September 18, 1931, is a day that every Chinese should remember. On this day, the Japanese Kwantung Army blew up the tracks of the South Manchuria Railway, shelled the base camp in Shenyang, and invaded northeast China on a large scale. In just three months, nearly 1 million square kilometers of land in the northeast, 30 million compatriots, and a large amount of gold and silver treasures fell into the hands of the Japanese Kou. The northeast has fallen and is regarded by the outside world as a great shame and humiliation for China.
Infuriatingly, the Tohoku Army, which was stationed in the Northeast at the time, was no weaker than the Kwantung Army. In the Army, the Northeast Army has about 300,000 main forces, equipped with Maxim heavy machine guns, Browning heavy machine guns, a large number of howitzers, field guns, and even tanks. In terms of air force, the Northeast Army has 250-300 combat aircraft. In terms of navy, the Northeast Army has 27 large and small ships, equipped with China's largest cruiser "Haiji". From that time, the Northeast Army was a well-equipped, well-armed, and powerful unit in China.
On the other hand, on the eve of the September 18 Incident, the Japanese Kwantung Army had only 6 garrisons and a permanent mission, with a total strength of only more than 10,000 people. However, under the circumstance that the advantages of the Northeast Army were obvious, Zhang Xueliang actually issued an order of "no resistance". It was precisely because of Zhang Xueliang's policy of non-resistance that the Japanese army entered no man's land and frantically invaded northeast China. Strategic facilities such as mines, arsenals, banks, and airfields in the northeast were all occupied by the Japanese army. A large number of weapons and equipment, aircraft and artillery were left to the Japanese army, to the executioners who slaughtered the Chinese.
In the environment of the times at that time, if Zhang Xueliang had a trace of backbone and ordered the Northeast Army to resist the Japanese Kwantung Army, the Northeast would not have fallen in just three months. Moreover, the northeast army is superior in strength, and it is not difficult to defeat the Japanese army. Let me ask you, when the Northeast Army struck hard at the Japanese army, where did the Japanese army have the confidence to "destroy China in three months"? After the fall of the northeast, Zhang Xueliang should bear the responsibility of historical guilt, saying that he was a sinner for eternity did not wrongfully accuse him at all.
It has been 88 years since the "918 Incident", and in these 88 years, the Chinese army has undergone earth-shaking changes from weak to strong. However, we should clearly understand that the number of personnel and weapons and equipment are not indicators to measure the combat effectiveness of the troops, and having backbone, daring to show the sword to the enemy, and daring to fight and dare to fight are the necessary qualities of military personnel and the embodiment of the combat effectiveness of the troops.