troops to form the security brigades of each county. Huang Jinbiao served as the security commander of the Handan area. The remaining puppet troops were reorganized into the First Division of the Handan Emperor's Associated Army. The division commander was
Kang Shunzi is in charge.
"The situation is true. Wang Tianxiang has always been in contact with us, and our working group has been stationed in the Self-Defense Force for a long time. It cannot be wrong!"
"I heard that the person who came here is a special envoy photographed by the Intelligence Section of the Japanese Army's North China Dispatch Force Headquarters. He is responsible for contacting and recruiting puppet troops from various places!" said Director Wu of the United Front Work Department of the First District under the Southern Hebei Administrative Region.
"Then what do you think?"
"Wang Tianxiang really wants our Eighth Route Army, but the regional government wants Wang Tianxiang to serve in the puppet army and continue to contact us secretly!"
"Among them, Cheng Ximeng's tribe stationed in Wei County has always had many conflicts with us. This time, he immediately turned to the Japs. In order to carry out work better in the future, the main force needs to severely damage this tribe first and reduce its living space at the same time!
"Minister Wu said one after another.
"No problem, I just want to take action against them!" Wu Qin readily agreed.
Not long after, an autonomous army called the East Asia Alliance was established in Daimyo.
Captain Hideo Iwahashi of the Japanese Army Intelligence Section held a flag presentation ceremony in Daming County. According to Japanese army regulations, the autonomous army consists of four brigades (eight regiments). The commander and deputy commander are awarded the rank of lieutenant general, the brigade commander is awarded the rank of major general, and the regiment
Awarded the rank of colonel.
Commander Wang Tianxiang, deputy commander Cheng Ximeng, commander of the first brigade Li Chenghua, commander of the first brigade Li Chenghua, commander of the third brigade Cheng Daohe, commander of the fourth brigade Yang Faxian, and commander of the military assault regiment Zhang Luting.
The Japanese army sent Captain Hideo Iwahashi as a military adviser and Captain Yoko Daisuke as an economic adviser. Each brigade was supervised by a Japanese army detachment.
The area around Daming and Wei counties was separated from the defense area of the 104th Brigade and became the territory of the autonomous army, and an administrative office was established.
Unfortunately, Cheng Ximeng's troops in Wei County were ambushed by the Third Regiment of the Zhangbei Military Division on their way to attend the flag presentation ceremony. Cheng Ximeng and most of the leaders were killed on the spot, and the rest of his troops fled to the territory of the Daiming.