The Eighth Route Army was a people's army led by the Communist Party of China during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and persisted in the War of Resistance behind enemy lines in North China. The full name is the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army.
In order to realize the national war of resistance, the Communist Party of China after the peaceful settlement of the Xi'an Incident. That is, they negotiated with the Kuomintang authorities on the reorganization of the Red Army into the National Revolutionary Army and the anti-Japanese front, and reached an agreement when the War of Resistance Against Japan broke out in an all-round way. On August 22, 1937, the National Military Committee announced that the main force of the Red Army in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Region would be reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army.
One. One. 5. The 12th and 129th Divisions. Each division has jurisdiction over 2 brigades, each brigade has jurisdiction over 2 regiments, and the establishment quota of each division is 150,000 people. The total number of troops is about 460,000 people, under the jurisdiction of the 115th Division, the 120th Division, the 129th Division, each division has two brigades, each brigade has two regiments.
On August 25, the Communist Party of China issued the "Ten Programs for Resisting Japan and Saving the Country" and issued an order for the reorganization of the Red Army into the Eighth Route Army.
On August 25, the Revolutionary Military Committee of the Communist Party of China issued an order to reorganize the General Headquarters of the former enemy of the Red Army into the General Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, with ** as the commander-in-chief, ** as the deputy commander-in-chief, ** as the chief of staff, Zuo Quan as the deputy chief of staff, Qian Bishi as the director of the Political Department, and ** as the deputy director of the Political Department. It has jurisdiction over 3 divisions and 1 special service regiment, a total of 460,000 people.
At that time, the first and other high-ranking generals issued a telegram, announcing their inauguration, and announcing that the troops had been reorganized and were about to march east to kill the enemy.
After the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, on August 29, the forward branch of the Communist Party of China's ** Military Commission (later known as the North China Army Branch) was established, with * as secretary and ** as deputy secretary. Under the leadership of the forward branch of the Central Military Commission, each division set up a military and political committee.
On 11 September, the National Military Committee renamed the Eighth Route Army the 18th Group Army, and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was renamed the General Headquarters of the 18th Group Army in accordance with the battle sequence of the national army, navy, and air force. ** changed to commander-in-chief, ** changed to deputy commander-in-chief. On September 14, the general order of the Eighth Route Army to be changed to the Eighteenth Group Army was issued. But after that, it was still customary to call it the Eighth Route Army.
After the reorganization of the Red Army, the 115th, 120th, and 129th Divisions held anti-Japanese oath meetings in Yunyang Town, Jingyang County, Zhuangli Town, Fuping County, and Shiqiao Town, Jingyang County, respectively, and then went to the anti-Japanese front in Shanxi.