(JiMao the twelfth lunar month 20), January 28, 1940, the CPC Central Committee issued instructions on the development of armed establish base in Shandong province, central. establishing base areas in Shandong province, central development armed instructions

issued by the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, pointed out that: "the development of the current situation fully proved, only the majority of the development of the revolutionary armed forces, to match with the national work, in order to stop the surrender anti-communist, to consolidate a united front to fight the current situation improved. "Concentrate all our forces for the development of the armed forces, the establishment of the base to fight, but you are the most important to the most important tasks. The "instructions Plains Bureau within one year of the year" at least 100,000 guns developed to "'" Huazhong 100,000 troops, must be at least 1 to 1.5 million AUC. "And noted:" To create such a large armed forces, the regime is not. Therefore, it is necessary to resolutely fight with step-by-step plan, most of Shandong and eastern Henan, northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu regime to fall into the hands of our progressive people. (L $ j��.c��) "