July 7, 2022
is the 85th anniversary of the " July 7th Incident"
The smoke has long dissipated, and the mountains and rivers have long been fine.
But the Chinese people will always remember that period of history.
The picture shows the Chinese troops stationed in Wanping City rushing to Marco Polo Bridge to resist the Japanese army. . (File map)
On July 7, 1937
On the pretext that some soldiers disappeared during a drill near Marco Polo Bridge
The Japanese army forcibly requested to enter the Wanping county seat for search
After being sternly refused by the Chinese defenders
The Japanese army shelled with force Wanping City
created the "July 7th Incident" that shocked China and the world.
Picture source: CCTV National Memory Video Screenshot
On July 8, 1937,
the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued a message:
"Compatriots all over China!
Pingjin is in danger!
North China is in danger. !
The Chinese nation is in danger!
Only the whole nation can resist the war is our way out! ”
Image source: CCTV National Memory
“Margou Bridge!
The survival of the country depends on this bridge
Without bullets, they picked up machetes
and started hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese.
More than 80 Chinese defenders in two platoons
were all killed at the bridgehead.
The picture shows Chinese soldiers in the fortifications at Marco Polo Bridge. (File map)
On July 28,
, with the support of aircraft and artillery,
Japanese invaders launched a fierce attack on
Chinese 29th Army stationed in
the suburbs of Nanyuan , Beiyuan, Xiyuan .
In more than 5 hours of fierce fighting
the Chinese defenders suffered more than 2,000 casualties
Peiping fell
After the Chinese army retreated, the Japanese army passed through Marco Polo Bridge. (Data map)
The sound of artillery at Lugou Bridge
became the clarion call for the mobilization of the Chinese nation in the war of resistance
The Great Wall inside and outside, the north and south of the Yangtze River, the Yellow River both sides of the river
The anti-Japanese fury was everywhere
The Chinese nation fought with flesh and blood,
fought to the death,
New Great Walls have been built!
The people in the base area created authentic war . Every house is connected to each other, and every village is connected to each other, like a steel underground Great Wall. Photo by Shi Shaohua
Please bear in mind
During the all-out Anti-Japanese War from 1937 to 1945
China's military and civilian casualties totaled more than 35.879 million
Among them, more than 4.13 million military casualties were killed
Civil casualties were more than 22.499 million
More than 800 Chinese laborers were abducted by the invading Japanese troops Ten thousand people
More than 100,000 Hong Kong compatriots,
More than 1.15 million Taiwanese compatriots
were killed, made sick and disabled by the Japanese army
Of the more than 40,000 Chinese laborers who were plundered and sent to Japan
Nearly 7,000 died in Japan
Chinese troops at Marco Polo Bridge Counterattack Japanese attack. (File map)
Most of China was trampled by the Japanese army
More than 930 cities were occupied
42 million refugees were homeless
The Japanese army looted 33.5 million tons of steel from China
Coal 586 million tons
100 million cubic meters of wood
Image source: CCTV National Memory video screenshot
The Japanese aggressors caused more than 100 billion U.S. dollars in
direct economic losses to China
Indirect economic losses exceeded 500 billion U.S. dollars
During the war of aggression against China
Japan blatantly violated international law
Wantly used chemical weapons against Chinese military and civilians
It spread throughout the region There were more than 2,000 accurately recorded battles in 18 provinces
resulting in tens of thousands of Chinese military and civilian casualties
The picture shows the Japanese shelling of Wanping City. (Data map)
China conducted more than 200 major battles
in the battlefields behind enemy lines and frontal battlefields. Nearly 200,000 large and small battles were annihilated. More than 1.54 million Japanese troops were annihilated.
This accounted for about
the number of casualties of the Japanese army in World War II . 70%
On August 15, 1945
Japan announced its unconditional surrender
Until the surrender
Japan's overseas invading troops totaled 3.52 million people
The Japanese army that surrendered to China was about 1.28 million
More than the total Japanese army in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands
The picture is The ruins of the old Marco Polo Bridge deck.(File picture)
On the stone road of only one kilometer in Marco Polo Bridge
there were footsteps of refugees
There were iron hooves of invaders
There were also figures of Chinese defenders who were defending their homes and country
rising up to resist
A high-speed rail train was passing by The Yongding River Railway Viaduct beside the Marco Polo Bridge in Beijing. Photo by China News Service reporter Cui Nan
Today it has been 85 years since the "July 7th Incident"
The smoke on the Marco Polo Bridge has long dispersed
The stone lions imprinted with the mark of time
bear witness to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation
The mountains and rivers are being renewed day by day. The national power is getting stronger
but the memory never fades
History still has echoes
Don’t forget the national tragedy and remember the martyrs!
Revitalize China and strengthen ourselves!
Comprehensive from China News Network , CCTV News, People's Daily , Xinhua News Agency , CCTV National Memory
Source: China News Service
