General Wu Su
Great wisdom and courageous A hundred generations of role models
——Remember Chen Yi Comrade comrade development fragments of anti-Japanese national united front (excerpt)
Wu In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, I was very fortunate to be a staff officer under the direct leadership of Comrade Chen Yi, as a staff officer, and in frequent work contacts, I deeply felt that Comrade Chen Yi was infinitely loyal to the Party and the Chinese people's revolutionary cause; I was enthusiastic and straightforward to comrades, and caring; I was wise, brave and decisive in fighting against the enemy, and indomitable in the struggle between the two lines; I adhered to principles and clear-cut in implementing the Party’s anti-Japanese national united front policy, and took a long-term vision, took care of the overall situation everywhere, dared to fight, and was good at fighting, and was able to be at ease. He was open and honest throughout his life. He has a high level of Marxism-Leninism, extensive knowledge, and rich experience in political and military struggles. All the comrades who worked around him at that time received unforgettable education from his words and deeds. Whenever I recall the era of the Anti-Japanese War, Comrade Chen Yi's glorious image appeared before me, making me extremely excited. Especially in 1972, after I saw the bad news of his death in the newspaper, I felt even more painful and wet my black clothes. Not long ago, I revisited the Maoshan base area, and my heart was wafting and my thoughts were full of thoughts. I feel obliged to sort out the glorious deeds of Comrade Chen Yi that I know and encourage me and my comrades to advance bravely in the new Long March . Now I only write down the fragments of Comrade Chen Yi’s development and consolidation of the anti-Japanese national united front as my deep nostalgic memory of Comrade Chen Yi.
Comrade Chen Yi is the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries of our party, one of the main leaders of the New Fourth Army, and is also a representative of the New Fourth Army's resolute implementation of the correct line of the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao. He modelly implemented the Party’s anti-Japanese national united front line, always adhered to the strategy of unity and struggle, independently and independently developed progressive forces, strengthened the New Fourth Army, and created an anti-Japanese base area across the country. Comrade Chen Yi made full use of various contradictions with his outstanding political vision and superhuman courage, and flexibly used strategies, thus uniting all forces that can be united, fighting for all intermediate forces that can be fought for, greatly isolated the stubborn forces, expanded and consolidated the anti-Japanese national united front in central China, and made immortal contributions to the Party and the people.
The War of Resistance began, and The Kuomintang diehard was forced to fight against Japan, implementing a one-sided anti-Japanese line and passive defense strategy . In addition, the military discipline was corrupt and there was a serious Japanese-phobia, which led to the army being quickly defeated and lost a large area of land in North China and Central China. In February 1938, when the Jiangnan troops of our New Fourth Army began to concentrate in southern Anhui, the Japanese invaders had already occupied large and medium-sized cities and major transportation routes in Shanghai and Nanjing, but they were unable to control the vast rural areas in the Jiangnan region. This was a great opportunity for our army to quickly advance eastward and launch an anti-Japanese guerrilla war. The Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao promptly issued important instructions to our Party’s Yangtze River Bureau, Southeast Branch, the New Fourth Army, and the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Henan and other provincial party committees. We must seize the favorable opportunity, actively go deep into the enemy's backbone, carry out guerrilla wars in the vast rural areas, and independently create anti-Japanese bases. However, this correct route was opposed by Wang Ming , the then secretary of the Yangtze River Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. He did not believe in the power of the people, gave up the principle of independence and autonomy, placed his hope of victory in the War of Resistance on the Kuomintang, proposed the right-leaning surrenderist line of "everything goes through the united front, everything obeys the united front", and handed over the leadership of the War of Resistance to the Kuomintang. Comrade Xiang Ying, secretary of the Southeast Branch of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the New Fourth Army Branch, also implemented Wang Ming's right-leaning opportunistic line and did not implement the strategic policy of the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao's advance eastward to fight against Japan. After our army arrived in southern Anhui, we could move quickly as long as we had a short rest.Because when Jiangnan fell, hundreds of thousands of Kuomintang troops were defeated here, a large number of guns were scattered among the people, and bureaucrats of all sizes fled in a panic. The masses were burned, killed, looted by the Japanese invaders, and were already in dire straits and waiting for rescue. If our army advances east in time, it will definitely gain the support of the people and can develop rapidly. However, Comrade Xiang Ying stranded his troops in southern Anhui, concentrated on training, waiting for the review and inspection of the Kuomintang's third war zone, and fantasized about getting equipment supplemented. At the same time, he overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, underestimated the strength of the people, emphasized the particularity of the Jiangnan region, emphasized the difficulty of operating in the plain water network area, and repeatedly hesitated and missed the most favorable development opportunity. After repeated urging by the Party Jianzhong and Chairman Mao, it was not until late April 1938 that the military headquarters sent Comrade Su Yu to lead the advance detachment to conduct strategic reconnaissance behind southern Jiangsu, and the main force did not follow up immediately. To this end, the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao emphasized the policy of independent development towards the old age, and created a base centered on Maoshan as the center in the vast areas between Nanjing, Zhenjiang , Suzhou , Guangde , and Wuhu , mobilized, organized, and armed the masses, established local parties, developed guerrillas, expanded the main force, and independently solved the equipment supply of the troops. The Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao also pointed out that after the Maoshan base is generally established, the troops should be divided into eastwards, headed straight to Songhu, and crossed the river to develop towards northern Jiangsu. At the same time, it also emphasized that our army can send troops to move in any areas behind enemy lines, and consolidate and expand the unified front from active anti-Japanese war actions and strive for more allies to break the restrictions and slander of the diehards. Under the persuasion of the Party Central Committee and Comrade Chen Yi, Comrade Xiang Ying ordered the First and Second Detachments to enter the enemy's backbone in the south of Jiangnan, but he still left the Third Detachment in southern Anhui, intending to wait for an opportunity to develop guerrilla wars in the Huangshan and Tianmushan areas when the Japanese invaders invaded Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangxi in the west.
In March 1940, Chen Yi, Su Yu and others met with the director of the Jiangnan Administration of the Kuomintang Jiangsu Provincial Government Leng Xin . From the left in the front row: Su Yu, Chen Yi, Leng Xin, Zhu Kejing , Qiu Dongping, Wu Su, Xie Yunhui on the left in the back row, and Qi Guang on the left in the left.
Jiangnan area was originally the base of the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang, and the social situation was extremely complicated. Our army did not start to advance eastward until June 1938. At this time, Jiangnan had fallen for half a year, and the vast majority of people suffered an unprecedented catastrophe. On the one hand, the Japanese invaders burned, killed, robbed, suppressed the people's resistance; on the other hand, they stepped up the implementation of the policy of politeness, held "peace meetings" and "China-Japan Gala" everywhere, and promoted the so-called "kingdom". Traitors of all sizes colluded with the Japanese invaders, hung sun flags everywhere, and organized maintenance meetings. Some landlords and capitalists also hyped up defeatism and carried out compromise and surrender activities. At the same time, bandits were rampant, and self-proclaimed "guerrilla commanders" were everywhere. Most of these armed forces were controlled by local tyrants, bad gentry, dispersed officers, and gang leaders. They did not attack Japan, but instead separatist, attacked each other, and slaughtered the people. The masses called them "little Japan". The Kuomintang’s spy armed forces “ Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army” (hereinafter referred to as “Loyal and Rescue”) system also actively recruited bandits, gangs, gangs and ramblers to expand their strength, collude with Japanese invaders, and actively opposed the Communist Party.
Our New Fourth Army entered the enemy behind Jiangnan and faced a complex situation of stubborn attacks by the enemy and puppet. How can we open up the situation, quickly establish a base, and complete the strategic task of advancing eastward to fight against Japan entrusted by the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao? Comrade Chen Yi always believed that the Party’s anti-Japanese national united front was the basic line to defeat Japanese imperialism. Only by adhering to this line, principles and policies can we quickly open up the situation of advancing eastward to fight against Japan.
In late May, on the way to the east, Comrade Chen Yi held a meeting of the First Detachment of cadres at Nanling and made a report on new conditions and new combat tasks. He conducted scientific analysis based on our army's mission, enemy and our situation, and the social and terrain characteristics of the south of the Yangtze River. It is emphasized that the extensive development of the anti-Japanese national united front is one of the three magic weapons for our army to defeat the Japanese invaders.The mass base of the Anti-Japanese War was much wider than during the three-year guerrilla war. As long as we rely closely on the masses, firmly establish the people's war idea, and fully carry forward our army's expertise in guerrilla warfare, we can also carry out guerrilla warfare in the plains behind enemy lines in Jiangnan. Although fighting in the plain water network area is more difficult than in mountainous areas, "if the enemy can go, I can go too." We must be good at using the terrain without being limited by the terrain. The decisive factor is people rather than the terrain, and gaining the support of the general public is the fundamental condition. Our army's exemplary discipline, the party's policies and continuous victory in combat are the central links in launching the people's war of resistance behind enemy lines. This report improved the ideological level and confidence in victory of all cadres, clarified the initial direction of the struggle for the troops to enter the enemy's rear, and was of great significance to the successful launch of the anti-Japanese war behind Jiangnan.
When our army advanced eastward, our army convened military and civilian parties and symposiums of people from all walks of life wherever we went to, and widely publicize the Party’s anti-Japanese propositions. Comrade Chen Yi has participated many times and personally did the work of people from all walks of life. Wherever our army goes, we strictly implement the three major disciplines and eight items of to pay attention to , and do not arouse, do not distribute money, and do not disturb the people. The people of Jiangnan enthusiastically praised: "I have never seen such a good army since ancient times." The enlightened gentry also praised our army as the "king army." The first and second detachments that I advanced eastward rely closely on the masses and fully carry forward our army's proactive and flexible guerrilla warfare expertise. With tactical means such as ambush, attack, close combat, and night battles, after the advance detachment's first victory in Weigang, after the victory of the first battle, from June to August, they successively won more than 100 battles in Xinfeng, Xintang, Jurongcheng, Chuanling, Xiaodanyang, Yong'anqiao, Jiangning, Dangtu, and Lukou, and carried out the anti-Japanese guerrilla warfare to the banks of Yuhuatai and Qilin Gate in Nanjing. The Jiangnan where life was full of gunfire sounded all over the gunfire of guerrilla athletes, which severely hit the arrogance of the Japanese invaders and increased the confidence of the people behind the enemy's enemy. While fighting against the enemy, our army also patiently strives for those bandit armed forces who collude with the enemy and puppets, harm the masses, and destroy the anti-Japanese war. Those who always adhere to the reactionary stance will resolutely annihilate them. This played a great role in relieving the sufferings of the masses and mobilizing the masses to fight against Japan.
After our army advanced eastward, we were disciplined and brave in fighting the war. We won many defeats with our superior equipment, which formed a sharp contrast with the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Kuomintang's well-equipped army. From then on, people of all walks of life in Jiangnan realized that the New Fourth Army was a real anti-Japanese armed force, and only the Communist Party of China could lead the war of resistance. Therefore, the general public's enthusiasm for the War of Resistance was unprecedentedly high, sending intelligence, rescue of wounded people, and raising food and fodder to our army. Many young and middle-aged people demanded to join the army. Our army received great training in the battle, and the troops expanded rapidly. Wherever we went, the masses quickly mobilized and organized them. The development of progressive forces has laid the foundation for winning over the middle forces.
When we first entered Jiangnan, the leaders of our New Fourth Army First and Second Detachments attached great importance to winning over the middle forces. Comrade Chen Yi believes that our army is under the stubborn attack of the enemy and puppet in Jiangnan, and there are many armed forces. In this case, on the basis of developing progressive forces, striving for the middle forces is an important step to open up the situation of the war behind enemy lines. He asked cadres at all levels to pay attention to investigating and studying social situations, learn to flexibly apply the Party’s strategies and policies, actively carry out united front work, and prevent the tendency of to close the door. Under the leadership of Comrade Chen Yi, all troops vigorously carried out united front work. In accordance with his requirements, leaders at all levels personally contacted some celebrities, enlightened gentry, and national capitalists, conducted in-depth investigations into their political attitudes and basic interests, took advantage of the situation, and actively promoted them to participate in the War of Resistance. Comrade Chen Yi personally worked as Ji Zhengang, the leading figure of the national capitalist in Maoshan area, to strive for an example of extremely successful middle forces.
National capitalist Ji Zhengang
Ji Zhengang is the manager of Maolu Company, from Jintan. He studied abroad in his early years. He is a famous national capitalist in the Jiangnan region and has a certain influence among the upper class. The company operates Maofeng Tea, which is sold overseas, has stores in Jintancheng, and also has tea import and export trading institutions in Shanghai.After the Kuomintang army collapsed in Jiangnan, he collected 200 scattered soldiers from the Guangdong Army and established Maolu Company's own armed forces. They had good weapons and used medium-term rifles, more than 30 light machine guns, as well as heavy machine guns and mortars and , but they only had Bai Wei and were not resisting Japan. Within his sphere of influence, district, township, security chief are all his people. After our army arrived in Maoshan area, it entered his sphere of influence. Our army had a few middle and lower-level commanders. Seeing that Ji Zhengang's troops were very good and did not fight against the Japanese invaders, they wanted to disarm their equipment to arm themselves, but Comrade Chen Yi firmly stopped them. Comrade Chen Yi believes that for intermediate forces like Ji Zhengang, they have been inextricably linked to local governments for many years and have great potential forces. Uniting these people and fighting for them can strengthen the strength of the War of Resistance, and at least reduce the resistance to mobilizing the masses and opening up work. At the same time, as long as you are not willing to fight, you cannot fight. Otherwise, not only will you "drive fish for the abyss", but you will also injure the middle forces under the situation of stubborn attacks by the enemy, which will make you isolated and untenable. Therefore, Comrade Chen Yi regards fighting for Ji Zhengang as an important move to open up the Maoshan area. He personally came out to do Ji Zhengang's work, wrote to him, and invited him to visit him. Ji Zhengang first came to see Comrade Chen Yi wearing a long robe and sitting in a sedan chair. As soon as he met, he said, "I came to visit the sedan chair because I was unable to move, so I would not be disrespectful, right? I heard that your Communist Party opposes sitting in the sedan chair, right?" Comrade Chen Yi said, "That's not the case. specific problems are analyzed specifically! Don't we wounded and sick sleep on stretchers? Didn't the commander also ride horses?" During the conversation, Ji Zhengang expressed deep dissatisfaction with the Kuomintang's corruption and incompetence, military discipline, and the battle with the Japanese invaders was defeated thousands of miles away. He also hated the Japanese devils' burning, killing, and plundering, and confessed that the devils wanted him to be the county magistrate of Jintan, but he did not agree (it is understood that he recommended one of his confidants to be the county magistrate of Jintan). He also said that he did not want to be a traitor, but he could not help but deal with the Japanese devils. There are many bandits in Jiangnan and many "commanders" and he must be armed. He praised our army for being unsuccessful, united and working hard. Although he lacked confidence in our army's use of inferior equipment to defeat the Japanese invaders, he expressed his support for the War of Resistance and was willing to help our army solve its difficulties and deliver intelligence. Comrade Chen Yi and Ji Zhengang talked for a long time, and repeatedly explained the national justice with the glorious deeds of national heroes in history, encouraging him to support the War of Resistance. Comrade Chen Yi also analyzed the situation of the War of Resistance in detail, pointing out that the Japanese invaders will be defeated and our army will be victorious. And it deeply explains the truth that it is not weapons but people that determine the outcome of a war. It is pointed out that our army relies on the people to carry out guerrilla warfare and persist in protracted warfare, and will surely achieve final victory. Comrade Chen Yi's profound reasoning deeply impressed Ji Zhengang.
I was also present when Comrade Chen Yi talked with Ji Zhengang. After the conversation, Comrade Chen Yi went to me and asked me, "You listened to Ji Zhengang talk for a long time. He has a few of the most critical words. Do you remember?" I couldn't answer for a while. Comrade Chen Yi continued, "His most crucial words are: 'Twenty years of operation, 400,000 investment.' This is his self-conclusion, which is the attitude he adopted today." Comrade Chen Yi analyzed, "He was dissatisfied with the Kuomintang, opposed the Japanese, and did not want to be a traitor. He was self-respecting and afraid of the Communist Party. It all depends on his lifeline of 'twenty years of operation, 400,000 investment'." After hearing Comrade Chen Yi's words, I felt a sudden enlightenment. On weekdays, I also knew to conduct class analysis from economic status, but sometimes I just couldn't grasp the key. Mr. Chen suddenly grasped his essence, which made me feel deeply.
Chen Yi and Ji Zhengang meet at the location - Maoshan Qianyuanguan
Comrade Chen Yi asked me to go back to Ji Zhengang on his behalf and do his work to him. He explained three points: First, try to strive for Ji Zhengang to come out to fight against the war. The solution was to "put a red hat" on him and ask him to serve as the director of the four counties' anti-enemy association that was being planned at the time. This was the best strategy. Second, we will use our party’s anti-Japanese propositions, principles and policies to enlighten him, use national heroes in Chinese history to move him, and use the Kuomintang’s passive resistance, corruption and incompetence, and the Japanese invaders to inspire him, so that he can have a clear attitude towards the war of resistance.I guess Ji Zhengang will feel embarrassed because he is a double-faced person. When we come, he cannot help but deal with it. When the enemy comes, he dares not to deal with it. When we deal with the enemy, we can turn a blind eye to him and use his willingness to fight against the war and mobilize him to firmly support our army's war of resistance. This is the strategy. Third, if you go to visit Ji Zhengang, if he keeps you, you can stay for a few more days. You can Cantonese , but you can make more friends among his Guangdong soldiers and see more in front of the mountains and behind the mountains. If he hinders our army's resistance and surrenders to the enemy and puppet, then he has to be dealt with. This is the worst strategy.
I stayed at Ji Zhengang’s Maolu Company for three days. In accordance with Mr. Chen's instructions, he talked with Ji Zhengang and repeatedly mobilized him to come out to fight against the war, but as Comrade Chen Yi expected, he refused. He said: "The truth you said is correct, but I am different from you. If I want to openly go out to the War of Resistance, the Maolu Company will have to close the door, and I have to follow your army everywhere. If I don't come out to serve, I can also support and support you in the War of Resistance, and do practical and beneficial things for the country and nation, such as providing you with intelligence and supporting you in materials, and only dealing with the Japanese." In this way, I realized the strategy that President Chen gave me.
Comrade Chen Yi not only sent someone to do Ji Zhengang's work, but also wrote handwritten letters to him many times and visited him in person several times. After Comrade Chen Yi's continuous education and struggle, especially after our army won the battles in Xinfeng, Yanling and other places, Ji Zhengang gradually approached our army and did a lot of things to support our army's war of resistance. We were short of Western medicine at that time, so Ji Zhengang tried to raise funds for us in Shanghai. After purchasing medicine, he was responsible for transporting it from Shanghai to Maoshan area. He also managed to cover up our wounded people in Maoshan area. In the winter of 1939, our army had no cotton coats. Comrade Chen Yi sent me to find Ji Zhengang and mobilized him to take the lead in recruiting cotton coats, and he fully supported it. He proposed that he would come forward to convene a meeting of the gentry and ask me to mobilize, and he would take the lead in pledging. He complained: "There is a difficulty in exporting tea, so it can only be sold in Shanghai. I can only pledge 200 sets of cotton coats, but I can write 500 sets of them in the pledge book. I have a number of who should pay for the rest, and I can also mobilize some people to take the lead in pledging." I knew this was their practice, so I said: "Okay! But it must not be distributed to the people." He also agreed. He summoned dozens of gentry and collected nearly five thousand sets of cotton coats for our army. In 1939, our funds were also very difficult. The Kuomintang issued very little funding to our army, and we had to fight against traitors to maintain the support of the troops. Once our army's funds were really not in turnover, so Comrade Chen Yi sent me to borrow money from Ji Zhengang. He was very generous and raised five thousand yuan to me. Later, the money was returned to him in full. He also suggested to us: The method of fighting traitors to raise funds is not reliable, it is best to do taxes, and also tell us where tax cards can be secured. Later, we adopted Ji's opinion and set up some tax cards to collect taxes, which not only solved the expenditure of our southern Jiangsu troops, but also paid part of it to the military headquarters.
In the spring of 1940, the Kuomintang reactionaries set off a second anti-communist climax. Leng Xin, deputy commander-in-chief of the Second Guerrilla Zone of the Third War Zone, assigned a battalion of the Second Advance Corps to cross the Yuanwu Highway to station in Maolu Company, attempting to win over Ji Zhengang to cooperate with them in anti-communism, and presented the " Measures for Restricting the Activities of Different Party " and the "Measures for Preventing the Activities of Communist Party in the Occupied Areas". Ji Zhengang felt deeply embarrassed and had to deal with it on the surface. Afterwards, I went to him and he told me the above situation truthfully. The stupid behavior of the diehards was soon discovered by the Japanese invaders, and they sent troops to occupy Maolu Company and ban Ji Ruan. Ji was very panicked and felt that the situation of dealing with both sides could no longer be maintained. So he wrote a letter and sent a special person to Comrade Chen Yi, indicating that he would never be a traitor and was preparing to leave Maolu and asked our army not to attack Maolu Company for the time being. After seeing the letter, Comrade Chen Yi asked me to rush to Maolu Company overnight and urged Ji Zhengang to leave as soon as possible to prevent him from surrendering under the threat of the Japanese invaders and endangering our army. I told me to show concern for his safety and clearly told him: "Maoshan is our central area. When Ribeira comes here, we must fight resolutely. In order to take care of his safety, we can stop fighting for the time being, but we cannot wait for a long time.If he wants to leave, we can send troops to escort it, to Yunling, to the Third War Zone, or to the rear. But try to leave quickly. "Comrade Chen Yi immediately wrote a handwritten letter to Ji Zhengang, comforting him, and clearly stated that if the Japanese invaders do not withdraw, we must fight resolutely. There are a few words in the letter that I still remember clearly: "If you play with a tiger and a snake, things can never be repeated. If you are a master, shouldn't you say anything? "I sincerely explained the interests to Ji Zhengang, encouraged him to uphold national justice and not be moved by the threats and temptations of the Japanese invaders. Now that things have come to this point, there should be no more fantasies. The letter also said that the details will be met by me.
I rushed to Maoshan area that night to find relations and contact Ji Zhengang. He asked me to meet in Shimaqiao Town at the foot of Maolu Company. The next day when I arrived in Shimaqiao Town, I saw that the signs of "maintenance meeting" and "Self-Defense Force" were hung out, and Ji Yi arrived in a sedan chair. I followed Comrade Chen Yi's instructions to mobilize him to leave Maoshan quickly. I said, "The purpose of the Japanese invaders here is that the drunkard's intention is not to drink, but to care between mountains and rivers. As long as you refuse to fight against the enemy, it will kill you immediately. It is better to say that the thirty-six strategies mentioned in your letter, and leaving is the best strategy. As long as you can leave Maolu Company two miles away, we can pick you up and send a team to escort to ensure your safety. I guess the Japanese invaders will withdraw after you leave. Ji said: "I can't bear the hardship when I go to your New Fourth Army. When I go to the Third War Zone and Chongqing, I think it's a daunting road, so I decided to go to Shanghai. Don't need your cover when you leave, I have a way to escape." He suggested that if the Japanese crown does not retreat after he leaves, our New Fourth Army can fight, but asked to suspend for half a month to allow him to leave. I said, "The night is long and the dreams are too many. The faster you walk, the better. We can't wait for half a month." He proposed to take ten days, and I agreed. He took the initiative to propose: "Now my arms have been scattered into the mountains. I give orders to ask them to concentrate. Please take all the armed forces away and participate in the New Fourth Army to fight against the War of Resistance. Take all the light and heavy machine guns and mortars away, leaving only a few rifles to prevent bandits. Some of my soldiers are very ruffians, and they may not be able to endure hardship after they arrive at the New Fourth Army. If you are willing to go home, you can send funds and dismiss them and leave the weapons." After the negotiations, Ji Zhengang immediately found the district leaders and team leaders he arranged, and asked me to designate his troops to concentrate in person.
Ji Zhengang's captain of the self-defense armed forces was named Li Anbang. After joining the New Fourth Army, he also quit the big smoke. He served as the commander of the guard battalion and deputy commander of our army, and later died of illness. After Ji Zhengang's armed forces came with more than 30 light machine guns, five or six heavy machine guns and medicine, most of them insisted on the War of Resistance, and a small number of them could not bear the hardship and sent funds home.
After Ji Zhengang returned to Shanghai, he maintained a certain amount of contact with our Shanghai Party organization and continued to provide our army with Western medicine and other supplies. He did a lot of work. He passed away before the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
After Comrade Chen Yi's patient and meticulous education and struggle, Ji Zhengang changed from not resisting the war of resistance to actively supporting our army's war of resistance. This is just a successful example of Comrade Chen Yi's flexibly using the united front strategy, uniting various social forces, winning over the middle forces, and transforming local armed forces. It has a great influence on the development and consolidation of the anti-Japanese national united front behind enemy lines in Jiangnan and the creation of an anti-Japanese base centered on Maoshan. (Selected from the "East Editing of Party History Materials (First Volume)" of the Henan-Anhui-Sulu Border Region Party History Research Data Collection and Editing Office. The full text has three parts, more than 21,000 words, and the forwarding content is the first part.)
