The foundation of the Chinese Red Army and its impact on local societies,1924-1934.

本研究的主要目的是分析20世纪20年代至30年代中国共产党在广东组建红军的过程。这项工作是通过仔细研究广东省档案馆保存的中共内部文件完成的。因此，本研究显示，中共军队主要依靠广东省的传统武装力量。这些人是乡村民兵、土匪和雇佣兵。以前，许多学者认为共产党军队是由农民组成的，他们从共产党领导的土地改革中获得土地。但内部文件表明，土地改革在广东从来没有成功过，动员普通农民参军极其困难。这种情况迫使中共严重依赖传统武装力量进行武装斗争，而传统武装力量在20世纪20年代和30年代在广东非常丰富。

This research project's main goal was to analyze the process of the formation of the Red Army by the Chinese Communist Party in Guangdong province during the 1920s and 30s. This task was accomplished by carefully studying the CCP's internal documents, which are preserved in the Guangdong Provincial Archives. As a result, this research project revealed that the communist army mainly relied on the traditional armed forces of Guangdong province. These were village militias, bandits, and mercenaries. Previously, many scholars argued that the communist army was composed of peasants, which received land from the communist lead land reform. However, the internal documents indicated that the land reform was never successful in Guangdong, and that it was extremely difficult to mobilize ordinary peasants to join the army. This situation forced the CCP to conduct their armed struggle by heavily relying on traditional armed forces, which were abundant in Guangdong during the 1920s and 30s.