Editing Deng Xiaoping (section)

=== Japanese invasion ===
The invasion of Japanese troops in 1937 marked the beginning of the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]. During the invasion, Deng remained in the area controlled by the Communists in the north, where he assumed the role of deputy political director of the three divisions of the restructured Communist army. From September 1937 until January 1938, he lived in Buddhist monasteries and temples in the [[Wutai Mountains]]. In January 1938, he was appointed as Political Commissar of the 129th division of the [[Eighth Route Army]] commanded by [[Liu Bocheng]], starting a long-lasting partnership with Liu.

Deng stayed for most of the conflict with the Japanese in the war front in the area bordering the provinces of [[Shanxi]], Henan and [[Hebei]], then traveled several times to the city of [[Yan'an]], where Mao had established the basis for Communist Party leadership. While in Henan, he delivered the famous report, "The Victorious Situation of Leaping into the Central Plains and Future Policies and Strategies", at a [[Gospel Hall]] where he lived for some time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=豫西革命纪念馆和鲁山邓小平旧居扩建工程竣工 |url=http://www.gov.cn/jrzg/2008-04/25/content_954586.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711211823/http://www.gov.cn/jrzg/2008-04/25/content_954586.htm |archive-date=11 July 2022 |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=西关大街，从历史中走来 |url=https://www.pds.gov.cn/contents/5380/181.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711211824/https://www.pds.gov.cn/contents/5380/181.html |archive-date=11 July 2022 |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref> In one of his trips to Yan'an in 1939, he married, for the third and last time in his life, Zhuo Lin, a young native of [[Kunming]], who, like other young idealists of the time, had traveled to Yan'an to join the Communists.

Deng was considered a "revolutionary veteran" because of his participation in the [[Long March]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cheng Li |url=https://archive.org/details/chinasleadersnew00lich |title=China's leaders |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2001 |isbn=9780847694976 |page=[https://archive.org/details/chinasleadersnew00lich/page/131 131] |access-date=6 March 2016 |url-access=registration}}</ref> He took a leading role in the [[Hundred Regiments Offensive]] which boosted his standing among his comrades.<ref name="jac">{{Cite web |last=GREGOR BENTON |title=Assessing Deng Xiaoping |url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/01/deng-xiaoping-china-mao-communist-party |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129064154/https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/01/deng-xiaoping-china-mao-communist-party |archive-date=29 January 2019 |access-date=28 January 2019 |website=jacobinmag.com}}</ref>