At the beginning of 1940, the anti-Japanese struggle in Northeast China reached its most difficult period. In order to preserve the only anti-Japanese armed forces in Northeast China, the anti-Japanese allied forces in Northeast China made a strategic shift. Except for a few troops who stayed in the northeast to fight, most of the others retreated to the Far East of the Soviet Union.

1942, 16 In July, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces * * Zhou Baozhong and Li discussed with the commander of the Soviet Far East Army, General Abanashenk, and decided to expand the organization of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces in the Far East of the Soviet Union and make it a "Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces Teaching Brigade" to "train the military and political cadres of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Movement and train outstanding guerrilla fighters so that they can be in the Northeast Liberation War. It was named the 88th Infantry Brigade and 846 1 Infantry Special Brigade of the Soviet Far East Army. The teaching brigade was awarded according to the requirements of the Soviet Union. The standard is: the brigade commander is a lieutenant colonel; Deputy Brigadier, Chief of Staff and Minister of Brigade Command are major; The battalion commander and deputy battalion commander are Dawei; Company commanders and instructors are captains; Platoon leader The famous senior commanders are lieutenants and lieutenants. Soldiers are all awarded ranks. General Abanashenko, commander of the Soviet Far East Army, came to inspect the troops and officially announced: "The Anti-Union Teaching Brigade was awarded the Soviet designation of the 88th Independent Infantry Brigade of the Soviet Far East Red Army. "The teaching brigade is nominally hosted by the Soviet Far East Army and equipped by the Soviet Union. Cadres and soldiers are awarded the ranks of Soviet officers and noncommissioned officers respectively, and their wages and benefits are the same as those of Soviet commanders and soldiers at the same level.

The Anti-Union Teaching Brigade has 1500 officers and men, including 643 anti-Union personnel, and the rest are Soviet Asians and Soviet deputy officers at or above the battalion level. At first, there was no political commissar or political department, only a political deputy, and later it was changed to a political commissar. Zhou Baozhong is the brigade commander, and Li, the commander-in-chief of the Anti-Union Third Route Army, is the deputy brigade commander (actually a political commissar). The brigade consists of four infantry battalions, 1 radio battalion, 1 mortar company and 1 teaching brigade. Each battalion has two companies, and each company has three platoons. Each battalion is equipped with 6 heavy machine guns, each company is equipped with 9 light machine guns, and each platoon is equipped with 15 submachine guns.

List of officers of the 88th Independent Infantry Brigade of the Red Army:

Brigadier General: Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Baozhong;

Political commissar and deputy brigade commander: Major Li;

Chief of Staff: Major Marcinko (former North Camping Director, Captain Yang Lin);

Cui Shiquan, Deputy Chief of Staff (Cui Yongjian);

Minister of Logistics Department: Major Jinya;

1 Battalion Commander: Captain Kim Il Sung, Political Commissar and Deputy Battalion Commander: Captain Anji;

Battalion Commander 2: Captain Wang Xiaoming, political commissar; Deputy Battalion Commander: Captain Jiang Xintai (Jian Jiang);

Battalion Commander of 3rd Battalion: Captain Wang Minggui, political commissar; Deputy Battalion Commander: Captain Jin Ce;

Battalion commander of the fourth battalion: Captain Chai, political commissar; Deputy Battalion Commander: Captain (Li Depei).

Other officers: Captain, Captain, Captain Park Deshan (namely Jin Yi), Captain, Captain Tao Yufeng, Captain Zhang Guangdi, Captain Cui Mingxi (namely), Captain, Captain, Captain, Wang Yizhi (female), Lieutenant Chen Lei, Lieutenant Bailong Wu, Lieutenant So Chol, Lieutenant Cui Chunguo, Lieutenant Xu Fengxue and Lieutenant Li Min.