July 7, 2022
It is the 85th anniversary of the "July 7 Incident"
The smoke of war has long since dissipated, and the mountains and rivers have long been unharmed
But Chinese to that history
Always remember
The picture shows the Chinese troops stationed in Wanping City rushing to the Lugou Bridge to resist the Japanese army. (Infographic)
July 7, 1937
Under the pretext that soldiers were missing during a drill near the Lugou Bridge
The Japanese army forcibly demanded to enter the county seat of Wanping to search
After being sternly rejected by the Chinese defenders
The Japanese army shelled The city of Wanping
Created the "July 7 Incident" that shocked China and foreign countries
Image source: CCTV National Memory video screenshot
July 8, 1937,
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued a telegram:
"Compatriots of all China!
Hiratsu is in danger!
North China is in danger!
The Chinese nation is in danger!
Only when the whole nation carries out the War of Resistance is our way out! ”
Image credit: CCTV National Memory
"Lugou Bridge! Lugou Bridge!
The country survives on this bridge! ”
The Chinese defenders fought bloody battles with the Japanese
Without bullets, pick up a large knife
Engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese
Two platoons of more than 80 Chinese defenders
In the end, all of them died in the bridgehead position
The picture shows Chinese soldiers in the lugou bridgehead fortification. (Infographic)
July 28
With the support of aircraft and artillery
The Japanese invaders were stationed there
The four suburbs of Beiping are the South Garden, the North Garden, and the West Garden
The Chinese 29th Army launched a fierce attack
In the fierce battle of more than 5 hours
The Chinese defenders suffered more than 2,000 casualties
Peiping fell
After the Chinese army retreated, the Japanese army passed through the Lugou Bridge. (Infographic)
The sound of gunfire at the Lugou Bridge
It has become the clarion call of the General Mobilization of the Chinese Nation in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
Inside and outside the Great Wall, north and south of the Great River, and on both sides of the Yellow River
There was anti-Japanese fury everywhere
The Chinese nation with flesh and blood,
Fight to the death,
New Great Walls have been built!
The people of the base areas created tunnel warfare. Families are connected, villages and villages are connected, like an underground Great Wall of steel. Photo by Shi Shaohua
Please remember
During the All-Out War of Resistance from 1937 to 1945
The total number of Chinese military and civilian casualties was more than 35.879 million
Among them, more than 4.13 million were military casualties
More than 22.499 million people were killed or injured
More than 8 million Chinese laborers were forcibly taken captive by the Japanese army invading China
More than 100,000 Hong Kong compatriots,
There are more than 1.15 million Taiwan compatriots
He was killed and disabled by the Japanese army
More than 40,000 Chinese laborers were plundered to Japan
Nearly 7,000 people died in Japan
Chinese troops countered the Japanese attack at Lugou Bridge. (Infographic)
Most of China was trampled by the Japanese army
More than 930 cities were occupied
42 million refugees are homeless
The Japanese stole 33.5 million tons of steel from China
586 million tons of coal
100 million cubic meters of wood
Image source: CCTV National Memory video screenshot
Caused by the Japanese invaders to China
Direct economic losses exceed $100 billion
Indirect economic losses of more than $500 billion
Japan during the War of Aggression against China
A flagrant violation of international law
The indiscriminate use of chemical weapons against Chinese military and civilians
It covers 18 provinces
There are more than 2,000 accurately recorded battles
It caused tens of thousands of Chinese military and civilian casualties
The picture shows the Japanese shelling wanping city. (Infographic)
China's battlefield behind enemy lines and frontal battlefields was carried out together
There were more than 200 major battles
Nearly 200,000 battles were fought, both large and small
Annihilated more than 1.54 million Japanese troops
The Japanese army accounted for about it in World War II
70% of the number of dead or injured
August 15, 1945
Japan announced its unconditional surrender
Until surrender
The Japanese invading forces overseas totaled 3.52 million
About 1.28 million Japanese troops surrendered to China
More than the combined Japanese forces on the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific
The picture shows the ruins of the old bridge deck of Lugou Bridge. (Infographic)
On the stone road of only one kilometer on the Lugou Bridge
There have been the footsteps of the fleeing
There are iron hooves of invaders
There were also Chinese defenders defending their homeland
The figure that rose up in resistance
A high-speed train is passing the Yongding River Railway Viaduct along beijing's Lugou Bridge. Photo by Cui Nan, a reporter from China News Service
Today
It has been 85 years since the July 7 Incident
The smoke from the Lugou Bridge has long since dissipated
A stone lion branded with the imprint of time
It has witnessed the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation
The mountains and rivers are new day by day, and the national strength is getting stronger and stronger
But the memory never fades
History still reverberates
Don't forget the martyrdom of the country, remember the martyrs!
Revitalize China, my generation self-reliance!
Synthesized from China News Network, CCTV News, People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, CCTV National Memory
Source: China News Service