87 years ago today, on May 3, 1938 (April 4, 1938 in the lunar calendar), the Jizhong Base Area was formed. On May 3, 1938, the Jizhong Military Region was established. On October 14, 1937, Lv Zhengcao, commander of the 691 Regiment of the 53rd Army, swore an anti-Japanese army in Jin County, renamed it the People's Self-Defense Army, and actively launched a guerrilla war with the Hebei Guerrilla Army and other anti-Japanese armed forces. By April 1938, anti-Japanese regimes in 38 counties had been established successively. So far, the Jizhong Base Area between Jinpu Road in the east, Pinghan Road in the west, Pingjin Road in the north, and Cang (County) Shijiazhuang Road in the south was initially established, and became an important part of the anti-Japanese base area in the Jincha-Hebei Border Area. On April 1, the Jizhong Administrative Office was established, with Lv Zhengcao as the director. On the 21st, the Communist Party of Jizhong held its first congress in Anping County. The congress determined that the Jizhong Provincial Party Committee was changed to the Jizhong District Party Committee, with Huang Jing as the secretary; on May 4, the Jizhong Military Region was established. The People's Self-Defense Army and the Hebei Guerrilla Army were jointly organized into the Third Column of the Eighth Route Army, with Lv Zhengcao as the commander of the column and military region. Lu Zhengcao (left 2), director of the Jizhong Administrative Office, and Li Gengtao (left 3), deputy director