Chapter 176 2. Cooperate with the whole country in the war of resistance

The continuous development and growth of the anti-Japanese armed forces in the Northeast caused extreme panic among the Japanese and puppet troops, so they continued to step up their suppression of the anti-Japanese armed forces in the Northeast. In order to unite more anti-Japanese forces, effectively fight against the invading army, and expand the situation of the anti-Japanese guerrilla war, on June 3, 1935, the Northeast Party Organization of the Communist Party of China received the "Communist Party Central Committee" from Moscow from the Chinese Communist Party's delegation to the Communist International. June 3 Instruction Letter".

In the letter, the central government issued the following instructions: "It is generally necessary and possible for all kinds of anti-Japanese troops in Northeast China to establish an anti-Japanese united front. With various anti-Japanese armed forces, establish a united front between the lower and upper levels, and unite all anti-Japanese armed forces to fight against Japan. We now want to consolidate and expand the establishment of an organization such as the General Command of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces (or Anti-Japanese National Salvation Allied Forces)... Call on all kinds of organizations in the Northeast The anti-Japanese armed forces are united... We must intensify the work of the masses in various places, prepare to convene a meeting of representatives of the Volunteer Army in the Northeast, and establish a military leadership organization in the Northeast, such as the name of the General Command of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army (or Anti-Japanese National Salvation Allied Army) - unified guerrilla The leadership and command of the team..."

Based on this, on February 20, 1936, a historic document was issued in the names of Yang Jingyu, Wang Detai, Zhao Shangzhi, Li Yanlu, Zhou Baozhong, Xie Wendong and others who were the most famous anti-Japanese leaders in Northeast China at that time, as well as Tang Yuan and Helen guerrillas. Significant declaration of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces to unify the army system. After the declaration was issued, various units of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army led by the Communist Party of China, with the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army as the main body and all anti-Japanese patriotic armed forces, were established one after another. The armed anti-Japanese struggle in Northeast China has since entered a new stage stage.

After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Anti-Japanese War in Northeast China became an important part of the National Anti-Japanese War.Encouraged by the situation of the national anti-Japanese war, the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the people of all ethnic groups in Northeast China rose even higher. In August, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Rescue Association issued an urgent notice calling for joint anti-Japanese military-civilian actions and calling on puppet troops to mutiny against the enemy.The General Headquarters of the 1st Route Army of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army issued a letter to the compatriots of the Manchurian Army, calling for: "All Chinese people unite! Down with the common enemy Japanese imperialism! Eradicate the national scum-traitors! Overthrow the puppet government 'Manchukuo'!"

The Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces and people of all nationalities actively carried out anti-Japanese guerrilla warfare and various anti-Japanese struggles.Under this situation, the puppet military and police also began to divide, and there were groups of people carrying weapons anyway.The anti-Japanese guerrilla war in Northeast China showed a flourishing situation. Under the bloody struggle of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces led by the Communist Party of China and the people of all ethnic groups, the Japanese army's plans of aggression also suffered repeated failures.In order to change this unfavorable situation, the Japanese imperialists increased the strength of the Kwantung Army to 4 divisions, 2 independent mixed brigades, 3 cavalry brigades, and 5 garrison teams (equivalent to brigades), a total of ten More than ten thousand people.At the same time, the puppet army was vigorously expanded, so that the total strength of the puppet army reached 26 brigades, about 100,000 people.And stepped up the implementation of the "Three-Year (1936-1939) Public Security and Rectification Plan", strengthened military "crusade" and colonial rule, and focused its "crusade" on North Manchuria, gradually compressing from south to north, from west to east, in an attempt to Most of the anti-Japanese coalition forces were wiped out in the lower reaches of the Songhua River, the "Three Rivers" Plain between Heilongjiang and Wusuli River.

Therefore, a more severe and arduous struggle was placed in front of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces and the people of all ethnic groups in Northeast China. Under the new situation of strong enemy attack, the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces operating in North Manchuria had fought more than 500 consecutive battles with the Japanese army by June 1938, annihilating thousands of Japanese troops. The Anti-Japanese Allied Forces themselves suffered heavy casualties. More than half of the staff was reduced. In the second half of 1938, in order to completely wipe out the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance, consolidate its colonial rule, and prepare to fight against the Soviet Union, the Japanese army increased the strength of the Kwantung Army to seven divisions, and stepped up the military "crusade" and economic blockade against the Allied Forces.

The Northeast Anti-Japanese Guerrilla War began to enter an extremely difficult stage of struggle.By the end of 1939, the Kwantung Army had grown to nine divisions.In the same year, the enemy mobilized heavy troops, focused on the First Route Army of the Anti-Union Army, and carried out continuous "crusades", so that the Anti-Union Army had no chance to rest and reorganize; The ranks of the Anti-Alliance led to some unsteady elements in the Anti-Alliance defecting to the enemy one after another.At the same time, the so-called "rice grain management method" was implemented, and materials such as cloth, shoes and hats, oil, salt, and medicine were controlled to cut off the source of daily necessities for the Anti-Japanese War.

Due to the crazy military "crusade" and strict economic blockade by the Japanese and puppet troops, the area where the anti-union activities were carried out was shrinking day by day, and most of the troops were forced to move to deep mountains and dense forests. , suffered a lot.However, inspired by the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the telegram of tribute to the Northeast Anti-Japanese League and the people of Northeast China by the Sixth Plenum, and under the ideological guidance of Mao Zedong's "On Protracted War", despite the struggle The situation is deteriorating day by day, and the situation is becoming more and more difficult and dangerous, but the vast majority of troops still persevere in the Northeast Anti-Japanese Guerrilla War.