Battle of a Hundred Regiments (Sword Cuts Through the Cage) (Sword Cuts Through the Cage)

Author: Fu Jie
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This is an event that every Chinese person can be proud of during the War of Resistance against Japan, and one of the outstanding contributions made by the Communist Party of China and its armed forces to the war. "Details Witness History: War of Resistance against Japan" - "Hundred Regiments Campaign" focuses on highlighting the significance of the campaign by starting from the broader context of China's difficult period of resistance - the Sino-Japanese confrontation in 1940, the characteristics of the international situation, and the domestic situation in China. The failures in the four major battles on the main front had dampened the anti-Japanese morale of the Chinese people, with a sense of defeatism spreading among the Nationalist forces. Collaborators (Hanjins) even made their appearances to establish the Nanjing puppet regime. Before Japan prepared to deploy troops southward in the Chinese theater, they implemented the "enclosure" policy, targeting the anti-Japanese forces in the rear. They also played both sides, pressuring and provoking Chiang Kai-shek, while Britain cut off China's only lifeline, the Burma Road, to focus on dealing with Fascist Germany. Seeing the increasing likelihood of a victory in the war, Chiang Kai-shek, while believing Japan would eventually lose, also revived his old anti-communist agenda. In this context, the Hundred Regiments Campaign broke the "enclosure," boosted morale, expressed determination, and also repelled the Nationalist Party's anti-communist attempts. The Hundred Regiments Campaign was like a sword, piercing through the Japanese "enclosure" and dispelling the dark clouds hanging over the Chinese anti-Japanese people.