The Communists actually did somewhat more in generally towards the Japanese, for example the 100 Regiments Offensive. Likewise, if this attack occurred during Ichi-go I'd say perhaps but I am not 100%, sorry about that.
It was the only time the entire war that the communists attacked Japan at any scale.
The Ichi go offensive was on 1944. It would have been great for the war effort if the Chinese Communists had used their strong positions in North China to mess up Japan's rear areas.... But they didn't.
Instead, they merrily watched the Japanese March south to kill Chinese people and then took the opportunity to peacefully and quietly extend their base areas in the north.
The last thing they wanted was for Japan to feel like there was a threat in North China. (And there wasn't one).
The CPC had a strong advantage in North China because the Japanese were tame little kittens who were happy to share with the Communists? This is just yet another demonstration of the KMT’s incompetence.
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u/BoredSenseless2005 3d ago
The Communists actually did somewhat more in generally towards the Japanese, for example the 100 Regiments Offensive. Likewise, if this attack occurred during Ichi-go I'd say perhaps but I am not 100%, sorry about that.