Although officially the Soviet Union and North Korea were not supporting the Communist forces, they provided support to the Communist Party of China. They gave logistic support, transported and helped to deploy the Communist soldiers to fight the Kuomintang, also transported sick and wounded soldiers, gave the weapons of Manchukuo to the Communist Party of China, North Korea sent an army to fight the Kuomintang, etc. Chen Yun said: "They did their best to help us, we were backed by the Soviet Union and North Korea."