During World War II, how did the Eighth Route Army resist the Japanese invasion of China, and what hardships and hardships did the Eighth Route Army experience in the face of well-equipped Japanese devils?
The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was a great war in which the Chinese people resisted aggression, and the Eighth Route Army, as one of the main forces of China's War of Resistance Against Japan, undertook important tasks of resistance. In the face of the well-equipped Japanese invasion of China, the Eighth Route Army went through countless hardships and hardships, and with its tenacious will and heroic fighting spirit, it resolutely fought against the enemy and achieved fruitful results.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Eighth Route Army quickly organized guerrillas full of fighting spirit, and its flexible and mobile tactical advantages made the invading Japanese army helpless. However, due to the long-term guerrilla warfare, the Eighth Route Army was clearly at a disadvantage in terms of equipment.
Most of their ** came from captured enemies, often old rifles and bombs, while the Japanese army was armed with modern light ** and heavy machinery, which put the Eighth Route Army under great pressure in battle.
In the early days of the war, the officers and men of the Eighth Route often lived and fought in harsh environments. They fought fiercely with the enemy in the ravines and ravines all year round, and there was an extreme shortage of food and medicine, and many soldiers even starved to death or died due to injuries and illnesses that could not be received in time. Faced with this situation, the Eighth Route Army insisted on relying on the masses and the support of the broad masses of peasants and workers to overcome the dilemma of lack of materials and equipment.
They solve the problem of survival by producing their own food and daily necessities, and improve their grasp of the enemy situation through the intelligence provided by the masses. At the same time, the Eighth Route Army adopted measures such as secretly building military facilities and conducting military training to improve the combat effectiveness of soldiers and resist the Japanese army.
In addition to the lack of material and equipment, the Eighth Route Army faced the massive destruction of rural and urban China by the Japanese army. The Japanese army implemented the "three-light policy", that is, "burn, kill, and rob", they burned a large number of villages and farmland, killed innocent people, and looted a large amount of property.
This brought great difficulties to the guerrilla warfare of the Eighth Route Army, as they needed to rely on rural support to provide food and supplies, but large tracts of farmland and villages had been destroyed. Faced with this situation, the Eighth Route Army took a variety of measures, such as strict military deployment and tactical operations, to protect farmland and villages, and resist Japanese sabotage actions.
At the same time, the Eighth Route Army also strengthened propaganda and education among the rural people, improving their awareness of resistance and organizational ability, so that they could better resist the Japanese attack. The Eighth Route Army also faced the Japanese army's counter-guerrilla warfare, that is, "sweeping" and "encirclement and suppression".
The Japanese devils sent a large number of troops to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army in an attempt to annihilate it. Under these circumstances, the Eighth Route Army, through the skillful use of strategic retreat and guerrilla tactics, kept the Japanese passive in the mountains and forests.
The Eighth Route Army adopted flexible and mobile tactics such as ambushes and raids to make up for the lack of equipment. They used fortifications such as cottages and underground fortresses to effectively resist the Japanese attack, and launched a series of ** battles, achieving great results. In the encirclement and suppression campaign, the Eighth Route Army also coordinated operations by liaising with friendly forces and guerrillas, thus depleting and weakening the enemy's combat effectiveness to the greatest extent.
All in allIn the face of the well-equipped Japanese devils, they relied on their tenacious will and heroic fighting spirit, as well as the cooperation and help of the broad masses of the people, to resolutely fight the enemy and achieved brilliant results.
In the environment of scarcity of materials and rampant enemies, they always maintained firm conviction and strong combat effectiveness, and made great contributions to the victory of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Their heroic spirit and indomitable will will forever be remembered in the hearts of the Chinese people.