In 1931, Japan began to harass the mainland
Northeast Frontier,
Launched the long-planned 918 Incident in a vain attempt to provoke war. Although our army and Japan fought, they were outnumbered and eventually all three northeastern provinces fell.
Later, Japan continued to extend the front and expand the battlefield, and in 1937 Japan launched
The July 7 Incident
The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression on the mainland broke out in an all-round way. After that, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperated against it
Attack
。
The peaceful settlement of the Xi'an Incident in 1936 was the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party
Preliminary reached
。 Three or seven years, it was officially established
The united front of the anti-Japanese nation
He launched an attack on Japan at the same time as the frontal battle of the Kuomintang and the battlefield behind the enemy lines of the Communists.
You may wonder how many of the main communist forces were there at that time. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the organization of the Chinese army was very complex. In the third and seventh years, there were group armies, route armies, and other formations.
These numbers are probably not very familiar to everyone, but
The Road Army
You must have heard of it. At that time, my party
Eighth route army
It is the number of the Road Army. The route army was originally formed as a temporary formation, and was generally disbanded at the end of the battle.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance, these routes were all local armies attached to Chiang Kai-shek's government. At that time, there was the Third Route Army, General Yang Hucheng's Seventeenth Route Army, and so on. In fact, at that time, the number of the Eighth Route Army already existed.
After three or seven years, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were engaged in activities
Peace talks
Judging, the main force of the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the Nationalist Army and rushed to the battlefield, which is what we know
Eighth route army
The road army is actually a formation above the military level, and it can also be a division. In the negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communists at that time, there was a fierce discussion about the red army's reorganized name. Both sides are mutual
Arguing
The Kuomintang proposed
Three thousand people are retained
All the leaders of the Red Army divisions and above went abroad to study abroad, and only after half a year could they be hired. The Communist Party demanded
Four corps, twelve divisions, thirty-six brigades
In terms of military salaries, the treatment must be the same as that of the Central Army.
It is clear that the Former Communist Party will not agree, the latter the Kuomintang will not agree. By 1937, Chiang Kai-shek had indicated that the Red Army could be reorganized into three divisions and nine regiments, but not allowed to form separate ones
Command structure
The Red Army also made concessions that could be adapted
Four divisions, twelve brigades, thirty-six
The regiment, with a total number of 70,000 people. In northern Shaanxi at that time, the Red Army included local armies in total
More than 70,000 people
Among them, the number of the Red Front army is 24,000 people, the Red Second Front has more than 11,000 people, and the Red Fourth Front has more than 140,000 people, the Northern Shaanxi Red Army
There are more than fourteen thousand
There were more than ten thousand people directly under the Red Army.
Therefore, the statistics based on this number are in line with the establishment at that time. Naturally, the National Government will not agree to this number. Finally, in March 1937, the two sides reached the following agreement: the red army will choose the strongest ones to divide
Three defense divisions
The establishment of commanders-in-chief in the three national defense divisions was treated the same as that of the Central Army. But even so, Chiang Kai-shek was not satisfied, so he discussed the issue of the placement of Red Army personnel several times.
After the July 7 Incident and the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance, the final result was finally achieved: the main force of the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army and was established
Three divisions 115, 120, 129
The number of men per division is fourteen thousand, and the number of subordinate units under the headquarters is three thousand, for a total number
45,000
There is also a story that everyone does not know, when Chiang Kai-shek also proposed that Communist commanders should not be allowed to use real names, and all commanders must use pseudonyms. Later these were not really used either. The three divisions of the Eighth Route Army were carried out by the former three major fronts. So his number did not strictly follow the number of people in the establishment.
summary
：
115th Division
It was reorganized from three corps of the Red Army, with artillery, cavalry and other branches, with a total of more than 15,000 people in the whole division
。 The 120th Division was formed by the Red Second Front
The three corps and other corps were reorganized, with instructional regiments, special service battalions, etc., and the number was about fourteen thousand.
In addition to these, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army also has a direct subordinate team of more than 3,000 people, and the total number of personnel is the same
Forty-six thousand people
。 Later, after continuous resistance, these Eighth Route Army continued to expand their influence, from the initial 30,000 or 40,000 people to millions. Therefore, it is precisely because of the continuous struggle of our Party that there has been a victory in the War of Resistance.