彭雪枫对剧团的建立与发展、对剧团成员的成长倾注了大量心血。 “你们简直忘记了自己是个革命文艺战士！” 1938年9月,时任新四军游击支队司令员兼政委的彭雪枫率部从河南确山县竹沟地区出发东征。11月,部队在进军豫东鹿邑县途中,遇到一批朝气蓬勃、能说会唱、抗日热情极高的年轻学生前来参军。彭雪枫十分高兴,他与政治部主任肖望东协商了一下,决定充分发挥这批 Peng Xuefeng on the theater establishment and development, the growth of the troupe members devoted a lot of effort. “You just forgot that you are a revolutionary literary warrior!” In September 1938, Peng Renfeng, commander and political commissar of the New Fourth Army guerrilla detachment, set off from the Zhugou area in Queshan County, Henan Province. In November, on the way to Luyi County in the east of Henan Province, the army encountered a group of young students who could be said to sing and anti-Japanese enthusiasm to join the army. Peng Xuefeng was very pleased that he had consulted with Director of the Political Department Xiao Dong and decided to give full play to these