After the End of the Long March: a Million-Strong Army Was Trained in the Mountains

After the main force's Long March, Lu Zhou led the remaining Red Army to take root in the mountainous areas of Fujian, Jiangxi and Guangdong. He gathered personnel, raised his own armaments, and mobilized the masses. The team grew to a thousand people and successfully survived multiple raids by the enemy. After the outbreak of the all-out war of resistance, the troops were reorganized into anti-Japanese armed forces, integrated local anti-Japanese forces, opened up many base areas behind enemy lines in South China, and independently established The logistics and military industry system fought against the Japanese aggressors and counterattacked the stubborn anti-communist forces, with tens of thousands of troops at its peak, making it the backbone of the war behind enemy lines in South China. During the Liberation War, the department was reorganized into a field corps, participating in strategic counteroffensives and cross-river operations, absorbing a large number of insurrectionary troops to increase their strength, and eventually grew into a million-strong army, completing the liberation of all of South China.