We have made historic progress in building a prosperous and strong republic.But there is a long way to go, and now we need to carry forward the spirit of not being afraid of difficulties, not afraid of setbacks, fighting bravely, making good use of wisdom, seeking change and innovation, and striving for victory. In the Wenchuan earthquake relief, the Chinese People's Liberation Army was brave, fearless, loyal and strong, not afraid of fatigue, not afraid of sacrifice, and fighting continuously...isn't this the spirit we need to learn and carry forward!However, this is only a spiritual manifestation of the People's Liberation Army in peacetime.If we say that the People's Liberation Army's spiritual performance in peacetime is more sweating, then in wartime, the spiritual performance is more bloodshed; life as collateral.For this reason, if we want to comprehensively and solidly study and carry forward the spirit of the People's Liberation Army (this is actually promoting the spirit of the Chinese nation and the spirit of the times), we must go through decades of space-time tunnels and open the dusty war archives , to see how the People's Liberation Army overcame all difficulties and dangers and defeated the enemy with bravery and wisdom.I am afraid that the practical value of this will not be lightened by the long history of the People's Liberation Army's war.

The Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army are the predecessor of the PLA or the second stage of the historical development of the PLA, and it is also an important period for the development of all the spirits of the PLA.During the eight-year national war of resistance from 1937 to 1945, the Eighth Route Army used earth guns and earth cannons to fight nearly 100,000 times against the ferocious Japanese and puppet troops armed with mechanized equipment in the battlefield behind enemy lines, annihilating more than 1.24 million Japanese and puppet troops. The Eighth Route Army also made huge sacrifices, with a total of more than 400,000 casualties.In the cruel and intense life-and-death contest, spirits such as will, quality, wisdom, strategy, courage, and courage will be fully displayed and tested.Therefore, from the battles of the Eighth Route Army, we can perceive the spirit of the Eighth Route Army more deeply and comprehensively, and receive more inspiration and lessons.

We selected 20 representative battles from the nearly 100,000 battles fought by the Eighth Route Army. Among them, there are not only narrations of the grand scenes of the whole nation fighting against the enemy and killing the enemy in unison, but also specific descriptions of the details of a guerrilla battle in the enemy's rear; both The disclosure of the inside story of strategic decisions such as the Pingxingguan Great Victory and the Hundred Regiments War, which had a major impact at the time, and the panoramic documentary of the general campaign process such as the anti-"nine-way siege" in the southeast of Shanxi and the anti-"mopping up" in the south of Shandong; The battle reveals the struggles in politics, economy, diplomacy, etc., as well as historical retrospectives of anecdotes from inside and outside the battlefield, low-level troops, and various characters.In addition, in order to reflect the situation of the Anti-Japanese War in various battlefields, a section of the 1st Route Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese War in the autumn and winter of 1939 was selected and recorded in this book, and it is specially explained here.From it, we can see the Eighth Route Army's firm and correct political direction, flexible and flexible strategies and tactics, and hard and plain work style, and realize the mystery of why the Eighth Route Army can win the enemy with the weak and the good for a long time.

The compilation of this book refers to a large number of historical materials (attached), and I would like to express my gratitude to the authors and editors of these historical materials!