Many book friends have asked me what is the difference between the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info I'm going to tell you about it today.

The New Fourth Army: The newly formed Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army, referred to as the New Fourth Army, is subordinate to the battle sequence of the first army, and is an army adapted from the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and guerrillas who remained in the eight southern provinces to carry out guerrilla warfare after the failure of the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression during the second Kuomintang-Communist cooperation.

In 1937, after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese army was forced to attack Shanghai and threaten Nanjing, and finally reached an agreement with the CCP on the formation of an army by the Red Army guerrillas in the southern provinces to carry out anti-Japanese guerrilla warfare in the north and south of the Yangtze River and Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. On October 12, 1937, the Military Commission of the *** government officially announced that the Red Army and guerrillas in 13 regions of 8 southern provinces (excluding the Qiongya Red Army guerrillas) were reorganized into the newly organized Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and Ye Ting was appointed as the commander. Nominated by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and approved by the Military Commission of the First Government, Xiang Ying was appointed deputy commander, Zhang Yunyi as chief of staff, Yuan Guoping as director of the Political Department, and Deng Zihui as deputy director. In order to strengthen its leadership over the New Fourth Army, the CPC Central Committee decided to establish a branch of the New Fourth Army of the Central Military Commission, with Xiang Ying as secretary and Chen Yi as deputy secretary.

The Military Commission of the Nationalist Government appointed Ye Ting as army commander, Xiang Ying as political commissar and deputy army commander, Zhang Yunyi as chief of staff, Zhou Zikun as deputy chief of staff, Yuan Guoping as director of the Political Department, and Deng Zihui as deputy director of the Political Department. On December 25, 1937, the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army was established in Hankou and moved to Nanchang, Jiangxi on January 6, 1938. The army has a total of more than 10,000 people, and has four detachments under its jurisdiction: the first detachment, with Chen Yi as the commander and Fu Qiutao as the deputy commander; the second detachment, Zhang Dingcheng as the commander, Su Yu as the deputy commander; In the third detachment, Zhang Yunyi served as the commander and Tan Zhenlin served as the deputy commander; The fourth detachment, Gao Jingting served as the commander. At the same time, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to establish a branch of the New Fourth Army of the Central Military Commission, with Xiang Ying as secretary and Chen Yi as deputy secretary.

In early February, the guerrillas in the south of the Yangtze River were ordered to assemble and reorganize at the Zhiyan Temple in She County, southern Anhui; The guerrilla units in Jiangbei were assembled and reorganized in Qiliping, Huang'an, Hubei, and Zhugou, Queshan County, Henan. The whole army has jurisdiction over 4 detachments and special service battalions of the military department, with a total of 10,300 people. After the formation of the New Fourth Army, it fought bravely on the front line of resistance against Japan, fought many miraculous feats, and made glorious achievements in the history of our party and our army.

The New Fourth Army is the main force of the Communist Party on the frontal battlefield, and its equipment is better than that of the Eighth Route Army, the military uniform is a German-style military uniform, and the blue sky and white sun emblem are on the military hat, and the uniforms of the officers of the New Fourth Army are basically the same as those of the National Revolutionary Army, and some of the military uniforms are provided by the National Army.

Before the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army was originally a local warlord army in Guangdong (Li Jishen's old department), Chen Jitang was the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, and had three subdivisions under his jurisdiction: Yu Hanmou, the commander of the 59th Division, Xiang Hanping, the commander of the 62nd Division, and Li Yangjing, the commander of the 63rd Division.

In February 1937, the Communist Party of China and China began negotiations on the reorganization of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and its march to the front line of resistance against Japan, and reached an agreement after the outbreak of the War of Resistance against Japan.

On August 22, 1937, according to the agreement reached between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the Nationalist Government officially announced that the "Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army" would be reorganized from the 1st, 2nd and 4th Front Armies of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, the former main force in the northwest, that is, the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.

From August 22 to 25, 1937, "On Protracted War" formulated a correct military policy for the Eighth Route Army

The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held an enlarged meeting. At the meeting, Mao Zedong made a report on military issues and the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. The meeting analyzed the situation after the start of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, made it clear that the War of Resistance must go through a hard and protracted war, and determined that the strategic policy of the Eighth Route Army was independent mountain guerrilla warfare; It was decided that 11 people, including Mao Zedong, Zhu De, and Zhou Enlai, would form the Central Revolutionary Military Commission of the Communist Party of China (hereinafter referred to as the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China), with Mao Zedong as secretary (chairman) and Zhu De and Zhou Enlai as deputy secretaries (vice chairmen); Decisions on the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese "three disciplines and eight points of attention" were adopted.

On August 25, 1937, the CCP issued the "Ten Programs for Resisting Japan and Saving the Country". The main points are:

1. Down with Japanese imperialism;

2. The general mobilization of the national military;

3. The general mobilization of the people of the whole country;

4. Reform political institutions;

5. Anti-Japanese foreign policy;

6. Wartime fiscal and economic policies;

7. Improve people's lives;

8. Anti-Japanese education policy;

9. Purge the traitors and traitors and pro-Japanese factions and consolidate the rear;

10. Anti-Japanese national unity.

On the same day, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued an order to reorganize the Red Army into the Eighth Route Army. On September 11, 1937, the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government issued an order to rename the Eighth Route Army as the Eighteenth Group Army and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to the General Headquarters of the Eighteenth Group Army in accordance with the battle sequence of the Army, Navy and Air Force (reorganizing each "Route Army" into a "group army"). Zhu De was reappointed commander-in-chief, and Peng Dehuai was reappointed deputy commander-in-chief. On September 14, Zhu De and Peng Dehuai issued a general order for the Eighth Route Army to be changed to the Eighteenth Group Army. After the reorganization of the Red Army, Chiang Kai-shek, chairman of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, Yan Xishan, vice chairman of the Military Commission and commander of the Second Theater, and commander of the Fifth Theater

Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, and Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief

Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, and Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief

Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, deputy chief of staff of the Military Commission, Jiang Dingwen, acting director of the Xi'an camp, Fu Zuoyi, commander-in-chief of the Seventh Group Army, and other high-ranking generals sent telegrams to Zhu and Peng Zheng, deputy commanders-in-chief of the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army. Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi sent a congratulatory telegram: "Look at the banner of the east finger, give the same hatred and resist insults, annihilate the Japanese of Shuo Fang, and regain the lost land to make meritorious contributions." Jiang Dingwen sent a congratulatory telegram "Leading the troops to resist the enemy, and the barriers have been added." See the horse fat alfalfa, the military appearance of the strong autumn plug; Ripe grapes are ripe for the fighting spirit of the battlefield. Promote the prestige of our country, frustrate the flames of the other country, return the rivers and mountains to me, and refer to Gu can be expected".

In August 1937, the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Decision on the Organization of the Party and Political Organs after the Reorganization", stipulating that the organization of the Communist Party after the reorganization of the Red Army, the military and political committees of the units above the division level and the independent action of the Red Army; Party committees are organized at the divisional and regimental levels, as well as at the headquarters and directly under the division. After the reorganization, the political organs shall have a political department at and above the division level, and a political department at the regimental level

Eighth Route Army: The full name is the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army, one of the predecessors of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. On August 22, 1937, in accordance with the agreement reached between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the Military Committee of the Nationalist Government announced the reorganization of the main force of the Red Army into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army and agreed to establish a general headquarters. [1]

On August 25, 1937, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China issued an order, announcing that the First, Second, and Fourth Front Armies of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and the Northwest Red Army would be reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and the General Headquarters of the Red Army's former enemy would be changed to the General Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, with Zhu De as the commander-in-chief, Peng Dehuai as the deputy commander-in-chief, and Ye Jianying as the chief of staff; The General Political Department of the Red Army was changed to the Political Department of the Eighth Route Army, with Ren Bi as director of the Political Department and Deng Xiaoping as deputy director; It has the 115th Division, the 120th Division, the 129th Division and the Headquarters Special Service Corps. [1]

On September 11, 1937, the Eighth Route Army was renamed the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, the General Headquarters was changed to the General Headquarters, Zhu De was reappointed as the commander-in-chief, and Peng Dehuai was reappointed as the deputy commander-in-chief.

The difference between the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army: In terms of the establishment level, according to the establishment of the National Revolutionary Army, the "Route Army" and the "Group Army" are the establishment units one level higher than the army, and they generally have jurisdiction over two or three armies, such as the 19th Route Army of Jiang Guangnai and Cai Tingkai, and the 17th Route Army of Yang Hucheng. Due to the government's restrictions on the army led by the CCP, the Eighth Route Army was only given the number of three divisions when it was reorganized, namely Lin Biao's 115th Division, He Long's 120th Division, and Liu Bocheng's 129th Division. The New Fourth Army has four detachments under its jurisdiction, and the detachment has regimental jurisdiction. Thus, the brigades of the Eighth Route Army were on the same level as the detachments of the New Fourth Army. In terms of troops, the Eighth Route Army had a total of more than 45,000 people when it was established, including 15,000 in the 115th Division, 14,000 in the 120th Division, 13,000 in the 129th Division, and 3,000 directly under the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army; When the New Fourth Army was founded, it was 10,300 men, several thousand fewer than the divisions of the Eighth Route Army. From the point of view of military ranks, in the early days of the reorganization of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, some middle and senior commanders of our army were given military ranks, and the division commander of the Eighth Route Army was a lieutenant general, and the brigade commander was a major general; The commander of the New Fourth Army was a lieutenant general. Among the ten founding fathers who won the rank of marshal in 1955, there were nine in the Eighth Route Army system, and only Chen Yi in the New Fourth Army. Therefore, judging from the establishment of the National Revolutionary Army and the reality of our army, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army are not at the same level, and the Eighth Route Army is one level higher than the New Fourth Army.

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