Wanping City,
An ancient city built in the Ming Dynasty in Beijing's Fengtai District,
Although it has undergone many repairs,
The walls are still covered with dense gun holes and craters.
The dappled wounds of this ancient city and its surroundings,
Witnessed the bloody storm of that night more than 80 years ago:
July 7, 1937,
The Japanese falsely claimed that a soldier was missing,
Brazenly launched a fierce attack on Lugou Bridge and Wanping City,
Japan's all-out war of aggression against China broke out.
This is the Chinese army stationed in Wanping City rushing to the Lugou Bridge to resist the Japanese army (file photo). Xinhua News Agency
Fierce gunfire,
Breaking the tranquility of Wanping City,
It has also awakened the Chinese nation's will to fight against aggression.
The outbreak of the July 7 Incident,
Marking the beginning of Japan's all-out invasion of China,
It was also the beginning of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression by the whole nation of China.
Its great historical significance lies in the fact that
promoting the awakening of the whole nation,
It condensed the majestic strength of all the sons and daughters of china in the War of Resistance.
Hiratsu is in danger! North China is in danger! The Chinese nation is in danger!
This is the Chinese army fighting the Japanese attack at the Lugou Bridge (file photo). Xinhua News Agency
In the face of an unprecedented crisis of national subjugation,
On July 8, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued a message
"The Communist Party of China Electrified the Japanese Army's Attack on the Lugou Bridge"
Called:
All Chinese compatriots,
government and military,
Unite,
Build a strong Great Wall of the National United Front,
Resist Japanese aggression.
Under the active promotion of the Communist Party of China,
Based on the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party
The anti-Japanese national united front was formally formed.
Under the banner of the Anti-Japanese National United Front,
Resisting aggression and saving the people and trying to survive has become China's various parties,
All nationalities, all classes, all classes, all groups
As well as the common will and action of overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese.
This is the soldiers of the 29th Army guarding the Lugou Bridge resisting the invasion of the Japanese invading army (file photo). Xinhua News Agency
The Communist Party of China became the backbone of the all-out War of Resistance,
There are three main reasons for playing the role of mainstay:
First, the Communist Party of China advocates the establishment of an anti-Japanese national united front.
This was the fundamental guarantee for the defeat of the Japanese aggressors;
Second, the Communist Party of China advocates an all-out war of resistance.
Extensively mobilize and rely on the masses of the people,
Put forward the principle of all-out war of resistance,
A policy on protracted war was proposed
and a set of operational principles,
This was the theoretical guidance of the battlefield behind enemy lines at that time.
It was also to defeat the Japanese invaders and
An important guarantee for the victory of the whole nation in the War of Resistance;
Third, the people's armed forces under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.
Extensively launched an anti-Japanese guerrilla war,
Opened up a vast battlefield behind enemy lines,
Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia, Jin-Cha-Ji and so on were founded
19 major anti-Japanese base areas.
This is the Lugou Bridge taken on January 29 (mobile phone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Ru
Yang Jingyu eats cotton wool and nibbles on tree bark,
Tenacious bloody battle until sacrificed;
Zhao Yiman is not afraid of torture, generous and righteous;
Eight female fighters of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance,
The five heroes of Wolf's Tooth Mountain would rather jump into the river and jump off a cliff
Nor do they succumb to the enemy...
Heroes' feats again and again,
Bringing together the Chinese nation as a city,
The mighty power against the Japanese.
In the face of the trampling of the aggressors' hooves,
North and south of the great river, inside and outside the Great Wall,
All the sons and daughters of China brave the enemy's artillery fire,
Moving forward and going to the country together,
Thousands of patriotic soldiers fought in blood,
See death as homecoming.
The mother told her son to fight to the East,
The wife sent the groom to the battlefield
The touching scenes are vividly remembered;
Five continents and four seas, foreign countries,
There are overseas Chinese everywhere
Insulting the Emperor and saving the dead,
Positive action that is willing to be backed by...
The sound of gunfire at the Lugou Bridge
Become the clarion call of the General Mobilization of the Chinese Nation in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression,
The whole land of China was full of anti-Japanese anger.
This overwhelming and courageous force,
Awakened the sleeping soul of the nation.
This is a bomb crater left by the Japanese attack on Wanping Castle (photographed on January 29). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Han Songyu
Now the smoke of war has dissipated,
"The big knife cuts at the heads of the devils"
The sonorous sound,
It still reverberates in the land of China for a long time.
Chinese min Anti-Japanese War Memorial Square,
A large sculpture symbolizing the awakening of the Chinese nation
"Lu Gou Awakening Lion" stood majestically.
Lu Gou wakes up the lion
On the occasion of the centenary of the founding of the Party,
Please tell the children that these needs to be remembered forever!
Tell your child: History is unforgettable
Time has passed 84 years, and although the smoke of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has dissipated, the storms of history cannot annihilate the flames of war in Wanping and the gunshots of the "July 7 Incident." The "July 7 Incident" is a clarion call for the Chinese nation to wash away the shame of a hundred years, and it is also a long-term alarm bell that shakes our hearts, and has become a history that we always need to remember.
Tell your children: The spirit of the War of Resistance must always be remembered
History is speechless, and the spirit is immortal. 84 years ago, the earth-shattering cannon sound of the Lugou Bridge brought deep disasters to the Chinese nation, but also awakened a sleeping nation and opened a surging chapter in the rebirth of ancient China.
All the sons and daughters of the Chinese nation braved the enemy's artillery fire to go to the country together, and tens of thousands of patriotic soldiers fought with blood and regarded death as a homecoming, playing a heroic triumphant song of the mighty mountains and rivers against the Japanese aggressors, and composing with their lives and blood a magnificent epic poem of resistance to foreign aggression that touched the earth and the earth.
After arduous struggles and great sacrifices, the Chinese people finally won a great victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression after 8 years, washed away the national shame of China's repeated defeats in resisting foreign aggression in modern times, and became the source of strength that encouraged us to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Tell your child: Painful lessons must always be remembered
Don't forget the past, the teacher of the future. After the "July 7 Incident," the Japanese army rode straight into Shanghai, occupied Nanjing, plundered Xuzhou, and entered Wuhan, causing most of Splendid China to fall into a tragic situation of broken mountains and rivers and ruined lives.
In Shanghai, the Battle of Songhu caused hundreds of thousands of casualties among our soldiers and civilians; in Nanjing, the Japanese army massacred 300,000 prisoners of war and innocent civilians; in Hebei, Shanxi, and other anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines, the Japanese army carried out a large-scale sweep with the "three-light policy" of burning, killing, and robbing the light, creating countless tragic cases. According to incomplete statistics, more than 35 million Chinese soldiers and civilians died under the butcher's knife of Japanese militarism during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
The Japanese army's evil deeds in invading China are difficult to describe. The bitter lessons of history warn the Chinese people: Only when the country is reunified, the country is united, socially stable, economically developed, and national strength is enhanced, can the people be happy, the motherland be dignified, and the Chinese nation can stand tall among the nations of the world.
Commemorating history is not about chewing on suffering,
Perpetuate hatred,
Rather, to reaffirm the value of peace and justice,
Drawing wisdom from history,
Gain the spiritual power to create the future.
History is the best textbook.
History is not just about the past,
It's more about the present and the future.
Teachers and parents,
Please tell the child,
Commemorating the "July 7 Incident",
It's for
In keeping in mind the spirit of the War of Resistance,
After the bitter lessons and heroes of the martyrs,
Fight hard,
Forge ahead.
Article source | China's military network "July 7 Incident: The Beginning of China's National War of Resistance" and "Remembering the "July 7 Incident" and Strengthening the Original Mission"
Image source | Xinhua News Agency, China Military Network
Source: China Education News