The formation of the Anti-Japanese National United Front and its significance

——The Communist Party of China promoted the formation of the Anti-Japanese National United Front

1937 was an extremely dark and heavy period in the modern history of the Chinese nation. Page. In this year, the Japanese militarism launched a full-scale war of aggression against China. The Chinese people were displaced, the great rivers and mountains were trampled, and the Chinese nation was in danger of being destroyed.

1937 was also the year when the Chinese nation began to fully awaken and engage in an all-out war of resistance. This year, under the banner of the anti-Japanese national united front based on Kuomintang cooperation advocated by the Communist Party of China, all Chinese sons and daughters who did not want to be slaves to the subjugation burst out with volcanic patriotic enthusiasm and devoted themselves to the war without hesitation. in the torrent of fighting against the Japanese invaders.

"Sincerity is both brave and martial, and ultimately strong and undefeatable. Although the body is dead, the spirit is the spirit, and the soul is resolute and the ghost is strong." At the critical moment of national peril, the Communist Party of China Adhere to the priority of national justice, formulate correct strategies and tactics to oppose Japanese imperialism, implement correct lines and policies that mobilize and rely on the people, and become the mainstay of uniting the entire nation in the war of resistance. Large sculpture of the Central Red Army marching into Yan'an at the venue of the Red Army's reorganization and march to the Anti-Japanese Frontline Oath-taking Mobilization Meeting

Yan'an, formerly known as Fushi County, is located in the middle reaches of the Yellow River and in the southern part of the Northern Shaanxi Plateau, with the Yellow River as a barrier and a dangerous terrain.

The relocation of the central leadership of the Communist Party of China to Yan'an is the need for the development of China's revolutionary situation. During the Red Army's Long March, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China determined northern Shaanxi as the foothold of the Red Army's Long March. After the peaceful resolution of the Xi'an Incident, the main task facing the Communist Party of China is to mobilize the entire party and the people of the country to consolidate peace, strive for democracy, and realize the unity of the entire nation in the war of resistance at an early date. In order to better lead the Chinese people's revolutionary struggle, in January 1937, after Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army withdrew from Yan'an, the central leadership organ of the Communist Party of China moved from Bao'an to Yan'an.

On January 13, Yan'an City was plastered with slogans welcoming the leaders of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and welcoming people lined up on both sides of the road early in the morning. Among these jubilant crowds were urban and rural people, government officials, Red Army soldiers, students, Red Guards and farmers from all over the country, as well as people from Ganquan, Yanchang, Zichang, and Ansai who came all the way to Representatives of the masses came. When Mao Zedong and other leaders of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China appeared, slogans, cheers, and gongs and drums resounded throughout the mountain city of Yan'an.

The next morning, a grand meeting to welcome the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to Yan'an was held at the Yan'an playground. Mao Zedong delivered an important speech. He called on the military and civilians to unite to resist Japan and save the country; to step up production and support the front line; to strengthen the united front and to unite with the outside world; the Chinese will not fight the Chinese. He also said wittily: From now on, we must talk about resisting Japan in everything and contribute to the fight against Japan in everything. Even if it is just a couple talking to each other, we must talk about resisting Japan.

In September 1937, according to the agreement reached verbally during the Kuomintang negotiations, the Northwest Office of the Central Government of the Soviet Communist Party of China was changed to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Government, with jurisdiction over Shaanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia There is one region in each of the three provinces, with more than 20 counties and 2 million people. The border area and its capital Yan'an are the seats of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China.

"The rolling river is rolling along the towering pagoda mountain." Since then, Yan'an has become the guiding center and strategic rear area of ??the national people's revolutionary struggle, and a red star guiding the direction of the Chinese revolution and illuminating the future of the Chinese nation.

Here, the Communist Party of China strategized and made a series of major decisions related to the future and destiny of the Chinese revolution.

Here, countless revolutionary young people and patriots were trained and baptized, and followed the Communist Party on the road of resisting Japan and saving the nation.

Here, many patriotic democrats and foreign reporters witnessed the prosperous situation with their own eyes and expressed emotion that "the Communist Party of China is China's hope" and "China's hope lies in Yan'an."