The Shifting Tides of Qilu: The Founding and Battles of Shandong's Anti-Japanese Base Areas

This book focuses on the establishment of the Shandong Anti-Japanese Base Area and its military campaigns. It covers the launch of uprisings and the formation of armed forces: rebuilding the Shandong Provincial Committee, deciding to launch armed uprisings, establishing the Fourth Shandong Column, uprisings breaking out across the region, and the official formation of the Shandong Column; the arrival of the Eighth Route Army's main forces in Shandong and the guerrilla war: the main forces reaching Shandong, the First Detachment repelling a surprise attack at Wujing, troops and civilians joining forces to resist the enemy at Sunzu, victory in the struggle for Baiyan, the Second Regiment's bloody battle at Yangjia Heng, the campaign against internal friction, and three fierce battles at Mount Jiazi; the difficult recovery and resistance to “mopping-up” campaigns: carrying out various reconstruction movements, soldiers and civilians standing together through hardship, the Railway Brigade actively resisting Japan, anti-mopping-up campaigns in the Yimeng, Jiaodong, and Qinghe regions; and the improving situation and the approach of victory: the improved prospects for resistance in the base areas, the Second Teaching Brigade capturing Tancheng, victory in the defense of Daigu, the Second Teaching Brigade's bloody battle at Shigouya, launching an offensive against puppet troops, the 1945 anti-mopping-up campaign, and the eventual total victory in the War of Resistance.