In China's modern and modern history, in addition to the arduous 25,000-mile Long March of the Red Army, in fact, in the northeast region, there was an anti-Japanese coalition army that also experienced a very difficult period and survived it hard. Don't underestimate such an unfamiliar team, whose story cannot be told for days and nights, and their importance in history is also heavyweight.
At that time, the anti-coalition team fought hard in the northeast region for fourteen years, and in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese Kou, they had to retreat across the border to the Soviet Union to preserve their strength, when the Soviet Anti-Coalition gave help and hated the Chinese soldiers for eating too much, and after learning the real reason, they gave a thumbs up to the fighters of the Chinese anti-coalition.
And between the Soviet Union, the Japanese and the Anti-Japanese League, there is still more competition in strength, today I will take you to see what kind of existence the Anti-Japanese Alliance is, why it is so important, and then where does it go?
The presence of the Anti-League is crucial for the Northeast
Founded in February 1936, the Anti-Japanese Coalition was incorporated into the ranks of the Red Army. At first, this contingent was not large in number, but with the wanton japanese and Koso in the northeast, many people joined the anti-Japanese ranks, so that in the autumn of 1937, this contingent had expanded to more than 30,000 people and established three major guerrilla zones.
It was precisely because of the existence of the anti-Japanese coalition army that the Japanese Kou suffered resistance in the northeast region, and did not dare to underestimate this part of the troops.
Although the Japanese army openly occupied the three northeastern provinces, burned and plundered the people, and did nothing wrong, in fact, it was not able to really buy the hearts of the people in the northeast, and this kind of evil behavior would only lead to a stronger counterattack. The anti-Japanese coalition army is where the hope and justice of the people in the northeast lie.
Originally, in terms of strength and equipment, the Anti-Japanese Coalition was not an opponent of the Japanese Kou. However, the Japanese were still not at ease, and from the end of 1937, they invested a large number of troops to encircle and suppress the coalition forces and carry out crusades. The Japanese Kou mobilized more than 100,000 people to search for the anti-coalition forces everywhere, and it can be said that this carpet-style search reached the level of madness.
In order to suppress the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the Japanese Kou also strictly controlled the materials, which simply cut off the grain and grass back road of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. This did put the Anti-Allied Forces in a difficult situation, and had to shift their positions and withdraw to the Territory of the Soviet Union in order to preserve their strength.
However, the existence of the Anti-Japanese Alliance has contained a large number of Japanese troops, and even if the Japanese establish a "pseudo-Manchurian" regime in the northeast, they will spend hundreds of thousands of troops to garrison the northeast to prevent the Anti-Japanese Coalition from counterattacking. It can be seen that although tens of thousands of people in the Anti-Japanese League did not engage in a head-on battle with the Japanese Kou, they did hinder the footsteps of the invaders and reduced a lot of pressure on the battles in the southern region.
Stabilize the military and ask the Soviet Union for help
Less than two years after its establishment, in 1938, the scope of activities of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition in the northeast region became smaller and smaller, the movement was more concealed and restricted, the material shortage blockade was serious, and it had to retreat to the Territory of the Soviet Union to hide, waiting for the opportunity to return to the country to fight.
But at this time, the Anti-Japanese League had already lost contact with the central authorities, and with the Japanese Kou being so ferocious, was it necessary to continue to persist? Such a problem appeared in the hearts of the anti-coalition fighters, but as the backbone of the anti-coalition team, the weekly report stood up and resolutely opposed the dissolution of the anti-coalition team.
At the meeting, he clearly pointed out that the Anti-Japanese Coalition is not only a small contingent, but also the hope of the people of northeast China, and also a huge stumbling block for the Japanese and Kosovars to occupy China, and the fighters should continue to unite and fight until the last moment.
It is precisely this kind of insight and thorough analysis of the problem that makes the Anti-Allied Forces still preserved even if they fled to a foreign country, and they are full of combat effectiveness. The Soviet government was also contacted in the weekly report and was helped by the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union gave the Anti-Allied Forces a lot of information about the Japanese Kou and supported the daily necessities, and each Anti-Allied soldier was given a kilogram of bread, as well as vegetables and meat every day. But the anti-coalition fighters seemed to be hungry to panic, and there was still not enough food, which made the Soviet director puzzled.
But later, someone explained to him that the anti-coalition soldiers had experienced a period of great hunger and had to nibble on tree bark and belts to survive, so they could eat even if they were thin. When the Soviet secretary-general learned of the reason, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up to this group of Chinese soldiers who had to fight even if they were hungry.
Resolutely independent and resolutely resist Japan
But the Soviet Union was not so good as the Chinese Anti-Japanese Coalition Army in vain, and at the end of 1940, the Soviet side expressed the hope that the Chinese army could be included in the Soviet Army. Zhou Baozhong refused on the spot, saying that the Chinese army would always be independent and would never become a vassal of the army of other countries.
Later, the Soviet Union still sent personnel to negotiate many times, but Zhou Baozhong refused to surrender, and resolutely refused to hand over the leadership and command of the Chinese Anti-Japanese League. Later, the Soviet Union also gave up and did not raise the matter again.
However, Zhou Baozhong was able to show a firm attitude at such a critical moment, or was influenced by Chairman Mao's thought, which made him understand that only by persisting in resisting Japan could there be hope for that day.
But relations between the Soviet Union and Japan became intimate after the signing of the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Treaty in 1941. This put the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army, sandwiched in the middle and in the Far East of the Soviet Union, into an embarrassing situation.
The Soviet Union recognized the "puppet Manchukuo" regime established by the Japanese in the northeast and soon changed its face to withdraw support against the Coalition Forces. Under these circumstances, the CPC Central Committee and the Soviet Union discussed the Treaty and finally reached an agreement, which made Zhou Baozhong also take a rational view of the series of operations of the Soviet Union.
The Anti-Japanese Coalition Army, under the conditions permitting the situation, won the opportunity to return to China to continue fighting, until the surrender of Japan in 1945, the Anti-Coalition fighters had already figured out a series of military information of the Japanese army, providing reliable intelligence for the subsequent "one-shot death" of the Japanese army in the northeast.
The part of the anti-coalition army that continued to stay in the Soviet Union did not idle, but trained hard, learned more advanced military technology and training subjects, and became a more modern professional army.
In September 1945, the Anti-Japanese League was renamed the "Northeast People's Self-Defense Army", and the Anti-Japanese League also stepped off the historical stage. Subsequently, this group of anti-coalition fighters continued to throw themselves into the liberation war and worked hard for the final liberation of the northeast region.
brief summary:
The northeast anti-coalition has been in the past fourteen years, and its hardships are also unimaginable. Chairman Mao once asked Zhou Baozhong if it would have been feasible if the Anti-Japanese Coalition had not withdrawn to the Soviet Union. Zhou Baozhong said that it must have been extinguished long ago. From this, we can also see how powerful the Japanese forces were at that time and how ferocious the situation of the anti-coalition forces was.