Kuomintang's Status And Role In Hubei Resistance War Against Japanese Aggression

Chinese people's Resistance War Against Japanese Aggression (abbreviated as "the War" below) is a just war that based on the advocacy of anti-Japanese national united front proposed by the Communist Party of China during the 30-40s of the 20th century. It based on the cooperation of the Communist Party of China and the Kuomintang and participated by the various national people of the whole country including the compatriots in the Hong Kong and the Macao and overseas Chinese. Kuomintang's history of the War in Hubei is an important part for the War. Studying the history, specially appraising Kuomintang's historical status and role in the history correctly has great academic value and practical significance in promoting the study of the history of the War and Hubei local revolution history.In the War, the status and role of Kuomintang in Hubei displayed with the change of the situation of the war and the development the Kuomintang's policy. In politics, Kuomintang was the governing party. Kuomintang's organization of it's party, government and army stayed in Wuhan, which promoted the emerge of the War in Hubei in the early stage of the War. Wuhan became the war center of China rapidly. Kuomintang's activities in Hubei affected the situation of whole country and its political status was extremely important. In the military, Kuomintang assembled large army to defend Wuhan that smashed Japanese aggressor's strategic attempt to force Chinese government to surrender. It created the advantages for the Communist Party of China to conduct guerrilla warfare in the enemy-rear area at the stage of lasting war. After Wuhan fell, the armies of Kuomintang still persisted to frontal fight in Hubei. A series of battles including the Sui-Zao battle, Zao-Yi battle and western Hubei battle had resisted Japanese aggressor powerfully. At the stage of strategic counter-attack, Kuomintang played the extremely important role in the victory of the War in Hubei. The 1st army, the 5th army and the 10th army smashed the attacks of Japanese army. The Kuomintang's army bravely resisted Japanese army in Laohekou and so Japanese army suffered heavy losses. All of the battles had beaten beat Japanese aggressor heavily. In the economy, the Hubei Province government of Kuomintang implemented the new economic policy of Three People's Principles in western Hubei. The combat readiness had been strengthened. Great successes in production and construction had been achieved. All of these had laid the foundation to meet the demands of army and people and created the stable economic and social environment for the War.Because of it's class nature and own interests, Kuomintang resulted in the historicallimitation in the Hubei Resistance War Against Japanese Aggression. The limitations include: 1. Kuomintang had suppressed the development of anti-Japanese national salvation movement in the early stage of the War;2. At the stage of lasting war, Kuomintang had implemented negative anti-Japanese policy and revealed anti-communism inclination;3. Kuomintang hadn't cooperated sincerely with the Communist Party of China in the battlefields of the enemy-rear area. On the contrary, it had raised several anti-communism climaxes.But, considering the history of the War comprehensively, Kuomintang has the important historical status. Kuomintang has played the pivotal role in politics, eliminated the enemy' main force in the military and provided the safeguard in economy with it's wartime economic policy. Regarding this, we should give the full affirmation.