The Tower Stands Tall: The Founding and Campaigns of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Anti-Japanese Base

This book mainly covers the establishment and military campaigns of the Shaan-Gan-Ning Anti-Japanese Base Area. It includes the base area’s initial formation: the founding of the early base area, the 15th Red Army Corps’ two victories in two battles, the arrival of the Central Red Army in northern Shaanxi, the Central Red Army’s two battles in northern Shaanxi, the fight to consolidate the Shaan-Gan Soviet Area, and the establishment of the Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region Government; the consolidation and development of the base area: improving the border region’s administrative system, expanding education and cultural programs, vigorously developing public health, creating the border region security forces, defending a thousand miles of the border region’s Yellow River front, establishing comprehensive air defenses, defeating Japanese air raids on Yan’an, using multiple measures to suppress banditry, and the 359th Brigade driving out He Shaonan; the arduous recovery of the base area: establishing a “three-three system” government, proposing and implementing the streamlining of troops and administration, launching a large-scale production campaign among the military and civilians, carrying out rent and interest reductions, vigorously conducting the rectification campaign, establishing the Shaan-Gan-Ning-Jin-Sui Allied Defense Army, and resuming the struggle against friction; and the base area’s preparations for victory: preparing for the counteroffensive, dealing a heavy blow to Kuomintang diehards at Yetaishan, supporting counteroffensives in other base areas, and holding the Seventh National Congress to welcome victory.