Hundred Regiments Campaign

Author: Fu Jie
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
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For readers who love this book, read the four key words of the series "Details Witness History · Anti-Japanese War":
Details of history – A history without details is like a specimen that cannot hear its heartbeat. Therefore, we pursue the details of history and strive to perceive and touch with you every Chinese person should never forget the history – the hard-won and glorious and immortal Anti-Japanese War.
Rhythm of history – The rhythm of history seems always relaxed and dull, in fact, this is due to the distance between history and reality. When we recreate the four key points of the Anti-Japanese War in a diary form, you will truly feel the tense, urgent, and even suffocating rhythm, and all the dullness and relaxation will be swept away.
Reflection on history – Linear history is dull. When we broaden our perspective, we will find the multi-dimensionality of history, that is, the rich possibilities. History cannot assume, but history does not exclude reflection – we try to stroll with you along the long river of history.
Big history – The Anti-Japanese War was not only a war of Japan's military aggression against China but also the most intense collision between China and Japan in the process of moving towards the world. It was not just a struggle between China and Japan, but the shadows of the game between the great powers were also faintly visible. The tragic war of the Chinese nation, full of hardships, was also an opportunity for the nation to rise in adversity – perhaps this is the vision of "big history" – a nation that is currently realizing its great rejuvenation should have this vision. This is one of the events that every Chinese person can be proud of in the Anti-Japanese War, and it is also one of the outstanding contributions made by the Communist Party of China and its armed forces to the war.
"Details Witness History · Anti-Japanese War" focuses on the big background of China's most difficult period of resistance to the war – the Sino-Japanese confrontation situation in 1940, the characteristics of the international situation, and the domestic situation in China, to further highlight the significance of the Hundred Regiments Campaign. The four major battles on the main front had failed, which had dampened the anti-Japanese morale of the Chinese people, and a sense of defeat had spread among the Nationalist forces. Collaborators had even made their debut to establish the puppet Nanjing regime. Before Japan prepared to transfer troops to the southern front in the Chinese theater, it implemented the "cage" policy, focusing on attacking the anti-Japanese forces in the rear, playing both carrot and stick with Chiang Kai-shek, and Britain cut off China's only lifeline, the Burma Road, to concentrate on dealing with Fascist Germany. Seeing the possibility of winning the war increase significantly, Chiang Kai-shek believed that Japan would inevitably lose and again harbored his old idea of opposing the Communists. Under these circumstances, the Hundred Regiments Campaign broke the "cage," boosted morale, expressed determination, and also repelled Chiang Kai-shek's attempt to oppose the Communists. The Hundred Regiments Campaign was like a sword, piercing through the "cage" of the Japanese army and also piercing through the gloom hanging over the heads of the Chinese anti-Japanese people.