Taking advantage of this famine,the enemy has incited the people to seize grain from the base areas in an attempt to create deep animosity between Chinese in the anti-Japanese base areas and those in areas under his occupation.

• 而敌人又利用这个灾荒挑拨人民到根据地抢粮，企图形成抗日根据地与敌占区中国人之间的严重对立。