There are three numbers in history, more precisely, three numbers, that have a great impact on the overall trend of the Kuomintang, that is, the 17th Route Army, the 18th Group Army, and the 19th Route Army.
These three forces are all closely related to the anti-Japanese resistance.
The 19th Route Army carried the Japanese army in Shanghai and launched the first partial frontal war of resistance, igniting the enthusiasm of the military and civilians across the country to resist the Japanese.
The 17th Route Army joined hands with the Northeast Army to promote a good situation of the all-out war of resistance in the country.
The 18th Group Army fought against the Japanese army behind enemy lines and became the mainstay of the War of Resistance.
The 18th Army fought the war
From the local war of resistance to the all-out war of resistance, from the frontal war of resistance to the war of resistance behind enemy lines, all of this is inseparable from the efforts of the 17th, 18th, and 19th troops, otherwise the land of China will be sung by thousands of Xiao Su ghosts (sons).
That's why I say they have largely influenced China's national fortunes.
As for saying that they have affected the party movement of the Kuomintang, how should we understand it?
The refusal to send troops to reinforce the 19th Route Army made the ugly nature of the Kuomintang compromise with Japan and its internal brutality revealed to the world.
Later, the 19th Route Army established the "People's Revolutionary Government of the Republic of China" in Fujian, initiated the establishment of the Productive People's Party, and convened the National People's Congress (which was stipulated as the highest organ of state power), which was regarded as a great attempt at socialism before the country.
The 19th Route Army Songhu Anti-Japanese War
So much so that the instructor later said to Chen Mingshu and Jiang Guangnai, the core figures of the 19th Route Army, that we learned a lot from you back then.
Indeed, if you look at the names of these two governments, you will find that they basically coincide, but the order of individual words is different.
Roughly talked about the 19th Route Army, and then talked about the 17th Route Army.
The 17th Route Army was the basic force of General Yang Huchen, and it could even be regarded as the main advocate of launching the Xi'an Incident, and the Northeast Army, which had a larger force, played a responsive role.
Stills of the generals of the 17th Route Army
According to the situation at that time, if they had not refused to attack and instead controlled President Chiang in Xi'an through "military advice", Yan'an would probably be in danger, and the fate of the Kuomintang would even have changed.
As for the influence of the 18th Group Army on the party movement of the Kuomintang, it is even greater, and there is no need to go into more details, right?
The light that others have fought so hard for will also shine on us, so let's remember these three numbers, 17, 18, 19.