Record of the Battles and Campaigns of the Shanxi Provincial Anti-Japanese Resistance Association and the New Army

Author: Zeng Fanhua
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book reflects the real history of the Xian (Xian Alliance) and the New Army persisting in the anti-Japanese salvation movement in an extremely complex environment. Although the "honeymoon period" of Yan Xishan and the Communist Party joining forces against Japan was short-lived, the Xian and the New Army, under the leadership of Communist Party figures like Bo Weibo, successfully conducted thousands of battles, turning the Japanese dream of "integrating Shanxi into the Autonomous Region of North China" into a bubble. The book begins with Yan Xishan's "invitation" to Bo Weibo to enter Shanxi "to discuss the grand plan of anti-Japanese salvation" and ends with Wang Ruofei sending a special letter from Mao Zedong to Qulin Town to negotiate and reach an agreement with Yan Xishan, revealing many little-known materials. The author, with his effortless and skillful pen, vividly recreates the turbulent history, portraying the representatives from Japan, puppet regimes, Yan Xishan, and the Communist Party in a lifelike manner. Not only does it depict the intricate battlefield scenery, but reading it also gives a profound sense of history.