History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
The place where soldiers must fight, I think everyone is very familiar with it. In ancient times, this saying was very common, and each era had its own places of contention, such as Jingzhou and Xuzhou in the Three Kingdoms period, as well as Hanzhong, and of course, the Central Plains, which was contested by successive dynasties, which is now Henan. But is there a place where soldiers "don't" fight? There really is.
It is well known that war is a continuation of politics as a means of achieving political ends. All operational norms are considered on the premise of political or war purposes. Sometimes annihilating the enemy is to destroy the enemy's living forces and make the basis for annexing land; sometimes letting the enemy go is to gain benefits from peace and avoid huge losses in a decisive battle with the enemy.
Therefore, everything must be based on the premise of political purposes and war purposes as the criterion for military operations. This shows that the necessity or non-contention of the soldiers depends on the extent to which the place plays a role in the achievement of the political and war objectives, not on the fact that it has always been a place of contention or non-contention. Obviously, we in China have such a place where soldiers "do not" fight, Fujian.
Map of Fujian Administrative Regions
Fujian is located on the southeast coast, and the terrain is mainly mountainous, so it is relatively closed. Everyone knows that "Shu Dao is difficult, it is difficult to go to Qingtian", in fact, there is a saying circulating in Fujian: "Fujian Dao is more difficult than Shu Dao." "Because in Fujian, there are too many mountains, modern society is fine, if in the ancient situation of inconvenient transportation, it is not an easy task to enter Fujian."
Not to mention the ancient Fujian, in modern times alone, such as the war of resistance against Japan, Japan invaded the southeast coastal areas, only the location of Fujian Province appeared a big blank, the occupied land is the least, even if the opposite is the Colony Of Taiwan, which Japan has operated for many years.
At that time, except for Xiamen and Fuzhou, other parts of Fujian were generally only bombed or harassed by Japanese troops ashore for a short time. Even if the provincial capital is Fuzhou, the Japanese army does not have the determination to occupy it for a long time.
Map of Japanese occupation of China
The reason for this is that Fujian is mountainous. Its mountainous hilly area accounts for 89.3% of the province's land area, and the remaining plains are mostly separated and divided, the terrain is closed, and the transportation is inconvenient. Coupled with the lack of resources, the economy is backward. If such a place is occupied, the local loot may not be enough to cover the cost of the military operation of the occupation, and because of the inconvenience of transportation, it is impossible to quickly send troops to support the surrounding provinces, dispersing the originally insufficient troops, and eventually it will only drag the Japanese army to death, it is better not to occupy.
Topographic map of Fujian
Therefore, in my opinion, the so-called "no" place of contention of soldiers is more from a military point of view, at that time the Japanese army was insufficient, if you are the commander of the Japanese army, you will definitely concentrate your troops first, giving priority to the southwest and Southeast Asia Japanese army division or from Hunan into Guangdong Shaoguan directly through the Pearl River Delta.