The Eighth Route Army was an anti-Japanese force under the command of the Communist Party of China and one of the predecessors of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. The Eighth Route Army has become a habit of calling it, so in informal settings, the title of the Eighth Route Army has always been used. The following group of photos mainly reflects the spiritual outlook of the Eighth Route Army at that time, although they were simply dressed and equipped, they were all energetic and highly motivated. This is still very different from the current film and television works.
▲ Old photos of three soldiers of the Eighth Route Army. They are not as bright-looking and have unique martial arts as in the anti-Japanese film and television dramas. On the contrary, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in the photo are dressed plainly, very simple, and their faces are relatively thin. You can see that the conditions at that time were very difficult! But their expressions are resolute, their eyes are like swords, their morale is high, and their spirits are vibrant! The look in their eyes, which regarded death as a homecoming, revealed their firm belief that when they fought bravely on the battlefield to kill the enemy, they would definitely put life and death aside and win victory at all costs!
▲ An old photo of a real soldier of the Eighth Route Army. He can be seen holding a rifle with a bayonet in his hand and a grenade and a bullet box hanging from his shoulder. The whole person is in a state of readiness. He had his right hand in his waist, his eyes sharp, his expression resolute, and he stood majestically in front of the gate like a door god. Dressed in a simple and simple way, with holes in the pockets of his clothes, he did not always wear a polished leather jacket like in the mythological drama. The door next to it was written with the words of secret agents, which should be marked in advance, and the eighth route army's task was to prepare to arrest the agents at the squatting point.
▲ This photo was taken in 1940 and is an old photograph of a machine gunner of the Eighth Route Army. He rubbed his beloved machine gun and cared for it as if he were a life-loving machine gun, looking like a ZB-26 light machine gun. The soldier of the Eighth Route Army was dressed very plainly, wearing a crooked military hat with a blue sky and white sun emblem and two buttons. There is no armband with the eighth route army logo. In the photo, you can see that he has a strong expression and a high morale. On the battlefield machine gunners are the enemy's "focus on care" objects.
An old photograph of an Eighth Route Army soldier. Judging from his vicissitudes and murderous eyes, he should be an old eighth road who has experienced the baptism of fire and experienced hundreds of battles! In the photo, you can see a grenade hanging from the chest of this old eighth road, his expression is resolute, and his eyes are like torches. Full of firm belief that the final victory of the war will be achieved! This kind of inner temperament cannot be played by small fresh meat.
▲ An old photo of the Eighth Route Army standing guard. The location is in Yan'an. The eighth route army soldier in the photo does not look very old, he stands straight, his breath is lofty, and he stands tall like a pine tree! At that time, the conditions in Yan'an, the holy land of revolution, were very difficult, and his nutrition could not keep up, so his body was emaciated and his face was thin. But his eyes looking at the distance are very determined, his posture is very standard, and he does his job conscientiously and responsibly!
▲ An old photo of the real Eighth Route Army. Because of the harsh conditions at that time, nutrition could not keep up. The dark-skinned Eighth Route Army was emaciated and had a thin face. But his eyes were resolute, his face was smiling, and he was full of fighting spirit. He was dressed in sackcloth and was very plain. The hat has a blue sky and white sun badge on the hat and an armband on the arm. But it's all sewn myself! One look at these signs reveals that they are our beloved soldiers of the Eighth Route Army.
▲ A soldier of the Eighth Route Army who is practicing shooting hard. His posture with the gun was very standard, and he practiced very attentively and seriously, in addition, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army also had to practice fighting bayonets, which was also a skill that the Eighth Route Army had to learn.
▲ An old photo of a real soldier of the Eighth Route Army. The eighth route army soldier in the photo has a thin face, but his eyes are resolute and full of fighting spirit. He was dressed in a very rudimentary, sackcloth dress with a red collar badge on the collar, a blue sky and white sun emblem on his hat, and an armband on his arm. But it's all sewn myself! It was under such difficult conditions that our army won its final victory.
The Eighth Route Army under the leadership of the Communist Party of China was the mainstay of the protracted War of Resistance and played a tremendous historical role in the final victory over Japanese imperialism.