An Overview Of The Supply Of Grains For The Army In The Shanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region During The War Of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression

During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, in order to ensure the supply of grains for the army, the Party Committee and government of the Shanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region carried out a wide range of active explorations under various limited conditions. Viewed from the perspective of how to establish a military logistics system, at first, the environment variables of the army provisions supply system, consisting of the Border Region’s harsh natural conditions, including land, natural disasters, population and traffic conditions, as well as the basic situation of the border area of grain levied and supply. Secondly, the main part of this thesis is the army provisions supply system’s operation. The efforts experienced three stages:the initial stage, the stage of improvement and the stage of perfection. Step by step, the objective of planned and normal supply of grains for the army was realized. Finally, The Shanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region’s army provisions supply system was established, which was under the overall planning of the Party Committee and government of border region, after procedures of forecast, procurement and production, storage and inventory management, transportation, adjustment and distribution control, which develops the path of military rations supply with Chinese characteristics and a lot of successful experiences were accumulated. These experiences are still of important reference value for improving the army provisions supply system and following the path of integrated military and civilian development with Chinese characteristics under the new conditions today.