In 1937, with the Lugou Bridge Incident, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression can be said to have broken out in full swing, just after the Battle of Songhu, after the Japanese army won the victory at a smaller cost, someone proposed to the Base Camp of the Japanese Army to attack Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China at that time, after the occupation of Nanjing, it can really be said that it can completely inspire the hearts of the Japanese army and the confidence of the Chinese military and civilians.
In this way, on December 1, 1937, the famous Nanjing Defense War began, this battle lasted until December 13, a total of 13 days, of which the Chinese participation in the war reached 150,000, while the Japanese army had 200,000, we know that the Japanese army whether it is weapons or soldiers are superior to us, so this Nanjing defense war is indeed not too much suspense.
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek actually knew the final result of this battle to defend Nanjing, and at that time, there were actually no generals who took the initiative to ask for war, and only Tang Shengzhi stood up and proposed the determination to coexist and die with Nanjing, but the result was still the victory of the Japanese army, and with the fall of Nanjing, the famous Nanjing Massacre in modern history also began, which is really the nightmare of our Chinese people!
However, many people wonder why before the defense of Nanjing, all the ordinary people in the city did not choose to flee, but there were still so many ordinary people left in the city, were they not afraid of the Japanese army?
In fact, before the outbreak of the Nanjing Defense War, the Nanjing National Government naturally proposed to help the people begin to migrate, and at that time, Nanjing had a total population of 1 million, and after the migration, there were 500,000 fewer, that is, there were 500,000 people in Nanjing.
So why are so many people reluctant to migrate? We know that in Nanjing, there are actually many industrial and commercial, and many of them really can't move away, if they relocate, then it is bound to lose a lot of money, so many business owners are not willing to go, then the boss is not willing to go, how can those ordinary people who work for the boss go?
After all, the people are relying on working for business owners to support their families, and many ordinary people in Nanjing have deep feelings for their hometown after all, which is actually understandable to many people, there is a saying called "falling leaves back to the roots", in fact, this is the truth, a person in his old age, in fact, the most want to return to his hometown, because the hometown is the place where he gave birth to himself and raised himself.
In addition, many ordinary people really do not have much money, and once they migrate, they are bound to face many difficulties, such as housing, work, etc., which are all in need of money, which is one of the reasons why many ordinary people cannot make up their minds to migrate.
It is certain that those ordinary people who did not flee before the Japanese army captured Nanjing, almost all of them gave up because of money, of course, there are some individual business owners, may be reluctant to their own family business, so they are also hesitating, and eventually lead to being trapped in Nanjing.
In addition, General Tang Shengzhi, the general of the Nationalist army who was responsible for commanding the defense of Nanjing, proposed to coexist and die with Nanjing, which also greatly improved the confidence of the people of Nanjing, and then Tang Shengzhi also confiscated most of the ships, which led to the later Japanese invasion, many people wanted to flee but there was no boat, at that time many soldiers and civilians had to swim away, but the weather at that time was very cold, so swimming and fleeing for their lives was equivalent to sending them to death.
The other ordinary people and nationalist soldiers who could not be forcibly crossed could only be forced to withdraw to the city, and what awaited them in the end was the crazy massacre of the Japanese army.