晋南豫北的抗日基础山西省南部和河南省北部广大地区,既是煤、铁、铜、硫黄等矿产资源蕴藏量大,工业生产基础较好,农业较为发达的经济富庶地区;又地处太行、太岳、中条三大山脉南端结合部,背靠八路军总部,面向中原大地,据此可左右出击同蒲铁路和白晋公路沿线的日本侵略军,战略地位十分重要。因此成为日寇、蒋介石、阎锡山等各种势力争相抢夺的焦点地带。党中央和毛主席高度重视晋豫边区抗日根据地建设。这一带原本就具有开展抗日战争的 Anti-Japanese Basis in South Shanxi and North Henan The vast areas in southern Shanxi Province and northern Henan Province are not only economically prosperous areas with large mineral resources such as coal, iron, copper and sulfur, but also rich industrial bases and well-developed agriculture. Taihang , Taiyue, Zhongji three mountains at the southern end of the junction, backed by the Eighth Route Army headquarters, facing the Central Plains, which can attack about along the Tongpu Railway and the White Jin Road along the Japanese Aggression Army, the strategic position is very important. Therefore became the Japanese invaders, Chiang Kai-shek, Yan Xishan and other forces competing to grab the focus area. The Central Committee of the Party and Chairman Mao attach great importance to the construction of the anti-Japanese base areas in the border areas of the province and the province of Jin. This area originally had to carry out the war of resistance against Japan