1941年1月“皖南事变”后,根据中共中央军委命令,新四军军部重建,新四军第四师随之成立,在艰苦卓绝的斗争中,创建了淮北抗日民主根据地。 淮北抗日民主根据地,是抗日战争时期我党领导创建的19块根据地之一,基本地区约20多个县,面积41300平方公里,人口约600万,是华北和华中抗日民主根据地联系的纽带,是我军发展敌后抗战,发展华中、东进苏北、向西联系中原的前进阵地,具有重要战略地位。 Following the Wannan Incident in January 1941, following the order of the Central Military Commission, the Fourth Army of the New Fourth Army was rebuilt and the Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army was ensued. In the arduous struggle, Huaibei created a base for anti-Japanese democracy. The anti-Japanese democratic base in Huaibei is one of the 19 base areas under the leadership of our party during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The basic area is about 20 counties with an area of ​​41,300 square kilometers and a population of about 6,000,000. It is the link between North China and Central China’s anti-Japanese democratic base areas. It is an important strategic position for our army to develop the enemy’s post-enemy resistance war, develop central and east China and the Soviet Union and advance the central region to the west.