The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-20
BY Burck

The sheet, Osaka Mainichi, COM
mentS on the occupation of Juikin
by the Marking troops in a leading
article and writes that the Red
Army has not been beaten, that,
after the evacuation of Juikin, it
utilized the contradictions between
the Marking and Canton govern
ments, hurried ahead of the Human
troops, and after swift march
found itself at Szecchuan, in order
to join the other division of the Red
Army in establishing Szechuan as
basis for operations.
Protection Against Invasion
The second circumstance, from
whence springs the new tactics of
the Red Army, is the necessity for
national protection against invasion,
especially on the part of Japanese
imperialism, in connection with the
latter's new armed offensive against
Inner Mongolia and North China.
AS the whole world knows, the Gen.
trail Chinese Soviet Administration
at the beginning of 1882, that is,
during the heroic defense before
Shanghai of the 10Th Route Army,
had declared holy national revolu-
tionary war of protection against
japanese imperialism. Chang Kali
Shek and Wan-Tsing-Wai on the
one hand fell on the rear of the 10Th
Route Army and the Shanghai
workers and persuaded them to re-
treat, while on the other hand, with
armed fist they held the Red Army
at distance from the big cities on
the western bank of the Yangtse
River, preventing it's advance and
hmdering the conduct of the war
against Japanese imperialism.
AS the only peoples army, the only
national-revolutionary under the
leadership of the Communist Party
and the Soviet regime. full of i'm
patience and enthusiasm, the Chi
nese Red Army is anxious, as swift
ly as possible to carry out its glor-
ious mission-the prosecution of the
war against Japanese imperialism
and the rescuing of the Chinese ma
ton from the fate of complete col
onial slavery. This is also the rea-
son that the Red Army itself, as
well as the entire Chinese people,
considers that the struggle against
the anti-Soviet aigns of
Chang Kai-Shek is the struggle
for immediate means Tor carrying
on the war of the armed Chinese
nation against japanese imperial
ism.
Today japanese imperialism, with
the aid of the national traitors I'M
der Chang -Kai-Shek, Wanting
Wal, Yam Yun-Tin and Chuan-Fu,
is dri;ing on with open war prep
arations toward the occupation of
Chahar, Sinkiang and North China.
Carefully considering the difficulties
of carrying a war against the force
of the japanese occupation, as well
as against Chiang's fortified strong
holds in North -Kiangsi, and with
view of carrying this war in Cen
trail and North China, the Soviet
regime and the Red Armies have
resolved to advance strong military
fighting forces near the 7th and
10th Army Corps as first line troops
for the purpose of accelerating the
conduct of this sacred war against
Japanese imperialism in Mort
China.
The third circumstance out of
which the new tactics of the Red
Army have developed is the necessity
of overcoming the physical difficult
ties of the Red Army in Central
Soviet China. It's continual military
operations, extending over many
years, the incessant enemy bonn
bardment by airplanes and artillery,
the direct raids of the white bandits
and the strong economic blockade
on the part of Chiang-Kai-Shek and
the imperialists had, in spite of the
support of the population, brought
about series of material difficulties,
especially the lack of ammunition as
well as certain living necessities.
Experience has shown that a
change in the line of march of the
Red Army toward new districts has
always been accompanied by rapid
swelling and increase Of munitions