Why Fight Among Ourselves? The Wannan Incident and the Defeat of the Anti-Communist High Tide

This book mainly covers the Eighth Route Army's early resistance against Nationalist attacks: the Central Committee's deployment of resistance efforts; the clashes in eastern Gansu; resolving the crisis at the southern gateway; expelling diehard forces from the border region; the campaign against Shi You san in southern Hebei; the campaign against “friction expert” Zhu Huaibing; retaliating against the December Incident; resistance efforts at the Shandong base area; and resistance efforts at the Jin-Sui base area. It also covers the New Fourth Army's early resistance: launching the Dingyuan counterattack in self-defense; launching the Battle of Hanta; fighting Nationalist diehards along the Hubei-Henan border; the New Fourth Army's counterattack against Nationalist troops at Guocun; and its counterattack at Huangqiao. The book then covers the shocking Wannan Incident: Zhou Enlai's preparations before the incident; Mao Zedong's proposed response; the Central Committee's directive for the New Fourth Army to move north; the loss of the best opportunity to move north; the New Fourth Army's ambush at Maolin; and its measured, justified retaliation. It also recounts the New Fourth Army's later resistance: the Eleventh Regiment's counterattack at Daqiao; the people and army of Feidong's resistance; the New Fourth Army's capture and release of Han Deqin; its three battles at Tianmu Mountain; and its counterattack against Nationalist troops at Zhoujiashan. Finally, it covers the Eighth Route Army's later resistance: thwarting the second anti-Communist campaign; the army and civilians fighting a bloody battle at Jiazi Mountain; Luo Ronghuan's “topple Li and replace Yu” maneuver; and the ultimate victory in the resistance against Nationalist attacks.