The Yellow River over several thousand years has shifted its course from time to time, flowing now into the Pacific Ocean through Shantung, now through north Kiangsu. 黄河不断地改道，有时经过山东有时经过江苏北部流入太平样。
The units of the New Fourth Army under Yeh Fei and Chang Yun-yi were then carrying on anti-Japanese guerrilla warfare and building up an anti-Japanese base area in central Kiangsu. 叶飞和张道庸率领的新四军部队当时在江苏中部一带开展抗日游击战争，建立抗日根据地。
