抗战相持阶段,叶剑英在桂林团结新桂系坚持抗战,筹建八路军桂林办事处,宣传中共抗战战略方针,领导中共地下工作,加强与国际反法西斯力量的联系。这对巩固和扩大抗日民族统一战线,促进民众抗日热情高涨,壮大中共在桂力量等起到了极其重要的作用。 During the phase of the war of resistance against Japan, Yeh was united in fighting the war in Guilin and planned to establish the office of the Eighth Route Army in Guilin to propagandize the strategic guideline of the CPC’s war of resistance against Japan, to lead the underground work of the CPC, and to strengthen ties with the international anti-Fascist forces. This has played an extremely important role in consolidating and expanding the national united front against Japanese aggression and in promoting the people’s enthusiasm for anti-Japanese war and for strengthening the CPC’s power in the region.