抗日战争爆发后,在中国共产党抗日民族统一战线政策的推动下,时任山东省第六区行政督察专员、保安司令兼聊城县县长的范筑先(1882——1938,山东馆陶人,著名抗日爱国将领),与中共鲁西北地方党组织结成了牢固的抗日民族统一战线,共同创建鲁西北抗日根据地。1937年10月,日军侵入山东,不久又向鲁西北进 After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, under the policy of the Chinese Communist Party in the Anti-Japanese National United Front Movement, Fan Zhixian (1882-1938, Shandong Taoist, famous anti-Japanese Patriotic generals) formed a solid anti-Japanese national united front with the local party organizations in northwestern Shandong and jointly established the anti-Japanese base areas in northwest Shandong. In October 1937, the Japanese invaded Shandong and soon went north to the northwest of Shandong