 Complete the following phrase:  In its battle against Imperial Japan, the KMT suffered great losses due to internal corruption, incompetence in military command, outdated military supplies and logistics, and the general strength of the Japanese military. As a strong advocate of the United Front, Wang was damaged as well by the KMTs failure in the battlefield as the KMT forces bore the brunt of the fighting; under Maos urging the Communists rarely engaged the Japanese army in significant battles. After the KMT lost the battles of Xuzhou and 