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determination of the Red fighters to fight for the final victory of the
Soviet, raised the class-conscious discipline and increased the relation
between the Red Army and the masses; (4) general rise of military
techniques; (5) better organization increased the organized
strength. These have promoted the fighting strength of the Red Army
and made it the formidable force of the Soviet.
Red Defence and Young Vanguards are ready made reservists for
the Red Army on the fighting front, forces of defence for the Soviet
districts and the bridge that is leading the present voluntary military
system to the conscription system of tomorrow.
Partisan units are creator of new Soviet districts and inseparable
detachments of the main force — the Red Army. In the past two
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years more of them are developed in the various Soviet districts with
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their political and military training considerably improved. They
have in the past offensives of the enemy showed marvelous success
in their work for the defence of the Soviet districts, and in their
operation to take the troops of the enemy by surprise and to disturb
their rear. Many of their performances were even thought by the
enemy as miracles. Their activities have offered the greatest difficulties
to the enemy in attempting to invade the Soviet districts. This
has been particularly shown in the Central and Kiangsi-Checkiang
Soviet districts.
To satisfy the Red NOT Army with supplies FORand
provisions, to organize
the military transportation between the front and the rear and
to organize sanitary organs and hospitals for the Red fighters are all
tasks of decisive COMMERCIAL
importance to the revolutionary war. Since we have
not yet captured many central cities and since the economic blockade
of the enemy against us is very strict, there are numerous difficulties
confronting us in our work along this lines. However, in the
past two years the DISTRIBUTION
militancy the broad masses in the Soviet district
has guaranteed continued supplies, provisions and transportation for
the Red army. This is also one of our big successes.
The fundamental task of the Soviet is revolutionary war and to
mobilize all mass strength to fight in the war. Around this fundamental
task the Soviet has many urgent tasks. It has to practice
wide democracy; to determinably suppress the counter-revolution
under its jurisdiction; to promote class-struggle of the workers; to
promote agrarian revolution of the peasants; to promote the militancy
of the worker-peasant masses under the principle of workers
leading the worker-peasant alliance; to administer the correct finan-