Chapter 15 Declaration of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for the Sixth Anniversary of the Anti-Japanese War[1]

(July 2, 1943) It has been six full years since the Chinese nation united against the evil Japanese fascist imperialism. The great festival commemorating the sixth anniversary of the War of Resistance coincides with the two major fronts of the World Anti-Fascist League and the Fascist Alliance of Aggression. At the time of the great change in the balance of power, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is willing to express its opinions to all the soldiers of our compatriots across the country. Since the vile fascist countries launched their wars of aggression, China and all the countries in the world against fascist aggression have fought hard for a long time, but this unfavorable situation that has always been in a disadvantaged position has fundamentally changed now.This is a decisive change on an international scale.This change was caused by the victory of the Soviet Union's second winter offensive, the victory of Britain and the United States in North Africa, the six-year war of resistance in China, and the attack on the Japanese invaders in the Pacific by Britain and the United States in the past year. The victory at Stalingrad[2] played a major decisive role in changing the entire war situation.As a result of these great victories, the past year has created a world situation that is extremely favorable to the anti-fascist allies[3] and extremely unfavorable to the fascist aggressor countries.

With regard to the anti-fascist allies, we are now in an unprecedentedly favorable situation.This is: First, the unity of the Soviet Union, Britain, and the United States was further consolidated by the first planned joint operation between the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom and the United States in North Africa at Stalingrad. , The attempt to unite the United States has completely failed.This is the most historic and most thankful thing in the entire anti-fascist war. Second, the decisive battle for the Soviet Union, Britain and the United States to defeat the German and Italian fascists will be waged in the next year.This decisive battle, which could have been realized in the past year, was postponed for a year because Britain and the United States failed to carry out their decision to open up a second European front[4].At present, when the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States achieved great victories in their first joint operations, when the armies and air forces of the Soviet Union, Britain, and the United States and the navies of the United Kingdom and the United States have developed into an invincible force, the Soviet Union has never The time has come for the Eastern Front, Britain and the United States to hold a second and third greater joint operation on the Western Front to deal the final decisive blow to the German and Italian fascists.As long as a second front can be quickly opened up on the European continent, there is no doubt that German and Italian fascists will be defeated in the next year.All the prerequisites for defeating German and Italian fascism have been established in the past year, and the coming year will be a year of decisive battle.

Third, the consolidation of the unity of the Soviet Union, Britain, and the United States and the realization of a decisive battle against German and Italian fascism will not only be the defeat of German and Italian fascism, but also the defeat of Japanese fascism.Because the leader of the aggressor country is Hitler, Hitler's failure is the failure of all fascism.Some Chinese do not want the Allies to defeat Hitler first, either because they are not clear-headed, or because they do not want Hitler’s fascist system to fail, that is, they do not want Japan’s fascism to fail, otherwise it cannot be explained.

Fourth, the situation in the Pacific Ocean was also favorable to the Allies and unfavorable to the Japanese fascists due to the strengthening of American power, several victories of the British and American coalition forces, and China's persistence in fighting.The power of the United States is still growing violently. Although the Japanese fascists try to use their short legs to race against the United States, they will be defeated anyway.The Japanese fascists expressed great panic about the United States' production plan of producing 125,000 aircraft, 120,000 tanks, 2,000 large and small warships, and 20 million tons of ships in a year, which is quite natural. .

In terms of fascist aggressor countries, there are the following notable changes: First, the fascist aggressor country has fallen into a completely isolated position in the international arena.In the past year, due to the first successful joint attack by the Soviet Union, Britain, and the United States against the German and Italian bandit forces, and due to the threat of the Japanese invaders from the growth of the American military power, the three powers of China, Britain, and the United States in the Pacific Ocean and China The attack and encirclement of the Japanese bandits on the battlefield made all these fascist countries feel the threat of death.So they resorted to peace tricks in an attempt to alienate the sacred alliance between Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union, hoping that one side could conclude a tentative peace with them so that they could defeat the other side first and achieve the goal of saving themselves and destroying the whole world.However, this trick has already been resolutely attacked by the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union. Therefore, regardless of the German, Italian or Japanese fascists, there is only one dead end left: "unconditional surrender".The fascist countries are also trying to win over the neutral countries that have not yet joined the war.However, some neutral countries that the Hitlers originally hoped to bring in to invade the aggressor group now see that the aggressor country is gone and are unwilling to join.Some neutral countries that originally leaned toward the allies but hesitated and vacillated because of the fear of the offensive of the aggressor country have now ended or are ending this hesitation and vacillation.The peace trick has gone bankrupt, and the plot to win over neutral countries has failed. This has left all the fascist aggressor countries in a completely isolated position in the international arena.

Second, there is also a crisis of unity within the fascist aggressor country.Under the impact of the military and diplomatic victories of the anti-aggression allies, discord within the fascist aggressor country grew and caused a crisis.This crisis is developing not only between Germany and Italy, not only between Germany and its vassal states, but also between Germany and Japan.As a result of Hitler's war failures and diplomatic failures, Hitler's prestige in maintaining Italy, Japan and the client countries has suddenly declined.A growing force within Italy calls for withdrawal from the war.The extreme pro-German faction in Japan has also been squeezed out by other factions. As long as Hitler suffers one or two more blows like Stalingrad and North Africa, any faction in the Japanese ruling camp will no longer dare to rely on Hitler and dare not Rely on the Fascist League.At such a time, the fascist alliance of aggression will not only be in a completely isolated position externally, but will also be in various isolated positions internally.This threat to Japan's fascist isolation in the international arena forced the leader of the Japanese fascist bandit, Tojo[5], in the past year, to raise a so-called The shameless tricks of the "New Policy" put on these traitors a mask of "independence" to boost their own momentum, and tried to deceive the Chinese and Indian people who are resolutely resisting Japan.The so-called "new policy" of the bandit leader Tojo is not a reflection of any situation favorable to Japanese fascism, but only a reflection of the fact that Japanese fascism has fallen into a state of complete isolation in the international arena.

Thirdly, the great victory of the anti-fascist alliance in the past year has caused a military crisis in the fascist-aggressive countries.Regardless of the fact that some members of Hitler's general staff were unwilling to give up the risky plan to attack the Soviet Union again, and no matter that there were still some people in the Japanese general staff who were unwilling to give up the risky plan of attacking the Soviet Union or other directions, "the general situation is over." There is no doubt that the general initiative has fallen into the hands of the allies and left the hands of the aggressors hanging over the armies and people of all fascist countries.In the past year, the Allied Powers have mobilized the material forces that are the basis of the war, such as human resources, armament resources, and living resources, on a very large scale, and they already have an advantage over the aggressor country; Righteousness, the Allies would have an overwhelming advantage.As for the aggressor countries, the resources of Germany and Italy have already become almost exhausted, and Japan's production is about to reach its peak. This has caused even more serious military crises for all the aggressor countries.

Fourthly, all the fascist aggressive countries, due to their international isolation, internal discord, military crisis, and many other factors, and because of their cruel and inhumane rule, have caused political crises in their own countries and in the areas they occupy .In all aggression countries, the gap between the ruler and the people, between the general and the soldiers, is just like a volcano's fissure, expanding day by day, brewing a huge explosion.This is an army that blows away fascists from under their feet. The time of its explosion must be when the internal and external crisis of fascism reaches its peak, and it explodes suddenly.We have only to recall the situation in which the German and Austrian imperialists found themselves in 1918 to be convinced of this.We only need to look at what kind of changes have taken place in the hearts of the people in the occupied areas of China and the soldiers of the Japanese invaders in the past year, and we can infer that if this continues, the maturity of the Japanese invaders' political crisis is inevitable.The people of the Japanese aggressors are a volcano, and the Chinese people ruled by the Japanese aggressors, the people of various parts of Southeast Asia, the people of Korea, and the people of Taiwan[6] are also many volcanoes. As long as the anti-fascist allies (including China) give the Japanese aggressors a few Serious military strikes, these volcanoes will erupt.

Fellow countrymen! Soldiers! It has been six years since China's war of resistance, and our war of resistance was carried out under extremely difficult circumstances.We are different from the allied countries of the Soviet Union, Britain and the United States. They are advanced industrial countries, while we are backward agricultural countries.But we still fought hard for six full years, longer than any other country, and this was due to the efforts of the people of the whole country and the entire army.In the sixth year of the War of Resistance, we encountered a decisive change in the balance of power between the allies and the aggressors, which became extremely favorable to us and the allies, and extremely unfavorable to the aggressors.In the seventh year of the Anti-Japanese War, we will encounter new and favorable changes. When the Allies achieve their final decisive blow against Western fascism, it will be the time when fascism as a whole will be defeated and most of the nations of the world will be liberated.At that time, the defeat of Eastern fascism and the liberation of the various nations in the East will soon be realized.

Undoubtedly, both in the West and in the East, the victory over the enemy and the realization of liberation require enormous efforts, without which victory and liberation are impossible.We, China, are a member of the anti-fascist alliance. In such an extremely favorable international environment, how should we work hard? We are an agricultural country, not as advanced as an industrial country, but we have the advantage of having a large land and a large population Moreover, our people are full of perseverance in struggle, as evident in the six years of the War of Resistance.Under such circumstances, what efforts should we make to cooperate well with the operations of the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and fulfill our due responsibilities? We have accumulated a lot of experience during the six-year war of resistance. What are these experiences? What? In the seventh year of the War of Resistance, how should we make use of these experiences to achieve more achievements than in the past, so as to overcome many existing difficulties and prepare our forces for the future counterattack against the enemy?

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China believes that: Fighting should be stepped up.On the entire Chinese battlefield, the six years of combat have actually been divided into two major battlefields, the front and the enemy's rear. It is impossible to drive this beast out of China, so the mutual assistance of the two battlefields must be strengthened.Especially because the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians on the battlefield behind the enemy fought against more than half of the Japanese bandit army, and their situation was a hundred times more difficult than that on the frontal battlefield. Therefore, it is imperative to strengthen assistance to them.We believe that the only concrete way to strengthen the combat efforts in the entire Chinese battlefield is to strengthen the mutual assistance between the two battlefields and especially strengthen the assistance to the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians in the enemy's rear.In the past few years, there was no assistance for the absolute majority of the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians on the battlefield behind enemy lines, and the enthusiasm for fighting on the frontal battlefield was not enough. We hope that the government can improve this phenomenon.Seduced by the conspiracy of the Japanese invaders and Wang Ni, in recent years, the number of high-ranking generals who defected to the enemy and betrayed the motherland has reached as many as thirty-three. There is no government order to crusade, so the puppet army has suddenly increased. Therefore, the so-called "new policy" deceit of Riwang can be propagated everywhere without any scruple.We hope that the government can deal with this phenomenon in order to boost the morale of the army and benefit the war of resistance.In order to strengthen combat operations, the reform of the military service system is urgent.Many serious shortcomings in the current military service system, such as arrest, bondage, bribery and total lack of political mobilization, etc., greatly hinder the mobilization of large numbers of people to the front line, and we hope that the government will quickly reform it. Solidarity should be strengthened.We are not going to go into details of the many unnecessary frictions, conflicts, obstructions, restrictions, etc. that have occurred within the Chinese Anti-Japanese Front in the past few years and in the recent period. We only hope that the government can reform these phenomena in the future.We communists have always adhered to the anti-Japanese national united front and supported the government's war of resistance. In order to overcome greater difficulties in the future war of resistance and prepare to cooperate with the allies in launching counter-offensives against the enemy, we are ready to continue consultations with the Chinese Kuomintang and other parties to resolve the existing problems. issues and improve relations between the various parties.The War of Resistance Against Japan should start with unity and end with unity. Unity is the basis for the people of the whole country to resist Japan and the foundation for people all over the world to fight against fascism.How to strengthen and consolidate this foundation for the benefit of resisting Japan and cooperating with the allies in defeating fascism as a whole is really the most important task of all. Politics should be improved.We Communists have expressed our views many times on how Chinese politics should be improved so as to meet the needs of the Anti-Japanese War. As for this issue now, we still believe that the only policy is to actually implement Mr. Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People.The total number of Japanese invaders invading China was no more than 30 divisions. Why can’t we defeat it or win greater victories with a large country of 450 million people? Is the lack of industrial development the only reason? Not the only reason The reason is not the main reason, but China does not have democratic politics, so it has not mobilized the enthusiasm of the people of the whole country for the war of resistance.China is different from the Soviet Union, Britain, and the United States. In the Soviet Union, Britain, and the United States, the longer the war of resistance lasted, the more people's enthusiasm for the war of resistance increased. In China, it was the opposite. Restrictions were greatly lowered, and the vigorous new atmosphere in the first two years of the War of Resistance gradually disappeared in the next four years.If the necessary reforms are not implemented in this politically blocked situation, the hindrance to the War of Resistance will be immeasurable.This kind of situation has produced many discords among the various classes, parties and nationalities in the country, and this kind of harmony is extremely needed in the War of Resistance.We hope that in the seventh year of the Anti-Japanese War, the government will implement some necessary political reforms in accordance with the principles of the Three People's Principles, so as to achieve a more harmonious relationship among all classes, parties, and nationalities than the current situation, and to mobilize the people to prepare for the counteroffensive. enthusiasm. Production should be developed.We have already said this question many times.Serious economic difficulties have already occurred. Without timely reforms, it will be impossible to cope with the increasingly difficult war of resistance in the future and to prepare for a strong counter-offensive.We believe that the basic policy of economic reform should be to implement a democratically centralized economic policy that regulates the economic interests of all classes for the purpose of developing production.Mobilize the army of the whole country to fight the war and produce at the same time; mobilize all government agencies and schools in the country to work and study while producing; mobilize the farmers all over the country to increase production, and at the same time resolutely implement the policy of reducing rent and interest; mobilize the workers of the whole country to increase production and at the same time increase workers' wages; Protect the production of small and medium industries from bureaucratic capital and speculative business.When implementing these new economic policies, it is necessary first to abolish all existing fiscal and economic policies that hinder the enthusiasm of public and private production.These are our views on the development of production in order to overcome the economic crisis. There are many things that should be reformed in order to win the war of resistance against Japan. Now we only point out the above four items for the government to choose.As for the idea of ​​building a nation through cooperation after the war, the party clearly stated it in its declaration commemorating the fifth anniversary of the War of Resistance last year, and it has won the approval of compatriots from all walks of life, so I won’t say much here. The closer the war of resistance is to victory, the more serious the difficulties will be. This will increase the responsibilities of the government and the people, and the responsibilities of the Communist Party members.Especially for Communists who fought behind enemy lines, their responsibilities were extraordinarily aggravated. During the six-year war of resistance, it proved that the Chinese Communist Party is infinitely loyal to the sacred war of defending the motherland. The arduous struggle between the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army and the people behind the enemy is unprecedented.Half of the enemy forces invading China have been resisted by them for six years, and they will continue to resist until the enemy forces are driven out of China.They did not have the aid of any ammunition or military pay, but achieved such a miracle with their loyalty and creativity.They took back vast land from the enemy, established democratic anti-Japanese base areas, resolutely implemented the Three People's Principles, implemented the "three-three systems"[8] policy of uniting all anti-Japanese strata, and implemented rent and interest reductions at the same time as handovers. The land policy of rent and interest, the labor policy of rewarding production while protecting workers, and the implementation of a cultural policy of encouraging people's patriotism and carrying forward their enthusiasm for the war of resistance.Therefore, it aroused the deep hatred of the Japanese invaders and Wang Ni's traitor group, and vowed to destroy them to the death.The cruel "mopping up", the insidious "cannibalization", the fortresses like forests, the ditches and walls everywhere, the endless implementation of the "three alls" policy and the so-called "enhancement of law and order", and the widespread establishment of "Communist Suppression Committees" are all aimed at destroy them.The struggle on the battlefield in the enemy's rear is so cruel, and the compatriots in the rear may still be unaware of this situation. Communist Party members! Commanders and combatants of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army! Compatriots in the enemy's rear! Strengthen your unity and unite as one! Cruel wars will only make you especially brave and strong. It is impossible to subdue you. Communist Party members should stay closely with the people, defend the people as if protecting your own eyes, and rely on the people as if relying on your own parents, brothers and sisters.Conscientiously implement the policy of streamlining the army and simplifying the administration, supporting the government and loving the people, and supporting the army, and thoroughly achieve the goal of unity between the officers and soldiers, the unity between the army and the people, and the unity between the military and the government. Better organize the coordinated operations of all the main force, guerrillas and militia on the battlefield behind the enemy, strengthen the technical training, tactical training and political work training for the main force, guerrilla and militia, intensify the attack on the enemy, and crush the enemy's " mopping up".Develop armed work teams, strengthen the struggle against "cannibalism", make all military cadres and political cadres learn to be good at summing up war experience, and raise the art of fighting "mopping up" and "cannibalism" to a higher level.You are experts in guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare. You have performed admirably in the six years of the Patriotic War. The people of the whole country care about you and place great hopes in you. Therefore, you must work harder to improve your military art and politics. The art of work, in order to cooperate with the battle on the frontal battlefield and drive the enemy out of China. We paid great attention to winning over Japanese soldiers and puppet troops, and cooperated with the Japanese Communist Party in the work of destroying the enemy and puppet troops, which greatly strengthened this work.Organize Japanese workers' and peasants' schools, develop the Japanese Anti-War League and the Japanese Communist League, develop the Korean people's anti-Japanese armed forces and anti-Japanese groups, and turn all these forces into powerful allies of the Chinese people against Japanese fascism. To develop public production, all armies, all government agencies and schools must carry out production self-sufficiency campaigns under the condition that they do not hinder combat operations, and use their own methods to achieve the goal of improving their own lives and reducing the burden on the people.To develop private production, Communist Party members go deep into the countryside, learn to help farmers make family plans, learn to help farmers organize labor mutual aid groups, learn to help farmers organize cooperatives, and achieve the goal of improving the lives of the masses.The public-private production movement that has achieved outstanding results in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region and the many base areas behind the enemy should continue to develop tirelessly.Reward labor heroes, develop production competition, oppose corruption and waste, punish lazy people, overcome bureaucracy that is divorced from the masses, and all strive to defeat the enemy. Communist Party members should also be open-minded in studying culture, business, politics, and theory.Continue the rectification study campaign, develop self-criticism, and resolutely, thoroughly, unceremoniously and mercilessly overcome subjectivism, sectarianism, and stereotyped party writing in your own ranks.Any cruel war and heavy work should not relax your studies. You should learn superhuman abilities in the long and arduous war. The enemy is always trying to sabotage and eliminate you from the outside and inside of you at all times and in every possible way. You must increase your vigilance tenfold, a hundredfold, and a thousandfold. You must learn to cooperate with the enemy's secret service agencies. All new methods of struggle. The sixth anniversary of the Anti-Japanese War is also the 22nd anniversary of the birth of the Communist Party of China.When the Communist Party of China was born, that is, for the first time in Chinese history, it proposed an anti-imperialist and anti-feudal program to the Chinese people, and based on this program, various specific policies were stipulated in various periods.In the past twenty-two years, all Party members and the broad masses of the people of the country have worked together to realize this program and policy, to oppose imperialism and its lackeys in China, and to liberate the nation and society. , A vigorous and tenacious struggle was held.No matter how powerful the enemy is or how difficult the road is, they always advance resolutely, never hesitate or flinch, and finally enable the people of the whole country to find light from the darkness and a way out from the dead end.Twenty-two years of historical practice has proved that the direction of our party's struggle is completely correct to bring the Chinese nation back to life, and will continue to stick to it in future historical practice until complete victory.Communist Party members are a special kind of people. They do not seek personal gain at all, but only seek the welfare of the nation and the people.They are rooted in the people, they are the sons of the people, and they are also the teachers of the people. They are always on guard not to separate from the people. No matter what they encounter, they always consider the interests of the people as the starting point. , so they can win the heartfelt support of the broad masses of the people, which is the basis for their inevitable victory in their cause.When the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War have entered a decisive period, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China believes that all members of the Communist Party will be able to unite firmly around the Central Committee headed by Comrade Mao Zedong, and resolutely and conscientiously implement the policies of the Central Committee , strengthen one's sense of responsibility, carry forward one's own creativity, adhere to the anti-Japanese national united front, do everything possible and make every effort to unite with all anti-Japanese parties and anti-Japanese people in the country, support the National Government and Chairman Chiang, and defeat Japanese imperialism. Long live the liberation of the Chinese nation! According to the publication of "Liberation Daily" on July 2, 1943. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This manifesto was drafted by Mao Zedong. [2] The victory of Stalingrad, see note [2] on page 33 of this volume. [3] Allies refer to China, the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain, France and other countries that jointly fought against the Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II. [4] For the second battlefield in Europe, see note [3] on page 7 of this volume. [5] Tojo, that is, Tojo Hideki, was the Prime Minister of the Japanese Cabinet at that time. [6] See note [6] on page 33 of this volume [7] Wang, referring to Wang Jingwei, who was the chairman of the Nanjing Puppet "National Government" supported by Japanese imperialism at that time. [8] "Three-Three System", see note [8] on page 25 of this volume.