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Hua Guofeng served as a guerrilla fighter during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The war lasted from 1937 to 1945 and was fought between the Republic of China (ROC) and the Empire of Japan. Hua was a member of the Eighth Route Army, which was a communist guerrilla force that fought against the Japanese. Hua served in the army for six years and was eventually promoted to the rank of general.