Dilemmas and Adjustments:A Study of the New Fourth Army's Southward Strategy after the Southern Anhui Incident
Before the Southern Anhui Incident,the New Fourth Army was tasked with the strategic mission of de-veloping Central China,with a focus shifting from Jiangnan to Northern Jiangsu.Following the incident,the New Fourth Army in Jiangnan suffered heavy losses but it did not abandon its operations in Jiangnan and it carried out activities in Southern Jiangsu,Southern Anhui,and Eastern Zhejiang.During its southward advance,the New Fourth Army faced dual resistance from the Japanese puppet forces as well as from the Kuomintang,thus delaying the enforcement of stability in Jiangnan.In about 1944,and until the end of the war,with a new round of strate-gic adjustments,the New Fourth Army successfully expanded southward to Southern Jiangsu and Zhejiang on a large scale.The various adjustments made during the New Fourth Army's southward advance were a reflection of the CPC placing a priority on the overall situation in the War of Resistance and of its adept strategic wisdom during the wartime conditions.
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