1938年初,抗日战争进入第二个年头,上海、杭州、南京相继沦陷。当时,日本驻华中派遣军为了配合华北方面军打通南北大动脉津浦铁路线,进行徐州会战,正抽调主要兵力陆续沿津浦路北进。江南日军兵力,一时间空虚下来。这正是抗日游击战争向大江两岸平原水网地带发展的大好时机。 2月15日,中共中央军委主席毛泽东致电中共中央东南分局书记、国民革命军陆军新编第四军副 At the beginning of 1938, the war of resistance against Japan entered its second year, with Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing successively falling to their ground. At that time, the Japanese troops stationed in central China dispatched their troops to northward along Jinpu Road in order to tie in with the North China Front Army to open up the Jinpu Line of the North-South artery. Jiangnan Japanese forces, a time empty. This is a golden opportunity for the anti-Japanese guerrilla warfare to develop into the water network along the plain of the Yangtze River. On February 15, Mao Zedong, chairman of the Central Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee, sent a telegram to the secretary of the Southeast Branch of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China