In July 1937, the Lugou Bridge Incident broke out and the all-out War of Resistance began.
Subsequently, according to the agreement between the Kuomintang and the Communists, the Red Army and guerrillas in the southern provinces were merged into the New Fourth Army.
In October 1937, the New Fourth Army Was Established, which was located in Wuhan, but the structure was not comprehensive enough. Until January 1938, the New Fourth Army was moved to Nanchang, and subsequently the various departments of the military department were established.
The principal responsible persons of each department are: Lai Chuanzhu, director of the General Staff Department; Li Yihao, director of the Secretariat and military justice department; Huang Xuzhou, director of the Adjutant General's Office; Ye Fuping, director of the Quartermaster Department; Shen Qizhen, director of the Military Medical Department; Zhang Yuanshou, director of the Military Station Division; Feng Yiying, director of the Intelligence Department; Huang Cheng, secretary general of the Political Department; Li Zifang, director of the Organization Department; Zhu Jingmei, director of the Propaganda and Education Department; Deng Zihui, director of the People's Movement Work Department; Lin Zhifu, director of the Enemy Army Work Department; and Zhu Kejing, head of the Field Service Corps.
1. Lai Chuanzhu, during the agrarian revolution, served as the secretary general of the Political Department of the 13th Army of the Fifth Red Army and the political commissar of the Red 37th Division. During the Long March, he served as the political commissar of the Red First Division of the Red First Army. Before arriving in the New Fourth Army, he was the head of the Military Department of Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Province. He was awarded the rank of General in 1955.
2. Li Yihao, who participated in the Nanchang Uprising, worked in the Central Special Branch. He participated in the Long March and served as the head of the executive department of the Security Bureau. Before arriving in the New Fourth Army, he was the head of the Propaganda Department of Shaanxi Province. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as ambassador to Myanmar and deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office.
3. Huang Xuzhou, who participated in the Nanchang Uprising, after the Long March of the Central Red Army, followed the remaining troops to persist in guerrilla struggle, and after the establishment of the New Fourth Army, he served as the director of the deputy officer's office. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the director of the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau and the director of the Hubei Provincial Fisheries Department.
4. Ye Fuping, Ye Ting's younger brother, participated in the Nanchang Uprising, but after the failure of the uprising, he went underground and engaged in united front work. During his two years as chief of the Quartermaster General of the New Fourth Army, he was busy collecting military supplies, and in 1939 he was killed in a car accident in transportation.
5. Shen Qizhen, during the Great Revolution, studied at the School of Medicine of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou and actively participated in revolutionary activities. After the defeat of the Revolution, he went to Japan to study, and graduated with a doctorate in medicine from the School of Medicine of Tokyo Imperial University in Japan. Returned to China to open a clinic and engage in underground activities. After the establishment of the New Fourth Army, he served as the chief of the Medical Service. He has been engaged in medical work for a long time and is one of the founders of the health service of the Chinese People's Army. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the president of Dalian Medical College, the president of the Central Institutes of Health, the first president of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, etc., and was hired as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1955.
6. Zhang Yuanshou, who joined the revolution in his early years, was responsible for logistics during the Long March. The New Fourth Army was established and was formerly the director of the Supply Department of the Central Military Commission. In 1947, he was killed by Kuomintang aircraft strafing, and was then the deputy chief of staff of the East China Field Army.
7. Fengzhi Should, from the Gui family. Graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, secretly joined the Party in 1933, engaged in underground intelligence work for a long time, and provided a large amount of effective intelligence for our party and our army, he served as the director of the intelligence department of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Department. In 1943, he was assassinated and died because of his identity.
8. Huang Cheng, admitted to Tsinghua University in his early years, organized Tsinghua University to participate in the 129 Movement, and served as the chairman of the Peking Federation of Students. After the Lugou Bridge Incident in 1937, he engaged in underground anti-Japanese work. After the establishment of the New Fourth Army, he worked in the New Fourth Army in 1938, was arrested and imprisoned in the Anhui Incident in 1941, and was killed by the Kuomintang in 1942 and died heroically.
9. Li Zifang, who participated in the revolution in his early years, served as an officer of the Organization Department of the Red Fourth Army and the Organization Department of the Red First Army during the Agrarian Revolutionary War, and served as the deputy director of the Organization Department of the Red 1st Army during the Long March. To the New Fourth Army, former director of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the First Red Army. He was arrested and imprisoned during the Anhui Incident in 1941 and killed in 1942
10. Zhu Jingyi, who participated in the revolution in his early years, participated in the preparation of the Chinese Left-Wing Writers' Union. He was the propaganda director of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and the propaganda director of the Shanghai Central Bureau. In 1941, he died heroically in the Anhui Incident.
11. Deng Zihui, during the agrarian revolution, served as the propaganda director of the Longyan County Party Committee and founded the Western Fujian Soviet District. Later, he successively served as the political commissar of the Red 12 Army, the minister of finance of the Central Committee and the minister of land. After the Long March, the main force of the Central Red Army remained in the Soviet zone to persist in guerrilla warfare. After the establishment of the New Fourth Army, he served as deputy director of the Political Department of the New Fourth Army and minister of the Democratic Movement. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as vice chairman of the Central and Southern Military Commission, minister of the State Rural Work Department, vice premier of the state, and vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
12. Lin Zhifu, who joined the League in his early years, served as the secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Department of the Kuomintang, and later participated in the Fujian Incident against Chiang Kai-shek's rule. After the establishment of the New Fourth Army, he served as the head of the Enemy Industry Department of the Political Department and soon joined the Communist Party. He was arrested during the Anhui Incident in 1941 and released on bail by democrats after five years in custody. After his release from prison, he joined the NLD and continued to oppose Chiang Kai-shek. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the director of the Fujian Provincial Department of Agriculture and the vice chairman of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
13. Zhu Kejing, graduated from Peking University, joined the Party in 1922, and went to study at the Eastern University in Moscow, Soviet Union. He participated in the Northern Expedition as a military representative. In 1927, he organized and participated in the Nanchang Uprising. The uprising failed and it wandered around. After the establishment of the New Fourth Army, he served as an adviser to the Military Political Department and the head of the field service regiment directly under him. In 1947, Hao Pengju, who had originally declared an uprising, led his troops to defect, and Zhu Kejing, who was then the political commissar, was detained and later imprisoned in Nanjing Prison.