Guerilla Activities in Shaanxi
When his friend since middle school Liu Zhidan led a failed insurrection in 1928, Gao joined him in remote Northwest Shaanxi where together they built up a guerilla base. The deaths of local guerilla leaders in the Northwest region distinguished Gao as the symbol of the revolutionary base. Gao met Mao Zedong in 1935 when the Long March ended in Shaanxi. The two developed a close relationship based on a personal friendship and their agreement on ideological matters. Gao spend many years during the Chinese Civil War co-ordinating CCP activities and became one of the top commanders in the region.
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