Editor's Note:
To greet the centennial birthday of the Communist Party of China Actively carry out online publicity of the history of the Party, the history of the new China, the history of reform and opening up, and the history of socialist development, under the guidance of the Network News and Information Communication Bureau of the Central Cyberspace Office (the Network Theory Communication Bureau), and jointly launch the "Party History Microcourse" on the People's Daily Online, the Ministry of Education of the Central Party School (the National School of Administration), and the Information Technology Department of the Central Party School (the National School of Administration) As the content of the second season of the "National History Lecture", the series of micro videos invite experts and scholars to explain the profound connotation of why the Communist Party of China is "able" and why socialism with Chinese characteristics is "good" for netizens. Please pay attention.
Keynote speaker of this issue: Lu Yi, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of the Teaching and Research Department of Party History of the Central Party School (National School of Administration)
Main points of this lecture:
After the September 18th Incident in 1931, the Kuomintang implemented the policy of "no resistance" and soon lost the Northeast. Later, it proposed that "to resist foreign aggression, we must first settle in" and continued to compromise with Japan. It was the Communist Party of China that first declared war on Japan. The Communist Party of China not only declared war against Japan, but also actively put it into practice, leading the Northeast Anti Japanese Federation to start the war of resistance. To be specific, the contribution of the Communist Party of China to the War of Resistance is mainly manifested in two aspects.
1、 Politically, it actively advocates, facilitates and maintains the anti Japanese national united front. In order to better fight against Japan, the Communist Party of China put forward the idea of establishing an anti Japanese national united front. In 1935, under the situation that the national contradiction between China and Japan has gradually risen to the main contradiction, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the famous August 1 Declaration, calling on all parties, armies and compatriots from all walks of life to "stop the civil war, so as to concentrate all national resources (human, material, financial, military, etc.) to fight for the sacred cause of resisting Japan and saving the country". This marks the initial formation of the CPC's anti Japanese national united front strategic thinking. In December 1935, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China formally formulated the strategic guidelines for the establishment of the Anti Japanese National United Front at the Wayaopu Conference. The Communist Party of China is not only the initiator of the anti Japanese national united front, but also has made great efforts to promote it. In December 1936, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China actively supported the peaceful settlement of the Xi'an Incident, making the incident a pivot for the transformation of the current situation and laying the foundation for the second Kuomintang Communist cooperation.
2、 Militarily, the CPC eliminated and restrained a large number of enemies in the battlefield behind the enemy. In recent years, many people have praised the Kuomintang and belittled the Communist Party. They believe that the anti Japanese war was fought by the Kuomintang on the front battlefield, and the Communist Party's battlefield behind the enemy did not play a role. Such comments are widely spread on the Internet, especially in some We Media. However, if viewed rationally, there are many problems in this statement. The following analysis focuses on two aspects. First, the battlefield behind the enemy in the eyes of American journalists and Japanese troops. Harrison Forman, an American journalist, also said after witnessing a battle in the eighth division of the Shanxi Suiyuan Military Region: "In the past, someone told us that the Eighth Route Army did not fight, but now we have seen the Eighth Route Army fighting; in the past, someone told us that the Eighth Route Army did not have wounded soldiers, but now we see that the Eighth Route Army has wounded soldiers; In the past, someone told us that the Eighth Route Army had not captured prisoners, but now we see that the Eighth Route Army has captured prisoners; In the past, someone told us that the people in this area feared and hated the Eighth Route Army. Now we see that the people love and support the Eighth Route Army. " After the end of World War II, the Japanese Defense Agency compiled a book, "Security War in North China", which contains many original materials of the North China Front Army in those years. According to the records in this book, as early as 1938, the intelligence agency of the Japanese North China Front Army concluded that "the target of security in North China in the future is the Communist Army". In 1939, the Chief of Staff of the North China Front Army, Yukio Liehara, also admitted: "The fatal disaster of security in North China in the future is the Communist army." These materials from the enemy, who regard the Communist army as "the fatal wound in North China", undoubtedly fully illustrate the position and role of the battlefield behind the enemy. Second, the CPC's extraordinary effect in guerrilla warfare behind the enemy lines. Bai Chongxi of the Kuomintang also said: "Some people think that guerrilla warfare is a way to preserve strength. But they do not know that guerrilla warfare behind the enemy has an extremely arduous task. Because of the difficulty in supplying, and most of them are outnumbered by the masses, and weak by the strong, the officers and men must redouble their efforts, be alert and brave, and by no means competent to preserve strength." He also admitted that guerrilla warfare is not easy, and is not simply "preserving strength". As the target of guerrilla warfare, the Japanese army believes that "the guerrilla tactics of the Communist army are ingenious, its influence is growing day by day, and its territory has been expanded widely". One Japanese second lieutenant even said, "It is better to fight a large-scale battle than to fight a nervous and frightening war against the Communist army that haunts us every day." This shows the miraculous effect of guerrilla warfare.
