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Unit 1 In this unit, you will learn about：ABCThe Guangxi Way in the war against Japan during 1931-1939 fairly?certain?that?the?Guangxi Clique（n.桂系） Text 4The Guangxi Way, 1931-1939It?is?fairly?certain?that?the?Guangxi Clique（n.桂系）was?earnest（adj.认真的）?in?its?demands?for?forceful?moves?against?Japan.?The?prompt?and?effective?military?action?taken?by?the?Guangxi?Clique?against?the?Japanese?after?the?outbreak?of?the?war?clearly?indicates?that,?in?this?respect,?practice?did?not?stray（v. 离）?far?from principle.?The?evidence?appears?to?support?the?Cliques?claim?that?the?contributions?of?Guangxi?to?the?national?war?effort?were,?in?terms?of?numbers?and?results,?greatly?out?of?propor-tion?to?the?wealth?and?population?of?the?province.?During?the?first?month?of?the?war,?100,000?trained?militiamen（n.民兵）?were?recalled?to?active?service.?By?the end?of?1937,?almost?200,000?Guangxi?men?had?been?called?up;?by?the?end?of?1938,?almost?427,000.?By?the?second?month?of?the?war?Guangxi?had?mobilized?between?forty-four?and?forty-eight?fully?equipped?regiments （n.团）,?organized?into?four?corps?(n.军).?These?four corps?were?shortly?thereafter?reorganized?into?three?army?groups--the?11th,?16th,?and?21st.?Most?of?these?Guangxi?units?were?used?to?form?the?Fifth?Route?Army.?In?the?first?years?of?the?war,?the?Guangxi?troops?fought?with?almost?suicidal?heroism.?In?ten?days?of?fighting?at?Shanghai?(beginning?October?19,?1937),?the?21st?Army?Group?launched?repeated?frontal?assaults（n.攻击）?against?a?Japanese?enemy?enjoying?overwhelming（adj.压倒的）?superiority?in?weaponry.?Li Zong-ren?described?the?battle as?“one?in which?we?used?our?flesh?and?blood?to fill?up?the?enemys?sea?of?fire,?and?our?casualties?mounted?at?the?rate?of?thousands?per?hour.??Guangxi?did?not?publish?statistics（n.统计数字）?on?its?military?losses?in?specific?engagements,?but?the?extent?of?Guangxi?casualties?at?Shanghai?may?be?inferred?fromthe?fact?that?two?Guangxi?brigade?commanders（n.旅长）and?four?regimental commanders（n.团长）?died?in?action?durin