[Foreword: There are many small partners who have not understood, before the Anhui Incident, the New Fourth Army had a total of 4 detachments with a total of more than 11,000 people, how to rebuild the New Fourth Army, the number suddenly became more than 90,000 people, where did this extra 80,000 people come from? 】
After the Xi'an Incident, Chiang Kai-shek was forced to unite with the Chinese Communists to resist Japan; after the 7.7 Incident launched by the Japanese Kou, the Red Army in northern Shaanxi formed the Eighth Route Army, and the Red Army guerrillas in the 8 southern provinces were reorganized into the New Fourth Army.
The great New Fourth Army
I. The strength of the New Fourth Army at the time of its establishment:
When the New Fourth Army was first established, there were 4 detachments
and 1 special service battalion, the whole army has a total of 10,329 people.
The main leader of the New Fourth Army at the time of its establishment
1. The first detachment was reorganized from the Red 16th Division on the Xiang'e-Ganbian side and the Red Army guerrillas in the Guangdong-Gansu-Ganbian, Xianggan-Ganbian and Northeastern Jiangxi Provinces, with the first and second regiments under its jurisdiction, with a total strength of more than 2,300 troops, with Chen Yi as its commander.
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The second detachment was reorganized from the Red Army guerrillas in western Fujian, Fujian, southern Fujian and southern Zhejiang, and had the third and fourth regiments under its jurisdiction, with a total strength of more than 1,800 troops, and its commander was Zhang Dingcheng.
3. The third detachment was reorganized from the red army guerrillas in northern Fujian and eastern Fujian, and had two regiments, the fifth and sixth regiments, with a total strength of more than 2,100 troops, and the commander was Zhang Yunyi, chief of staff of the New Fourth Army.
4. The fourth detachment was reorganized from the former Eyu Anhui Red 28th Army and the Southern Henan Red Army Guerrilla Regiment, under the jurisdiction of the 7th, 8th, 9th and Pistol Regiments a total of 4 regiments, with a total strength of more than 3100 people, the commander was Gao Jingting (later Xu Haidong).
Therefore, the New 4th Army is nominally an army, and we often juxtapose the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, but the New Fourth Army is actually very weak, and it is not even as good as the 129th Division, the smallest division of the Eighth Route Army (there were more than 13,000 people when the 129th Division was established), and the regiments under its jurisdiction are all small regiments of less than 1,000 people.
Of course, adhering to the principle of vigorous development as long as it is alive, the New Fourth Army has also grown rapidly after its establishment.
By the time of the Anhui Incident, the New Fourth Army had actually been divided into three parts: the first and second detachments led by Chen Yi to march east into southern Jiangsu, also known as the Jiangnan Command; the fourth detachment fissioned and developed into Xu Haidong's fourth detachment, Luo Binghui's fifth detachment, and Peng Xuefeng's sixth detachment; plus the Second Detachment's 4th Regiment crossing the river north, the Suwan Detachment, collectively known as the Jiangbei Command; and in southern Anhui, it was the third detachment under the direct leadership of the military department and the unit directly under the military headquarters.
There are about 9,000 personnel directly under the direct leadership of the military department, and the Jiangnan Headquarters and the Jiangbei Headquarters have a total of about 16,000 personnel.
The former site of the Jiangbei Headquarters of the New Fourth Army
The former site of the Jiangnan Headquarters of the New Fourth Army
Second, after the Anhui Incident, the Central Committee decided to rebuild the New Fourth Army, which was 4 times larger than the original New Fourth Army, in order to forcefully counterattack the Kuomintang!
The area occupied by the New Fourth Army in Jiangnan is different from the areas traditionally occupied by warlords in northern Shaanxi and Shanxi, and this has always been the heart of Chiang Kai-shek, so Chiang Kai-shek would rather risk the world and be determined to eliminate the New Fourth Army in Jiangnan.
Monument to the Anhui Southern Incident
The new New Fourth Army consisted of a total of the 1st to 7th Divisions.
1. 1st Division, Division Commander Su Yu. The 1st Division was formed by the merger of the 1st and 2nd detachments of the original New Fourth Army, with 3 brigades and 8 regiments under its jurisdiction.
The total strength of the army was more than 11,000 at that time
。 This division is actually the most core and elite unit of the New Fourth Army, and its combat scope is Soviet central.
2. The 2nd Division, Division Commander Zhang Yunyi. The 2nd Division was the 4th detachment under the command of Xu Haidong, with a total strength of about 18,000 men. Its combat scope is in eastern Anhui and the eastern and western sides of the Jinpu Railway.
3. The 3rd Division, Division Commander Huang Kecheng. The 3rd Division was formed by the combination of the 344th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, the New Brigade and the Peng Xuefeng Division of the New Fourth Army, with three brigades under its jurisdiction, with a total strength of about 20,000 people, and the scope of operations was northeast Anhui.
4. The 4th Division, Division Commander Peng Xuefeng. The 4th Division was formed by the combination of Peng Xuefeng's unit and a brigade of the Eighth Route Army, with a total strength of about 15,000 troops, and its combat scope was in the border areas of Henan, Anhui, and Jiangsu provinces.
5. 5th Division, Division Commander Li Xiannian. The division was reorganized from guerrilla forces on the outskirts of Wuhan, with a total strength of about 15,000 troops. The scope of operations is in the Central Plains around Wuhan.
6. 6th Division, Division Commander Tan Zhenlin. The 6th Division was developed from the remnants of the New Fourth Army left south of the Yangtze River after the main force of the New Fourth Army crossed to the north, with a total strength of more than 8,000 troops, and the scope of operations was in the Nanjing and Shanghai areas of southern Jiangsu, which posed the greatest threat and pressure to the Japanese Kou.
7. 7th Division, Division Commander Zhang Dingcheng. The 7th Division was formed by a combination of the New Fourth Army and guerrillas operating along the Yangtze River in Anhui Province, with a total strength of about 5,000 troops. The scope of operation is the Area around the Anhui River.
On January 25, 1941, the New Fourth Army rebuilt its military headquarters in Yancheng, northern Jiangsu Province
Leader of the New Fourth Army in northern Jiangsu
Together with the troops directly under the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army, the newly established New Fourth Army has reached a staggering 96,000 people.
When Chiang Kai-shek heard that the newly formed New Fourth Army had reached a size of 96,000 people, he was stunned for half a day without speaking.
The rebuilt personnel of the New Fourth Army shall consist of three parts.
First, the units of the former Jiangnan Headquarters of the New Fourth Army, the units of the Jiangbei Command, and the units that broke through in southern Anhui, mainly the First Division, the Second Division, the Sixth Division, and the 4th Division, with about 58,000 people.
Second, it was part of the Eighth Route Army's troops going south, including Huang Kecheng's troops, Luo Binghui' unit, Li Xiannian's unit, and Xu Haidong's unit, totaling about 20,000 people.
Third, it is the reorganized units of local units that have developed in various parts of the New Fourth Army, mainly the 5th Division and the 7th Division, with a number of about 15,000 people.
After that, the New Fourth Army began a new great conquest, shining on the battlefields of central and eastern China, until January 1947, when the new fourth army's name completely entered history.
You rarely see the flag of the New Fourth Army, it used to look like this
[Conclusion: The New Fourth Army is a great and glorious unit, which has made tremendous contributions from small to large and has made tremendous contributions to the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Chinese people, let us always remember its glorious deeds and continue to move forward. 】