A Study On The Ordnance Support Of The Eighth Route Army In The War Of Resistance Against Japan (1937-1945)

The Eighth Route Army kept depending on self-reliance and hard work, overcame much difficulty and provided the necessary support of ordnance to combat troops under the strong leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and closely relying on the masses of the people in the War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945).This article will make analysis and demonstration in-depth taking the 129th Division for instance focusing on the factors of ordnance support and using related theories of History and Ordnance Service Learning. At first this paper will clarify the grim situation the Eighth Route Army faced from two aspects which are the requirement of ordnance and the material basis of the support. And then this paper will discourse principles, organizational structure, personnel preparation and implementation according to historical materials of the military logistic. This can demonstrate the main content and historical process of the Eighth Route Army's ordnance support. Then the paper will analyze the important role of the army's ordnance support by combining this with the fight behind the enemy lines in North China, the grandness of the Eighth Route Army and the further development of the people's army ordnance work. Finally, the paper will sum up the main historical experience of the Eighth Route Army's ordnance support, which concludes promoting the tradition of depending on self-reliance and hard work, persisting in relying on the masses, paying attention to the regularization of the ordnance work, attaching importance to the innovation of the protecting ways and means.