Memorable moments in the history of PLA
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Updated: 2018-08-01 07:15
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During the anti-Japanese war, under the leadership of the Party, the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army and other anti-Japanese armed forces of the people penetrated deep behind enemy lines to mobilize the masses, peasants in particular, to launch guerrilla warfare.
Land mine warfare was widely used and played a key role in blocking the Japanese troops. In May 1943, over 15,000 militiamen were engaged to counter Japanese "mopping-up" operations in the Taihang area, taking part in more than 2,000 engagements. In the heartland of the Taihang Mountains, it was said that the "sound of gun?re permeated the air" as Japanese soldiers were under attack in almost every village.
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