83 years ago today, on August 1, 1942 (June 20, 1942 in the lunar calendar), the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces withdrew into the Soviet Union. Zhou Baozhong in Soviet uniform On August 1, 1942, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces reorganized in the Soviet Union. Due to the Japanese invaders' massive increase in troops to the Northeast and their brutal "encirclement and suppression", the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces suffered great losses and suffered dangerous living conditions. In order to preserve cadres and accumulate strength in order to persevere in the long-term struggle, the anti-Japanese Allied Forces entered the Far East of the Soviet Union in batches. According to the decision of the Communist International, the anti-Japanese Allied forces entering the Soviet Union were organized into the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army Teaching Brigade, also known as the International Red Army Special Independent Eighty-eighth Brigade, with Brigade Commander Zhou Baozhong, Political Deputy Brigade Chief Li Zhaolin, and Chief of Staff