Eighty years ago today, on August 9, 1945 (July 2, 1945 in the lunar calendar), Mao Zedong delivered a speech on "The Final War Against the Japanese Invaders". In Yan'an, Mao Zedong delivered a speech on "The Final War Against the Japanese Invaders" on August 9, 1945. The following is an excerpt from the speech: On August 8, 1945, the Soviet government announced war against Japan, and the Chinese people expressed a warm welcome. Due to this action of the Soviet Union, the time of war against Japan will be greatly shortened. The war against Japan is in its final stage, and the time for final victory over the Japanese invaders and all their lackeys has come. Under these circumstances, all the anti-Japanese forces of the Chinese people should stage a nationwide counteroffensive and cooperate closely and effectively with the Soviet Union and other Allied powers in combat. The Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and other people's armies will, under all possible conditions, carry out extensive attacks on all invaders and their lackeys who are unwilling to surrender, annihilate the forces of these enemies, seize their weapons and wealth, and violently expand the liberated areas and shrink the occupied areas. It is necessary to let go of the organization of armed task forces, hundreds of teams and thousands of teams go deep behind the enemy..., organize underground armies, prepare armed uprisings, cooperate with the army attacking from outside, and destroy the enemy. Attention should still be paid to the consolidation of the liberated areas. This winter and next spring, among the existing ten million people and the people of all newly liberated areas, we should generally reduce rents and interest rates, develop production, organize people's power and people's armed forces, strengthen militia work, strengthen the discipline of the army, adhere to the united front of the people from all walks of life, and prevent waste of manpower and material resources. All this is to strengthen our army's offensive against the enemy. The people of the whole country must pay attention to stopping the danger of civil war and strive to promote the establishment of a democratic coalition government. The new stage of China's war of national liberation has arrived, and the people of the whole country should strengthen unity and fight for final victory.