In 1874, Japan used the excuse that " Ryukyu drifters" were killed by Taiwanese " Gaoshan " and sent troops to attack Taiwan Island on a large scale. Japan extorted 500,000 taels of silver from the Qing government, and forced the Qing government to admit that the Japanese army's march to Taiwan was a "righteous act to protect the people", that is, it indirectly recognized Ryukyu people as subjects of Japan
In 1887, Japan formulated the so-called "Qing Conquest Strategy". It gradually evolved into a "mainland policy" centered on invading China. The first step was to capture Taiwan, the second step was to annex North Korea, the third step was to march into Manchuria and Mongolia, the fourth step was to destroy China, and the fifth step was to conquer Asia. , Dominating the world
In 1894, Japan took advantage of the outbreak of the "Tonghak Party Uprising" in North Korea and took the opportunity to send troops to North Korea to deliberately provoke a war. Subsequently, the "Sino-Japanese War" broke out. In the end, the war ended with China's defeat and the annihilation of the entire Beiyang Navy. The Qing government was forced to sign the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" with Japan. The Qing government ceded Taiwan Island and its affiliated islands the Penghu Islands to Japan, and compensated Japan with 200 million taels of silver, and later added an additional 30 million taels of " redemption fee "
In 1900, Japan agreed with the British. Seven countries including Russia, France, Italy, the United States, Germany, and Austria formed the " Eight-Power Allied Forces" and launched a war of aggression against China in the name of suppressing the " Boxer Rebellion." The Qing government was forced to sign the " The 'Russian-Japanese War' broke out in Northeast China and ended with Japan's victory. Japan occupied China's Lushun, Dalian , Shenyang and other places, and stepped up its aggression against China and North Korea. In 1914, World War broke out. Japan declared war on Germany on the pretext of seizing Qingdao and " Jiaoji". Railway" entire line, and occupied China's Shandong Province
. In 1926, the Japanese army intervened in the domestic warlord war, and united with Britain, France, the United States and other eight countries to invoke the "Xinchou Treaty", sent warships to cover the Fengjun fleet to attack Dagukou, and Shelling the Nationalist Army. The "Dagukou Incident" also became the trigger for the "318 Massacre" in Beijing.
In 1928, Japanese invaders launched an attack on the Kuomintang army in Jinan. Because Chiang Kai-shek blindly compromised and issued orders of non-resistance, a large number of Chinese soldiers and civilians were massacred. This series of non-resistance policies resulted in the tragic death of more than 10,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians at the hands of the Japanese army. On September 18, 1931, Japan launched the "September 18th Incident" to invade Northeast China by force. After that, Japan established the "Puppet Manchukuo" puppet regime in Northeast China and began its 14-year-long enslavement and colonial rule of the Northeast people, putting more than 30 million compatriots in Northeast China in dire straits for a long time. The "September 18th Incident" kicked off China's Anti-Japanese War in 1937. In 2006, Japan launched the "Marco Bridge Incident", which marked the beginning of the national anti-Japanese war. According to incomplete statistics, during the entire 14 years of the Anti-Japanese War, Japan robbed China of about 21,000 tons of gold, about 800 million tons of grain, about 700 million cubic meters of wood, about one billion tons of coal, as well as silver, copper, Rare earth and other resources, and looted about 1,800 boxes of jewelry, cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings, etc., and about 3.6 million pieces of
. During the entire Anti-Japanese War, Chinese military and civilian casualties exceeded 35 million, and the death toll was as high as 21 million, including " Numerous men were arrested in tragedies such as the Nanjing Massacre and the Port Arthur Massacre. Remember the history and never forget the national humiliation
