The New Fourth Army was a military unit nominally under the banner of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China, established in 1937 as part of the Second United Front during the Second
Headquarters of New Fourth Army in Jing County, Anhui
1940 group photo of New Fourth Army commanders who had participated in the Nanchang Uprising of 1927. Front row from left: Zhou Zikun, Yuan Guoping, Ye Ting, Chen Yi and Su Yu.
Former site of the New Fourth Army Headquarters in Hankou, Wuhan.
The Eighth Route Army, also known as the 18th Group Army, was a field army nominally under the banner of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China, established in 1937 as part of the Se
New Fourth Army
…the Nationalist Government, the N4A maintained separate political and operational structures aligned with CCP objectives. The New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army were the two main CCP military forces from 1938. The New Fourth Army was active south of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), while the Eighth Route Army…
Eighth Route Army fighting on the Futuyu Great Wall, Laiyuan, Hebei, 1938. Photograph by Sha Fei.
In July 1937, the Presidium of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party issued an order for the Chinese Red Army to reorganize into the National Revolutionary Army and stand by for the anti-Japanese front line.
Former site of the Eighth Route Army Office in Guilin.
Chinese poster depicting the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi.