How to set up: 1937 In February, China's * * * Production Party and China Nationalist Party started negotiations on the reorganization of the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants and going to the anti-Japanese front, and reached an agreement after the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. 1On August 22nd, 937, according to the agreement reached between the two sides, the National Government officially announced that the first, second and fourth armies of the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants, led by the former Northwest Red Army, were reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army.
The Eighth Route Army has no commander, only its headquarters:1On August 25th, 937, the Central Military Commission issued an order announcing that the First, Second and Fourth Armies of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army and the Northwest Red Army were reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and the headquarters of the former enemy of the Red Army was changed to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, with Zhu De as the commander-in-chief, Peng as the deputy commander-in-chief, Ye Jianying as the chief of staff and Zuo Quan as the deputy chief of staff. The General Political Department of the Red Army was changed to the Political Department of the Eighth Route Army, serving as the director and deputy director of the Political Department; Under the jurisdiction of 1 15 division, 120 division, 129 division and the headquarters special service corps. 1 15 division commander Lin Biao, deputy division commander Nie; 120 teacher He Long, deputy teacher Xiao ke? ; 129 Teacher Liu Bocheng, Deputy Teacher Xu.
Origin of the name:1September, 937 1 1 day, the Eighth Route Army was renamed the National Revolutionary ArmyNo. 18 Army, and the headquarters was changed to the general headquarters, with Zhu De as the commander-in-chief and Peng as the deputy commander-in-chief. However, because the title of the Eighth Route Army has been widely circulated among troops at all levels, the title of the Eighth Route Army has been used until the late liberation war.
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Before War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army was originally the Guangdong local warlord's army (Li's original headquarters), the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army in Chen Ren, and had the 59th division commander Yu Hanmou, the 62nd division commander Xiang Hanping and the 63rd division commander Li, which were later revoked by Chiang Kai-shek.
On September 1937 and 1 1 day, the Military Commission of the National Government issued an order to rename the Eighth Route Army as the 18 Army and the headquarters as the 18 Army General Command. Zhu De was appointed Commander-in-Chief and Peng was appointed Deputy Commander-in-Chief. On September 14, Zhu De and Peng issued a general order to change the Eighth Route Army to the Eighteenth Army.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia: Eighth Route Army