抗战时期，竹沟是河南省委和中共中央中原局所在地。在这里，刘少奇、彭雪枫、李先念、陈少敏等老一辈无产阶级革命家，高举抗日民族统一战线的旗帜，大力开展敌后游击战争；在这里，诞生了新四军二师、四师和五师。竹沟是中原抗战的中心和战略支撑点，她为中国革命做出了重大贡献。 During the war of resistance against Japan, bamboo ditch Henan Provincial Party Committee and the CPC Central Plains Central Plains seat. Here, the proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation such as Liu Shao-chi, Peng Xue-feng, Li Xiannian and Chen Shaomin held high the banner of the anti-Japanese national united front and vigorously carried out the guerrilla war behind enemy lines; here, the Fourth New Fourth Army Division, the Fourth Division and the Fifth Division were born. Bamboo ditch is the center of the Central Plains war of resistance and strategic support, she made a significant contribution to the Chinese revolution.