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Chapter 103 History of the Anti-Japanese War

【One picture shows the entire process of the 14-year war of resistance. 】

[On September 1931, 9, the Japanese Kwantung Army stationed in Northeast China brazenly launched the September 18th Incident in Shenyang. Due to the local policy of non-resistance, the Northeast region was completely occupied by the Japanese army in just three months.

In January 1932, in order to divert international attention, the Japanese army launched a large-scale attack on Shanghai. Eventually, under the tenacious resistance of the 1th Army led by patriotic generals such as Jiang Guangnai and Cai Tingkai, the Japanese suffered heavy losses and had to accept international mediation and retreat back to the concession.

In March, Japan supported the last Qing emperor Puyi to ascend the throne and established the puppet state of Manchukuo, which was strongly opposed by the Nationalist government and the international community.

After that, in order to continue to encroach on China, Japan crossed Shanhaiguan and pointed its spearhead at North China. Feng Yuxiang, Ji Hongchang and others could only lead the Chahar People's Anti-Japanese Allied Army to persist in the war of resistance in an attempt to resist the Japanese attack, but in the end, they were defeated by the Japanese army due to their weak strength and lack of supplies. Rehe, Chahar and other places fell one after another.

In 1935, Japan forced the Nanjing Nationalist Government to sign the humiliating Tanggu Agreement and the He-Umezu Agreement. The Japanese army took advantage of the situation to occupy the eastern Hebei region and approached Beijing and Tianjin. The situation in North China was extremely critical.

In December 1936, patriotic generals Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng launched the Xi'an Incident, forcing Chiang Kai-shek to abandon the civil war and unite to fight against Japan. The anti-Japanese national united front was initially formed.

On July 1937, 7, the Japanese army brazenly provoked the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in the suburbs of Beijing and attacked Beijing and Tianjin.

Step by step, the Japanese nation firmly stepped into Chinese soil and committed all kinds of atrocities, including burning, killing, looting and torture.

The audience under the sky watched the marked area getting darker in color. They felt heartbroken when they thought of what the Japanese had done. They thought they were a group of demons who were born in vain as human beings!

Many people in the northern region thought about how difficult life would be for the people living in this land in the future, with oppression from the great powers and a corrupt imperial court. No, there wouldn’t even be an imperial court. The only option left was resistance.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the infected land on the map and thought of the black and white city of Nanjing. His fists were clenched so tightly that they seemed to bleed, but his face was expressionless, as if he was a sculpture, so calm that even his breathing was light.

Even when Ying Zheng heard that Japan had invaded Chinese territory, he was still furious. The September 18th and July 7th Incidents were human tragedies, but countless tragedies like this have occurred in China in later generations.

The difference in the superiority of the weapons of both sides, the resistance between the weak country and the world power, everything symbolized the outcome of failure, but they believed in this group of younger generations and would never give up even if they paid a terrible price.

The emperors noticed some of the names mentioned on the sky curtain, the leader in the previous movie clip, Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, these patriotic generals, and Chiang Kai-shek. It seems that future generations will not only have to face foreigners, but also have internal conflicts.

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Kangxi sat in his seat, counting the emperors of the Qing Dynasty mentioned by Tianmu. Yongzheng was his son. After Qianlong, there were Xianfeng and Tongzhi during the time of the evil Empress Cixi. Now there was Puyi. So how long had he ruled the Qing Dynasty?

Kangxi was afraid, happy and worried about the Tianmu. What should his Qing Dynasty do? If he really wanted to enlighten the people, how many years could his Qing Dynasty survive? But when he thought of the foreign artillery, he was troubled again.

[On the 16th, Chiang Kai-shek issued an anti-Japanese war declaration in Lushan, and the full-scale war of resistance broke out.

In August, the Japanese army assembled 8 troops to launch a massive attack on Shanghai, and the Battle of Shanghai broke out. In order to crush the Japanese army's arrogant slogan of destroying China in three months, the National Army successively reinforced 20 troops and fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army.

In November, the Japanese army suddenly landed in Hangzhou Bay outside Shanghai. In order to prevent the Japanese army from encircling him, Chiang Kai-shek had to order the troops stationed in Shanghai to retreat towards Nanjing. The Japanese army captured Shanghai and continued to advance towards Nanjing, the capital of the National Government.

At the end of the year, the Japanese army captured Nanjing and launched an inhumane massacre, killing more than 30 soldiers and civilians.

At the same time, the National Government decided to reorganize the Red Army of Workers and Peasants in northern Shaanxi into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and soon it was sent to the front. In North China, the Japanese army captured Beijing and Tianjin in early August, and then continued to advance into the hinterland of North China, and the Battle of Taiyuan broke out.

In September, the 9th Division of the Eighth Route Army won the Pingxingguan victory, breaking the myth of the invincibility of the Japanese army.

After that, the Japanese army launched a fierce attack on the Xinkou and Niangziguan defense lines. Although the Chinese army fought bravely, it was eventually defeated by the Japanese army due to the huge gap in strength. Important cities such as Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang fell one after another.

In December, the Japanese army crossed the Yellow River in two groups and launched an attack to the south. Han Fuju, deputy commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone of the National Army stationed there, abandoned the Yellow River defense line to preserve his strength and retreated to the south, causing the Japanese army to occupy most of Shandong without much resistance.

In February 1938, the Japanese army launched a large-scale attack on Xuzhou in order to open up the north-south traffic of the four provinces of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui, and the Battle of Xuzhou broke out. The Fifth War Zone of the National Army stationed here, led by Commander-in-Chief Li Zongren, won the victory of Taierzhuang and annihilated nearly 2 enemies.

After that, in order to prevent the Fifth War Zone from being surrounded by the Japanese army, the National Army Command abandoned Xuzhou and retreated to the direction of Henan and Anhui. After capturing Xuzhou, the Japanese army continued to advance westward along the Longhai Railway.

In order to prevent the Japanese army from advancing westward, Chiang Kai-shek dug up the Yellow River embankment at Huayuankou to form a flood zone, forcing the Japanese army to abandon its plan to advance westward.

In June, in order to destroy the main force of the Nationalist army and force the Nationalist government to surrender, the Japanese army assembled 6 troops on both sides of the Yangtze River and launched a large-scale attack on the Wuhan area in three directions. The Battle of Wuhan broke out.

Battles were frequent and killings were endless. The people were frightened when they thought of the horrific hot weapons of future generations. The power of those black guns and cannons was really frightening, but when they saw the north and the south fall into the hands of Japan, they couldn't help but worry.

Although they knew the final result and that group of people won, the hardships and sacrifices involved were in the tens of thousands, and they were only relying on slim hope. It was extremely difficult for them to defeat the enemy. They were far behind in weapons and supplies, and could only rely on manpower and strategy to fight the enemy.

Many people couldn't help but blame the Qing Dynasty. They thought it was this group of people who left behind all the trouble. They also gave away so much money and land, so that the younger generations could not use good weapons to fight.

The Qing emperors looked at the resentment of the people of various dynasties beside the sky, feeling angry but helpless. After all, it was the blame of the later emperors, and it was also their own fault for closing the country to the outside world. They could not deny it in any way. They were also heartbroken when they thought of the ceded territories!

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