抗日战争时期的新四军,与其他抗日军队一样,都是为抵抗日本军国主义的侵略而战斗,任务相同,目标一致。但是,新四军作为中国共产党领导的人民军队,在建军宗旨、政治工作、军政关系、军民关系、官兵关系等等方面,又与中国国民党领导的军队有很大不同。新四军与同为中国共产党领导的八路军在基本的方面完全一样,是血脉相通 The New Fourth Army during the period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, like all other anti-Japanese militaries, fought against invading Japanese militarists. They all had the same tasks and the same goals. However, as the people’s army under the leadership of the CPC, the New Fourth Army is quite different from the army under the leadership of the Kuomintang in terms of its military establishment, political work, military and government relations, civil-military relations, officers and soldiers relations, and so forth. The New Fourth Army is basically the same as the Eighth Route Army led by the Chinese Communist Party