After the Japanese invaded China in an all-round way, the Kuomintang and the Communists united to resist Japan, and the Red Army after the Long March was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, while the Red Army that remained in the south to fight guerrilla warfare was merged with some guerrilla units and reorganized into the New Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army, commonly known as the New Fourth Army, with 4 detachments under the jurisdiction of the New Fourth Army.
The commanders of the four detachments were all former Red Army generals, the commander of the first detachment was Chen Yi, who was 36 years old at the time, the commander of the second detachment, Zhang Dingcheng, who was 39 years old at the time, the commander of the third detachment, Zhang Yunyi, who was 45 years old at the time, and the commander of the fourth detachment, Gao Jingting, who was 30 years old at the time.
Among the four detachment commanders, the 30-year-old Gao Jingting is the youngest commander, and many people may not have heard of Gao Jingting before, but in the New Fourth Army, he is definitely a great general, whether it is the Red Army period or the anti-Japanese period.
Gao Jingting is a native of Xinxian County, Henan, in 1927, at the age of 20, he participated in the jute uprising, joined the party at the age of 22, in the battle Gao Jingting was very heroic, soon stood out, in 1934 re-formed the Red 28 Army, he was appointed as the political commissar.
Later, the main force of the Red Army left the Soviet area on the Long March, Gao Jingting, with excellent courage and leadership, led the troops to persist in guerrilla warfare for 3 years, facing an enemy of tens or even hundreds of times, Gao Jingting commanded the troops to fight with ease, and the red flag always stood firm.
In the three years that Gao Jingting insisted on fighting guerrillas, the kuomintang's so-called "suppression of the communists" commander-in-chief changed three terms, and more than 100,000 Kuomintang troops had no way to take Gao Jingting, in addition to the kuomintang regular army, there were more than 30 county security regiments, as well as a large number of bunker fortifications.
Interestingly, the enemy repeatedly published the news that "Gao Jingting was killed" in the newspaper, and as a result, the enemy's troops were attacked by Gao Jingting the next day, and Jiang was so angry that Someone offered a reward of 100,000 oceans to buy Gao Jingting's head, but he always couldn't do anything with Gao Jingting.
During the anti-Japanese period, the 28th Army of the Red Army was reorganized into the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army, with Gao Jingting as the commander, when the fourth detachment had a total of more than 3,100 people, all of whom were veterans of hundreds of battles, in March 1938, according to the order, Gao Jingting led his troops to central Anhui and eastern Anhui, marching behind enemy lines.
Along the way, Gao Jingting encountered many soldiers who had fled from the Kuomintang, and the rumor that "the Japanese army was invincible" was rampant, in view of this, Gao Jingting decided to fight several victorious battles for them to see, in order to boost the morale of the army and the people, on May 16, 1938, Gao Jingting started the first battle.
Gao Jingting led his troops in a fierce battle with the Chaoxian garrison of the Japanese Sixth Division at the Jiangjiahe River in ChaoXian County, killing more than 20 Japanese troops and not suffering any casualties himself, thus making a good start for guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines in central China.
In the next two months, Gao Jingting led his troops to launch dozens of battles, achieved 13 consecutive victories, killed more than 800 Japanese troops, destroyed more than 100 cars, and dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Japanese army behind the enemy lines, making the Japanese army realize that the so-called rear was no longer the "rear".
After that, Gao Jingting led his troops to open up anti-Japanese base areas in Anhui, the army grew to more than 8,000 people, and the fourth detachment also became the main force of the New Fourth Army, but due to the influence of the wrong route, on June 4, 1939, Gao Jingting was shot and killed until he was ordered to be rehabilitated in 1975.