1944年5月11日，中央向华中局、北方局发出《关于敌进攻河南情况下的工作方针的指示》，要求河南地区组织抗日游击队和人民武装，建立抗日根据地。７月２５日，中共中央发布向河南敌后进军的部署命令。根据中共中央控制中原的战略部署，冀鲁豫区派一部兵力南下，建立了豫东根据地。８月１５日，彭雪枫率新四军第四师主力西进，于９月恢复了豫皖苏抗日根据地，师长彭雪枫在夏邑八里庄战斗中牺牲。
On May 11th, 1944, the Central Committee issued the "Instructions on Work Policy in the Case of Enemy Attacking Henan". On May 11th, 1944, the Central Committee issued the "Instructions on Work Policy in the Case of Enemy Attacking Henan" to China Central Bureau and North Bureau, demanding that Henan organize anti-Japanese guerrillas and people's armed forces and establish anti-Japanese base areas. On July 25th, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued a deployment order to March behind enemy lines in Henan. According to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's strategic plan to control the Central Plains, Hebei-Shandong-Henan region sent a force south and established the eastern Henan base area. On August 15th, Peng Xuefeng led the main force of the Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army to the west, and in September, he resumed the anti-Japanese base areas in Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu. Teacher Peng Xuefeng died in the battle of Balizhuang in Xiayi.
（供稿：赵荣 杨若冰）
